North Holland is a province of the Netherlands. Its capital is Haarlem. The capital of the Netherlands, Amsterdam, is also in North Holland.

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North Holland

MunicipalitiesEdit

As of January 2009, North Holland is divided into 60 municipalities, many of which consist of multiple towns and villages:

• Aalsmeer
• Alkmaar*
• Amstelveen
• Amsterdam
• Andijk*
• Anna Paulowna
• Beemster
• Bergen
  • Egmond
    • Egmond Binnen
    • Egmond aan den Hoef
    • Egmond aan Zee
  • Schoorl
• Beverwijk
• Blaricum
• Bloemendaal
• Bussum
• Castricum
• Den Helder
• Diemen
• Drechterland*
  • Hoogkarspel*
  • Oosterblokker*
  • Venhuizen*
• Edam-Volendam
• Enkhuizen*
• Graft-De Rijp
• Haarlem
• Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude
• Haarlemmermeer
• Harenkarspel*
  • Kerkbuurt*
• Heemskerk
• Heemstede
• Heerhugowaard*
• Heiloo
• Hilversum
• Hoorn*
  • Blokker*
  • Zwaag*
• Huizen
• Koggenland*
• Landsmeer
• Langedijk*
  • Zuid-Scharwoude*
• Laren
• Medemblik*
  • Nibbixwoud*
  • Sijbekarspel*
  • Wognum*
• Muiden
• Naarden
• Niedorp*
• Oostzaan
• Opmeer*
• Ouder-Amstel
• Purmerend
• Schagen*
• Schermer
  • Oterleek*
• Stede Broec*
  • Bovenkarspel*
  • Broekerhaven*
  • Grootebroek*
  • Horn*
  • Lutjebroek*
• Texel
• Uitgeest
• Uithoorn
• Velsen
• Waterland
• Weesp
• Wervershoof*
  • Bangert*
  • Broekoord* aka De Boede*
  • Oostend*
• Wieringen
• Wieringermeer
• Wijdemeren
• Wormerland
• Zaanstad
• Zandvoort
• Zeevang
• Zijpe

Municipalities, towns and villages marked with an asterisk (*) are part of West Friesland

Regions in North HollandEdit

North Holland has various regions that, for historical or other reasons, have their own identities. Some of these regions are unofficial, ill-defined and sometimes overlapping. Others are official and are part of regional groupings artificially created for various administrative purposes. These regions are not the same as the municipalities.

List of some of these unofficial and official regions in Holland:

• Amstelland
• Bollenstreek
• Gooi
• IJmond
• Kennemerland
• Noorderkwartier
• Noordvleugel
• Randstad
• Texel
• Vechtstreek
• Waterland
• West Friesland
• Zaanstreek

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