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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › NetherlandsNetherlands - Wikipedia

    The Netherlands is a "conduit country" that helps to funnel profits from high-tax countries to tax havens. [178] It has been ranked as the 4th largest tax haven in the world. [179] The Netherlands is part of a monetary union, the Eurozone (dark blue), and the EU single market.

  2. Name. "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.

  3. www.wikiwand.com › en › NetherlandsNetherlands - Wikiwand

    The Netherlands, 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. The Netherlands consists of twelve provinces; it borders Germany to the east and Belgium to the south, with a North Sea coastline to the north and west. It shares maritime borders with ...

  4. 4 days ago · Netherlands, country located in northwestern Europe, also known as Holland. “Netherlands” means low-lying country; the name Holland (from Houtland, or “Wooded Land”) was originally given to one of the medieval cores of what later became the modern state and is still used for 2 of its 12 provinces ( Noord-Holland and Zuid-Holland ).

  5. Kingdom of the Netherlands. /  52.367°N 4.883°E  / 52.367; 4.883. 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.

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