Country Facts
| Full name: | The Kingdom of the Netherlands Koninkrijk der Nederlanden |
| Population: | 16.3 million |
| Capital: | Amsterdam Seat of government: the Hague |
| Languages: | Dutch (official) Frisian (official) |
| Currency: | Euros EUR € 1 €=100 cents |
| Religion: | Christian (Roman Catholic and Protestant): 51% Muslim 5.5% No religious affiliation: 41% |
| Goverment type: | Constitutional monarchy |
| Head of state: | Queen Beatrix |
| Prime minister: | Jan Peter Balkenende Queen Beatrix appointed Jan Peter Balkenende as head of a three-party centrist coalition in February 2007. Mr Balkenende's Christian Democrats govern with the Labour Party and the Christian Union. |
| Area: | 41,864 sq km (16,164 sq miles) |
| Coastline: | 541 km (336 miles) |
| Elevation extremes: | Lowest point: Zuidplaspolder -7 m (-23 ft) Highest point: Vaalserberg 322 m (1056 ft) |
| Natural resources: | Natural gas, petroleum, peat, limestone, salt, sand and gravel, arable land |
| Land use: | Arable land: 21.96% Permanent crops: 0.77% Other: 77.27% |
| Administrative divisions: | 12 provinces: Drenthe, Flevoland, Friesland (Fryslan), Gelderland, Groningen, Limburg, Noord-Brabant (North Brabant), Noord-Holland (North Holland), Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland, Zuid-Holland (South Holland) |
| Dependent areas: | Aruba, Netherlands Antilles |