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Sponsored LinksTravel reviews & great deals at TripAdvisor: EncyclopediaHasseltHasselt (hä'sult) [key], city (1991 pop. 66,611), capital of Limburg prov., NE Belgium, in the Campine region, a port on the Albert Canal. It is a commercial and industrial center and a rail junction. Hasselt was chartered in 1232. The Dutch defeated the Belgians there in 1831. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on Hasselt from Infoplease:
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