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|official_name =Amsterdam
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| name = Amsterdam
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| photo3b = Replica VOC-schip Amsterdam.jpg
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| image_shield = Insigne Amstelodamensis coronatum.svg
|leader_title =[[Leet o mayors o Amsterdam|Mayor]]
| shield_size = 100x170px
|leader_name =[[Eberhard van der Laan]]
| shield_alt =
|leader_party =[[Labour Pairty (Netherlands)|PvdA]]
| nickname = [[Mokum]], Damsko
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| motto = [[Coat o airms o Amsterdam#Motto|Heldhaftig, Vastberaden, Barmhartig]] ''(Valiant, Steadfast, Compassionate)''
|leader_name1 =[[Lodewijk Asscher]]<br/>Eric van der Burg<br/>[[Andrée van Es]]<br/>Carolien Gehrels<br/>Freek Ossel<br/>Maarten van Poelgeest<br/>Eric Wiebes
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|leader_name2 =Henk de Jong
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|title=Kerncijfers voor Amsterdam en de stadsdelen
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|publisher=Research and Statistics Service, [[Government of Amsterdam|City of Amsterdam]]
| subdivision_type = Kintra
|date=1 January 2006
| subdivision_name = [[Netherlands]]
|url=http://www.os.amsterdam.nl/tabel/10216/
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| parts_style = coll
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|p1=[[Amsterdam-Centrum|Centrum]]
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|population_as_of=6 May 2012
|title = Portfolios: Mayor & Alderpersons
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|publisher = Gemeente Amsterdam
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| governing_body = [[Municipal cooncil (Netherlands)|Municipal cooncil]]
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| leader_party = [[Labour Pairty (Netherlands)|PvdA]]
|population_blank1=7891564
| leader_title = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
|population_blank1_title=[[Demonym]]
| leader_name = [[Eberhard van der Laan]]
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[[Central European Time|CET]] ([[UTC+01]])
| unit_pref = Metric
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[[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02]])
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|author1=Anita Bouman–Eijs |author2=Thijmen van Bree |author3=Wouter Jonkhoff |author4=Olaf Koops |author5=Walter Manshanden |author6=Elmer Rietveld
|postal_code_type=[[Leet o postal codes in the Netherlands|Postal codes]]
|url=http://www.zuidvleugel.nl/sites/www.zuidvleugel.nl/files/article/downloads/top_20_europese_grootstedelijke_regios_1995_2011_tno_2012_r11155.pdf
|postal_code =1011–1109
|title=De Top 20 van Europese grootstedelijke regio's 1995–2011; Randstad Holland in internationaal perspectief
|area_code =020
|language=Dutch
|website =[http://www.amsterdam.nl/ www.amsterdam.nl]
|trans_title=Top 20 of European metropolitan regions 1995–2011; Randstad Holland compared internationally
|date=17 December 2012
|publisher=[[Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research|TNO]]
|place=Delft
|accessdate=25 July 2013
}}</ref>
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|title = Postcodetool for 1012JS (Dam Square)
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| population_blank2_title = [[Randstad]]
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| postal_code_type = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code = 1000–1109
| area_code = 020
| area_code_type = [[Telephone nummers in the Netherlands|Aurie code]]
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|p3=[[Amsterdam-West|West]]
|p4=[[Amsterdam Nieuw-West|Nieuw-West]]
|p5=[[Amsterdam-Zuid|Zuid]]
|p6=[[Amsterdam-Oost|Oost]]
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'''Amsterdam''' ({{pron-en|ˈæmstərdæm}}; Dutch {{IPA-nl|ˌɑmstərˈdɑm||Nl-Amsterdam.ogg}}) is the [[Caipital ceety|caipital]] an [[Leet o ceeties in the Netherlands wi ower 100,000 fowk|lairgest ceety]] o the [[Netherlands]], wi an urban population o 1,364,422 an a metropolitan population o 2,158,372. The ceety is locatit in the [[Provinces o the Netherlands|province]] o [[North Holland]] in the wast o the kintra. It comprises the northren pairt o the [[Randstad]], the [[Leet o metropolitan auries in Europe bi population|saxt-lairgest]] [[metropolitan aurie]] in Europe, wi a population o approximately 8.1 million.
'''Amsterdam''' ({{pron-en|ˈæmstərdæm}}; Dutch {{IPA-nl|ˌɑmstərˈdɑm||Nl-Amsterdam.ogg}}) is the [[Caipital ceety|caipital]] an [[Leet o ceeties in the Netherlands wi ower 100,000 fowk|lairgest ceety]] o the [[Netherlands]], wi an urban population o 1,364,422 an a metropolitan population o 2,158,372. The ceety is locatit in the [[Provinces o the Netherlands|province]] o [[North Holland]] in the wast o the kintra. It comprises the northren pairt o the [[Randstad]], the [[Leet o metropolitan auries in Europe bi population|saxt-lairgest]] [[metropolitan aurie]] in Europe, wi a population o approximately 8.1 million.



