Kingdom of the Netherlands

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Kingdom of the Netherlands Koninkrijk der Nederlanden  (Dutch)
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Je maintiendrai"  (French)[a] "Ik zal handhaven"  (Dutch) "I will uphold"
Anthem: "Wilhelmus"  (Dutch) "'William"
Map of the four consitituent countries shown to scale
Capital and largest city	Amsterdam[b] 52°22′N 4°53′E / 52.367°N 4.883°E / 52.367; 4.883
Government seat	The Hague[b]
Official languages	Dutch (de facto)[c]
Official regional languages	West Frisian Papiamento English[c]
Recognised regional languages	Limburgish Dutch Low Saxon[c]
Demonym(s)	Dutch
Countries (non‑sovereign parts)	Aruba  Curaçao  Netherlands  Sint Maarten
Government	Semi-federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
• Monarch	Willem-Alexander
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Independence from Spanish Netherlands
• Dutch Republic	26 July 1581 (Declared) 30 January 1648 (Recognised)
• Batavian Republic	19 January 1795
• Kingdom of Holland	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[7]
• Density	414/km2 (1,072.3/sq mi)
Currency	4 currencies Euro (EUR) (Europe) US dollar (USD) (Caribbean Netherlands) NA guilder (ANG) (Curaçao/Sint Maarten) Aruban florin (AWG) (Aruba)
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 +31      (Netherlands) +297    (Aruba) +599    (Curaçao / Caribbean) +1 721 (Sint Maarten)
ISO 3166 code	NL
Internet TLD	5 TLDs .nl  (Netherlands)[d] .aw  (Aruba) .cw  (Curaçao) .sx  (Sint Maarten) .bq  (Caribbean Netherlands)[e]

The Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden), commonly called the Netherlands^[f] is a transcontinental sovereign state made up of four countries who share the same constitutional monarchy.

The member countries share a very high amount of autonomy. Foreign relations and defence are managed by the Constituent Country of the Netherlands.
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1. ↑ Migge, Bettina; Léglise, Isabelle; Bartens, Angela (2010). Creoles in Education: An Appraisal of Current Programs and Projects. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. p. 268. ISBN 978-90-272-5258-6.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "LANDSVERORDENING van de 28ste maart 2007 houdende vaststelling van de officiële talen (Landsverordening officiële talen)" (in Dutch). Government of the Netherlands. 10 October 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "Invoeringswet openbare lichamen Bonaire, Sint Eustatius en Saba" (in Dutch). wetten.nl. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
4. ↑ According to Art. 1 para 2. Constitution of Sint Maarten Archived 2016-03-25 at the Wayback Machine: "The official languages are Dutch and English"
5. ↑ "Wet gebruik Friese taal" (in Dutch). wetten.nl. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
6. ↑ "Welke erkende talen heeft Nederland?" (in Dutch). Rijksoverheid. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
7. ↑ As calculated in the table below