The Hague (/ he/; Dutch: Den Haag pronounced [dnax] ( listen) or

's-Gravenhage pronounced [sxrav(n)a] ( listen)) is the seat of

government in the Netherlands, and the capital city of the province of
South Holland. With a population just over 500,000 inhabitants (as of 1
November 2012) and more than one million inhabitants including the
suburbs, it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam
and Rotterdam. The combined urban area of The Hague and Rotterdam,
with a population of approximately 2.9 million, is the 206th largest urban
area in the world and the most populous in the country. Located in the
west of the Netherlands, The Hague is in the centre of the Haaglanden
conurbation and lies at the southwest corner of the larger Randstad
conurbation.
The Hague is the seat of the Dutch government and parliament, the
Supreme Court, and the Council of State, but the city is not the capital of
the Netherlands which constitutionally is Amsterdam.[8] King Willem-
Alexander of the Netherlands plans to live at Huis ten Bosch and works
at Noordeinde Palace in The Hague, together with Queen Mxima. Most
foreign embassies in the Netherlands and 150 international organisations
are located in the city, including the International Court of Justice and the
International Criminal Court, which makes The Hague one of the major
cities hosting the United Nations, along with New York, Brussels,
Geneva, Bonn, Vienna, Tokyo and Nairobi.