Kingdom of Belgium | |
BEL | |
The Belgian flag is modeled after the French flag, black is the emblem of the Duchy of Brabant, which is temporarily independent of Austria, yellow is the lion, and red is the color of the lion's tongue. Originally vertical stripes, it was changed to horizontal stripes at the time of independence in 1830. | |
area | 30,528 square kilometers | |
population | 11.49 million people (2020) | |
capital | Brussels | |
language | Dutch, French, German | |
currency | EUR | |
climate | Belgium temperature and precipitation | |
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