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South Holland
- This article is about the province of the Netherlands. For the town in the United States, see South Holland, Illinois; for the district of Lincolnshire, see South Holland, England
South Holland (Dutch Zuid-Holland) is a province of the Netherlands, located in the west of the country on the North Sea coast. It is one of the most densely populated and industrialized of the provinces. Neighbouring provinces are Zeeland to the southwest, Noord Brabant to the southeast, Gelderland to the east, Utrecht to the northeast and Noord-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. Leiden, Delft and Gouda have town centers with many 17th-century buildings. Rotterdam has one of the world's largest harbours. Zoetermeer is a very new city, most of it is created in the year 1970.
Rivers and other bodies of water include Nieuwe Maas, Nieuwe Waterweg, Oude Maas, Haringvliet, Hollands Diep.
Municipalities
South Holland is divided into 86 municipalities) (before 2004: 91) (here with shopping evenings in parentheses, and links to maps in brackets):
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Alblasserdam [1]
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Albrandswaard [2]
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Alkemade (Roelofarendsveen: fr) [3]
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Alphen aan den Rijn (fr) [4]
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Barendrecht [5]
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Bergambacht [6]
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Bergschenhoek [7]
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Berkel en Rodenrijs [8]
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Bernisse [9]
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Binnenmaas
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Bleiswijk [10]
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Bodegraven [11]
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Boskoop [12]
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Brielle [13]
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Capelle aan den IJssel [14]
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Cromstrijen [15]
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Delft (fr) [16]
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Den Haag - including Scheveningen (th)
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Dirksland [17]
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Dordrecht [18]
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Giessenlanden [19]
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Goedereede [20]
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Gorinchem [21]
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Gouda [22]
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Graafstroom
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's-Gravendeel
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Hardinxveld-Giessendam [23]
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Hellevoetsluis [24]
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Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht [25]
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Hillegom (th) [26]
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Jacobswoude [27]
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Katwijk (th, except Hoornes and Rijnsoever: fr) [28]
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Korendijk [29]
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Krimpen aan den IJssel [30]
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Leerdam [31]
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Leiden (th, except Merenwijk: fr) [32]
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Leiderdorp (fr) [33]
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Leidschendam-Voorburg [34]
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Liemeer [35]
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Liesveld
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Lisse (th) [36]
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Maassluis [37]
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Middelharnis [38]
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Midden-Delfland (until 2004 Maasland and Schipluiden}
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Moordrecht [39]
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Nederlek [40]
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Nieuw-Lekkerland [41]
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Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel [42]
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Nieuwkoop [43]
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Noordwijk (th) [44]
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Noordwijkerhout (fr) [45]
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Oegstgeest (fr) [46]
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Oostflakkee [47]
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Oud-Beijerland [48]
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Ouderkerk [49]
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Papendrecht [50]
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Pijnacker-Nootdorp (Nootdorp: fr)
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Reeuwijk [51]
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Ridderkerk [52]
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Rijnsburg (fr) [53]
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Rijnwoude [54]
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Rijswijk [55]
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Rotterdam - including Hoek van Holland (fr)
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Rozenburg [56]
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Sassenheim (th)
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Schiedam [57]
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Schoonhoven [58]
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Sliedrecht [59]
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Spijkenisse [60]
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Strijen [61]
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Ter Aar [62]
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Valkenburg (fr)
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Vlaardingen [63]
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Vlist [64]
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Voorhout (fr)
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Voorschoten (fr) [65]
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Waddinxveen [66]
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Warmond
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Wassenaar [67]
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Westland (until 2004 De Lier, 's-Gravenzande, Monster, Naaldwijk and Wateringen)
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Westvoorne [68]
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Zederik [69]
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Zevenhuizen-Moerkapelle [70]
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Zoetermeer (th) [71]
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Zoeterwoude [72]
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Zwijndrecht - including Heerjansdam [73], [74]
On 1 January 2004 the municipalities De Lier, 's-Gravenzande, Monster, Naaldwijk and Wateringen have been merged to a new municipality Westland, and Maasland and Schipluiden to another one, Midden-Delfland.
Possibly Sassenheim, Voorhout and Warmond will be merged in the future.
Links to municipalities arranged according to location
(please add more municipalities)
Hillegom
Lisse
Noordwijk
Katwijk
Leiden Alphen aan den Rijn
Wassenaar Voorschoten Bodegraven
Leidschendam-Voorburg
The Hague Zoetermeer Gouda
Rijswijk Nootdorp
Delft Capelle aan den IJssel
Westland Vlaardingen Schiedam Rotterdam
Barendrecht
Zwijndrecht
Dordrecht Sliedrecht Gorinchem
Islands
(from north to south and from west to east, with municipalities)
Subdivisions
There are four official regions [97]:
- Zuid-Holland Zuid [98]
- Drechtsteden [99]
- Alblasserdam, Dordrecht, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Papendrecht, Sliedrecht, Zwijndrecht, 's-Gravendeel
- the rest of the Hoeksche Waard (see above) and Tiengemeten
- Goeree Overflakkee (see above)
- Zuid-Holland West
- Haaglanden [100], ;
- Delft, Den Haag, Leidschendam-Voorburg, Midden-Delfland, Pijnacker-Nootdorp, Rijswijk, Wassenaar, Westland, Zoetermeer.
- Leidse regio [101]; for a little map showing the municipalities see [102], p.4);
- Alkemade, Leiden, Leiderdorp, Oegstgeest, Voorschoten, Zoeterwoude
- Duin- en Bollenstreek [103]; for a little map showing the municipalities see the link above;
- Hillegom, Katwijk, Lisse, Noordwijk, Noordwijkerhout, Rijnsburg, Sassenheim, Valkenburg, Voorhout, Warmond
- Zuid-Holland Oost (Rijn&Gouwestreek [104] + De Waarden) [105]; see also Midden-Holland [106]
- Krimpenerwaard
- Bergambacht, Nederlek, Schoonhoven, Vlist, Ouderkerk
- Alblasserwaard-Vijfheerenlanden
- Giessenlanden, Gorinchem, Graafstroom, Hardinxveld-Giessendam, Leerdam, Liesveld, Nieuw-Lekkerland, Zederik.
- Rijnstreek
- Ter Aar, Alphen aan den Rijn, Jacobswoude, Liemeer, Nieuwkoop, Rijnwoude
- Gouwestreek
- Bodegraven, Boskoop, Gouda, Moordrecht, Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, Reeuwijk, Waddinxveen, Zevenhuizen-Moerkapelle
- Rijnmond [107], also called Stadsregio Rotterdam [108]; see also
- Albrandswaard, Barendrecht, Bergschenhoek, Berkel en Rodenrijs, Bernisse, Bleiswijk, Brielle, Capelle aan den IJssel, Hellevoetsluis, Krimpen aan den IJssel, Maassluis, Ridderkerk, Rotterdam, Rozenburg, Schiedam, Spijkenisse, Vlaardingen, Westvoorne
The term Zuidvleugel refers to a large part of the province ([109], [110], 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
External links
- These maps are not quite up-to-date: they do not yet reflect that Heerjansdam has merged into Zwijndrecht.
Entries for South Holland in worldwide gazetteers:
Alexandria Digital Library | Getty Thesaurus | ESRI | Falling Rain | Tageo | World Gazetteer
Last updated: 05-13-2005 07:56:04
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