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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 155 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ANTWERP  , the most

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northern of the nine provinces of
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Belgium . It is conterminous with the Dutch frontier on the
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north .
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Malines,
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Lierre and
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Turnhout are among the towns of the
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province . Its importance, however, is derived from the fact that it contains the commercial
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metropolis of Belgium . It is divided into three administrative districts (arrondissements), viz . Antwerp, Malines and Turnhout . These are subdivided into 25 cantons and 152 communes . The
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area is 707,932 acres or 11o6 sq. m . Pop . (1904) 888,980, showing an
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average of 804 inhabitants to the square mile .

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