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North Holland (Dutch: Noord-Holland, 
pronunciation?, West
Frisian: Noôrd-Holland) 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.
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.
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 known 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.
Municipalities
North Holland is divided into 61 municipalities
(local government areas):
<imagemap> image:Netherlands map large.png|thumb|px|Map of the Netherlands, linking to the province pages; the red dots
mark the capitals of the provinces and the black dots other notable cities or towns
poly 642 127 615 162 635 205 619 224 603 222 575 241 595 265 579 280 586 295 630 317 656 319 674 306 696 313 763 307 769 244
687 150 675 144 Drenthe
poly 481 243 420 297 376 406 441 445 513 390 532 323 557 312 518 259 Flevoland poly 518 258
573 247 601 220 617 221 632 206 611 164 581 143 606 84 597 57 625 19 459 26 356 62 323 124 383 197 425 237 449 266 482 239
Friesland poly 440 448 512 390 526 357 547 368 560 360 583 396 570 418 593 443 642 440 658 460
690 458 715 483 726 521 716 551 647 581 561 606 464 582 414 609 389 605 360 591 360 575 392 531 484 538 455 497 Gelderland poly 626 8 670 6 745 66 786 110 789 181 770 236 691 147 645 123 611 157 584 141 611 91 602 60 630
20 Groningen poly 535 603 574 669 531 667 552 727 496 749 477 776 527 809 490 903
503 928 572 932 595 872 553 841 550 836 610 800 583 776 621 731 602 661 573 609 Limburg poly 473 776 406 767 343 725 227 738 207 730 196 680 197 643 236 623 292 613 336 586 353
584 386 609 414 611 464 585 529 601 570 667 527 664 545 726 494 745 North Brabant poly 319
120 447 268 416 297 375 404 406 430 398 462 380 462 362 446 350 429 318 453 275 453 255 416 270 203 North Holland poly 699 316 751 365 772 394 772 444 721 482 692 456 656 456 642 438 595 441 576 419 589 395
562 359 547 365 527 355 533 327 562 313 523 261 574 249 590 265 574 276 583 295 626 320 658 323 677 308 Overijssel poly 252 416 154 525 112 594 159 620 196 639 234 620 290 610 337 581 356 583 389 532 381 523 339
544 319 520 326 501 315 484 337 474 318 455 273 455 South Holland poly 410 433 434 445 453
495 479 536 392 530 378 521 339 542 324 518 329 498 316 485 341 472 321 455 349 432 378 465 400 463 Utrecht poly 196 641 194 683 204 736 156 783 111 782 42 772 12 747 15 716 31 665 103 591
Zeeland </imagemap> * 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, Koggenland,
Langedijk, Medemblik, Niedorp, Opmeer, Schagen, Stede Broec and Wervershoof.
External links
nds-nl:Noord-Hollaandzea:Noord-'Olland
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