Durgerdam
Durgerdam is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Amsterdam, and lies about 7 km east of the city centre, along the dyke of the IJmeer. A part of the deelgemeente (sub-municipality) Amsterdam-Noord.
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The village has about 430 inhabitants. A separate municipality between 1 May 1817, and 1 January 1818, when it was merged with Ransdorp. Durgerdam hosted the second "Pit Stop" on The Amazing Race 12, a reality television show that circles the globe. There is song about the Durgerdam written by Jeroen Zjilstraa, called "Durgerdam sleeps". The song appeared on their 2002 album Tussen Den Oever en New York. In 2003, the song was released as the only single from the album.
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Durgerdam is a place recorded by the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. The authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names record Durgerdam as an inhabited place.
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• Name — Durgerdam • Type — Village • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Netherlands • Subdivision Type1 — Province • Subdivision Name1 — North Holland • Subdivision Type2 — Municipality • Subdivision Name2 — Amsterdam • Population Density Km2 — auto • Time Zone — CET • Utc Offset — +1 • Time Zone Dst — CEST • Utc Offset Dst — +2 • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Area Code Type — Dialing code
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The authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names record North Holland as the administrative unit of Durgerdam.
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- 1.auto. CET. +1. CEST. +2. Postal code. Dialing code.
- 2.Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten
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