Buitenkaag

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| name = Buitenkaag

| settlement_type = Village

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| native_name_lang = nl

| image_skyline = File:Buitenkaag, dorpshuis, kerk (Kerkcomplex Joannes Evangelist (GM0394-50) en school IMG 9928 2021-08-02 14.06.jpg

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| image_caption = Village house, church (Kerkcomplex Joannes Evangelist ) and school

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| pushpin_map = Netherlands#Netherlands North Holland

| pushpin_label_position = top

| pushpin_mapsize = 250

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Netherlands

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = North Holland

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Haarlemmermeer

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| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 2158LR |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 30 April 2022 }}

| elevation_m = -0.3

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| area_total_km2 = 1.09

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| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=30 April 2022}}

| population_total = 480

| population_as_of = 2021

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| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 2158

| area_code_type = Dialing code

| area_code = 0252

| coordinates = {{coord|52|13|N|4|34|E|region:NL_type:city(422)|display=inline,title}}

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Buitenkaag is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Haarlemmermeer, and lies about 8 km northeast of Leiden. The name Buitenkaag (Outer Kaag) refers to the town Kaag and the surrounding lake area, the Kagerplassen. The village officially received the name in 1859.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/buitenkaag |title=Buitenkaag - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=30 April 2022 |language=nl}}

One of the most distinctive buildings in Buitenkaag is "Gemaal de Leeghwater", a pumping station named after Jan Leeghwater. Built in the mid-19th century to reclaim the Haarlemmermeer lake, it is still operational today. Originally, it was based on steam engine. In 1930, diesel engines were installed in the pumping station.{{cite news|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu11_01/sten009monu11_01_0042.php |title=Buitenkaag |author=Ronald Stenvert & Saskia van Ginkel-Meester |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |year=2006 |language=nl |access-date=30 April 2022}}