Geographic center of Belarus

{{Short description|Center point of the Republic of Belarus}}

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The geographical center of Belarus ({{langx|be|Геаграфічны цэнтр Беларусі}}) is at the geographical coordinates of latitude 53°31'44.54", longitude 28°02'41.90".{{Cite web|title=Географический центр Беларуси|url=https://strada.by/story/geograficeskij-centr-belarusi|access-date=February 3, 2021|website=strada.by|language=ru}} It is located 70-km south-east of Minsk, a 6-km west of Marina Hills, and 1 km to the south-east of the village Antonovo, Pukhovisky District, Minsk Oblast, Belarus.{{Cite web|last=K. Shastouski|title=Геаграфічны цэнтар Беларусі {{!}} вёска Антанова Мінская вобласць|url=http://radzima.org/be/object/3844.html|access-date=February 3, 2021|website=radzima.org}}

Search works were carried out in 1996{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Geographic center of Belarus|url=https://moiro.by/files/00206/obj/110/169123/doc/Пуховичский.pdf|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}} by the 82nd expedition association "Belgeodesy" in cooperation with the firm "Aerogeokart" a special program using the 1:200 000 maps and satellites to find the geographic center of Belarus.

The geographical coordinates of the center of Belarus are entered into the State Geodetic directory as the state geodetic grid points.

On May 1, 1996, near the village of Antonovo, a pillar was erected with the sign "The village Antonovo – the geographical center of the Republic of Belarus".{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Maps Belarus|url=https://mapbelarus.com/map/Belarus/geograficheskij-centr/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}