Groningen

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province of the Netherlands

Groningen is a historic province in the northern Netherlands, known for its university city of the same name, flat landscapes, and rich maritime and agricultural heritage.

Aliases (6)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	province of the Netherlands →
borders	Drenthe → Friesland → Lower Saxony → North Sea →
capital	Groningen (city) →
coastFeature	Wadden Sea →
contains	Eemsdelta → Het Hogeland → Oldambt → Pekela → Stadskanaal → Veendam → Westerkwartier → Westerwolde →
containsCity	Delfzijl → Groningen (city) →
containsTown	Winschoten →
country	Netherlands →
economicActivity	agriculture → logistics → natural gas production →
executiveBody	Provincial Executive of Groningen →
governedBy	Provincial Council of Groningen →
hasCoatOfArms	Coat of arms of Groningen (province) →
hasFlag	Flag of Groningen (province) →
hasGovernorTitle	King's Commissioner →
hasOfficialLanguage	Dutch →
hasRegionalLanguage	Gronings →
hasUniversity	University of Groningen →
highestPoint	Tankenberg-like low elevation (under 20 metres) →
historicallyPartOf	Holy Roman Empire →
historicalRegion	City of Groningen and Ommelanden → Ommelanden →
joined	Republic of the Seven United Netherlands →
knownFor	University of Groningen → agricultural heritage → flat landscapes → maritime heritage → natural gas extraction →
locatedIn	northern Netherlands →
majorCanal	Eemskanaal → Van Starkenborghkanaal →
majorRiver	Ems →
partOf	Kingdom of the Netherlands →
terrainFeature	clay soils → peat areas → polders →
timeZone	CET →
timeZoneDST	CEST →

Referenced by (29)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Act of Abjuration → Stad en Lande (Groningen) chamber directors of the Dutch West India Company ("Stad en Lande (Groningen)") →	appliesToJurisdiction
Białystok → Katowice →	twinCity
Provincial Council of Groningen →	appliesToAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Drenthe →	borderedBy
Friesland →	borders
Groningen ("Groningen (city)") →	capital
University of Groningen →	city
Eemskanaal ("city of Groningen") →	connects
Groningen ("Groningen (city)") →	containsCity
Van Starkenborghkanaal ("city of Groningen") →	crosses
Siege of Groningen (1672) ("city of Groningen") →	defender
Coat of arms of Groningen (province) ("arms of the city of Groningen") →	hasDesignOrigin
House of Nassau-Dietz →	hasMainTerritory
States General of the Netherlands ("Province of Groningen") →	hasMember
Eemskanaal ("city of Groningen") →	hasTerminusIn
Newcastle upon Tyne →	hasTwinTown
Groningen ("City of Groningen and Ommelanden") →	historicalRegion
United Provinces →	includedSubdivision
Habsburg Netherlands →	includedTerritory
Low German →	isSpokenIn
University of Groningen →	locatedIn
Abel Tasman →	placeOfBirth
Dutch Republic →	province
Coat of arms of Groningen (province) ("city of Groningen") →	represents
Ommelanden ("city of Groningen") →	surrounds
Ommelanden ("city of Groningen") →	traditionalContrastWith
Oświęcim →	twinTown