Provinces o the Netherlands

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A Dutch province represents the admeenistrative layer in atween the naitional govrenment an the local municipalities, haein the responsibility for matters o subnaitional or regional importance. The govrenment o each province consists o three major pairts: the Provinciale Staten which is the provincial parliament electit ivery fower year. Electit frae its members are the Gedeputeerde Staten, a college chairgit wi maist executive tasks, presidit bi the Commissaris van de Koningin appointit bi the Croun.

Diveesion

The modren-day Netherlands is dividit intae twal provinces (provincies in Dutch) an three owerseas public bodies (openbare lichamen, cried "special municipalities" as they are no pairt o a province an aw).

Regions an their caipitals

The twal provinces are leetit belaw wi their caipital ceety:

Province	Dutch name	Caipital	Queen's Commissioner	Aurie (km²)	Population	Density (per km²)
Drenthe	Drenthe	Assen	Jetta Klijnsma	7003265200000000000♠2,652	7005482300000000000♠482,300	7002182000000000000♠182
Flevoland	Flevoland	Lelystad	Leen Verbeek	7003142600000000000♠1,426	7005356400000000000♠356,400	7002250000000000000♠250
Friesland	Friesland / Fryslân (Wast Frisie)	Leeuwarden	Arno Brok	7003336100000000000♠3,361	7005642500000000000♠642,500	7002191000000000000♠191
Gelderland	Gelderland	Arnhem	John Berends	7003499500000000000♠4,995	7006196760000000000♠1,967,600	7002394000000000000♠394
Groningen	Groningen	Groningen	René Paas	7003234400000000000♠2,344	7005575900000000000♠575,900	7002246000000000000♠246
Limburg	Limburg	Maastricht	Theo Bovens (called governor in Limburg)	7003216700000000000♠2,167	7006114300000000000♠1,143,000	7002527000000000000♠527
North Brabant	Noord-Brabant	's-Hertogenbosch^[A]	Wim van de Donk	7003493800000000000♠4,938	7006240690000000000♠2,406,900	7002487000000000000♠487
North Holland	Noord-Holland	Haarlem	Arthur van Dijk	7003266000000000000♠2,660	7006258390000000000♠2,583,900	7002971000000000000♠971
Overijssel	Overijssel	Zwolle	Andries Heidema	7003333700000000000♠3,337	7006110580000000000♠1,105,800	7002331000000000000♠331
Sooth Holland	Zuid-Holland	The Hague^[B]	Jaap Smit	7003286000000000000♠2,860	7006345300000000000♠3,453,000	7003120700000000000♠1,207
Utrecht	Utrecht	Utrecht	Hans Oosters	7003135600000000000♠1,356	7006115920000000000♠1,159,200	7002855000000000000♠855
Zeeland	Zeeland	Middelburg	Han Polman	7003179200000000000♠1,792	7005378300000000000♠378,300	7002211000000000000♠211

^{^} An aw, though no officeeally, abbreviatit as Den Bosch.
^{^} Dutch: Den Haag, offeecially an aw: 's-Gravenhage.

Public bodies o the Netherlands

The three public bodies o the Bonaire, Sint Eustatius an Saba, became pairt o the Netherlands proper on 10 October 2010, but are no pairt o ony province.^[1]

Public Body	Dutch name	Caipital	Aurie (km²)^[2]	Population^[3]	Density (per km²)
Bonaire	Bonaire / Boneiru (Papiamento)	Kralendijk	7002294000000000000♠294	7004154140000000000♠15,414	7001520000000000000♠52
Sint Eustatius	Sint Eustatius	Oranjestad	7001210000000000000♠21	7003330000000000000♠3,300	7002157000000000000♠157
Saba	Saba	The Bottom	7001130000000000000♠13	7003200000000000000♠2,000	7002154000000000000♠154