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South Holland is a province of the with a population of over 3.8 million as of January 2023 and a population density of about 1,410/km, of which 609 km2 is water.
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is a city in the province of South Holland in the west of the . The city is the second largest in the country with a population of approximately 650,000 inhabitants in the municipality and about 2.2 million inhabitants in the shared metropolitan area of the .

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is a city in the province of South Holland in the . It is the seat of the Dutch parliament and government, and the residence of King Willem-Alexander.

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is easily one of the most enchanting cities in the . It's home to the oldest university in the country, the birthplace of Rembrandt and breeding ground for ground-breaking science and Nobel laureates for centuries.

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is the large metropolitan area around the cities and . It is also a big part of the Southern .

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The is a region in the province of South Holland in the . It is famous for its large flower fields that bloom in spring. At the same time of the year, almost one million visitors see the Keukenhof flower gardens in .

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is a water-rich polder area in South Holland, , with Alblasserwaard alone housing around fifty polders. Most of these polders, unlike polders such as the and , are not reclaimed lakes or seas, but instead are reclaimed from the many riverbanks of the many rivers that meander through the region.

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The is a scenic agricultural zone between the four biggest cities of the country. The flat polders and canals, considered typical for the country, can be explored by hiking or cycling.

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The are the islands of South Holland. These islands are immediately north of the province of , but not a part of said province, even though they have a shared history with it.

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is a city and was a former municipality in the western , in the province of South Holland. Since 2015 it has been a part of the municipality of , before it had been an independent municipality.

