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Netherlands, also known unofficially as
Holland, constitutional monarchy of north-western Europe,
bordered on the north and west by the North Sea, on the east
by Germany, and on the south by Belgium. With Belgium and
Luxembourg, the Netherlands forms the Low Countries or Benelux.
The Netherlands Antilles and Aruba, self-governing island
territories in the Caribbean, are part of the kingdom.
The country's capital and largest city
is Amsterdam.
Population - 15,451,000
Languages – Dutch, Frisian, minority
languages
Religions - 39%No Affiliation, 30%Roman Catholicism,
20%Protestantism
Netherlands is in the Central European Time Zone. Central
European Standard Time (CET) is 1 hour ahead of Greenwich
Mean Time (GMT+1).

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