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Government of Belarus

The Government of the Republic of Belarus (), which consists of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus (), is the executive branch of state power in Belarus, and is appointed by the President of Belarus. The head of the Government is the President of Belarus, who manages the main agenda of the government and direct the ministers. The National Assembly of Belarus is the continuation of the Supreme Soviet of the BSSR and acts as the functioning parliament for Belarus.

Council of Ministers
Below are the 30 members of the Council of Ministers as of 19 August 2020, as well as the head of the presidential administration and the chairmen of the State Committees, who are not technically ministers but are included in the Council of Ministers. Offices which are not technically counted as ministerial posts are italicized. The prime minister, the first deputy prime minister(s), the deputy prime minister(s), the ministers of economy, finance, and foreign affairs, the head of the presidential administration, and the chairman of the State Control Committee  together form the Presidium of the Council of Ministers. These officials are highlighted in yellow. The incumbent government resigned en masse on 17 August 2020. A new government was formed on 19 August 2020, consisting of mostly the same people.

Composition
As of 2023:

See also
Supreme Soviet of Belarus, the preceding supreme state power in Belarus
National Assembly of Belarus, the current supreme state power in Belarus

References

 
Belarus
Transport in Belarus

This article is about transport in Belarus.

Railways 

Rail transport in Belarus is operated by Belarusskaya Chyhunka
total:

country comparison to the world: 32
broad gauge:
 of  gauge ( electrified) (2006)

City with underground railway system: Minsk, see Minsk Metro
For tramway systems: see List of town tramway systems in Belarus

Highways 

The owners of highways may be the Republic of Belarus, its political subdivisions, legal and natural persons, who own roads, as well as legal entities, which roads are fixed on the basis of economic or operational management.

Republican state administration in the field of roads and road activity is the Department Belavtodor under the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Belarus.

In total, in Belarus there are more than  of roads and  of departmental thousand (agriculture, industry, forestry, etc.), including  in cities and towns. The density of paved roads has been relatively low – 337 km per 1,000 km2 territory – for comparison, in European countries with well-developed road network, the figure is an average of .

total:

paved:
 (2003)

Waterways 
 (use limited by location on perimeter of country and by shallowness) (2003)
country comparison to the world: 37

Belarus' inland waterways are managed by Dneprobugvodput, Belvodput, and the Dnieper-Berezinsky Enterprise.

Pipelines 
gas ; oil ; refined products  (2008)

Ports and harbors 
 Mazyr - on the river Pripyat

Airports 

65 (2008):
country comparison to the world: 76

 Minsk International Airport
 Minsk-1
 Gomel Airport

Airports - with paved runways 

total:
35
over :
2
:
22
:
4
:
1
under :
6 (2008)

Airports - with unpaved runways 
total:
30
:
1
:
1
:
2
under :
26 (2008)

Heliports 
1 (2007)Heliports is where helicopter land.

National air-carrier 
Belavia

See also
Transport in the Soviet Union
Vehicle registration plates of Belarus

References

External links
Automobiles, Trains And Buses - Getting Around Belarus
Economy of Bhutan

The economy of Bhutan is based on agriculture and forestry, which provide the main livelihood for more than 60% of the population. Agriculture consists largely of subsistence farming and animal husbandry. Rugged mountains dominate the terrain and make the building of roads and other infrastructure difficult. Bhutan is among the richest by gross domestic product (nominal) per capita in South Asia, at $3,491 as of 2022, but it still places 153rd, and among the poorest in the world. The total gross domestic product is only $2,653 million, and 178th according to IMF.

Bhutan's economy is closely aligned with India's through strong trade and monetary links and dependence on India's financial assistance. Most production in the industrial sector is of the cottage industry type. Most development projects, such as road construction, rely on Indian migrant labour. Model education, social, and environment programs are underway with support from multilateral development organisations.

Each economic program takes into account the government's desire to protect the country's environment and cultural traditions. For example, the government, in its cautious expansion of the tourist sector, encourages visits by upscale, environmentally conscientious tourists. Detailed controls and uncertain policies in areas such as industrial licensing, trade, labour, and finance continue to hamper foreign investment. Hydropower exports to India have boosted Bhutan's overall growth, even though GDP fell in 2008 as a result of a slowdown in India, its predominant export market.

Since 1961, the government of Bhutan has guided the economy through five-year plans in order to promote economic development.

Macro-economic trend

This is a chart of trend of gross domestic product of Bhutan at market prices  by the International Monetary Fund:

Bhutan's hydropower potential and its attraction for tourists are key resources. The Bhutanese Government has made some progress in expanding the nation's productive base and improving social welfare.

In 2010, Bhutan became the first country in the world to ban smoking and the selling of tobacco. In order to stamp out cross-border smuggling during the pandemic, a new Tobacco Control Rules and Regulations (TCRR) 2021 allowed the import, sales and consumption of tobacco products.

GNH versus GDP 
In the 1970s the King placed Gross National Happiness over Gross Domestic Product.

See also 
 Agriculture in Bhutan
 Banking in Bhutan
 Mining in Bhutan
 Fishing in Bhutan
 Forestry in Bhutan
 Bhutanese ngultrum, currency

References
Notes

Public domain

Citations

Further reading

External links
Global Economic Prospects: Growth Prospects for South Asia The World Bank, 13 December 2006
Lhop people

The Lhop or Doya people are a little-known tribe of southwest Bhutan. The Bhutanese believe them to be the aboriginal inhabitants of the country. The Lhop are found in the low valleys of Dorokha Gewog and near Phuntsholing in the Duars. 
The dress of the Lhop resembles the Lepcha, but they bear little similarity with the Bhutia in the North and the Toto in the west. The Doya trace their descent matrilineally, marry their cross cousins, and embalm the deceased who are then placed in a foetal position in a circular sarcophagus above the ground. They follow a blend of Tibetan Buddhism mixed with animism.

