West Netherlands

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West Netherlands (Dutch: West-Nederland) is a subdivision of Netherlands as defined by the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS). It is one of the four classified NUTS-1 statistical regions of Netherlands. The region incorporates the western parts of the country, and encompasses an area of 11,892 km2 (4,592 sq mi). The region has a long coastline along the North Sea to the west and shares an international border with Belgium to the south. It incorporates four provinces –North Holland, South Holland, Utrecht, and Zeeland. With a population of over 8.6 million, it is densely populated and is the most populated of the all the regions in Netherlands. The region forms most of the Randstad region, and includes the capital Amsterdam and the country's other largest urban areas in Rotterdam, The Hague, and Utrecht.