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The subregions (Dutch: streek or landstreek (plural: (land)streken), literally translating to a combination of 'land/country area/region') are non-administrative area in the Netherlands that can be demarcated on grounds of cohesion with regards to culture or landscape. This means that a landstreek is not bound by provincial or municipal ...
There are twelve provinces (Dutch: provincies [proːˈvɪnsis] ⓘ or provinciën [proːˈvɪnsijə(n)] ⓘ; sing. provincie [ˌproːˈvɪnsi] ⓘ) of the Netherlands representing the administrative layer between the national government and the local governments, with responsibility for matters of subnational or regional importance.
About the Netherlands -- Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Overheid.nl - official Dutch government portal; Government.nl - official Dutch government web site "Provinces of Netherlands". Statoids. CIA - The World Factbook -- Netherlands; CBS - Key figures from the Dutch bureau of statistics; Netherlands travel guide from Wikivoyage
Since 1 January 2023, there have been 342 municipalities (Dutch: gemeenten). Municipalities are the second-level administrative division in the Netherlands and are subdivisions of their respective provinces. Their duties are delegated to them by the central government and they are ruled by a municipal council that is elected every four years.
The Dutch word for city is stad (plural: steden). The intermediate category of town does not exist in Dutch, but provinciestad (small city in the province) comes close. Historically, there existed systems of city rights, granted by the territorial lords, which defined the status of a place: a stad or dorp. Cities were self-governing and had ...
Map of the Netherlands in Europe Relief map of the Netherlands in Europe. The geography of the European Netherlands is unusual in that much of its land has been reclaimed from the sea and is below sea level, protected by dikes. It is a small country with a total area of 41,545 km 2 (16,041 sq mi) [1] and ranked 131st.
15 regions ; capital city of Nouakchott spans 3 regions 44 departments [19] or moughataas: 216 communes (some of which are consolidated with departments) Mauritius: Unitary Rodrigues: 14 zones: 120+ villages, 4 Towns 173 localities: Mauritius: 9 districts: 2 outer islands with no government (+2 claimed) Mexico: Federal 31 states (estados)
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