Overview

capital	Minsk
area	207,6 thousand sq km
population	9,681 mln
ethnic groups  Belarusian – 81% Russian - 11% Polish - 4% Ukrainian - 2% religions orthodox – 80% catholic – 15% protestant – 2%
official language(s) Belarusian  Russian
national currency	Belarusian ruble (BYR/BYR)
government type The Republic of Belarus is a unitary state, consisting of 6 provinces,  118 districts and 1 municipality (the City of Minsk). Minsk has and administartive status of a province. Provinces: Brest voblast  Gomel voblast Grodno voblast Minsk voblast  Mogilev voblast  Vitebsk voblast government Belarus is a presidential republic. Head of State - president. Executive branch - the Council of Ministers headed by the Prime Minister. Legislative branch - bicameral Parliament - the National Assembly - consisting of the Council of the Republic and the Chamber of Representatives.
participation in organizations of regional integration	participant: Belarus-Russia Union (The Union State) Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)  Collective Security Treaty Organization  (CSTO) Eurasian Economic Community (EAEC) Single Economic Space  (SES)