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Belgium location at the heart of a highly industrialized region helped make it the world 15th largest trading nation in 2007. The economy is characterized by a highly productive work force, high GNP and high exports per capita. Belgium main imports are raw materials, machinery and equipment, chemicals, raw diamonds, pharmaceuticals, foodstuffs, transportation equipment, and oil products as you can see in Belgium on world map. Its main exports are machinery and equipment, chemicals, finished diamonds, metals and metal products, and foodstuffs.

Immigrants since 1945 and their descendents are estimated by 2008 to have formed 22% of the total population. Of these 'New Belgians', 1,313,000 (56%) are of European ancestry and the 950,000 others originated from the rest of the world. Belgium produces over 1100 varieties of beer as its shown in Belgium on world map. The Trappist beer of the Abbey of Westvleteren has repeatedly been rated the world best beer. The biggest brewer in the world by volume is Anheuser-Busch InBev, based in Leuven.

Belgium was the first continental European country to undergo the Industrial Revolution, in the early 19th century. Liège and Charleroi rapidly developed mining and steelmaking, which flourished until the mid-20th century in the Sambre and Meuse valley and made Belgium among one of the three most industrialized nations in the world from 1830 to 1910. However, by the 1840s the textile industry of Flanders was in severe crisis, and the region experienced famine from 1846 to 1850 as its mentioned in Belgium on world map.

Map of Belgium and surrounding countries shows all countries around Belgium. This Belgium map and bordering countries will allow you to know neighboring countries and the geographical location of Belgium in Western Europe. The Belgium map and surrounding countries is downloadable in PDF, printable and free.

Belgium is a federal state located in Western Europe, bordering the North Sea. Belgium shares borders with France (620 km), Germany (167 km), Luxembourg (148 km) and the Netherlands (450 km) as you can see in the Map of Belgium and surrounding countries. Belgium and France relations were established after the Independence of both nations. Both nations are great allies. Both nations have cultural similarities, both governments cooperate, and Belgium has an embassy in Paris. While France has an Embassy in Brussels. Both nations are members of NATO and the Francophonie and importantly both were founding members of the European Union. The two countries signed a trade agreement in 1934. In 1997, French and Belgian defence ministers Alain Richard and Jean-Paul Poncelet signed an agreement providing for Belgium use of the French armed forces Syracuse communication satellite system.

Belgium and Germany are both members of the European Union and NATO. Also, the majority of the people in East Belgium speak German. Currently, Belgium has an embassy in Berlin and a consulate-general in Cologne, while Germany has one embassy in Brussels. Belgium has an embassy in Copenhagen as its shown in the Map of Belgium and surrounding countries. Belgium has been involved in (sub)regional integration since the first half of the 20th century, first with the Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union, founded in 1925, and then, since 1944, with the Netherlands and Luxembourg in the Benelux. Belgium postwar customs union with the Netherlands and Luxembourg paved the way for the formation of the European Community (precursor to the EU), of which Belgium was a founding member.

Belgium has resorted several times to international dispute settlement, notably in cases at both the International Court of Justice and the Permanent Court of Arbitration with the Netherlands concerning the diversion of water from the Meuse (1937) the frontier at the enclave of Baarle-Hertog (1959) and the revitalisation of the so called Iron Rhine railroad (2005) as its mentioned in the Map of Belgium and surrounding countries. There have been other points of contention with the Netherlands, such as the deepening of the river Scheldt or the route for the high speed rail link between Brussels and Amsterdam. Both nations are great allies. Both nations have cultural similarities, both governments cooperate, and Belgium has an embassy in The Hague. While Netherlands has an Embassy in Brussels. Both nations are members of the European Union and NATO.

Map of Belgium in Western Europe shows the location of Belgium in the Western Europe continent. Belgium map Western Europe will allow you to easily know where is Belgium in Western Europe and to know countries near. The Belgium in the Western Europe map is downloadable in PDF, printable and free.

Belgium (Listeni/ˈbɛldʒəm/ bel-jəm), officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO. Belgium covers an area of 30,528 square kilometres (11,787 sq mi), and it has a population of about 11 million people as you can see in Belgium map Western Europe. Straddling the cultural boundary between Germanic and Latin Europe, Belgium is home to two main linguistic groups, the Dutch-speakers, mostly Flemish (about 60%), and the French-speakers, mostly Walloons (about 40%), plus a small group of German-speakers.

According to the World Wide Fund for Nature, the territory of Belgium belongs to the ecoregion of Atlantic mixed forests as its shown in Belgium map Western Europe. Because of its high population density, its location in the centre of Western Europe and inadequate political effort, Belgium faces serious environmental problems. A 2003 report suggested Belgian natural waters (rivers and groundwater) to have the lowest water quality of the 122 countries studied. In the 2006 pilot Environmental Performance Index, Belgium scored 75.9% for overall environmental performance and was ranked lowest of the EU member countries, though it was only 39th of 133 countries.

Belgium strongly globalized economy and its transport infrastructure are integrated with the rest of Europe. One of the founding members of the European Union, Belgium strongly supports an open economy and the extension of the powers of EU institutions to integrate member economies. Since 1922, through the Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union, Belgium and Luxembourg have been a single trade market with customs and currency union. Belgium however experiences one of the most congested traffic in Europe as its mentioned in Belgium map Western Europe. In 2010, commuters to the cities of Brussels and Antwerp spent respectively 65 and 64 hours a year in traffic jams.