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North Holland (, West Frisian : " Noard - Holland ") is a province in the northwest of the ___MASK24___ . It is situated on the North Sea , north of South Holland and Utrecht , and west of Friesland and Flevoland . As of 2015 , it has a population of 2 , 762 , 163 and a total area of . Holland is a region and former province on the western coast of the ___MASK24___ . The name " Holland " is also frequently used to informally refer to the whole of the country of the ___MASK24___ . This usage is commonly accepted in other countries , and not entirely uncommon among the Dutch themselves , though some in the ___MASK24___ and particularly in other regions of the country may find it undesirable , misleading or insulting . Utrecht is the capital and most populous city in the Dutch province of Utrecht . It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation and is the fourth largest city in the ___MASK24___ with a population of in . The ___MASK24___ is the main constituent country of the Kingdom of the ___MASK24___ . It is a densely populated country located in Western Europe with three island territories in the Caribbean . The European part of the ___MASK24___ borders Germany to the east , Belgium to the south , and the North Sea to the northwest , sharing maritime borders with Belgium , the United Kingdom , and Germany . The largest cities in the ___MASK24___ are Amsterdam , Rotterdam , The Hague and Utrecht . Amsterdam is the country ' s capital , while The Hague holds the Dutch seat of government and parliament . The name " Holland " is used to refer informally to the whole of the country of the ___MASK24___ . Gelderland ( also Guelders in English ) is a province of the ___MASK24___ , located in the central eastern part of the country . With a land area of nearly 5 , 000 km , it is the largest province of the ___MASK24___ and shares borders with six other provinces and Germany . Woerden is a city and a municipality in the central ___MASK24___ . Due to its central location between Amsterdam , Rotterdam , The Hague and Utrecht , and the fact that it has rail and road connections to those cities , it is a popular town for commuters who work in those cities . Zeeland ( Zeelandic : " Zeêland " ) is the westernmost province of the ___MASK24___ . The province , located in the south - west of the country , consists of a number of islands and peninsulas ( hence its name , meaning " sea - land ") and a strip bordering Belgium . Its capital is Middelburg . Its area is about , of which almost is water , and it has a population of about 380 , 000 . South Holland is a province in the midwestern ___MASK24___ . It has a population of just over 3 . 6 million ( as of 2015 ) and a population density of about , making it the country ' s most populous province and one of the world ' s most densely populated areas . Situated on the North Sea in the west of the ___MASK24___ , South Holland covers an area of , of which is water . It borders North Holland to the north , Utrecht and Gelderland to the east , and North Brabant and Zeeland to the south . The provincial capital is The Hague , while its largest city is Rotterdam . Noordse Dorp is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland . It is a part of the municipality of Liemeer , and lies about 10 km north of Woerden . The statistical area `` Noordse Dorp '' , which also can include the surrounding countryside , has a population of around 60 . Rotterdam is a city in the ___MASK24___ , located in South Holland , within the Rhine  Meuse  Scheldt river delta at the North Sea . Its history goes back to 1270 when a dam was constructed in the Rotte river by people settled around it for safety . In 1340 Rotterdam was granted city rights by the Count of Holland and slowly grew into a major logistic and economic centre . Nowadays it is home to Europe ' s largest port and has a population of 633 , 471 ( city proper ), ranking second in the ___MASK24___ . The Greater Rijnmond area is home to approximately 1 . 4 million people and the Rotterdam The Hague Metropolitan Area makes for the 168th most populous urban area in the world . Rotterdam is part of the yet larger Randstad conurbation with a total population of 7 , 100 , 000 . The Hague ( or "< nowiki >'</ nowiki > s - Gravenhage " ) is a city located in the western coast of the ___MASK24___ , and the capital city of the province of South Holland . Noord Brabant , also unofficially called Brabant , is a province in the south of the ___MASK24___ . It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north , Limburg to the east , Zeeland to the west , and the Belgian provinces of Antwerp and Limburg to the south . The northern border follows the Meuse ( Maas ) river westward to its mouth in the Hollands Diep strait , part of the Rhine  Meuse  Scheldt delta . History . The Duchy of Brabant was a state of the Holy Roman Empire established in 1183 or 1190 . It developed from the Landgraviate of Brabant and formed the heart of the historic Low Countries , part of the Burgundian ___MASK24___ from 1430 and of the Habsburg ___MASK24___ from 1482 , until it was split up after the Dutch revolt . After the War of Independence , Catholics in the Southern ___MASK24___ were systematically and officially discriminated against by the Northern Protestant government until the second half of the 20th century , which had a major influence on the economic and cultural development of the southern part of the ___MASK24___ . Present - day North Brabant ( Staats - Brabant ) was adjudicated to the Generality Lands of the Dutch Republic according to the 1648 Peace of Westphalia , while the reduced duchy remained in existence with the Southern ___MASK24___ until it was conquered by French Revolutionary forces in 1794 . The municipality covered an area of 30 . 98 km² of which 0 . 76 km² is water . Its population was 6962 in November 2006 . Liemeer consisted of the communities Nieuwveen , Noorden , Vrouwenakker , and Zevenhoven . Amsterdam is the capital and most populous municipality of the Kingdom of the ___MASK24___ . Its status as the capital is mandated by the Constitution of the ___MASK24___ , although it is not the seat of the government , which is The Hague . Amsterdam has a population of 847 , 176 within the city proper , 1 , 343 , 647 in the urban area , and 2 , 431 , 000 in the Amsterdam metropolitan area . The city is located in the province of North Holland in the west of the country . The metropolitan area comprises much of the northern part of the Randstad , one of the larger conurbations in Europe , with a population of approximately 7 million . The North Sea is a marginal sea of the ___MASK10___ located between Great Britain , Scandinavia , Germany , the ___MASK24___ , Belgium , and France . An epeiric ( or " shelf ") sea on the European continental shelf , it connects to the ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north . It is more than long and wide , with an area of around . Vrouwenakker is a village in the ___MASK24___ , about 12 km southeast of Hoofddorp . It lies largely in the municipality of Nieuwkoop ( formerly Liemeer ), in the province of South Holland , but a small part lies in the municipality of Uithoorn , in North Holland . Until 1989 Vrouwenakker was part of the municipality of Mijdrecht , but was then rearranged into the municipality of Liemeer after the amalgamation of Mijdrecht and surrounding municipalities .