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South Holland (Dutch: ) is a province of the Netherlands, located in the west of the country on the North Sea coast. It is the most densely populated and industrialised of the Dutch provinces. Neighbouring provinces are Zeeland to the southwest, North Brabant to the southeast, Gelderland to the east, Utrecht to the northeast and North Holland to the north.

It contains the major cities of The Hague (Den Haag or 's-Gravenhage) (the seat of government of the country and the seat of the International Court of Justice) and Rotterdam. Dordrecht, Leiden, Delft and Gouda have town centers with many 17th-century buildings. Katwijk has its city center situated near the beach. Rotterdam has one of the world's largest harbours. Zoetermeer is a very new city, most of it was developed in 1970. Other New Towns are Capelle aan den IJssel, Hellevoetsluis and Spijkenisse, all three situated in the vicinity of Rotterdam.

South Holland makes up one region of the ISO world region code system, having the code NL-ZH. The area contains the mouth of two major European rivers: Rhine and Meuse. Rivers and other bodies of water include the Nieuwe Maas, Nieuwe Waterweg, Oude Maas, Haringvliet, Hollands Diep, Oude Rijn and Hollandse IJssel.

History

The province South Holland was formed in 1840, when the province Holland was split into northern (North Holland) and southern parts. Since then, South Holland has ceded three municipalities to the province of Utrecht: Oudewater in 1970, Woerden in 1989, and Vianen in 2002.

Municipalities

South Holland is divided into 77 municipalities (before 2006: 86) (with links to maps in brackets):

  1. Alblasserdam
  2. Albrandswaard
  3. Alkemade
  4. Alphen aan den Rijn
  5. Barendrecht
  6. Bergambacht
  7. Bernisse
  8. Binnenmaas
  9. Bodegraven
  10. Boskoop
  11. Brielle
  12. Capelle aan den IJssel
  13. Cromstrijen
  14. Delft
  15. Den Haag
  16. Dirksland
  17. Dordrecht
  18. Giessenlanden
  19. Goedereede
  20. Gorinchem
  21. Gouda
  22. Graafstroom
  23. Hardinxveld-Giessendam
  24. Hellevoetsluis
  25. Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht
  26. Hillegom
  27. Jacobswoude
  28. Katwijk
  29. Korendijk
  30. Krimpen aan den IJssel
  31. Lansingerland
  32. Leerdam
  33. Leiden
  34. Leiderdorp
  35. Leidschendam-Voorburg
  36. Liesveld
  37. Lisse
  38. Maassluis
  39. Middelharnis
  40. Midden-Delfland (until 2004 Maasland and Schipluiden}
  41. Moordrecht
  42. Nederlek
  43. Nieuw-Lekkerland
  44. Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel
  45. Nieuwkoop
  46. Noordwijk
  47. Noordwijkerhout
  48. Oegstgeest
  49. Oostflakkee
  50. Oud-Beijerland
  51. Ouderkerk
  52. Papendrecht
  53. Pijnacker-Nootdorp
  54. Reeuwijk
  55. Ridderkerk
  56. Rijnwoude
  57. Rijswijk
  58. Rotterdam
  59. Rozenburg
  60. Schiedam
  61. Schoonhoven
  62. Sliedrecht
  63. Spijkenisse
  64. Strijen
  65. Teylingen
  66. Vlaardingen
  67. Vlist
  68. Voorschoten
  69. Waddinxveen
  70. Wassenaar
  71. Westland
  72. Westvoorne
  73. Zederik
  74. Zevenhuizen-Moerkapelle
  75. Zoetermeer
  76. Zoeterwoude
  77. Zwijndrecht ,

Municipality Population

On 1 January 2004 the municipalities De Lier, 's-Gravenzande, Monster, Naaldwijk and Wateringen were merged into a new municipality Westland, and Maasland and Schipluiden to another one, Midden-Delfland.

On 1 January 2006 Sassenheim, Voorhout and Warmond were merged into Teylingen, and Rijnsburg and Valkenburg were merged into Katwijk.

On 1 January 2007 Ter Aar and Liemeer were merged into Nieuwkoop, Bleiswijk, Berkel en Rodenrijs and Bergschenhoek were merged into a new municipallity Lansingerland and 's-Gravendeel was merged into Binnenmaas.

Islands

(from north to south and from west to east, with municipalities)

Subdivisions

There are four official regions :

  • Zuid-Holland Zuid

    • Drechtsteden

      • Alblasserdam, Dordrecht, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Papendrecht, Sliedrecht, Zwijndrecht
    • the rest of the Hoeksche Waard (see above) and Tiengemeten
    • Goeree Overflakkee (see above)
  • Zuid-Holland West

    • Haaglanden , ;

      • Delft, Den Haag, Leidschendam-Voorburg, Midden-Delfland, Pijnacker-Nootdorp, Rijswijk, Wassenaar, Westland, Zoetermeer.
    • Leidse regio ; for a little map showing the municipalities see , p.4);

      • Alkemade, Leiden, Leiderdorp, Oegstgeest, Voorschoten, Zoeterwoude
    • Duin- en Bollenstreek ; for a little map showing the municipalities see the link above;

      • Hillegom, Katwijk, Lisse, Noordwijk, Noordwijkerhout, Teylingen
  • Zuid-Holland Oost (Rijn&Gouwestreek + De Waarden) ; see also Midden-Holland

    • Krimpenerwaard

      • Bergambacht, Nederlek, Schoonhoven, Vlist, Ouderkerk
    • Alblasserwaard-Vijfheerenlanden

      • Giessenlanden, Gorinchem, Graafstroom, Hardinxveld-Giessendam, Leerdam, Liesveld, Nieuw-Lekkerland, Zederik.
    • Rijnstreek

      • Alphen aan den Rijn, Jacobswoude, Nieuwkoop, Rijnwoude
    • Gouwestreek

      • Bodegraven, Boskoop, Gouda, Moordrecht, Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, Reeuwijk, Waddinxveen, Zevenhuizen-Moerkapelle
  • Rijnmond , also called Stadsregio Rotterdam ; see also **Albrandswaard, Barendrecht, Bernisse, Brielle, Capelle aan den IJssel, Hellevoetsluis, Krimpen aan den IJssel, Lansingerland, Maassluis, Ridderkerk, Rotterdam, Rozenburg, Schiedam, Spijkenisse, Vlaardingen, Westvoorne

The term Zuidvleugel refers to a large part of the province (, , p. 13):

  • Drechtsteden and some more of the Hoeksche Waard: Binnenmaas, Oud-Beijerland
  • Zuid-Holland West
  • Rijnmond
  • a small part of Zuid-Holland Oost: Gorinchem, Hardinxveld-Giessendam

See also

External links

Entries for South Holland in worldwide gazetteers:
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