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Pekela
Sign in to savePekela () is a municipality in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. It was created in 1990 when Oude Pekela and Nieuwe Pekela were merged.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Pekela
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Van Weringsklap, Oude Pekela (2018) 04.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Bridge in Oude Pekela
- Settlement.image_flag
- Pekela vlag.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 100x67px
- Settlement.image_shield
- Pekela wapen 2.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 100x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Map - NL - Municipality code 0765 (2009).svg
- Settlement.map_alt
- Highlighted position of Pekela in a municipal map of Groningen
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Pekela (green) in the province of Groningen (dark grey) in the Netherlands (light grey)
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Groningen
- Settlement.governing_body
- Municipal council
- Settlement.leader_party
- PvdA
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of the Netherlands
- Named after
- Pekel A
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Groningen
- Population
- 12176
- Area
- 50.11
- Elevation
- 1
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Oldambt
- Official website
- www.pekela.nl
- Image
- Pekela Villa Elsa 03.JPG
- Households
- 5743
- Dialing code
- 0599
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- postal code
- 9662–9669
- Commons category
- Pekela
- topic's main category
- Category:Pekela
- native label
- Pekela
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- topic has template
- Template:Dutch municipality Pekela
- phone number
- +31-597-617555
Sources (11)
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Governance
- Demographics
- Notable people
- Gallery
- References
- External links
Pekela () is a municipality in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. It was created in 1990 when Oude Pekela and Nieuwe Pekela were merged.
== Geography == thumb|upright|Map of the municipality of Pekela, June 2015
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pekela” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (11)
On the map
3 mapped locations