East-Flanders
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East Flanders Dutch: Oost-Vlaanderen |
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| Province of Belgium | |||
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| Coordinates: 51°00′N 03°45′E / 51.000°N 3.750°ECoordinates: 51°00′N 03°45′E / 51.000°N 3.750°E | |||
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 Belgium
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 Flemish Region
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| Capital | Ghent | ||
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| • Governor | Jan Briers | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 2,991 km2 (1,155 sq mi) | ||
| Population (1 January 2016) | |||
| • Total | 1,486,722 | ||
| • Density | 500/km2 (1,300/sq mi) | ||
| Website | www |
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East Flanders (Dutch: Oost-Vlaanderen [ˌoːst ˈflaːndərə(n)],French: (Province de) Flandre-Orientale, German: Ostflandern) is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders (clockwise from the North) on Zeelandic Flanders (the Netherlands) and (in Belgium) on the provinces of Antwerp, Flemish Brabant (both in Flanders), of Hainaut (Wallonia) and of West Flanders (Flanders). It has an area of 2,991 km² which is divided into six administrative districts (arrondissementen in Dutch) containing 65 municipalities. The provincial population is 1,408,484 and the capital is Ghent.
During the short-lived Napoleonic Empire, most of the area of the modern province was part of the Department of Escaut, named after the River Scheldt. Following the defeat of Napoleon, the entity was renamed after its geographical location in the eastern part of historic Flanders; although the province is actually situated in the western portion of Flanders, in the .
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