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Den Haag (The Netherlands)
’s-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland province, provincial and national capital
Last modified: 2005-06-03 by jarig bakker
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adopted 28 Mar 1949
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Den Haag municipality
Number of inhabitants (1 Jan 2003): 458.909; area: 85,50 km². Settlements:
Den Haag Centrum, Escamp, Haagse Hout, Laak, Loosduinen, Scheveningen,
Segbroek, Ypenburg/Leidschenveen.
Den Haag is the capital of the Netherlands, and of Zuid-Holland province.
It is unclear what its official name is. The more dignified name is 's-Gravenhage
(the court of the count), while the colloquial name is Den Haag. In the
1990's the municipality adopted the name Den Haag, but this was not officially
confirmed. However the Staatsdrukkerij
(national printing office, SDU) uses the name of Den Haag, so I have followed
that.
Another question is whether Den Haag is a city or a village. The homepage
of the municipality has devoted a page to it,