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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 .
It was during this administration that Holland was first split in two, with the department of Amstelland to the north and that of Maasland to the south. East Frisia , then as now in Germany , was added to the kingdom as a department in 1807 and Drenthe split off again making a total of 11 departments.
Map of the Netherlands in Europe Relief map of the Netherlands in Europe. The geography of the European Netherlands is unusual in that much of its land has been reclaimed from the sea and is below sea level, protected by dikes. It is a small country with a total area of 41,545 km 2 (16,041 sq mi) [1] and ranked 131st.
The subregions (Dutch: streek or landstreek (plural: (land)streken), literally translating to a combination of 'land/country area/region') are non-administrative area in the Netherlands that can be demarcated on grounds of cohesion with regards to culture or landscape.
In some languages, Holland is used as the formal name for the Netherlands. However, Holland is a region within the Netherlands that consists of the two provinces of North and South Holland. Formerly these were a single province, and earlier the County of Holland, which included parts of present-day Utrecht.
Name Municipality Coordinates Aagtdorp: Bergen: Aalsmeer: Aalsmeer: Aalsmeerderbrug: Haarlemmermeer: Aartswoud: Opmeer: Abbekerk: Medemblik: Abbenes: Haarlemmermeer
Its European mainland is bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east. The European Netherlands constitutes the vast majority (by land area and population) of both the country and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and as such 'the Netherlands' in common parlance often implicitly refers to this ...
Map of Utrecht (second quarter of the 18th century). 40-sheet wall map of Holland created by Jacob Aertsz Colom. The sheets were bound separately. The Atlas der Neederlanden contains maps of large sizes. Most atlases from the 17th and 18th century do not have large maps because these didn't fit in the bound volumes.