User:NoblesseOblige1991/sandbox

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Koninkrijk der Nederlanden (Dutch)
Motto: "Je maintiendrai" (French)[a]
"I will uphold"
Anthem: "Wilhelmus" (Dutch)
"'William"
noicon
Location of the Netherlands
Map of the four consitituent countries shown to scale
Map of the four consitituent countries shown to scale
Capital
and largest city
Amsterdam[b]
52°22′N 4°53′E / 52.367°N 4.883°E / 52.367; 4.883
Government seatThe Hague[b]
Official languagesDutch[c]
Official regional languages[c]
Recognised languages[c]
Demonym(s)Dutch
Countries (non‑sovereign parts)
GovernmentUnitary 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 Increase[8] (64th)
• Density
515/km2 (1,333.8/sq mi)
Currency
Time zoneUTC-4 (CET (UTC+1)
AST)
• Summer (DST)
UTC-4 (CEST (UTC+2)
AST)
Date formatdd-mm-yyyy
Driving sideright
Calling code
4 codes
  • +31      (Netherlands)
  • +297    (Aruba)
  • +599    (Curaçao / Caribbean)
  • +1 721 (Sint Maarten)
ISO 3166 codeNL
Internet TLD
5 TLDs
  • .nl  (Netherlands)[e]
  • .aw  (Aruba)
  • .cw  (Curaçao)
  • .sx  (Sint Maarten)
  • .bq  (Caribbean Netherlands)[f]


Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).

  1. ^ a b "LANDSVERORDENING van de 28ste maart 2007 houdende vaststelling van de officiële talen (Landsverordening officiële talen)" (in Dutch). Government of the Netherlands. 2010-10-10. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
  2. ^ According to Art. 1 para 2. Constitution of Sint Maarten Archived 25 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine: "The official languages are Dutch and English"
  3. ^ a b "Invoeringswet openbare lichamen Bonaire, Sint Eustatius en Saba" (in Dutch). wetten.nl. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  4. ^ Migge, Bettina; Léglise, Isabelle; Bartens, Angela (2010). Creoles in Education: An Appraisal of Current Programs and Projects. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. p. 268. ISBN 978-90-272-5258-6.
  5. ^ "Wet gebruik Friese taal" (in Dutch). wetten.nl. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Welke erkende talen heeft Nederland?" (in Dutch). Rijksoverheid. 2016-01-11. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Oppervlakte".
  8. ^ "CBS Statline". opendata.cbs.nl.