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Belgium, Benelux Political Geography
Related Category: Benelux Political Geography
Belgium[bel´jum] Pronunciation Key - Government
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Belgium is a federal parliamentary democracy with a constitutional monarchy. It has a bicameral legislature with a 72-member senate and a 150-seat chamber of representatives. The king is the official chief of state, and the prime minister is the head of government. Political divisions fall into three main groups–Christian Democrats, Liberals, and Socialists–each of these again divided into political parties constituted along linguistic lines. The country is divided into ten provinces and the capital region.
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• Albert I, king of the Belgians
• Albert II, king of the Belgians
• Albert Canal
• Antwerp, city, Belgium
• Antwerp, province, Belgium
• Battle of the Bulge
• Baudouin
• Benelux Economic Union
• Borinage
• Brabant
• Brabant, duchy of
• Bruges
• Brussels
• Burgundy
• Campo Formio, Treaty of
• Charleroi
• East Flanders
• Flanders
• Franks
• French Revolutionary Wars
• Gaul
• Ghent
• Hainaut
• Herstal
• Holy Roman Empire
• Kortrijk
• Leopold I, king of the Belgians
• Leopold II, king of the Belgians
• Leopold III, king of the Belgians
• LiEge, city, Belgium
• LiEge, province, Belgium
• Limburg, province, Belgium
• London Conference
• Lotharingia
• Louvain
• Low Countries
• Luxembourg, province, Belgium
• Luxembourg, grand duchy, W Europe
• Mary of Burgundy
• Mechelen
• Meuse, river, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands
• Mons
• Namur, city, Belgium
• Namur, province, Belgium
• Netherlands, Austrian and Spanish
• Tournai
• Verviers
• Vienna, Congress of
• Walloons
• West Flanders
• William I, king of the Netherlands
• Ypres, battles of
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