Bloemendaal (population: 17,108) is a town in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The municipality covers an area of 38.56 km² (of which 0.52 km² water).
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Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta, (1304?-1377?), Moroccan Muslim, visited Mecca several times, travelled to Central Asia, East Africa, China, ...