Government of Amsterdam

The Government of Amsterdam consists of several territorial and functional forms of local and regional government. The principal form of government is the municipality of , Netherlands.
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  • Type: municipality of the Netherlands with 854,000 residents
  • Description: municipality in the Netherlands, containing the cities of Amsterdam and Weesp
  • Also known as: “A’dam”, “AMS”, “Amsterdam”, “Amsterdam (gemeente)”, “Amsterdam municipality”, “gemeente Amsterdam”, “Gemeente Amsterdam, Dienst Ruimtelijke Ordening”, “Gobierno de Amsterdam”, “Mokum”, “Mokum Alef”, “Амстэрдам (грамада)”, “Амстэрдам (камуна)”, and “بلدية أمستردام”
  • Neighbors: , , , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights: Canal District and Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.

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The is the famous 17th-century district surrounding the of .

Museum
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The Rijksmuseum is the national museum of the…

Museum
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The is a writer's house and…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Amsterdam and Binnenstad.

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is the capital of the .

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The is the medieval heart of .

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is one of 's seven boroughs.

Government of Amsterdam

Latitude
52.373° or 52° 22′ 23″ north
Longitude
4.8986° or 4° 53′ 55″ east
Population
854,000
Elevation
-2 metres (-7 feet)
Open location code
9F469VFX+6C
Geo­Names ID
2759793
Wiki­data ID
Q9899
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Government of Amsterdam” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Amsterdam”
  • Arabic: “أمستردام”
  • Arabic: “حكومة أمستردام”
  • Armenian: “Ամստերդամ”
  • Asturian: “Ámsterdam”
  • Basque: “Amsterdam”
  • Belarusian: “абшчына Амстэрдам”
  • Belarusian: “Амстэрдам”
  • Breton: “Amsterdam”
  • Catalan: “Amsterdam”
  • Cebuano: “Gemeente Amsterdam”
  • Chinese: “阿姆斯特丹”
  • Chinese: “阿姆斯特丹政府”
  • Czech: “Amsterdam”
  • Danish: “Amsterdam”
  • Dutch: “Amsterdam”
  • Esperanto: “Amsterdamo”
  • Finnish: “Amsterdam”
  • French: “Amsterdam”
  • Galician: “Ámsterdam”
  • German: “Amsterdam”
  • Gilaki: “آمستردام ٚ شأرداري”
  • Greek: “Άμστερνταμ”
  • Greek: “Δήμος Άμστερνταμ”
  • Hebrew: “עיריית אמסטרדם”
  • Hungarian: “Amszterdam”
  • Inari Sami: “Amsterdam”
  • Irish: “Amstardam”
  • Italian: “Amsterdam”
  • Japanese: “アムステルダム”
  • Korean: “암스테르담”
  • Ladin: “Amsterdam”
  • Latin: “Amstelodamum”
  • Latvian: “Amsterdama”
  • Limburgan: “Amsterdam”
  • Low German: “Amsterdam”
  • Low German: “Gemeen Amsterdam”
  • Luxembourgish: “Amsterdam”
  • Macedonian: “Амстердам”
  • Maltese: “Amsterdam”
  • Moksha: “Амстэрдам”
  • Northern Sami: “Amsterdam”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Amsterdam”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Amsterdam”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Amsterdam”
  • Papiamento: “Amsterdam”
  • Persian: “شهرداری آمستردام”
  • Polish: “Amsterdam”
  • Portuguese: “Amesterdão”
  • Romanian: “Amsterdam”
  • Russian: “Амстердам”
  • Scots: “Amsterdam”
  • Skolt Sami: “Amsterdam”
  • Slovenian: “Amsterdam”
  • Spanish: “Amsterdam”
  • Swedish: “Amsterdam”
  • Tatar: “Амстердам коммунасы”
  • Thai: “อัมสเตอร์ดัม”
  • Ukrainian: “Амстердам”
  • Vietnamese: “Amsterdam”
  • Western Frisian: “Amsterdam”
  • “Amsterdam”

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Places to explore: Burgwallen-Oost and Burgwallen Oude Zijde.

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