Groningen (province)
Appearance
Groningen | |
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Anthem: Grunnens Laid | |
Location o Groningen in the Netherlands | |
Kintra | Netherlands |
Caipital | Groningen |
Govrenment | |
• Queen's Commissioner | Max van den Berg |
Area | |
• Land | 2,329 km2 (899 sq mi) |
• Water | 576 km2 (222 sq mi) |
Area rank | 8t |
Population (2006) | |
• Land | 574,042 |
• Rank | 9t |
• Density | 250/km2 (640/sq mi) |
• Density rank | 9t |
ISO 3166 code | NL-GR |
Releegion (2005) | Protestant 18.0% Catholic 4.6% Muslim 2.5% |
Website | provinciegroningen.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.