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BRABANT

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 357 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BRABANT  , the central and

metropolitan province of Belgium, is formed out of
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part of the ancient duchy . From 1815 to 1830; that is to say, during the existence of the
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kingdom of the Nether-lands, Belgian Brabant was distinguished from Dutch by the employment of the
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geographical terms South and North . The
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surface of Brabant is undulating, and the highest points, some 400 ft. in altitude, are to be found at and near Mont St
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Jean . The province is well cultivated, and the
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people are well known for their industry . There are valuable stone quarries, and many manufactures flourish in the smaller towns, such as
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Ottignies, as well as in the larger cities of Brussels and Louvain . Brabant contains 820,740 acres or 1268 sq. m . Its
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principal towns are Brussels, Louvain, Nivelles,
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Hal, Ottignies, and its three administrative divisions are named after the first three of those towns . They are subdivided into 5o cantons and 344 communes . In 1904 the population of the province was 1,366,389 or a proportion of 1077 per sq.m .

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