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Belgium is divided into three regions (Flemish Region , Walloon Region and Brussels-Capital Region ), two of them are subdivided into five provinces each.
Province Antwerp Limburg Flemish Brabant East Flanders West Flanders Dutch nameAntwerpen Limburg Vlaams Brabant Oost-Vlaanderen West-Vlaanderen French nameAnvers Limbourg Brabant flamand Flandre orientale Flandre occidentale German nameAntwerpen Limburg Flämisch-Brabant Ostflandern Westflandern Location Flag Coat of Arms HASC[1] BE.AN BE.LI BE.VB BE.OV BE.WV FIPS[1] BE01 BE05 BE12 BE08 BE09 ISO 3166-2 VAN VLI VBR VOV VWV Postal codes 2000-2999 3500-3999 1500-1999, 3000-3499 9000-9999 8000-8999 Area 2860 km² 21.15% of Flanders 9.38% of Belgium 2414 km² 17.85% of Flanders 7.92% of Belgium 2106 km² 15.57% of Flanders 6.91% of Belgium 2982.24 km² 22.12% of Flanders 9.81% of Belgium 3151 km² 23.30% of Flanders 10.33% of Belgium Highest point Beerzelberg (55 m) Remersdaal (288 m) Walshoutem (137 m) Hottondberg (150 m)[2] Pottelberg (157 m)[3] Kemmelberg (156 m) Subdivisions 3 Arrondissements 70 municipalities 3 Arrondissements 44 municipalities 2 Arrondissements 65 municipalities 6 Arrondissements 65 municipalities 8 Arrondissements 64 municipalities Capital[1] Antwerpen Hasselt Leuven Gent Brugge Population 1,682,683 28% of Flanders 805,786 13% of Flanders 1,037,786 17% of Flanders 1,389,199 23% of Flanders 1,130,040 19% of Flanders Density 587 / km² 333 / km² 493 / km² 459 / km² 362 / km² Governor Cathy Berx Herman Reynders Lode De Witte Jan Briers Carl Decaluwé Government N-VA, CD&V, sp.a CD&V, sp.a-Groen, Open Vld CD&V, Open Vld, sp.a., Groen CD&V, Open Vld, sp.a CD&V, sp.a, Open Vld Website Official page Official page Official page Official page Official page
Province Hainaut Walloon Brabant Namur Liège Luxembourg French nameHainaut Brabant wallon Namur Liège Luxembourg German nameHennegau Wallonisch-Brabant Namur Lüttich Luxemburg Dutch nameHenegouwen Waals Brabant Namen Luik Luxemburg Location Flag Coat of Arms HASC[1] BE.HT BE.BW BE.NA BE.LG BE.LX FIPS[1] BE03 BE10 BE07 BE04 BE06 Area 3800 km² 22.56% of Wallonia 12.44% of Belgium 1093 km² 6.49% of Wallonia 3.58% of Belgium 3664 km² 21.75% of Wallonia 11.99% of Belgium 3844 km² 22.82% of Wallonia 12.58% of Belgium 4443 km² 26.38% of Wallonia 14.54% of Belgium Subdivisions 7 Arrondissements 69 municipalities 1 Arrondissement 27 municipalities 3 Arrondissements 38 municipalities 4 Arrondissements 84 municipalities 5 Arrondissements 44 municipalities Capital[1] Mons Wavre Namur Liège Arlon Population 1,309,880 37% of Wallonia 379,515 11% of Wallonia 472,281 13% of Wallonia 1,067,685 31% of Wallonia 269,023 8% of Wallonia Density 345 / km² 347 / km² 129 / km² 277 / km² 60 / km² Governor Tommy Leclercq Gilles Mahieu Denis Mathen Hervé Jamar Olivier Schmitz Government PS, MR MR, PS MR, cdH PS, MR cdH, PS Website Official page Official page Official page Official page Official page Archived 2011-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
3rd Province (Eupen-Sankt Vith) change source Because the German-speaking Community is found in the Province of Liège , people want a third province: the Province of Eupen -Sankt Vith , which would be made up of the 9 municipalities of the German-speaking Community.