About the Netherlands

The Kingdom of the Netherlands is located in the western part of Europe, bordered by the North Sea to the west and north, the Federal Republic of Germany to the east, and Belgium to the south,

with an area of 41,160 square kilometers.

The country has a population of more than 14.3 million people in 1982, with an average of 411

people per square kilometer, making it one of the most densely populated countries in Europe. The capital, Amsterdam, has a population of more than 1 million (including the suburbs).

The Netherlands was known as the "Netherland", meaning the Low Countries. Historically, the Netherland also included what is now Belgium

Luxembourg. The Netherlands is low-lying, nearly a quarter of the country's land below sea level, only one-third of the

one meter above sea level, the rest of the elevation of more than 10 to 30 meters between. Because the terrain is too

low, coupled with the ground is still slowly sinking, the sea often flooded some areas, so that was already a lot of people and little land

of the Netherlands is particularly tense. The Dutch, in order to survive, from the thirteenth century has begun in the northwestern Shunde

Sea enclosure of the sea to create land, and the sea to compete for land, so far has lasted for more than 700 years. *** Construction of more than 1,800 kilometers of dykes,

Make more than 7,000 square kilometers of land, equivalent to one-fifth of the country's land area. The former river banks and sea

paints have been transformed into nearly 10 million mu of fertile land.

With the development of production and scientific and technological level of improvement, the Dutch enclosure of the sea to create land technology is also constantly

improved. Initially, the dam drainage, polder reclamation. To the sixteenth century, the windmill as the power to drain the lake,

creating arable land. Since the nineteenth century, the application of steam engines and electric pumps and other new technologies, expanding

the scale of polder reclamation, the speed of land creation accelerated. The reclamation of the Suder Sea is the largest land reclamation project in the Netherlands. The Sea of Sud is

deep inland sea, an area of 3,500 square kilometers, 1927-1932 built 32 kilometers long,

width of 90 meters of the barrage, so that it is separated from the North Sea, into a landlocked lake (called the IJssel

lake). Four of the five reclaimed areas have been reclaimed, adding 2.5 million acres of land, and many new towns and tourist areas have been built.

This is the first of five reclaimed areas to be completed. After the completion of the five reclamation areas, more than 60 percent

of the original Sudokai Sea will be turned into land.

Why is the Netherlands the world's largest flower market?

The Dutch are particularly fond of flowers, which have become an indispensable part of economic activity and family life

. In the Netherlands, both cities and villages, can be said to be flowers everywhere, everywhere fragrant. Especially

is the coastal area between The Hague and Amsterdam, but also the world of flowers, flowers everywhere, everywhere planted

flowers, flowers everywhere. It is no exaggeration to call Holland the "Land of Flowers". There are many varieties of flowers, especially tulips, hyacinths and mushrooms. In particular, the tulip has become a symbol of the Netherlands

it is listed as one of the "four treasures" of the Netherlands with the windmill, cheese, and wooden shoes, so the Netherlands is also known as "the country of the tulip

.

The Dutch love flowers, plant flowers, also sell flowers. In addition to the sale of flowers in their own country, the vast majority of them are sold abroad.

There are about 500 exporters specializing in flowers. Many flower markets abound in the Netherlands, the largest

thirteen of them, and the Asmer Flower Market near Amsterdam is the world's largest flower market. The market

An average of more than 6 million cut flowers and potted flowers are sold every day, 80% of which are sold abroad. Every year from April to June

months, every day there are loaded with tulips and other flowers of refrigerated trucks and airplanes, directly to New York, Paris, London

and other major cities, exported to 125 countries and regions of the world. Flowers to the Netherlands to bring economic benefits, but also expressed

in the flowers to attract a large number of tourists, such as the world's most famous tulip exhibition garden - "Goggenhoff"

Park, every year from April to May, from all over Europe to come to enjoy the flowers of up to 800,000 people. The number of people who come from all over Europe to enjoy the flowers reaches 800,000 every year from April to May.