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Provincia de Limón
Provincia de Limón, Costa Rica's easternmost and last-created province, on the Caribbean coast: 9,188.52 km², six cantons, 453,604 residents (2024), Moín-Limón ports handling 88% of maritime exports, Afro-Caribbean calypso culture.
Provincia de Loja
Provincia de Loja is a province of southern Ecuador, capital Loja city, created 25 June 1824, with 16 cantons, 485,421 inhabitants (2022 census), 11,066 km², borders Peru, known for music, the Virgen del Cisne, and coffee.
Provincia de Los Ríos
Provincia de Los Ríos, Ecuadorian province in the coastal region, capital Babahoyo, created 6 October 1860 by Gabriel García Moreno; 898,652 inhabitants (2022), 13 cantons, leading producer of banana, corn, rice, and cacao.
Provincia de Manabí
Provincia de Manabí, Ecuador's third most populous province on the central-northwest Pacific coast, capital Portoviejo, 22 cantons, created 25 June 1824, port of Manta, Manteña heritage, 2016 earthquake reconstruction.
Provincia de Matanzas
Provincia de Matanzas, western Cuban province with capital Matanzas city; second largest at 11,802.72 km², about 700,000 people, 13 municipalities, Varadero beach, Zapata wetland, Bay of Pigs site.
Provincia de Ñuble
Provincia de Ñuble, former Chilean province of the Biobío Region; became the XVI Región de Ñuble on 6 September 2018 under Law 21.033, with capital Chillán, 21 comunas, three provinces, 13,178.5 km².
Provincia de Pichincha
Pichincha is an Andean province of Ecuador, capital Quito, area 9,535.91 km², population about 3.1 million (18.2% of Ecuador), most densely populated province, 26.6% of national output, home to active Guagua Pichincha volcano.
Provincia de Pinar del Río
Provincia de Pinar del Río, westernmost province of Cuba, capital Pinar del Río; produces 80% of Cuban tobacco; Viñales Valley UNESCO World Heritage site since 1999; lost three municipalities to Artemisa in 2011.
Provincia de Sancti Spíritus
Provincia de Sancti Spíritus, central Cuban province created in 1976 from Las Villas, capital Sancti Spíritus city (founded 1514), 8 municipalities, home to Trinidad and the Valle de los Ingenios.
Provincia de Santa Elena
Provincia de Santa Elena, Ecuador's 24th and newest province (created 7 November 2007 from Guayas), capital Santa Elena city, on the Santa Elena Peninsula (Sumpa); three cantons, 3,762.8 km2, beach-tourism, fishing and oil economy.
Provincia de Santiago de Cuba
Provincia de Santiago de Cuba: eastern Cuban province, capital Santiago de Cuba city; 6,156.44 km², about 1,047,000 people, Sierra Maestra and Turquino peak, created in the 1976 division of Oriente.
Provincia de Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas
Provincia de Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, an Ecuadorian province created 6 November 2007 from Pichincha's canton Santo Domingo de los Colorados; capital Santo Domingo, two cantons, named for the Tsáchila people, 492,969 residents in 2022.
Provincia de Veraguas
Provincia de Veraguas is a province of Panama with capital Santiago de Veraguas, the only Panamanian province with coastlines on both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
Provincia de Villa Clara
Villa Clara, a central Cuban province created in 1976 with capital Santa Clara, 8,413.13 km², 13 municipalities, 792,408 inhabitants, Cayo Santa María tourism, Buenavista Biosphere Reserve, and Hanabanilla, Cuba's only intramontane lake.
Província de Zambézia
Zambézia (Província de Zambézia) is a populous agricultural province of central Mozambique, north of the Zambezi River; 5,709,418 people (2017), 22 districts, capital Quelimane, historic prazo and chartered-company colonial economy.
Provincia del Azuay
Provincia del Azuay, Ecuadorian Andean province with capital Cuenca; 15 cantons, 8,309.58 km², 801,609 people (2022 census); created as Gran Colombia's Department of Azuay in 1824.
Provincia del Guayas
Provincia del Guayas, Ecuador's most populous Pacific-coast province, capital Guayaquil; 4.4 million people (2022), 25 cantons, commerce- and agriculture-based economy, Guayas Basin, independence history from 1820.
Provincia di Alessandria
Provincia di Alessandria (AL), Piedmont province in south-east Italy, capital Alessandria; 187 comuni, 3,558.79 km², about 408,000 residents, aged population, Monferrato wine country and UNESCO heritage.
Provincia di Caserta
Provincia di Caserta (CE), province of Campania, Italy, capital Caserta; formerly Terra di Lavoro, suppressed 1927, reconstituted 1945. 104 comuni, 2,651 km², about 907,000 residents; leads Italy in Mozzarella di Bufala DOP production.
Provincia di Cuneo
Provincia di Cuneo (Province of Cuneo), Italian province in Piemonte, capoluogo Cuneo. Largest Piemonte province by area, 247 comuni, over 50% mountain territory, Istat code 004.
Provincia di Ogliastra
Provincia di Ogliastra (Province of Ogliastra), a Sardinian province with capitals Lanusei and Tortolì, created by L.R. 9/2001, abolished by L.R. 2/2016, and re-established under L.R. 7/2021 with 23 comuni, 53,984 inhabitants and 1,854.55 km².
Provincia di Parma
Provincia di Parma: province of Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital Parma; 461,648 residents (2026), 3,447.48 km²; center of the Italian Food Valley with PDO Parma Ham, Parmigiano Reggiano, EFSA headquarters, and record 10.07 billion euro exports in 2024.
Provincia di Pavia
Provincia di Pavia, a Lombardy province with capital Pavia, 2,964.7 km2, 184 municipalities, divided by the Po and Ticino into Lomellina, Pavese, and Oltrepo; reconstituted in 1859, agricultural and manufacturing economy.
Provincia di Perugia
Provincia di Perugia, the larger province of Umbria, Italy, capital Perugia. Established as the Province of Umbria by the 1860 Pepoli decree; 6,334 km², 636,188 residents, president Massimiliano Presciutti since 2025.
Provincia di Reggio Calabria
Provincia di Reggio Calabria, Italian province established 1860 with capital Reggio di Calabria; succeeded 2 February 2017 by the Città Metropolitana di Reggio Calabria under the Delrio law, covering 97 municipalities and about 513,000 residents.
Provincia di Reggio Emilia
Provincia di Reggio Emilia, an Italian province in Emilia-Romagna with capital Reggio nell'Emilia. Established 1859-1860, 532,504 residents on 2,291.25 km², third-largest province of the region after Bologna and Modena.
Provincia di Sassari
Provincia di Sassari, historic province of Sardinia created by the 1859 Rattazzi decree; capital Sassari. Covered northern Sardinia (92 comuni, 7,692 km²) until regional law 7/2021 replaced it with the Città metropolitana di Sassari.
Provincia di Taranto
Provincia di Taranto, Italian province in Apulia with capital Taranto; established 1923 as Provincia del Jonio, renamed 1951; 29 comuni, 2,467.7 km², 550,046 residents, steel-based economy in just-transition program.
Provincia di Varese
Provincia di Varese, Italian province in Lombardy (capital Varese), established 2 January 1927; 1,198 km2, 138 comuni, about 882,000-885,000 residents, manufacturing-heavy economy with 24.8% industry share of value added.
Provincia di Vicenza
Provincia di Vicenza, Italian province in Veneto with capital Vicenza; 2,722.2 km², 112 municipalities, 855,212 residents (2026); created 1815 under Lombardy-Venetia, re-elected council from 1867; industrial, export-heavy economy.