South Holland

This article is about the province of the Netherlands. For the town in the United States, see South Holland, Illinois

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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 industrial 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.

Rivers and other bodies of water include Nieuwe Maas, Nieuwe Waterweg, Oude Maas, Haringvliet, Hollands Diep.

South Holland is divided into 91 gemeenten (local government areas, municipalities) (shopping evenings in brackets):

• Alblasserdam
• Albrandswaard
• Alkemade (Roelofarendsveen: fr)
• Alphen aan den Rijn (fr)
• Barendrecht
• Bergambacht
• Bergschenhoek
• Berkel en Rodenrijs
• Bernisse
• Binnenmaas
• Bleiswijk
• Bodegraven
• Boskoop
• Brielle
• Capelle aan den IJssel
• Cromstrijen
• De Lier
• Delft (fr)
• Den Haag - including Scheveningen (th)
• Dirksland
• Dordrecht
• Giessenlanden
• Goedereede
• Gorinchem
• Gouda
• Graafstroom
• 's-Gravendeel
• 's-Gravenzande
• Hardinxveld-Giessendam
• Hellevoetsluis
• Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht
• Hillegom (th)
• Jacobswoude
• Katwijk (th, except Hoornes and Rijnsoever: fr)
• Korendijk
• Krimpen aan den IJssel
• Leerdam
• Leiden (th, except Merenwijk: fr)
• Leiderdorp (fr)
• Leidschendam-Voorburg
• Liemeer
• Liesveld
• Lisse (th)
• Maasland
• Maassluis
• Middelharnis
• Monster
• Moordrecht
• Naaldwijk
• Nederlek
• Nieuw-Lekkerland
• Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel
• Nieuwkoop
• Noordwijk (th)
• Noordwijkerhout (fr)
• Oegstgeest (fr)
• Oostflakkee
• Oud-Beijerland
• Ouderkerk
• Papendrecht
• Pijnacker-Nootdorp (Nootdorp: fr)
• Reeuwijk
• Ridderkerk
• Rijnsburg (fr)
• Rijnwoude
• Rijswijk
• Rotterdam - including Hoek van Holland (fr)
• Rozenburg
• Sassenheim (th)
• Schiedam
• Schipluiden
• Schoonhoven
• Sliedrecht
• Spijkenisse
• Strijen
• Ter Aar
• Valkenburg (fr)
• Vlaardingen
• Vlist
• Voorhout (fr)
• Voorschoten (fr)
• Waddinxveen
• Warmond
• Wassenaar
• Wateringen
• Westvoorne
• Zederik
• Zevenhuizen-Moerkapelle
• Zoetermeer (th)
• Zoeterwoude
• Zwijndrecht - including Heerjansdam

Islands

(from north to south and from west to east)

• Rozenburg
• IJsselmonde
• Voorne-Putten[?]
• Hoeksche Waard[?]
• Eiland van Dordrecht
• Goeree-Overflakkee
• Tiengemeten (mun.Korendijk)

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See also Westland, Netherlands

External links

• Province of South Holland -- http://www.pzh.nl/
• Basic information -- http://www.sdu.nl/staatscourant/scdata/prov/zuid-holland.htm
• province map showing subdivision in municipalities, link for each municipality to basic data page (http://www.sdu.nl/staatscourant/scdata/gemprovin.htm#ZH)