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Wallonia (region (administrative division)) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 50 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 50.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 004 45 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 4.7500 decimal degrees |
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Note: The region comprises the French-speaking southern half of Belgium. Historically it was the country of the Walloons, whose name was derived from Teutonic word for "foreign." The ancestors of the Walloons were the Gallic Belgi. The modern region was approved by the Belgian legislature on May 8, 1993 and officially created in 1995 in the reorganization of Belgium's provincial administration along ethno-linguistic lines. It includes the provinces of Hainaut, Liège, Luxembourg, Namur, and Walloon Brabant, and the city of Namur is its capital. |
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| Wallonne, Région (preferred,C,V,French,U)
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| Région Wallonne (C,V,French,U)
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| Wallonia (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Wallonne (C,V,French,U,N)
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| Wallonië (C,V,Dutch-P,U)
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| Walloon Region (C,O,English,U,N)
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| Règion Wallonne (C,V,French,U,N)
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| Wallonie (C,V,O,German)
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| Wallonie (French-P,U)
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| Waals Gewest (C,V,Dutch,U)
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| BE14 (C,V,FIPS)
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| Wallonische Region (C,U,German)
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| Regione Vallone (C,U,Italian)
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| Vallonia (C,U,Italian)
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| Valônia (C,U,Portuguese)
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| Valònia (C,U,Catalan)
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| Valonia (C,U,Spanish)
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| Wallonien (C,U,German)
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| Walloon (C,U)
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Wallonia (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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| region (administrative division) (preferred, C) |
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modern region was approved by legislature on May 8, 1993 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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