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          Belgium          
 
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 Flag description 
Three equal vertical bands of black (hoist side), yellow, and red; the design was based on the flag of France.
 
          Belgium          
 
 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)
 
          Belgium          

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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