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About The People
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Belgium History
Belgium derives its name from the Belgae, a Celtic tribe. The Belgae
were forced to yield to Roman legions during the first century B.C. For
some 300 years thereafter, what is now Belgium flourished as a province
of Rome. But Rome’s power gradually lessened. In about A.D. 300, Attila
the Hun invaded what is now Germany and pushed Germanic tribes into
northern Belgium. About 100 years later, the Germanic tribe of the
Franks invaded and took possession of Belgium. The northern part of
present-day Belgium became an overwhelmingly Germanized and
Germanic-Frankish-speaking area, whereas in the southern part people
continued to be Roman and spoke derivatives of Latin. After coming
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Capital Cities... Brussels »» History of Brussels
Population: 10,414,336
GDP: $390,500,000,000 (USD)
Total Area: 30,528 (sq km) 11,787 (sq mi)
Currency: euro
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