Editing North Holland (section)

===Regions in North Holland===
North Holland has various regions that, for historical or other reasons, have their own identities. Some of these regions are unofficial, ill-defined and sometimes overlapping. Others are official and are part of regional groupings artificially created for various administrative purposes. These regions are not the same as the municipalities.

List of some of these unofficial and official regions in North Holland:

* [[Amstelland]] (the area around the [[Amstel]])
* [[Beemster]]
* [[Bollenstreek]] (the flower areas found in both North Holland and South Holland)
* The [[Gooi]] (in Dutch usually "{{lang|nl|Het Gooi}}" or "{{lang|nl|'t Gooi}}")
* [[Groene Hart]] (North Holland, South Holland and Utrecht)
* [[Haarlemmermeer]]
* [[Holland]] (North Holland and South Holland)
* [[IJmond]] ("The Mouth of the [[IJ (Amsterdam)|IJ]]")<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://feelingkeep.com/article/the-ports-of-ijmuiden|title=The ports of IJmuiden; History; Fishing port; The fish auction; Cup port; Seaport Marina|website=feelingkeep.com|language=en|access-date=18 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118182214/http://feelingkeep.com/article/the-ports-of-ijmuiden|archive-date=18 January 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{Citation needed| date=October 2012}}
* [[Kennemerland]]
* [[Purmer]]
* [[Kop van Noord-Holland]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.waddensea-worldheritage.org/experience-wadden-sea/touristic-regions/noord-holland|title=Visiting the Kop van Noord-Holland|last=World Heritage|website=Wadden Sea World Heritage|access-date=11 October 2017}}</ref>
* [[Noorderkwartier]] ("North Quarter")<ref>{{Cite book|title=DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: The Netherlands|publisher=Penguin|year=2011|isbn=9780756684761|pages=169}}</ref>
* [[Noordvleugel]] ("North Wing")<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bertolini|first=Luca|date=10 January 2013|title=Transitions of Mobility Systems in Urban Regions: A Heuristic Framework|journal=Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning|volume=15|issue=2|pages=141–160|doi=10.1080/1523908X.2012.746182|bibcode=2013JEPP...15..141S |s2cid=154878226|url=https://dare.uva.nl/personal/pure/en/publications/transitions-of-mobility-systems-in-urban-regions-a-heuristic-framework(bdc93dc7-65e2-4fc0-9586-6a1d7fb069d3).html}}</ref>
* [[Randstad]] (North Holland, South Holland, Utrecht and Flevoland)
* [[Schermer]]
* [[De Streek]]
* [[Texel]]
* [[Utrecht Hill Ridge|Utrechtse Heuvelrug]] (Utrecht and North Holland)
* [[Vechtstreek]] ("The [[Vecht (Utrecht)|Vecht]] Area") (Utrecht and North Holland)
* [[Waterland]] (now effectively the municipality of Waterland, North Holland)
* [[West Friesland (region)|West-Friesland]]
* [[Wieringen]]
* [[Wieringermeer]]
* [[Wijdewormer]] (De Wormer, North Holland)
* [[Zaanstreek]] ("The [[Zaan]] Area")