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 the most densely populated and industrialised of the Dutch provinces. Neighbouring provinces are Zeeland to the southwest, North Brabant to the southeast, Gelderland to the east, Utrecht to the northeast and North Holland to the north. [hotels]

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. Dordrecht, Leiden, Delft and Gouda have town centers with many 17th-century buildings. Katwijk has its city center situated near the beach. Rotterdam has one of the world's largest harbours. Zoetermeer is a very new city, most of it was developed in 1970. Other New Towns are Capelle aan den IJssel, Hellevoetsluis and Spijkenisse, all three situated in the vicinity of Rotterdam. See all hotels in South Holland

South Holland makes up one region of the ISO world region code system, having the code ISO 3166-2:NL-ZH. The area contains the mouth of two major European rivers: Rhine and Meuse. Rivers and other bodies of water include the Nieuwe Maas, Nieuwe Waterweg, Oude Maas, Haringvliet, Hollands Diep, Oude Rijn and Hollandse IJssel.

Municipalities
South Holland is divided into 72 municipalities (before 2006: 86, before 2007: 77) (here with shopping evenings in parentheses, and links to maps in brackets):

Alblasserdam [1]
Albrandswaard [2]
Alkemade (Roelofarendsveen: fr) [3]
Alphen aan den Rijn (fr) [4]
Barendrecht [5]
Bergambacht [6]
Bernisse [7]
Binnenmaas
Map of South Holland with numbered municipalities (note that some former municipalities still have their own number on this map and in the list).Bodegraven [8]
Boskoop [9]
Brielle [10]
Capelle aan den IJssel [11]
Cromstrijen [12]
Delft (fr) [13]
Den Haag - including Scheveningen (th)
Dirksland [14]
Dordrecht [15]
Giessenlanden [16]
Goedereede [17]
Gorinchem [18]
Gouda [19]
Graafstroom
Hardinxveld-Giessendam [20]
Hellevoetsluis [21]
Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht [22]
Hillegom (th) [23]
Jacobswoude [24]
Katwijk (th, except Hoornes-Rijnsoever and Koestal: fr) [25]
Korendijk [26]
Krimpen aan den IJssel [27]
Lansingerland
Leerdam [28]
Leiden (th, except Merenwijk: fr) [29]
Leiderdorp (fr) [30]
Leidschendam-Voorburg [31]
Liesveld
Lisse (th) [32]
Bulb fields in Lisse.Maassluis [33]
Middelharnis [34]
Midden-Delfland (until 2004 Maasland and Schipluiden}
Moordrecht [35]
Nederlek [36]
Nieuw-Lekkerland [37]
Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel [38]
Nieuwkoop [39]
Noordwijk (th) [40]
Noordwijkerhout (fr) [41]
Oegstgeest (fr) [42]
Oostflakkee [43]
Oud-Beijerland [44]
Ouderkerk [45]
Papendrecht [46]
Pijnacker-Nootdorp (Nootdorp: fr)
Reeuwijk [47]
Ridderkerk [48]
Rijnwoude [49]
Rijswijk [50]
Rotterdam - including Hoek van Holland (fr)
Rozenburg [51]
Schiedam [52]
Schoonhoven [53]
Sliedrecht [54]
Spijkenisse [55]
Strijen [56]
Vlaardingen [57]
Vlist [58]
Voorschoten (fr) [59]
Waddinxveen [60]
Wassenaar [61]
Westland (until 2004 De Lier, 's-Gravenzande, Monster, Naaldwijk and Wateringen)
Westvoorne [62]
Zederik [63]
Zevenhuizen-Moerkapelle [64]
Zoetermeer (th) [65]
Zoeterwoude [66]
Zwijndrecht - including Heerjansdam [67], [68]

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