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Most northerly province of the Netherlands
area 2,350 sq km/907 sq mi population (1989)
555,200 towns capital Groningen;
Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Stadskanaal, Veendam,
Delfzijl, Winschoten products natural gas,
arable crops, dairy produce, sheep, horses
physical Ems estuary, innermost W Friesian
Islands history under the power of the
bishopsof Utrecht from 1040, Groningen became
a member of the Hanseatic League in 1284.
Taken by Spain in 1580, it was recaptured by
Maurice of Nassau in 1594.