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Belarus /Weißrussland/روسيا البيضاء/白俄罗斯/बेलारूस/Беларусь/ベラルーシ«by matheona film» Key facts about ! An introduction in facts and figures to this landlocked country in the north-east of Europe Official Name Republic of Belarus President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko (1994 - present ) Prime Minister of Belarus Mikhail Myasnikovich (2010) Total land area of Belarus 207,600 km² Nationality of Belarus Population – 9.463,8 million (on 1 January 2013) Life expectancy at birth – 72.2 years Population living in cities – 76.3% The capital is Minsk – 1.901,1 million inhabitants Regional centres of Belarus (January 2013): Brest – 326,4 inhabitants Vitebsk – 369,4 inhabitants Gomel – 515 inhabitants Grodno – 352,5 inhabitants Mogilev – 366,8 inhabitants Ethnicity Belarusian Russian Polish Ukrainian Jewish 83.4% 8.2% 3.1% 1.7% 0.13% (Source: 2009 census) Languages spoken in Belarus Belarusian and Russian National holidays in Belarus Independence Day, 3 July Currency of Belarus Belarusian rouble (Br) Economic indicators GNP (2012) Br527385 billion; per capita: Br55724 thousand Commodity structure of export (2012): mineral products – 36.2% chemical industry production, rubber – 21,7% cars, equipment and vehicles – 17,9% black, nonferrous metals and products from them – 5,5% articles of food and agricultural raw materials – 10,6% others – 8,1% Commodity structure of import (2012): mineral products – 39,4% cars, equipment and vehicles – 22,9% black, nonferrous metals and products from them – 10,0% chemical industry production, rubber – 12,4% articles of food and agricultural raw materials – 7,8% others – 7,4% Main Business Partners of Belarus Russia Netherlands Ukraine Germany Latvia China Poland Italy Lithuania Brazil Main Industries of Belarus metallurgical mechanical engineering, including tractors and agricultural, cars, machine-tool constructing and tool industry, instrument making, radio engineering, electro technical, electronic, optics-mechanical industry; and metal working chemical and petrochemical light industry food industry Area of farmland in Belarus 8927 thousands hectares (2010) Agriculture Areas of speciality in agriculture: grain, potatoes, vegetables, sugar beet, flax, meat and dairy industry Natural resources wood peat small oil and natural gas fields granite dolomite limestone clay sand Number of people in employment 4.6 million (2012) Breakdown of employed population by type of economic activity (2012): production sector – 25.5% agriculture, hunting, forestry industry – 10.2% civil engineering – 7.9 % transportation and communication – 7.4% retail; repairs of automobiles, household goods, and personal-use items – 13.8% education – 10% healthcare and social services – 7% others – 18.2% Unemployment in Belarus 24,9 thousand unemployed (2012) Communication Facilities in Belarus Telephone: main telephone equipment – about 4.2 million, users of mobile phones – 10.7 million Internet users: more than 6.8 million In terms of overall postal e-services development, the Universal Postal Union index places Belarus in the top ten (2011). Transportation Railways – 5,511 km, including 897km of electric track Highways – 85,700 km. Including paved roads 74,300 km Oil pipelines – 2,984 km Gas pipelines – 7,421 km send friend print version make home page Belarus *by matheona film