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Province of Agusan del Sur

Agusan del Sur, a landlocked province in Caraga, Mindanao, Philippines, capital Prosperidad; created 1967 (RA 4979); 740,531 residents (2024), Caraga's most populous province, with Bayugan city and 13 municipalities.

Province of Ancona

The Province of Ancona (Provincia di Ancona) is a province of the Marche in central Italy, capital Ancona; it had 467,451 inhabitants in 2020.

Province of Avellino

Province of Avellino (Provincia di Avellino), inland Campania province of southern Italy corresponding to Irpinia; capital Avellino, 118 comuni, about 393,000 residents, rural, low-density, hazelnut and wine territory.

Province of Cagliari

Province of Cagliari (Provincia di Cagliari), former province of Sardinia created by the 1859 Rattazzi decree and succeeded by the Metropolitan City of Cagliari on 1 January 2017 under regional law 2/2016.

Province of Camarines Norte

Camarines Norte, also called CamNorte, is the northernmost province of the Bicol Region, Philippines, capital Daet, re-established by Act No. 2809 in 1919; 604,666 people (2024), GDP PhP 64.93 billion in 2024.

Province of Canada

Province of Canada (United Canada), 1841–1867 British colony formed by the Act of Union merging Upper and Lower Canada into Canada West and Canada East; granted responsible government in 1848 and split into Ontario and Quebec at Confederation in 1867.

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Province of Charcas

The Province of Charcas was a Spanish colonial territory in the south-central Andes, administered from 1559 by the Real Audiencia de Charcas at La Plata, now Sucre, Bolivia.

Province of Cosenza

Province of Cosenza (Provincia di Cosenza), northern Calabria's province, established 2 January 1862; capital Cosenza. Largest Calabrian province: 6,650 km², 150 comuni, about 671,000 residents, Sila and Pollino national parks, Tyrrhenian and Ionian coasts.

Province of Davao del Sur

Davao del Sur (Habagatang Dabaw), a Philippine province in Davao Region, Mindanao; created May 8, 1967 by RA 4867 from the old Davao Province; capital Digos City; 9 municipalities, 705,129 people (2024), Mount Apo on its border.

Province of Davao Oriental

Davao Oriental, an easternmost Philippine province in Davao Region (Region XI) with capital Mati City, 590,042 people (2024 census), created by RA 4867 in 1967, agriculture-based economy, and the Mount Hamiguitan UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Province of Eastern Samar

Eastern Samar (Sidlangan nga Samar), a Philippine province in Eastern Visayas on eastern Samar island; capital Borongan City; created by RA 4221 in 1965; 22 municipalities plus one city; faces the Philippine Sea and Typhoon Haiyan first struck Guiuan there in 2013.

Province of Florence

Province of Florence (Provincia di Firenze), a Tuscan province with 41 municipalities, 988,494 residents and 3,513.68 km², abbreviation FI; transformed by law 56/2014 into the Metropolitan City of Florence.

Province of Foggia

Province of Foggia (Provincia di Foggia, Capitanata), northernmost province of Apulia, Italy; capital Foggia. Largest Apulian province (about 7,000 km²), 61 comuni, lowest regional density (84/km²), established as Capitanata in 1806.

Province of Frosinone

Province of Frosinone (Provincia di Frosinone), Lazio, Italy: established 1927, capital Frosinone, 91 comuni over 3,244 km², about 462,000 residents, lowest median income in Lazio.

Province of Genoa

Province of Genoa (Città Metropolitana di Genova), Liguria's metropolitan city around Genoa, Italy; province since 1860, metropolitan city since 2015; about 820,691 residents, Mayor Silvia Salis, major port.

Province of Georgia

Province of Georgia (Royal Georgia), Britain's last American colony, chartered 1732 under George II, royal province 1752-1776 under governors Reynolds, Ellis, and Wright; rice-slavery plantation economy ended by the 1776 Declaration of Independence.

Province of Huelva

Province of Huelva (Provincia de Huelva), southwestern Andalusian province of Spain created in 1833 by Javier de Burgos, capital Huelva city, about 543,000 inhabitants, known for agriculture, mining, the Port of Huelva, Doñana, and its transport deficit.

Province of Lanao del Norte

Lanao del Norte, a Philippine province in Northern Mindanao created May 22, 1959 by RA 2228 from the old Lanao province; capital Tubod, 22 municipalities, population 722,902 (2020), host of three Agus hydropower plants.

Province of Lanao del Sur

Lanao del Sur, a Philippine province in BARMM around Lake Lanao, capital Marawi City, homeland of the Meranaw people; created 1959, 39 municipalities, population 1,368,137 (2024).

Province of Latina

Province of Latina (Provincia di Latina), Lazio, Italy; created 1934 as Littoria, renamed 1945; 33 comuni, 2,256 km2, about 562,600 residents; capital Latina, founded 1932 on reclaimed Pontine Marshes.

Province of Lecce

Province of Lecce (Provincia di Lecce): Apulia province covering the Salento peninsula, capital Lecce, 96 municipalities, 761,927 people; president Fabio Tarantino since 5 February 2026; tourism-led economy.

Province of Leyte

Province of Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Philippines; largest province by population in Region VIII (1,823,458 in 2024 excluding Tacloban); 40 municipalities plus Ormoc and Baybay cities; economy led by manufacturing and the Tongonan geothermal field.

Province of Maryland

Province of Maryland: English proprietary colony chartered June 20, 1632 to Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore; Catholic haven, 1649 Toleration Act, tobacco economy, royal colony 1692-1715, Mason-Dixon boundary.

Province of Massa-Carrara

Province of Massa-Carrara (Provincia di Massa-Carrara), Tuscan province established 27 December 1859 by Luigi Carlo Farini; 17 comuni including Massa and Carrara; marble exports lead Italy; president Roberto Valettini since 2025.

Province of Massachusetts Bay

Province of Massachusetts Bay, the William and Mary royal province (charter 1691, effective 1692) uniting Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Maine, and Nova Scotia lands under a Crown-appointed governor until 1780.

Province of Milan

Province of Milan (Provincia di Milano), former province of Lombardy, Italy, created 1859 by the Rattazzi law; replaced 1 January 2015 by the Metropolitan City of Milan under Law 56/2014.

Province of Misamis Occidental

Misamis Occidental is a Philippine province in northwestern Mindanao, Region X, created by Act No. 3537 in 1929; capital Oroquieta City, largest city Ozamiz, 617,333 people (2020 census), agri-fishery economy.

Province of Monza and Brianza

Province of Monza and Brianza (Provincia di Monza e della Brianza), Lombardy province with capital Monza, established 2004, operational 2009; 55 comuni, 405.4 km², 879,752 residents, Italy's third smallest and densest Lombard province.

Province of New York

Province of New York: British colony formed in 1664 from Dutch New Netherland, named for James, Duke of York; royal province from 1685 with a permanent assembly from 1691, ending with the 1776-77 state government.