North Holland

North Holland ( , 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.

 Geography 
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.

Municipalities

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.

A
 Aalsmeer
 Alkmaar
 Amstelveen
 Amsterdam
B
 Beemster
 Bergen
 Beverwijk
 Blaricum
 Bloemendaal
C
 Castricum
D
 Den Helder
 Diemen
 Drechterland

E
 Edam-Volendam
 Enkhuizen
G
 Gooise Meren
H
 Haarlem
 Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude
 Haarlemmermeer
 Heemskerk
 Heemstede
 Heerhugowaard
 Heiloo
 Hilversum
 Hollands Kroon
 Hoorn
 Huizen
K
 Koggenland

L
 Landsmeer
 Langedijk
 Laren
M
 Medemblik
O
 Oostzaan
 Opmeer
 Ouder-Amstel
P
 Purmerend
S
 Schagen
 Stede Broec

T
 Texel
U
 Uitgeest
 Uithoorn
V
 Velsen
W
 Waterland
 Weesp
 Wijdemeren
 Wormerland
Z
 Zaanstad
 Zandvoort

 Notes 

 See an aw 
 Sooth Holland
 Leet o ceeties, touns an veelages in North Holland

 Freemit airtins 
 Wabsteid o the Province 
 Map of Province in Google Maps
 Provincial Tourist Board
 Picturs frae North Holland 
 Haarlem Shuffle


Category:Provinces o the Netherlands
Category:NUTS 2 statistical regions o the European Union