Holysloot is a village in the Dutch

Netherlands

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 province of North Holland

North Holland

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. It is a part of the municipality of Amsterdam

Amsterdam (municipality)

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, and lies about 9 km northeast of the city centre. The name Holysloot probably derives from an expression for a "low lying area at a ditch".

Holysloot is a part of the deelgemeente (sub-municipality) Amsterdam-Noord

Amsterdam-Noord

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. The village has about 160 inhabitants.

Holysloot was a separate municipality between 1 May 1817 and 1 January 1818, when it was merged with Ransdorp.