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| | Provincial Flags of the Netherlands (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | The flag, adopted 17 February 1950, reflects this: Green and white are the city's colours, placed in the centre for the central role of the capital. |
 | | The province of Overijssel (meaning "on the other side of the IJssel river") in the east of the Netherlands was part of Utrecht until in 1528 the Spanish King Charles V, as count of Holland, inherited the area. |
 | | The flag, dating from 1 January 1986, symbolizes land, made from the sea: the colours stand for land, wheat and sky and the wavy lines for the sea. |
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