antwerp

     

Antwerp (ˈæntwɜrp (help·info), Dutch: Antwerpen (info), French: Anvers) is a city an municipality in Belgium and the capital of the Antwerp province in Flanders, one of Belgium's three regions. Antwerp's total population is ca. 461,496 (as of January 2006) and its total area is 204.51 km² with a population density of 2,257 inhabitants per km².

Trivia about antwerp

  • More diamonds are cut and traded in this Belgian port city than anywhere else in the world
  • Europe's first stock exchange was established in this Belgian port in 1460
  • This seaport & second-largest Belgian city is a world leader in diamond-cutting & industrial diamonds
  • This Belgian port's name may mean "against the dike"
  • The oldest stock exchange in Europe is located in this Belgian center of the world diamond trade
  • There's a cathedral of Notre Dame in this large Belgian port city that's also known for its diamonds
  • The name of this large port city on Western Europe's Schelde River literally means "at the wharf"

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