Province of Gelderland
Provincie Gelderland (Dutch) | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms | |
| Anthem: "Ons Gelderland" "Our Gelderland" | |
 Location of Gelderland in the Netherlands | |
 Topography map of Gelderland | |
| Coordinates: 52°04′N 5°57′E / 52.06°N 5.95°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Capital | Arnhem |
| Largest city | Nijmegen |
| Government | |
| • King's Commissioner | Henri Lenferink (PvdA) |
| • Council | States of Gelderland |
| Area (2023)[1] | |
• Total | 5,136 km2 (1,983 sq mi) |
| • Land | 4,960 km2 (1,920 sq mi) |
| • Water | 176 km2 (68 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 2nd |
| Population (1 January 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 2,133,708 |
| • Rank | 4th |
| • Density | 430/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 6th |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €86.736 billion |
| • Per capita | €42,100 |
| ISO 3166 code | NL-GE |
| Religion (2015) | 46% Not religious, 23% Protestant, 22% Catholic |
| HDI (2021) | 0.930[4] very high · 5th of 12 |
| Website | www.gelderland.nl |
Gelderland (/ˈɡɛldərlənd/, Dutch: [ˈɣɛldərlɑnt] ), also known as Guelders (/ˈɡɛldərz/)[5] in English, is a province of the Netherlands, located in the centre-east of the country. With a total area of 5,136 km2 (1,983 sq mi) of which 176 km2 (68 sq mi) is water, it is the largest province of the Netherlands by land area, and second by total area.[6] Gelderland shares borders with six other provinces (Flevoland, Limburg, North Brabant, Overijssel, South Holland and Utrecht) and the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
The capital is Arnhem (pop. 159,265[7]); however, Nijmegen (pop. 176,731) and Apeldoorn (pop. 162,445) are both larger municipalities. Other major regional centres in Gelderland are Ede, Doetinchem, Zutphen, Harderwijk, Tiel, Wageningen, Zevenaar, and Winterswijk. Gelderland had a population of about 2,134,000 as of January 2023.[2] It contains the Netherlands's largest forest region (the Veluwe), the Rhine and other major rivers, and a significant amount of orchards in the south (Betuwe).
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