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___MASK33___ is a region and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands . The name " ___MASK33___ " is also frequently used to informally refer to the whole of the country of the Netherlands . This usage is commonly accepted in other countries , and not entirely uncommon among the Dutch themselves , though some in the Netherlands and particularly in other regions of the country may find it undesirable , misleading or insulting . ___MASK68___ is the capital and ___MASK31___ populous municipality of the Kingdom of the Netherlands . Its status as the capital is mandated by the Constitution of the Netherlands , although it is not the seat of the government , which is ___MASK30___ . ___MASK68___ has a population of 847 , 176 within the city proper , 1 , 343 , 647 in the urban area , and 2 , 431 , 000 in the ___MASK68___ metropolitan area . The city is located in the province of North Holland in the west of the country . The metropolitan area comprises much of the northern part of the Randstad , one of the larger conurbations in Europe , with a population of approximately 7 million . The Danube (, known by various names in other languages ) is ___MASK77___ ' s second - longest river , after the Volga River , and also the longest river in the ___MASK4___ region . It is located in Central and Eastern ___MASK77___ . ___MASK72___ or ( or , ___MASK1___ Guelderish : " Èrnem ") is a city and municipality , situated in the eastern part ___MASK40___ the Netherlands . It is the capital ___MASK40___ the province ___MASK40___ ___MASK98___ and located on both banks ___MASK40___ the rivers Nederrijn and Sint - Jansbeek , which was the source ___MASK40___ the city ' s development . ___MASK72___ had a population ___MASK40___ in and is one ___MASK40___ the larger cities ___MASK40___ the Netherlands . The municipality is part ___MASK40___ the city region ___MASK72___ - Nijmegen , which has a combined 736 , 500 inhabitants . ___MASK72___ is home to the Hogeschool van ___MASK72___ en Nijmegen , ArtEZ Institute ___MASK40___ the Arts , Netherlands Open Air Museum , Royal Burgers ' Zoo and National Sports Centre Papendal . The ___MASK25___ (, , ) is a European river that begins in the Swiss canton of ___MASK86___ in the southeastern Swiss Alps , forms part of the Swiss - Austrian , Swiss - Liechtenstein , Swiss - German and then the Franco - German border , then flows through the Rhineland and eventually empties into the North Sea in the Netherlands . The largest city on the river ___MASK25___ is Cologne , Germany , with a population of more than 1 , 050 , 000 people . It is the second - longest river in Central and Western Europe ( after the Danube ), at about , with an average discharge of about . The ___MASK90___ Sea is a marginal sea ___MASK40___ the ___MASK59___ located between Great Britain , Scandinavia , ___MASK95___ , the Netherlands , Belgium , and France . An epeiric ( or " shelf ") sea on the European continental shelf , it connects to the ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north . It is more than long and wide , with an area ___MASK40___ around . ___MASK62___ is the capital and ___MASK31___ populous city in the Dutch province of ___MASK62___ . It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation and is the fourth largest city in the Netherlands with a population of in . In modern politics and history , a parliament is a legislative , elected body ___MASK40___ government . Generally a modern parliament has three functions : representing the electorate , making laws , and overseeing the government (" i . e .", hearings , inquiries ). ___MASK24___ is the largest city in the German federal State of North ___MASK25___ - Westphalia and the fourth - largest city in Germany ( after Berlin , ___MASK71___ , and Munich ). It is located within the ___MASK25___ - Ruhr metropolitan region , one of the major European metropolitan regions and the largest in Germany , with more than ten million inhabitants . The ___MASK43___ region of Switzerland , conventionally referred to as the Swiss Alps (, ), represents a major natural feature of the country and is , along with the Swiss Plateau and the Swiss portion of the ___MASK96___ Mountains , one of its three main physiographic regions . The Swiss Alps extend over both the Western Alps and the Eastern Alps , encompassing an area sometimes called " Central Alps ". While the northern ranges from the Bernese Alps to the Appenzell Alps are entirely in Switzerland , the southern ranges from the Mont Blanc massif to the Bernina massif are shared with other countries such as France , Italy , Austria and Liechtenstein . ___MASK30___ ( or "< nowiki >'</ nowiki > s - Gravenhage " ) is a city located in the western coast of the Netherlands , and the capital city of the province of South Holland . ___MASK19___ is a city in the Netherlands , located in South Holland , within the ___MASK25___  ___MASK10___  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 ___MASK19___ 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 Netherlands . The Greater Rijnmond area is home to approximately 1 . 