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Amsterdam
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Country	Netherlands
Province	North Holland
Coordinates	52.37° N 4.89° E
Area	219.07 km²
- Land	166.08 km²
- Water	52.99 km²
Population (2005)	736,045
- Density	4,431/km²
Mayor	M.J. Cohen (PvdA)
Website	www.amsterdam.nl

Amsterdam (pronunciation) is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is the most populous municipality in the country. Most of the inhabitants live in the city of Amsterdam, but the municipality also covers a number of small villages. The modern day Netherlands are divided into twelve provinces (provincies in Dutch), listed below with their capital city: Map of the Netherlands, with provinces and capital cities See also the ranked list of Dutch provinces // Structure A Dutch province represents the administrative layer in between the national government and the... Capital Haarlem Queens Commissioner Mr. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... World map of the population density in 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger,greater) is in modern times the title of the highest ranking municipal officer, who discharges certain judicial and administrative functions, in many systems an elected politician, who serves as chief executive and/or ceremonial official of many types of municipalities. ... Marius Job Cohen (born 18 October 1947) is the current mayor of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. ... The Labour Party (in Dutch: Partij van de Arbeid, PvdA) is a Dutch social-democratic political party. ... Capital Haarlem Queens Commissioner Mr. ... Amsterdam Location Flag Country Netherlands Province North Holland Population 743,905 (1 April 2006) Demonym Amsterdammer Coordinates Website www. ...

The municipality borders on Diemen, Weesp, Abcoude, Ouder-Amstel and Amstelveen in the south, Haarlemmermeer and Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude in the west, and Zaanstad, Oostzaan, Landsmeer and Waterland in the north. Diemen Noord by night Diemen (population: 24,049 in 2004) is a town in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... Weesp (population: 17,843 in 2004) is a town in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... Abcoude is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. ... Ouder-Amstel (population: 13,055 in 2004) is a municipality in the northwestern Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... Amstelveen is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... Haarlemmermeer (population: 127,750 in 2004) is a municipality in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude (population: 5,556 in 2004) is a municipality in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... Image:Http://www. ... Oostzaan (population: 9,176 in 2004) is a town in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... Landsmeer (population: 10,315 in 2004) is a town in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... Waterland is a municipality in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ...

Population centres

Amsterdam, Driemond, Durgerdam, Holysloot, 't Nopeind, Osdorp, Ransdorp, Sloten, Sloterdijk, Zunderdorp. Amsterdam Location Flag Country Netherlands Province North Holland Population 743,905 (1 April 2006) Demonym Amsterdammer Coordinates Website www. ... Driemond () is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. ... Durgerdam () is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. ... Holysloot () is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. ... t Nopeind () is a hamlet in the Dutch province of North Holland. ... Ransdorp () is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. ... Sloten () is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. ... Sloterdijk () is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. ... Zunderdorp () is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. ...

Local government

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City council

As all Dutch municipalities, the municipality of Amsterdam is governed by a mayor, burgemeester, his aldermen, wethouders, and the municipal council, gemeenteraad. There are several terms used in Dutch politics which are not easily translated into English. ... There are several terms used in Dutch politics which are not easily translated into English. ... There are several terms used in Dutch politics which are not easily translated into English. ...

After the 2006 municipal elections a coalition was formed between PvdA and GroenLinks, with a majority of 27 out of 45. These elections saw a political landslide throughout the country, with a strong shift to the left, of which Amsterdam was a prime example. The much talked about all-left-wing coalition of PvdA, GroenLinks and SP that polls indicate would become possible after the national elections of 2006 and that was such a political success in Nijmegen had its largest majority in Amsterdam, apart from some small towns. PvdA even needed only 3 more seats to form a coalition and could thus take its pick, which forced potential coalition partners to give in on a lot of issues. In the case of GroenLinks, this was mostly the policy of preventive searching by the police, which they were opposed to but had to allow. Posters of political parties of the 2006 municipal elections in Delft The Dutch municipal elections of 2006 were held on March 7, 2006. ... The next Dutch general election will be held on 22 November 2006 after the fall of the cabinet Balkenende II, and will follow the interim minority cabinet Balkenende III . ... Country Netherlands Province Gelderland Area 57. ...

