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The Netherlands is a country principally located in Western Europe and partially in the Caribbean.
The Netherlands consists of 12 provinces. The nation’s official language is Dutch. The secondary official languages are West Frisian (Friesland), Papiamento, and English (Caribbean Netherlands). Dutch, Low Saxon, and Limburgish are acknowledged regional languages.
The 4 most significant cities in the nation are Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, and Utrecht.
The Netherlands means “lower countries” about its low elevation and flat topography, with just approximately 50 percent of its land topping 1 meter (3 feet 3 inches) above sea level and almost 26 percent descending under sea level. The most culmination of the territories below sea level, known as polders, is land reclamation in the 14th century.
With a population of 17.5 million people residing on the land area is 33.5 thousand square kilometers (12.9 thousand square miles), the Netherlands is the sixteenth most densely populated nation in the world and the second-most densely populated nation in the EU, with a density of 521 per sq km (1,350 per sq mi).
Despite its size, the Netherlands has a high level of cultural, landscape, and political diversity. Below are the different ways of dividing this country.
