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East Flanders

East Flanders
Dutch: Oost-Vlaanderen
Province of Belgium
Flag of East Flanders
Flag
Coat of arms of East Flanders
Coat of arms
Location of East Flanders
Coordinates: 51°00′N 03°45′E / 51.000°N 3.750°E / 51.000; 3.750Coordinates: 51°00′N 03°45′E / 51.000°N 3.750°E / 51.000; 3.750
Country  Belgium
Region  Flemish Region
Capital Ghent
Government
 • 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.oost-vlaanderen.be

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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