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Kingdom of the Netherlands | |
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Motto: "Je maintiendrai" (French)[lower-alpha 1] "I will uphold" | |
Anthem: "Wilhelmus" (Dutch) "'William" | |
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Capital and largest city | Amsterdam[lower-alpha 2] 52°22′N 4°53′E |
Government seat | The Hague[lower-alpha 2] |
Official languages | Dutch[lower-alpha 3] |
Official regional languages[lower-alpha 3] | |
Recognised languages[lower-alpha 3] | |
Demonym(s) | Dutch |
Countries (non‑sovereign parts) | |
Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Willem-Alexander |
Mark Rutte | |
Guillfred Besaril | |
Anthony Begina | |
Jorien Wuite | |
Independence from Spanish Netherlands | |
26 July 1581 (Declared) 30 January 1648 (Recognised) | |
19 January 1795 | |
5 June 1806 | |
• Annexation by First French Empire | 1 July 1810 |
16 March 1815 | |
• Secession of Belgium | 4 October 1830 (Declared) 19 April 1839 (Recognised) |
15 December 1954 | |
Area | |
• Total | 42,531[7] km2 (16,421 sq mi) (131th) |
• Water (%) | 18.96 |
Population | |
• 1 November 2019 estimate | 17,737,438 ![]() |
• Density | 515/km2 (1,333.8/sq mi) |
Currency | 4 currencies
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Time zone | UTC-4 (CET (UTC+1) AST) |
UTC-4 (CEST (UTC+2) AST) | |
Date format | dd-mm-yyyy |
Drives on | right |
Calling code | |
ISO 3166 code | NL |
Internet TLD | 5 TLDs
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