KIDS QUIZ
COUNTRIES AND CAPITALS
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The Hague
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Bern
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The Hage
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Amsterdam
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Detailed explanation-1: -The origins of the split between Amsterdam as capital city and The Hague as seat of government lay in the peculiar Dutch constitutional history. From the middle-ages to the sixteenth century, The Hague had been the seat of government of the County of Holland and residence of the Counts of Holland.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The two provinces of Noord-and Zuid-Holland together are Holland. The 12 provinces together are the Netherlands. Holland is often used when all of the Netherlands is meant.