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'''Ghent''' ([[Dutch language|Dutch]]: ''Gent'', [[French]]: ''Gand'', Spanish: ''Gante'') is a city in the [[Flanders]] region of [[Belgium]] (capital of Flanders). It enjoyed extreme prosperity in the [[Middle Ages]] and early modern period as a centre of cloth production. The decline of this industry ended the town's growth, but helped preserve its remarkable collection of buildings. Today Ghent is a populat tourist centre.
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'''Ghent''' ([[Dutch language|Dutch]]: ''Gent'', [[French]]: ''Gand'', Spanish: ''Gante'') is a city in the [[Flanders]] region of [[Belgium]] (capital of Flanders). It enjoyed extreme prosperity in the [[Middle Ages]] and early modern period as a centre of cloth production. The decline of this industry ended the town's growth, but helped preserve its remarkable collection of buildings. Today Ghent is a populat tourist centre. Ghent has a population of 257,029 (2016).
       
[[Category:Belgian Cities and Towns]]
 
[[Category:Belgian Cities and Towns]]
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