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Did you know that....
Did you know that....

* The Netherlands and Holland are the same place?

* One-quarter of Holland is below sea level?

* The Dutch are traders by nature - The Netherlands has a variety of experienced importers, sales agents, and distributors well versed in international trade.

* Most Dutch people speak a foreign language as well as Dutch?

Profile of the Netherlands

Form of government Constitutional monarchy, parliamentary democracy

Head of state 12 provinces; Drenthe, Flevoland, Friesland, Gelderland,

Groningen, Limburg, Noord-Brabant, Noord-Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland, Zuid-Holland.

Currency Euro

Location Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between Belgium and Germany

Capital Amsterdam

Largest cities Amsterdam: 747,093 inhabitants

Rotterdam: 582,951 inhabitants

The Hague: 475,681 inhabitants

Utrecht: 294,737 inhabitants

Area Total: 41,526 square kilometres

Land: 33,883 square kilometres

Water: 7,643 square kilometres

Land boundaries Total: 1,027 kilometres

Belgium: 450 kilometres, Germany: 577 kilometres

Coastline 451 kilometres

Population 16,527,595 (August 2009)

Age structure 0 - 20 years: 24

20 45 years:34

45 65 years: 27

65 80 years: 11

80-years and older: 4

Ethnic groups Dutch: 80%, other: 20% (of which 11% are non-Western origin; mainly Turks, Moroccans, Antilleans, Surinamese and Indonesians (2008)

Religion Roman Catholic: 28%, Protestant: 19%,Muslim: 6%, other: 4%, none: 43% (2007)

Languages Dutch (official)

by: macro pel

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