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Welcome to the Netherlands [ Holland ].
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The Netherlands [ Dutch: Nederland ] is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting of twelve provinces in Northwestern Europe and three islands in the Caribbean. The European part of the Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders with Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom.
It is a parliamentary democracy organised as a unitary state. The capital is Amsterdam and the seat of government is The Hague. The Netherlands in its entirety is often referred to as “Holland”, although North and South Holland are actually only two of its provinces.
Some Facts & Figures : • Official name : The Kingdom of Netherlands • Surface area : 41,528 km² (18.41% water) • Total population : over 16.5 million • Population density : 488 people per km² • Capital city : Amsterdam (inhabitants : 805,166 in 2013) • Government : The Hague • Official languages : Dutch, Frisian (only spoken in Friesland)
Some Facts & Figures : • Type of government : Constitutional monarchy - parliamentary democracy • Religion : 45% No religion, 27% Roman Catholic, 17% Protestant, 6% Muslim, 1% Hindu, 1% Buddhist • Currency : Euro • National holidays : King’s Day (26 April) Liberation Day (5 May)
Some Facts & Figures : • Highest point : 323 m (Vaalserberg, Limburg) • Lowest point : 6.7 m (Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland) • Average temperature in July : 17.4 °C • Average temperature in January : 2.8 °C • Time zone : UTC + 1 • Country Code : + 31 • Internet TLD : nl • Some important cities : Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht, Maastricht, .
