- Netherlands, officially realm of Netherlands (in Dutch, Koninkrijk der Nederlanden), State of Europe of the Northwest, lined in the North and on the West by the North Sea, in the East by Germany and in the South by Belgium. The realm also includes the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba, autonomous island territories situated in the Carribbean islands. The total surface of Netherlands is of 41 500 km2, of whom about 6 500 km2 of the polders, lands conquered on the sea. Amsterdam is the political capital as well as most big city of the country!; Hague is the seat of the government.
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