Kingdom Of The Netherlands: Sovereign state and constitutional monarchy
The Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden), commonly called the Netherlands is a transcontinental sovereign state made up of four countries who share the same constitutional monarchy.
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Kingdom of the Netherlands Koninkrijk der Nederlanden (Dutch) | |
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| Motto: "Je maintiendrai" (French) "Ik zal handhaven" (Dutch) "I will uphold" | |
| Anthem: "Wilhelmus" (Dutch) "'William" | |
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 Map of the four consitituent countries shown to scale | |
| Capital and largest city | Amsterdam 52°22′N 4°53′E / 52.367°N 4.883°E |
| Government seat | The Hague |
| Official languages | Dutch (de facto) |
| Official regional languages | |
| Recognised regional languages | |
| Demonym(s) | Dutch |
| Countries (non‑sovereign parts) | |
| Government | Semi-federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Willem-Alexander |
| Mark Rutte States General --> | |
| Independence from Spanish Netherlands | |
| 26 July 1581 (Declared) 30 January 1648 (Recognised) | |
| 19 January 1795 | |
| 5 June 1806 | |
• Annexation by First French Empire | 1 July 1810 |
• Kingdom of the Netherlands | 16 March 1815 |
• Secession of Belgium | 4 October 1830 (Declared) 19 April 1839 (Recognised) |
• Charter for the Kingdom (colonial inclusion) | 15 December 1954 |
| Area | |
• Total | 42,508 km2 (16,412 sq mi) (136th) |
• Water (%) | 18.41 |
| Population | |
• 2017-2018 estimate | 17,610,262 |
• Density | 414/km2 (1,072.3/sq mi) |
| Currency | 4 currencies
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| Time zone | UTC-4 (CET (UTC+1) AST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (CEST (UTC+2) AST) |
| Date format | dd-mm-yyyy |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | 4 codes
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| ISO 3166 code | NL |
| Internet TLD | |
The member countries share a very high amount of autonomy. Foreign relations and defence are managed by the Constituent Country of the Netherlands.
Member states
Countries
The kingdom was formed in 1954 and is now made up of four countries:
European country:
- 1. Netherlands
Caribbean islands:
- 2. Aruba
- 3. Curaçao
- 4. Sint Maarten
Special municipalities
The Caribbean Netherlands are special municipalities ('public body') of the Netherlands (see Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands) and consists of:
The Netherlands Antilles doesn't exist anymore and were made up of the six above mentioned Caribbean islands.
| Country | Population (1 Jan 2012) | Percentage of Kingdom's population | Area (km²) | Percentage of Kingdom's area | Population density (persons/km²) | Source | |
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 Netherlands | 16,748,205 | 98.32% | 41,854 | 98.42% | 396 | ||
| European mainland | 16,725,902 | 98.19% | 41,526 | 97.65% | 399 | ||
 Bonaire †‡ | 16,541 | 0.10% | 294 | 0.69% | 46 | ||
 Sint Eustatius †‡ | 3,791 | 0.02% | 21 | 0.05% | 137 | ||
 Saba †‡ | 1,971 | 0.01% | 13 | 0.03% | 134 | ||
 Aruba † | 103,504 | 0.61% | 193 | 0.45% | 555 | ||
 Curaçao † | 145,406 | 0.85% | 444 | 1.04% | 320 | ||
 Sint Maarten † | 37,429 | 0.22% | 34 | 0.08% | 1,101 | ||
| Kingdom of the Netherlands | 17,034,544 | 100.00% | 42,525 | 100.00% | 397 | ||
† The islands in the Caribbean were once part of the  Netherlands Antilles. Aruba left the Antilles in 1986, while Curaçao and Sint Maarten did the same in 2010. ‡ When Curaçao and Sint Maarten left the Antilles in 2010, the other three islands then became part of the Netherlands and are now known as the Caribbean Netherlands. | |||||||
Suriname was also part of the Kingdom until it became independent in 1975.
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References
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