Zeeland | |
|---|---|
 Banner  Coat airms | |
| Anthem: Zeeuws volkslied | |
 Location o Zeeland in the Netherlands | |
| Kintra | Netherlands |
| Capital | Middelburg |
| Govrenment | |
| • Queen's Commissioner | Han Polman (D66) |
| Area | |
| • Land | 1,788 km2 (690 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1,146 km2 (442 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 10t |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Land | 380,186 |
| • Rank | 11t |
| • Density | 210/km2 (550/sq mi) |
| • Density rank | 10t |
| ISO 3166 code | NL-ZE |
| Releegion (2005) | Protestant 30% Catholic 20% Muslim 1.5% |
| Website | www.Zeeland.nl |
Zeeland (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈzeːlɐnt] (
listen)), cried Zealand in Scots an aw, is the wastmaist province o the Netherlands. The province, locatit in the sooth-wast o the kintra, consists o a number o islands (hence its name, meanin "sea-land") an a strip borderin Belgium. Its caipital is Middelburg. Wi a population o aboot 380,000, its aurie is aboot 2930 km², o which amaist 1140 km² is watter. Lairge pairts o Zeeland are belaw sea level. The last great floodin o the aurie wis in 1953. Tourism is an important economic activity. Its beaches mak it a popular holiday destination in the simmer. Maist tourists are Germans. In some auries, the population can be twa tae fower times heicher durin heich simmer saison. The coat o airms o Zeeland shows a lion hauf-emergit frae watter, an the text "luctor et emergo" (Laitin for "A struggle an A emerge").[1] The Pacific naition o New Zealand is namit efter Zeeland.
