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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 industrialized 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. Rotterdam has one of the world's largest harbours.

Rivers and other bodies of water include Nieuwe MaasSatellite image of the northwest part of the Rhine- Meuse delta showing river Nieuwe Maas (n). The Nieuwe Maas ("New Meuse") is a stretch of river in the Netherlands, taking water from the Rhine and the Meuse. It begins at the intersection of rivers Noord, Nieuwe WaterwegSatellite image of the northwest part of the Rhine- Meuse delta showing the Nieuwe Waterweg (t)The Nieuwe Waterweg ("New Waterway") is a ship canal in the Netherlands from het Scheur (a branch of the Rhine- Meuse delta) west of the town of Maassluis to th, Oude MaasSatellite image of the northwest part of the Rhine- Meuse delta showing river Oude Maas (o). River Oude Maas ("Old Meuse") is a branch in the Rhine- Meuse delta in the Dutch province of South Holland. It begins at the city of Dordrecht where the Beneden M, HaringvlietThe Haringvliet is a large inlet of the North Sea, in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. It is an important estuary of the Rhine- Meuse delta. Near Numansdorp, the Hollands Diep splits into the Haringvliet and the Volkerak estuaries. It is, Hollands DiepHollands Diep is a large river in the Netherlands and an estuary of the Rhine and Meuse river. Through the Scheldt-Rhine Canal it connects to the Scheldt river. The Bergse Maas river and the Nieuwe Merwede river join near Lage Zwaluwe to form the Hollands.

1 Municipalities

South Holland is divided into 86 municipalitiesA municipality or general-purpose district (see also: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. Municipalities are not necessa) (before 2004: 91) (here with shopping evenings in parentheses, and links to maps in brackets):

1. AlblasserdamAlblasserdam (population: 18,404) is a town in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of 10. 00 km² (of which 1. 17 km² water). Public transport Fast Ferry: Rotterdam Willemskade Krimpen aan den IJssel S [1]
2. Albrandswaard [2]
3. Alkemade (Roelofarendsveen: fr) [3]
4. Alphen aan den Rijn (fr) [4]
5. Barendrecht [5]
6. Bergambacht [6]
7. Bergschenhoek [7]
8. Berkel en Rodenrijs [8]
9. Bernisse [9]
10. Binnenmaas
11. Bleiswijk [10]
12. Bodegraven [11]
13. Boskoop [12]
14. Brielle [13]
15. Capelle aan den IJssel [14]
16. Cromstrijen [15]
17. Delft (fr) [16]
18. Den Haag - including Scheveningen (th)
19. Dirksland [17]
20. Dordrecht [18]
21. Giessenlanden [19]
22. Goedereede [20]
23. Gorinchem [21]
24. Gouda [22]
25. Graafstroom
26. 's-Gravendeel
27. Hardinxveld-Giessendam [23]
28. Hellevoetsluis [24]
29. Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht [25]
30. Hillegom (th) [26]
31. Jacobswoude [27]
32. Katwijk (th, except Hoornes and Rijnsoever: fr) [28]
33. Korendijk [29]
34. Krimpen aan den IJssel [30]
35. Leerdam [31]
36. Leiden (th, except Merenwijk: fr) [32]
37. Leiderdorp (fr) [33]
38. Leidschendam-Voorburg [34]
39. Liemeer [35]
40. Liesveld
41. Lisse (th) [36]
42. Maassluis [37]
43. Middelharnis [38]
44. Midden-Delfland (until 2004 Maasland and Schipluiden}
45. Moordrecht [39]
46. Nederlek [40]
47. Nieuw-Lekkerland [41]
48. Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel [42]
49. Nieuwkoop [43]
50. Noordwijk (th) [44]
51. Noordwijkerhout (fr) [45]
52. Oegstgeest (fr) [46]
53. Oostflakkee [47]
54. Oud-Beijerland [48]
55. Ouderkerk [49]
56. Papendrecht [50]
57. Pijnacker-Nootdorp (Nootdorp: fr)
58. Reeuwijk [51]
59. Ridderkerk [52]
60. Rijnsburg (fr) [53]
61. Rijnwoude [54]
62. Rijswijk [55]
63. Rotterdam - including Hoek van Holland (fr)
64. Rozenburg [56]
65. Sassenheim (th)
66. Schiedam [57]
67. Schoonhoven [58]
68. Sliedrecht [59]
69. Spijkenisse [60]
70. Strijen [61]
71. Ter Aar [62]
72. Valkenburg (fr)
73. Vlaardingen [63]
74. Vlist [64]
75. Voorhout (fr)
76. Voorschoten (fr) [65]
77. Waddinxveen [66]
78. Warmond
79. Wassenaar [67]
80. Westland (until 2004 De Lier, 's-Gravenzande, Monster, Naaldwijk and Wateringen)
81. Westvoorne [68]
82. Zederik [69]
83. Zevenhuizen-Moerkapelle [70]
84. Zoetermeer (th) [71]
85. Zoeterwoude [72]
86. Zwijndrecht - including Heerjansdam [73], [74]

On 1 January 2004 the municipalities De Lier, 's-Gravenzande, Monster, Naaldwijk and Wateringen have been merged to a new municipality Westland, and Maasland and Schipluiden to another one, Midden-Delfland.

Possibly Sassenheim, Voorhout and Warmond will be merged in the future.