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Officially Kingdom of Belgium, Dutch Koninkrijk Belgie, French Royaume de Belgique, country of northwestern Europe. One of the smallest and most densely populated European. The Kingdom of Belgium is a country in northwest Europe bordered by the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, and France, with a short coastline on the North Sea.

Brussels is the capital and Antwerp is the chief commercial center and one of the world's major ports. Other important cities include Ghent and Liege.

Culturally, Belgium is a heterogeneous nation straddling the border between the Romance and Germanic language families of western Europe. Straddling the cultural boundary between Germanic and Latin Europe, Belgium's two largest regions are Dutch-speaking Flanders in the north, with 58% of the population, and the French-speaking southern region of Wallonia, inhabited by 32%. The Brussels-Capital Region is an officially bilingual enclave within the Flemish and near the Walloon Region, and has 10% of the population.

The name 'Belgium' is derived from Gallia Belgica, Roman province in the northernmost part of Gaul that was inhabited by the Belgae, mix of Celtic and Germanic peoples.

Belgium today is one of the most heavily industrialized and urbanized nations in Europe. It is a member of the Benelux Economic Union (with The Netherlands and Luxembourg), the European Union (EU), and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).