Stadskanaal

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Stadskanaal
Location of Stadskanaal
Country Netherlands
Province Groningen
Area (2006)
 - Total 119.96 km² (46.3 sq mi)
 - Land 117.85 km² (45.5 sq mi)
 - Water 2.11 km² (0.8 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2007)
 - Total 34,177
 - Density 290/km² (751.1/sq mi)
  Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Stadskanaal (pronunciation ) is a Canal, municipality and a town in the northeastern Netherlands.

The area is known for its peat mining.

[edit] Population centres

Alteveer, Barlage, Blekslage, Braamberg, Ceresdorp, Höchte, Holte, Horsten, Kopstukken, Mussel, Musselkanaal, Onstwedde, Oomsberg, Smeerling, Stadskanaal, Sterenborg, Ter Maarsch, Ter Wupping, Veenhuizen, Vledderhuizen, Vledderveen, Vosseberg and Wessinghuizen.

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Coordinates: 52°59′11″N, 6°57′32″E