Amsterdam
|
|
This article mey require cleanup tae meet Wikipedia's quality staundarts. Please improve this airticle if ye can. |
| Amsterdam | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Municipality/ceety | |||
| Frae left tae richt an tap tae bottom: Rijksmuseum, Statue in the Vondelpark, Keizersgracht, Zuiderkerk, Ryal Palace (Amsterdam), ING House
Frae left tae richt an tap tae bottom: Rijksmuseum, Statue in the Vondelpark, Keizersgracht, Zuiderkerk, Ryal Palace (Amsterdam), ING House
|
|||
|
|||
| Nickname(s): Mokum, Venice o the North | |||
| Motto: Heldhaftig, Vastberaden, Barmhartig (Valiant, Steadfast, Compassionate) |
|||
| Location o Amsterdam | |||
| Coordinates: 52°22′23″N 4°53′32″E / 52.37306°N 4.89222°ECoordinates: 52°22′23″N 4°53′32″E / 52.37306°N 4.89222°E | |||
| Kintra | Netherlands | ||
| Province | North Holland | ||
| COROP | Amsterdam | ||
| Burghs | Centrum (Centre) Noord (North) West (Wast) Nieuw-West (New-Wast) Zuid (Sooth) Oost (East) Zuidoost (Sooth-East) Westpoort (Wastgate) |
||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Eberhard van der Laan (PvdA) | ||
| • Aldermen | Lodewijk Asscher Eric van der Burg Andrée van Es Carolien Gehrels Freek Ossel Maarten van Poelgeest Eric Wiebes |
||
| • Secretary | Henk de Jong | ||
| Area[1][2] | |||
| • Municipality/ceety | 219 km2 (85 sq mi) | ||
| • Laund | 166 km2 (64 sq mi) | ||
| • Watter | 53 km2 (20 sq mi) | ||
| • Metro | 1,815 km2 (701 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation[3] | 2 m (7 ft) | ||
| Population (6 May 2012)[4][5] | |||
| • Municipality/ceety | 820,654 | ||
| • Density | 3,506/km2 (9,080/sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 1,209,419 | ||
| • Metro | 2,289,762 | ||
| • Demonym | Amsterdammer (♂), Amsterdamse (♀) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+01) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+02) (UTC) | ||
| Postal codes | 1011–1109 | ||
| Area code(s) | 020 | ||
| Website | www.amsterdam.nl | ||
Amsterdam (pronounced /ˈæmstərdæm/; 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,[6] indicative o the ceety's oreegin: a dam in the river Amstel. Settled as a sma 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.[7] In the 19t an 20t centuries, the ceety expandit, an mony new neeburhuids an suburbs wur 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.[8] 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.[9] In 2010, Amsterdam wis ranked 13t globally on quality o livin[10] bi Mercer, an previously ranked 3rd in innovation bi 2thinknow in the Innovation Cities Index 2009.[11]
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.[12]
Internaitional relations[eedit | eedit soorce]
Sister ceeties[eedit | eedit soorce]
| Ceety | Municipality / Destrict / Canton / Province / State / Region | Kintra | Syne |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algiers Province | |||
| Athens | |||
| Beijing | Beijing Municipality | ||
| Beira | Sofala Province | 1993 | |
| Istanbul | Marmara | ||
| Kiev Ceety Municipality | |||
| Managua Municipality | |||
| New York Ceety | |||
| Nicosia | Nicosia Destrict | ||
| 2009 | |||
| Riga Municipality | |||
| Toronto |
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "Kerncijfers voor Amsterdam en de stadsdelen". os.amsterdam.nl. Research and Statistics Service, City of Amsterdam. 1 January 2006. Retrieved 4 April 2007.
- ↑ "Area, population density, dwelling density and average dwelling occupation". os.amsterdam.nl. Research and Statistics Service, City of Amsterdam. 1 January 2006. Retrieved 13 August 2008.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedelevation - ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedCBS - ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedrandstad - ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, Vol 1, p896-898.
- ↑ Cambridge.org, Capitals of Capital -A History of International Financial Centres – 1780–2005, Youssef Cassis, ISBN 978-0-521-84535-9
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Forbes.com, Forbes Global 2000 Largest Companies – Dutch rankings.
- ↑ "Best cities in the world (Mercer)". City Mayors. 2010-05-26. Retrieved 2010-10-10.
- ↑ "2thinknow Innovation Cities Global 256 Index - worldwide innovation city rankings". Innovation-cities.com. 2009-07-30. Retrieved 2010-10-10.
- ↑ "Key Figures Amsterdam 2009: Tourism". City of Amsterdam Department for Research and Statistics. 2009. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
| Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Amsterdam. |
| This Europe-relatit article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
| This ceity-relatit article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- Wikipaedia cleanup
- Pages wi broken file links
- Amsterdam
- Caipitals in Europe
- Ceeties in the Netherlands
- European Caipitals o Cultur
- Host ceeties o the Simmer Olympic Gemmes
- Populatit places established in the 13t century
- Populatit places in North Holland
- Port ceeties an touns in the Netherlands
- Port ceeties an touns o the North Sea
- European stubs
- Ceety stubs