See also
Ethnic groups in Bhutan
Sharchop

References

External links
 RAOnline Bhutan: The Lhop

Ethnic groups in Bhutan
Transport in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina has facilities for road, rail and air transport. There are five international road routes and 20 state highways, with bus connections to many countries. Railways total just over 1,000 km with links to Croatia and Serbia. There are 25 airports, seven of them with paved runways. The Sava River is navigable, but its use is limited.

Roadways
total: 21,846 km
paved: 11,425 km (4,686 km of interurban roads)
unpaved: 10,421 km (2006)

Roads

International
E65
E73 (Pan-European corridor Vc), A1 highway
E661
E761
E762

State highways

 M-1.8
 M-2
 M-4
 M-4.2
 M-5
 M-6
 M-6.1
 M-8
 M-11
 M-14
 M-14.1
 M-14.2
 M-15
 M-16
 M-16.1
 M-16.2
 M-16.3
 M-16.4
 M-17
 M-17.2
 M-17.3
 M-18
 M-19
 M-19.2
 M-19.3
 M-20

National and international bus services
Bosnia & Herzegovina is well connected to other countries in Europe. The main bus station of Sarajevo has its own website. The main provider of international bus connection in Bosnia & Herzegovina is Eurolines. There are routes to Croatia, Germany, Austria, France, Netherlands, Montenegro, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden and Serbia. Despite Bosnia & Herzegovina's geographical closeness to Serbia, there is only one bus a day, which takes more than 8 hours due to the lack of proper roads.

Railways

Total: 1,032 km standard gauge:   (2006)

Rail links with adjacent countries
 Same gauge: 
 Croatia - yes
 Serbia - yes
 Montenegro - no

Waterways
Sava River (northern border) open to shipping but use is limited (2008)

Ports and harbours
Gradiška, Brod, Šamac, and Brčko (all inland waterway ports on the Sava none of which are fully operational), Orašje, Bosnia

Merchant marine
none (1999 est.)

Airports
Air transport begin in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the period of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia when the flag-carrier Aeroput inaugurated a regular flight linking the national capital Belgrade with Podgorica in 1930, with a stop in Sarajevo. A year later Aeroput inaugurated another regular flight starting in Belgrade and then stopping in Sarajevo and continuing towards Split, Sušak and Zagreb. By mid-1930s Aeroput inaugurated two routes linking Belgrade and Zagreb with Dubrovnik through Sarajevo, and, in 1938, it inaugurated an international route linking Dubrovnik, which was becoming a major holiday destination, through Sarajevo, to Zagreb, Vienna, Brno and Prague.

25 (2008)

Airports - with paved runways
total:
7
2,438 to 3,047 m:
4
1,524 to 2,437 m:
1
under 914 m:
2 (2008)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total:
18
1,524 to 2,437 m:
1
914 to 1,523 m:
7
under 914 m:
10 (2008)

Heliports
6 (2013)

See also
 Bosnia and Herzegovina

References

External links

We recommend to use for travel shuttle bus transfers in Bosnia and Hercegovina. It is one of the easiest ways to travel here.
Foreign relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The implementation of the Dayton Accords of 1995 has focused the efforts of policymakers in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as the international community, on regional stabilization in the countries-successors of the former Yugoslavia. Relations with its neighbors of Croatia and Serbia have been fairly stable since the signing of the Dayton Agreement in 1995.

Diplomatic relations 
List of countries with which Bosnia and Herzegovina maintains diplomatic relations with:

Bilateral relations

EU accession
The accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the European Union is one of the main political objectives of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Stabilisation and Association Process (SAP) is the EU's policy framework. Countries participating in the SAP have been offered the possibility to become, once they fulfill the necessary conditions, member states of the EU. Bosnia and Herzegovina is therefore a potential candidate country for EU accession.

International organizations
Bank for International Settlements, Council of Europe, Central European Initiative, EBRD,
Energy Community United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, FAO, Group of 77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, International Criminal Court, International Development Association, IFAD, International Finance Corporation, IFRCS, ILO, International Monetary Fund, International Maritime Organization, Interpol, IOC, International Organization for Migration (observer), ISO, ITU, Non-Aligned Movement (guest), Organization of American States (observer), OIC (observer), OPCW, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Southeast European Cooperative Initiative, United Nations, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMEE, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO (observer)

See also
 Bosnia and Herzegovina and the International Monetary Fund
 List of diplomatic missions in Bosnia and Herzegovina
 List of diplomatic missions of Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Visa requirements for Bosnia and Herzegovina citizens
 Foreign relations of Yugoslavia

References

External links
 Ministry of Foreign Affairs - policy priorities
Foreign relations of Botswana

Botswana has put a premium on economic and political integration in southern Africa. It has sought to make the Southern African Development Community (SADC) a working vehicle for economic development, and it has promoted efforts to make the region self-policing in terms of preventive diplomacy, conflict resolution, and good governance.

Diplomatic relations 
List of countries with which Botswana maintains diplomatic relations:

Bilateral relations

Botswana and the Commonwealth of Nations

Botswana has been a republic in the Commonwealth of Nations since independence in 1966.