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Amsterdam
Eemages, frae tap doun, left tae richt: the Rijksmuseum,
canals o Amsterdam, Ryal Palace at Dam Squerr,
Royal Concertgebouw, Naitional Maritime Museum,
a cannabis coffee shop, De Wallen reid-licht destrict,
Zuidas business destrict bi nicht
Banner o Amsterdam
Banner
Coat of airms o Amsterdam
Coat airms
Eik-name(s): 
Mokum, Damsko
Motto(s): 
Heldhaftig, Vastberaden, Barmhartig (Valiant, Steadfast, Compassionate)
Heichlichtit poseetion o Amsterdam in a municipal cairt o North Holland
Location in North Holland
KintraNetherlands
Province North Holland
Boroughs
Govrenment
 • BodiMunicipal cooncil
 • MayorEberhard van der Laan (PvdA)
Area
 • Municipality219.32 km2 (84.68 sq mi)
 • Laund165.76 km2 (64.00 sq mi)
 • Water53.56 km2 (20.68 sq mi)
 • Randstad3043 km2 (1,175 sq mi)
Elevation−2 m (−7 ft)
Population
 (municipality & urban, September 2016 (CBS); metro 2014 (OIS Amsterdam); Randstad, 2011)[3][5][6][7][8]
 • Municipality844,667
 • Density5269/km2 (13,650/sq mi)
 • Urban
1,343,647
 • Metro region
2431000
 • Randstad
7100000
Demonym(s)Amsterdammer, A'dammer
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode
1000–1109
Aurie code020
Websitewww.amsterdam.nl

Amsterdam (pronounced /ˈæmstərdæm/ (deprecatit template); Dutch [ˌɑmstərˈdɑm] ( listen)) is the caipital an lairgest ceety o the Netherlands, wi an urban population o 1,364,422 an a metropolitan population o 2,158,372. The ceety is locatit in the province o North Holland in the wast o the kintra. It comprises the northren pairt o the Randstad, the saxt-lairgest metropolitan aurie in Europe, wi a population o approximately 8.1 million.

Its name is derived frae Amstellerdam,[9] indicative o the ceety's oreegin: a dam in the river Amstel. Settled as a smaw fishin veelage in the late 12t century, Amsterdam became ane o the maist important ports in the warld durin the Dutch Gowden Age, a result o its innovative developments in trade. Durin that time, the ceety wis the leadin centre for finance an diamonds.[10] In the 19t an 20t centuries, the ceety expandit, an mony new neebourheids an suburbs war formed. The 17t-century canals o Amsterdam (in Dutch: 'Grachtengordel'), locatit in the hert o Amsterdam, wur eikit tae the UNESCO Warld Heritage Leet in Julie 2010.

