The Hague (nld)

The Hague

The Hague ranks 101st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Leipzig, Chiba Prefecture, and Antwerp. Memorable people born in The Hague include Christiaan Huygens, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, and William II, Prince of Orange. Memorable people who died in The Hague include Baruch Spinoza, Christiaan Huygens, and Slobodan Milošević. The Hague has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and painters. The Hague is located in Netherlands.

The Hague is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Situated on the west coast facing the North Sea, The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of the Netherlands is Amsterdam, The Hague has been described as the country's de facto capital since the time of the Dutch Republic. Read more on Wikipedia