Gelderland / Gelderlaand | |
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Province | |
Coordinates: 52°5′N 5°55′E / 52.083°N 5.917°E | |
Country | Netherlands |
Established | 1815 |
Seat | Arnhem |
Area | |
• Total | 5,136 km2 (1,983 sq mi) |
• Land | 4,964 km2 (1,917 sq mi) |
• Water | 173 km2 (67 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 110 m (360 ft) |
Lowest elevation | -1 m (−3.3 ft) |
Population (2021) | |
• Total | 2,097,000 |
• Density | 422/km2 (1,090/sq mi) |
Website | www |
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 2,097,000 people are living in Gelderland (2021).
It is surrounded by the provinces of Limburg, North Brabant, South Holland, Utrecht, Flevoland and Overijssel and the German federal state North Rhine-Westphalia.