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The geographical centre of the Republic of Belarus is in the centre of triangle formed by towns of Cherven, Ossipovichy and Klichev and to be more exact on the northern edge of Krupki village of the Beresino district, 2 km North from the right bank of the Beresina River.
Its centre lies on the crossing of longitude 53°31’ North and latitude 28°54’30’’ East.
By area (207.6 thousand sq. km) Belarus surpasses European countries such as Greece, Portugal, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium and Czech Republic.
There are 104 towns and cities, 108 town-type settlements and 24,222 village populated areas in Belarus.
One can count more than 20,000 rivers and streams in Belarus and more than 10,000 lakes (the largest is Naroch Lake – 79.6 sq. km., the deepest – Dolgoye Lake – depth 53.7 m).
Flora of Belarus includes up to 11.5 thousands species 214 species of plants are protected by the State.
The modern vegetable cover of Belarus occupies 65.9% of the territory.
Fauna of Belarus includes more than 81,000 species.
There are 59 species of fish in the reservoirs of Belarus.
The population of Belarus now is 9.95 million – the 14th position in Europe.
The rise of the first scientific ideas in Belarus is dated by the 16th century.
In Belarus there are 42 state higher educational institutions, among them there are 7 classic universities, 9 specialized universities, 13 branch universities, 4 higher colleges and 15 non-state institutions.
Each 4th citizen of Belarus is involved in the process of training.
The first museum collections were organized by churches and monasteries in the 11th century. Today there are 4,767 public libraries in Belarus.
The first Belarusian chronicles were written in 1446.
The Belarusian book printing appeared in 1517.
The first Renaissance poem about Belarus in Latin was written in 1523 by Mickolay Goussovsky.
The first book in old-belarusian language was printed in the city of Nesvizh by translator Symon Boudny in 1523.
The Bible was translated into Belarusian language in 1580.
In Belarus there are 558 state and private newspapers, more than 300 magazines, 24 professional theatres.
In Belarus there are about 17,000 material and historical-cultural values that are of interest to different categories of tourists.
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