REPUBLIC OF BELARUS
Located in the center of Europe.
Area:
202.6 thousand sq.km
Administrative division:
6 regions (Brest, Vitebsk, Gomel, Grodno, Minsk, Mogilev)
Number of districts:
116; cities - 101; urban settlements - 108; rural settlements - 25,581
Capital:
Minsk.
Belarus borders Lithuania in the northwest, Poland in the west, Latvia in the north, Russia in the east and northeast, and Ukraine in the south.
The official name is “Republic of Belarus”. Both “Belarus” and “Belorussia” are used in Russian, but “Belarus” is preferred officially since 1991.
| Region | Area (thousand sq.km) | Regional center | Date of formation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brest | 32.8 | Brest | 4 Dec 1939 |
| Vitebsk | 40.1 | Vitebsk | 15 Jan 1938 |
| Gomel | 40.4 | Gomel | 15 Jan 1938 |
| Grodno | 25.0 | Grodno | 20 Sep 1944 |
| Minsk | 40.2 | Minsk | 15 Jan 1938 |
| Mogilev | 29.1 | Mogilev | 15 Jan 1938 |
| Rivers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Total length (km) | Length in Belarus (km) |
| Dnieper | 2201 | 700 |
| Western Dvina | 1020 | 328 |
| Neman | 937 | 459 |
| Western Bug | 772 | 154 |
| Pripyat | 761 | 500 |
| Sozh | 648 | 493 |
| Berezina | 613 | 613 |
| Viliya | 498 | 264 |