Provinces o the Netherlands
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A Dutch province represents the admeenistrative layer in atween the naitional govrenment an the local municipalities, haein the responsibility for matters o subnaitional or regional importance. The govrenment o each province consists o three major pairts: the Provinciale Staten which is the provincial parliament electit ivery fower year. Electit frae its members are the Gedeputeerde Staten, a college chairgit wi maist executive tasks, presidit bi the Commissaris van de Koningin appointit bi the Croun.
Diveesion eedit
The modren-day Netherlands is dividit intae twal provinces (provincies in Dutch) an three owerseas public bodies (openbare lichamen, cried "special municipalities" as they are no pairt o a province an aw).
Regions an their caipitals eedit
The twal provinces are leetit belaw wi their caipital ceety:
| Flag | Airms | Province | Dutch name | Caipital | Queen's Commissioner | Aurie (km²) |
Population | Density (per km²) |
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Drenthe | Drenthe | Assen | Jetta Klijnsma | 2,652 | 482,300 | 182 |
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Flevoland | Flevoland | Lelystad | Leen Verbeek | 1,426 | 356,400 | 250 |
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Friesland | Friesland / Fryslân (Wast Frisie) | Leeuwarden | Arno Brok | 3,361 | 642,500 | 191 |
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Gelderland | Gelderland | Arnhem | John Berends | 4,995 | 1,967,600 | 394 |
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Groningen | Groningen | Groningen | René Paas | 2,344 | 575,900 | 246 |
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Limburg | Limburg | Maastricht | Theo Bovens (called governor in Limburg) | 2,167 | 1,143,000 | 527 |
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North Brabant | Noord-Brabant | 's-Hertogenbosch[A] | Wim van de Donk | 4,938 | 2,406,900 | 487 |
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North Holland | Noord-Holland | Haarlem | Arthur van Dijk | 2,660 | 2,583,900 | 971 |
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Overijssel | Overijssel | Zwolle | Andries Heidema | 3,337 | 1,105,800 | 331 |
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Sooth Holland | Zuid-Holland | The Hague[B] | Jaap Smit | 2,860 | 3,453,000 | 1,207 |
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Utrecht | Utrecht | Utrecht | Hans Oosters | 1,356 | 1,159,200 | 855 |
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Zeeland | Zeeland | Middelburg | Han Polman | 1,792 | 378,300 | 211 |
- ^ An aw, though no officeeally, abbreviatit as Den Bosch.
- ^ Dutch: Den Haag, offeecially an aw: 's-Gravenhage.
Public bodies o the Netherlands eedit
The three public bodies o the Bonaire, Sint Eustatius an Saba, became pairt o the Netherlands proper on 10 October 2010, but are no pairt o ony province.[1]
| Flag | Airms | Public Body | Dutch name | Caipital | Aurie (km²)[2] |
Population[3] | Density (per km²) |
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Bonaire | Bonaire / Boneiru (Papiamento) | Kralendijk | 294 | 15,414 | 52 |
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Sint Eustatius | Sint Eustatius | Oranjestad | 21 | 3,300 | 157 |
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Saba | Saba | The Bottom | 13 | 2,000 | 154 |
See an aw eedit
References eedit
- ↑ "31.954, Wet openbare lichamen Bonaire, Sint Eustatius en Saba" (in Dutch). Eerste kamer der Staten-Generaal. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
De openbare lichamen vallen rechtstreeks onder het Rijk omdat zij geen deel uitmaken van een provincie. (The public bodies (...), because they are not part of a Province).
- ↑ "Regionale Kerncijfers Nederland" (in Dutch). Statistics Netherlands. 2007. Retrieved 13 October 2007.
- ↑ "Bevolking per regio naar leeftijd, geslacht en burgerlijke staat" (in Dutch). Statistics Netherlands. 2007. Retrieved 13 October 2007.