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___MASK2___ , officially the Federal Republic of ___MASK2___ , 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 , ___MASK2___ is the ___MASK20___ populous member state of the ___MASK70___ . After the United States , it is the second ___MASK20___ popular immigration destination in the world . ___MASK2___ ' s capital and largest metropolis is Berlin . Other major cities include Hamburg , Munich , Cologne , Frankfurt , Stuttgart and Düsseldorf . ___MASK26___ ( Gronings : " Grunnen ") is the main municipality as well as the capital city of the eponymous province in the Netherlands . With a population of 201 , 865 , it is the largest city in the north of the Netherlands . An old city , ___MASK26___ was the regional power of the northern Netherlands , a semi - independent city - state and member of the German Hanseatic League . ___MASK26___ is a ___MASK13___ city : it houses the ___MASK13___ of ___MASK26___ ( about 30 , 000 students ) and the Hanze ___MASK13___ of Applied Sciences ( about 25 , 000 students ). ___MASK66___ is a municipality and a city in the northeast of the Netherlands , in the south - west of the province Drenthe . ___MASK85___ ( official ) or Frisia is a province in the ___MASK46___ of the Netherlands . It is situated west of Groningen , ___MASK46___ of Drenthe and Overijssel , north of Flevoland , northeast of North Holland , and south of the North Sea . In 2010 , the province had a population of 646 , 000 and a total area of . The ___MASK24___ ( or ) is a region that consists ___MASK72___ the ___MASK24___ Sea , its islands ( some surrounded by the ___MASK24___ Sea and some bordering both the ___MASK24___ Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean ) and the surrounding coasts . The region is southeast ___MASK72___ the Gulf ___MASK72___ Mexico and the North American mainland , east ___MASK72___ Central America , and north ___MASK72___ South America . The ___MASK88___ is the main constituent country ___MASK72___ the Kingdom ___MASK72___ the ___MASK88___ . It is a densely populated country located in Western ___MASK39___ with three island territories in the ___MASK24___ . The European part ___MASK72___ the ___MASK88___ 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 ___MASK88___ are Amsterdam , Rotterdam , The Hague and Utrecht . Amsterdam is the country ' s capital , while The Hague holds the Dutch seat ___MASK72___ government and parliament . The name " Holland " is used to refer informally to the whole ___MASK72___ the country ___MASK72___ the ___MASK88___ . The Kingdom ___MASK72___ the Netherlands , commonly known as the Netherlands , is a sovereign state and constitutional monarchy with territory in western ___MASK39___ and in the ___MASK24___ . ___MASK94___ is the capital and ___MASK20___ 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 ___MASK42___ . ___MASK94___ has a population of 847 , 176 within the city proper , 1 , 343 , 647 in the urban area , and 2 , 431 , 000 in the ___MASK94___ 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 . ___MASK31___ is the capital and ___MASK20___ populous city in the Dutch province of ___MASK31___ . 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 . ___MASK8___ , officially the Kingdom ___MASK72___ ___MASK8___ , is a sovereign state in Western ___MASK39___ bordered by ___MASK93___ , the Netherlands , ___MASK2___ , Luxembourg , and the North Sea . It is a small , densely populated country which covers an area ___MASK72___ and has a population ___MASK72___ about 11 million people . Straddling the cultural boundary between Germanic and Latin ___MASK39___ , ___MASK8___ is home to two main linguistic groups : the Dutch - speaking , mostly Flemish community , which constitutes about 59 % ___MASK72___ the population , and the French - speaking , mostly Walloon population , which comprises 41 % ___MASK72___ all Belgians . Additionally , there is a small group ___MASK72___ German - speakers who live in the East Cantons located around the High Fens area , and bordering ___MASK2___ . Western ___MASK39___ , also ___MASK17___ ___MASK39___ , 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 . The United ___MASK90___ 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 ___MASK92___ , 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 ___MASK6___ and the Celtic Sea to its ___MASK6___ - ___MASK6___ - 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 ___MASK70___ . A rijksmonument is a national heritage site ___MASK72___ the Netherlands , listed by the agency Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed ( RCE ) acting for the Dutch Ministry ___MASK72___ Education , Culture and Science . ___MASK98___ ( Dutch Low Saxon : " Oaveriessel " ) is a province of the Netherlands in the central - eastern part of the country . The province ' s name translates to "[ Land ] across the IJssel ", from the perspective of the bishopric of Utrecht by which it was held until 1528 . The capital city of ___MASK98___ is Zwolle and the largest city is Enschede . The province has a population of 1 , 113 , 529 inhabitants . Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed ( RCE , Cultural Heritage Agency ___MASK72___ the Netherlands ) often abbreviated as Cultureel Erfgoed , is a Dutch heritage organisation working for the protection and conservation ___MASK72___ National Heritage Sites . It is located in ___MASK33___ , province ___MASK72___ Utrecht . ___MASK99___ is a region and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands . The name " ___MASK99___ " 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 . A population is the number ___MASK72___ all the organisms ___MASK72___ the same group or species , which live in a particular geographical area , and have the capability ___MASK72___ interbreeding . ___MASK42___ ( 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 . De Sterrenberg is a smock mill in Nijeveen , ___MASK68___ the Netherlands . It was built in 1977 . The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument , number 30957 . In modern politics and history , a parliament is a legislative , elected body ___MASK72___ government . Generally a modern parliament has three functions : representing the electorate , making laws , and overseeing the government (" i . e .", hearings , inquiries ). Landkreis ___MASK44___ is a district in Lower Saxony , ___MASK2___ named after the ___MASK36___ Ems . It is bounded by ( from the north and clockwise ) the districts of Leer , Cloppenburg and Osnabrück , the state of North Rhine - Westphalia ( district of Steinfurt ), the district of Bentheim and the Netherlands ( provinces of Drenthe and Groningen ). The ___MASK7___ Sea is a marginal sea ___MASK72___ the ___MASK87___ located between Great Britain , Scandinavia , ___MASK2___ , 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 ___MASK72___ around . The smock mill is a type ___MASK72___ windmill that consists ___MASK72___ a sloping , horizontally weatherboarded or thatched tower , usually with six or eight sides . It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind . This type ___MASK72___ windmill got its name from its resemblance to smocks worn by farmers in an earlier period . Nijeveen is a village in the Dutch province ___MASK72___ ___MASK68___ . It is a part ___MASK72___ the municipality ___MASK72___ ___MASK66___ , and lies about 5 km northwest ___MASK72___ ___MASK66___ . ___MASK68___ is a province of the Netherlands , located in the northeast of the country . It is bordered by ___MASK98___ to the south , Friesland to the west , Groningen to the north , and Germany ( districts of Emsland and Bentheim ) to the east . In 2014 , it had a population of 488 , 957 and a total area of . ___MASK95___ is a city in the Netherlands , located in South Holland , within the ___MASK75___  ___MASK84___  Scheldt ___MASK36___ delta at the North Sea . Its history goes back to 1270 when a dam was constructed in the Rotte ___MASK36___ by people settled around it for safety . In 1340 ___MASK95___ 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 ___MASK95___ The Hague Metropolitan Area makes for the 168th most populous urban area in the world . ___MASK95___ is part of the yet larger Randstad conurbation with a total population of 7 , 100 , 000 . A windmill is a mill that converts the energy ___MASK72___ wind into rotational energy by means ___MASK72___ vanes called sails or blades . Centuries ago , windmills usually were used to mill grain , pump water , or both . Thus they often were gristmills , windpumps , or both . The majority ___MASK72___ modern windmills take the form ___MASK72___ wind turbines used to generate electricity , or windpumps used to pump water , either for land drainage or to extract groundwater . 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 ___MASK72___ previously independent or differently associated people with distinct political characteristics . Regardless ___MASK72___ the physical geography , in the modern internationally accepted legal definition as defined by the League ___MASK72___ Nations in 1937 and reaffirmed by the United Nations in 1945 , a resident ___MASK72___ a country is subject to the independent exercise ___MASK72___ legal jurisdiction .