Here's Holland Compared - Enterprise Europe Network
Here's Holland Compared - Enterprise Europe Network
Here's Holland Compared - Enterprise Europe Network
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GRONINGEN<br />
Leeuwarden<br />
Groningen<br />
FRIESLAND<br />
Assen<br />
DRENTHE<br />
NOORD-<br />
HOLLAND<br />
North Sea<br />
FLEVOLAND<br />
Zwolle<br />
OVERIJSSEL<br />
Amsterdam<br />
the Hague<br />
ZUID-HOLLAND<br />
Rotterdam<br />
Utrecht<br />
UTRECHT<br />
GELDERLAND<br />
Arnhem<br />
Breda<br />
Germany<br />
Middelburg<br />
NOORD-BRABANT<br />
ZEELAND<br />
Eindhoven<br />
Belgium<br />
LIMBURG<br />
UK<br />
BELGIUM<br />
GERMANY<br />
FRANCE<br />
Maastricht<br />
General information<br />
The Netherlands, often referred-to as <strong>Holland</strong>, is<br />
a land of windmills, cheese and tulips. While that<br />
may sound rather corny, it’s actually quite accurate,<br />
because the truth that the many centuries of<br />
expertise the country has gained in draining water<br />
from land – yes, with those very windmills – has<br />
made the Netherlands a formidable force in water<br />
management country, and one that is very advanced<br />
in these uncertain times of climate change. And as<br />
for the cheese and tulips, the Netherlands is one of<br />
the world’s largest exporters of agrifood products. It<br />
is, in short, a dynamic country to work and live in.<br />
Official name<br />
State form<br />
Kingdom of the Netherlands<br />
Constitutional Monarchy, Parliamentary<br />
Democracy<br />
Head of State Queen Beatrix of Orange-Nassau<br />
Capital<br />
Amsterdam<br />
Seat of Government The Hague<br />
Administrative structure Twelve provinces and the overseas territories<br />
of Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles<br />
Surface area 33,800 km 2<br />
Location<br />
Western <strong>Europe</strong>, by the North Sea, bordering<br />
Belgium and Germany<br />
Number of inhabitants 16,527,595 (August 2009)<br />
Number of inhabitants<br />
per km² 489 (August 2009)<br />
Monetary unit<br />
Languages<br />
Euro<br />
Dutch, Frisian<br />
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