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'Asir Region
'Asir Region (عسير) is a southwestern Saudi Arabian administrative region with its seat at Abha, covering 82,939.5 km² with about 2 million people. It holds Saudi Arabia's highest peak (Al Soudah), 60% of its forests, and is being developed as a year-round tourism destination under Vision 2030.
A Coruña (district)
A Coruña (formerly La Coruña) is a province of Galicia, Spain, capital city A Coruña. Population 1,135,612 (2025), 41.83% of Galicia; renamed officially in 1998; 956 km coastline.
Abai Region
Abai Region (Абай облысы) is a region of eastern Kazakhstan formed June 8, 2022, with center Semey, on the territory of the former Semipalatinsk Region; area 185,500 km², population about 596,000.
Abia State
Abia State, "God's Own State," is a southeastern Nigerian state created August 27, 1991 from Imo State, capital Umuahia, commercial hub Aba, 5,834 sq km, agriculture-heavy economy, oil-producing, 17 LGAs.
Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec administrative region 08 at the province's western tip; main cities Rouyn-Noranda and Val-d'Or. Resource economy of mining and forestry, 149,441 residents in 2025, 57,337 km², Anishinaabe-derived name.
Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
The Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was an autonomous republic within the Georgian SSR from 1931, created by downgrading the treaty-based SSR of Abkhazia, until the Soviet collapse.
Abra (province)
Abra (Lalawigan ti Abra) is a landlocked province in the Cordillera Administrative Region, northern Luzon, Philippines, with capital Bangued, 27 municipalities, 246,948 residents (2024), created from Ilocos Sur in 1846.
Absheron District
Absheron District (Abşeron rayonu) is an Azerbaijani district centered on Xırdalan, created 4 January 1963 to supply Baku and Sumqayıt with farm produce; 1,546 sq km, 435,200 people, known for Yanar Dag and the Masazir salt lake.
Acadia
Acadia (Acadie) was a French colony founded in 1604 in present-day Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Maine; ceded to Britain in 1713, its Acadian people were expelled in the 1755-1763 Grand Dérangement, later reestablishing communities and identity in the Maritimes and Louisiana.
Aceh
Aceh, an Indonesian province on northwestern Sumatra with capital Banda Aceh, holds special autonomy under Law 11/2006 to implement Islamic sharia via Qanun; formerly Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, site of the 2004 tsunami and 2005 Helsinki peace deal.
Adamaoua Region
Adamaoua (Adamawa Region), a region of Cameroon with capital Ngaoundéré, created in 2008 on the Adamawa Plateau; 63,701 km², water tower of Cameroon, cattle-raising and bauxite region bordering Nigeria and the Central African Republic.
Adamawa State
Adamawa State, northeastern Nigeria, created 27 August 1991 from Gongola State, capital Yola, named after the Adamawa Emirate of Modibbo Adama. 36,917 km², 21 LGAs, agriculture-dominated economy, Boko Haram activity and displacement in the north.
Administrative divisions of China
Administrative divisions of China (行政区划): the constitutional three-tier system of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities, with 34 province-level units including Hong Kong and Macao SARs, and a de facto four-level hierarchy.
Administrative divisions of Mexico
Administrative divisions of Mexico: a federal republic of 32 entities (31 states plus Mexico City with its 16 alcaldías) and 2,441 free municipalities under Articles 40, 115, and 124, with limited fiscal autonomy and coordinated metropolitan zones such as the 84-unit ZMVM.
Administrative-Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the Dniester
The Administrative-Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the Dniester is a Moldovan autonomous unit demarcating Transnistria, a Russian-occupied unrecognized state with its capital at Tiraspol.
Adrar, Algeria
Adrar, Algeria: oasis city and capital of Adrar wilaya (wilaya 01) in the Tuat, southwestern Sahara, 1,500 km from Algiers; second-largest wilaya at 427,368 km², fossil Continental Intercalaire groundwater, foggara irrigation, gas and wind-energy potential.
Adygea
Adygea (Адыгея), a small republic in southern Russia within the Southern Federal District, surrounded by Krasnodar Krai; capital Maykop; Adyghe (Circassian) titular nation, Russian majority, mountain tourism and food-industry economy.
Africa (Roman province)
Africa (Africa Proconsularis) was a Roman province founded in 146 BC after Carthage's destruction, governed by a senatorial proconsul from Carthage, a major grain and olive-oil source, ending with the Arab conquest of 698.
Agder
Agder is Norway's southernmost county, created in 2020 from Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder, with 25 municipalities, 323,930 residents (2026), and Kristiansand as its largest town and seat.
Agnéby-Tiassa
Agnéby-Tiassa, administrative region of southern Côte d'Ivoire, capital Agboville; four departments (Agboville, Tiassalé, Sikensi, Taabo), 9,080 km², 865,951 people (RGPH 2021), Taabo dam supplying 35% of national electricity.
Ağrı
Ağrı is a province in northeastern Turkey on the Iran border, named after Mount Ağrı (5,137 m, Turkey's highest peak). Also historically Şorbulak, Karakilise, Karaköse, and Ararat; capital at 1,640 m; economy based on farming and sheep herding; ranked 81st in SEGE-2025.
Aguascalientes
Aguascalientes: small landlocked state in central Mexico, capital Ciudad de Aguascalientes, 11 municipalities, founded as a villa in 1575, statehood 1857; major producer of guava, vehicles, and exports.
Ahal
Ahal (Ahal welaýaty) is a province of Turkmenistan surrounding but excluding Ashgabat, with 7 districts, capital Arkadag since December 2022, population 886,845 (2022 census), a granary and gas-processing region.
Aichi Prefecture (愛知県)
Aichi Prefecture (愛知県, Aichi-ken), central Japan's Pacific-facing prefecture with capital Nagoya, formed in 1872 from Owari and Mikawa provinces; Japan's top manufacturing prefecture for 46 consecutive years, home to Toyota, with about 7.44 million people.
Aïn Defla Province
Aïn Defla Province is one of Algeria's 58 provinces, created in 1984 in the Cheliff valley about 145 km southwest of Algiers, and is among the country's most productive agricultural regions.
Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Ain (department 01, prefecture Bourg-en-Bresse) in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, between Lyon and Geneva; 679,344 inhabitants in 2023, France's most industrialized department, highest point Crêt de la Neige at 1,720 m.
Aisne
Aisne (code 02) is a French department in Hauts-de-France, created in 1790 from Champagne, Île-de-France, and Picardy, prefecture Laon (chosen over Soissons 411–37), 797 communes, 523,342 inhabitants in 2023, and the Chemin des Dames First World War battlefield.
Akershus
Akershus, Norwegian county (fylke) number 32 around Oslo, re-established 1 January 2024 after Viken dissolved; 21 municipalities, about 749,000 residents, Norway's fastest-growing county.
Akita Prefecture (秋田県)
Akita Prefecture (秋田県) is a Tohoku prefecture on the Sea of Japan, capital Akita City, founded 1871. Sixth-largest by area, leading rice and sake producer, Japan's fastest-shrinking, oldest population, and an offshore wind hub.
Aklan
Aklan is a province of the Philippines occupying northern Panay in the Western Visayas, with Kalibo as capital; it is best known for Boracay Island and the Ati-Atihan Festival.