Ghent | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-07

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Ghent


00:01:32 1 History
00:02:18 1.1 Middle Ages
00:04:06 1.2 Early modern period
00:06:04 1.3 19th century
00:07:21 1.4 20th century
00:07:55 2 Geography
00:08:10 2.1 Neighbouring municipalities
00:08:20 2.2 Climate
00:08:44 3 Tourism
00:08:53 3.1 Architecture
00:10:16 3.2 Museums
00:11:23 3.3 Restaurants and culinary traditions
00:13:37 3.4 Festivities
00:14:59 3.5 Nature
00:15:22 4 Economy
00:16:25 5 Transport
00:16:40 5.1 Road
00:17:23 5.2 Rail
00:18:17 5.3 Public transport
00:18:33 5.3.1 Trams
00:19:22 5.3.2 Buses
00:20:54 5.4 Cycling
00:21:23 6 Sports
00:22:37 7 Notable people
00:26:29 8 International relations
00:26:39 8.1 Twin towns – sister cities
00:26:50 9 See also



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Ghent (; Dutch: Gent pronounced [ɣɛnt] (listen); French: Gand pronounced [ɡɑ̃] (listen)) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province, and the second largest municipality in Belgium, after Antwerp. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Leie and in the Late Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of northern Europe, with some 50,000 people in 1300. It is a port and university city.
The municipality comprises the city of Ghent proper and the surrounding towns of Afsnee, Desteldonk, Drongen, Gentbrugge, Ledeberg, Mariakerke, Mendonk, Oostakker, Sint-Amandsberg, Sint-Denijs-Westrem, Sint-Kruis-Winkel, Wondelgem and Zwijnaarde. With 260,467 inhabitants in the beginning of 2018, Ghent is Belgium's second largest municipality by number of inhabitants. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of 1,205 km2 (465 sq mi) and has a total population of 594,582 as of 1 January 2008, which ranks it as the fourth most populous in Belgium. The current mayor of Ghent, Daniël Termont, leads a coalition of the Socialistische Partij Anders, Groen and Open VLD.
The ten-day-long Ghent Festival (Gentse Feesten in Dutch) is held every year and attended by about 1–1.5 million visitors.