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A street in Houtwijk decorated during the 2010 FIFA World Cup Houtwijk during winter. Houtwijk is young neighbourhood in comparison to other neighbourhoods in The Hague. The area was for a long time part of the village Loosduinen and during this period was a green area used by farmers with no residents living on it.
The city of The Hague, Netherlands, consists of eight districts (stadsdelen, singular stadsdeel), similar to boroughs.Each district is divided into subdistricts (wijken). ...
Loosduinen (Dutch pronunciation: [loːzˈdœynə(n)]) is a former village in the Netherlands that was a municipality unto itself until 1923, when it was annexed by The Hague and subsequently became a district of the city.
The municipality of Leidschendam-Voorburg is the result of merging the municipalities Leidschendam and Voorburg in 2002. It consists of the two towns Leidschendam and Voorburg, which grew towards each other in the first half of the 20th century.
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.
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Escamp (Dutch pronunciation:) is a district of The Hague, Netherlands, built largely after the Second World War, on the 15th century Eskamppolders.With the addition of the Vinex neighbourhood Wateringse Veld, Escamp is the most populous district of the city; as of January 2013, it had 118,483 inhabitants. [1]
Until 1992 Ypenburg was a military airfield known as Ypenburg Airport.It was the site of the Battle for The Hague on 10 May 1940, at the beginning of World War II.German forces took over the airfield via an airborne landing, with the goal of apprehending Dutch government officials and the Queen.