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Apart from Dutch, English is an official language in the special municipalities of Saba and Sint Eustatius, Papiamentu i
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Amsterdam is the constitutional capital, while the government and the royal family are seated in The Hague.
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Having ratified the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages in 1996, the Dutch government recognises Dutch L
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This includes residents who were born in the Netherlands and whose parents both were born in the Netherlands.
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The area of the Netherlands with overseas territories. Metropolitan Netherlands is 41,543 square kilometers.
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The euro is used in the European part of the Netherlands and replaced the Dutch guilder in 2002. The United States dolla
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CET and CEST are used in the European Netherlands, and AST is used in the Caribbean Netherlands.
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See Date and time notation in the Netherlands
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+599 was the country code designated for the now dissolved Netherlands Antilles. The Caribbean Netherlands still use +59
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nl is the common internet top-level domain name for the Netherlands. The .eu domain is also used, as it is shared with o
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Dutch: Nederland [ˈneːdərlɑnt] ⓘ
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