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Amsterdam has a world-class symphony orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Their home is the Concertgebouw, which is across the Van Baerlestraat from the Museum Square. It is considered by critics to be a concert hall with some of the best acoustics in the world. The building contains three halls, Grote Zaal, Kleine Zaal, and Spiegelzaal.
The province of Utrecht is the smallest with a total area of 1,560 km 2 (602 sq mi), while Flevoland is the smallest by land area at 1,410 km 2 (544 sq mi). In total about 10,000 people were employed by the provincial administrations in 2018. [2] The provinces of the Netherlands are joined in the Association of Provinces of the Netherlands (IPO
The Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) is the world's leading electronic music conference and the biggest club festival for the many electronic subgenres on the planet. [281] [282] The Netherlands has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest since its first edition in 1956, and has won five times.
30 metropolitan municipalities (consolidated province-municipalities) 519 consolidated district-municipalities: Turkmenistan: Unitary 5 regions (welaýatlar) (also known as provinces) 37 districts (etraplar) 7 cities with district status? Ashgabat, the capital city-region 4 boroughs or districts (uly etraplar) (as of 2018) Tuvalu: Unitary 9 ...
Zeeland (Dutch: [ˈzeːlɑnt] ⓘ; Zeelandic: Zeêland [ˈzɪəlɑnt]), historically known in English by the exonym Zealand, is the westernmost and least populous province of the Netherlands. The province, located in the southwest of the country, borders North Brabant to the east, South Holland to the north, as well as the country of Belgium to ...
Province Coat of arms ISO Capital Largest municipality King's Commissioner Number of municipalities (since 2023) Total area [5] Land area [5] Population [5] (2023) Population density [5] km 2 mi 2 km 2 mi 2 Drenthe: NL-DR Assen: Emmen: Jetta Klijnsma 12 2,680 1,035 2,633 1,016
The Acts of Union 1707 refer to both England and Scotland as a "part" of a united kingdom of Great Britain. [23] The Acts of Union 1800 use "part" in the same way to refer to England and Scotland. However, they use the word "country" to describe Great Britain and Ireland respectively, when describing trade between them.
This is a list of the 296 districts of England, a type of country subdivision governed by a local authority, that cover all of England. Most English districts are known as non-metropolitan districts and are found in non-metropolitan counties. However, primarily in urban areas, other types of districts are found.