See also
 List of diplomatic missions in Botswana
 List of diplomatic missions of Botswana

Notes

References

External links
 Embassy of the Russian Federation in Gaborone 

 
Botswana and the Commonwealth of Nations
Geography of the British Virgin Islands

The British Virgin Islands (BVI) are one of three political divisions of the Virgin Islands archipelago located in the Lesser Antilles, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean.  The BVI  are the easternmost part of the island chain. The land area totals () (about 0.9 times the size of Washington, DC) and comprises 16 inhabited and more than 20 uninhabited islands. The islands of Tortola (), Anegada (), Virgin Gorda () and Jost van Dyke () are the largest. Maritime claims include  territorial sea and a  exclusive fishing zone. In terms of land use, it is 20% arable land, 6.67% permanent crops and 73.33% other as of a 2005 figure.
It has strong ties to nearby U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

Terrain 

The majority of the islands are steep and hilly due to their volcanic origin. The lowest point of the island chain is the Caribbean Sea while the highest point is Mount Sage at  above sea level and there are  of coastline.  Other than Anegada, the islands are composed of pyroclastic rock and mixed deposits of diorite and tonalite Anegada is geologically distinct, being composed of carbonate reef deposits. The entire archipelago, together with Puerto Rico to the west, is the above-water high points on an underwater ridge that was once a continuous land mass during the Pleistocene epoch. This bank formed from tectonic forces at the boundary where the Caribbean Plate collides with the North American Plate.

Settlements
The capital of the territory and the main port of entry for yachts and cruise ships visiting the BVI is Road Town on Tortola.  In 2010, The United Nations found that 83% or the BVI population lived on Tortola, making Road Town the largest population center of the islands.

Spanish Town on Virgin Gorda, also known as "The Valley", is the second largest settlement and the original capital of the territory. Virgin Gorda was mined for copper in the 17th through 19th centuries but declined when the mine closed in 1867. The creation of a yacht harbour and resort by Laurance Rockefeller in the early 1960s turned Spanish Town into a wealthy tourist destination.

Residents on Jost van Dyke, Anegada, Cooper lsland, Great Camanoe Island and other locations collectively make up just over 2% of the population.

Climate 
The British Virgin Islands have a tropical savanna climate, moderated by the trade winds. Temperatures vary little throughout the year. In the capital, Road Town, typical daily maxima are around  in the summer and  in the winter. Typical daily minima are around  in the summer and  in the winter. Rainfall averages about  per year, higher in the hills and lower on the coast. Rainfall can be quite variable, but the wettest months on average are September to November and the driest months on average are February and March. Hurricanes occasionally hit the islands, with the hurricane season running from June to November.

See also
List of Caribbean islands#British Virgin Islands

References
Demographics of the British Virgin Islands

This is a demography of the population of the British Virgin Islands including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and various other aspects.

Population
A July 2009 estimate placed the population of the British Virgin Islands at 24,491. In 2003, 21.9% of the population was under 15 (male 2,401; female 2,358), 73.1% between 15 and 64 (male 8,181; female 7,709), and 5% over 64 (male 578; female 503). 40% of the total population lived in urban areas, with an estimated 1.7% annual rate of urbanization. In 2014, the average woman produced 1.25 children.
The estimated population of  is  ().

Vital statistics

Structure of the population

Health
In 2009, the infant mortality rate in the British Virgin Islands was 14.65/1000 births (16.61/1000 for females and 12.58/1000 for males). Life expectancy at birth was 77.26 years: 76.03 years for males and 78.55 years for females.

Education
The official language of the British Virgin Islands is English. In 1991, 97.8% of people aged 15 and over could read and write. Education expenditures represented 3.7% of total GDP in 2006.

Ethnicity

Religion

References

 
Society of the British Virgin Islands
Transport in the British Virgin Islands

The systems of transport in the British Virgin Islands include 113 kilometres of highway and a harbour at Road Town.

Roads 
 total: 200 km
 paved: 200 km
 unpaved: 0 km (2007)

Despite using left-hand traffic, most vehicles are left-hand-drive, being imported from the United States.

Ports and terminals
 Road Town

Airports

 4 (2008)

Paved runways
 total: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 1
 under 914 m: 1 (2008)

Unpaved runways
 total: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2008)

Merchant Marine 
 registered in other countries: 1 (Panama) (2008)

References
Foreign relations of Brunei

Brunei joined ASEAN on 7 January 1984, one week after resuming full independence, and gives its ASEAN membership the highest priority in its foreign relations. Brunei joined the United Nations in September 1984. It is also a member of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum and the Commonwealth of Nations. Brunei hosted the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in November 2000. In 2005 it attended the inaugural East Asia Summit.

Brunei has a number of diplomatic missions abroad and has close relations with Singapore, sharing an interchangeable currency regime as well as close military relations with the latter island-state. Aside from relations with other ASEAN states, of which the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia are key partners, Brunei also has extensive relations with the Muslim world and the Arab world outside its own region.

International organizations

Brunei became a member state of the Commonwealth in 1984, ASEAN and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in 1984, the 159th United Nations member on 21 September 1985, a major player in BIMP-EAGA in 1994, and a founding member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995. Since 2009, Brunei and the Philippines signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that seeks to strengthen the bilateral co-operation of the two countries in the fields of agriculture and farm-related trade and investments.

