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Pekela

Nieuwe Pekela

Nieuwe Pekela is a village in the province of . It is located in the municipality of , about 7 km southeast of . The village started as a peat colony, and was named after the river Pekel A.
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  • Type: Village with 4,000 residents
  • Description: village in Pekela, Netherlands, Netherlands
  • Postal code: 9663

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pekelderbos and Sint-Willibrorduskerk.

Park
Photo: Gijs Bolmeijer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a park, which is situated 3 km northeast of Nieuwe Pekela.

Church
Photo: Gerardus, CC0.
is a church, which is situated 3 km northeast of Nieuwe Pekela.

Church
Photo: Gerardus, Public domain.
is a church, which is situated 4 km northeast of Nieuwe Pekela.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Veenkoloniën and Alteveer.

The or Peat District is a region in the southeast of the province of , the Netherlands. The region used to be uncultivated land, but starting in the 16th and 17th centuries the city of Groningen started to colonise more and more of the area for the extraction of peat, to be used as fuel.

Village
Photo: Gouwenaar, Public domain.
is a village in the province of . It is largely located in the municipality , about 7 km northeast of the centre of Stadskanaal. is situated 3½ km southeast of Nieuwe Pekela.

Town
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is a town in the province of . It is located in the municipality of , about 5 km southwest of . It was established to exploit the peat in the area. is situated 4½ km northeast of Nieuwe Pekela.

Nieuwe Pekela

Latitude
53.07863° or 53° 4′ 43″ north
Longitude
6.96844° or 6° 58′ 6″ east
Population
4,000
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL NPK
Open location code
9F583XH9+F9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 47894180
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2750272
Wiki­data ID
Q2900922
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Zeeuws—“Nieuwe Pekela” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Nieuwe Pekela”
  • Catalan: “Nieuwe Pekela”
  • Cebuano: “Nieuwe Pekela”
  • Chinese: “Nieuwe Pekela”
  • Danish: “Nieuwe Pekela”
  • Dutch: “Nieuwe Pekela”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نيوى پيكيلا”
  • Esperanto: “Nieuwe Pekela”
  • Faroese: “Nieuwe Pekela”
  • French: “Nieuwe Pekela”
  • German: “Nieuwe Pekela”
  • Icelandic: “Nieuwe Pekela”
  • Irish: “Nieuwe Pekela”
  • Italian: “Nieuwe Pekela”
  • Kalaallisut: “Nieuwe Pekela”
  • Lithuanian: “Nieve Pekela”
  • Low German: “Nij Pekel”
  • Luxembourgish: “Nieuwe Pekela”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Nieuwe Pekela”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nieuwe Pekela”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nieuwe Pekela”
  • Persian: “نیو پکلا”
  • Polish: “Nieuwe Pekela”
  • Russian: “Ньиве-Пекела”
  • Swedish: “Nieuwe Pekela”
  • Turkish: “Nieuwe Pekela”
  • Ukrainian: “Ніве-Пекела”
  • Western Frisian: “Nieuwe Pekela”
  • Zeeuws: “Nieuwe Pekela”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Kruiselwerk and Zuidwending.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Gereformeerde Kerk and Kerkhof Gereformeerde Kerk.

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