The most important images and information of tourism to the Netherlands

Geography:

The height of about half of the territory of the Kingdom of less than one meter above

The earth's surface. The highest elevation is Mount Valsarberg Who-high

To 321 meters. 18.41% of the country's water-covered area. The most important rivers

They Rhine, Val and diamonds. It was obtained entire regions as a province Flevoland

In the Netherlands by bridging the sea water.

Wind direction generally Southwestern, produces mild coastal weather Zllk

With a cool summer and a mild winter.

Population

The Netherlands is one of the most densely populated countries in the world, where the number of

Population about 16 million people complete an area of ​​about 41 thousand km,

Zllk due to the amount of population density reached in 2003: 389 inhabitants / square km.

Language

Dutch is the official language in all countries, along with the Frisian language

Which are used in Frisnland province. Also tells the story in Low German

North East and German classical in the south-east of the country.

A common mistake that the Dutch language (English: Dutch) is

German language itself (in German: Deutsch), but this is

They are only true convergent linguistically.

Dutch origin

The Dutch branch of the Germanic language that descended

Family of languages ​​ancient Indo-European, namely: the Indian, Persian,

And European, Slavic, and Romania, and Germanic.

Religion

The most important religions are Catholic Kingdom (31%), Protestant (21%)

And Islam (5.5%). Most Protestants follow Alcalvanih Church,

While most of the immigrants is a Muslim. 40% of Alholnden

Do not follow any religion. Catholic population living in the southern regions

While Protestants live in the north.

Administrative division and the most important cities:

Kingdom of low land is a federation between the low-lands (Netherlands),

Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. Are the last two words for Islands in the Caribbean Sea

The Netherlands is divided into 12 provinces (Balholnde: provincies),

Which, in turn, splitting up to 483 local municipality (gemeenten).

The capital and largest city are:

Amsterdam 793 000 inhabitants

The most important other cities:

Rotterdam (600,000 inhabitants)

The Hague

469.570 (people)

Utrecht (265,000 inhabitants)

Groningen (179 400 inhabitants)

Arnhem (141 500 inhabitants in 2003)

And Maastricht (122,000 inhabitants in 2003).

The most important universities in the country:

Erasmus University in Rotterdam, Delft Technical University, Institute

The Hague International Law and the University of Amsterdam, University Khronenguen

Maastricht University ..