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Zeeland is a province of the consisting of islands and peninsulas interconnected by the dams and bridges of the Delta Works. Translated into English, Zeeland literally means "Sea Land" because that's basically what it is.
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is in the capital of Zeeland. In colonial times, this was one of the most important cities in the country, and still today is packed with monuments reminding of those golden times.

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is a port town in the Dutch province of Zeeland, situated on the northern bank of Western Scheldt, just at its estuary on the North Sea. It is the third largest town of Zeeland with 45,381 inhabitants.

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is a city and municipality in the southwestern , in the province of Zeeland, in the middle of Zeelandic Flanders. With almost 55,000 inhabitants, it is the most populous municipality of Zeeland.

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is a city and municipality in the southwestern on Zuid-Beveland, in the province of Zeeland. The city of has approximately 29,000 residents.

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is a charming small historic city in Zeelandic Flanders, in the far southwest of Zeeland. Although it was largely destroyed by Allied bombs at the end of WWII, the city ramparts, belfry and windmill right in the centre of town give this nicely rebuilt place a historic touch.

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is a municipality and an in the southwestern province of Zeeland. The municipality has 33,737 inhabitants and covers an area of 488.94 square kilometres.

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is a municipality and region in the southwestern and a former , now part of the -Zuid-Beveland-Noord-Beveland peninsula.

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is a municipality and double peninsula in Zeeland, The Netherlands. The town of is a small historical city, partly surrounded by a moat and partly bordered by a harbour for fishing boats and yachts.

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is a historic fortified city in Zeeland, in the , near the border with . With its entirely intact fortifications, is often seen as one of the finest and best-preserved national examples of a vintage fortified city.

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is a region in the province of Zeeland. It holds the capital of the province, .

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is a town in the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland in the Dutch province of Zeeland. The city has 11,000 inhabitants and is the capital of the municipality.

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is a coastal town on the far west end of the Walcheren peninsula, a former island on the North Sea coast of the . It's a small town with a tumultuous but proud past and for long, this was a rather closed community.

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is a historic seaside resort town in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is one of the oldest coastal resort towns in the Netherlands, known for its beautiful beaches, dunes, and lush forests.

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Het Verdronken Land van is a national park in the province of Zeeland in The Netherlands. It is the biggest swamp of its kind within European borders.

