| − | '''Randstad''' ('ring city' or 'edge city') is the name given to the [[conurbation]] or partial ring of major cities in the south-eastern [[Netherlands]] consisting of [[Amsterdam]], [[Haarlem]], [[Leiden]], [[The Hague]], [[Delft], [[Rotterdam]], [[Dordrecht]], and [[Utrecht]], and lesser towns. It includes the four largest Dutch cities; and its overall popualtion of 7.5 million is almost half that of the entire country. | + | '''Randstad''' ('ring city' or 'edge city') is the name given to the [[conurbation]] or partial ring of major cities in the south-eastern [[Netherlands]] consisting of [[Amsterdam]], [[Haarlem]], [[Leiden]], [[The Hague]], [[Delft]], [[Rotterdam]], [[Dordrecht]], and [[Utrecht]], and lesser towns. It includes the four largest Dutch cities; and its overall population of 7.5 million is almost half that of the entire country. |