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Houtrijk en Polanen is a former municipality in the Dutch province of North Holland. It existed from 1817 to 1863, when it was merged with Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude. [1]
Houtrijk en Polanen was the area on the south side of the former IJ Bay between Haarlem and Amsterdam, around the town of Halfweg.
Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude[ˌɦaːrlɛmərˈlidə ʔɛn ˌspaːrnˈʋʌudə](
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Coordinates: 52°23′02″N4°45′12″E / 52.383877°N 4.753261°E
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