North Holland | |
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Area | 4 091,76 km² |
Population | 2 813 466 hab. () |
Density | 687,59 inhab./km² |
Spindle | UTC 01:00 |
Location | |
![]() 52 ° 40 ′ 12 ″ N 4 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ E | |
Official site | |
The North Holland or North Holland (Noord-Holland in Dutch) is one of the 12 provinces of Netherlands located in the North-West.
Understand
Cities
- 1 Haarlem – The capital of the province whose surrounding seaside resorts have lovely sandy beaches.
- 2 Amsterdam – The capital of the Country and the largest city.
- 3 Alkmaar – historic town famous for its cheese market
- 4 The Helder (Den Helder) – Known to be the base of the Royal Navy
- 5 Horn (Hoorn) – historic town, known for its many 17th century facades. The city gave its name to Cape Horn
Other destinations
- 1 Texel – largest island of Frisian Islands (even if it is not part of the Dutch province of Frieze.