Outline Of The Netherlands
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Netherlands:
The Netherlands (i/ˈnɛðərləndz/; Dutch: Nederland, ) is a sovereign country comprising the mainland located in Northwest Europe and several islands located in the Caribbean that, together with Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten in the Caribbean Sea, constitute the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Netherlands is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. Its European mainland is bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east.
The European Netherlands constitutes the vast majority (by land area and population) of both the country and Kingdom of the Netherlands, and as such 'The Netherlands' in common parlence often implicitly refers to this entity. Similarly, the articles linked to below predominately consider the European Netherlands.
Read more about Outline Of The Netherlands: General Reference, Geography of The Netherlands, Government and Politics of The Netherlands, History of The Netherlands, Culture of The Netherlands, Economy and Infrastructure of The Netherlands, See Also
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