What are the Netherlands
When we refer to the Netherlands, many confusions arise, because some people think due to the plural that there are several nations. It is really a set of lands located in a quarter below sea level that, together with other nations, make up the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Do you want to know more about this topic? In .com we explain in detail what the Netherlands are .
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The question of what the Netherlands are has a very simple answer: when we refer to this group of lands we speak of 12 provinces, among which the Netherlands stands out.
The Netherlands then would be:
- Groningen
- Friesland
- Drenthe
- Transisalania
- Gueldres
- Utrecht
- Flevoland
- North Holland
- South Holland
- Zealand
- North Brabant
- Limburg
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The capital of the Netherlands, known as Nederland in its original language, is Amsterdam, a cosmopolitan city known for its social opening and which, today, is considered one of the largest historical centers in Europe. It stands out above all for having the highest density of museums and cultural centers in the world, among which we can visit and admire icons such as the Van Gogh Museum, the Hermitage Museum, the Anne Frank House or the Rijksmuseum. Its beautiful and emblematic canals are also worth seeing, and that is that the historic district of the canals of the city became part of the Unesco World Heritage List in 2011.
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The Low Countries conform next to the islands of Aruba, Curazao and Sant Maarten, and the special municipalities of Bonaire, Saba and San Eustaquio, all Dutch colonies, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, a federation that is in operation since 1954.
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Amsterdam is also the capital of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Because the Netherlands are within a reign, the form of government is that of a constitutional monarchy, in which there is the figure of the king and that of a prime minister. Legislative power is represented by Parliament and the judiciary through the so-called Provisional Assemblies.
