Westerwolde is a region

Region

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 in the province Groningen

Groningen (province)

Groningen [] is the northeasternmost province of the Netherlands. In the east it borders the German state of Niedersachsen , in the south Drenthe, in the west Friesland and in the north the Wadden Sea...

 in the north of the 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...

. The region is located in the most eastern part of the Netherlands, alongside the German border. It is situated around the rivers Mussel Aa, Ruiten Aa, and Westerwoldse Aa, and it contains the villages Bellingwolde

Bellingwolde

Bellingwolde is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. The village is situated at the border of the Netherlands and Germany.Until 1968, Bellingwolde was a separate municipality. Since then, it has been a part of Bellingwedde....

, Blijham, Onstwedde

Onstwedde

Onstwedde is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Stadskanaal.Onstwedde was also the former name of the municipality of Stadskanaal, until 1969.-External links: Map of the former municipality, around 1868....

, Sellingen

Sellingen

Sellingen is a town in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is a part of the municipality of Vlagtwedde, and lies about northeast of Emmen.In 2006, statistical area "Sellingen", which also includes the surrounding countryside, had a population of 1920 in 820 households in an area of , and the town...

, Ter Apel

Ter Apel

Ter Apel is a town in the municipality Vlagtwedde in the northern Netherlands, in the province Groningen in the region Westerwolde. The town lies on the stream Ruiten Aa, which has the valley that together with the Ter Apeler forest belongs to the national network of nature reserves, the...

, Vlagtwedde

Vlagtwedde

Vlagtwedde is a municipality in the very southeast of Groningen province in the northeastern Netherlands with seat of local government in the community of Sellingen...

, Vriescheloo, and Wedde

Wedde

Wedde is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Bellingwedde, about 9 km southeast of Winschoten.Wedde was a separate municipality until 1968, when it was merged with Bellingwolde to form Bellingwedde...

. The people in Westerwolde speak Dutch

Dutch language

Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...

 and the West Low German dialect Westerwolds.