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Rotterdam

Rotterdam (pronounced /ˈrɒtərdæm/ (deprecatit template); Dutch [ˌrɔtərˈdɑm] ( listen)) is the seicont-lairgest ceety in the Netherlands an the lairgest port in Europe. Stairtin as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam haes grown intae a major internaitional commercial centre. Its strategic location at the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta on the North Sea an at the hert o a massive rail, road, air an inland watterwey distribution seestem extendin throughoot Europe means that Rotterdam can richtly be cried the gatewey tae Europe.

Rotterdam
Ceety an Municipality
Rotterdam skyline bi nicht wi the Erasmus Brig (left) athort the Nieuwe Maas in 2012
Rotterdam skyline bi nicht wi the Erasmus Brig (left) athort the Nieuwe Maas in 2012
Banner o Rotterdam
Banner
Coat of airms o Rotterdam
Coat airms
Eik-name(s): 
Rotown, Roffa, Rotjeknor
Motto(s): 
Sterker door strijd (Stranger through struggle)
Heichlichtit poseetion o Rotterdam in a municipal cairt o Sooth Holland
Location in Sooth Holland
Coordinates: 51°55′N 4°30′E / 51.917°N 4.500°E / 51.917; 4.500Coordinates: 51°55′N 4°30′E / 51.917°N 4.500°E / 51.917; 4.500
KintraNetherlands
ProvinceSooth Holland
Boroughs
Govrenment
 • BodiMunicipal council
 • MayorAhmed Aboutaleb (PvdA)
 • Aldermen
Area
 • Municipality325.79 km2 (125.79 sq mi)
 • Laund208.80 km2 (80.62 sq mi)
 • Water116.99 km2 (45.17 sq mi)
 • Randstad3043 km2 (1,175 sq mi)
Elevation0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (Municipality, Januar 2021; Urban an Metro, Mey 2014; Randstad, 2011)[3][5][6][7]
 • Municipality651,631
 • Density3121/km2 (8,080/sq mi)
 • Urban
1,015,215
 • Metro
1,181,284
 • Metropolitan region
2261844
 • Randstad
6979500
Demonym(s)Rotterdammer
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode
3000–3099
Aurie code010
Websitewww.rotterdam.nl

Internaitional relations

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Rotterdam haes the follaein ceety an port connections throughoot the warld:

  • 14 sister ceeties
  • 13 pairtner ceeties
  • 4 sister ports

The Breetish baund The Beautiful South recordit a sang named efter this region.

Twin touns – sister ceeties

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Rotterdam is twinned wi:

Pairtner ceeties

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Sister ports

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References

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  1. ↑ "College van b en w" (in Dutch). Gemeente Rotterdam. Archived frae the original on 1 Januar 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2013. Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (help)
  2. ↑ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 Julie 2013. Retrieved 12 Mairch 2014.
  3. ↑ a b Anita Bouman–Eijs; Thijmen van Bree; Wouter Jonkhoff; Olaf Koops; Walter Manshanden; Elmer Rietveld (17 December 2012). De Top 20 van Europese grootstedelijke regio's 1995–2011; Randstad Holland in internationaal perspectief (PDF) (Technical report) (in Dutch). Delft: TNO. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 3 Mairch 2014. Retrieved 25 Julie 2013. Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (help)
  4. ↑ "Postcodetool for 3011AD". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived frae the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2013. Cite has empty unkent parameter: |trans_title= (help)
  5. ↑ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 Januar 2021. Retrieved 2 Januar 2022.
  6. ↑ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 26 Juin 2014. Retrieved 24 Julie 2014.
  7. ↑ "Over de Metropoolregio Rotterdam Den Haag". MRDH.nl. 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2014. De Metropoolregio Rotterdam Den Haag is het gebied dat nu de huidige stadregio’s Rotterdam en Haaglanden omvat. Binnen dat gebied gaan de 24 gemeenten hun krachten bundelen in het samenwerkingsverband Metropoolregio Rotterdam Den Haag om de internationale concurrentiepositie van de regio te versterken. De Metropoolregio regio heeft 2,2 miljoen inwoners.
  8. ↑ "Lile Facts & Figures". Mairie-Lille.fr. Archived frae the original on 10 Februar 2009. Retrieved 17 December 2007.
  9. ↑ Turin City Hall – International Affairs (in Inglis) Retrieved on 2008-01-26.
  10. ↑ "Gdańsk Official Website: 'Miasta partnerskie'" (in Polish & English). © 2009 Urząd Miejski w Gdańsku. Archived frae the original on 23 Julie 2013. Retrieved 11 Julie 2009. freemit airtin in |publisher= (help)CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  11. ↑ Granma – En La Habana vicealcalde de la ciudad de Rotterdam -La delegación visitante hará la entrega oficial de una donación de implementos deportivos, en momentos en que se celebra el aniversario 25 de las relaciones entre ambas urbes
  12. ↑ "Saint Petersburg in figures – International and Interregional Ties". Saint Petersburg City Government. Archived frae the original on 24 Februar 2009. Retrieved 23 Mairch 2008.
  13. ↑ "Baltimore City Mayor's Office of International and Immigrant Affairs – Sister Cities Program". Archived frae the original on 7 August 2008. Retrieved 16 October 2008.
  14. ↑ "Dresden – Partner Cities". © 2008 Landeshauptstadt Dresden. Archived frae the original on 16 October 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
  15. ↑ "Sister Cities of Istanbul". Archived frae the original on 17 Januar 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2007.
  16. ↑ Erdem, Selim Efe (3 November 2003). "İstanbul'a 49 kardeş" (in Turkish). Radikal. 49 sister cities in 2003
  17. ↑ "Christmas around the world". Hull in print. Kingston upon Hull City Council. 2003. Retrieved 30 September 2007.
  18. ↑ Partners – Oslo kommune Archived 2009-01-02 at the Wayback Machine
  19. ↑ "Bratislava City – Twin Towns". © 2003–2008 Bratislava-City.sk. Retrieved 26 October 2008.
  20. ↑ www.praha-mesto.cz. "Partner cities". Retrieved 9 October 2008.
  21. ↑ City of Kobe – "Sister City, Friendly City, Friendship & Cooperation City". Retrieved February 15, 2007.
  22. ↑ Port of Busan, Sister Ports, Busan
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