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Opsterland is a municipality

Municipality

A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

in the province

Province

A province is a territorial unit, almost always an administrative division, within a country or state.-Etymology:The English word "province" is attested since about 1330 and derives from the 13th-century Old French "province," which itself comes from the Latin word "provincia," which referred to...

of Friesland

Friesland

Friesland is a province in the north of the Netherlands and part of the ancient region of Frisia.Until the end of 1996, the province bore Friesland as its official name. In 1997 this Dutch name lost its official status to the Frisian Fryslân...

in the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

Population centres

Bakkeveen

Bakkefean , or Bakkeveen , is a village of about 2000 inhabitants in the municipality of Opsterland in the east of Friesland in the Netherlands....

, Beetsterzwaag, Frieschepalen

Frieschepalen

Frieschepalen is a village consisting of about 990 inhabitants in the municipality of Opsterland in the east of Friesland in the Netherlands....

, Gorredijk

Gorredijk

Gorredijk is the biggest town in the municipality of Opsterland, which lies in Friesland, which in turn is a province of the Netherlands...

, Hemrik

Hemrik

Hemrik is a village consisting of about 740 inhabitants in the municipality of Opsterland in the east of Friesland in the Netherlands....

, Jonkerslân

Jonkerslân

Jonkerslân is a village consisting of about 296 inhabitants in the municipality of Opsterland in the east of Friesland in the Netherlands....

, Langezwaag

Langezwaag

Langezwaag is a village consisting of about 1000 inhabitants in the municipality of Opsterland in the east of Friesland in the Netherlands....

, Lippenhuizen

Lippenhuizen

Lippenhuizen is a village consisting of about 1320 inhabitants in the municipality of Opsterland in the east of Friesland in the Netherlands....

, Luxwoude

Luxwoude

Luxwoude is a village consisting of about 290 inhabitants in the municipality of Opsterland in the east of Friesland in the Netherlands....

, Nij Beets

Nij Beets

Nij Beets is a village consisting of about 1690 inhabitants in the municipality of Opsterland in the east of Friesland in the Netherlands.- History:...

, Olterterp

Olterterp

Olterterp is a village consisting of about 90 inhabitants in the municipality of Opsterland in the east of Friesland in the Netherlands....

, Siegerswoude

Siegerswoude

Siegerswoude is a village consisting of about 875 inhabitants in the municipality of Opsterland in the east of Friesland in the Netherlands....

, Terwispel

Terwispel

Terwispel is a village consisting of about 1000 inhabitants in the municipality of Opsterland in the east of Friesland in the Netherlands.- External links :* * *...

, Tijnje

Tijnje

Tijnje is a village consisting of about 1500 inhabitants in the municipality of Opsterland in the east of Friesland in the Netherlands.-External links:***...

, Ureterp

Ureterp

Ureterp is a village consisting of about 5000 inhabitants in the municipality of Opsterland in the east of Friesland in the Netherlands.-External links:* *...

, Wijnjewoude

Wijnjewoude

Wijnjewoude is a village consisting of about 2000 inhabitants in the municipality of Opsterland in the east of Friesland in the Netherlands.-External links:*...

Twin towns — sister cities

Opsterland is twinned

Town twinning

Twin towns and sister cities are two of many terms used to describe the cooperative agreements between towns, cities, and even counties in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.- Terminology :...

with: Ra'anana

Ra'anana

Ra'anana is a city in the heart of the southern Sharon Plain of the Central District of Israel with a population of 68,300, . Ra'anana is bordered by Kfar Sava on the east and Herzliya on the southwest...

, Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

(since 1963) Beit Sahur, Palestinian Authority

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
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The Israeli–Palestinian conflict is the ongoing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. The conflict is wide-ranging, and the term is also used in reference to the earlier phases of the same conflict, between Jewish and Zionist yishuv and the Arab population living in Palestine under Ottoman or...

. 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 Sahur, which are located at a short geographical distance from each other but are separated by conflict, occupation and mutual mistrust. Recently Francisca Ravestein, Nahum Hofree, Hani Al-Hayik - the mayors, respectively, of Opsterland, Ra'anana and Beit Sahur - jointly inaugurated a photo exhibition at the municipal building in Opsterland.

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