Opsterland

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Country Netherlands Time zone CET (UTC+1) Area code 0512, 0513, 0516 Area 227.7 km² Province Friesland		Elevation 3 m (10 ft) Postcode 8400–8409, 9240–9249 Website www.opsterland.nl Local time Sunday 1:16 AM Team LDODK

Weather 4°C, Wind N at 10 km/h, 94% Humidity

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Opsterland ( [ˈɔpstərlɑnt]; West Frisian: Opsterlân) is a municipality in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands.

Map of Opsterland, Netherlands

Brassband opsterland st michael s mount eric ball

Population centres

Bakkeveen

Beetsterzwaag

Frieschepalen

Gorredijk

Hemrik

Jonkerslân

Langezwaag

Lippenhuizen

Luxwoude

Nij Beets

Olterterp

Siegerswoude

Terwispel

Tijnje

Ureterp

Wijnjewoude

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Opsterland, June 2015

Twin towns — sister cities

Opsterland is twinned with:

Ra'anana, Israel (since 1963)

Beit Sahour, Palestine

The choice of twinning with both an Israeli city and a Palestinian one is Opsterland's modest contribution to trying to solve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. As well as bilateral contacts with both of their partners, the Dutch officials try to encourage trilateral meetings and induce greater contact between Ra'anana and Beit Sahour, which are located at a short geographical distance from each other but are separated by conflict and mutual mistrust. Recently Francisca Ravestein, Nahum Hofree, Hani Al-Hayik - the mayors, respectively, of Opsterland, Ra'anana and Beit Sahour - jointly inaugurated a photo exhibition at the municipal building in Opsterland.

References

Opsterland Wikipedia

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