Amsterdam (municipality) (Amsterdam)

Netherlands / Noord-Holland / Amsterdam
 municipality, second-level administrative division, draw only border
Unlike most other Dutch municipalities, Amsterdam is subdivided into 15 boroughs (stadsdelen), a system that was implemented in the 1980s. The boroughs are responsible for many activities that previously had been run by the central city. The idea was to bring the government closer to the people. Fourteen of these have their own council, chosen by a popular election. The fifteenth, Westerpoort, covers the harbour of Amsterdam, and has very few inhabitants. It is governed by the central municipal council. Local decisions are made at borough level and only affairs pertaining the whole city (like major infrastructural projects), are delegated to the central city council.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Amsterdam
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Coordinates:   52°21'16"N   4°54'16"E

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  • Amsterdam is the place to be :D
  • thought the haag was the capital
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  • My favourite city because I've got there...
  • I spent 1 week in Amsterdam. I wish I could live there.
  • My father with his friends came here in the 70's.
  • I think that Amsterdam is the most beautiful city on earth.I wish someday I will visit there.I live in Finland.
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