4 million people and the ___MASK19___ ___MASK30___ Metropolitan Area makes for the 168th most populous urban area in the world . ___MASK19___ is part of the yet larger Randstad conurbation with a total population of 7 , 100 , 000 . An administrative division , unit , entity , area or region , also referred to as a subnational entity , constituent unit , or country subdivision , is a portion ___MASK40___ a country or other region delineated for the purpose ___MASK40___ administration . Administrative divisions are granted a certain degree ___MASK40___ autonomy and are usually required to manage themselves through their own local governments . Countries are divided up into these smaller units to make managing their land and the affairs ___MASK40___ their people easier . For example , a country may be divided into provinces , which , in turn , are divided into counties , which , in turn , may be divided in whole or in part into municipalities ; and so on . The United ___MASK29___ and Northern Ireland , commonly known as the United Kingdom ( UK ) or Britain , is a sovereign country in western Europe . Lying off the north - western coast of the European ___MASK16___ , it includes the island of Great Britain ( the name of which is also loosely applied to the whole country ), the north - eastern part of the island of Ireland , and many smaller islands . Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign statethe Republic of Ireland . Apart from this land border , the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the North Sea to its east , the English Channel to its ___MASK1___ and the Celtic Sea to its ___MASK1___ - ___MASK1___ - west , giving it the 12th - longest coastline in the world . The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland . With an area of , the UK is the 78th - largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th - largest in Europe . It is also the 21st - most populous country , with an estimated 65 . 1 million inhabitants . Together , this makes it the fourth most densely populated country in the ___MASK4___ . A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city . The size definition for what constitutes a " town " varies considerably in different parts ___MASK40___ the world . ___MASK1___ Guelderish ( Dutch : " Zuid - Gelders ", German : " Südgeldersch ") refers to the easternmost group ___MASK40___ Dutch dialects spoken along the lower ___MASK25___ ( Dutch Nederrijn and German Niederrhein ). In its narrower sense , the term refers strictly to the Rivierenlands , Nijmeegs , and Liemers sub - dialects ; in its broader sense , the term encompasses also North Limburgish in the Netherlands and Kleverlander ( around Cleves ; Dutch " Kleverlands ", German " Kleverländisch ") and East Bergish in Germany . ___MASK1___ Guelderish ( in the narrow sense )  especially Rivierenlands  is sometimes included as part ___MASK40___ Brabantic , a more widely spoken Dutch dialect and the closest relative ___MASK40___ ___MASK1___ Guelderish . Alternatively , it is considered to extend southward into Northern Limburg until the Uerdingen line . It is arguably more appropriate to group ___MASK1___ Guelderish ( narrow sense ), North Limburgish , Kleverlander , and East Bergish into one dialect group  East Dutch . Royal Burgers ' Zoo is a zoo in ___MASK72___ , ___MASK17___ , and is one ___MASK40___ the biggest zoos in the country . ___MASK72___ is a city that lies within the Veluwe , a nature park in the ___MASK92___ ___MASK40___ the ___MASK17___ . The zoo is popular with both Dutch and German people , and receives about 1 . 