Sunday 4 December 2011

Netherlands



Sovereign: Queen Beatrix (1980)

Prime Minister: Mark Rutte (2010)

Land area: 13,104 sq mi (33,939 sq km);

total area: 16,033 sq mi (41,526 sq km)

Population (2010 est.): 16,783,092

growth rate: 0.4%);

birth rate: 10.3/1000;

infant mortality rate: 4.7/1000;

life expectancy: 79.4;

density per sq km: 491

Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Amsterdam (official), 737,900; The Hague (administrative capital), 465,900

Other large cities: Rotterdam, 600,700; Utrecht, 263,900; Eindhoven, 206,900

Monetary unit: Euro (formerly guilder)



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