The four largest cities in the Netherlands are Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht. Dutch Low Saxon and Limburgish are recognised regional languages (spoken in the east and southeast respectively), while Dutch Sign Language, Sinte Romani, and Yiddish are recognised non-territorial languages. The country's official language is Dutch, with West Frisian as a secondary official language in the province of Friesland, and English and Papiamento as secondary official languages in the Caribbean Netherlands. In the Caribbean, it consists of three special municipalities: the islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba. In Europe, the Netherlands consists of twelve provinces, bordering Germany to the east, Belgium to the south, and the North Sea to the northwest, with maritime borders in the North Sea with those countries and the United Kingdom. It is the largest of four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Netherlands ( Dutch: Nederland ( listen)), informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with territories in the Caribbean.

Note: Even though the European Netherlands are located within the UTC☐ longitudes, the country adopted UTC+01:00 ( Central European Time) as its standard time under German occupation on 2 November 1942, with a +0:40:28 offset (+1:40:28 during DST) from Amsterdam’s LMT (UTC+0:19:32).

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