N Holland (Dutch: Noord-Holland) is a province of the Netherlands, located in the north-west a portion of the united states. Its capital is Haarlem. More cities include a united states's capital Amsterdam, Hilversum, Alkmaar and Zaandam.

Geography
Northerly Holland forms a peninsula between the North Sea and the IJsselmeer. To a higher degree half of the province consists of rescued land in the form of polders and is in the image below sea level. A island of Texel is also a share of Northerly Holland.

Northerly Holland is of these region of the International Standards Organisation world region code formulas, with a code ISO 3166-2:NL-NH.

History
A province Northward Holland was formed around 1840, when a province Holland was split in to the northern & southern section (South Holland). Within 1940, the islands Vlieland and Terschelling were ceded to the province Friesland. Inside 1950, the previous island Urk was ceded to the province Overijssel.

Municipalities
N Holland is divided into 65 municipalities (local government areas):

Aalsmeer Alkmaar Amstelveen Amsterdam Andijk Anna Paulowna Beemster Bennebroek Bergen Beverwijk Blaricum Bloemendaal Bussum Castricum Den Helder Diemen Drechterland Edam-Volendam Enkhuizen Graft-De Rijp Haarlem Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude Haarlemmermeer Harenkarspel Heemskerk Heemstede Heerhugowaard Heiloo Hilversum Hoorn Huizen Landsmeer Langedijk Laren Medemblik Muiden Naarden Niedorp Noorder-Koggenland Obdam Oostzaan Opmeer Ouder-Amstel Purmerend Schagen Schermer Stede Broec Texel Uitgeest Uithoorn Velsen Venhuizen Waterland Weesp Wervershoof Wester-Koggenland Wieringen Wieringermeer Wijdemeren Wognum Wormerland Zaanstad Zandvoort Zeevang Zijpe

West-Friesland is a region that is a share of Northerly Holland (non of the province of Friesland). It consists of Alkmaar, Andijk, Drechterland, Enkhuizen, Harenkarspel, Heerhugowaard, Hoorn, Langedijk, Medemblik, Niedorp, Noorder-Koggenland, Obdam, Opmeer, Schagen, Stede Broec, Venhuizen, Wervershoof, Wester-Koggenland and Wognum.

For Spaarnwoude, view Velsen, Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude, and Railway stations in the Netherlands#H.