The Hague
The Hague Den Haag | |||
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| 's-Gravenhage | |||
 The Hague skyscrapers seen frae the 'Plein', wi statue o William the Silent | |||
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| Eik-name(s): Residentiestad (Residential Ceety), Hofstad (Court ceety) | |||
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| Coordinates: 52°5′N 4°19′E / 52.083°N 4.317°E | |||
| Kintra | Netherlands | ||
| Province | Sooth Holland | ||
| Area (2006) | |||
| • Ceety an municipality | 98.20 km2 (37.92 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 82.66 km2 (31.92 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 15.54 km2 (6.00 sq mi) | ||
| Population (1 Februar 2012) | |||
| • Ceety an municipality | 501,725 | ||
| • Density | 5,894/km2 (15,270/sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 1,022,256 | ||
| • Metro | 1,406,000 | ||
| • Randstad | 6,659,300 | ||
| • Demonym | Hagenaar or Hagenees | ||
| Source: [1]. | |||
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | ||
The Hague (Dutch: Den Haag pronounced [dɛnˈɦaˑχ] (
listen), offeecially 's-Gravenhage pronounced [ˈsχraˑvə(n)ˌɦaˑɣə] ( listen)) is the caipital ceety o the province o Sooth Holland in the Netherlands. Wi a population o 500,000 indwallers (as o 1 September 2011),[1][2] an mair nor ane million indwallers includin the suburbs, it is the third lairgest ceety o the Netherlands, efter Amsterdam an Rotterdam. Locatit in the wast o the Netherlands, The Hague is in the centre o the Haaglanden conurbation an lees at the soothwast corner o the lairger Randstad conurbation.
The Hague is the seat o the Dutch govrenment an parliament, the Supreme Court, an the Cooncil o State, but the ceety is no the caipital o the Netherlands which constitutionally is Amsterdam. Noordeinde Palace, ane o the three offeecial pailaces o the Dutch ryal faimily, is locatit in The Hague an aw. Aw foreign embassies in the Netherlands an 150 internaitional organisations are locatit in the ceety, includin the Internaitional Court o Juistice an the Internaitional Creeminal Court, which maks The Hague ane o the major ceeties hostin the Unitit Naitions, alang wi New York, Vienna an Geneva.
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References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "Baby Chris is 500,000th resident of The Hague". www.denhaag.nl. 01 september 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2011. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ "Den Haag verwelkomt halfmiljoenste inwoner". www.denhaag.nl. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
- ↑ "Bethlehem Municipality". www.bethlehem-city.org. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
- ↑ "Miasta partnerskie Warszawy". um.warszawa.pl. Biuro Promocji Miasta. 2005-05-04. Retrieved 2008-08-29.[deid airtin]
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