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Provinces of Nepal
Provinces of Nepal: the seven first-level federal units created by the 2015 Constitution, operating since 2017 between the federal government and 753 local governments, with exclusive and concurrent powers and heavy fiscal dependence on federal grants.
Provinces of Papua New Guinea
Provinces of Papua New Guinea: the country's 22 province-level divisions (20 provinces, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, National Capital District), their 1977 origins, 1995 reforms, governors, districts, and Bougainville's autonomy.
Provinces of Prussia
Provinces of Prussia (Provinzen): top-tier administrative divisions of Prussia from the 1815 reform, each headed by an Oberpräsident above Regierungsbezirke and Kreise; ten original provinces in 1818, repeatedly redrawn, abolished 1945-47.
Provinces of South Africa
Provinces of South Africa: the nine first-level divisions (Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West, Western Cape), each with a legislature, premier, and executive council under the 1996 Constitution.
Provinces of Spain
Provinces of Spain: 50 second-tier divisions grouping municipalities into 17 autonomous communities, created by Javier de Burgos's royal decree of 30 November 1833 (49 provinces), governed by 41 diputaciones plus island cabildos and consejos.
Provinces of Sri Lanka
Provinces of Sri Lanka: the island's nine first-level divisions (Western, Central, Southern, Northern, Eastern, North Western, North Central, Uva, Sabaragamuwa), 25 districts, provincial councils under the 1987 13th Amendment, and stalled elections since 2014.
Provinces of Sweden
Provinces of Sweden (landskap): 25 historical, cultural regions superseded as administrative units by the 21 counties (län) created in 1634; now informal identity and reference units.
Provinces of Thailand (จังหวัด)
Provinces of Thailand (changwat, จังหวัด): the 76 first-level divisions excluding Bangkok, each headed by an Interior Ministry-appointed governor, subdivided into districts, with elected PAOs, created by the 1892 Thesaphiban reform.
Provinces of the Netherlands
Provinces of the Netherlands (provincies): the 12 regional authorities of a decentralised unitary state, 11 dating to 1830 and Flevoland created 1 January 1986, each with a directly elected council, provincial executive, and King's commissioner.
Provinces of the Philippines
Provinces of the Philippines (lalawigan): the 82 primary subdivisions of the country, created only by act of Congress, grouped into 18 regions, each headed by an elected governor, with highly urbanized cities independent of provincial jurisdiction.
Provinces of Vietnam
Provinces of Vietnam: first-level subdivisions, 34 units (28 provinces, 6 centrally-run cities) after the June 2025 mergers from 63; two-tier province-commune system replaced the district level on 1 July 2025.
Provinces of Zambia
Provinces of Zambia: the country's ten first-level divisions (Central, Copperbelt, Eastern, Luapula, Lusaka, Muchinga, Northern, North-Western, Southern, Western), 116 districts, provincial administration under the Constitution, and Muchinga's 2011 creation.
Provinces reform of 1775 (guberniya reform)
The Provinces reform of 1775 (Губернская реформа 1775 года) was Catherine II's reorganization of local government in the Russian Empire, dividing it into 50 governorships.
Provincetown Players
The Provincetown Players was an American amateur theater company founded in 1915 by Greenwich Village writers to stage experimental new plays, launching Eugene O'Neill's career.
Provincetown, Massachusetts
Provincetown, Massachusetts, or P-Town, is a resort town at the tip of Cape Cod: a 1727 whaling and fishing port that became an art colony, the Provincetown Players' home, and a major LGBTQ destination.
Provincia Andrés Ibáñez
Provincia Andrés Ibáñez (formerly Cercado), a province of Santa Cruz department, Bolivia, created 6 December 1944 and named for caudillo Andrés Ibáñez Justiniano. Capital Santa Cruz de la Sierra; five municipalities; about 1.9 million people (2024 census).
Provincia Cercado, Oruro, Bolivia
Provincia Cercado (Oruro, Bolivia): province whose capital is the city of Oruro; municipalities Oruro, Caracollo, El Choro, Paria (Soracachi); 5,766 km²; Oruro municipality 298,350 inhabitants per Censo 2024.
Provincia Constitucional del Callao
Provincia Constitucional del Callao, special-regime province of Peru on the Pacific coast, home to Peru's main port and Jorge Chávez airport; created 1836, renamed 22 April 1857 after repelling Vivanco's landing.
Provincia de Alajuela
Provincia de Alajuela, Costa Rica's second most populous province (1,035,464 estimated in 2022, 20.53%), capital city Alajuela, 16 cantons including Río Cuarto, created as a province by Law 36 of 7 December 1848, with 12 legislative seats for 2026.
Provincia de Chiriquí
Provincia de Chiriquí, westernmost province of Panama, capital David; created 26 May 1849 from Veraguas. Coffee and livestock economy, Volcán Barú (3,474 m), 471,071 people (2023), 14 districts.
Provincia de Ciego de Ávila
Provincia de Ciego de Ávila, central Cuban province created in 1976 from Camagüey territory, capital Ciego de Ávila city, 10 municipalities, sugar and Jardines del Rey tourism.
Provincia de Cienfuegos
Provincia de Cienfuegos is a Cuban province on the south-central coast, capital Cienfuegos city, created in 1976 from Las Villas. Known for its French-founded 1819 capital, UNESCO historic center, industrial economy, and port.
Provincia de Coclé
Provincia de Coclé, central Panama province with capital Penonomé; created 1855, area 4,927.3 km², six districts, 268,264 people (2023 census), agriculture-based economy of sugarcane, rice, and cattle.
Provincia de Colón
Provincia de Colón is a province of Panama on the Caribbean coast, named after Christopher Columbus; its capital, Colón, sits near the Panama Canal's Caribbean entrance.
Provincia de Cotopaxi
Provincia de Cotopaxi, or Cotopaxi Province, is one of the 24 provinces of Ecuador in the central Andean highlands, with its capital at Latacunga and the Cotopaxi volcano.
Provincia de El Oro
Provincia de El Oro, Ecuador's southwestern coastal province with capital Machala, created 23 April 1884; 14 cantons, 5,766.68 km², 714,592 inhabitants (2022); banana, shrimp, and gold-mining economy bordering Peru.
Provincia de Heredia
Provincia de Heredia is a province of Costa Rica, with its capital at the city of Heredia. It is the smallest of the country's seven provinces.
Provincia de Holguín
Provincia de Holguín (Holguín Province) is one of the 15 provinces of Cuba, created in 1976 from Oriente and named after its capital city, Holguín.
Provincia de Imbabura
Provincia de Imbabura, Ecuadorian Andean province created 25 June 1824, capital Ibarra; six cantons including Otavalo and Cotacachi; 4,712.37 km², about 476,000 inhabitants; UNESCO World Geopark since 2019.
Provincia de La Habana
Provincia de La Habana, the former Havana Province of Cuba (1976-2011), an agricultural ring around the capital subdivided in 2011 into Artemisa and Mayabeque; the name then passed to the former Ciudad de La Habana province.