page_title: Midden-Drenthe
section_title: Population centres
hierarchical_section_title: Midden-Drenthe / Population centres
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: De Westerbork Synthese Radio Telescoop.
context_page_description: Midden-Drenthe is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. The municipality was created in 1998, in a merger of the former municipalities of Beilen, Smilde, and Westerbork. Between 1998 and 2000, the name of the municipality was Middenveld.
context_section_description: Balinge
  Beilen
  Bovensmilde
  Brunsting
  Bruntinge
  Drijber
  Elp
  Eursinge
  Garminge
  Hijken
  Hijkersmilde
  Holthe
  Hoogersmilde
  Hooghalen
  Laaghalen
  Laaghalerveen
  Lieving
  Makkum
  Mantinge
  Nieuw-Balinge
  Oranje
  Orvelte
  Smalbroek
  Smilde
  Spier
  Terhorst
  Westerbork
  Wijster
  Witteveen
  Zuidveld
  Zwiggelte.
  The village of Westerbork gives its name to the Westerbork deportation and (later) concentration camp, located about 7 km north of the village, in the forests of Hooghalen.
  The Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT) array was installed near the site of the camp in 1969.
caption: Westerbork Synthese Radio Telescoop
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