Netherlands
Netherlands Nederland (Dutch)
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![]() Location o the European Netherlands (dark green)
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![]() Location o the Dutch special municipalities (green)
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Capital | Amsterdam[b] 52°22′N 4°53′E / 52.367°N 4.883°E |
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Lairgest ceety | capital | ||||
Offeecial leids | | ||||
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Recognised regional leids |
Limburgish, Dutch Law Saxon[c] | ||||
Ethnic groups (2015[1]) |
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Demonym | Dutch | ||||
Sovereign state | ![]() |
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Govrenment | Unitary pairlamentary constitutional monarchy | ||||
• Monarch
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Willem-Alexander | ||||
Mark Rutte | |||||
Legislatur | States General | ||||
Senate | |||||
Hoose o Representatives | |||||
Unthirldom frae Spaingie Empire | |||||
26 Julie 1581 | |||||
30 Januar 1648 | |||||
• Kinrick established
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16 Mairch 1815 | ||||
15 December 1954 | |||||
Aurie | |||||
• Tot
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41,543 km2 (16,040 sq mi) (134t) | ||||
• Watter (%)
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18.41 | ||||
Population | |||||
• 2016 estimate
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17,000,059[2] (65th) | ||||
• Density
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411/km2 (1,064.5/sq mi) (30t) | ||||
GDP (PPP) | 2016 estimate | ||||
• Total
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$856.265 billion[3] (17th) | ||||
• Per capita
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$50,339 (15t) | ||||
GDP (nominal) | 2016 estimate | ||||
• Total
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$762.521 billion[3] (17t) | ||||
• Per capita
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$44,828 (15t) | ||||
Gini (2014) | ![]() law · 9t |
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HDI (2014) | ![]() very heich · 5t |
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Siller |
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Time zone | CET (UTC+1)[e] AST (UTC-4) |
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• Summer (DST)
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CEST (UTC+2) AST (UTC-4) |
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Date format | dd-mm-yyyy | ||||
Drives on the | right | ||||
Calling code | |||||
ISO 3166 code | NL | ||||
Internet TLD | .nl, .bq[g] | ||||
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The Netherlands (Dutch: Nederland) is pairt o the Kinrick o the Netherlands (Dutch: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden) alang wi the Aruba, Curaçao, an Sint Martin. It is locate in North-Wastren Europe an is laund mairched wi Germany an Belgium. It haes a coast line alang the German Ocean.
It haes gien alot o important penters an airtists throu-oot history, for ensaumple:
Auncient time[eedit | eedit soorce]
The Netherlands haes been bade in sin the last glaciation; the auldest ruins date frae 100,000 year aby, whan the kintra's climate wis tundra an humid vegetation.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Official CBS website containing all Dutch demographic statistics. Cbs.nl. Retrieved on 30 October 2014.
- ↑ "Population counter". Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. 2016. Retrieved 21 Mairch 2016.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Netherlands". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved April 2016. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ "Gini coefficient of equivalised disposable income (source: SILC)". Eurostat Data Explorer. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ↑ "2015 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ↑ "Wet gebruik Friese taal in het rechtsverkeer" (in Dutch). wetten.nl. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Invoeringswet openbare lichamen Bonaire, Sint Eustatius en Saba" (in Dutch). wetten.nl. Retrieved 1 Januar 2011.
- ↑ "Wet geldstelsel BES". Dutch government. 30 September 2010. Retrieved 11 Januar 2014.
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