1. Belgium has some 40 miles of shoreline on the North Sea.
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2. Belgium is named after the Belgae, a Celtic people whose territory Julius Caesar conquered in 57 bc and ruled as Gallia Belgica.
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4. Belgium has a total land boundary length of 1,385 kilometers, sharing borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, and France.
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5. The US continues to believe that Belgium could be even more active in sharing the international security burden.
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9. In 2006, Belgium sent about 400 peacekeepers to Lebanon in support of the UN mission there.
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11. Belgium is located in Western Europe, bordered by the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, France, and the North Sea.
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12. Belgium is a member of NATO, and its military forces have been completely integrated into the alliance.
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14. Belgium has two major rivers, the Schelde and the Meuse (Maas), both of which originate in France and flow east across Belgium.
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21. Belgium is small, about the size of Maryland, with an area of 11,799 square miles.
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22. In 1999, Belgium began using the euro, the common currency of the European Union.
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25. Belgium has significant investments in the United States that total $6.7 billion.
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29. Belgium is the traditional crossroads of Europe and its capital, Brussels, serves as the capital of the European Union.
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34. Belgium is a charter member of the UN, having joined on 27 December 1945, and participates in ECE and all the nonregional specialized agencies.
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37. Belgium is named after the Belgae, a Celtic people whose territory was conquered in 57 bc by Julius Caesar and was organized by him as Gallia Belgica.
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41. Belgium is one of the most densely populated countries in the world with the population density similar to that of Japan, India, England or the neighouring Netherlands.
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42. In 1920, Belgium became the sixth country in the world to host the Olympic Games (in Antwerp).
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43. Belgium is the world's 3rd country with the most vehicles per square kilometres after the Netherlands and Japan.
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