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Kingdom of the Netherlands
Koninkrijk der Nederlanden
Flag
Coat of arms
Motto:
"Je maintiendrai"
(
French
)
"Ik zal handhaven"
(
Dutch
)
"I shall stand fast"
1
Anthem:
"
Het Wilhelmus
"
Capital
and largest city
Amsterdam
²
52°21′N
04°52′E
/
52.350°N 4.867°E
/
52.350; 4.867
Official languages
Dutch
³
Ethnic groups
80.9%
Dutch
19.1% various others
Demonym(s)
Dutch
Government
Parliamentary democracy
and
Constitutional monarchy
•
Monarch
Queen Beatrix
•
Prime Minister
Jan Peter Balkenende
ISO 3166 code
NL
Wikipedia
,
Netherlands
,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands
The Epopt/Nethercard
Independence
through the
Eighty Years' War
from
Philip II of Spain
• Declared
July 26
1581
• Recognized
January 30
1648
4
Area
• Total
41,526 km
2
(16,033 sq mi) (
134th
)
• Water (%)
18.41
Population
• 2007 estimate
16,402,835 (
61st
)
• Density
395/km
2
(1,023.0/sq mi) (
15th
)
GDP
(
PPP
)
2006 estimate
• Total
670,929 Billion (
16th
)
• Per capita
$35,078 (
10th
)
GDP
(nominal)
2005 estimate
• Total
$625.271 billion (
16th
)
• Per capita
$38,618 (
10th
)
HDI
(2005)
0.953
Error: Invalid HDI value
(
9th
)
Currency
Euro
(
€
)
5
(
EUR
)
Time zone
UTC
+1
(
CET
)
• Summer (
DST
)
UTC
+2
(
CEST
)
Calling code
31
Internet TLD
.nl
6
The literal translation of the motto is "I will maintain". Here "maintain" is taken to mean to stand fast or to hold ground.
The Hague
is the seat of the government.
West Frisian
is also an official language in
the Netherlands
, although only spoken in Friesland;
Dutch Low Saxon
and
Limburgish
are officially recognised as
regional languages
.
Peace of Westphalia
.
Prior to 2002:
Dutch guilder
.
The
.eu
domain is also used, as it is shared with other
European Union
member states.
Wikipedia
,
Netherlands
,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands