What is Twente?
[[File:Twente-Position.png|thumb|Twente in the Netherlands]] [[File:2013-R05-TW-b.jpg|thumb|Administrative map of Twente]] [[File:Flag of Twente.svg|thumb|Flag of Twente]] [[File:Dinkel Lutterzand 4.jpg|thumb|[[Dinkel]] river in [[Losser]] municipality]] [[File:Overzicht vanaf de kerktoren van de Simon en Judaskerk naar het westen met zicht op de Hervormde kerk - Ootmarsum - 20383829 - RCE.jpg|thumb|[[Ootmarsum]] city in [[Dinkelland]] municipality]] '''Twente''' or (obsolete) ''Twenthe'' ([[Low Saxon]]: ''Tweante'') is a historical region in the province of [[Overijssel]], the [[Netherlands]]. Its (informal) capital and biggest city is [[Enschede]]. Twente borders [[Salland]] region (also Overijssel) in the west and north, [[Achterhoek]] region (province of [[Gelderland]]) in the south, [[County of Bentheim (district)|County of Bentheim]] ([[Lower Saxony]], [[Germany]]) in the northeast, and [[Münsterland]] ([[North Rhine-Westphalia]], also Germany) in the southeast. As of 2021, about 633,000 people were living in (administrative) Twente. They are nicknamed ''Tukkers'' and speak [[Tweants]], which is a Low Saxon dialect. Until the 1960s textile industry was flourishing in Twente. == Municipalities == These 14 municipalities belong (administratively) to Twente region: {{Col-begin|width=65%}} {{Col-2}} * [[Almelo]] * [[Borne, Netherlands|Borne]] * [[Dinkelland]] * [[Enschede]] * [[Haaksbergen]] * [[Hellendoorn]] (most part in [[Salland]] region) * [[Hengelo]] {{Col-break}} * [[Hof van Twente]] * [[Losser]] * [[Oldenzaal]] * [[Rijssen-Holten]] (partially in Salland) * [[Tubbergen]] * [[Twenterand]] (partially in Salland) * [[Wierden]] {{Col-end}} == Netwerkstad Twente == Almelo, Borne, Enschede, Hengelo, and Oldenzaal are working together in the so-called ''Netwerkstad Twente''. Its aim is to improve the economy of Twente.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.regiotwente.nl/netwerkstad/stedelijk-gebied/55-netwerkstad-twente |title=Netwerkstad Twente |access-date=2021-03-10 |archive-date=2021-01-17 |archive-url=htt