Pekela
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Historic villa in Oude Pekela
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| Country | Netherlands | ||
| Province | Groningen | ||
| Government[1] | |||
| • Body | Municipal council | ||
| • Mayor | Meindert Schollema (PvdA) | ||
| Area[2] | |||
| • Total | 50.20 km2 (19.38 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 49.10 km2 (18.96 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 1.10 km2 (0.42 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation[3] | 1 m (3 ft) | ||
| Population (May 2014)[4] | |||
| • Total | 12,709 | ||
| • Density | 259/km2 (670/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postcode | 9662–9669 | ||
| Area code | 0597 | ||
| Website | www |
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Pekela (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpeːkəlaː] (
listen)) is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands created in 1990 as a merger between Oude Pekela and Nieuwe Pekela.
Population centres
Topography
Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Pekela, June 2015
Local government
The municipal government of Pekela consists of 15 seats, which are divided as follows:
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| Party | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | ||||||||||
| PvdA | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
| GroenLinks | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| CDA | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| VVD | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| SP | - | - | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
| ChristenUnie | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | ||||||||||
| Samen Voor Pekela | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||
| VCP | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||||||||||
| Total | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | ||||||||||
References
External links
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