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Capital: Brussels. Area: 30,518 sq km (11,783 sq ml). Population: 10,064,000. Currency: 1 Belgian Franc = 100 Centimes. Religions: Roman Catholic 90% Others 10% Ethnic Groups: Belgian 91.1% Italian 2.8% Moroccan 1.1% French 1.1% Others 3.9% Languages: Flemish, French, German, & Italian. |
A country in North-West
Europe on the North Sea. It is bounded by the
Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France. The coastal area comprises broad sandy beaches backed by dunes. Inland, most of the rivers run across the flat, fertile Flanders Plain, north-eastward to The Netherlands. In the south-east the land rises from the Sambre-Meuse valley to the highlands of the Ardennes. Here the soil is poor, and the land generally forested. The Campine coalfield is in the east. The climate is cool and wet, with warm summers. |
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