Belgium
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Coordinates:50°50′N4°00′E/ 50.833°N 4.000°E
Kinrick o Belgium | |
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Caipital and largest city | Brussels 50°51′N4°21′E/ 50.850°N 4.350°E |
Offeecial leids | Dutch French German |
Demonym(s) | Belgian |
Govrenment | Federalpairlamentary constitutional monarchy[1] |
Philippe | |
Alexander De Croo | |
Legislatur | Federal Pairlament |
Senate | |
Chaumer o Representatives | |
Unthirldom frae theNetherlands | |
• Declared | 4 October 1830 |
19 Apryle 1839 | |
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) | ![]() verra heich·21st |
Currency | Euro(€) (EUR) |
Time zone | UTC+1(CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2(CEST) |
Drivin side | right |
Cawin code | +32 |
ISO 3166 code | BE |
Internet TLD | .be |
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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]
- ↑"Government type: Belgium".The World Factbook.CIA. Archived fraethe originalon 7 Februar 2012.Retrieved19 December2011.Archived2012-02-07 at theWayback Machine
- ↑"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.
- ↑abcd"Belgium".International Monetary Fund.Retrieved24 Mey2017.
- ↑"Gini coefficient of equivalised disposable income (source: SILC)".Eurostat Data Explorer. Archived fraethe originalon 4 Mairch 2016.Retrieved13 August2013.
- ↑"Human Development Report 2015"(PDF).United Nations.Retrieved14 December2015.
- ↑The Belgian Constitution(PDF).Brussels, Belgium: Belgian House of Representatives. Mey 2014. p. 63. Archived fraethe original(PDF)on 10 August 2015.Retrieved10 September2015.
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