Belarus

Native Name: Белару́сь

Region: Europe

Capital: Minsk

Currencies: Belarusian ruble (Br)

Population: 9,398,861

Sub Region: Eastern Europe

Top Level Domain: .by

Languages: Belarusian, Russian

Border Countries:

Ukraine

Lithuania

Poland

Latvia

Russian Federation

The flag of Belarus features a vertical band, with a white and red ornamental pattern, spanning about one-fifth the width of the field on the hoist side. Adjoining the vertical band are two horizontal bands of red and green, with the red band twice the height of the green band.