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 |
- ^ Also, though not officially, abbreviated as Den Bosch.
- ^ Dutch: Den Haag, officially also: 's-Gravenhage.
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