or DOORTECHT, a circle in the province of Holland, in the Netherlands, divided into the four cantons of Dort, Old Beaverland, Ridderkerk, and Stryen, and containing 51,361 inhabitants.

city of Holland, the capital of the circle of the same name, situated on the rivers Merve and Biesbosch. It is celebrated from the theological synod held there in the years 1618 and 1619. It is a place of great trade, especially in Rhine wine, timber, flax, stock-fish, and trainoil; and there are many refineries for sugar and salt, distilleries of Geneva, and mills for spinning cotton, wool, and flax. It contains 3954 houses, and 17,387 inhabitants. Long. 4° 33'. 12. E. Lat. 51° 47'. 52. N.