Diplomatic relations
List of countries which Brunei Darussalam maintains diplomatic relations with:

Bilateral relations

See also

 List of diplomatic missions in Brunei
 List of diplomatic missions of Brunei
 Visa requirements for Bruneian citizens

References 

 
Brunei and the Commonwealth of Nations
Telecommunications in Bulgaria

Telecommunications in Bulgaria include radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet.

Radio and television

 Radio broadcast stations: AM 31, FM 63, shortwave 2 (2001).
 Radio broadcast hours: 525,511 (2003).
 Television broadcast stations: 39 (2001).
 Television broadcast hours: 498,091 (2003).

Telephones

 Main lines in use: 1.6 million (2015 est).
 Mobile cellular: 8.98 million lines (2016).
 Telephone system:
 General assessment: an extensive but antiquated telecommunications network inherited from the Soviet era; quality has improved; the Bulgaria Telecommunications Company's fixed-line monopoly terminated in 2005 when alternative fixed-line operators were given access to its network; a drop in fixed-line connections in recent years has been more than offset by a sharp increase in mobile-cellular telephone use fostered by multiple service providers; the number of cellular telephone subscriptions now exceeds the population
 Domestic:  a fairly modern digital cable trunk line now connects switching centers in most of the regions; the others are connected by digital microwave radio relay
 International:  country code – 359; submarine cable provides connectivity to Ukraine and Russia; a combination submarine cable and land fiber-optic system provides connectivity to Italy, Albania, and North Macedonia; satellite earth stations – 3 (1 Intersputnik in the Atlantic Ocean region, 2 Intelsat in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions) (2007).

Internet

 Top-level domains: .bg and .бг (proposed, Cyrillic).
 Internet users: 
 4.1 million users (2016) 
 3.9 million users, 72nd in the world; 55.1% of the population, 74th in the world (2012); 
 3.4 million users, 63rd in the world (2009);
 1.9 million users (2007).
 Fixed broadband: 1.2 million subscriptions, 52nd in the world; 17.6% of population, 53rd in the world (2012).
 Wireless broadband: 2.8 million, 55th in the world; 40.3% of the population, 41st in the world (2012).
 Internet hosts: 
 976,277 hosts, 47th in the world (2012);
 513,470 (2008).
 IPv4: 4.2 million addresses allocated, 0.1% of the world total, 589.7 addresses per 1000 people, 51st in the world (2012).

See also

 Internet Society – Bulgaria
 List of internet service providers in Bulgaria
 Bulgaria

References
Foreign relations of Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso has good relations with the European Union, African and certain Asian countries. France, the former colonial power, in particular, continues to provide significant aid and supports Compaoré's developing role as a regional powerbroker.

According to the U.S. State Department, "U.S. relations with Burkina Faso are good but subject to strains in the past because of the Compaoré government's past involvement in arms trading and other sanctions-breaking activity." Burkina Faso cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan in May 2018 (being the most populous state to do so in the 21st century) and the foreign ministry of China stated it approved of its decision.

Burkina Faso's relations with its West African neighbors have improved in recent years. Relations with Ghana, in particular, have warmed. President Compaoré had mediated a political crisis in Togo and helped to resolve the Tuareg conflict in Niger. Burkina maintains cordial relations with Libya, but recalled its in ambassador in 2017 over issues of treatment of migrants trying to reach Europe, and the reemergence of the slave trade there. A territorial dispute with Mali was mediated by Ghana and Nigeria, which has led to lessening of tensions between the two nations.

Nineteen provinces of Burkina Faso are joined with contiguous areas of Mali and Niger under the Liptako-Gourma Authority, a regional economic organization.

Burkina Faso is also a member of the International Criminal Court with a bilateral immunity agreement of protection for the United States-military (as covered under Article 98).

Bilateral relations

See also
 List of diplomatic missions in Burkina Faso
 List of diplomatic missions of Burkina Faso
 List of current ambassadors of Burkina Faso

References

 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso
Geography of Burundi

Burundi is located in East Africa, to the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, at the coordinates .

Physical geography
Burundi occupies an area equal to   in size, of which  is land.  The country has  of land border:  of which is shared with the Democratic Republic of the Congo,  with Rwanda and  with Tanzania.  As a landlocked country, Burundi possesses no coastline. It straddles the crest of the Congo-Nile Divide which separates the basins of the Congo and Nile rivers. The farthest headwaters of the Nile, the Ruvyironza River, has its source in Burundi.

Terrain

The terrain of Burundi is hilly and mountainous, dropping to a plateau in the east.  The southern and eastern plains have been categorised by the World Wide Fund for Nature as part of the Central Zambezian miombo woodlands ecoregion.

The lowest point in the country is at Lake Tanganyika, at , with the highest point being on Mount Heha, at . Natural hazards are posed in Burundi by flooding and landslides.

Natural resources
Burundi possesses reserves of: nickel, uranium, rare earth oxides, peat, cobalt, copper, platinum (not yet exploited), vanadium, niobium, tantalum, gold, tin, tungsten, kaolin, and limestone.  There is also arable land and the potential for hydropower.  Burundi has  of land that is irrigated.  The table below describes land use in Burundi.

Climate 

The climate of Burundi is equatorial in nature and is marked by high mean annual temperatures, small temperature ranges, and rainfall throughout the year. The temperature and amount of rainfall varies dependent upon altitude. Burundi experiences its dry season between May and August, and its rainy season between February and May. Due to climate change, Burundi is becoming more susceptible to both excess and deficit rainfall, leading alternately to floods and droughts.

