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Marken

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Marken (Marken's dialect: Mereke) is a village with a population of 1,810 located in the municipality of Waterland in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. [1]

31 relations: Almere, Batavus genuinus, Biological anthropology, Causeway, Charles De Coster, Cornelis Lely, Country, Ethnography, Folklore studies, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, Katwoude, Marker Museum, Markermeer, Markerwaard, Monnickendam, Netherlands, North Holland, Paard van Marken, Peninsula, Population, Population density, Postal codes in the Netherlands, Provinces of the Netherlands, Statistics Netherlands, Telephone numbers in the Netherlands, Uitdam, Village, Volendam, Waterland, Xavier Mellery, Zuiderzee.

Almere

Almere is a planned city and municipality in the province of Flevoland, Netherlands, bordering Lelystad and Zeewolde.

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Batavus genuinus

Batavus genuinus (Latin for "native" or "authentic Batavian") was the name given in 1828 by the Göttinger professor Johann Friedrich Blumenbach to a human skull from the island of Marken in the Netherlands.

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Biological anthropology

Biological anthropology, also known as physical anthropology, is a scientific discipline concerned with the biological and behavioral aspects of human beings, their related non-human primates and their extinct hominin ancestors.

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Causeway

In modern usage, a causeway is a road or railway on top of an embankment usually across a broad body of water or wetland.

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Charles De Coster

Charles-Theodore-Henri De Coster (20 August 1827 – 7 May 1879) was a Belgian novelist whose efforts laid the basis for a native Belgian literature.

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Cornelis Lely

Cornelis Lely (23 September 1854 – 22 January 1929) was a Dutch civil engineer and statesman.

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Country

A country is a region that is identified as a distinct national entity in political geography.

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Ethnography

Ethnography (from Greek ἔθνος ethnos "folk, people, nation" and γράφω grapho "I write") is the systematic study of people and cultures.

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Folklore studies

Folklore studies, also known as folkloristics, and occasionally tradition studies or folk life studies in Britain, is the formal academic discipline devoted to the study of folklore.

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Johann Friedrich Blumenbach

Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (11 May 1752 – 22 January 1840) was a German physician, naturalist, physiologist, and anthropologist.

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Katwoude

Katwoude is a town in the province of North Holland, Netherlands.

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Marker Museum

Marker Museum (English: Marken's Museum) is a local museum in the village of Marken in the Netherlands.

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Markermeer

The Markermeer is a lake in the central Netherlands in between North Holland, Flevoland and its larger sibling, the IJsselmeer.

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Markerwaard

The Markerwaard would be on what is now the Markermeer The Markerwaard is the name of a polder in the IJsselmeer that was never built.

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Monnickendam

Monnickendam is a Town in the Dutch province of North Holland.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands (Nederland), often referred to as Holland, is a country located mostly in Western Europe with a population of seventeen million.

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North Holland

North Holland (Noord-Holland, West Frisian Dutch: Noard-Holland) is a province of the Netherlands located in the northwestern part of the country.

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Paard van Marken

The Paard van Marken (Horse of Marken) is a lighthouse on the Dutch peninsula Marken, on the IJsselmeer.

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Peninsula

A peninsula (paeninsula from paene "almost” and insula "island") is a piece of land surrounded by water on the majority of its border, while being connected to a mainland from which it extends.

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Population

In biology, a population is all the organisms of the same group or species, which live in a particular geographical area, and have the capability of interbreeding.

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Population density

Population density (in agriculture: standing stock and standing crop) is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume; it is a quantity of type number density.

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Postal codes in the Netherlands

Postal codes in the Netherlands, known as postcodes, are alphanumeric, consisting of four digits followed by two uppercase letters.

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Provinces of the Netherlands

There are currently twelve provinces of the Netherlands, representing the administrative layer between the national government and the local municipalities, with responsibility for matters of subnational or regional importance.

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Statistics Netherlands

Statistics Netherlands, founded in 1899, is a Dutch governmental institution that gathers statistical information about the Netherlands.

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Telephone numbers in the Netherlands

Telephone numbers in the Netherlands are administered by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation of the Netherlands and may be grouped into three general categories: geographical numbers, non-geographical numbers, and numbers for public services.

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Uitdam

Uitdam is a hamlet in the Dutch province of North Holland.

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Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town, with a population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand.

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Volendam

Volendam is a town in North Holland in the Netherlands, in the municipality of Edam-Volendam.

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Waterland

Waterland is a municipality in the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland.

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Xavier Mellery

Xavier Mellery (9 August 1845, Laken – 4 February 1921, Brussels) was a Belgian Symbolist painter.

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Zuiderzee

The Zuiderzee (old spelling Zuyderzee) was a shallow bay of the North Sea in the northwest of the Netherlands, extending about 100 km (60 miles) inland and at most 50 km (30 miles) wide, with an overall depth of about 4 to 5 metres (13–16 feet) and a coastline of about 300 km (200 miles).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marken

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