Blaker (Netherlands)
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Blaker is a hamlet in the Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 province of South Holland
South Holland
South Holland is a province situated on the North Sea in the western part of the Netherlands. The provincial capital is The Hague and its largest city is Rotterdam.South Holland is one of the most densely populated and industrialised areas in the world...

. It is located in the municipality of Westland
Westland (Netherlands)
Westland is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. It covers an area of 90.59 km² and had a population of 97,270 in 2004....

 (formerly De Lier
De Lier
De Lier is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Westland, and lies about 5 km north of Maassluis. It also lies about below sea level....

), about 2 km northeast of the village of De Lier.

The hamlet consists of a single road, stretching between the Leê canal and the Noord Lierweg road.

The area in which the hamlet is located, the "Oude Lierpolder", used to be called "Blaker" as well.
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