The ceety is the financial an cultural caipital o the Netherlands.[11] Mony lairge Dutch institutions hae thair heidquarters thare, an 7 o the warld's tap 500 companies, includin Philips an ING, are based in the ceety.[12] In 2010, Amsterdam wis ranked 13t globally on quality o livin[13] bi Mercer, an previously ranked 3rd in innovation bi 2thinknow in the Innovation Cities Index 2009.[14]

The Amsterdam Stock Exchynge, the auldest stock exchynge in the warld, is locatit in the ceety centre. Amsterdam's main sichts, includin its historic canals, the Rijksmuseum, the Van Gogh Museum, Stedelijk Museum, Hermitage Amsterdam, Anne Frank Hoose, its reid-licht destrict, an its mony cannabis coffee shops draw mair nor 3.66 million internaitional veesitors ilka year.[15]

Internaitional relations

Sister ceeties

Ceety Municipality / Destrict / Canton / Province / State / Region Kintra Syne
Algiers Algiers Province Algerie Algerie
Athens Attica's flag. Attica Greece Greece
Beijing Beijing Municipality Fowkrepublic o Cheenae Cheenae
Beira Sofala Province Mozambique Mozambique 1993
Brasília Brazilian Federal Destrict Brazil Brazil
Istanbul Marmara Turkey Turkey
Kiev Kiev Ceety Municipality Ukraine Ukraine
Los Angeles Californie United States Unitit States o Americae
Managua Managua Municipality Nicaragua Nicaragua
Montreal Quebec Canadae Canadae
Moscow Federal Ceety o Moscow Roushie Roushie
New York Ceety New York United States Unitit States o Americae
Nicosia Nicosia Destrict Cyprus Cyprus
Recife Pernambuco Brazil Brazil 2009
Riga Riga Municipality Latvie Latvie
Sarajevo Sarajevo Canton Bosnie an Herzegovinae Bosnie an Herzegovinae
Toronto Ontario Canadae Canadae

References

  1. "Portfolios: Mayor & Alderpersons". Gemeente Amsterdam. Retrieved 18 Februar 2014. Cite has empty unkent parameter: |trans_title= (help)
  2. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 Julie 2013. Retrieved 12 Mairch 2014.
  3. a b Anita Bouman–Eijs; Thijmen van Bree; Wouter Jonkhoff; Olaf Koops; Walter Manshanden; Elmer Rietveld (17 December 2012). De Top 20 van Europese grootstedelijke regio's 1995–2011; Randstad Holland in internationaal perspectief (PDF) (Technical report) (in Dutch). Delft: TNO. Retrieved 25 Julie 2013. Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (help)
  4. "Postcodetool for 1012JS (Dam Square)". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 18 Februar 2014. Cite has empty unkent parameter: |trans_title= (help)
  5. "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 Januar 2021. Retrieved 2 Januar 2022.
  6. "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 26 Juin 2014. Retrieved 24 Julie 2014.
  7. "CBS Amsterdam Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand".
  8. "Economische Verkenningen Metropool Regio Amsterdam" (PDF).
  9. Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, Vol 1, p896-898.
  10. Cambridge.org, Capitals of Capital -A History of International Financial Centres – 1780–2005, Youssef Cassis, ISBN 978-0-521-84535-9
  11. Efter Athens in 1888 an Florence in 1986, Amsterdam wis in 1986 chosen as the European Caipital o Cultur, confirmin its eminent position in Europe an the Netherlands. See EC.europa.eu for an owerview o the European ceeties an caipitals o cultur ower the years.
  12. Forbes.com, Forbes Global 2000 Largest Companies – Dutch rankings.
  13. "Best cities in the world (Mercer)". City Mayors. 26 Mey 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
  14. "2thinknow Innovation Cities Global 256 Index - worldwide innovation city rankings". Innovation-cities.com. 30 Julie 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
  15. "Key Figures Amsterdam 2009: Tourism". City of Amsterdam Department for Research and Statistics. 2009. Retrieved 30 September 2009.