Rotterdam

Rotterdam
Ceety an Municipality
Rotterdam skyline bi nicht wi the Erasmus Brig (left) athort the Nieuwe Maas in 2012
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Eik-name(s):  Rotown, Roffa, Rotjeknor
Motto(s):  Sterker door strijd (Stranger through struggle)
Location in Sooth Holland
Coordinates: 51°55′N 4°30′E / 51.917°N 4.500°E / 51.917; 4.500Coordinates: 51°55′N 4°30′E / 51.917°N 4.500°E / 51.917; 4.500
Kintra	Netherlands
Province	Sooth Holland
Boroughs	14 Destricts Centrum Charlois Delfshaven Feijenoord Hillegersberg-Schiebroek Hoogvliet Huik o Holland IJsselmonde Kralingen-Crooswijk Noord Overschie Pernis Prins Alexander Rozenburg
Govrenment [1]
• Bodi	Municipal council
• Mayor	Ahmed Aboutaleb (PvdA)
• Aldermen	List of aldermen Jeannette Baljeu Alexandra van Huffelen Hugo de Jonge Antoinette Laan Korrie Louwes Marco Florijn Hamit Karakus Richard Moti
Area [2][3]
• Municipality	325.79 km2 (125.79 sq mi)
• Laund	208.80 km2 (80.62 sq mi)
• Water	116.99 km2 (45.17 sq mi)
• Randstad	3043 km2 (1,175 sq mi)
Elevation [4]	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (Municipality, Januar 2021; Urban an Metro, Mey 2014; Randstad, 2011)[3][5][6][7]
• Municipality	651,631
• Density	3121/km2 (8,080/sq mi)
• Urban	1,015,215
• Metro	1,181,284
• Metropolitan region	2261844
• Randstad	6979500
Demonym(s)	Rotterdammer
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	3000–3099
Aurie code	010
Website	www.rotterdam.nl

Rotterdam (pronounced /ˈrɒtərdæm/ ^{(deprecatit template)}; Dutch [ˌrɔtərˈdɑm] ( listen)) is the seicont-lairgest ceety in the Netherlands an the lairgest port in Europe. Stairtin as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam haes grown intae a major internaitional commercial centre. Its strategic location at the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta on the North Sea an at the hert o a massive rail, road, air an inland watterwey distribution seestem extendin throughoot Europe means that Rotterdam can richtly be cried the gatewey tae Europe.

1. ↑ "College van b en w" (in Dutch). Gemeente Rotterdam. Archived frae the original on 1 Januar 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2013. Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (help)
2. ↑ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 Julie 2013. Retrieved 12 Mairch 2014.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Anita Bouman–Eijs; Thijmen van Bree; Wouter Jonkhoff; Olaf Koops; Walter Manshanden; Elmer Rietveld (17 December 2012). De Top 20 van Europese grootstedelijke regio's 1995–2011; Randstad Holland in internationaal perspectief (PDF) (Technical report) (in Dutch). Delft: TNO. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 3 Mairch 2014. Retrieved 25 Julie 2013. Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (help)
4. ↑ "Postcodetool for 3011AD". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived frae the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2013. Cite has empty unkent parameter: |trans_title= (help)
5. ↑ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 Januar 2021. Retrieved 2 Januar 2022.
6. ↑ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 26 Juin 2014. Retrieved 24 Julie 2014.
7. ↑ "Over de Metropoolregio Rotterdam Den Haag". MRDH.nl. 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2014. De Metropoolregio Rotterdam Den Haag is het gebied dat nu de huidige stadregio’s Rotterdam en Haaglanden omvat. Binnen dat gebied gaan de 24 gemeenten hun krachten bundelen in het samenwerkingsverband Metropoolregio Rotterdam Den Haag om de internationale concurrentiepositie van de regio te versterken. De Metropoolregio regio heeft 2,2 miljoen inwoners.