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Full Name Kingdom of Belgium Capital City Brussels Area 30,510 sq km 11,780 sq miles Population 10,400,000 Time Zone GMT/UTC +1 () Daylight Saving Start last Sunday in March Daylight Saving End last Sunday in October Languages Dutch (official) Belgium's tangled tongues date back to when Christ was a toddler and Franks were forcing Celts and Gauls into the land's southern regions, making an early form of Dutch the norm in the north. And so it remains, with French the accepted language in the south. Brussels, stuck in the middle, is one of the world's few officially bilingual capitals. French (official) French speakers live in Wallonia in the south. German (official) Religion 75% Roman Catholic Currency Euro (€) Electricity 230V 50HzHz Electric Plug Details European plug with two circular metal pins Country Dialing Code 32 |
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