Roterdam

Rotterdam
City and municipality
From top down, left to right: Rotterdam at dusk, Lawrence Church, The Destroyed City sculpture, Euromast, Cube houses, De Kuip; stadium of Feyenoord, , , Hotel New York, Historic town centre of Delfshaven, Port of Rotterdam
Flag Coat of arms
Nickname(s): Rotown, Roffa, Rotjeknor, Nultien
Motto(s): Sterker door strijd (Stronger through struggle)
Location in South Holland
Coordinates: 51°55′N 4°30′E / 51.917°N 4.500°E / 51.917; 4.500Coordinates: 51°55′N 4°30′E / 51.917°N 4.500°E / 51.917; 4.500
Country	Netherlands
Province	South Holland
Districts	Fourteen Centrum Charlois Delfshaven Feijenoord Hillegersberg-Schiebroek Hoogvliet Hook of Holland IJsselmonde Kralingen-Crooswijk Noord Overschie Pernis Prins Alexander Rozenburg
Government
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Ahmed Aboutaleb (PvdA)
• Aldermen	List Joost Eerdmans Pex Langenberg Ronald Schneider Maarten Struijvenberg Adriaan Visser
Area
• Municipality	325.79 km2 (125.79 sq mi)
• Land	208.80 km2 (80.62 sq mi)
• Water	116.99 km2 (45.17 sq mi)
• Randstad	3,043 km2 (1,175 sq mi)
Elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population (Municipality, August 2017; Urban and Metro, May 2014; Randstad, 2011)
• Municipality	635,389
• Density	3,043/km2 (7,880/sq mi)
• Urban	1,015,215
• Metro	1,181,284
• Metropolitan region	2,261,844
• Randstad	7,100,000
Demonym(s)	Rotterdammer
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postcode	3000–3099
Area code	010
Website	www.rotterdam.nl

City of Rotterdam population by country of origin (2017)
Country/Territory	Population
Netherlands	315,300 (49.7%)
Suriname	52,579 (8.3%)
Turkey	47,772 (7.5%)
Morocco	43,555 (6.9%)
Dutch Caribbean	24,475 (3.9%)
Cape Verde	15,453 (2.4%)
Indonesia	12,124 (1.9%)
Germany	9,580 (1.5%)
Yugoslavia	9,371 (1.5%)
Poland	9,107 (1.4%)
China	7,151 (1.1%)
Other	88,193 (13.9%)

Rotterdam (/ˈrɒtərdæm/ or /ˌrɒtərˈdæm/;Dutch: [ˌrɔtərˈdɑm] ( listen)) is a city in the Netherlands, in South Holland within the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt river delta at the North Sea. Its history goes back to 1270, when a dam was constructed in the Rotte river, after which people settled around it for safety. In 1340, Rotterdam was granted city rights by the Count of Holland.

A major logistic and economic centre, Rotterdam is Europe's largest port, and has a population of 633,471 (2017), the second-largest in the Netherlands, just behind Amsterdam.