Provinces of The Netherlands - Regions and Their Capitals

Regions and Their Capitals

The twelve provinces are listed below with their capital city:

Flag Arms Province Capital Queen's Commissioner Area
(km²)		 Population Density
(per km²)
Drenthe Assen Jacques Tichelaar 70032652000000000002,652 7005489918000000000489,918 7002182000000000000182
Flevoland Lelystad Leen Verbeek 70031426000000000001,426 7005394758000000000394,758 7002250000000000000250
Friesland (: Fryslân) Leeuwarden John Jorritsma 70033361000000000003,361 7005646305000000000646,305 7002191000000000000191
Gelderland Arnhem Clemens Cornielje 70034995000000000004,995 70061999135000000001,999,135 7002394000000000000394
Groningen Groningen Max van den Berg 70032344000000000002,344 7005574042000000000574,042 7002246000000000000246
Limburg Maastricht Theo Bovens 70032167000000000002,167 70061131938000000001,131,938 7002527000000000000527
North Brabant (Noord-Brabant) 's-Hertogenbosch Wim van de Donk 70034938000000000004,938 70062415946000000002,415,946 7002487000000000000487
North Holland (Noord-Holland) Haarlem Johan Remkes 70032660000000000002,660 70062606584000000002,606,584 7002971000000000000971
Overijssel Zwolle Ank Bijleveld 70033337000000000003,337 70061113529000000001,113,529 7002331000000000000331
South Holland (Zuid-Holland) The Hague Jan Franssen 70032860000000000002,860 70063528324000000003,528,324 70031207000000000001,207
Utrecht Utrecht Roel Robbertsen 70031356000000000001,356 70061180039000000001,180,039 7002855000000000000855
Zeeland Middelburg Karla Peijs 70031792000000000001,792 7005380186000000000380,186 7002211000000000000211
  1. ^ Also, though not officially, abbreviated as Den Bosch.
  2. ^ Dutch: Den Haag, officially also: 's-Gravenhage.

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