| | Geographic Coordinates: | 53 00 N, 28 00 E | | Location: | Eastern Europe, east of Poland | | Area: | total: 207,600 sq km
land: 207,600 sq km
water: 0 sq km | | Area - comparative: | slightly smaller than Kansas | | Land boundaries: | total: 2,900 km
border countries: Latvia 141 km, Lithuania 502 km, Poland 407 km, Russia 959 km, Ukraine 891 km | | Coastline: | 0 km (landlocked) | | Terrain: | generally flat and contains much marshland | | Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Nyoman River 90 m
highest point: Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m | | Capital: | 6 provinces (voblastsi, singular - voblasts') and 1 municipality* (horad); Brest, Homyel', Horad Minsk*, Hrodna, Mahilyow, Minsk, Vitsyebsk
note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers |
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