Belgium
Position: North-Western Europe
Position: North-Western Europe
| International name: | Belgium |
| Local name: | Belgique / Belgie |
| AREA ................................................ | 30.528 kmq |
| POPULATION .................................. | 10.348.276 in. |
| DENSITY ......................................... | 339,0 in/kmq |
| CAPITAL .......................................... | Bruxelles |
| LANGUAGES .................................... | Dutch (official) 60%, French (official) 40%, German (official) less than 1%, legally bilingual (Dutch and French) |
| RELIGIONS ...................................... | Roman Catholic 75%, Protestant or other 25% |
| CURRENCY ...................................... | Euro (EUR) |
| GDP per CAPITA ............................. | 31096 $ (2004) |
| HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX .. | 0,657 (16th place) |
| LOWEST POINT ............................... | North Sea 0 m |
| HIGHEST POINT .............................. | Signal de Botrange 694 m |
| INDEPENDENCE ............................... | 4 October 1830 (a provisional government declares independence from the Netherlands); 21 July 1831 (King Leopold I ascends to the throne) |
| INSTITUTIONAL FORM ................... | Constitutional Monarchy |
| WEB DOMAIN .................................. | .be |
| COUNTRY CODE .............................. | +32 |
North-Western Europe country
| Bruxelles | 24/11/2024 | 12:37 | ( GMT+1 ) |
Courtesy from CIA World Factbook