Environment

Current issues
Soil erosion is an issue for Burundi, and is as a result of overgrazing and the expansion of agriculture into marginal lands.  Other issues include: deforestation, due to the uncontrolled cutting-down of trees for fuel; and habitat loss threatens wildlife populations.

International agreements
Burundi is a party to the following international agreements that relate to the environment: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes and Ozone Layer Protection.  The following have been signed but not yet ratified by Burundi: Law of the Sea and Nuclear Test Ban.

Extreme points 

This is a list of the extreme points of Burundi, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.

 Northernmost point – Muyinga Province; unnamed location on the border with Rwanda immediately south of the Rwandan town of Mbuye
 Easternmost point – Cankuzo Province; unnamed location on the border with Tanzania immediately northwest of Mburi hill
 Southernmost point – Makamba Province; unnamed location on the border with Tanzania immediately north of the Tanzanian town of Mwenene, 
 Westernmost point –  Cibitoke Province; unnamed location on the border the Democratic Republic of the Congo immediately east of the Congolese town of Kamanyola

References
Foreign relations of Burundi

Burundi's relations with its neighbours have often been affected by security concerns. Hundreds of thousands of Burundian refugees have at various times crossed to neighboring Rwanda, Tanzania, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Hundreds of thousands of Burundians are in neighboring countries as a result of the ongoing civil war. Most of them, more than 340,000 since 1993, are in Tanzania. Some Burundian rebel groups have used neighboring countries as bases for insurgent activities. The 1993 embargo placed on Burundi by regional states hurt diplomatic relations with its neighbors; relations have improved since the 1999 suspension of these sanctions.

Burundi is a member of various international and regional organizations, including the United Nations, the African Union, the African Development Bank and the Francophonie. The Swedish Minister for Integration and Gender Equality, Nyamko Sabuni, was born in Burundi.

Bilateral relations

Africa

Americas

Asia

Europe

Pacific

See also 
 List of diplomatic missions in Burundi
 List of diplomatic missions of Burundi

References
Be

BE or be may refer to:

Linguistics
 To be, the English copular verb
 Be (Cyrillic), a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet
 be (interjection), in several languages
 Be languages or Ong Be, a pair of languages of northern Hainan province, China
 Black English, or African-American Vernacular English, an English dialect
 be – ISO 639-1 code for Belarusian language

Music

Albums
 Be (Beady Eye album), 2013
 Be (Casiopea album), 1998
 Be (Common album), 2005
 BE (Pain of Salvation album), 2004
 BE (Original Stage Production), a 2005 live album by Pain of Salvation
 Be (BTS album), 2020

Songs
 "Be" (Neil Diamond song), a 1973 single
 "Be", a song by Jessica Simpson from In This Skin
 "Be", a song by Lenny Kravitz from Let Love Rule
 "Be", a song by Slade from Whatever Happened to Slade

Organisations
 Be Inc., a former US software company (1990–2001) and developer of the Be Operating System (BeOS)
 Be Unlimited, a former UK Internet service provider (2003–2014)
 Badminton Europe, the governing body of badminton in Europe
 British Eventing, the British governing body for the equestrian sport of eventing
 BearingPoint (former stock ticker symbol BE)
  or Left Bloc, a Portuguese political party
 Bob Evans Restaurants, an American restaurant chain

Places
 Bè, a neighborhood in Togo
 Belgium (ISO 3166-1 and FIPS 10-4 country code: BE)
 Berlin, a state of Germany

 Canton of Bern, a canton of Switzerland

Science and technology
 Base excess (BE), excess or deficit in the amount of base in the blood
 Beryllium, symbol Be, a chemical element

Computing
 .be, the country code top-level domain for Belgium
 Backup Exec, backup and recovery software from Veritas Software
 Big-endian, a system that stores the most significant byte of a word at the smallest memory address
 BeOS, an operating system by Be

Physics
 Baumé scale (°Bé), a density scale
 Be star, in astronomy, a B-type star
 Bejan number (Be), in thermodynamics and fluid mechanics

Transportation
 BE Be Electric, Electric Car Manufacturing Company
 Baltimore and Eastern Railroad Company (B&E), US
 Beriev (design office prefix: Be), a Russian aircraft manufacturer
 Blue Engines (prefix: BE), the rocket engines from Blue Origin
 BE, then IATA code of Flybe (2022-2023), former English airline
 BE, then IATA code of Flybe (1979-2020), former English airline
 BE, then IATA code of British European Airways (1946-1974), fromer British airline

Other uses
 Bé (footballer), Portuguese footballer
 Bachelor of Engineering, an academic degree
 Bahá'í Era, in timekeeping
 Buddhist Era, in timekeeping

See also

 B (disambiguation)
 Bay (disambiguation)
 BBE (disambiguation)
 Bebe (disambiguation)
 Bee (disambiguation)
UK bass

UK bass, also called bass music, is club music that emerged in the United Kingdom during the mid-2000s under the influence of diverse genres such as house, grime, dubstep, UK garage, R&B, and UK funky. The term "UK bass" came into use as artists began ambiguously blending the sounds of these defined genres while maintaining an emphasis on percussive, bass-led rhythm. 

UK bass is sometimes conflated with bassline or post-dubstep. It is not to be confused with the hip hop and electro-based genre Miami bass, which is sometimes called "bass music" as well.

