Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Netherlands


Background:
The Dutch United Provinces declared their independence from Spain in 1579; during the 17th century, they became a leading seafaring and commercial power, with settlements and colonies around the world. After a 20-year French occupation, a Kingdom of the Netherlands was formed in 1815. In 1830 Belgium seceded and formed a separate kingdom. The Netherlands remained neutral in World War I, but suffered invasion and occupation by Germany in World War II. A modern, industrialized nation, the Netherlands is also a large exporter of agricultural products. The country was a founding member of NATO and the EEC (now the EU), and participated in the introduction of the euro in 1999.

Location:
Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between Belgium and Germany

Area:
total: 41,526 sq km {Malaysia = 329,750 sq km}
land: 33,883 sq km
water: 7,643 sq km

Climate:
temperate; marine; cool summers and mild winters

Terrain:
mostly coastal lowland and reclaimed land (polders); some hills in southeast

Population:
16,645,313 (July 2008 est.) {Malaysia = 25,274,132}

Age structure:
0-14 years: 17.6% (male 1,496,348/female 1,427,297)
{Malaysia = 31.8% (male 4,135,013/female 3,898,761) }
15-64 years: 67.8% (male 5,705,003/female 5,583,787)
{Malaysia = 63.3% (male 8,026,755/female 7,965,332) }
65 years and over: 14.6% (male 1,040,932/female 1,391,946) (2008 est.)
{Malaysia = 4.9% (male 548,970/female 699,302) }

Ethnic groups:
Dutch 80.7%, EU 5%, Indonesian 2.4%, Turkish 2.2%, Surinamese 2%, Moroccan 2%, Netherlands Antilles & Aruba 0.8%, other 4.8% (2008 est.)
{Malaysia = Malay 50.4%, Chinese 23.7%, indigenous 11%, Indian 7.1%, others 7.8%}

Religions:
Roman Catholic 30%, Dutch Reformed 11%, Calvinist 6%, other Protestant 3%, Muslim 5.8%, other 2.2%, none 42% (2006)
{Malaysia = Muslim 60.4%, Buddhist 19.2%, Christian 9.1%, Hindu 6.3%, Confucianism, Taoism, other traditional Chinese religions 2.6%, other or unknown 1.5%, none 0.8%}

Climate

The predominant wind direction in the Netherlands is south-west, which causes a moderate maritime climate, with cool summers and mild winters. The following tables are based on mean measurements by the KNMI weather station in De Bilt between 1971 and 2000:

Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Avg.
maximum
temp. (°C)
5.2 6.1 9.6 12.9 17.6 19.8 22.1 22.3 18.7 14.2 9.1 6.4 13.7
Avg.
minimum
temp. (°C)
0.0 -0.1 2.0 3.5 7.5 10.2 12.5 12.0 9.6 6.5 3.2 1.3 5.7

















8 comments:

  1. saya rasa tuan sesuai ke sana.

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  2. mutakalim,
    Tuan pun sesuai. Jom kita pergi sama2.

    Kuala Lumpur International Airport To: Amsterdam - Schiphol

    Flight: Malaysia Airlines MH16
    Aircraft: Boeing 747-400
    Depart: Wed, 18 Mar, 23:45
    Arrive: Thu, 19 Mar, 05:55

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  3. ada sorang karkun pernah citer, missionary belanda pernah 'berbual' dengan dia kat malaysia ni..selepas itu missionary tu cakap kat karkun tu bahawa si karkun tu telah di train cakap2 agama..Allah jua yg beri ilham untuk kita berkata2..

    semoga Allah rahmati safar tuan...

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  4. Masyaallah, selamat datang kenegara yang datar, tak bergunung, dipenuhi tali-air bersama bunga tulipnya. Eeemm, kat Holland ni ramai juga orang Jawa, bolehlah Azhar bergombrong Jawo nanti..ahak..ahak..

    - Semalam saya dah info dalam masyuara disini akan kedatangan jemaah Azhar diHolland, dan berbincang dengan Amin, kalau boleh jemput jemaah singgah buat usaha disini. Itu pun kalau ada ijazat dari ahlu syura Malaysia. Jemaah ni hanya untuk Holland atau masuk German macam route jemaah Azhar dulu?
    Insyaallah, kalau boleh hantar info diemail saya.

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  5. van qif,
    Umat ni kena cakap yang sama macam sahabat. Baca kisah incidents-of-3-sahaba-with-rustam

    zarzh,
    Visa hanya 3 bulan di Holland. 10 hari sebelum dan 20 hari selepas Holland, kami diputus keluar di Malaysia shj. Return ticket pun dah beli. Kalau nak ke Swiss seminggu dua, kena mesyuarat dulu la..

    InsyaAllah panjang umur, kita jumpa.. tungguuuu...

    *bahasa German dgn Holland dekat2 nak sama ke? Ngomong Jowo ajolah..

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  6. Bahasa German dengan Holland ni, rasanya macam Penang dengan kelantan, orang Kelantan boleh faham loghat Penang tetapi orang Penang tak faham loghat pure Kelantan. Tambah Loghat Swis german dengan Holland, macam Jawa dengan Thailand jadinya.

    Tunggu punya tunggu, dah jadi penuggu ni...apa nak buat, doa lemah sangat.

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  7. zarzh,
    InsyaAllah kalau ada peluang, saya akan email alamat jemaah dari sana.

    Apa nak buat, ni keputusan Allah. Ikut hati memang nak masuk France & Swiss. Tapi kita kena ikut mesyuarat.

    Kamu diwajibkan berperang (untuk menentang pencerobohan) sedang peperangan itu ialah perkara yang kamu benci; dan boleh jadi kamu benci kepada sesuatu padahal ia baik bagi kamu, dan boleh jadi kamu suka kepada sesuatu padahal ia buruk bagi kamu. Dan (ingatlah), Allah jualah Yang mengetahui (semuanya itu), sedang kamu tidak mengetahuinya. - Al Baqarah 216

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  8. Jemaah yang sedang bergerak menjadi asbab hidayat tersebar serata alam....

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komen pembaca sangat aku hargai.. makasey...