Netherlands (nld)

Netherlands

Netherlands ranks 1,606th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Suita, Yamato, Kanagawa, and Prenzlau. Memorable people born in Netherlands include Arie Schans, Ton Roosendaal, and Mike van Diem. Memorable people who died in Netherlands include Max Carl Wilhelm Weber and Paulien van Deutekom. Netherlands has been the birth place of many soccer players and film directors and the death place of many biologists and skaters. Netherlands is located in Netherlands.

The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Netherlands consists of twelve provinces; it borders Germany to the east, Belgium to the south, with a North Sea coastline to the north and west. It shares maritime borders with the United Kingdom, Germany and Belgium in the North Sea. The country's official language is Dutch, with West Frisian as a secondary official language in the province of Friesland. Dutch Low Saxon and Limburgish are recognised regional languages, while Dutch Sign Language, Sinte Romani and Yiddish are recognised non-territorial languages. Dutch, English and Papiamento are official in the Caribbean territories. Read more on Wikipedia