Regions in South Holland
Some of the regions in South Holland are official regional groupings artificially created for various administrative purposes. Other regions have developed their own identities for historical, geographic or other reasons. These regions are sometimes undefined and overlapping.
The province is officially divided into four regions:
- Rijnmond ("The Rhine Mouth"), also referred to as the "Stadsregio Rotterdam" ("Greater Rotterdam Area")
- Zuid-Holland Zuid ("South South Holland")
- Zuid-Holland West ("West South Holland")
- Zuid-Holland Oost ("East South Holland")
Another official region is the Zuidvleugel ("The South Wing"), which refers to the conurbation consisting of the southern wing of the Randstad.
Some of the other regions in South Holland:
- Alblasserwaard
- Bollenstreek (the flower areas found in both North Holland and South Holland)
- Delfland (the area around Delft)
- Drechtsteden ("The Drecht towns")
- Duin- en Bollenstreek (“Dune and Bulb Region”)
- Goeree-Overflakkee
- Gouwestreek ("The Gouwe Area")
- Groene Hart ("The Green Heart")
- Haaglanden (the area around The Hague)
- Hoeksche Waard
- Hof van Delfland (the area including the municipalities of The Hague, Zoetermeer, Delft, Westland, Midden-Delfland and north Rotterdam, especially the green areas between them)
- Holland Rijnland
- IJsselmonde (literally, "The Mouth of the IJssel", but an island in the Maas)
- Kagerplassen (The Kaag Lakes)
- Krimpenerwaard
- Rijnland ("Rhineland")
- Rijnstreek ("The Rhine Area")
- Schieland
- Vijfheerenlanden
- Voorne-Putten
- De Waarden (Alblasserwaard and Krimpenerwaard)
- Westhoek or Westland (roughly including Hoek van Holland and the municipalities of Westland and Midden-Delfland)
- Zuidvleugel
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