5 million visitors annually . ___MASK98___ ( also Guelders in English ) is a province of the Netherlands , located in the central eastern part of the country . With a land area of nearly 5 , 000 km , it is the largest province of the Netherlands and shares borders with six other provinces and Germany . ___MASK35___ is a term in use since about 1950 by urbanists , economists and urban planners to mean a metropolitan area and hinterland , often having a shared administration . Typically , it denotes a city , conurbation or urban zone with multiple administrative districts , but sharing resources like a central business district , labour market and transport network such that it functions as a single unit . The Kingdom ___MASK40___ the Netherlands , commonly known as the Netherlands , is a sovereign state and constitutional monarchy with territory in western ___MASK77___ and in the ___MASK58___ . A municipality is usually a single urban administrative division having corporate status and powers ___MASK40___ self - government or jurisdiction as granted by national and state laws , to which it is subordinate . It is to be distinguished from the county , which may encompass rural territory and / or numerous small communities such as towns , villages and hamlets . The term " municipality " may also mean the governing or ruling body ___MASK40___ a given municipality . A municipality is a general - purpose administrative subdivision , as opposed to a special - purpose district . The term is derived from French " municipalité " and Latin " municipalis ". The Rhineland is the name used for a loosely defined area ___MASK40___ Western ___MASK95___ along the ___MASK25___ River , chiefly its middle section . Western ___MASK77___ , also ___MASK99___ ___MASK77___ , is the region comprising the western part of the European continent . There may be differences between the geopolitical and purely geographic definitions of the term . ___MASK54___ , officially the Kingdom ___MASK40___ ___MASK54___ , is a sovereign state in Western ___MASK77___ bordered by ___MASK32___ , the Netherlands , ___MASK95___ , Luxembourg , and the North Sea . It is a small , densely populated country which covers an area ___MASK40___ and has a population ___MASK40___ about 11 million people . Straddling the cultural boundary between Germanic and Latin ___MASK77___ , ___MASK54___ is home to two main linguistic groups : the Dutch - speaking , mostly Flemish community , which constitutes about 59 % ___MASK40___ the population , and the French - speaking , mostly Walloon population , which comprises 41 % ___MASK40___ all Belgians . Additionally , there is a small group ___MASK40___ German - speakers who live in the East Cantons located around the High Fens area , and bordering ___MASK95___ . A village is a clustered human settlement or community , larger than a ___MASK23___ but smaller than a town , with a population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand . Though often located in rural areas , the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods . Villages are normally permanent , with fixed dwellings ; however , transient villages can occur . Further , the dwellings ___MASK40___ a village are fairly close to one another , not scattered broadly over the landscape , as a dispersed settlement . Renkum ( pronunciation ) is a municipality and a town in the eastern ___MASK17___ . The municipality had a population ___MASK40___ 31 , 494 in 2014 and has a land area ___MASK40___ 46 . 01 km2 ( 17 . 76 sq mi ) . Renkum is situated along the river ___MASK25___ . The municipality Renkum is part ___MASK40___ the Stadsregio ( English : ___MASK35___ ) Arnhem - Nijmegen . The surrounding ___MASK40___ the municipality are mainly forest and river forelands . In the forest one can find tumulus ___MASK40___ thousand years old . Findings from these tumulus can be seen in the Historic museum in Arnhem . The ___MASK17___ is the main constituent country ___MASK40___ the Kingdom ___MASK40___ the ___MASK17___ . It is a densely populated country located in Western ___MASK77___ with three island territories in the ___MASK58___ . The European part ___MASK40___ the ___MASK17___ 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 ___MASK17___ are Amsterdam , Rotterdam , The Hague and Utrecht . Amsterdam is the country ' s capital , while The Hague holds the Dutch seat ___MASK40___ government and parliament . The name " Holland " is used to refer informally to the whole ___MASK40___ the country ___MASK40___ the ___MASK17___ . A country is a region that is identified as a distinct national entity in political geography . A country may be an independent sovereign state or one that is occupied by another state , as a non - sovereign or formerly sovereign political division , or a geographic region associated with sets ___MASK40___ previously independent or differently associated people with distinct political characteristics . Regardless ___MASK40___ the physical geography , in the modern internationally accepted legal definition as defined by the League ___MASK40___ Nations in 1937 and reaffirmed by the United Nations in 1945 , a resident ___MASK40___ a country is subject to the independent exercise ___MASK40___ legal jurisdiction . The Sint - Jansbeek is a stream in ___MASK72___ , which streams down from the hills ___MASK40___ Zijpendaal through the Sonsbeek park and the inner