Zaan
The Zaan is a small river in the province of North Holland in the northwestern Netherlands and the name of a district through which it runs. The river was originally a side arm of the IJ bay and travels 13.5 kilometres through the municipalities of Zaanstad and Wormerland north of Amsterdam, from West-Knollendam in the north to Zaandam in the south, where it empties into the IJ.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the Netherlands
- Also known as: “Zaan River” and “Зан (река)”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Zaandam Mennonite Admonition and Czar Peter House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rosmolenbuurt and Zaandam.
Zaan
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: North Holland, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
52.44351° or 52° 26′ 37″ north
Longitude
4.82257° or 4° 49′ 21″ east
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
Open location code
9F46CRVF+C2
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Zaan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر زان”
- Asturian: “Ríu Zaan”
- Catalan: “Zaan”
- Chinese: “贊河”
- Dutch: “Zaan”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر زان”
- French: “Zaan”
- Georgian: “ზანი”
- German: “Zaan”
- Italian: “Zaan”
- Korean: “잔강”
- Mingrelian: “ზანი”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Zaan”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Zaan”
- Russian: “Зан”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Zaan”
- Swedish: “Zaan”
- Ukrainian: “Заан”
- Venetian: “Fiume Zaan”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Zaanstad and Koog aan de Zaan.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Inntel Hotels Amsterdam Zaandam and Zaandam railway station.
North Holland: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Amsterdam and Haarlem.
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