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France's territory in South America is French Guiana. The Netherlands' territories in South America are Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao. The United Kingdom's territories in South America are the Falklands Islands, and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
80 provinces (province) 2 autonomous provinces (province autonome) 7,998 communes (comuni) 37,000+ fractions (frazioni) and circumscriptions (circoscrizioni) [citation needed] Ivory Coast: Unitary 14 autonomous districts (districts autonomes) 31 regions (régions) 108 departments (départements) 1 unincorporated area 510 sub-prefectures (sous ...
Located in the Dutch province of North Holland, [17] [18] Amsterdam is colloquially referred to as the "Venice of the North", for its large number of canals, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. [19] Amsterdam was founded at the mouth of the Amstel River, which was dammed to control flooding. [20]
However Drenthe is the least densely populated province with 191/km 2 (490/sq mi). In terms of area, Friesland is the largest province with a total area of 5,753 km 2 (2,221 sq mi). If water is excluded, Gelderland is the largest province by land area at 4,960 km 2 (1,915 sq mi).
Groups of provinces. The Group of provinces (Dutch: landsdeel) is a European subdivision of the Netherlands. It meets the needs of Eurostat, the European statistical institute, which has defined a classification of territorial units for statistics.
The Dutch settlement in North America began with the founding of New Amsterdam in 1614. In South Africa, the Dutch settled the Cape Colony in 1652. Dutch colonies in South America were established along the many rivers in the fertile Guyana plains, among them Colony of Surinam (now Suriname).
The subregions (Dutch: streek or landstreek (plural: (land)streken), literally translating to a combination of 'land/country area/region') are non-administrative area in the Netherlands that can be demarcated on grounds of cohesion with regards to culture or landscape.
South America has an area of approximately 17,840,000 square kilometres (6,890,000 sq mi), or almost 3.5% of Earth's surface. As of 2018, its population is more than 430 million, according to estimates of population in The World Factbook .