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North Holland. / 52.667°N 4.833°E / 52.667; 4.833. North Holland ( Dutch: Noord-Holland, pronounced [ˌnoːrt ˈɦɔlɑnt] ⓘ) is a province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country. It is located on the North Sea, north of South Holland and Utrecht, and west of Friesland and Flevoland. As of January 2023, it had a ...
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- 1840 (split-up of Holland)
Holland. Holland is a geographical region [3] and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands. [3] From the 10th to the 16th century, Holland proper was a unified political region within the Holy Roman Empire as a county ruled by the counts of Holland. By the 17th century, the province of Holland had risen to become a maritime and ...
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Amsterdam is connected to the North Sea through the long North Sea Canal. Amsterdam is intensely urbanised, as is the Amsterdam metropolitan area surrounding the city. Comprising 219.4 km 2 (84.7 sq mi) of land, the city proper has 4,457 inhabitants per km 2 and 2,275 houses per km 2.
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Holanda ( holandisht Nederland ), joformalisht Holland, është shtet që ndodhet në pjesën perëndimore të Evropës me disa ishuj në Karaibe. Është më i madhi nga katër vendet përbërëse të Mbretërisë së Vendeve të Ulëta. Holanda laget nga Deti i Veriut në veri dhe perëndim dhe kufizohet me Belgjikën në jug dhe Gjermanin ë ...
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The Netherlands, [j] informally Holland, is a country located in northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. [13] The Netherlands consists of twelve provinces; it borders Germany to the east and Belgium to the south, with a North Sea ...
1,109/km 2 (2,870/sq mi) Website. www .noord-holland .nl. North Holland is a province (area with a local government) of the Netherlands. It is in the northwest. The capital is called Haarlem. Other cities in the province are Amsterdam, Hilversum, Alkmaar, Zaandam, and Hoorn. About 2,888,000 people are living in North Holland (2021).
Name. "The Netherlands" means "the low lands". The land only rises, on average, 1 meter above sea level. One third of the land is below sea level. The Netherlands is also - incorrectly - referred to as Holland. Holland is a very rich area (two provinces) in the western part of the Netherlands, thus causing people to be mistaken.
