Limburgo (Países Bajos)

"Limburgo (en neerlandés: Limburg) es una de las doce provincias que conforman el Reino de los Países Bajos. Al igual que las demás provincias, está gobernada por un comisionado o comisario (llamado gobernador en esta provincia) designado por el monarca y una cámara legislativa elegida mediante sufragio universal. Limita al norte con las provincias de Brabante Septentrional (Noord-Brabant) y Güeldres (Gelderland), al este con el estado federado alemán de Renania del Norte-Westfalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen) y al sur y al oeste con las provincias belgas de Limburgo y Lieja. Su capital es Maastricht; otras ciudades: Heerlen, Roermond y Venlo. En el sureste de la provincia se halla el monte Vaalserberg (321 m), el punto más elevado del país. En su cumbre confluyen las fronteras de los Países Bajos, Bélgica y Alemania."

"Limburg (Dutch pronunciation: [lmbrx] ; Dutch and Limburgish: (Nederlands-)Limburg; French: Limbourg) is the southernmost of the 12 provinces of the Netherlands. It is in the southeastern part of the country, stretched out from the north, where it touches the province of Gelderland, to the south, where it internationally borders Belgium. Its northern part has the North Brabant province to its west. Its long eastern boundary is the international border with the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Much of the west border runs along the River Maas, bordering the Flemish province of Limburg, and a small part of the Walloon province of Liège. On the south end, it has borders with the Flemish exclave of Voeren and its surrounding part of Liège, Wallonia. The Vaalserberg is on the extreme south-eastern point, marking the tripoint of Netherlands, Germany and Belgium. Limburg's major cities are the provincial capital Maastricht and Heerlen in the south, Roermond and Weert in the middle, and Venlo in the middle-north, all upon the Meuse river. In South Limburg, there are also urban agglomerations at Sittard-Geleen and Parkstad Limburg, which includes the city of Heerlen. Limburg has a highly distinctive character. The social and economic trends that affected the province in recent decades generated a process of change and renewal which has enabled Limburg to transform its peripheral location into a highly globalized regional nexus, linking the Netherlands to the Ruhr metro area and the southern part of the Benelux region. A less appreciated consequence of this international gateway location is rising international crime, often drug-related, especially in the southernmost part of the province."