Origins
The breadth of styles that have come to be associated with the term preclude it from being a specific musical genre. Pitchfork writer Martin Clark has suggested that "well-meaning attempts to loosely define the ground we're covering here are somewhat futile and almost certainly flawed. This is not one genre. However, given the links, interaction, and free-flowing ideas ... you can't dismiss all these acts as unrelated." Dubstep producer Skream is quoted in an interview with The Independent in September 2011 as saying: The word dubstep is being used by a lot of people and there were a lot of people being tagged with the dubstep brush. They don't want to be tagged with it and shouldn't be tagged with it – that's not what they're pushing... When I say 'UK bass', it's what everyone UK is associated with so it would be a lot easier if it was called that."

In the United Kingdom, bass music has had major mainstream success since the late 2000s and early 2010s, with artists such as James Blake, Benga, Burial, SBTRKT, Sophie, Rustie, Zomby, and Skream. The term "post-dubstep" has been used synonymously to refer to artists, such as Blake and Mount Kimbie whose work draws on UK garage, 2-step, and other forms of underground dance music, as well as ambient music and early R&B. Outside of nightclubs, UK bass has mainly been promoted and played on Internet radio stations such as Sub.FM and Rinse FM.

References

2000s in music
2010s in music
21st-century music genres
British styles of music
Dubstep
Electronic dance music genres
Battle of Adrianople (disambiguation)

The Battle of Adrianople (378 CE), in which Gothic rebels defeated the Eastern Roman Empire, was the main battle of the Gothic War (376–382).

Battle of Adrianople may also refer to:
Battle of Adrianople (324), a battle in which Constantine the Great defeated Licinius in a Roman civil war
Siege of Adrianople (378), an unsuccessful siege by the Goths following the Battle of Adrianople
Battle of Adrianople (718), a battle between an alliance of Bulgarians and Byzantines against the Umayyad Caliphate, during the Siege of Constantinople (717–718)
Battle of Adrianople (813), a successful Bulgarian siege of the Byzantine city
Battle of Adrianople (914), a battle between Bulgarians and Byzantines
Battle of Adrianople (972), a battle between Byzantines and Kievan Rus' led by Sviatoslav I of Kiev
Battle of Adrianople (1003), a battle between Bulgarians and Byzantines
Battle of Adrianople (1094), part of the revolt of Constantine Diogenes (pretender) and his Cuman allies
Battle of Adrianople (1205), part of the Fourth Crusade, in which the Bulgarians defeated the Crusaders
Battle of Adrianople (1226), part of the revolt of Theodore Komnenos Doukas
Battle of Adrianople (1254), in which the Byzantines defeated the Bulgarians
Battle of Adrianople (1305), a battle between the Byzantines and the Catalan Company
Battle of Adrianople (1355), a battle between the Byzantines and the Serbs led by Stefan Dušan
Battle of Adrianople (1365), in which the Ottoman Empire took the city from the Byzantine Empire
Battle of Adrianople (1829), in which the Russians seized the city from the Ottoman Empire
Siege of Adrianople (1912–1913), in which the Bulgarians took the city from the Ottomans in the First Balkan War
Siege of Adrianople (1913)

See also
 Adrianople
Battle of Tzirallum, a 313 CE battle in which Licinius defeated Maximinus Daia in a Roman civil war
Britain

Britain most often refers to:

 The United Kingdom, a sovereign state in Europe comprising the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands
 Great Britain, the largest island in: the United Kingdom; the British Isles archipelago; and Europe.

Britain may also refer to:

Places
 British Isles, an archipelago comprising Great Britain, Ireland and many other smaller islands
 British Islands, the UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man collectively
 Roman Britain, a Roman province corresponding roughly to modern-day England and Wales
 Historical predecessors to the present-day United Kingdom:
 Kingdom of Great Britain (1707 to 1801)
 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801 to 1922)
 Britain (place name)
 Britain, Virginia, an unincorporated community in the United States

People
 Calvin Britain (1800–1862), an American politician
 Clarissa Britain (1816–1895), an American inventor
 Kristen Britain (born 1965), an American novelist

Other uses
 Captain Britain, a Marvel Comics superhero

See also
 
 
 Terminology of the British Isles
 England
 Britains
 Britannia
 Brittain (disambiguation)
 Brittany (disambiguation)
 Brit (disambiguation)
 Britten (disambiguation)
 Briton (disambiguation)
 Brittonic languages
 British (disambiguation)
 Great Britain (disambiguation)
 Little Britain (disambiguation)
 New Britain (disambiguation)
 National sports teams of the United Kingdom
Bourbon

Bourbon may refer to:

Food and drink 
 Bourbon whiskey, an American whiskey made using a corn-based mash
 Bourbon barrel aged beer, a type of beer aged in bourbon barrels
 Bourbon biscuit, a chocolate sandwich biscuit
 A beer produced by Brasseries de Bourbon
 Bourbon chicken, a dish made with bourbon whiskey
 Bourbon coffee, a type of coffee made from a cultivar of Coffea arabica
 Bourbon Coffee, a coffeehouse chain
 Bourbon vanilla, a cultivar of vanilla

Places 
 Bourbon, Indiana, United States
 Bourbon, Missouri, United States
 Bourbon, Boone County, Missouri
 Bourbon County, Kentucky, United States
 Bourbon County, Kansas, United States
 Bourbon Street, a street in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
 Bourbon-l'Archambault, Allier département, France
 Bourbon-Lancy, Saône-et-Loire département, France
 Bourbonne-les-Bains, Haute-Marne département, France
 Bourbonnais, an area derived from the former dukedom of Bourbon, France
 Île Bourbon, former name for the Island of Réunion

