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Groningen (province)

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Groningen
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Coat of airms o Groningen
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Anthem: Grunnens Laid
Location o Groningen in the Netherlands
Location o Groningen in the Netherlands
KintraNetherlands
CaipitalGroningen
Govrenment
 • Queen's CommissionerRené Paas (CDA)
Area
 • Land2,329 km2 (899 sq mi)
 • Water576 km2 (222 sq mi)
Area rank8t
Population
 (2006)
 • Land574,042
 • Rank9t
 • Density250/km2 (640/sq mi)
 • Density rank9t
ISO 3166 codeNL-GR
Releegion (2005)Protestant 18.0%
Catholic 4.6%
Muslim 2.5%
Websiteprovinciegroningen.nl

Groningen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣroːnɪŋə(n)], locally [ˈχroʊ̯nɪŋən] ( listen); Gronings: Grönnen; Wast Frisie: Grinslân) is the northeastmaist province o the Netherlands. In the east it borders the German state o Niedersachsen (destricts o Leer an Emsland), in the sooth Drenthe, in the wast Friesland an in the north the Wadden Sea. The caipital o the province is the ceety o Groningen.

Municipalities (20)

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