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Amsterdam

European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) CEO Louis Gallois is pictured before a shareholders meeting in Amsterdam on May 26, 2008. EADS, the second largest weapon-producer in Europe, and Parent to the Airbus company, gathered as Gallois declared that the rythm of orders for Airbus would 'slow down' due to problems with the increasing price of petrol.

About Amsterdam

AmsterdamĀ (helpĀ·info), capital of the Netherlands, lies on the banks of two bodies of water, the IJ bay and the Amstel river. Founded in the late 12th century as a small fishing village on the banks of the Amstel, it is now the largest city in the country and is a financial and cultural centre. As of August 1, 2006, the population of the city proper is 741,329; the population of the official Greater Amsterdam area is approximately 1.5 million, but the real agglomeration is estimated at 2 to 2.5 million. Amsterdam is also one of the core urban centres of the greater metropolitan area called "Randstad" (Ring City) which encompasses other Dutch cities such as Haarlem, Utrecht, Leiden, The Hague and Rotterdam and has a population of over 7.5 million.

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