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Oostzaan, North Holland, Netherlandsi
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North HollandProvince
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Mindat Locality ID:
339302
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:339302:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Oostzaan, Hollande-Septentrionale, Pays-Bas
German:
Oostzaan, Nordholland, Niederlande
Italian:
Oostzaan, Olanda Settentrionale, Paesi Bassi
Russian:
Остзан, Северная Голландия, Нидерланды
Simplified Chinese:
奧斯特贊, 北荷兰省, 荷兰
Spanish:
Oostzaan, Holanda Septentrional, Países Bajos
Albanian:
Oostzaan, Hollanda e Veriut, Holanda
Arabic:
أوستزان, شمال-هولندا, هولندا
Aragonese:
Oostzaan, Holanda Septentrional, Países Baixos
Armenian:
Օստզան, Հյուսիսային Հոլանդիա, Նիդերլանդներ
Asturian:
Oostzaan, Holanda Septentrional, Países Baxos
Basque:
Oostzaan, Ipar Holanda, Herbehereak
Bavarian:
Oostzaan, Holland
Breton:
Oostzaan, Noord-Holland, Izelvroioù
Catalan:
Oostzaan, Holanda Septentrional, Països Baixos
Cebuano:
Gemeente Oostzaan, Provincie Noord-Holland, Olanda
Danish:
Oostzaan, Noord-Holland, Holland
Dutch:
Oostzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland
Dutch Low Saxon:
Oostzaan, Noord-Hollaand, Nederlaand
Esperanto:
Oostzaan, Nord-Holando, Nederlando
Farsi/Persian:
اوست‌زان, هلند شمالی, هلند
Finnish:
Oostzaan, Pohjois-Hollanti, Alankomaat
Greek:
Όοστζααν, Βόρεια Ολλανδία, Ολλανδία
Hungarian:
Oostzaan, Észak-Holland, Hollandia
Indonesian:
Oostzaan, Holland Utara, Belanda
Irish Gaelic:
Oostzaan, An Ollainn Thuaidh, An Ísiltír
Japanese:
オーストザーン, 北ホラント州, オランダ
Javanese:
Oostzaan, Holland Lor, Walanda
Limburgian:
Oostzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland
Lithuanian:
Ostzanas, Šiaurės Olandija, Nyderlandai
Luxembourgish:
Oostzaan, Provënz Nordholland, Holland
Malay:
Oostzaan, Noord-Holland, Belanda
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Oostzaan, Pak Hô-lân, Hô-lân
Norwegian:
Oostzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland
Occitan:
Oostzaan, Olanda Septentrionala, Païses Basses
Polish:
Oostzaan, Holandia Północna, Holandia
Portuguese:
Oostzaan, Holanda do Norte, Países Baixos
Romanian:
Oostzaan, Olanda de Nord, Țările de Jos
Saterland Frisian:
Oostzaan, Noud-Hollound, Niederlounde
Serbo-Croatian:
Oostzaan, Sjeverna Holandija, Nizozemska
Swedish:
Oostzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederländerna
Turkish:
Oostzaan, Kuzey Hollanda, Hollanda
Vietnamese:
Oostzaan, Noord-Holland, Hà Lan
Volapük:
Oostzaan, Noord-Holland, Nedän
Waray:
Oostzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederlandes
West Frisian:
Eastsaan, Noard-Hollân, Nederlân
Zeelandic:
Oostzaan, Noord-'Olland, Nederland


Oostzaan (Dutch pronunciation: [oːstˈsaːn]) is a municipality and a town in the Zaanstreek, Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Oostzaan has a total area of 16.08 km² (6.21 sq mi) of which 4.55 km² (1.76 sq mi) is water.

Oostzaan — together with Westzaan and Assendelft — are considered the "mother towns" of the Zaanstreek (the region around the River Zaan), of which they are the three oldest towns. Oostzaan also played a role in the VOC and WIC shipping and shipbuilding.

In the 17th century, Oostzaan had its own pirate, named Claes Compaen. Originally sailing from the Netherlands as a legal pirate captain, in the possession of pirate letters, he soon began to raid ships for his private account, from the English Channel, to the Mediterranean Sea and the African-Atlantic coast into even the Caribbean Sea. He liquidated the booty on the coast of Ireland, later in Salé and the Barbary Coast. A street in Oostzaan is named for Claes Compaen.

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oostzaan
Wikidata ID:Q9951
GeoNames ID:2749319


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