Ooststellingwerf

Ooststellingwerf
—  Municipality  —

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Coordinates:
Country Netherlands
Province Friesland
Area(2006)
 • Total 226.08 km2 (87.3 sq mi)
 • Land 224.38 km2 (86.6 sq mi)
 • Water 1.70 km2 (0.7 sq mi)
Population (1 January, 2007)
 • Total 26,229
 • Density 117/km2 (303/sq mi)
  Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Ooststellingwerf () is a municipality in the province of Friesland in the northern Netherlands. It is one of the municipalities of Friesland, where the spoken language is not West Frisian; instead, Stellingwerfs, a dialect of Dutch Low Saxon, is spoken here.

Population centres

Appelscha, Donkerbroek, Elsloo, Fochteloo, Haule, Haulerwijk, Langedijke, Makkinga, Nijeberkoop, Oldeberkoop, Oosterwolde, Ravenswoud and Waskemeer.

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