In total, 24 parties took part in the elections, including 11 new ones, but only 7 got seats. Amsterdam Anders/De groenen got assigned one seat at first, but lost it after redistibution, which in the Netherlands is done through a system that favours big parties. In 2002 they only just missed out on a second seat in a similar manner.

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Boroughs

Amsterdam aldermen at their installation from left to right: Tjeerd Herrema, Maarten van Poelgeest, Marijke Vos, Carolien Gehrels, Ahmed Aboutaleb and Lodewijk Asscher

Unlike most other Dutch municipalities, Amsterdam is subdivided into 15 boroughs (stadsdelen), a system that was implemented in the 1980s. The boroughs are responsible for many activities that previously had been run by the central city. The idea was to bring the government closer to the people. Fourteen of these have their own council, chosen by a popular election. The fifteenth, Westerpoort, covers the harbour of Amsterdam, and has very few inhabitants. It is governed by the central municipal council. Local decisions are made at borough level and only affairs pertaining the whole city (like major infrastructural projects), are delegated to the central city council. Image File history File linksMetadata AmsterdamB&W.jpg‎ Amsterdam municipal executive at their installation april 26 2006. ... Image File history File linksMetadata AmsterdamB&W.jpg‎ Amsterdam municipal executive at their installation april 26 2006. ... A stadsdeel (pl. ...

The boroughs are:

• Amsterdam-Centrum - the city centre; in this borough are Dam Square, De Wallen, Homomonument, Nieuwe Kerk (Amsterdam), Westerkerk, Prinsengracht
• Amsterdam-Noord
• Oud-Zuid
• De Baarsjes
• Bos en Lommer
• Geuzenveld/Slotermeer
• Oost/Watergraafsmeer
• Osdorp

15 Boroughs of Amsterdam

• Oud-West
• Slotervaart
• Westerpark
• Westpoort
• Zeeburg
• Zuideramstel
• Amsterdam Zuidoost

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Mayors

The mayor of Amsterdam is the head of the city council. The current mayor is Job Cohen (PvdA). The mayors since the World War II are: Marius Job Cohen (born 18 October 1947) is the current mayor of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. ... For the Belgian political party of the same name, see Partij van de Arbeid (Belgium). ...

• Feike de Boer (1945 - 1946)
• Arnold Jan d'Ailly (1946 - 1956)
• Gijs van Hall (1956 - 1967)
• Ivo Samkalden (1967 - 1977)
• Wim Polak (1977 - 1983)
• Ed van Thijn (1983 - 1994)
• Schelto Patijn (1994 - 2001)
• Job Cohen (2001 - now)

See also: List of mayors of Amsterdam 1945 (MCMVL) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Marius Job Cohen (born 18 October 1947) is the current mayor of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... This is a list of mayors of Amsterdam (burgemeester) since 1824. ...

History of the municipality

When the municipality was created during the French occupation, it covered the city (then consisting of only the central part inside the canals) and the immediate surroundings, less than 10% of the current municipality. When the city grew, it annexed several neighbouring municipalities:

• Sloten (covering the villages of Sloten, Sloterdijk and Osdorp, in the west), annexed in 1921
• Buiksloot, annexed in 1921, now part of Amsterdam-Noord
• Nieuwendam (covering Nieuwendam and Zunderdorp), annexed in 1921, now part of Amsterdam-Noord
• Ransdorp (covering Ransdorp, Schellingwoude, Durgerdam and Holysloot), annexed in 1921, now part of Amsterdam-Noord
• Watergraafsmeer, annexed in 1921
• a part of Nieuweramstel (covering the village of Buitenveldert)
• a part of Weesperkarspel (covering the Bijlmermeer and the village of Driemond), annexed in 1966, now Amsterdam-Zuidoost

In 1995, the national government proposed the creation of a 'city province', consisting of Amsterdam and neighbouring towns. This was rejected by the people in a referendum. The opposition was not so much against creating the city province, but against the splitting of the city in parts. Opposers feared this would destroy the city's cohesion. After the referendum the city province proposal was shelved. Nevertheless, since 1995, city parts have gradually become more autonomous, and neighbouring towns have been drawn into the city, politically and economically. In a sense, the city province has arrived in the form of 'Greater Amsterdam'. A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) or plebiscite (from Latin plebiscita, a decree of the Concilium Plebis) is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. ...

