. . . "9240" . . "052" . "Zele (Dutch pronunciation: [\u02C8ze\u02D0l\u0259]) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders, around 20 km east of Ghent. The municipality only comprises the town of Zele proper. On January 1, 2011, Zele had a total population of 20,763. The total area is 33.06 km\u00B2 which gives a population density of 628 inhabitants per km\u00B2."@en . .