MENU | | | NEWS | | | | | | | | DXCC | | | | | | | Geography | | | | | Other | | | | Poland | | | SITE GUIDE | | | | SP6NVK | | | | | | Links | |
| Entity: |
Entity: | Belgium | Main prefix: | ON | Callsigns series: | ONA-OTZ | Time zone: | +1 h | Continent: | Europe | ITU zone: | 27 | CQ zone: | 14 |
Belgium | Maps: | ![[162 kB]](Mapy/Big/Belgium.gif) | |
Coat of arms | Coin | Banknote | Stamp | Satellite image | | | | | |
Flag | Flag description | ![Details... [2 kB]](Bazy_danych/Flagi/Miniatury/be-lgflag.gif) | Three equal vertical bands of black (hoist side), yellow, and red; the design was based on the flag of France. |
Belgium | Capital: | Brussels
| Administrative divisions: | 10 provinces (French: provinces, singular - province, Dutch: provincies, singular - provincie) and 1 region* (French: region, Dutch: gewest), Antwerpen, Brabant Wallon, Brussels* (Bruxelles), Hainaut, Liege, Limburg, Luxembourg, Namur, Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaams-Brabant, and West-Vlaanderen.
| Population: | 10,392,226 (July 2007 est.)
| Languages: | Dutch (official) 60%, French (official) 40%, German (official) less than 1%, legally bilingual (Dutch and French)
| Geographic coordinates: | 50° 50' N, 4° 00' E | Area total: | 30,528 sq. km
| Land area: | 30,278 sq. km | Water area: | 250 sq. km | Total land boundaries: | 1,385 km | Borders with neighbor countries: | France 620 km, Germany 167 km, Luxembourg 148 km, Netherlands 450 km
| Coastline: | 66 km
| Elevation extremes: | North Sea 0 m - Signal de Botrange 694 m
| Internet country code: | .be | Currency: | euro (EUR)
| Name - conventional long form: | Kingdom of Belgium | Name - conventional short form: | Belgium | Name - local long form: | Royaume de Belgique/Koninkrijk Belgie | Name - local short form: | Belgique/België | Independence: | 4 October 1830 a provisional government declared independence from the Netherlands, 21 July 1831 the ascension of King Leopold I to the throne
| Constitution: | 7 February 1831, last revised 14 July 1993, parliament approved a constitutional package creating a federal state
| Government type: | federal parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarch
| National holiday: | Independence Day, 21 July (1831)
|
|