| Opsterland | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Flag Size: | 100x67px |
| Map Alt: | Position of Opsterland in a map of Friesland |
| Coordinates: | 53.0667°N 11°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Friesland |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Governing Body: | Municipal council |
| Leader Party: | ChristenUnie |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Andries Bouwman |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
| Elevation M: | 3 |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postcode |
| Postal Code: | 8400–8409, 9240–9249 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 0512, 0513, 0516 |
Opsterland (pronounced as /nl/; fy|Opsterlân) is a municipality in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands.
Drachten-Azeven is an industrial zone of Drachten located in Opsterland.[3]
The hamlets within the municipality are: Ald Beets, Allardsoog (partially), De Hanebuert, De Koaibosk, Easterein, Foarwurk, Haneburen, Heidehuizen, Hemrikerverlaat, Klein Groningen, Kortezwaag, Moskou (partially), Nieuwe Vaart, Petersburg (partially), Rolbrêge, Selmien, Sparjebird, Ulesprong, Ureterp aan de Vaart, Vosseburen, Welgelegen (partially), Wijngaarden and Wijnjeterpverlaat.
Map of the municipality of Opsterland, June 2015
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Netherlands.
Opsterland is twinned with:
The choice of twinning with both an Israeli city and a Palestinian one is Opsterland's modest contribution to trying to solve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. As well as bilateral contacts with both of their partners, the Dutch officials try to encourage trilateral meetings and induce greater contact between Ra'anana and Beit Sahour, which are located at a short geographical distance from each other but are separated by conflict and mutual mistrust. In 2012 Francisca Ravestein, Nahum Hofree, Hani Al-Hayik – the mayors, respectively, of Opsterland, Ra'anana and Beit Sahour – jointly inaugurated a photo exhibition at the municipal building in Opsterland.[6]
