Ooststellingwerf
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| Ooststellingwerf | |||
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| Coordinates: 53°0′N 6°17′E / 53°N 6.283°ECoordinates: 53°0′N 6°17′E / 53°N 6.283°E | |||
| Country | Netherlands | ||
| Province | Friesland | ||
| Area(2006) | |||
| • Total | 226.08 km2 (87.3 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 224.38 km2 (86.6 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 1.70 km2 (0.7 sq mi) | ||
| Population (1 January, 2007) | |||
| • Total | 26,229 | ||
| • Density | 117/km2 (303/sq mi) | ||
| Source: CBS, Statline. | |||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
Ooststellingwerf (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈoːststɛlɪŋˌʋɛrf], locally [ˈoʊ̯ststɛlɪŋˌʋɛrf] (
listen)) is a municipality in the province of Friesland in the northern Netherlands. It is one of the municipalities of Friesland, where the spoken language is not West Frisian; instead, Stellingwerfs, a dialect of Dutch Low Saxon, is spoken here.
[edit] Population centres
Appelscha, Donkerbroek, Elsloo, Fochteloo, Haule, Haulerwijk, Langedijke, Makkinga, Nijeberkoop, Oldeberkoop, Oosterwolde, Ravenswoud and Waskemeer.
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