Nederland
Specific status: Akrotiri and Dhekelia‡ · Faroe Islands · Gibraltar · Bailiwick of Guernsey · Isle of Man · Jersey – Limited recognition: Abkhazia‡ · Republic of Artsakh‡ · Gagauzia · Kosovo · South Ossetia‡ · Transnistria · Northern Cyprus‡ · United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus‡
‡: partly located in Europe

Provinces of the Netherlands: Drenthe · Flevoland · Friesland · Gelderland · Groningen · Groningen · Limburg · North Brabant · North Holland · Overijssel · South Holland · Utrecht · Zeeland
The Netherlands is a country with 12 provinces in Europe and three special communities in the Caribbean Sea.
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Symbols of the NetherlandsEdit
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The lighthouse at Marken
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Notable Dutch people / Beroemde NederlandersEdit
Desiderius Erasmus, humanist and theologian (1466/9-1536)
Hadrianus VI, served as Pope 1522-1523
William the Silent, stadholder and first leader of the Dutch revolt (1533-1584)
Hugo Grotius, jurist, philosopher, playwright, and poet. (1583-1645)
Rembrandt, Dutch painter and etcher (1606-1669)
Johan de Witt, Grand Pensionary of the Dutch Republic (1625-1672)
Michiel de Ruyter, admiral (1607-1676)
Jan van Riebeeck, founder of the Cape Colony (1619-1677)
Christiaan Huygens, mathematician, astronomer and physicist (1629-1695)
Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek tradesman, scientist and father of microbiology (1632-1723)
Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, politician (1798-1872)
Multatuli (pseudonym of Eduard Douwes Dekker), novellist (1820-1887)
Lawrence Alma-Tadema, painter (1836 - 1912)
Abraham Kuyper, Theologian and politician (1837 - 1920)
Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, physicist and Nobel Prize winner (1853-1928)
Piet Mondriaan, painter and publicist (1872-1944)
Johan Huizinga, Historian and philosopher (1872 - 1945)
Misha Mengelberg, Composer and pianist (1935 - 2017)
Wim Duisenberg politician and banker (1935 - 2005)
Herman van Veen, stage performer and singer/songwriter (1945-)
Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (1967-)
(King of the Netherlands)