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STAT	Belgium	Portugal
Daylight Savings Time end date	01:00 UTC on last Sunday October	01:00 UTC on last Sunday October
Daylight Savings Time start date	01:00 UTC on last Sunday March	01:00 UTC on last Sunday March
Full name	Kingdom of Belgium	Portuguese Republic
Independence day date	July 21	December 1
Land border length	1,385 km Ranked 109th. 14% more than Portugal	1,214 km Ranked 116th.
National anthems	The Braban\u00e7onne	A Portuguesa ( The Portuguese )
National identity card	The card is first issued at age 12, compulsory by 15. Since the beginning of 2005 the eID ( e lectronic ID entity-card) has been issued to Belgian citizens who apply for a new identity card. Apart from being a form of identification, the card also is used for authentication purposes. Future usages include using the eID as a library card, keycard for restricted areas or chatrooms and the digital signing of documents. It is expected that in 2009 all Belgians will have an eID card. The identity cards for Belgians living abroad are not electronic cards like those issued in Belgium. They are, however, equally valid and are accepted and used in the same way as the electronic identity card.	As of 2006 the government has issued the Cart\u00e3o de Cidad\u00e3o (Citizen Card). The older Bilhete de identidade which has been compulsory at 10, is still in limited use.
Neighboring countries and territories	France Germany (L) Luxembourg (L) Netherlands United Kingdom (M)	Morocco (M) Spain
Number of maritime boundary neighbours	3 Ranked 59th. 50% more than Portugal	2 Ranked 111th.
Overview	<p>For such a small country, Belgium has been a major European battleground over the centuries. </p> <p>Occupied by Germany during World Wars I and II, it has experienced an economic boom in the last 50 years to become a model Western European liberal democracy. </p> <p>However, there has also been a growing divide between the mainly Dutch-speaking north and the mainly French-speaking south, with some even speculating that the country could break up. </p><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17205436">Full Article</a>	<p>Portugal, a country with a rich history of seafaring and discovery, looks out from the Iberian peninsula into the Atlantic Ocean.</p> <p>When it handed over its last overseas territory, Macau, to Chinese administration in 1999, it brought to an end a long and sometimes turbulent era as a colonial power.</p> <p>The roots of that era stretch back to the 15th century when Portuguese explorers such as Vasco da Gama put to sea in search of a passage to India. By the 16th century these sailors had helped build a huge empire embracing Brazil as well as swathes of Africa and Asia. There are still some 200 million Portuguese speakers around the world today.</p><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17758217">Full Article</a>

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