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It's often said that the Netherlands has multiple capitals. Whether this is true depends on your definition of capital.

The official capital of the Netherlands is Amsterdam, as specified by the Constitution.
The Hague (in Dutch, Den Haag or 's-Gravenhage) is where the government is seated, including Parliament, the monarchy, the high courts and foreign embassies.

Each of the 12 provinces also have a capital. Amsterdam is not the capital of the province it's in. Den Haag is.
The capitals of the provinces are:
Noord-Holland (the province with the actual capital Amsterdam): Haarlem
Zuid-Holland: Den Haag/The Hague
Zeeland: Middelburg
Utrecht: Utrecht (the names of the province and the capital are the same for this one and the one below)
Groningen: Groningen
Gelderland: Arnhem
Noord-Brabant: Den Bosch a.k.a. 's-Hertogenbosch
Limburg: Maastricht
Overijssel: Zwolle
Drenthe: Assen
Friesland: Leeuwarden
Flevoland: Lelystad

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