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Weststellingwerf | |||
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Country | Netherlands | ||
Province | Friesland | ||
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228.36 km2 (88.17 sq mi) | ||
• Land | 222.15 km2 (85.77 sq mi) | ||
• Water | 6.20 km2 (2.39 sq mi) |
Weststellingwerf ( pronunciation (help·info), Stellingwarfs: Weststellingwarf / Stellingwarf-Westaende) is a municipality in the province of Friesland in the northern Netherlands.
It is one of the municipalities of Friesland, where the spoken language is not West Frisian; instead, Stellingwerfs, a dialect of Dutch Low Saxon, is spoken here.
Population centres[]
Blesdijke, Boijl, De Blesse, De Hoeve, Langelille, Munnekeburen, Nijeholtpade, Nijeholtwolde, Nijelamer, Nijetrijne, Noordwolde, Oldeholtpade, Oldeholtwolde, Oldelamer, Oldetrijne, Oosterstreek, Peperga, Scherpenzeel, Slijkenburg, Sonnega, Spanga, Steggerda, Ter Idzard, Vinkega, Wolvega, Zandhuizen.
Wolvega[]
Wolvega is the capital city of Weststellingwerf.
Transportation[]
Railway Station: Wolvega
Peperga[]
Peperga is the birth place of the last governor of New Amsterdam, Peter Stuyvesant.
External links[]
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