Netherlands
Netherlands (officially Kingdom of the Netherlands) is a country in Western Europe, with its capital at Amsterdam, and is home to roughly 18.0M people.
Dutch is the official language; the currency in circulation is Euro (€); people from here are called Dutch.
- »About a quarter of the country lies below sea level.
- »The Dutch are on average the tallest people in the world.
- »It is one of the largest agricultural exporters on Earth despite its size.
Netherlands touches two neighbours: Belgium to the south and Germany to the east. Directions run from one centre to the other.
Amsterdam is the constitutional capital, but the government, parliament and supreme court all sit in The Hague, an arrangement unique in Europe.
36,832 km² (14,221 sq mi), 134th largest of 198 countries and territories on file, almost exactly the size of Taiwan.
Population 17,993,485, 72nd of 198 on file. That averages 489 per km² (1,265 per sq mi).
The oldest tricolour still in use. It began as orange-white-blue for William of Orange; the orange was replaced with red in the 17th century, most likely because the dye faded badly at sea.
Easily confused with Paraguay and Hungary.
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