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The Caribbean Netherlands have maritime borders with Anguilla, Curaçao, France (Saint Barthélemy), Saint Kitts and Nevis, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Venezuela. [145] The islands of the Caribbean Netherlands enjoy a tropical climate with warm weather all year round. [146] Underwater life of Klein Bonaire. Within this island group:
The Belgium–Netherlands border separates Belgium and the Netherlands and is 450 km (280 mi) long. Belgium and the Netherlands are part of the Schengen Area . This means there are no permanent border controls at this border, although the controls between Belgium and the Netherlands had been removed well before the Schengen Treaty was signed ...
Hazeldonk (as it is called in the Netherlands) or Meer (as it is called in Belgium) is the busiest border crossing between the Netherlands and Belgium and processes an average of 55,000 vehicles per day.
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The geography of the European Netherlands is unusual in that much of its land has been reclaimed from the sea and is below sea level, protected by dikes. It is a small country with a total area of 41,545 km 2 (16,041 sq mi) [ 1 ] and ranked 131st .
Over 40% of the world’s borders today were drawn as a result of British and French imperialism. The British and French drew the modern borders of the Middle East, the borders of Africa, and in Asia after the independence of the British Raj and French Indochina and the borders of Europe after World War I as victors, as a result of the Paris ...
The modern border today is the result of centuries of border negotiations and agreements between the states and other political entities in the region, such as the Kingdom of Prussia, Kingdom of Hannover and the United Provinces of the Netherlands, of which Germany and the Netherlands ultimately became the modern day successor states. Many of ...
Common English country names: Netherlands, (imprecisely Holland) Official English country name: Netherlands. A constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which comprises the Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten. Common endonym(s): Nederland. Pronunciation: [ˈneːdərlɑnt] ⓘ Official endonym(s): Nederland