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___MASK86___ is the capital and most populous city in the Dutch province of ___MASK86___ . It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation and is the fourth largest city in the ___MASK11___ with a population of in . ___MASK83___ officially Montréal in both Canadian English and French , is the most populous municipality in ___MASK84___ and the 2nd - most populous in Canada . Originally called " Ville - Marie ", or " City of Mary ," it is named after Mount Royal , the triple - peaked hill in the heart of the city . The city is on the Island of ___MASK83___ , which took its name from the same source as the city , and a few much smaller peripheral islands , the largest of which is Île Bizard . It has a distinct four - season continental climate with warm to hot summers and cold snowy winters . Bart Jan - Baptist Marie Brentjens ( born 10 October 1968 in Haelen ) is a Dutch racing cyclist in mountain biking . ___MASK99___ ( French : ) is a country in the northern half of North America . Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean , covering , making it the world ' s second - largest country by total area and the fourth - largest country by land area . ___MASK99___ ' s border with the United States is the world ' s longest land border . The majority of the country has a cold or severely cold winter climate , but southerly areas are warm in summer . ___MASK99___ is sparsely populated , the majority of its land territory being dominated by forest and tundra and the Rocky Mountains . About four - fifths of the country ' s population of 36 million people is urbanized and live near the southern border . Its capital is Ottawa , its largest city is Toronto ; other major urban areas include Montreal , Vancouver , Calgary , Edmonton , ___MASK84___ City , Winnipeg and Hamilton . FOREST ( short for " Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco ") is a ___MASK32___ political pressure group which campaigns against tobacco control activity . South Holland is a province in the midwestern ___MASK11___ . It has a population of just over 3 . 6 million ( as of 2015 ) and a population density of about , making it the country ' s most populous province and one of the world ' s most densely populated areas . Situated on the North Sea in the west of the ___MASK11___ , South Holland covers an area of , of which is water . It borders North Holland to the north , Utrecht and Gelderland to the east , and North Brabant and Zeeland to the south . The provincial capital is The Hague , while its largest city is Rotterdam . Rabobank ( full name : " Coöperatieve Rabobank U . A .") is a Dutch multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in ___MASK86___ , ___MASK11___ . It is a global leader in food and agriculture financing and sustainability - oriented banking . The group comprises 129 independent local Dutch Rabobanks ( 2013 ), a central organization ( Rabobank Nederland ), and a large number of specialized international offices and subsidiaries . Food and agribusiness is the prime international focus of the Rabobank Group . Rabobank is the second - largest bank in the ___MASK11___ in terms of total assets . Financial services are the economic services provided by the finance industry , which encompasses a broad range of businesses that manage money , including credit unions , banks , credit - card companies , insurance companies , accountancy companies , consumer - finance companies , stock brokerages , investment funds and some government - sponsored enterprises . Financial services companies are present in all economically developed geographic locations and tend to cluster in local , national , regional and international financial centers such as ___MASK38___ , New York City , and Tokyo . Ottawa is the capital city of ___MASK99___ . It stands on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of southern Ontario . Ottawa borders Gatineau , ___MASK84___ ; the two form the core of the Ottawa  Gatineau census metropolitan area ( CMA ) and the National Capital Region ( NCR ). The 2011 census reported a population of 883 , 391 , making it the fourth - largest city in ___MASK99___ ; and 1 , 236 , 324 within the CMA , making it the fourth - largest CMA in ___MASK99___ . The City of Ottawa reported that the city had an estimated population of 960 , 754 as of December 2015 . The Hague ( or "< nowiki >'</ nowiki > s - Gravenhage " ) is a city located in the western coast of the ___MASK11___ , and the capital city of the province of South Holland . Haelen is a town in the south - eastern ___MASK11___ . Haifa (' ; '), is the third - largest city in the State of ___MASK66___ , with a population of in . Vancouver , officially the City of Vancouver , is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of ___MASK20___ Columbia , ___MASK99___ , and the most populous city in the province . Rotterdam is a city in the ___MASK11___ , located in South Holland , within the Rhine  Meuse  Scheldt river delta at the North Sea . Its history goes back to 1270 when a dam was constructed in the Rotte river by people settled around it for safety . In 1340 Rotterdam was granted city rights by the Count of Holland and slowly grew into a major logistic and economic centre . Nowadays it is home to Europe ' s largest port and has a population of 633 , 471 ( city proper ), ranking second in the ___MASK11___ . The Greater Rijnmond area is home to approximately 1 . 