Education

Amsterdam is thought to have excellent primary schools. Some of these schools base their teachings on particular pedagogic theories like the various Montessori schools. Many however are based on religion. This used to be primarily Roman Catholicism and various Protestant denominations, but with the influx of Muslim immigrants there is a rise in the number of Muslim schools. In addition to these schools based on distinct beliefs there are public schools. Maria Montessori Maria Montessori (August 31, 1870 – May 6, 1952) was an Italian educator, scientist, physician, philosopher, feminist, and humanitarian, and the first early childhood educator to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. ...

The same goes for secondary education. Amsterdam is noted for having 3 independent gymnasia, the Vossiusgymnasium, Barlaeusgymnasium and St. Ignatiusgymnasia, where a classical curriculum including Latin and classical Greek is taught. Though believed until recently by many to be an anachronistic and elitist concept that would soon die out, the gymnasia have recently experienced a revival. These schools are highly selective, and only open for the children who do best in primary school. The Barlaeusgymnasium is a well-known secondary school in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, one of three independent gymnasia in the city offering a classical curriculum which includes studies in Latin and ancient Greek. ...

Amsterdam is home to two different universities, the secular University of Amsterdam, and the protestant Vrije Universiteit, meaning Free University. Representation of a university class, 1350s. ... This article concerns secularity, that is, being secular, in various senses. ... From Athenaeum Illustre to University In January 1632 two internationally acclaimed scientists, Caspar Barlaeus and Gerardus Vossius, held their inaugural speech in the Athenaeum Illustre - the illustrious school - which had its seat in the 14th-century Agnietenkapel. ... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... The Vrije Universiteit is a university in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ...

Religion

As of 2005, 35% of the Amsterdam population feels connected to a religion or philosophy of life. 19% identify themselves as Christian (Catholic 9%, Dutch Reformed 3%, Lutheran 2%, Reformed 1%); 11% of the population identify themselves as Muslim. A further 2% is Hindu, with another 2% being Buddhist and 1% being Jewish. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Dutch Reformed Church or Netherlands Reformed Church (in Dutch: Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk (NHK)) is a denomination of Christian Protestantism based on the teachings of John Calvin. ... The Lutheran movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity by the original definition. ... The Reformed churches are a group of Protestant denominations historically related by a similar Zwinglian or Calvinist system of doctrine but organizationally independent. ... A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Turkish: Müslüman, Persian and Urdu: مسلمان, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of Islam. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A replica of an ancient statue found among the ruins of a temple at Sarnath Buddhism is a philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, a prince of the Shakyas, whose lifetime is traditionally given as 566 to 486 BCE. It had subsequently been accepted by... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination...

Public transport

The Gemeente Vervoerbedrijf (GVB) is the public company that is responsible for all public transport in Amsterdam. There used to be two public transport companies: one responsible for the ferries across the IJ and the other for the trams, but in 1943 the two companies were combined.

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Airport

Schiphol, which is strictly speaking not a part of Amsterdam proper, but rather belongs to the municipality Haarlemmermeer, is the biggest airport in the Netherlands, the fourth largest in Europe, and the tenth largest in the world. It handles about 40 million passengers a year and is homebase to KLM. It's economically vital to Amsterdam and the Netherlands. Schiphol (IATA: AMS, ICAO: EHAM) (municipality Haarlemmermeer) is the Netherlands main airport. ... Haarlemmermeer (population: 127,750 in 2004) is a municipality in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... KLM (in full: Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij, literally Royal Aviation Company; usual English: Royal Dutch Airlines) is a subsidiary of Air France-KLM. Before its (agreed) take-over by Air France, KLM was the national airline of the Netherlands. ...

References

• [1] Publication by the SDU staatscourant
• [2] (pdf) - Statistics Netherlands publication on Amsterdam

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