More specifically, ‘Holland’ is made up of North Holland and South Holland, which are just two of the 12 provinces of the Netherlands. That happened because Holland was historically the area ...

In reality, Holland makes up just two of 12 provinces of the Netherlands — North and South Holland (or Noord-Holland and Zuid-Holland), which are located on the west coast of country.

Photo: Depositphotos.com The relatively new province Flevoland had the fastest growing regional economy in the Netherlands last year, according to new figures from the national statistics office CBS.