Amsterdam Oud-West
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Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
roughly covers the area between the Overtoom, a major thoroughfare to the West of the centre, and the parallel De Clercqstraat
De Clercqstraat
The De Clercqstraat is a street in Amsterdam-West, the Netherlands. It runs between the Singelgracht and Kostverlorenvaart. The street is named for Willem de Clercq , poet and Christian revivalist....
, a shopping street. The major shopping street Kinkerstraat runs through the district.
As of 2003 there were 31.741 inhabitants in the district. The area of Oud-West is approximately 1.70 km². As of 2007, 177 nationalities are represented in the district.
On 1 May 2010, the district of Oud-West merged with the districts of Bos en Lommer, De Baarsjes and Westerpark to form the district of Stadsdeel West.