city ___MASK40___ ___MASK72___ to the river ___MASK25___ . The Sint - Jansbeek has always been an open stream , but the part in the inner city is covered since the city moats were filled in the 19th century . The stream from the source in Zijpendaal through the park Sonsbeek is still open . The ___MASK17___ Open Air Museum is an open - air museum and park located near Arnhem with antique houses , farms and factories from different parts ___MASK40___ the ___MASK17___ . The ___MASK17___ Open Air Museum is a national museum focusing on the culture associated with the everyday lives ___MASK40___ ordinary people . The Alps are the highest and ___MASK31___ extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe , stretching approximately across eight ___MASK43___ countries : Austria , France , Germany , Italy , Liechtenstein , Monaco , Slovenia , and Switzerland . The mountains were formed over tens of millions of years as the African and Eurasian tectonic plates collided . Extreme shortening caused by the event resulted in marine sedimentary rocks rising by thrusting and folding into high mountain peaks such as Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn . Mont Blanc spans the French  Italian border , and at is the highest mountain in the Alps . The ___MASK43___ region area contains about a hundred peaks higher than 4000 metres ( just over 13 , 000 feet ). Nederrijn (" Nether ___MASK25___ "; not to be confused with the section called Lower ___MASK25___ further upstream ) is the name of the Dutch part of the River ___MASK25___ from the confluence at the town of Angeren of the cut - off ___MASK25___ bend of Oude Rijn and the Pannerdens Kanaal ( which was dug to form the new connection between the Waal and Nederrijn branches ). The city of Arnhem lies on the right ( north ) bank of the river Nederrijn , just past the point where the River IJssel branches off . The Nederrijn flows on to the city of Wijk bij Duurstede , from where it continues as the River Lek . The once - important but now small Kromme Rijn branch ( in Roman times part of the Limes Germanicus and border river of the ___MASK48___ ) carries the name " ___MASK25___ " towards the city of Utrecht . A county is a geographical region ___MASK40___ a country used for administrative or other purposes , in certain modern nations . The term is derived from the Old French " conté " or " cunté " denoting a jurisdiction under the sovereignty ___MASK40___ a count ( earl ) or a viscount . The modern French is " comté ", and its equivalents in other languages are " contea ", " contado ", " ___MASK97___ ", " condado ", " Grafschaft ", " graafschap ", " Gau ", etc . ( cf . " conte ", " comte ", " conde ", " Graf "). ___MASK95___ , officially the Federal Republic of ___MASK95___ , is a federal parliamentary republic in central - western Europe . It includes 16 constituent states , covers an area of , and has a largely temperate seasonal climate . With about 82 million inhabitants , ___MASK95___ is the ___MASK31___ populous member state of the ___MASK4___ . After the United States , it is the second ___MASK31___ popular immigration destination in the world . ___MASK95___ ' s capital and largest metropolis is Berlin . Other major cities include Hamburg , Munich , Cologne , Frankfurt , Stuttgart and Düsseldorf . The ___MASK58___ ( or ) is a region that consists ___MASK40___ the ___MASK58___ Sea , its islands ( some surrounded by the ___MASK58___ Sea and some bordering both the ___MASK58___ Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean ) and the surrounding coasts . The region is southeast ___MASK40___ the Gulf ___MASK40___ Mexico and the North American mainland , east ___MASK40___ Central America , and north ___MASK40___ South America . ___MASK83___ ( Nijmeegs : " Nimwegen " ), historically anglicized as Nimeguen , is a municipality and a city in the Dutch province ___MASK40___ ___MASK98___ . It is situated on the Waal river , close to the German border . Borders are geographic boundaries ___MASK40___ political entities or legal jurisdictions , such as governments , sovereign states , federated states , and other subnational entities . Some borders  such as a state ' s internal administrative border , or inter - state borders within the ___MASK12___ Area  are often open and completely unguarded . Other borders are partially or fully controlled , and may be crossed legally only at designated border checkpoints and border zones may be controlled . Mostly contentious , borders may even foster the setting up ___MASK40___ buffer zones . A difference has also been established in academic scholarship between border and frontier , the latter denoting a state ___MASK40___ mind rather than state boundaries .