4 million people and the Rotterdam The Hague Metropolitan Area makes for the 168th most populous urban area in the world . Rotterdam is part of the yet larger Randstad conurbation with a total population of 7 , 100 , 000 . The ___MASK11___ is the main constituent country of the Kingdom of the ___MASK11___ . It is a densely populated country located in Western Europe with three island territories in the Caribbean . The European part of the ___MASK11___ borders Germany to the east , Belgium to the south , and the North Sea to the northwest , sharing maritime borders with Belgium , the United Kingdom , and Germany . The largest cities in the ___MASK11___ are Amsterdam , Rotterdam , The Hague and Utrecht . Amsterdam is the country ' s capital , while The Hague holds the Dutch seat of government and parliament . The name " Holland " is used to refer informally to the whole of the country of the ___MASK11___ . Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in ___MASK99___ . It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America , at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers . ___MASK66___ , officially known as the State of ___MASK66___ , is a country in the Middle East , on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea . It has land borders with ___MASK43___ to the north , Syria to the northeast , Jordan on the east , the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip to the east and west , respectively , and Egypt to the southwest . The country contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area . ___MASK66___ ' s financial and technology center is Tel Aviv , while its seat of government and proclaimed capital is Jerusalem , although the state ' s sovereignty over the city of Jerusalem is internationally unrecognized . Zoetermeer is a city in the western ___MASK11___ , in the province of South Holland . The municipality covers an area of of which is water . A small village until the late 1960s , it had 6 , 392 inhabitants in 1950 . By 2013 this had grown to 123 , 328 , making it the third largest population centre in the province of South Holland , after Rotterdam and The Hague . It is part of the Haaglanden conurbation . ___MASK84___ City ( pronounced or ) officially Québec ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of ___MASK84___ . In 2015 the city had a population estimate of 545 , 485 , and the metropolitan area had a population of 806 , 400 , making it Canada ' s seventh - largest metropolitan area and ___MASK84___ ' s second - largest city after Montreal , which is about to the southwest . The Rocky Mountains , commonly known as the Rockies , are a major mountain range in western North America . The Rocky Mountains stretch more than from the northernmost part of ___MASK20___ Columbia , in western ___MASK99___ , to New Mexico , in the southwestern United States . Within the North American Cordillera , the Rockies are somewhat distinct from the Pacific Coast Ranges and the Cascade Range and Sierra Nevada which all lie further to the west . Toronto is the most populous city in ___MASK99___ , the provincial capital of Ontario , and the centre of the Greater Toronto Area , the most populous metropolitan area in ___MASK99___ . Growing in population , the 2011 census recorded a population of 2 , 615 , 060 . As of 2015 , the population is now estimated at 2 , 826 , 498 , making Toronto the fourth - largest city in North America based on the population within its city limits . Toronto trails only Mexico City , New York City , and Los Angeles by this measure , while it is the fifth - largest ( behind also Chicago ) if ranked by the size of its metropolitan area . An established global city , Toronto is an international centre of business , finance , arts , and culture , and widely recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world . Michiel van der Heijden ( born 3 January 1992 in Den Bosch ) is a Dutch mountain biker and Cyclo Cross Rider . From 2007 until 2010 he raced for the Merida - Combee mountain bike team , now he is racing for the Rabobank cycling team . Van der Heijden won a silver medal for mountain biking in the 2009 European Championships in Zoetermeer , and a bronze medal at the Europeans in 2010 in Haifa . In 2011 he became Dutch National Champion for the 9th time . In 2010 van der Heijden became World Champion XCO juniors in Mont - Sainte - Anne , ___MASK99___ , making him the second Dutch XCO World Champion after Bart Brentjens . Calgary is a city in the Canadian province of Alberta . It is situated at the confluence of the Bow River and the Elbow River in the south of the province , in an area of foothills and prairie , about east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies . In the 2011 census , the City of Calgary had a population of 1 , 096 , 833 and a metropolitan population of 1 , 214 , 839 , making it the largest city in Alberta , and the third - largest municipality and fifth - largest census metropolitan area ( CMA ) in ___MASK99___ .