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Province of North Holland
Provincie Noord-Holland

Image:Flag North-Holland, Netherlands.svg Flag Coat of Arms
Image:Noord-Holland position.svg
Capital	Haarlem
Queen's Commissioner	Mr. H.C.J.L. (Harry) Borghouts
Religion (1999)	Protestant 10% Catholic 20% Jewish 0,75%
Area  • Land  • Water	2.670 km² (6th) 1.421 km²
Population (2005)  • Total  • Density	2.595.294 (2nd) 972/km² (2nd)
Anthem	Ik houd van het groen in je wei
ISO	NL-NH
Official website	www.noord-holland.nl

North Holland (Dutch: Noord-Holland, pronunciation (help·info)) is a province of the Netherlands, located in the northwest part of the country. Its capital is Haarlem. Other cities include the country's capital Amsterdam, Hilversum, Den Helder Alkmaar, Zaandam and Hoorn.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Municipalities 4 External links

[edit] Geography

North Holland forms a peninsula between the North Sea and the IJsselmeer. More than half of the province consists of reclaimed land in the form of polders and is below sea level. The island of Texel is also part of North Holland.

North Holland makes up one region of the International Organization for Standardization world region code system, having the code ISO 3166-2:NL-NH.

[edit] History

The province North Holland was formed in 1840, when the province Holland was split in to a northern and southern part (South Holland). In 1940, the islands Vlieland and Terschelling were ceded to the province Friesland. In 1950, the former island Urk was ceded to the province Overijssel. In the time of the United Provinces the province of Holland was know as the province of Holland and West-Friesland. This represented the conquest of West-Friesland in the early medieval age. The coat of arms of North-Holland still shows this and is a combination of the coats of Holland and Friesland.

[edit] Municipalities

North Holland is divided into 64 municipalities (local government areas):

Aalsmeer Alkmaar* Amstelveen Amsterdam Andijk* Anna Paulowna Beemster Bennebroek Bergen Beverwijk Blaricum Bloemendaal Bussum Castricum Den Helder Diemen Drechterland* Edam-Volendam Enkhuizen* Graft-De Rijp Haarlem Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude Haarlemmermeer Harenkarspel* Heemskerk Heemstede Heerhugowaard* Heiloo Hilversum Hoorn* Huizen Landsmeer

Langedijk* Laren Medemblik* Muiden Naarden Niedorp* Noorder-Koggenland* Obdam* Oostzaan Opmeer* Ouder-Amstel Purmerend Schagen* Schermer Stede Broec* Texel Uitgeest Uithoorn Velsen Waterland Weesp Wervershoof* Wester-Koggenland* Wieringen Wieringermeer Wijdemeren Wognum* Wormerland Zaanstad Zandvoort Zeevang Zijpe

* Municipalities of West Friesland

West Friesland is a region that is part of North Holland (not of the province of Friesland). It consists of the municipalities Alkmaar, Andijk, Drechterland, Enkhuizen, Harenkarspel, Heerhugowaard, Hoorn, Langedijk, Medemblik, Niedorp, Noorder-Koggenland, Obdam, Opmeer, Schagen, Stede Broec, Wervershoof, Wester-Koggenland and Wognum.

[edit] External links

• The province's website (in Dutch)
• basic information - http://www.sdu.nl/staatscourant/scdata/prov/noord-holland.htm
• province map showing subdivision in municipalities, link for each municipality to basic data page
• Provincial tourist board
• Pictures from North Holland
• Haarlem Shuffle English language info site about Noord-Holland's provincial capital

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