Netherlands

Ama-Netherlands Nederland
Isaga: Je maintiendrai  (isiFulentshi) (Ik zal handhaven)  (isiHolandi) (I will maintain)  (isiNgisi)
Inkondlo: Het Wilhelmus
Location of the  Netherlands  (dark green) – in Europe  (light green & dark grey) – in the European Union  (light green)  —  [Legend] Location of the  Netherlands  (dark green) – in Europe  (light green & dark grey) – in the European Union  (light green)  —  [Legend]
Idolobha elikhulu		Amsterdam
Ubukhulu
-	Jikelele	41,865 km2 (134) 16,164 sq mi
Inani labantu
-	2023 ukulinganisa	17,787,100 (64)
-	2011 uhlolovo	16,655,799
-	Ixuku labantu	520/km2  1,346.8/sq mi

iNetherlands (ⁱ/ˈnɛðərləndz/; ngesiNgisi: Netherlands, noma ngokujwayelekile, Holland, ngesiHolandi: Nederland, [ˈneɪ̯də(r)lɑnt] ( listen)) yilizwe elizimele elaziwa ngokwemthetho uMbuso waseNetherlands, ilizwe elihlanganisa amazwe weziqhingi zaseKharibhi: i-Aruba, i-Sint Maarten kanye ne-Curacao, neMetropolitan Netherlands e-Yurophu. Igama "Netherlands" lisho ukuthi "uMhlaba oPhansi" noma "Imihlaba ePhansi". Igama "Metropolitan", lichaza isifundazwe esinqangi noma lapho kuvela umbuso khona. Igama elithi "Holandi" lichaza isifundazwe sase-"Netherlands". Kodwa ngenxa yokujwayela, ngesiZulu saziwa ngeHolandi. Kulelikhasi sizoqhubeka ukusebenzisa igama "iNetherlands" ukuchaza uMbuso waseNetherlands.

iHolandi isenyakatho-mpumalanga eYurophu. oMakhelwane iJalimani ngasempumalanga, iBelgium ngasenzansi, iLuxembourg ngasenzansi-mpumalanga. iHolandi inogu eLwandle waseNyakatho. Abantu baseNetherlands babumbe iziqhingi ezaziwa ngama "polder" ngesiHolandi ukuze bakhulise ubungakho belizwe labo. Kungakho namhlanje ubungakho bendawo buyizikhilomitha-skwele eziyi-41,895 uma sibala isiFundazwe saseMetropolitan Netherlands eYurophu kuphela, noma 42,531 masihlanganisa izifundazwe zaseKharibhi.

iNdawo ebeyizoba iNetherlands kwakuhlala abazingeli nabantu abaqoqa intshalo. Kusukela iminyaka eyi-800 ngaphambu kokuzala kukaKhrestu (BC), amaKhelthi wayehlala kulendawo. amaJalimani waseNyakatho bafudukela eNetherlands, bahlobana futhi bahlulana namaKhelthi. Ukuhlangana kwabo kwadala, isizwe esisha. amaRoma wanqoba ibandla lamaJalimani wemiHlaba ePhansi wabahlanganisa ukwenza isifundazwe soMbuso wamaRoma sikaGallia Belgica.

Kusukela iminyaka eyi-400 ngasemva kokuzala kukaKhrestu (AD), umbuso wamaRoma uwile, izibandla zamaJalimani wasemiHlabeni ePhansi anqotshe ngamaFranki. Ama-Angle (amaNgoli), amaJuti, nama-Frisi wafudukela lana wahlangana nalamaMhlaba oPhansi. Kusukela u-1000 AD, iNetherlands yayiyinxenye yoMbuso oNgcwele waseRoma. Kusukela -1384 AD, uMuzi wakaHabsburg waseSpaniya wayebusa iNetherlands. Kusukela u1581 AD, izifundazwe zeHolandi, Zeelandi, nezinye zahlangana ukwenza umfelandawonye ozimele. iNetherlands yaqala ukuhamba izizwe zangaphesheya, yanqoba izindawo eKharibi, amaMelika, eAfrika naseEshiya. i-Dutch East India Company ithume u-Jan van Riebeeck (isigebengu esabanjwa), eNingizimu Afrika ukususa isitheshi semikhumbi ethinga impahla. Kungenxa yabantu abamuphelezile ukuthi abelungu (kakhulukazi amaBhunu) abekhona e-Afrika. Futhi, ngenxa yokhuthi uNapoleon, iSilo saseFulansi, unqobe iNetherlands ngezi-1700, uMbuso oHlangeneyo, unqoba iNingizimu le-Afrika kwanda abelungu emazweni wama-Afrika.

Ngenxa yalokho nokudayiselana nezinye izizwe impahla, iNetherlands yaceba ngedlela emangalisayo. Lokho kwakhula masekusuka iNguquko eNkulu yeziMboni (ngesiNgisi: Industrial Revolution). Ngokuqala kwezi-1900, iNetherlands yayibanjwe ezimpini ezinkulu zomhlaba. Namhlanje, iNetherlands isezingeni eliphezulu lentuthuko, futhi ibuswa ehlelweni lentandoyeningi ngaphansi kweNkosi, eyinganawo lutho amandla okuphatha, eyindlalefa yakaWilliam wase-Orange-Nassau. isiQongo ngokwemthetho kuse-Amsterdam, idolobha elikhulu, kodwa ngempela kuse-The Hague, lapho isihlalo seNkantolo yoMhlabawonke yobuGebengu sikhona.

Imithombo

Statistics

• Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (2006). Health statistics. Retrieved 17 June 2006.
• "The Netherlands: Economic structure". The Economist. Archived from the original on 11 December 2007. Kulandwe ngomhlaka 20 June 2007.

Articles

• "Country profiles: The Netherlands". BBC. 3 March 2010. Kulandwe ngomhlaka 20 June 2007.
• "Background Note: The Netherlands". United States Department of State. Kulandwe ngomhlaka 20 June 2007.
• "The Netherlands: Political forces". The Economist. Archived from the original on 11 December 2007. Kulandwe ngomhlaka 20 June 2007.
• "The Netherlands: History in brief". The Economist. Archived from the original on 11 December 2007. Kulandwe ngomhlaka 20 June 2007.

Books

• Paul Arblaster. A History of the Low Countries. Palgrave Essential Histories Series New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. 298 pp. ISBN 1-4039-4828-3.
• J. C. H. Blom and E. Lamberts, eds. History of the Low Countries (1998)
• Jonathan Israel. The Dutch Republic: Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall 1477–1806 (1995)
• J. A. Kossmann-Putto and E. H. Kossmann. The Low Countries: History of the Northern and Southern Netherlands (1987)

Amakhasi amangaphandle

Uhulumeni

• Overheid.nl Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine. – official Dutch government portal
• Government.nl – official Dutch government web site
• CBS Archived 2016-03-30 at the Wayback Machine. – Key figures from the Dutch bureau of statistics

Travel

• Holland.com – English website of the Netherlands tourist office