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Gelderland / Guelders
Gelderland / Gelderlaand
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Uddelsche Buurtveld (municipality of
Apeldoorn
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Location
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Coordinates:
52°5′N
5°55′E
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52.083°N 5.917°E
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52.083; 5.917
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Country
| Netherlands
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Established
| 1815
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Seat
| Arnhem
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? Total
| 5,136 km
2
(1,983 sq mi)
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? Land
| 4,960 km
2
(1,920 sq mi)
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? Water
| 176 km
2
(68 sq mi)
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Highest elevation
| 110 m (360 ft)
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Lowest elevation
| ?1 m (?3 ft)
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? Total
| 2,134,000
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? Density
| 430/km
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(1,100/sq mi)
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Website
| www
.gelderland
.nl
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Gelderland
or
Guelders
is a province in the east of the
Netherlands
. The capital city is
Arnhem
, but
Nijmegen
and
Apeldoorn
are bigger. Other important cities are
Zutphen
,
Doetinchem
,
Harderwijk
and
Tiel
. About 2,134,000 people are living in Gelderland (2023).
It is surrounded by the provinces of
Limburg
,
North Brabant
,
South Holland
,
Utrecht
,
Flevoland
and
Overijssel
and the
German
federal state
North Rhine-Westphalia
.
The most important rivers are the
Rhine
(
Rijn
), the
Waal
, the
IJssel
and the
Maas
(border with
North Brabant
). The border with
Flevoland
is formed by the so-called
randmeer
("border lake") of the Flevopolder.
In the 11th century, Guelders was a
county
. It was called
Gelre
in
Dutch
and
Geldern
in
German
. In 1339, it became a
duchy
. At first, it existed of the surroundings of the city of
Geldern
(now in
Germany
). By the end of the 14th century, it included most of the modern province of Gelderland and parts of the province of
Limburg
and of the German District of
Cleves
. It became part of the Habsburg Netherlands in 1543, one of the
Seventeen Provinces
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