ANTWERP (Dutch, Antwerpen ; French, Anvers ; Spanish, Amberes ; Old German, Antorf; from " aent werf," "on the wharf "), a province of Belgium, bounded by the Dutch province of North Brabant on the N., and by the Belgian provinces of Limbourg on the E., South Brabant on the S., and East Flanders on the W. The greater part of the province, which consists of an extensive plain of 1096 square miles, scarcely diversified by a single elevation, is sandy but fertile, producing grain, flax, hemp, fruit, and tobacco, as well as cattle, sheep, and horses ; on the north and north-east, however:there are considerable tracts of morass and heath. The principal rivers, the Scheldt and its tributaries, the Rupel, the Nethe, and the Dyle, are navigable to a large extent, while railways intersect the country in various directions, and there are also several canals. The chief towns are Antwerp, Mechlin (lIalines), Turnhout, Lierre, and Boom. Population in 1870, 492,482.