Utrecht (province) Pope Clement VII gave his consent, under political pressure after the Sack of Rome. However, the Habsburg rule did not last long, as Utrecht joined in the Dutch Revolt against Charles' successor Philip II in 1579, becoming a part of the Dutch Republic. In World War II, Utrecht was held by German forces until the general capitulation of the Germans in the Netherlands on May 5, 1945. It was occupied by Canadian Allied forces on May 7, 1945. The towns of Oudewater, Woerden and Vianen were transferred from the province of South Holland to Utrecht in 1970, 1989 and 2002
Central Province (Kenya) Central Province (Kenya) The Central Province () was a region in central Kenya until 2013. It covered an area of and was located to the north of Nairobi and west of Mt. Kenya ("see maps"). The province had 4,383,743 inhabitants according to the 2009 census. The provincial capital was Nyeri. Central Province was the ancestral home of the Kikuyu people. The climate of Central Province is generally cooler than that of the rest of Kenya, due to the region's higher altitude. Rainfall is fairly reliable, falling in two seasons, one from early March to May (the long rains) and a