The Hague

The Hague

Den Haag
's-Gravenhage
The Hague skyscrapers seen frae the 'Plein', wi statue o William the Silent
The Hague skyscrapers seen frae the 'Plein', wi statue o William the Silent
Banner o The Hague
Banner
Coat of airms o The Hague
Coat airms
Eik-name(s): 
Residentiestad (Residential Ceety), Hofstad (Court ceety)
Location of The Hague
Coordinates: 52°5′N 4°19′E / 52.083°N 4.317°E / 52.083; 4.317
KintraNetherlands
ProvinceSooth Holland
Area
(2006)
 • Ceety an municipality98.20 km2 (37.92 sq mi)
 • Laund82.66 km2 (31.92 sq mi)
 • Water15.54 km2 (6.00 sq mi)
Population
 (1 Februar 2012)
 • Ceety an municipality501,725
 • Density5894/km2 (15,270/sq mi)
 • Urban
1,022,256
 • Metro
1,406,000
 • Randstad
6659300
 • Demonym
Hagenaar or Hagenees
 Source: [1].
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

The Hague (Dutch: Den Haag pronounced [dɛnˈɦaˑχ] ( listen), offeecially 's-Gravenhage pronounced [ˈsχraˑvə(n)ˌɦaˑɣə] ( listen)) is the caipital ceety o the province o Sooth Holland in the Netherlands. Wi a population o 500,000 indwallers (as o 1 September 2011),[1][2] an mair nor ane million indwallers includin the suburbs, it is the third lairgest ceety o the Netherlands, efter Amsterdam an Rotterdam. Locatit in the wast o the Netherlands, The Hague is in the centre o the Haaglanden conurbation an lees at the soothwast corner o the lairger Randstad conurbation.

The Hague is the seat o the Dutch govrenment an parliament, the Supreme Court, an the Cooncil o State, but the ceety is no the caipital o the Netherlands which constitutionally is Amsterdam. Noordeinde Palace, ane o the three offeecial pailaces o the Dutch ryal faimily, is locatit in The Hague an aw. Aw foreign embassies in the Netherlands an 150 internaitional organisations are locatit in the ceety, includin the Internaitional Court o Juistice an the Internaitional Creeminal Court, which maks The Hague ane o the major ceeties hostin the Unitit Naitions, alang wi New York, Vienna an Geneva.

  1. "Baby Chris is 500,000th resident of The Hague". www.denhaag.nl. 01 september 2011. Archived frae the original on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 1 September 2011. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. "Den Haag verwelkomt halfmiljoenste inwoner". www.denhaag.nl. Retrieved 1 September 2011.[deid airtin]

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