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Pekela

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Pekela (Template:IPA) is a municipality in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. It was created in 1990 when Oude Pekela and Nieuwe Pekela were merged.

Geography

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File:Gem-Pekela-OpenTopo.jpg
Map of the municipality of Pekela, June 2015

Pekela is located at Template:Coords in the southeast of the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. It is bordered by the municipalities of: Template:Columns-list The river Pekel Aa crosses the municipality from north to south. The main population centres in the municipality are the villages of Template:Ill (Upper Pekela), Nieuwe Pekela (New Pekela), and Oude Pekela (Old Pekela). Part of the village of Alteveer and the hamlets of Bronsveen and Template:Ill are also in the municipality.

The municipality has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert is water.<ref name="areadataref"/>

Governance

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The mayor (burgemeester) of Pekela is Jaap Kuin of the Labour Party.<ref name="mayor_now"/> The municipal council consists of 15 seats, which are divided as follows:

Municipality seats
Party 2006 2010 2014 2018<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 2022<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
SP 3 3 4 4 3
Samen Voor Pekela - 4 3 3 3
PvdA 7 3 2 2 2
CDA 2 1 2 2 2
GroenLinks 1 2 1 1 2
PVV - - - 2 2
VVD 1 1 2 1 1
ChristenUnie 1 - 1 - -
VCP - - 1 - -
Total 15 15 15 15 15

Demographics

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In Template:Dutch municipality population, the municipality had a total population of Template:Dutch municipality population, a population density of Template:Convert.<ref name="populationdataref"/>

Notable people

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References

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