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Facts about The Netherlands
| Surface area: | 41,528 km² (18.41% water) |
| Total population: | Over 16.5 million |
| Capital city: | Amsterdam |
| Government: | The Hague |
| Official language: | Dutch |
| Type of government: | Constitutional monarchy - parliamentary democracy |
| Currency: | Euro |
| Highest point: | 323 m (Vaalserberg) |
| Lowest point | -6.7 m (Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel) |
| Average temperature in August: | 17.2 °C |
Did you know that?
- The Netherlands in its entirety is often referred to as Holland, although North and South Holland are actually only two of its twelve provinces.
- Large parts of the Netherlands consist of reclaimed land.
- Lot of the Dutch land is below sea level (26%).
- The Dutch are the tallest people in the world, with an average height of 1.81 metres for adult males and 1.67 metres for adult females.
- The Netherlands is the country of philosophers e.g. Erasmus and Spinoza.
- Famous Dutch painters are Rembrandt van Rijn, Johannes Vermeer, Jan Steen, Jacob van Ruysdael, Vincent van Gogh, Piet Mondriaan and many others.
- M. C. Escher is a well-known Dutch graphic artist.
- The Dutchman Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was the first to observe and describe single-celled organisms with a microscope.
