East Belgium

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German-speaking Community of Belgium federal community

East Belgium is the German-speaking community in eastern Belgium, known for its use of standard German and distinct cultural identity within the Belgian federal system.

Aliases (2)

eastern Belgium ×8
Ostbelgien ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German-speaking Community of Belgium → federal community →
area	approximately 854 square kilometres →
belongsToLinguisticRegion	German-speaking linguistic region of Belgium →
borders	Germany → Luxembourg →
capital	Eupen →
containsMunicipality	Amel → Burg-Reuland → Büllingen → Bütgenbach → Eupen → Kelmis → Lontzen → Raeren → Sankt Vith →
country	Belgium →
establishedAsCommunity	1984 →
executiveBody	Government of the German-speaking Community →
governmentType	parliamentary democracy within federal Belgium →
hasAutonomyIn	certain local affairs → culture → education → use of languages →
hasCulturalPolicy	promotion of German-language culture in Belgium →
hasDistinctIdentity	German-speaking cultural identity within Belgium →
hasEducationSystem	German-language education system →
hasMinorityStatus	German-speaking minority in Belgium →
headOfGovernmentTitle	Minister-President of the German-speaking Community →
historicalRegion	part of the former East Cantons →
joinedBelgiumFrom	Germany after World War I →
largestCity	Eupen →
legislativeBody	Parliament of the German-speaking Community →
locatedIn	Wallonia NERFINISHED → eastern Belgium →
nativeName	Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft Belgiens →
officialLanguage	German →
officialName	German-speaking Community of Belgium →
partOf	Belgian federal state → Kingdom of Belgium →
population	approximately 77000 →
seatOfGovernment	Eupen →
shortName	DG →
timeZone	Central European Time →
timeZoneDST	Central European Summer Time →
usesLanguage	Limburgish dialects → Ripuarian dialects → Standard German →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
County of Loon ("eastern Belgium") → Crombach ("eastern Belgium") → Eupen-Malmedy region ("eastern Belgium") → German-speaking Belgium ("eastern Belgium") → German-speaking Community ("eastern Belgium") → Lommersweiler ("eastern Belgium") → Rocherath ("eastern Belgium") → Schönberg ("eastern Belgium") →	locatedIn
German-speaking Community ("Ostbelgien") →	alsoKnownAs
Council for German Orthography →	appliesToRegion
Council for German Orthography →	hasMemberFrom