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|official_languages = Dutch, French, German
|capital = Brussels
|latd=50 |latm=54 |latNS=N |longd=4 |longm=32 |longEW=E |government_type = Federal constitutional monarchy|sovereignty_type = Independence|sovereignty_note = from the Netherlands|established_event1 = Declared|established_date1 = October 4, 1830|established_event2 = Recognised|established_date2 = Treaty of London, April 19, 1839|area = 30,528|areami² = 11,787 |area_magnitude = 1 E10|percent_water = 6.4|population_estimate = 10,419,000 <!--UN estimate for mid-2005-->|population_estimate_year = 2005|population_census = 10,296,350|population_census_year = 2001
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The '''Kingdom of Belgium''' (Dutch: Koninkrijk België; French: Royaume de Belgique; German: Königreich Belgien) is a country in northwest Europe bordered by [[Netherlands|the Netherlands]], [[Germany]], [[Luxembourg]] and [[France]]. Belgium has a population of over ten million people, in an area of around 30,000 square kilometres (11,700 square miles).
