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    The Netherlands, [j] informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. [13]

  2. The Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, pronounced [ˈkoːnɪŋkrɛik dɛr ˈneːdərlɑndə (n)] ⓘ [ h ]; Papiamento: Reino Hulandes), commonly known simply as the Netherlands, [ i ] is a sovereign state consisting of a collection of constituent territories united under the monarch of the Netherlands, who functions as head of st...

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    "The Netherlands" means "the low lands". The land only rises, on average, 1 meter above sea level. One third of the land is below sea level. The Netherlands is also - incorrectly - referred to as Holland. Holland is a very rich area (two provinces) in the western part of the Netherlands, thus causing people to be mistaken. Most people who do not li...

    At the end of the Middle Ages the dukes of Burgundy, a country that is now part of France, united seventeen areas. Those areas were called the Burgundian Netherlands. When the daughter of their duke married Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor in 1477, the Netherlands became part of Spain. In the 16th century many Dutch people became Protestant. The ki...

    The Netherlands is a constitutional monarchy. That means the country has a king, but the real power is in the hands of a parliament, chosen by the Dutch people. All Dutch people at least 18 years old or older are allowed to vote. The Dutch parliament consists of two chambers: the Second Chamber (Dutch: Tweede Kamer, this is the House of Representat...

    In fact a large part of the Netherlands (the province Flevoland) was created by the sand that came from the many rivers flowing through it. Notable Dutch rivers are the Rhine, the Maas, the IJssel and the Scelt. A large part of the Netherlands is below sea level. This is because the Dutch have made many lakes and parts of the sea dry, creating pold...

    The Netherlands has an oceanic climate, with a yearly average temperature of 10 °C (50 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in the Netherlands was 40.7 °C (105.3 °F), on 25 July 2019 in Gilze-Rijen. The lowest temperature ever recorded in the Netherlands was −27.4 °C (−17.3 °F), on 27 January 1942 in Winterswijk. Top 5 warmest days

    The Netherlands is a small country, but many people live there. It is one of the most densely populatedcountries of the world. Most people in the Netherlands speak Dutch. In Friesland, about 200,000 people speak Frisian. Frisian is the language with the most similarities to English. Some Dutch people speak dialects. The Saxon dialects spoken in the...

    Nederlandse Spoorwegen (English: Dutch Railways) or NS is the main passenger railway operator in the Netherlands. The rail infrastructure is maintained by network manager ProRail, which was split from NS in 2003. Freight services, formerly operated by NS Cargo, merged with the DB Schenkergroup in 2000. NS runs 4,800 scheduled trains daily. In addit...

  3. The history of the Netherlands extends back long before the founding of the modern Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1815 after the defeat of Napoleon. For thousands of years, people have been living together around the river deltas of this section of the North Sea coast.

  4. The Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden), commonly called the Netherlands[f] is a transcontinental sovereign state made up of four countries who share the same constitutional monarchy. The member countries share a very high amount of autonomy.

  5. The Kingdom of the Netherlands, commonly called the Netherlands is a transcontinental sovereign state made up of four countries who share the same constitutional monarchy.

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  7. Jul 2, 2024 · The Kingdom of the Netherlands consists of four countries, Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten and the Netherlands - which comprises some 98% of the Kingdom's land area and population and administers...

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