Utrecht (province)

Utrecht
Utrecht
	Province
	Banner Coat airms
	Anthem: Langs de Vecht en d'oude Rijnstroom
	Location of Utrecht in the Netherlands
Kintra	Netherlands
Caipital	Utrecht
Govrenment
• Queen's Commissioner	Hans Oosters (PvdA)
Area
• Land	1,386 km2 (535 sq mi)
• Water	63 km2 (24 sq mi)
Area rank	12t
Population (2006)
• Land	1,180,039
• Rank	5t
• Density	850/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
• Density rank	3rd
ISO 3166 code	NL-UT
Religion (1999)	Protestant 27%; Catholic 20%
Website	www.provincie-utrecht.nl

Utrecht (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈytrɛxt] ( listen)), offeecially the Province o Utrecht (Dutch: Provincie Utrecht, [ˌproːˈvɪnsi ˈytrɛxt]), is the smawest province o the Netherlands in terms o aurie, an is locatit in the centre o the kintra. It is bordered bi the Eemmeer in the north, Gelderland in the east, the river Rhine in the sooth, Sooth Holland in the wast, an North Holland in the northwast. Utrecht maks up ane region o the International Organization for Standardization warld region code seestem, haein the code ISO 3166-2:NL-UT. Important ceeties in the province are its caipital (cried anaw Utrecht), Amersfoort, Veenendaal, Houten, Nieuwegein an Zeist.