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Area codes. 020, 036, 023, 075, 0252, 0297, 0299, 0320, 0294, 035, 0251, GeoTLD. .amsterdam. Website. www .metropoolregioamsterdam .nl. The Metropolitan Region Amsterdam ( Dutch: Metropoolregio Amsterdam) is the city region around the city of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands.
The city hosts two universities (the University of Amsterdam and the Free University Amsterdam) and an international airport "Schiphol Airport". About 2.2 million people live in the metropolitan area. The city of Amsterdam is the world's most multi-cultural city.
Amsterdam ( / ˈæmstərdæm / AM-stər-dam, UK also / ˌæmstərˈdæm / AM-stər-DAM, Dutch: [ ˌɑmstərˈdɑm] ⓘ; literally, "The Dam on the River Amstel ") is the capital and most populated city of the Netherlands. It has a population of 921,402 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the urban area and 2,480,394 in the metropolitan area.
The Amsterdam Metro (Dutch: Amsterdamse metro) is a rapid transit system serving Amsterdam, Netherlands, and extending to the surrounding municipalities of Diemen and Ouder-Amstel. Until 2019, it also served the municipality of Amstelveen, but this route was closed and converted into a tram line.
The Metropolitan Region (MRA), known in Dutch as Metropoolregio Amsterdam (MRA), is comprised of 30 municipalities, two provinces (North Holland and Flevoland) and the Transport Authority Amsterdam. Around 2.5 million people – more than 14 per cent of the Dutch population – live within the MRA.
