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Belgium

Belgium
Standards
Road Traffic:right side
Electricity:
Voltage:230V
Frequency:50 Hz
Plug types:E,
Note:Notes from correspondents: a 'C' style plug can be used with 'E' and 'F' receptacles.  All double-insulated appliances are indeed fitted with a 'C' plug, and can be used in any compatible receptacle (C E F and narrow L).  Type C receptacles are prohibited in Belgium.
TV Systems:
System:PAL B / PAL H
DVD-Region: 2
Geography
Bordering countries:
France 620 kmGermany 167 kmLuxembourg 148 kmNetherlands 450 km

Location:
Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between France and the Netherlands
Area:
total: 30,528 sq km
land: 30,278 sq km
water: 250 sq km
Climate:
temperate; mild winters, cool summers; rainy, humid, cloudy
Terrain:
flat coastal plains in northwest, central rolling hills, rugged mountains of Ardennes Forest in southeast
Economy
GDP:
$390.5 billion (2008 est.)
$385.5 billion (2007)
$375.7 billion (2006)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars
GDP growth rate:
1.3% (2008)
2.6% (2007 est.)
GDP per capita:
$37,500 (2008 est.)
$37,100 (2007 est.)
$36,200 (2006 est.)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Inflation rate: 4.5% (2008)
Currency: euro (EUR)
Exchange rates:
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6827 (2008), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
People
Population: 10,414,336 (July 2009 est.)
Growth rate: 0.094% (2009 est.)
Religions:
Roman Catholic 75%, other (includes Protestant) 25%
Languages:
Dutch (official) 60%, French (official) 40%, German (official) less than 1%, legally bilingual (Dutch and French)
Government
Capital:
name: Brussels
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
Independence:
4 October 1830 (a provisional government declared independence from the Netherlands); 21 July 1831 (King LEOPOLD I ascended to the throne)


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