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| Antwerp |
Name of city: Antwerp.
Population : 502,604.
Location: Antwerp, Antwerp
province, Belgium.
Area: 204.51 km2(78.96 sq mi).
Website: Officialsite.
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| Antwerp |
Antwerp is a city and municipality in Belgium and the capital of the Antwerp province of Belgium. With a
population of 510,610, it is the second most populous city in Belgium, after
the capital Brussels, and its metropolitan area, with over 1,190,769
inhabitants, is also the second metropolitan area in Belgium. Antwerp is
located on the river Scheldt, which is linked to the North Sea by the
Westerschelde estuary. The Port of Antwerp is one of the biggest ports in the
world, ranking third in Europe and within the top 20 globally.
Antwerp has long been an important city in
the Low Countries, both economically and culturally, especially before the
Spanish Fury (1576) in the period of the Dutch Revolt. The inhabitants of
Antwerp are locally nicknamed Sinjoren, after the Spanish honorific señor or
French seigneur, "lord". It refers to the leading Spanish noblemen
who ruled the city during the 17th century.
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