Flanders

Flanders (, , , , ) or Flemish Region (Dutch: Vlaams Gewest), is the Dutch-speaking northern part of Belgium.( ,  , , 

Their version of the Dutch language is usually called Flemish (Dutch: Vlaams).Actually, Flemish is only the dialect of the provinces of West and East Flanders. Its vocabulary and pronunciation is not identical with Dutch as spoken in Holland.

Flanders has five provinces and 300 municipalities. About seven million people live there. Its capital is Brussels, which is also the capital of Belgium..

There are some other differences from the rest of Belgium. related to culture, politics and history.

 Provinces 
Flanders has five provinces:

 Province Capital Population  2022 Area  km² Density  km² Antwerp Antwerp 1,886,609 2,876 656 Flemish Brabant Leuven 1,173,440 2,118 554 Limburg Hasselt 885,951 2,427 365 East Flanders Ghent 1,543,865 3,007 513 West Flanders Bruges 1,209,011 3,197 378

 Related pages 
Flanders (or Flemish Region) is one of three regions in Belgium. The other two regions are:
 Wallonia (or Walloon Region) for the French-speaking part of Belgium
 Brussels-Capital Region is bilingual (French and Dutch)

 References 

 Other websites 
 The Flemish Region, belgium.be



Category:Divided regions