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Coordinates:50°50′N4°00′E/ 50.833°N 4.000°E/50.833; 4.000

Kinrick o Belgium

Motto:"Eendracht maakt macht"(Dutch)
"L'union fait la force"(French)
"Einigkeit macht stark"(German)
Location o  Belgium  (dark green) – on the European continent  (green & dark grey) – in the European Union  (green)
Location oBelgium(dark green)

– on theEuropean continent(green & dark grey)
– in theEuropean Union(green)

Location o Belgium
Caipital
and largest city
Brussels
50°51′N4°21′E/ 50.850°N 4.350°E/50.850; 4.350
Offeecial leidsDutch
French
German
Demonym(s)Belgian
GovrenmentFederalpairlamentary
constitutional monarchy[1]
Philippe
Alexander De Croo
LegislaturFederal Pairlament
Senate
Chaumer o Representatives
Unthirldom
frae theNetherlands
• Declared
4 October 1830
19 Apryle 1839
FoondittheEEC(nou theEU)
1 Januar 1958
Aurie
• Total
30,528 km2(11,787 sq mi) (140t)
• Water (%)
6.4
Population
• 1 Januar 2016 census
11,250,585[2](75t)
• Density
363.6/km2(941.7/sq mi) (23rd)
GDP(PPP)2016 estimate
• Total
$508.598 billion[3](38t)
• Per capita
$44,881[3](20t)
GDP(nominal)2016 estimate
• Tot
$470.179 billion[3](23rd)
• Per capita
$41,491[3](17t)
Gini(2011)26.3[4]
law
HDI(2014)Increase0.890[5]
verra heich·21st
CurrencyEuro() (EUR)
Time zoneUTC+1(CET)
• Summer (DST)
UTC+2(CEST)
Drivin sideright
Cawin code+32
ISO 3166 codeBE
Internet TLD.be
  1. The flag's offeecial proportions o 13:15 are rarely seen; proportions o 2:3 or similar are more common.
  2. TheBrusselsregion is thede factocaipital, but theCeety o Brusselsmunicipality is thede jurecaipital[6]
  3. The.eudomain is an aa uised, as it is shared wi ither European Union member states.
Territorial organization

TheKinrick o Belgium(Dutch:Koninkrijk België;French:Royaume de Belgique;German:Königreich Belgien) is a kintra in nor'wastrenEuropethat haes laund mairches wi theNetherlands,Fraunce,LuxembourganGermany,Belgium proclaimed its unthirldom, an biway, its foondaition, in Juin1831.It wis ane o the foondin members o theEuropean Union.Belgium haes three main pairts;Flanders,whar folk speak Dutch,Walloniawhar French is the mither tung, anBrussels,which is bilingual. There is a German speaking community in Wallonia an aw.

References[eedit|eedit soorce]

  1. "Government type: Belgium".The World Factbook.CIA. Archived fraethe originalon 7 Februar 2012.Retrieved19 December2011.Archived2012-02-07 at theWayback Machine
  2. "Bevolkingscijfers per provincie en per gemeente op 1 januari 2016/Chiffres de la population par province et par commune, a la date du 1er Janvier 2016"(PDF).Statistics Belgium,Federal Public Service Economy.24 Januar 2016.Retrieved24 Mairch2016.
  3. abcd"Belgium".International Monetary Fund.Retrieved24 Mey2017.
  4. "Gini coefficient of equivalised disposable income (source: SILC)".Eurostat Data Explorer. Archived fraethe originalon 4 Mairch 2016.Retrieved13 August2013.
  5. "Human Development Report 2015"(PDF).United Nations.Retrieved14 December2015.
  6. The Belgian Constitution(PDF).Brussels, Belgium: Belgian House of Representatives. Mey 2014. p. 63. Archived fraethe original(PDF)on 10 August 2015.Retrieved10 September2015.