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Belgium is divided into three regions, two of them are subdivided into five provinces each.

The division into provinces is governed by the regions.

Absence of province in Brussels

The Brussels Region does not belong to any of the provinces. Within the Region, 99% of the provincial competencies are assumed by the Brussels regional institutions. Remaining is only a governor, a vice-governor and some aides.

Provinces of the Flemish region

Province	Antwerp	Limburg	Flemish Brabant	East Flanders	West Flanders
Dutch name	Antwerpen	Limburg	Vlaams Brabant	Oost-Vlaanderen	West-Vlaanderen
French name	Anvers	Limbourg	Brabant flamand	Flandre orientale	Flandre occidentale
Location
Flag		File:Limburg (Belgium) Flag.png
Coat of Arms	File:WapenAntwerpen.png		File:Wapenschild vlaamsbrabant.png
HASC	BE.AN	BE.LI	BE.VB	BE.OV	BE.WV
FIPS	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) Pottelberg (157 m)	Kemmelberg (156 m)
Subdivisions	3 Districts 70 municipalities	3 Districts 44 municipalities	2 Districts 65 municipalities	6 Districts 65 municipalities	8 Districts 64 municipalities
Capital	Antwerp (Antwerpen)	Hasselt	Louvain (Leuven)	Ghent (Gent)	Bruges (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	Camille Paulus	Steve Stevaert	Lodewijk De Witte	André Denys	Paul Breyne
Government	CD&V,sp.a,VLD	???	CD&V,sp.a,VLD	CD&V,sp.a,VLD	CD&V,sp.a
website	www.provant.be	www.limburg.be	www.vlaamsbrabant.be	www.oost-vlaanderen.be	www.west-vlaanderen.be

Provinces of the Walloon Region

Province	Hainaut	Walloon Brabant	Namur	Liège	Luxembourg
French name	Hainaut	Brabant Wallon	Namur	Liège	Luxembourg
German name				Lüttich
Dutch name	Henegouwen	Waals Brabant	Namen	Luik	Luxemburg
Location
Flag	File:Hainaut Flag.png	File:Waals-brabant.png		File:Liege Flag.gif
Coat of Arms				File:Liege Province.gif
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 Districts 69 municipalities	1 Districts 27 municipalities	3 Districts 38 municipalities	4 Districts 84 municipalities	5 Districts 44 municipalities
Capital	Mons	Wavre	Namur	Liège	Arlon