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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 692 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LIMBURG , the See also:

south-easternmost and smallest See also:province of See also:Holland, bounded N. by See also:Gelderland, N.W. by See also:North See also:Brabant, S.W. by the Belgian province of Limburg, and S. by that of See also:Liege, and E. by See also:Germany. Its See also:area is 85o sq. m., and its See also:population in 1900 was 281,934. It is watered by the See also:Meuse (See also:Maas) which forms See also:part of its south-western boundary (with See also:Belgium) and then flows through its See also:northern portion, and by such tributaries as the Geul and Roer (See also:Ruhr). Its See also:capital is See also:Maastricht, which gives name to one of the two administrative districts into which it is divided, the other being See also:Roermond.

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