Belgium is subdivided into three official regions: the Flemish Region, the Walloon Region and the Brussels-Capital Region. The first two regions are each subdivided into five provinces.
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References
- André, L., Hertogen, J., and Deutsch, S. (1986) Ordovician-Silurian magmatic provinces in Belgium and the Caledonian orogeny in middle Europe. Geology: 14: 879-882.
- Hatert, F., Deliens, M., Fransolet, A.-M. & van der Meersche, E. (2002): Les minéraux de Belgique. 2ème édition, Muséum des Sciences Naturelles, Bruxelles, Ed., 304 p.
- Van der Meersche, E., De Paepe, P. and Stoops, G. (2010): Minerals with belgian roots - From hopeite (1824) to tazieffite (2009). Academia Press, Ghent, Belgium, 231 pp.