A motto (from Italian) is a phrase or a short list of words meant formally to describe the general motivation or intention of an entity, social group, or organization.
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French (français, pronounced [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) is a Romance language originally spoken in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Switzerland, and today by about 300 million people around the world as either
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Writing system: Latin alphabet (Dutch variant) 
Official status
Official language of:  Aruba
 Belgium
 European Union
 European Union
 Netherlands Antilles
 Suriname
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For the Radiohead song, see "The National Anthem".

A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a country's government as the official
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Het Wilhelmus ( (help info ) ) (English translation: The William, viz. 'song') is the national anthem of the Netherlands and is the oldest national anthem in the world^[1]
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Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. Physically and geologically, Europe is the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, west of Asia. Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea,
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capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has a second meaning based on an alternative sense of "capital") is the center of government.
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The population of the Netherlands is concentrated on a limited territory. Furthermore the demographic development is characterized by three trends: increasing longevity, decreasing birth rates and an increasing percentage of population from foreign extraction.
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Amsterdam
Canal houses alongside the Prinsengracht

Flag
Coat of arms
Nickname: Mokum
Motto: Heldhaftig, Vastberaden, Barmhartig
(Valiant, Determined, Compassionate)
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An official language is a language that is given a special legal status in the countries, states, and other territories. It is typically the language used in a nation's legislative bodies, though the law in many nations requires that government documents be produced in other
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Writing system: Latin alphabet (Dutch variant) 
Official status
Official language of:  Aruba
 Belgium
 European Union
 European Union
 Netherlands Antilles
 Suriname
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ethnic group or ethnicity is a population of human beings whose members identify with each other, usually on the basis of a presumed common genealogy or ancestry.^[1] Ethnicity is also defined from the recognition by others as a distinct group^[2]
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25 million - 28 million (with Flemings: - 34 million) ^{(14,000,000 - 15,000,000 with full Dutch ancestry)} (Red → Dutch-born) (Green → Reported ancestry)
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Germans (German: Deutsche) are defined as an ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, citizenship, speaking the German language as a mother tongue and being born in Germany.
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Population: 245,452,739 (July 2006 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 29.1% (male 35,823,456; female 34,590,631)
15-64 years: 65.7% (male 79,447,560; female 79,449,399)
65 years and over: 5.
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Motto
Justitia - Pietas - Fides   (Latin)
"Justice - Piety - Loyalty"
Anthem
God zij met ons Suriname
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A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. In English, the name of a people's language is often the same as this word, e.g., the "French" (language or people).
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25 million - 28 million (with Flemings: - 34 million) ^{(14,000,000 - 15,000,000 with full Dutch ancestry)} (Red → Dutch-born) (Green → Reported ancestry)
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government is a body that has the power to make and the authority to enforce rules and laws within a civil, corporate, religious, academic, or other organization or group.^[1]
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red and orange—the former being constitutional monarchies where authority is vested in a parliament, and the latter being parliamentary republics whose parliaments are effectively supreme over a separate head of state.
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Democracy describes small number of related forms of government. The fundamental feature is competitive elections. Competitive elections are usually seen to require freedom of speech (especially in political affairs), freedom of the press, and some degree of rule of law.
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constitutional monarchy is a form of government established under a constitutional system which acknowledges an elected or hereditary monarch as head of state, as opposed to an absolute monarchy, where the monarch is not bound by a constitution and is the sole source of political
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Beatrix (born January 31, 1938 as Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, Princess of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld) has been the Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands since April 30, 1980.
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The Netherlands

This article is part of the series:
Politics of the Netherlands

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• Kingdom of the Netherlands
• Charter
• Constitution
• Monarchy
• Queen Beatrix

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Jan Peter Balkenende (pronounced IPA: [ˈjɑn ˈpetəɹ ˈbɑɫkənʕɛndə] listen  
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Independence is the self-government of a nation, country, or state by its residents and population, or some portion thereof, generally exercising sovereignty.

The term independence is used in contrast to subjugation,
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Relief of Leiden (1574). Starved citizens feast on herring and white bread after the siege was lifted.

Date 1568 - 1648
Location The Low Countries
(worldwide colonial warfare)

Result Treaty of Münster;
Independence of the Dutch Republic

Combatants
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July 26 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

Events

• 657 - Battle of Siffin.

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