Netherlands
Appearance
Netherlands Nederland (Dutch) | |
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![]() Location o the European Netherlands (dark green) – on the European continent (green & dark grey) | |
![]() Location o the Dutch special municipalities (green) | |
Caipital | Amsterdam[b] 52°22′N 4°53′E / 52.367°N 4.883°E |
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(s) | Dutch |
Sovereign state | ![]() |
Govrenment | Unitary pairlamentary constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Willem-Alexander |
Dick Schoof | |
Legislatur | States General |
Senate | |
Hoose o Representatives | |
Unthirldom frae Spaingie Empire | |
26 Julie 1581 | |
30 Januar 1648 | |
• Kinrick established | 16 Mairch 1815 |
15 December 1954 | |
Aurie | |
• Total | 41,543 km2 (16,040 sq mi) (134t) |
• Water (%) | 18.41 |
Population | |
• 2016 estimate | 17,000,059[2] (65th) |
• Density | 437.6/km2 (1,133.4/sq mi) (30t) |
GDP (PPP) | 2016 estimate |
• Total | $856.265 billion[3] (17th) |
• Per capita | $50,339 (15t) |
GDP (nominal) | 2016 estimate |
• Tot | $762.521 billion[3] (17t) |
• Per capita | $44,828 (15t) |
Gini (2014) | ![]() law · 9t |
HDI (2014) | ![]() verra heich · 5t |
Currency |
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Time zone | UTC-4 (CET (UTC+1)[e] AST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (CEST (UTC+2) AST) |
Date format | dd-mm-yyyy |
Drivin side | right |
Cawin 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:
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Map_provinces_Netherlands-es.svg/220px-Map_provinces_Netherlands-es.svg.png)
Auncient time
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/5500vc_ex_leg.jpg/220px-5500vc_ex_leg.jpg)
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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ a b "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.
- ↑ a b "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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