Belgian Colonies

• Botucatu
  Botucatu
  Botucatu is a city in the southeastern region of Brazil and is located 224.8 km from São Paulo, the Capital of the State of São Paulo. The city has a population of about 127,370 inhabitants within a of 1,486.4  square kilometers, on top of a plateau . Botucatu became a township in .The...
  
   (São Paulo
  São Paulo (state)
  São Paulo is a state in Brazil. It is the major industrial and economic powerhouse of the Brazilian economy. Named after Saint Paul, São Paulo has the largest population, industrial complex, and economic production in the country. It is the richest state in Brazil...
  
   - 1960);
• Itajaí (Santa Catarina
  Santa Catarina (state)
  Santa Catarina is a state in southern Brazil with one of the highest standards of living in Latin America. Its capital is Florianópolis, which mostly lies on the Santa Catarina Island. Neighbouring states are Rio Grande do Sul to the south and Paraná to the north. It is bounded on the east by...
  
   - 1845);
• Porto Feliz (São Paulo
  São Paulo (state)
  São Paulo is a state in Brazil. It is the major industrial and economic powerhouse of the Brazilian economy. Named after Saint Paul, São Paulo has the largest population, industrial complex, and economic production in the country. It is the richest state in Brazil...
  
   - 1888)

Notable Belgian Brazilians

• Matheus Nachtergaele
  Matheus Nachtergaele
  Matheus Nachtergaele is a Brazilian actor and director. He has starred in numerous Brazilian films and television programmes but is probably most well known for his appearance in the 2002 film Cidade de Deus , playing the part of Carrot Sandro...
  
  , actor
• Eric Maleson
  Eric Maleson
  Eric Leme Walther Maleson is the founder and president of the Brazilian Ice Sports Federation . He was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...
  
  , Bobsleigh athlete, 2002 Olympian

See also

• Immigration to Brazil
  Immigration to Brazil
  Immigration to Brazil is the movement to Brazil of foreign persons to reside permanently. It should not be confused with the colonisation of the country by the Portuguese, or with the forcible bringing of people from Africa as slaves....
  
  
• White Brazilian
  White Brazilian
  White Brazilians make up 48.4% of Brazil's population, or around 92 million people, according to the IBGE's 2008 PNAD . Whites are present in the entire territory of Brazil, although the main concentrations are found in the South and Southeastern parts of the country...
  
  
• Belgian American
• Flemish people
  Flemish people
  The Flemings or Flemish are the Dutch-speaking inhabitants of Belgium, where they are mostly found in the northern region of Flanders. They are one of two principal cultural-linguistic groups in Belgium, the other being the French-speaking Walloons...