Weststellingwerf

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Weststellingwerf

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mapsize = 280px
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Netherlands
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = Friesland
area_footnotes = (2006)
area_total_km2 = 228.36
area_land_km2 = 222.15
area_water_km2 = 6.20
population_as_of = 1 January, 2008
population_note = Source: CBS, [http://statline.cbs.nl/ Statline] .
settlement_type = Municipality
population_total = 25679
population_density_km2 = 115
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2

Weststellingwerf (Pronunciation|468 Weststellingwerf.ogg) 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.

Population centres

Blesdijke, Boijl, De Blesse, De Hoeve, Langelille, Munnekeburen, Nijeholtpade, Nijeholtwolde, Nijelamer, Nijetrijne, Noordwolde, Oldeholtpade, Oldeholtwolde, Oldelamer, Oldetrijne, Oosterstreek, Peperga, Scherpenzeel, Slijkenburg, Sonnega, Spanga, Steggerda, Ter Idzard, Vinkega, Wolvega, Zandhuizen.

Wolvega

Wolvega is the capital city of Weststellingwerf.

Peperga

Peperga is the birth place of the last governor of New Amsterdam, Peter Stuyvesant.

External links

* [http://www.weststellingwerf.nl Official Website]