Friesland

This airticle is aboot the Dutch province. For the historical airt that it's a pairt o, see Frisie (region).

Friesland (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈfrislɑnt]; Wast Frisian: Fryslân, pronoonced [frislɔ̃ːn]), historically kent as Frisie, is a province in the north o the Netherlands an pairt o the auncient, mair muckle airt o Frisie.

Friesland Fryslâncode: fry promotit to code: fy
Province
Banner Coat airms
Anthem: De âlde Friezen
Location of Friesland in the Netherlands
Kintra	Netherlands
Caipital	Leeuwarden
Govrenment
• Queen's Commissioner	Arno Brok (VVD)
Area
• Land	3,349 km2 (1,293 sq mi)
• Water	2,392 km2 (924 sq mi)
Area rank	3rd
Population  (2010)
• Land	646,305
• Rank	8t
• Density	190/km2 (500/sq mi)
• Density rank	11t
ISO 3166 code	NL-FY
Religion (2005)	Protestant 30% Roman Catholic 6% Muslim 2%
Website	www.fryslan.nl

Till the end o 1996, the province bore Friesland as its offeecial name. In 1997 this Dutch name lost its offeecial status tae the Frisie Fryslân. Housomeiver, Friesland remains in common uisage, bein the Dutch name for the province.

Friesland haes 646,000 indwallers (2010) an its caipital is Leeuwarden (Wast Frisie: Ljouwert), wi 91,817 indwallers, in the centre o the province.

Freemit airtins

• Wabsteid o visitFryslân.nl Archived 2008-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
• Wabsteid o the province