LIMBURG
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V16,
Page 692
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
LIMBURG
, the See also:south-easternmost and smallest See also:province of See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland, bounded N. by See also:Gelderland, N.W. by See also:North See also:Brabant, S.W. by the Belgian province of Limburg, and S. by that of See also:Liege, and E. by See also:Germany
.
Its See also:area is 85o sq. m., and its See also:population in 1900 was 281,934
.
It is watered by the See also:Meuse (See also:Maas) which forms See also:part of its south-western boundary (with See also:Belgium) and then flows through its See also:northern portion, and by such tributaries as the Geul and Roer (See also:Ruhr)
.
Its See also:capital is See also:Maastricht, which gives name to one of the two administrative districts into which it is divided, the other being See also:Roermond
.
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