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Southernmost province of the Netherlands in
the plain of the Maas (Meuse) area 2,170 sq
km/838 sq mi population (1988) 1,095,000
capital Maastricht, the oldest city in the
Netherlands products arable farming,
horticulture, chemicals, fertilizer history
the former duchy of Limburg was divided
between the United Netherlands and Spanish
Netherlands in 1648. Reunited in 1815, it was
divided into two separate Dutch and Belgian
provinces in 1839.