Politics and history 
 House of Bourbon, French and Spanish royal dynasties
 Spanish royal family
 Duke of Bourbon, a title in the peerage of France
 Bourbon Reforms, a series of measures taken by the Spanish Crown
 Bourbon Restoration (disambiguation), the return to monarchs in the Bourbon Dynasty in France and Spain
 Bourbon Democrat, from 1876 to 1904 a conservative member of the US Democratic Party

Other uses 
 USS Bourbon, a frigate
 Bourbon virus, a tick-borne virus discovered in the summer of 2014
 Bourbon (horse) (foaled in 1774), a British Thoroughbred racehorse
 "Bourbon", a 2019 song by Chad Brownlee from Back in the Game

See also 
 Barbon, a village in Cumbria, England
 Bhurban, a small town and a hill station in Punjab province, Pakistan
 Bourbonism (disambiguation)
 Borbon (disambiguation)
 Constable de Bourbon (disambiguation)
 Bourbon Kid, a supernatural horror book series by an anonymous British author
Bundesrat

Bundesrat is a German word that means federal council and may refer to:
 Federal Council (Austria)
 Bundesrat of Germany
 Federal Council (Switzerland)
 Bundesrat (German Empire)
Bisexual (disambiguation)

Bisexuality better known as bisexual, in human sexuality, describes a person that is sexually attracted to persons of both the same sex and persons of the opposite sex.

Bisexual may also refer to:
Bisexual characteristics, having an ambiguous sexual identity (e.g. epicenity or androgyny)
A bisexual flower (monoicy), in botany, one that possesses both male (pollen-producing) and female (seed-producing) parts
A bisexual plant (monoecy), in botany, having separate male and female cones or flowers on the same plant
Dioecy, in biology, a species that has members of two different distinct sexes (e.g. humans), opposed to unisexual (only one sex present, always females)
The Bisexual, a 2018 British-American comedy-drama television series

See also
By-Sexual, a Japanese visual kei punk rock band from Osaka
B52 (disambiguation)

The B-52 is an American strategic bomber aircraft.

B-52 or B52 may also refer to:
 The B-52's, an American new wave band
 The B-52's (album)
 B52 (New York City bus), a bus line in Brooklyn, New York
 B52 (chess opening), a chess opening based on the Sicilian Defence
 B-52 (cocktail)
 B-52 (hairstyle) or beehive, a hairstyle
 B-52 Memorial Park, a park within the Orlando International Airport, Florida
 Volvo B52 engine, a group of Volvo engines
 Nora B-52, a Serbian self-propelled howitzer
 HLA-B52, an HLA-B serotype
 Bundesstraße 52, a federal highway in Germany
 B52, route number for Kings Highway in Australia
 B-52, a coded reference to Mao Zedong in Project 571
 B-52, a pennant number of the Argentinian fast transport ship ARA Hércules (B-52)
BSE

BSE may refer to:

Medicine
 Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, also known as mad cow disease, a neurodegenerative disease of cattle
 Breast self-examination

Stock exchanges
 Bahrain Stock Exchange, Bahrain
 Baku Stock Exchange, Azerbaijan
 Barbados Stock Exchange
 Beijing Stock Exchange, China
 Bombay Stock Exchange, Mumbai, India
 Boston Stock Exchange, Massachusetts, US
 Botswana Stock Exchange in Gaborone, Botswana
 Budapest Stock Exchange, Hungary
 Bulgarian Stock Exchange – Sofia, BSE-Sofia

Other uses
 Blueprint for a Safer Economy, California classification of safe practices within a lockdown economy
 Britain Stronger in Europe, a lobbying group 
 Board of Secondary Education, Odisha, India
 Biological systems engineering
 Bury St Edmunds railway station (station code), Suffolk, England
 Backscattered electron (see scanning electron microscope)
 Blender Stack Exchange, a Q&A site for the Blender 3D software
 BSE (satellite), a Japanese satellite
 Bachelor of Science in Engineering, an undergraduate academic degree awarded to a student after 3-5 years of studying engineering at a university or college
 Black Sun Empire, a Dutch drum and bass group
 Bethe–Salpeter equation, an equation in quantum field theory
 Bendigo South East College, a secondary school in Victoria, Australia
 Banco de Seguros del Estado, a Uruguayan state-owned insurance company
 Sematan Airport (IATA code: BSE), an airport in Sarawak, Malaysia

See also
 Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease, sometimes called a human form of bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Body

Body may refer to:

In science
 Physical body, an object in physics that represents a large amount, has mass or takes up space
 Body (biology), the physical material of an organism
 Body plan, the physical features shared by a group of animals
 Human body, the entire structure of a human organism
 Dead body, cadaver, or corpse, a dead human body
 (living) matter, see: Mind–body problem, the relationship between mind and matter in philosophy
 Aggregates within living matter, such as inclusion bodies

In arts and entertainment

In film and television
 Body (2015 Polish film), a 2015 Polish film
 Body (2015 American film), a 2015 American film
 "Body" (Wonder Showzen episode), a 2006 episode of American sketch comedy television series Wonder Showzen
 "Body", an episode of the Adult Swim television series, Off the Air

In literature and publishing
 body text, the text forming the main content of any printed matter
 body (typography), the size of a piece of metal type
 B.O.D.Y. (manga), by Ao Mimori
 B O D Y, an international online literary magazine

