Pekela
Encyclopedia
Pekela is a municipality
in the northeastern Netherlands
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Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the northeastern Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
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Local government
The municipal government of Pekela consists of 15 seats, which are divided as follows:| Municipality seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 |
| PvdA | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 |
| GroenLinks | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| CDA | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| VVD | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| SP | ||||
| 3 | 3 | |||
| ChristenUnie | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Samen Voor Pekela | ||||
| 4 | ||||
| Total | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |