Belgium

Belgium, officially de Kingdom of Belgium, be a country insyd Northwestern Europe. E dey situate insyd a coastal lowland region dem know as de Low Countries, e be bordered by de Netherlands to de north, Germany to de east, Luxembourg to de southeast, France to de south, den de North Sea to de west. Belgium dey cover an area of 30,689 km2 (11,849 sq mi) wey e get a population of more dan 11.8 million; ein population density of 383/km2 (990/sq mi) dey rank 22nd insyd de world den sixth insyd Europe. De capital den largest metropolitan region be Brussels; oda major cities be Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège, Bruges, Namur, den Leuven.

Belgium be a parliamentary constitutional monarchy plus a complex federal system dem structure on regional den linguistic grounds. Dem divide de country into three highly autonomous regions: de Flemish Region (Flanders) insyd de north, de Walloon Region (Wallonia) insyd de south, den de Brussels-Capital Region insyd de middle. Belgium sanso be home to two main linguistic communities: de Dutch-speaking Flemish Community, wich dey constitute about 60 percent of de population, den de French-speaking French Community, wich dey constitute about 40 percent of de population; a small German-speaking Community, wey dey comprise around one percent of de population, dey exist insyd de East Cantons. Belgium ein linguistic diversity den related political conflicts be reflected insyd ein complex system of governance, wey make up of six different governments. Belgium be a developed country plus an advanced high-income economy. E be one of de six founding members of de European Union, wey ein capital of Brussels dey serve as de de facto capital of de EU, wey dey host de official seats of de European Commission, de Council of the European Union, de European Council, den one of two seats of de European Parliament (de oda be Strasbourg). 

Brussels sanso dey host de headquarters of chaw major international organizations, such as NATO. Belgium be a member of, anaa affiliate to, chaw international organizations, wey dey include ACCT, AfDB, AsDB, Australia Group, Benelux, BIS, CCC, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, G-10, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, MONUSCO (observers), NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNECE, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIK, UNMOGIP, UNRWA, UNTSO, UPU, WADB (non-regional), WEU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTrO, ZC.

 Demographics 
 Largest cities anaa towns insyd Belgium

Numbers according to de Belgium's National Register, (1 January 2023)RankNameRegionPop.RankNameRegionPop.1AntwerpFlanders536,07911Molenbeek-Saint-Jean/Sint-Jans-MolenbeekBrussels97,6102GhentFlanders267,70912MonsWallonia96,0553CharleroiWallonia203,24513AalstFlanders89,9154LiègeWallonia194,87714MechelenFlanders88,4635City of BrusselsBrussels192,95015Ixelles/ElseneBrussels88,0816Schaerbeek/SchaarbeekBrussels130,42216Uccle/UkkelBrussels85,7067AnderlechtBrussels124,35317La LouvièreWallonia81,2938BrugesFlanders119,44518Sint-NiklaasFlanders81,0669NamurWallonia113,17419HasseltFlanders80,29910LeuvenFlanders102,85120KortrijkFlanders78,841

 Geography 

 Provinces 
Dem divide de territory of Belgium into three Regions, two of wich, de Flemish Region den Walloon Region, be in turn subdivided into provinces; de third Region, de Brussels-Capital Region, be neither a province nor a part of a province.
ProvinceDutch nameFrench nameGerman nameCapitalAreaPopulation
(1 January 2024)DensityISO 3166-2:BEFlemish RegionAntwerpAntwerp1,926,522VANEast FlandersGhent1,572,002VOVFlemish BrabantLeuven1,196,773VBRLimburgHasselt900,098VLIWest FlandersBruges1,226,375VWVWalloon RegionHainautMons1,360,074WHTLiègeLiège1,119,038WLGLuxembourgArlon295,146WLXNamur ()Namur503,895WNAWalloon BrabantWavre414,130WBRBrussels-Capital RegionBrussels-Capital RegionBrussels City1,249,597BBRTotalBrussels City11,763,650

 References 
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 Online sources 


  (mentioning other original sources)






 —Reflections on nations and nation-state developments regarding Belgium

 Bibliography 



 [Also editions [1913], London, ; (1921) D. Unwin and Co., New York  also published (1921) as Belgium from the Roman invasion to the present day, The Story of the nations, 67, T. Fisher Unwin, London, ]
  Facsimile reprint of a 1902 edition by the author, London
 Facsimile reprint of a 1909 edition by the author, London



(Several editions in English, incl. (1997) 7th ed.)

 External links 

 Government 

 Official site of the Belgian monarchy
 Official site of the Belgian federal government

 General 

 Belgium. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.
 Belgium at UCB Libraries GovPubs
 Belgium information from the United States Department of State
 Portals to the World from the United States Library of Congress
 Belgium profile from the BBC News
 FAO Country Profiles: Belgium Archived 26 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine
 Statistical Profile of Belgium at the Association of Religion Data Archives Archived 28 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
 Key Development Forecasts for Belgium from International Futures
 Official Site of the Belgian Tourist Office in the Americas and GlobeScope


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