Kinrick o the Netherlands

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Kinrick o the Netherlands

  • Koninkrijk der Nederlanden  (Dutch)
  • Reino Hulandes  (Papiamento)
  • Keninkryk fan de Nederlannen  (Wast Frisie)
Motto: "Je maintiendrai" (French)
"Ik zal handhaven" (Dutch)
"I will uphauld"[note 1]
Anthem: "Wilhelmus" (Dutch)
"'William"
Location o the Netherlands
CaipitalAmsterdam[note 2]
52°22′N 4°53′E / 52.367°N 4.883°E / 52.367; 4.883
Lairgest ceetycapital
Offeecial leidsDutch (de facto)
Regional leids
Demonym(s)Dutch
Kintras
(non-sovereign pairts)
GovrenmentDemocratic pairlamentary
constitutional monarchy wi federal elements
• Monarch
Willem-Alexander
Mark Rutte
Edwin Abath
Marvelyne Wiels[6]
Josianne Fleming-Artsen.[7]
Independence frae the Spaingie Empire
26 Julie 1581 (Declared)
30 Januar 1648 (Recognised)
19 Januarie 1795
5 Juin 1806
• Annexation bi the French Empire
(monarchy)
1 Julie 1810
16 Mairch 1815
15 December 1954
Aurie
• Total
42,508 km2 (16,412 sq mi) (136th)
• Water (%)
18.41
Population
• 2013 estimate
17,100,715 (61st)
• Density
393/km2 (1,017.9/sq mi) (30t)
Currency
Time zoneUTC-4 (CET (UTC+1)
AST)
• Summer (DST)
UTC-4 (CEST (UTC+2)
AST)
Date formatdd-mm-yyyy
Drivin sideright
Cawin code
ISO 3166 codeNL
Internet TLD

The Kinrick o the Netherlands (Dutch: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden; pronounced [ˈkoːnɪŋkrɛiɡ dɛr ˈneːdərlɑndə(n)] ( listen);[8] Papiamento: Reino Hulandes), commonly kent as the Netherlands,[note 7] is a sovereign state an constitutional monarchy wi territory in wastren Europe an in the Caribbean.

Notes[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. ↑ The offeecial motto is in French. The leeteral translation intae Scots is "I will maintain"; a better translation, houever, is "I will hauld firm" or "I will uphauld" (namely, the integrity an unthirldom o the territory).[oreeginal research?]
  2. ↑ The Hague is the seat o the govrenment o the Netherlands; Oranjestad is the caipital o Aruba; Willemstad is the caipital o Curaçao; an Philipsburg is the caipital o Sint Maarten.
  3. ↑ Dutch is an offeecial leid in aw fower constituent kintras. Papiamento is an offeecial leid in Aruba[1] an Curaçao[2] an haes a formal status on Bonaire.[3] Inglis is an offeecial leid in Sint Maarten[4] and Curaçao[2] an haes a formal status on Saba an Sint Eustatius.[3] Spaingie, thou nae amang the offeecial leids, is widely spoken on the Caribbean islands. In Friesland, the Wast Frisie leid haes a formal status.[5] Dutch Law Saxon an Limburgish are offeecially recognised as regional leids in the Netherlands.
  4. ↑ The Prime Meenister o the Netherlands is referred tae as "Oor Prime Meenister, in his capacity as chairman o the Cooncil o Meenisters o the Kinrick" (Dutch: Onze Minister-President, in zijn hoedanigheid van voorzitter van de raad van ministers van het Koninkrijk) when he acts as a Meenister o the Kinrick. An example o this can be foond in article 2(3a) o the Act on financial superveesion for Curaçao an Sint Maarten. Ither meenisters o the Netherlands are referred tae wi the addeetional line "in his capacity as Meenister o the Kinrick" (Dutch: in zijn hoedanigheid van Minister van het Koninkrijk) when thay act as Kinrick Meenisters, as for example wi "Oor Meenister o Juistice in his capacity as Meenister o the Kinrick" (Dutch: Onze Minister van Justitie in zijn hoedanigheid van minister van het Koninkrijk), except for the Meenister o Foreign Affairs an the Meenister o Defence, syne thay always act in a Kinrick capacity. For mair information on this, see Borman 2005 and Borman 2010.
  5. ↑ Also .eu, shared wi ither EU member states.
  6. ↑ .an is being phased oot.
  7. ↑ Nae tae be confused wi the constituent kintra the Netherlands, which is anly a pairt o the Kinrick. In some contexts "the Netherlands" refers tae the constituent kintra, in mair formal contexts it mey refer tae the Kinrick.

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. ↑ Migge, Bettina; Léglise, Isabelle; Bartens, Angela (2010). Creoles in Education: An Appraisal of Current Programs and Projects. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. p. 268. ISBN 978-90-272-5258-6.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "LANDSVERORDENING van de 28ste maart 2007 houdende vaststelling van de officiële talen (Landsverordening officiële talen)" (in Dutch). Government of the Netherlands. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Invoeringswet openbare lichamen Bonaire, Sint Eustatius en Saba" (in Dutch). wetten.nl. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  4. ↑ According to Art. 1 para 2. Constitution of Sint Maarten: "The official languages are Dutch and English"
  5. ↑ "Wet gebruik Friese taal in het rechtsverkeer" (in Dutch). wetten.nl. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  6. ↑ "Curaçao's New Government". Curaçao Chronicle. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  7. ↑ "New Marcel Gumbs Cabinet takes office". thedailyherald.com. Archived frae the oreeginal on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  8. ↑ Koninkrijk in isolation: [ˈkoːnɪŋkrɛik].
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