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The flag of Belgium is a black, yellow, and red vertical tricolor that was adopted on January 23, 1831. The ratio of its height to its width is 13:15.

Black, yellow, and red have been the colors of Belgium since the late 1700s. When Belgium became an independent kingdom in 1830 (becoming independent from the Netherlands), it adopted a flag with horizontal bands of black, yellow, and red. In 1831, Belgium adopted a variant on the French tricolor, which stood for freedom and revolution.

1. What colors are in the flag of Belgium? Black, yellow and red

2. When was this flag officially adopted? January 23, 1831

3. Is this flag a horizontal or a vertical tricolor? vertical tricolor

4. In what year did Belgium become an independent kingdom? 1830

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