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Grootegast

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Grootegast (; ; ) is a village and former municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. It is the sister city of Kingston, Tasmania. The municipality was merged into the municipality of Westerkwartier on 1 January 2019.

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Metric
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31.27
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Grootegast
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Village, former municipality
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5656 Sebaldeburen.JPG
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Wind mill in Sebaldeburen
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Flag of Grootegast.svg
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100x67px
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Grootegast wapen.svg
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100x80px
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Map - NL - Municipality code 0015 (2009).svg
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Highlighted position of Grootegast in a municipal map of Groningen
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Location in Groningen
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Country
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Province
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Municipality
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23px Westerkwartier
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2

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Grootegast (; ; ) is a village and former municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. It is the sister city of Kingston, Tasmania. The municipality was merged into the municipality of Westerkwartier on 1 January 2019.

== Geography == thumb|Municipality of Grootegast, June 2015

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grootegast” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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