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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 .
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.
Geographic limits of the map: N: 51.8° N; S: 49.2° N; W: 2.2° E; E: 6.9° E; Date: 9 July 2008: Source: Own work (Original text: own work, using United States National Imagery and Mapping Agency data) Author: NordNordWest: Other versions: Derivative works of this file: Province of Namur (Belgium) location.svg; Province of Liege (Belgium ...
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Waterloo (French pronunciation: ⓘ; [2] Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋaːtərloː] ⓘ; Walloon: Waterlô) is a municipality in Wallonia, located in the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium, which in 2011 had a population of 29,706 and an area of 21.03 km 2 (8.12 sq mi).
On 23–24 August 1914, Mons was the location of the Battle of Mons—the first battle fought by the British Army in World War I. The British were forced to retreat with just over 1,600 casualties, and the town remained occupied by the Germans until its liberation in the Second Battle of Mons by the Canadian Corps during the final days of the war.
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Halle (Dutch pronunciation: ⓘ; French: Hal, pronounced) is a Belgian city and municipality in the Halle-Vilvoorde district (arrondissement) of the province of Flemish Brabant.