Belarus: Flag and Facts
The Belarus flag has a wide red band on top and a thinner green band below, with a white stripe at the left edge decorated with traditional red patterns.
- Official name
- Republic of Belarus
- Capital
- Minsk
- Region
- Eastern Europe
- Population
- 9.5 million (2025)
- Languages
- Belarusian, Russian
- Currency
- Belarusian ruble
- Area
- 207,600 km² (80,155 sq mi)
- People
- Belarusian
- Calling code
- +375
- Highest point
- Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m
- Independence
- 25 August 1991 (from the Soviet Union)
- National symbols
- no official symbol
About Belarus
The green band is half as tall as the red one. Red recalls past struggles against oppression, and green stands for hope and for the forests that cover much of the country. The patterned strip by the hoist uses folk designs from Belarusian tradition.
For seven decades Belarus was one of the republics inside the USSR, and it became independent on 25 August 1991. It has kept closer ties with Russia than any other former Soviet republic, and in 1999 the two signed a treaty on a union of states. Alyaksandr Lukashenka took office in 1994 and has held power since. The landscape is mostly flat with a lot of marshland, and even the highest hill, Dzyarzhynskaya Hara, is just 346 meters.
Did you know?
- Belarus has no official national symbol, but a mounted knight called Pahonia is the traditional one.
- Belarus is landlocked and shares borders with Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Russia, and Ukraine.
- Belarus is slightly smaller than Kansas.
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Questions about Belarus
What is the capital of Belarus?
Minsk is the capital of Belarus.
What languages are spoken in Belarus?
Belarusian and Russian are both official languages.
Sources
- CIA World Factbook, checked October 8, 2026
- REST Countries data (mledoze/countries), checked October 8, 2026
- Flag artwork: flag-icons (MIT), checked October 8, 2026
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