2007-06-27 13:06:32 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Europe (Continental) ➔ Netherlands
Holland
2007-06-27 13:12:04 · answer #1 · answered by Brockley 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whoa, did you you do your homework. Countries, as in plural???
The Netherlands is one country and has 12 provinces, 2 of them are north and south Holland, that's why people keep talking about Holland when meaning the Netherlands.
2007-06-29 05:59:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Netherlands is a country in and of itself. Its name basically means "the Lowlands". It has twelve provinces:Friesland; Groningen; Drenthe; Overijssel; Flevoland; Gelderland; Utrecht; North Holland (Noord-Holland); South Holland - (Zuid-Holland) ; Zeeland; North Brabant - (Noord-Brabant); and Limburg. The Netherlands is part of the Kingdom of Netherlands, which includes not only The Netherlands, but also the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba in the Caribbean.
2007-06-27 13:18:11 · answer #3 · answered by caldust55 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Actually the country of the Netherlands is divided into "twelve administrative regions, called provinces, each under a Governor, who is called Commissaris der Koningin (Commissioner of the Queen), except for the province Limburg where the commissioner is called Gouverneur (Governor) which underlines the more "non-Dutch" mentality.
Friesland - north west; capital and largest city Leeuwarden
Groningen - north east; capital and largest city Groningen
Drenthe - south of Groningen; capital and largest city (proper) Assen
Overijssel - east central, south of Drenthe; capital Zwolle, largest city Enschede
Flevoland - central, north of Utrecht; capital Lelystad, largest city Almere
Gelderland - east central, south of Overijssel; capital Arnhem, largest city Nijmegen
Utrecht - central; capital and largest city Utrecht
North Holland - (Noord-Holland) north west; capital Haarlem, largest city (of the province and the country) Amsterdam
South Holland - (Zuid-Holland) west central, south of North Holland; capital The Hague ('s-Gravenhage or Den Haag), largest city Rotterdam
Zeeland - south west; capital and largest city Middelburg
North Brabant - (Noord-Brabant) south central; capital 's-Hertogenbosch (or Den Bosch), largest city Eindhoven
Limburg - south east; capital and largest city Maastricht.
All provinces are divided into municipalities (gemeenten), 458 in total (1 January 2006)."
2007-06-27 13:20:52 · answer #4 · answered by Cat 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its only one country
2007-06-27 13:14:29 · answer #5 · answered by Theta40 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
one
2007-06-27 13:08:57 · answer #6 · answered by xjoizey 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