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Detailed explanation-1: -Amsterdam is the capital city and most populous city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Its status as the Dutch capital is mandated by the Constitution of the Netherlands though it is not the seat of the Dutch government, which is The Hague.

Detailed explanation-2: -Netherlands: Amsterdam and The Hague But even though the Netherlands’ constitution designates the city as the country’s capital, the real work of governing takes place in The Hague.

Detailed explanation-3: -From 1795 to 1808 The Hague served as the capital of the French-controlled republic of Holland, and, with liberation from the French, the city alternated with Brussels as the meeting place of the States General of the enlarged Kingdom of the Netherlands from 1815 to 1830.

Detailed explanation-4: -Amsterdam is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands. The city, which had a population (including suburbs) of 1.36 million on 1 January 2008, comprises the northern part of the Randstad, the sixth-largest metropolitan area in Europe, with a population of around 6.7 million.

Detailed explanation-5: -The largest urban network is known as Randstad, including the largest four cities in the Netherlands (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht). The second urban network in the Netherlands is known as Brabantstad, a partnership of the Brabant “Big 5": Eindhoven, Tilburg, Breda, ‘s-Hertogenbosch and Helmond.