Belgium Map

CAPITAL: Brussels

SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT: Constitutional Monarchy

AREA: 30,540 Square Kilometers (11,792 Square Miles)

ESTIMATED POPULATION: 12,000,100

LOCATION & GEOGRAPHY: Belgium is located in North West Europe. The Netherlands surrounds it to the north, France to the south, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast and the North Sea to the northwest.

PEOPLE: Belgium has a population of German, French, Dutch, Spanish and Austrian descendants. Belgium has two main groups'the Dutch speakers called Flemings and the French speakers called Walloons.

LANGUAGES: The official languages are Flemish (Dutch), French and German. With most of the population speaking Dutch while some speak French and a very small percent speak German.