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North Holland (Dutch: Noord-Holland [ˈnoːrt ˈɦɔlɑnt] ( listen), Wast Frisie: Noard-Holland) is a province situatit on the North Sea in the northwast pairt o the Netherlands. The provincial caipital is Haarlem an its lairgest ceety is Amsterdam.
North Holland Noord-Holland | |
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Anthem: Ik houd van het groen in je wei! | |
![]() Location o Noord-Holland in the Netherlands | |
Kintra | Netherlands |
Caipital | Haarlem |
Lairgest ceety | Amsterdam |
Govrenment | |
• Queen's Commissioner | Arthur van Dijk (VVD) |
Area | |
• Land | 2,670 km2 (1,030 sq mi) |
• Water | 1,421 km2 (549 sq mi) |
Area rank | 6t |
Population (2006) | |
• Land | 2,606,584 |
• Rank | 2nt |
• Density | 980/km2 (2,500/sq mi) |
• Density rank | 2nt |
ISO 3166 code | NL-NH |
Releegion (2005) | Catholic 18% Muslim 8% Protestant 8% Hindus 1% |
Website | www.noord-holland.nl |
North Holland is a broad peninsulae for the maist pairt, locatit atween the North Sea, Markermeer an the IJsselmeer. Mair nor hauf o the province consists o reclaimit polder land situatit belaw sea level.
North Holland haes five municipalities wi aroond 100,000 or mair inhabitants. They are, in order o size, Amsterdam (in terms o population this is an aw the lairgest municipality in the Netherlands), Haarlem, Zaanstad, Haarlemmermeer, an Alkmaar. Anither seiven municipalities hae a population atween 50,000 an 100,000 inhabitants (them being, in order o size Hilversum, Amstelveen, Purmerend, Hoorn, Velsen, Alkmaar, an Heerhugowaard.) The island o Texel is an aw pairt o North Holland. North Holland haes an aw invited Bonaire, Saba an Sint Eustatius, umwhile pairt o the Netherlands Antilles, tae become pairt o their state. Nae decision haes been reached as o yet.
North Holland maks up a single region o the International Organization for Standardization warld region code seestem, haein the code ISO 3166-2:NL-NH.
As o Januar 2016, North Holland is dividit intae 48 municipalities (local govrenment). Efter the dissolution o the Netherlands Antilles, three islands in the Caribbean, Bonaire, Saba, an Sint Eustatius, wur affered tae join the province, though the affer haes been neither acceptit nor rejectit.
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