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Today, people of non-Western origin make up approximately one-fifth of the population of Amsterdam, and more than 30% of the city's children. [115] [116] [117] A slight majority of the residents of Amsterdam have at least one parent who was born outside the country. However, a much larger majority has at least one parent who was born inside the ...
Although the proper legal status of Amsterdam as capital of the Netherlands is of recent date, the city has been recognized as the capital since 1814. In that year Willem Frederik, Prince of Orange and Nassau, was proclaimed Sovereign Prince of the United Netherlands and invested as such on 30 March 1814 in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam. [5]
In the time of the horse tram (end 19th century), the Dam was the most important tram hub of Amsterdam. After 1900, this function moved to the Central Station, at the other end of the Damrak. Over the course of the 19th and 20th centuries, Amsterdam's main square became a "national" square well known to nearly everyone in the Netherlands.
The Metropolitan Region Amsterdam (Dutch: Metropoolregio Amsterdam) is the city region around the city of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands.It lies in the Noordvleugel (English: "North Wing") of the larger polycentric Randstad metropolitan area and encompasses the city of Amsterdam as well as 36 further municipalities within the two provinces of North Holland and Flevoland, [5] with a ...
Capital One declared that Thompson had accessed about 140,000 Social Security numbers, a million Canadian social insurance numbers; 80,000 bank account numbers, and an unknown number of names and addresses of customers. Capital One began offering free credit monitoring services [114] and identity protection [115] to those affected by the breach.
Situated on the west coast facing the North Sea, The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while Amsterdam is the official capital of the Netherlands, The Hague has been described as the country's de facto capital since the time of the Dutch Republic. [7]
This is a list of 'national capitals, ordered according to total area'. Capitals of dependent territories and disputed territories are marked in italics.The area of the capital city only includes the area occupied by the city and not the wider urban/metropolitan district or administrative division created solely for the city.
Country Capital Elevation (m) Elevation (ft) Bolivia La Paz (government seat) : 3,640 11,942 Ecuador Quito: 2,850 9,350 Bolivia Sucre (de jure capital) : 2,790 9,220 Colombia