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Netherlands
The
Netherlands
(; ) is the main "
constituent country
" of the
Kingdom of the Netherlands
. It is a small, densely populated country located in
Western Europe
with
three island territories
in the
Caribbean
. The European part of the Netherlands borders
Germany
to the east,
Belgium
to the south, and the
North Sea
to the northwest, sharing
maritime border
s with Belgium, the
United Kingdom
and Germany. The largest and most important cities in the Netherlands are
Amsterdam
,
The Hague
and
Rotterdam
. Amsterdam is the
country's capital
, while
The Hague
holds the Dutch seat of
government
and
parliament
. The
port of Rotterdam
is the largest port in Europe – as large as the next three largest combined – and was the world's largest port between 1962 and 2004. The name
Holland
is also frequently used to informally refer to the whole of the country of the Netherlands.
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