Belaroushie

Belaroushie (Belaroushie: Беларусь, Łacinka: Biełaruś; Roushie: Белору́ссия) is a kintra in eastren Europe that haes laund mairches wi Roushie, Poland, Ukraine an Latvie. Its caipital ceety is Minsk. It wis ae o the republics o the umwhile Soviet Union.

Republic o Belaroushie Рэспубліка Беларусь (Belaroushie) Республика Беларусь (Roushie)
Banner Naitional emblem
Anthem:  Дзяржаўны гімн Рэспублікі Беларусь (Belaroushie) Dziaržaŭny himn Respubliki Bielaruś (Scots: State Anthem o Belaroushie)
Location o  Belaroushie  (green) on the European continent  (dark grey)  —  [Legend]
Caipital	Minsk 53°55′N 27°33′E
Lairgest ceety	capital
Offeecial leids	Belaroushie (offeecial state leid) Roushie (uised as offeecial)a
Ethnic groups	83.7% Belaroushies[1] 8.3% Roushies 3.1% Poles 1.7% Ukrainians 3.2% Ither
Demonym(s)	Belaroushie
Govrenment	Unitary Dominant-pairty presidential republic
• Preses	Alexander Lukashenko
• Prime Meenister	Roman Golovchenko
Legislatur	Naitional Assemmly
• Upper house	Cooncil o the Republic
• Lower house	Hoose o Representatives
Formation
• Principality o Polotsk	987
• Grand Duchy o Lithuanie	c. 1236
• Pols–Lithuanie Commonweel	1 Julie 1569
• Roushie Empire	1795
• Unthirldom frae the Roushie SFSR; Belaroushie Fowkrepublic	25 Mairch 1918
• Lithuanie-Byeloroushie SSR	17 Februar 1919
• Byeloroushie SSR	31 Juliie 1920
• Annexation o Wast Belaroushie	15 November 1939
• State Sovereignty Declaration	27 Julie 1990
• Unthirldom frae the USSR	25 August 1991
• CIS Declaration	8 December 1991
• Unthirldom recognised	26 December 1991
• Current constitution	15 Mairch 1994
Aurie
• Total	207,595 km2 (80,153 sq mi) (84t)
• Water (%)	1.4% (2.830 km2 or 1.093 sq mi)b
Population
• 2016 estimate	9,498,700 [2] (93rd)
• Density	45.8/km2 (118.6/sq mi) (142nt)
GDP (PPP)	2018 estimate
• Total	$176 billion[3]
• Per capita	$19,198[3]
GDP (nominal)	2018 estimate
• Tot	$53 billion[3]
• Per capita	$5,745[3]
Gini (2015)	26.7[4] law
HDI (2015)	0.796[5] heich · 52nd
Currency	Belaroushie ruble (BYN)
Time zone	UTC+3 (FET)
Date format	dd.mm.yyyy
Drivin side	richt
Cawin code	+375
ISO 3166 code	BY
Internet TLD	.by .бел[6]
Wabsteid belarus.by
^ Template:Belarus Constitution ^ "FAO's Information System on Water and Agriculture". FAO. Archived frae the original on 26 Januar 2012. Retrieved 16 Februar 2013.