Kingdom of the Netherlands Koninkrijk der Nederlanden CAPITAL: Constitutional capital: Amsterdam. Seat of government: The Hague ('s Gravenhage; Den Haag) FLAG: The national flag, standardized in 1937, is a tricolor of red, white, and blue...

Netherlands POPULATION 16,259,300 ROMAN CATHOLIC 31 percent PROTESTANT 21 percent MUSLIM 5.3 percent OTHER 2.7 percent NONRELIGIOUS 40 percent Country Overview Introduction The Netherlands, a small and densely populated country in western Europe,...

Netherlands, The The Netherlands is a small country in the middle of Western Europe, bordering Germany, Belgium, and the North Sea. One of its best-known geographic characteristics is that one-third of the flat country lies below sea level. The Dutch...

country located in northwestern Europe, also known as Holland. ‘‘Netherlands'' means low-lying country; the name Holland (from Houtland, or “Wooded Land”) was originally given to one of the medieval cores of what later became...

The Netherlands is a small state on the north coast of mainland Western Europe, bordering Germany to the east and Belgium to the west. After occupation by Nazi Germany in 1940–45 the state abandoned its traditionally neutral political stance in...

Country, northwestern Europe. Area: 16,034 sq mi (41,528 sq km). Population (2005 est.): 16,300,000. Capital: Amsterdam. Seat of government: The Hague. Most of the people are Dutch. Languages: Dutch (official), English. Religions: Christianity (Roman...

The Netherlands (Dutch: Nederland (help·info), IPA: [Ëne:dÉrlÉ'nt]) is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba in the Caribbean. The Netherlands is a...