Amsterdam metropolitan area

Amsterdam Metropolitan Area Metropoolregio Amsterdam
Metropolitan region
Images, from top down, left to right: Amsterdam cityscape in May 2012, Almere during overcast in 2007, Haarlem on the Spaarne river in 2013
Coordinates: 52°22′00″N 4°54′00″E / 52.366667°N 4.9°E / 52.366667; 4.9Coordinates: 52°22′00″N 4°54′00″E / 52.366667°N 4.9°E / 52.366667; 4.9
Country	Netherlands
Provinces	North Holland  Flevoland
Largest Cities	Amsterdam Almere Haarlem
Other Municipalities	Zaanstad, Haarlemmermeer, Hilversum, Amstelveen, Purmerend, Lelystad, Velsen, Gooise Meren, Huizen, Beverwijk, Heemskerk, Aalsmeer
Area
• Metropolitan region	2,580.26 km2 (996.24 sq mi)
• Urban	1,140.2 km2 (440.2 sq mi)
• Agglomeration	448.44 km2 (173.14 sq mi)
• Municipality	219.32 km2 (84.68 sq mi)
Population (2014)
• Metropolitan region	2,332,773
• Density	900/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
• Urban	1,575,263
• Urban density	1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi)
• Agglomeration	1,112,165
• Agglomeration density	2,500/km2 (6,400/sq mi)
• Municipality	813,562
• Municipality density	3,700/km2 (9,600/sq mi)

The Amsterdam metropolitan area (Dutch: Metropoolregio Amsterdam) is the city region around the city of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. It lies in the Noordvleugel (North Wing) of the larger polycentric Randstad metropolitan area and encompasses the city of Amsterdam, the Dutch provinces of North Holland and Flevoland, as well as 36 further municipalities within these two provinces, with a total population of over 2.4 million inhabitants.

The administrative responsibility for the Amsterdam metropolitan area lies with the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area Central Administration (BKG).