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ID: 7018236
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Record Type: administrative |
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Flanders (region) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 51 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 51.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 004 30 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 4.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: This region in Belgium consists of the territory now covered by the two provinces of Oost-Vlaanderen and West-Vlaanderen. It shares its name, culture, and historically its territory with the larger region now divided between Belgium and France that was a county of the Low Countries in the Middle Ages. |
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| Vlaams Gewest (preferred,C,V,Dutch,U)
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| Vlaanderen (C,V,Dutch,U)
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| Flanders (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Flandre (C,V,French,U)
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| Région Flamande (NA,V,French,U)
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| Flemish Region (NA,O)
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| BE13 (NA,V,FIPS,Dutch,U)
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| region (preferred, C) |
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approved by legislature May 8, 1993 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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