Rijswijk


 
 
Rijswijk

Rijswijk ('), also Ryswick in English (population: 47,693 in 2004) is a suburb of The Hague in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of 14.48 km² (of which 0.43 km² is covered by water).

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The municipality of Rijswijk also includes the following towns, villages and townships (links to additional info bolded): 't Haantje and Sion.

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The Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC), Europe's largest ape research centre, is based in Rijswijk.

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The Hague: :This article is about the city in the Netherlands; there is also a region known as (the) Hague in France....

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 m...

South Holland: :This article is about the province of the Netherlands. For the town in the United States, see South Holland, Illinois; for the district of Lincolnshire, see South Holland, England...


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Commemoration of the Peace of Rijswijk  1697
Commemoration of the Peace of Rijswijk 1697

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