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Delfzijl

Western Europe

Delfzijl is a city and former municipality with a population of 25,651 in the province of Groningen in the northeastern Netherlands. It grew from a sluice on the Delf and the Ems into a fortified settlement in the 16th century, before the fortifications were removed in the late 19th century. It is now the fifth largest seaport in the Netherlands and the largest port in the country's northeast.

Facts
Population
28,649 1
Founding Year
1303 2
Founding Year
1303 2
Elevation (m)
1 3
Latitude
53.333333 degrees north 3
Longitude
6.916667 degrees east 3
Elevation Band
Sea Level 4
Climate Zone
Temperate 5
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 4
Sources
1. GeoNames: Delfzijl
GeoNames geonameid 2757340 (Delfzijl), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source
2. Wikipedia (Dutch): Delfzijl
Wikipedia (Dutch)
  • Source text, founding-year-range-start: 1303
    De naam "Delfzijl" wordt voor het eerst genoemd in een oorkonde van 19 juni 1303.
  • Source text, founding-year-range-end: 1303
    De naam "Delfzijl" wordt voor het eerst genoemd in een oorkonde van 19 juni 1303.
  • Source text, founding-year: 1303
    De naam "Delfzijl" wordt voor het eerst genoemd in een oorkonde van 19 juni 1303.
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3. Delfzijl (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 53.333333, longitude 6.916667
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 1 m
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4. GeoNames: Delfzijl - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2757340
    53.33 6.91806 P PPL NL 04 1979 28649 0 Europe/Amsterdam
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 0 m
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5. 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 53.25, 6.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 53.25, 6.75
53.25 6.75 Cfb
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Wikidata: Delfzijl
Wikidata Q322986, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Delfzijl (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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