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The Hague (/ h eɪ ɡ / HAYG; Dutch: Den Haag [dɛn ˈɦaːx] ⓘ or 's-Gravenhage [ˌsxraːvə(n)ˈɦaːɣə] ⓘ) is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands.
Brussels was briefly the capital of the Netherlands and the low countries in the 16th and 19th centuries. Brussels was the capital of the Seventeen Provinces (1549–1581). During the United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815–1839), there were two government centers: The Hague and Brussels. The government sat in one of these cities every other ...
Copenhagen [8] (Danish: København [kʰøpm̩ˈhɑwˀn] ⓘ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the urban area. [9] [10] The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the Øresund strait. The Øresund Bridge connects the two cities by rail and road.
Holland has a population of 6,583,534 as of November 2019, [1] and a population density of 1203/km 2. The name Holland has frequently been used informally to refer to the whole of the country of the Netherlands. [3] This casual usage is commonly accepted in other countries, and is even employed by many Dutch themselves. [4]
As the commercial capital of the Netherlands and one of the top financial centres in Europe, Amsterdam is considered an alpha-world city. The city is the cultural capital of the Netherlands. [25] Many large Dutch institutions have their headquarters in the city. [26] Many of the world's largest companies are based here or have established their ...
Denmark [a] is a Nordic country in Northern Europe.It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark, [N 7] also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland in the north Atlantic Ocean. [11]
The Netherlands, [k] informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands . [ 13 ]
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