Ghent is a city and municipality in the East Flanders province of the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the province and the third largest city in the country, after Brussels and Antwerp, and is a port and university city.
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Ghent university was founded by King William I in 1816 and inaugurated on 9 October 1817 at Ghent City Hall.
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1. Ghent - Wikipedia
Infobox, Population
265,086
Infobox, Population year
265,086 (2022-01-01)
Infobox, Area
157.77 km2 (60.92 sq mi)
Infobox, Coordinates, latitude
51°03′13″N 03°43′31″E
Infobox, Coordinates, longitude
51°03′13″N 03°43′31″E
- In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 51.0536,3.7253
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"elevation": 15.0
3. 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
4. GeoNames: Gent - GeoNames
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51.05 3.71667 P PPL BE VLG VOV 44 44021 265086 10 Europe/Brussels
Wikidata: Ghent
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