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Map of the Seventeen Provinces, red showing the border between the independent (Northern) Netherlands and the Southern Netherlands. The medieval Low Countries, including present-day Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, as well as parts of modern Germany and France, comprised a number of rival and independent feudal states of varying sizes.
The Flemish Region or Flanders (Dutch: Vlaams Gewest or Vlaanderen) occupies the northern part of Belgium. It has a surface area of 13,626 km 2 (5,261 sq mi), or 44.4% of Belgium, and is divided into 5 provinces which contain a total of 300 municipalities. The official language is Dutch.
Many states use township as a governmental level between county and municipality. Most states have counties with unincorporated areas (no municipal government). Municipal governments are called cities, towns, villages, boroughs, and townships, and can form 1-3 layers of government.
Province HDI (2022) Very high human development 1 Brussels: 0.960 2 Antwerp: 0.957 3 Walloon Brabant: 0.951 4 Flemish Brabant: 0.947 5 East Flanders: 0.946 - Belgium (average) 0.942: 6 West Flanders: 0.938 7 Limburg: 0.936 8 Namur: 0.911 9 Liège: 0.906 10 Luxembourg: 0.901 11 Hainaut: 0.894
English: Map of Belgium showing the provinces (black lines), regions and communities (colors). Yellow: Flanders, red & blue: Wallonia, orange: Brussels-Capital region ...
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Capital of Belgium: Brussels; Cities of Belgium; Belgium comprises 589 municipalities grouped into five provinces in each of two regions and into a third region, the Brussels-Capital Region, comprising 19 municipalities that do not belong to a province.
Map of Belgian regions and provinces. Belgium has an area of 30,689 km² (11,849 sq mi), with 16,901 km 2 (6,526 sq mi) or 55.1% for the Walloon Region , 13,626 km 2 (5,261 sq mi) or 44.4% for the Flemish Region , and 162 km 2 (63 sq mi) or 0.5% for the Brussels Capital Region .