Zeeland

Latitude of center
51.4163° or 51° 24′ 59″ north
Longitude of center
3.7028° or 3° 42′ 10″ east
Population
383,000
Elevation
-1 metres (-3 feet)
Operator
Provincie Zeeland
Abbreviation
“zl”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4289923286
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
2744011
Wiki­data ID
Q705
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Zeeland” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Zeeland”
  • Albanian: “Zeeland”
  • Arabic: “زيلاند”
  • Arabic: “زيلاندا”
  • Arabic: “زيلند”
  • Arabic: “زِيلَند”
  • Aragonese: “Zelanda”
  • Armenian: “Զեյլանդ”
  • Asturian: “Zeeland”
  • Balinese: “Zeeland”
  • Basque: “Zeelanda”
  • Belarusian: “Зеландыя”
  • Belarusian: “Зэляндыя”
  • Bengali: “জিল্যান্ড”
  • Breton: “Zeeland”
  • Bulgarian: “Зеландия”
  • Catalan: “Zelanda”
  • Cebuano: “Provincie Zeeland”
  • Central Kurdish: “زیلاند”
  • Chinese: “Zeeland Séng”
  • Chinese: “泽兰省”
  • Chinese: “澤蘭省”
  • Chinese: “西蘭”
  • Croatian: “Zeeland”
  • Czech: “Zeeland”
  • Danish: “Zeeland”
  • Dutch: “NL-ZE”
  • Dutch: “Provincie Zeeland”
  • Dutch: “Zeeland”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “زيلاند”
  • Esperanto: “Zelando”
  • Estonian: “Zeelandi provints”
  • Faroese: “Zeeland”
  • Finnish: “Zeeland”
  • French: “province de Zélande”
  • French: “Zélande”
  • Galician: “Celandia”
  • Galician: “Zelandia”
  • Georgian: “ზელანდიის პროვინცია”
  • German: “Provinz Seeland”
  • German: “Provinz Zeeland”
  • German: “Seeland”
  • German: “Zeeland”
  • Greek: “Ζηλανδία”
  • Gujarati: “ઝીલેન્ડ”
  • Hebrew: “זיילנד”
  • Hindi: “ज़ीलैंड”
  • Hungarian: “Zeeland”
  • Icelandic: “Sjáland”
  • Ido: “Zeeland”
  • Inari Sami: “Zeeland”
  • Indonesian: “Zeeland”
  • Interlingua: “Zelanda”
  • Irish: “An tSéalainn”
  • Irish: “Zeeland”
  • Italian: “Zelanda”
  • Japanese: “ゼーラント州”
  • Javanese: “Zeeland”
  • Kannada: “ಜೀಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್”
  • Korean: “제일란트 주”
  • Korean: “제일란트”
  • Korean: “제일란트주”
  • Kurdish: “Zeeland”
  • Ladin: “Zeeland”
  • Latin: “Zelandia”
  • Latvian: “Zēlande”
  • Limburgan: “Zieland”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Zeeland”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Zeland”
  • Lithuanian: “Zelandijos provincija”
  • Low German: “Seeland”
  • Low German: “Zeelaand”
  • Luxembourgish: “Provënz Zeeland”
  • Macedonian: “Зеланд”
  • Malagasy: “Zelandy”
  • Malay: “Zeeland”
  • Manx: “Yn Teelynn, y Çheer Injil”
  • Manx: “Yn Teelynn”
  • Marathi: “झीलंड”
  • Mazanderani: “زیلاند”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Zeeland Séng”
  • Minangkabau: “Zeeland”
  • Nepali: “जिल्यान्ड”
  • Northern Frisian: “Prowins Sialun”
  • Northern Sami: “Zeelánda”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Zeeland”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Zeeland”
  • Norwegian: “Zeeland”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Zelanda”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Sǣland”
  • Ossetian: “Зеланди”
  • Persian: “زیلاند”
  • Polish: “Zelandia”
  • Portuguese: “Província da Zelândia”
  • Portuguese: “Zeeland”
  • Portuguese: “Zelândia”
  • Pushto: “ځیلاند”
  • Quechua: “Zeeland pruwinsya”
  • Romanian: “Zeelanda”
  • Russian: “Зеландия”
  • Samoan: “Sila (Netalani)”
  • Samoan: “Sila”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Seelound”
  • Scots: “Province o Zeeland”
  • Scots: “Zeeland”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Zeeland”
  • Serbian: “Зеланд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zeeland”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zeland”
  • Sinhala: “සීලන්ඩ්”
  • Skolt Sami: “Zeelantt”
  • Slovak: “Zéland”
  • Slovenian: “Zeeland”
  • Slovenian: “Zelandija, Nizozemska”
  • Somali: “Zeeland”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Zelanda”
  • Spanish: “Zelanda”
  • Swahili: “Zeeland”
  • Swedish: “Zeeland”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Зеландия”
  • Tamil: “சீலாந்து”
  • Telugu: “జీలాండ్”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดเซลันด์”
  • Turkish: “Zelanda”
  • Ukrainian: “Зеландія”
  • Urdu: “زی لینڈ”
  • Urdu: “زیلانت”
  • Venetian: “Xełanda”
  • Vietnamese: “Zeeland”
  • Vlaams: “Zêeland”
  • Volapük: “Selän”
  • Volapük: “Zeeland”
  • Walloon: “Province del Zelande”
  • Walloon: “Province do Zeeland”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Zeeland”
  • Welsh: “Zeeland”
  • Western Frisian: “Seelân”
  • Western Panjabi: “زی لینڈ”
  • Wu Chinese: “泽兰省”
  • Yue Chinese: “西蘭”
  • Zeeuws: “Zeêland”
  • “ma Selan”
  • “Zelanda”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Zeeland”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 igo.