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The Hague
Den Haag
—  Ceety an municipality  —
's-Gravenhage
The Hague skyscrapers seen frae the 'Plein', wi statue o William the Silent

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Eik-name(s): Residentiestad (Residential Ceety), Hofstad (Court ceety)
Coordinates: 52°5′N 4°19′E / 52.083°N 4.317°E / 52.083; 4.317
Kintra Netherlands
Province Sooth Holland
Aurie(2006)
 - Ceety an municipality 98.20 km2 (37.9 sq mi)
 - Laund 82.66 km2 (31.9 sq mi)
 - Watter 15.54 km2 (6 sq mi)
Indwallers (1 Februar 2012)
 - Ceety an municipality 501,725
 Densitie 5,894/km2 (15,265.4/sq mi)
 Urban 1,022,256
 Metro 1,406,000
 - Randstad 6,659,300
 - Demonym Hagenaar or Hagenees
  Source: [1].
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Simmer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

The Hague (Dutch: Den Haag pronounced [dɛnˈɦaˑχ] ( listen), officially 's-Gravenhage pronounced [ˈsχraˑvə(n)ˌɦaˑɣə] ( listen)) is the caipital ceety o the province o Sooth Holland in the Netherlands. Wi a population o 500,000 inhabitants (as o 1 September 2011),[1][2] an mair than ane million inhabitants includin the suburbs, it is the third lairgest ceety o the Netherlands, efter Amsterdam an Rotterdam. Locatit in the wast o the Netherlands, The Hague is in the centre o the Haaglanden conurbation an lees at the soothwast corner o the lairger Randstad conurbation.

The Hague is the seat o the Dutch govrenment an parliament, the Supreme Court, an the Cooncil o State, but the ceety is no the caipital o the Netherlands which constitutionally is Amsterdam. Noordeinde Palace, ane o the three offeecial palaces o the Dutch ryal family, is locatit in The Hague an aw. Aw foreign embassies in the Netherlands an 150 internaitional organizations are locatit in the ceety, includin the Internaitional Court o Juistice an the Internaitional Creeminal Court, which maks The Hague ane o the major ceeties hostin the Unitit Naitions, alang wi New York, Vienna an Geneva.

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The Hague is twinned wi:

References [edit]

  1. Baby Chris is 500,000th resident of The Hague. www.denhaag.nl (01 september 2011). Retrieved on 1 September 2011. .
  2. Den Haag verwelkomt halfmiljoenste inwoner. www.denhaag.nl. Retrieved on 1 September 2011. .
  3. Bethlehem Municipality. www.bethlehem-city.org. Retrieved on 10 October 2009. .
  4. Miasta partnerskie Warszawy. um.warszawa.pl. Biuro Promocji Miasta (2005-05-04). Retrieved on 29 August 2008. .[deid airtin]

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