Holland, originally known as the kingdom of Netherland, is known as the Netherlands for its most famous province. Located in the North West of Europe, it is the European starting point of the famous Eurasian Continental Bridge. The Netherlands is a famous lowland country in the world, with a total area of 41864 square kilometers, it borders on Germany and Belgium. One of the founders of the European Union and NATO, it is also a member of the Schengen convention, the United Nations, the World Trade Organization and other international organizations.
In the 17th century, the Netherlands was the most powerful maritime overlord in the world at that time, which was once known as the coachman on the sea. In 2014, the Netherlands has 12 provinces and 443 towns, it is a highly developed capitalist country, famous for its seawalls, windmills, tulips and tolerant social ethos.
From January 2020, the new logo can be adopted by Dutch government agencies, embassies and consulates abroad, universities and exhibitions. The new logo launched by the Netherlands adopts the capital letters NL and Netherlands with tulip shape to replace the old logo with only Holland.
The farthest distance between the north and the south of the Netherlands is about 300 kilometers, and the farthest distance between the East and the west is about 200 kilometers, with a total area of 41864 square kilometers. There are more than 1800 km long sea dams and embankments along the coast, and the coastline is 1075 km long. Since the 13th century, more than 7100 square kilometers of land have been reclaimed, which is equivalent to one fifth of the land area of the Netherlands. Today, 18% of the land in the Netherlands is made by artificial reclamation.
Low and flat is the most prominent feature of Dutch terrain, the whole area is lowland. One quarter of the land is less than 1 meter above sea level, and one fourth of the land is lower than the sea level. Except for some hills in the South and East, most of the terrain is very low. The south is connected by the delta of Rhine River, Maas River and Scheldt river. "Holland" is called Netherland in Germanic, which means "lowland country", it is named because more than half of its territory is below or almost at sea level, some areas are even formed by sea reclamation, such as most parts of Frevoran province.
