Netherlands: all about this country and its main places!

latitude: 52.22745 / longitude: 4.57342

General information

Education

This nation has a number of interesting universities, including Utrecht University, University of Amsterdam, Leiden University, Erasmus University Rotterdam, University of Groningen. On average citizens spend 19 years in school (including higher education).

Geography

Here are the different languages spoken in the country: Dutch. The area of the country is 41,850 km², they use a postcode system and the main cities are: Amsterdam, Rotterdam, 'S-Gravenhage, Utrecht, Eindhoven. Amsterdam is the nation's capital and the country has a border with Belgium, Germany.

Population

The median age of the population is 42.80 years with a birth growth rate of 0.36%. This country represents 0.229% of the world's population with about 17,056,600 individuals.

Culture

Well known national dishes are: Stamppot, hutspot. You can find some UNESCO listed places: Schokland and Surroundings, Defence Line of Amsterdam, Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout, Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Curaçao, Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station).

Economy

The currency ISO code is EUR and the currency symbol is €. In this country, a Big Mac is sold at 4.50€ (that corresponds to $4.61 USD). In 2021 the GDP was $1,012,846,760,976 USD, placing it at position 17 in the market.

Good to know

For more information about this country, check https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands. The ISO code is NL, telephone numbers begin with +31, the country's websites have the domain name ".nl"

Summary

Flag
ISO code NL
Capital Amsterdam
Population 17,056,600
World percentage 0.229%
Median age 42.80 years
Population growth rate 0.36%
Main cities
Borders
Spoken languages Dutch
GDP (2021) $1,012,846,760,976
GDP position #17
Big Mac local price 4.50€
Big Mac USD price $4.61
Currency code EUR
Currency symbol
School life expectancy 19 years
National dish Stamppot, hutspot
TLD .nl
Phone prefix +31
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands

Regions


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