# Kingdom of the Netherlands

| Kingdom of the Netherlands*Koninkrijk der Nederlanden*  (Dutch) |
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Flag

 Coat of arms

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| **Motto:"Je maintiendrai"*  (French) *"Ik zal handhaven"*  (Dutch) "I will uphold" |
| **Anthem:"Wilhelmus"*  (Dutch) "'William"noicon |
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| Map of the four consitituent countries shown to scale |
| Capitaland largest city | Amsterdam ﻿ / ﻿ |
| Government seat | The Hague |
| Official languages | Dutch (*de facto*) |
| Official regional languages | * West Frisian
* Papiamento
* English
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| Recognised regional languages | * Limburgish
* Dutch Low Saxon
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| Demonym(s) | Dutch |
| Countries (non‑sovereign parts) | * Aruba
* Curaçao
* Netherlands
* Sint Maarten
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| Government | Semi-federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
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| • Monarch  | Willem-Alexander |
| • Prime Minister  | Mark Rutte States General --> |
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| Independence from Spanish Netherlands |
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| • Dutch Republic  | 26 July 1581 (Declared) 30 January 1648 (Recognised) |
| • Batavian Republic  | 19 January 1795 |
| • Kingdom of Holland  | 5 June 1806 |
| • Annexation by First French Empire  | 1 July 1810 |
| • Kingdom of the Netherlands  | 16 March 1815 |
| • Secession of Belgium  | 4 October 1830 (Declared) 19 April 1839 (Recognised) |
| • Charter for the Kingdom (colonial inclusion) | 15 December 1954 |
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| Area |
| • Total | 42,508 km2 (16,412 sq mi) (136th) |
| • Water (%) | 18.41 |
| Population |
| • 2017-2018 estimate | 17,610,262 |
| • Density | 414/km2 (1,072.3/sq mi) |
| Currency |
4 currencies
* Euro (EUR)
* (Europe)
* US dollar (USD)
* (Caribbean Netherlands)
* NA guilder (ANG)
* (Curaçao/Sint Maarten)
* Aruban florin (AWG)
* (Aruba)
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| Time zone | UTC-4 (CET (UTC+1) AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (CEST (UTC+2) AST) |
| Date format | dd-mm-yyyy |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code |
4 codes
* +31      (Netherlands)
* +297    (Aruba)
* +599    (Curaçao / Caribbean)
* +1 721 (Sint Maarten)
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| ISO 3166 code | NL |
| Internet TLD |
5 TLDs
* .nl  (Netherlands)
* .aw  (Aruba)
* .cw  (Curaçao)
* .sx  (Sint Maarten)
* .bq  (Caribbean Netherlands)
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The **Kingdom of the Netherlands** (Dutch: *Koninkrijk der Nederlanden*), commonly called the **Netherlands** is a transcontinental sovereign state made up of four countries who share the same constitutional monarchy.

The member countries share a very high amount of autonomy. Foreign relations and defence are managed by the Constituent Country of the Netherlands.

## Member states

### Countries

The kingdom was formed in 1954 and is now made up of four countries:

European country:

* 1. Netherlands

Caribbean islands:

* 2. Aruba
* 3. Curaçao
* 4. Sint Maarten

### Special municipalities

The *Caribbean Netherlands* are special municipalities ('public body') of the Netherlands (see Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands) and consists of:

* Bonaire
* Saba
* Sint Eustatius

The *Netherlands Antilles* doesn't exist anymore and were made up of the six above mentioned Caribbean islands.

Constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands| Country | Population (1 Jan 2012) | Percentage of Kingdom's population | Area (km²) | Percentage of Kingdom's area | Population density (persons/km²) | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|   | Subdivision |
|  Netherlands | 16,748,205 | 98.32% | 41,854 | 98.42% | 396 |   |
|   |  European mainland | 16,725,902 | 98.19% | 41,526 | 97.65% | 399 |  |
|  Bonaire †‡ | 16,541 | 0.10% | 294 | 0.69% | 46 |  |
|  Sint Eustatius †‡ | 3,791 | 0.02% | 21 | 0.05% | 137 |  |
|  Saba †‡ | 1,971 | 0.01% | 13 | 0.03% | 134 |  |
|  Aruba † | 103,504 | 0.61% | 193 | 0.45% | 555 |  |
|  Curaçao † | 145,406 | 0.85% | 444 | 1.04% | 320 |  |
|  Sint Maarten † | 37,429 | 0.22% | 34 | 0.08% | 1,101 |  |
| *Kingdom of the Netherlands* | *17,034,544* | *100.00%* | *42,525* | *100.00%* | *397* |   |
| † The islands in the Caribbean were once part of the  Netherlands Antilles. Aruba left the Antilles in 1986, while Curaçao and Sint Maarten did the same in 2010. ‡ When Curaçao and Sint Maarten left the Antilles in 2010, the other three islands then became part of the Netherlands and are now known as the  Caribbean Netherlands. |

Suriname was also part of the Kingdom until it became independent in 1975.