Netherlands (old name holland ) locate in north west of europe, capital city amsterdam and govt seat in den-hague.
total area 41543 sq km, population 16751323, mainly dutch about 81% than europiens 5 % , indonesians 2.5%, turks, surinamese, caribbeans etc
currency euro, language dutch
netherlands is a geographically low lying country , about 20% of its area and21% of its population located below sea level and 50% of its lands lying less than one meter above sea level.
a country of canals , rivers, which not only gives a beautiful look but also major source of excess river waters / flood dranig.
country has 9Th highest per capita income in the world (per capita gdp $50,000) , country is founder member of eu, nato, oecd and wto.
netherlands having 5 international courts including, international court of justice, international criminal court in den-hagueso the city consider to be "the world's legal capital"
in may 2011 netherlands was ranked as "happiest" country "
in 2nd world war country drasticly damaged by germans but after the war country rapidly prosperd.
its liberal country and in 2001 country became the first nation recoganize "same sex marrage"
rotterdam sea port is biggest sea port in europe, amsterdam consider 5th busiest tourist city in europe with 4.2 millions international visitors every year.
country rank 3rd world wide in value of agriculturl exports after usa and france with export earnings worth us$55 billions per year
major products, fresh cut plants, flowers including tulips , tomatoes, cucumber apples, milk farming products etc etc
