Capital: Brussels





Belgium is composed of the five northern Dutch-speaking provinces of Flanders, the five southern French-speaking provinces of Wallonia and the Capital Region of Brussels.




Flanders* (Dutch) capital: Brussels

*Antwerp (Dutch) capital: Antwerp

*Limburg (Dutch) capital: Hasselt

*East Flanders (Dutch) capital: Ghent

*West Flanders (Dutch) capital: Bruges
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*Flemish Brabant* (Dutch) capital: Leuven


Wallonia* French) capital: Namur

Walloon Brabant* (French) capital: Wavre

Namur (French) capital: Namur

Liège* (French) capital: Liège

Hainaut* (French) capital: Mons

Luxembourg (French) capital: Arlon


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Belgium has three main physical regions: the coastal plain (located in the north-west), the central plateau, and the Ardennes uplands (located in the south-east).


The coastal plain consists mainly of sand dunes and polders. Polders are areas of land, close to or below sea level, that have been reclaimed from the sea from which they are protected by dikes or, further inland, fields that have been drained by canals.

The second physical region, the central plateau, lays further inland. This is a smooth, slowly rising area which has many fertile valleys and is irrigated by many waterways. Here one can also find rougher land, including caves and small gorges.


Landscape in the Hautes Fagnes, in the ArdennesThe third physical region (called the Ardennes) is somewhat more rugged than the first two. It is a thickly forested plateau, very rocky and not very good for farming, which extends into northern France. This is where much of Belgium's wildlife can be found.







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