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Belgians. Belgians ( Dutch: Belgen; French: Belges; German: Belgier pronounced [ˈbɛlɡi̯ɐ] ⓘ) are people identified with the Kingdom of Belgium, a federal state in Western Europe. As Belgium is a multinational state, this connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural rather than ethnic. The majority of Belgians, however ...
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Belgium, [A] officially the Kingdom of Belgium, [B] is a...
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Belgium, [A] officially the Kingdom of Belgium, [B] is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the south, and the North Sea to the west. It covers an area of 30,689 km 2 (11,849 sq mi) [4] [12] and has a population of more than 11.5 ...
Total population; c. 11 million Regions with significant populations Belgium 9,782,239 (Belgian nationality only, 1 January 2010) United States 360,642 Canada 168,915 France ...
11.1 Congo Free State and Belgian Congo. 11.2 China 1902–31. 11.3 Ruanda-Urundi 1917–61. 12 World War I. Toggle World War I subsection. 12.1 Military role. 12.2 ...
The Belgian Revolution was in 1830. Leopold became king on July 21 1831. This is now celebrated as Belgium's National Day. Episode of the Belgian Revolution of 1830 (1834), by Egide Charles Gustave Wappers, Museum of Ancient Art, Brussels. The Berlin Conference of 1885 gave control of the Congo Free State to King Leopold II.
Monarchy of Belgium. Monarchy in Belgium is constitutional and popular in nature. The monarch is the head of state. The Monarch is officially called King of the Belgians. The current leader is Philippe I. Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was the first King of the Belgians. To date all have belonged to the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha .
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Belgium has three official languages: Dutch (also called Flemish in its regional spoken version), French, and German. Approximately 60% of Belgians speak Flemish, 40% French, and less than 1% German. Flemish is the language of the northern provinces and French of the southern ones, while most German speakers live in eastern Liège along the ...
