Pekela
Pekela | |
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Municipality | |
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| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Groningen |
| Area (2006) | |
• Total | 50.20 km2 (19.38 sq mi) |
| • Land | 49.12 km2 (18.97 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1.08 km2 (0.42 sq mi) |
| Population (1 January, 2007) | |
• Total | 13,237 |
| • Density | 269/km2 (700/sq mi) |
| Source: CBS, Statline. | |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Pekela (ⓘ) is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands.
Population centres
Local government
The municipal government of Pekela consists of 15 seats, which are divided as follows:
| Municipality seats | |||||||||||||||
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| Party | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | |||||||||||
| PvdA | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | |||||||||||
| GroenLinks | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| CDA | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| VVD | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| SP | - | - | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
| ChristenUnie | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | |||||||||||
| Samen Voor Pekela | - | - | - | 4 | |||||||||||
| Total | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | |||||||||||
External links
Municipalities of Groningen | ||
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