Netherlands

Netherlands Nederland  ()
Banner Coat o airms
Motto: "Je maintiendrai" () "Ik zal handhaven" () "I will uphauld"
Anthem: "Wilhelmus" () "'William"
Location o the  European Netherlands  (dark green) – on the European continent  (green & dark grey) – in the European Union  (green)
Location o the  Dutch special municipalities  (green)
Caipital	Amsterdam 52°22′N 4°53′E
Lairgest ceety	capital
Offeecial leids	​
• Naitional  • Regional	Dutch Wast Frisie, Inglis, Papiamento
Recognised regional leids	Limburgish, Dutch Law Saxon
Ethnic groups (2015)	78.3% Dutch 5.9% ither EU 2.3% Turks 2.2% Moroccans 2.1% Indonesians 2.0% Surinamese 0.8% Caribbean 6.4% ithers
Demonym(s)	Dutch
Sovereign state	Kinrick o the Netherlands
Govrenment	Unitary pairlamentary constitutional monarchy
• Monarch	Willem-Alexander
• Prime Meenister	Mark Rutte
Legislatur	States General
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	Hoose o Representatives
Unthirldom frae Spaingie Empire
• Proclaimed	26 Julie 1581
• Recognised	30 Januar 1648
• Kinrick established	16 Mairch 1815
• Constituent kintra	15 December 1954
Aurie
• Total	41,543 km2 (16,040 sq mi) (134t)
• Water (%)	18.41
Population
• 2016 estimate	17,000,059 (65th)
• Density	416.9/km2 (1,079.8/sq mi) (30t)
GDP (PPP)	2016 estimate
• Total	$856.265 billion (17th)
• Per capita	$50,339 (15t)
GDP (nominal)	2016 estimate
• Tot	$762.521 billion (17t)
• Per capita	$44,828 (15t)
Gini (2014)	26.2 law · 9t
HDI (2014)	0.922 verra heich · 5t
Currency	Euro (EUR) US dollar (USD) (Caribbean Netherlands only)
Time zone	UTC-4 (CET (UTC+1) AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (CEST (UTC+2) AST)
Date format	dd-mm-yyyy
Drivin side	right
Cawin code	+31 +599
ISO 3166 code	NL
Internet TLD	.nl, .bq
^ 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). ^ While Amsterdam is the constitutional caipital, The Hague is the seat o the govrenment. ^ Wast Frisie (Friesland), Papiamento (Bonaire) an Inglis (Sint Eustatius an Saba) hae a formal status in certain parts o the kintra. Dutch Law Saxon an Limburgish are recognised as regional leids bi the European Chairter for Regional or Minority Leids. ^ The euro is uised in the European Netherlands an replaced the Dutch guilder in 2002. The US dollar is used in the Caribbean Netherlands an replaced the Netherlands Antillean guilder in 2011. ^ CET an CEST are uised in the European Netherlands, an AST is uised in the Caribbean Netherlands. ^ 599 wis the kintra code designatit for the nou dissolved Netherlands Antilles. The Caribbean Netherlands still uise 599–7 (Bonaire), 599–3 (Sint Eustatius) an 599–4 (Saba). ^ .nl is the common internet tap level domain name for the Netherlands. The .eu domain is an aa used, as it is shared wi ither European Union member states. .bq is designatit, but nae in uise, for the Caribbean Netherlands.

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:

• Paulus Potter

Auncient time

The Netherlands in 5500 afore Christ

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.