Kingdom of the Netherlands

Dutch New Guinea in HD Color 1949-1962

Dutch New Guinea in HD Color 1949-1962. The Netherlands once had a modest empire.

A reconstructed inlet defence near Olst. Author: Meneer Roelofsen at Dutch Wikipedia and (Original text by: J.E. Roelofsen).

Netherlands
Information
Capital	Amsterdam
Major Cities	Rotterdam, 's Gravenhage, Utrecht, Groningen, Nijmegen, Eindhoven, Leiden, Haarlem, Maastricht, Den Bosch, Tilburg, Arnhem, Zwolle, Almere, Amersfoort, Emmen, Enschede and Hengelo
Language(s)	Dutch
Area	41,543 km2
Population	16,788,973
Time Zone	UTC+1 (summer UTC+2)
Ethnic Groups	80.7% Dutch 5% other EU 2.4% Indonesians 2.2% Turks 2% Moroccans 2% Surinamese 0.8% Caribbean 4.8% others
Demonym	Dutch
Government	Unitary parliamentary representative democracy under constitutional monarchy
GDP	$706.955 billion
HDI	0.921: very high · 4th
Anthem	Het Wilhelmus

Overview

The Kingdom of the Netherlands is one of the lowest countries in the world. About 27% of its area and 60% of its population is on reclaimed land below sea level. The population is 16,500,156 as of 2009. It is a wealthy, liberal democratic, constitutional monarchy in Western Europe.

It also has the dependent territories of Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba. Suriname, Indonesia and parts of coastal South Africa were once there colonies to. Those in S. Africa moved inland and became the Afrikaaners as the British took over the formally Dutch and Native African held costal regions.

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Attractions

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Also see

1. 1950-1954 Commonwealth 21 inch torpedo project
2. Arnhem
3. Astronomical Netherlands Satellite (ANS)
4. Curaçao
5. Groningen gas field
6. IJssel Line
7. Kharg-5/Khark-5 oil spill
8. Mark 8 (Dutch) torpedo
9. Mark 9 (Dutch, 21 inch)
10. Mullard OC170 germanium PNP alloy junction transistor
11. Netherlands New Guinea
12. Philips TAA320 integrated circuit
13. Project Vela
14. SSI small-scale integration and MSI medium-scale integration integrated circuits (1964-71)
15. The probable 1981 nuking pattern for the Netherlands
16. United Nations Temporary Executive Authority (UNTEA)
17. Vela 5A and 5B (satellite)
18. Vincent (planned 21 inch torpedo)
19. Volkel Air Base
20. Zwolle
    

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External resources

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• Netherlands Review
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