Capital: Minsk Total Area: 207,600 km2 Approximate population: 9,648,500 Location: Eastern Europe Languages: Belorussian, Russian Religions: Belorussian Orthodox>/a>, Roman Catholic Currency: Belarus Rouble Organizations: United Nations, Commonwealth of Independent States World's 84th largest country Borders: Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Ukraine
Interesting facts: - Belarus is sometimes also known as 'White Russia'. - Belarus has a literacy rate of over 99%. - The unemployment rate in Belarus is very low, only 1.5%. Two-thirds of the total number of unemployed people are women.