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 | Republic of Belarus |
| Location: | Eastern Europe, east of Poland |
| Area: | 207,600 sq km |
| Climate: | cold winters, cool and moist summers; transitional between continental and maritime |
| Terrain: | generally flat and contains much marshland |
| Population: | 10,401,784 (July 1999 est.) |
| Religions: | Eastern Orthodox 80%, other (including Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 20% (1997 est.) |
| Languages: | Byelorussian, Russian, other |
| Capital: | Minsk |
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