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The Netherlands (Dutch: Nederland [ˈneːdərlɑnt] ), 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 has a border with France on the split island of Saint Martin in the Caribbean. It shares maritime borders with the United Kingdom, Germany, and Belgium. The official language is Dutch, with West Frisian as a secondary official language in the province of Friesland. Dutch, English, and Papiamento are official in the Caribbean territories.Netherlands literally means "lower countries" in reference to its low elevation and flat topography, with nearly 26% falling below sea level. Most of the areas below sea level, known as polders, are the result of land reclamation that began in the 14th century. In the Republican period, which began in 1588, the Netherlands entered a unique era of political, economic, and cultural greatness, ranked among the most powerful and influential in Europe and the world; this period is known as the Dutch Golden Age. During this time, its trading companies, the Dutch East India Company and the Dutch West India Company, established colonies and trading posts all over the world.With a population of 17.9 million people, all living within a total area of 41,850 km2 (16,160 sq mi)—of which the land area is 33,500 km2 (12,900 sq mi)—the Netherlands is the 16th most densely populated country, with a density of 535 people per square kilometre (1,390 people/sq mi). Nevertheless, it is the world's second-largest exporter of food and agricultural products by value, owing to its fertile soil, mild climate, intensive agriculture, and inventiveness. The four largest cities in the Netherlands are Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht. Amsterdam is the country's most populous city and the nominal capital.The Netherlands has been a parliamentary constitutional monarchy with a unitary structure since 1848. The country has a tradition of pillarisation (separation of citizens into groups by religion and political beliefs) and a long record of social tolerance, having legalised prostitution and euthanasia, along with maintaining a liberal drug policy. The Netherlands allowed women's suffrage in 1919 and was the first country to legalise same-sex marriage in 2001. Its mixed-market advanced economy has the eleventh-highest per capita income globally. The Hague holds the seat of the States General, Cabinet and Supreme Court. The Port of Rotterdam is the busiest in Europe. Schiphol is the busiest airport in the Netherlands, and the fourth busiest in Europe. The Netherlands is a founding member of the European Union, Eurozone, G10, NATO, OECD, and WTO, as well as a part of the Schengen Area and the trilateral Benelux Union. It hosts intergovernmental organisations and international courts, many of which are in The Hague. Source: Wikipedia (en)
Works about Netherlands 11
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Tolstojanen in Nederland: Het Tolstojanisme als sociale beweging
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Vlug Report
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"Our way" : responding to the Dutch aid in the District Rural Development Programme of Bukoba, Tanzania
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Anarchismus und Utopie in der Literatur um 1900: Deutschland, Flandern und die Niederlande
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de AS 151: Nederlandse Anarchisten 1933–1945
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Historical Research as an Answer to Critical Political Questions: The Example of the Menten Case
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Nederlandse waternamen
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Oud-Nederlandsche steden in haar ontstaan, groei en ontwikkeling
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I live in a chickenhouse
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Family ties: Art production and kinship patterns in the early modern Low Countries
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Gruppe Internationale Kommunisten Hollands: Grundprinzipien kommunistischer Produktion und Verteilung, Intelligenz im Klassenkampf und andere Schriften
Narratives set in Netherlands 22
- The Discovery of Heaven
- Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
- Catriona
- Het Woeden der Gehele Wereld
- Journey Through the Night
- Puppet on a Chain
- Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates
- Maigret in Holland
- Black Book
- Down Ryton Water
- משלנו...
- Quicksilver
- A Day on Skates
- Floodgate
- God's Fool
- Tamar
- The First Sir Percy
- The Kaiser's Last Kiss
- The Laughing Cavalier
- The Twin
- Un pappagallo volò sull'IJssel
- The Discomfort of Evening
Editions published in Netherlands 2
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