Located in Eastern Europe, Belarus, formally known as the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked nation. Poland borders it to the west, Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest, Ukraine to the south, and Russia to the east and northeast. With 9.1 million people living in 207,600 square kilometers (80,200 sq mi) of land, Belarus is the thirteenth-largest and twentieth-most populous nation in Europe. Six areas make up the administrative division of this hemiboreal nation. The largest and capital city is Minsk, which is governed independently as a city with unique status.