Netherlands

The Netherlands (Dutch: Nederland; IPA pronunciation: /"ne:d?rlant/) is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands that is formed by the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba.(Dutch: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden). The Netherlands is a parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarch, located in northwestern Europe. It borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east.

External links

• http://www.statoids.com/unl.html
• Amsterdam / Netherlands info - Information about the Netherlands, its provinces and Amsterdam.
• CBS - Key figures from the Dutch bureau of statistics
• CIA - The World Factbook -- Netherlands
• Dutch news: Radio Netherlands, Expatica
• Dutch Portuguese Colonial History Dutch Colonial History in Sri Lanka, Ceylon, Brazil, India, Malacca (Malaysia), Bengal, Formosa(Taiwan), South Africa, New York, Caribbean, Indonesia. Language Heritage. Maps, chronologies, bibliographies.
• Encarta entry on the Netherlands
• Flagspot.net - The Netherlands- site about flags, but also with province maps showing municipalities, and some other info
• Foreign government info about the Netherlands and their relations with it:
  Australia | Canada | India | Italy | New Zealand | South Africa | UK | US
• Government.nl - official Dutch government web site
• http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Dutch Dutch for English speakers (from Wikibooks)
• List of ca. 1500 tall buildings in the Netherlands
• NL Planet - English language resources, background information and free forums
• Overheid.nl - official Dutch government portal (includes official publications from 1995; older ones are only available in some libraries, on paper or microfiche)
• Province maps showing subdivision in municipalities, and linking each municipality to its basic data page
• The Dutch Royal House
• Maps and data
• Track.nl - An Internet search-engine that specialises in the Netherlands.
• World66 Guide to The Netherlands A travel guide written by its users.
• Deltaworks Online - Flood protection and watermanagement in the Netherlands