In music
 Electronic body music, a genre
 "Body" (Dreezy song), 2016
 "Body" (The Jacksons song), a song by The Jacksons from Victory, 1984
 "Body", a 2022 song by Ella Henderson from her second album Everything I Didn't Say
 "Body" (Ja Rule song), a 2007 hip-hop song
 "Body" (Loud Luxury song), a 2017 house song
 "Body" (Marques Houston song), a 2009 R&B song
 "Body" (Megan Thee Stallion song), a song by Megan Thee Stallion from Good News, 2020
 "Body", a song by Julia Michaels, from Inner Monologue Part 2,  2019 
 "Body" (Russ Millions and Tion Wayne song), a 2021 drill song
 "Body" (Sean Paul song), a 2017 dancehall song
 "Body", a 2010 song by Teairra Marí
 "Body", a song by Men Without Hats from No Hats Beyond This Point, 2003
 "Body", a song by Funky Green Dogs from Star, 1999
 "Body", a song by Mother Mother from O My Heart, 2008
 Body (Aaamyyy album), Japanese musician Aaamyyy's 2019 debut album
 Body (The Necks album), 2018 album by The Necks
 B.O.D.Y. (album) (Band Of D Year), a 2006 album by Machel Montano
 Best Night of My Life, a 2010 Jamie Foxx album originally named Body

Other uses
Jesse Ventura (born 1951), nicknamed "The Body", American media personality, actor, author, former politician and retired professional wrestler
 Body (surname)
 Body (transistor), a terminal of a field-effect transistor
 Body (wine), a wine tasting descriptor of sense of alcohol and feeling in the mouth
 Automobile body, the outer body of a motor vehicle which is built around a chassis
 Body corporate, a corporation capable of having legal rights and duties within a certain legal system
 Body politic, metaphor in which a nation is considered to be a corporate entity, being likened to a human body
 An HTML element that contains the displayable content of a page

See also

 
 
 Bodi (disambiguation)
 Bodie (disambiguation)
 Bodies (disambiguation)
 Body of Evidence (disambiguation)
 Body part (disambiguation)
 Corporeal (disambiguation)
 Remains (disambiguation)
 The Body (disambiguation)
List of Major League Baseball career total bases leaders

In baseball statistics, total bases (TB) is the number of bases a player has gained with hits. It is a weighted sum for which the weight value is 1 for a single, 2 for a double, 3 for a triple and 4 for a home run. Only bases attained from hits count toward this total. Reaching base by other means (such as a base on balls) or advancing further after the hit (such as when a subsequent batter gets a hit) does not increase the player's total bases.

The total bases divided by the number of at bats is the player's slugging average.

Hank Aaron is the career leader in total bases with 6,856. Albert Pujols (6,211), Stan Musial (6,134), and Willie Mays (6,080) are the only other players with at least 6,000 career total bases.

As of October 2023, no active players are in the top 100 for career total bases. The active leader is Nelson Cruz, in 113th with 3,847.

Key

List
Stats updated as of October 1, 2023.

Notes

External links
Baseball Reference – Career Leaders & Records for Total Bases

Total
Major League Baseball statistics
Games played

Games played (GP) is a statistic used in team sports to indicate the total number of games in which a player has participated (in any capacity); the statistic is generally applied irrespective of whatever portion of the game is contested.

Baseball
In baseball, the statistic applies to players, who prior to a game, are included on a starting lineup card or are announced as an ex ante substitute, whether or not they play. For pitchers only, the statistic games pitched is used.

A notable example of the application of the above rule is pitcher Larry Yount, who suffered an injury while throwing warmup pitches after being summoned as a reliever in a Major League Baseball (MLB) game on September 15, 1971. He did not face a batter, but was credited with an appearance because he had been announced as a substitute. Yount never appeared in (or actually played in) any other MLB game.

Association football
In association football, a game played is counted if a player is in the starting 11, or if a reserve player enters the game before full-time.

See also
Major League Baseball consecutive games played streaks
List of NHL players with 500 consecutive games played

References

Baseball statistics
BCD

BCD may refer to:

Computing
 Binary-coded decimal, a representation of decimal digits in binary
 BCD (character encoding), a 6-bit superset of binary-coded decimal derived from the binary encoding of the same name
 Boot Configuration Data, the configuration data required to boot Microsoft Windows Vista and later
 Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS, a type of BiCMOS semiconductor technology

Organisations
 Basnahira Cricket Dundee, a Sri Lankan cricket team
 BCD Tofu House, a Los Angeles-based Korean restaurant chain
 BCD Travel, a provider of global corporate travel management
 Belarusian Christian Democracy, a Christian-democratic political party in Belarus.
 Berkshire Country Day School, an independent school in Lenox, Massachusetts, US
 Bid Closing Date The closing date for a bid is a specific date (and usually a specific time) when the bid is closed to the public for bid submissions. At this point, only the submitted proposals will be considered eligible.
 The British Columbia Dragoons, a Canadian Forces armoured regiment

Places
 Bacolod–Silay International Airport (IATA code), Silay City, Philippines
 Beirut Central District, Beirut, Lebanon

Other uses
 Bad conduct discharge, a form of discharge from US military service, sometimes referred to colloquially as a "big chicken dinner".
 Barrels per calendar day, a unit for measuring output of oil refineries
 Blue compact dwarf galaxy, a small galaxy which contains large clusters of young, hot, massive stars
 Board-certified diplomate, in the list of credentials in psychology
 Buoyancy control device, in scuba diving
 Bolt circle diameter, for example, of a crankset, of a bicycle disc brake, or in wheel sizing
 "Behind closed doors", a marketing term for previewing a product to a select audience

See also
 BCD in the sugar baby/sugar daddy (SBSD) community means Behind Closed Doors.  
BCDS (disambiguation)