DANTZIK, or DANTZIG, one of the provincial governments of West Prussia. It is bounded by Königsberg on the east, by Marienwerder on the south, by Koslin on the west, and by the Baltic on the north. It extends over 3322 square miles, or 2,126,000 English acres. It comprehends eleven cities, seven market-towns, and 1856 villages and hamlets. The inhabitants amounted in the year 1817 to 237,323, and in 1826 to 316,340. At the first period the Protestants were 142,041, the Catholics 97,530, the Mennonites 9122, and the remainder Jews. It is a level country, with rather a sandy soil; but near the Vistula the soil is excellent, and produces abundant crops of wheat, rye, barley, and oats. On the meadows many oxen are fattened, and on the uplands numerous flocks of sheep are grazed.