South Holland

Latitude of center
51.9967° or 51° 59′ 48″ north
Longitude of center
4.5597° or 4° 33′ 35″ east
Population
3,710,000
Elevation
-7 metres (-23 feet)
Inception
1840
Operator
Provincie Zuid-Holland
Abbreviation
“zh”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4289949090
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
2743698
Wiki­data ID
Q694
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“South Holland” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Suid-Holland”
  • Afrikaans: “Zuid-Holland”
  • Albanian: “Hollanda e Jugut”
  • Arabic: “جنوب هولندا”
  • Arabic: “هولندا الجنوبية”
  • Aragonese: “Holanda Meridional”
  • Armenian: “Հարավային Հոլանդիա”
  • Arpitan: “Holanda-Miéjornâla”
  • Asturian: “Holanda Meridional”
  • Asturian: “Zuid-Holland”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cənubi Hollandiya”
  • Balinese: “Holland Kelod”
  • Basque: “Hego Holanda”
  • Belarusian: “Паўднёвая Галандыя”
  • Belarusian: “Паўднёвая Галяндыя”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণ হল্যান্ড”
  • Breton: “Holland ar C’hreisteiz”
  • Breton: “Holland ar Su”
  • Breton: “Kreisteiz Holland”
  • Breton: “Su-Holland”
  • Bulgarian: “Южна Холандия”
  • Catalan: “Holanda del Sud”
  • Catalan: “Holanda Meridional”
  • Cebuano: “Provincie Zuid-Holland”
  • Central Kurdish: “باشووری ھۆلەند”
  • Central Kurdish: “باشووری ھۆڵەند”
  • Central Kurdish: “باشووری ھۆڵەندا”
  • Chinese: “Lâm Holland Séng”
  • Chinese: “南荷兰省”
  • Chinese: “南荷蘭”
  • Chinese: “南荷蘭省”
  • Corsican: “Olanda di u Sud”
  • Corsican: “Olanda Meridiunale”
  • Corsican: “Ulanda di u Sud”
  • Corsican: “Ulanda Meridiunale”
  • Croatian: “Južna Holandija”
  • Czech: “Jižní Holandsko”
  • Danish: “Zuid-Holland”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Holandaya Veroci”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Hollanda Veroci”
  • Dutch: “ZH”
  • Dutch: “Zuid Holland”
  • Dutch: “Zuid-Holland”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هولاندا الجنوبيه”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هولندا الجنوبيه”
  • Esperanto: “Sud-Holando”
  • Esperanto: “Suda Holando”
  • Estonian: “Lõuna-Holland”
  • Estonian: “Lõuna-Hollandi provints”
  • Faroese: “Zuid-Holland”
  • Finnish: “Etelä-Holland”
  • Finnish: “Etelä-Hollanti”
  • French: “Hollande méridionale”
  • French: “Hollande-du-Sud”
  • French: “Hollande-Méridionale”
  • French: “Zuid-Holland”
  • Galician: “Holanda Meridional”
  • Galician: “Zuid-Holland”
  • Georgian: “სამხრეთი ჰოლანდია”
  • German: “Provinz Zuid-Holland”
  • German: “Süd-Holland”
  • German: “Südholland”
  • German: “Zuid-Holland”
  • Greek: “Νότια Ολλανδία”
  • Gujarati: “સાઉથ હોલેન્ડ”
  • Hebrew: “דרום הולנד”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिण हॉलैंड”
  • Hungarian: “Dél-Holland”
  • Icelandic: “Suður-Holland”
  • Inari Sami: “Maadâ-Holland”
  • Indonesian: “Holandia Selatan”
  • Indonesian: “Holland Selatan”
  • Interlingua: “Hollanda del Sud”
  • Irish: “an Ollainn Theas”
  • Irish: “An Ollainn Theas”
  • Irish: “Ollainn Theas”
  • Italian: “Olanda del Sud”
  • Italian: “Olanda Meridionale”
  • Japanese: “南オランダ”
  • Japanese: “南オランダ州”
  • Japanese: “南ホーラント”
  • Japanese: “南ホーランド”
  • Japanese: “南ホランド”
  • Japanese: “南ホラント州”
  • Javanese: “Holland Kidul”
  • Kannada: “ಸೌತ್ ಹಾಲೆಂಡ್”
  • Korean: “자위트홀란트”
  • Korean: “자위트홀란트주”
  • Kurdish: “Holenda Başûr”
  • Ladin: “Olanda dl Sud”
  • Latin: “Hollandia Australis”
  • Latvian: “Dienvidholande”
  • Limburgan: “Zuid-Holland”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Holland Sude”
  • Lithuanian: “Pietų Olandija”
  • Low German: “Süüd-Hollaand”
  • Low German: “Zuud-Hollaand”
  • Luxembourgish: “Provënz Südholland”
  • Macedonian: “Јужна Холандија”
  • Malagasy: “Zuid-Holland”
  • Malay: “Holland Selatan”
  • Malay: “Zuid-Holland”
  • Manx: “Yn Ollan Yiass”
  • Maori: “Hōrana-te-tonga”
  • Maori: “Hōrana-te-Tonga”
  • Marathi: “झाउड-हॉलंड”
  • Mazanderani: “جنوبی هلند”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm Holland Séng”
  • Minangkabau: “Holland Selatan”
  • Mongolian: “Өмнө Холланд”
  • Mongolian: “Өмнөд Холланд”
  • Nepali: “दक्षिण हल्यान्ड”
  • Northern Frisian: “Prowins Süüdholun”
  • Northern Sami: “Lulli-Hollánda”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sør-Holland”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Zuid-Holland”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Zuid-Holland”
  • Norwegian: “Zuid-Holland”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Olanda Meridionala”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Sūðholland”
  • Ossetian: “Хуссар Голланди”
  • Papiamento: “Sùit-Holland”
  • Persian: “هلند جنوبی”
  • Polish: “Holandia Południowa”
  • Portuguese: “Holanda do Sul”
  • Portuguese: “Zuid-Holland”
  • Pushto: “سویلي هالنډ”
  • Quechua: “Zuid-Holland pruwinsya”
  • Romanian: “Olanda de Sud”
  • Russian: “Южная Голландия”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Suudhollound”
  • Scots: “Sooth Holland”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Zuid-Holland”
  • Serbian: “Јужна Холандија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Južna Holandija”
  • Sicilian: “Ulanda Miridiunali”
  • Sinhala: “දකුණු ඕලන්දය”
  • Skolt Sami: “Saujj-Hollantt”
  • Slovak: “Južný Holland”
  • Slovenian: “Južna Holandija”
  • Somali: “Koofurta Holland”
  • Spanish: “Holanda Meridional”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Holanda Meridional”
  • Sranan Tongo: “Zuid-Holland”
  • Swahili: “Zuid-Holland”
  • Swedish: “Sydholland”
  • Swedish: “Zuid-Holland”
  • Tajik: “Ҳоланди Ҷанубӣ”
  • Tamil: “தெற்கு ஒல்லாந்து”
  • Tamil: “தெற்கு ஹாலந்து”
  • Tamil: “தெற்கு ஹொலண்ட்”
  • Tatar: “Көньяк Һолландия”
  • Telugu: “ద7ిణ హాలండ్”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดเซาท์ฮอลแลนด์”
  • Turkish: “Güney Hollanda”
  • Ukrainian: “Південна Голландія”
  • Urdu: “جنوبی ہولانت”
  • Venetian: “Ołanda Meridionałe”
  • Vietnamese: “Zuid-Holland”
  • Vlaams: “Zuud-Holland”
  • Volapük: “Sulüda⸗Holän”
  • Volapük: “Zuid-Holland”
  • Walloon: “Province d‘ Holande Nonnrece”
  • Walloon: “Province d’ Holande Nonnrece”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Zuid-Holland”
  • Welsh: “Zuid-Holland”
  • Western Armenian: “Հարաւային Հոլանտա”
  • Western Frisian: “Súd-Hollân”
  • Western Panjabi: “تھلواں ہالینڈ”
  • Wu Chinese: “南荷兰省”
  • Yue Chinese: “南荷蘭”
  • Zeeuws: “Zuud-‘Olland”
  • Zeeuws: “Zuud-’Olland”
  • “Ulànda Meriudiunàla”

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