Liège (province)
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Liège German: Lüttich Dutch: Luik |
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| Province of Belgium | |||
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| Coordinates: 50°38′N 05°34′E / 50.633°N 5.567°ECoordinates: 50°38′N 05°34′E / 50.633°N 5.567°E | |||
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 Belgium
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| Region |
 Wallonia
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| Capital | Liège | ||
| Government | |||
| • Governor | Hervé Jamar | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 3,844 km2 (1,484 sq mi) | ||
| Population (1 January 2016) | |||
| • Total | 1,098,688 | ||
| • Density | 290/km2 (740/sq mi) | ||
| Website | Official site | ||
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Liège (French: [ljɛʒ]; Walloon: Lîdje; Dutch: Luik, IPA: [lœyk]; German: Lüttich, IPA: [ˈlʏtɪç]) is the easternmost province of Wallonia and Belgium.
It borders (clockwise from the north) Limburg in the Netherlands, North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany, Diekirch in Luxembourg, and in Belgium the provinces of Luxembourg, Namur, Walloon Brabant (Wallonia), as well as those of Flemish Brabant and Limburg (Flanders).
It is an area of French and German ethnicity.
The capital of the province is the city of the same name, Liège.
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