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East Flanders
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province in Flanders, Belgium
East Flanders is a province located in the Flanders region of Belgium. It is one of the key administrative divisions in northern Belgium and includes major cities that contribute to the region's economic and cultural significance.
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- Instance of
- province of Belgium
- Named after
- County of Flanders
- Official name
- Ôost-Vloandern
- Country
- Belgium
- Located in
- Flemish Region
- Contains
- Arrondissement of Sint-Niklaas
- Capital
- Ghent
- Official language
- Dutch
- Population
- 1602532
- Area
- 3007.05
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Head of government
- Carina Van Cauter
- Shares border with
- Hainaut
- Headquarters
- Ghent
- Official website
- oost-vlaanderen.be
- Image
- View of the St. Nicholas Church, Ghent, Belgium.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:East Flanders
- Commons category
- East Flanders
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in East Flanders
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in East Flanders
- category of associated people
- Category:People from East Flanders
- annual number of weddings
- 5877
- native label
- Oost-Vlaanderen
- language used
- Dutch
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- social media followers
- 10285
- topic has template
- Template:Municipalities in East Flanders
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +32-9-267-80-00
- contact page URL
- oost-vlaanderen.be/contact.html
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Encyclopedic overview
East Flanders (Dutch: Oost-Vlaanderen [ˌoːst ˈflaːndərə(n)] ; French: Flandre-Orientale [flɑ̃dʁ ɔʁjɑ̃tal] ; German: Ostflandern [ˈɔstˌflandɐn] ; West Flemish: Ôost-Vloandern) is a province of Belgium. It borders (clockwise from the North) the Dutch province of Zeeland and the Belgian provinces of Antwerp, Flemish Brabant, Hainaut and West Flanders. It has an area of 3,007 km (1,161 sq mi), divided into six administrative districts containing 60 municipalities, and a population of over 1.57 million as of January 2024. The capital is Ghent, home to the Ghent University and the Port of Ghent.
History
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