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Amsterdam
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Amsterdam

Capital and most populous city of the Netherlands

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Also known as Mokum · Amsterdam, North Holland · Amsterdam, NL · Amsterdam, Netherlands · A'dam

Country
Located in
Population
Area
  • 219 km²
Elevation
  • -2 m
Head of government
Founded
  • 1300
Postal code
  • 1000–1098
  • , 1100–1109(since 2014)

Overview

Over time

Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source

Population

All data

302 statements · 13% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Capital of
Named after
Located in or next to body of water
Significant event
Twinned administrative body
Flag
Coat of arms
List of monuments
Local dialing code
  • 20
Geography of topic
Native label
  • Amsterdam
Official name
  • Amsterdam pronunciation audio: Nl-Amsterdam.ogg · ipa transcription: ˌʔɑmstərˈdɑm
Time of earliest written record
  • 1275
Visitor center
Part of
Category for people buried here
Demonym
Show 2 more
Water as percent of area
  • 24.23%
Nickname
  • Mokum statement is subject of: Mokum
  • מָקוֹם א
  • Damsko
  • A'dam
  • Venetië van het Noorden
  • Venice of the north
  • Damsko
  • Asd
Name
Has part(s) of the class
Office held by the head of government
Social media followers
  • 424,396(February 11, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 31100650
  • 415,927(January 9, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 31100650
  • 408,074(January 5, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 31100650
Awards
Economy of topic
Related category
Hashtag
  • Amsterdam language: Dutch
Member of
Continent
Different from
Motto
Motto text
  • Heldhaftig, Vastberaden, Barmhartig
Permanent duplicated item
Patron saint

On other databases

142 identifiers linking Amsterdam across the web's reference databases