Middelburg serves as the capital of Zeeland province in the southwestern Netherlands, with approximately 48,000 residents. The city played a significant role in early modern scientific advancement, having historically been a center of lens crafting during the Golden Age of Dutch science and technology, with local spectacle-makers credited in the development of the microscope and the telescope.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Elevation (m) Latitude51.499722 degrees north 2 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Middelburg, Zeeland (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead paragraph, population
population of about 48,000
- In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 2. Middelburg, Zeeland (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1217-00-00T00:00:00Z
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 51.499722, longitude 3.613611
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 3 m
P2046 (area)
area 53.05 sq km
View the Source3. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 51.4997,3.6136
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 8.0
4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.25, 3.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.25, 3.75
51.25 3.75 Cfb
5. GeoNames: Middelburg - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2750896, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.04 km)Quote, cities500 record 2750896, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.04 km)
51.5 3.61389 P PPLA NL 10 0687 46485 8 Europe/Amsterdam
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