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Provincie West-Vlaanderen
Provincie West-Vlaanderen (West Flanders, Flandre-Occidentale) is Belgium's coastal province, capital Bruges, 1,235,671 inhabitants on 3,197 km² in 62 municipalities (2026), created 1795 as Département de la Lys.
Provins
Provins, Seine-et-Marne commune near Paris; UNESCO World Heritage medieval fair town of Champagne (inscribed 2001); 11,632 inhabitants (2023); ramparts, Tour César, vaulted cellars.
Provinsi Kalimantan Barat
Provinsi Kalimantan Barat (West Kalimantan Province) is an Indonesian province on the western side of Borneo, with its capital at Pontianak and about 5.7 million people in 2024.
Provinsi Kalimantan Selatan
Provinsi Kalimantan Selatan (South Kalimantan), Indonesian province on southern Borneo, area 38,744.23 km2, capital Banjarbaru since 2022, largest city Banjarmasin; former Banjar Sultanate heartland, coal and rice economy, population 4.32 million (2025).
Provinsi Kalimantan Tengah
Provinsi Kalimantan Tengah (Central Kalimantan) is an Indonesian province on Borneo, capital Palangka Raya, formed 23 May 1957; 13 regencies and 1 city, about 2.9 million people on 153,565 km².
Provinsi Kalimantan Timur
Provinsi Kalimantan Timur (East Kalimantan, Kaltim), Indonesian province on eastern Borneo, capital Samarinda, created 1956-1957, North Kalimantan split off 2012; coal-rich (35% of GDP), hosts planned national capital Nusantara (IKN), population about 3.9 million (2023).
Provinsi Sulawesi Selatan
Provinsi Sulawesi Selatan (South Sulawesi Province), Indonesian province on southern Sulawesi, capital Makassar; 21 regencies, 3 cities; 9.07 million people (2020); economy grew 5.43% in 2025, TFR 2.17, HDI 75.92.
Provinsi Sumatera Barat
Provinsi Sumatera Barat (West Sumatra), Indonesian province on western Sumatra, capital Padang, homeland of the Minangkabau; 5.92 million people, nagari-based local government, high seismic risk from the Sunda megathrust and Sumatran fault.
Provirus
A provirus is the DNA form of a retrovirus integrated into host chromosomal DNA by viral integrase, a prerequisite for retroviral replication and, in HIV, a source of latent reservoirs.
Provision (accounting)
A provision in accounting is a liability of uncertain timing or amount, recognized under IAS 37 for obligations such as lawsuits, restructuring, or oil platform decommissioning.
Provisional application of treaties
Provisional application of treaties, under VCLT Article 25, lets States apply a treaty before entry into force; codified in the ILC's 2021 Guide to Provisional Application of Treaties.
Provisional Assembly of the Republic of Korea
The Provisional Assembly of the Republic of Korea, convened in Shanghai in April 1919, was the legislature of Korea's exile government, adopting the national name, the first constitution, and serving until 1945.
Provisional ballot
Provisional ballot: fail-safe US ballot cast when a voter's eligibility is questioned, mandated by HAVA (2002, effective 2004); counted only after verification, with state-varying rejection rules and rates.
Provisional Committee of the State Duma
The Provisional Committee of the State Duma (Временный комитет Государственной думы) was an emergency body of Duma deputies formed in Petrograd during the February Revolution of 1917.
Provisional Constitution of 1950
The Provisional Constitution of 1950, or UUDS 1950, was Indonesia's third constitution, in force from 1950 to 1959 and replacing the federal 1949 constitution with a unitary parliamentary republic.
Provisional Constitution of the Political Tutelage Period
The Provisional Constitution of the Political Tutelage Period (训政时期约法) was the fundamental law of the Nationalist government of the Republic of China, adopted in May 1931 and in force until constitutional rule began in 1948.
Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China
The Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China (中华民国临时约法) was promulgated by Provisional President Sun Zhongshan on 11 March 1912, running to seven chapters and fifty-six articles.
Provisional Constitution of the Republic of Korea
The Provisional Constitution of the Republic of Korea (대한민국임시헌장), usually called the Provisional Charter, is the founding document of the Korean Provisional Government, promulgated in Shanghai on April 11, 1919.
Provisional government
A provisional government, also called a temporary or emergency government, is a temporary governing body that holds power after political upheaval until elections or a new constitution.
Provisional Government Commission of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
The Provisional Government Commission of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Lietuvos laikinosios vyriausybės komisija) administered Lithuania during the French occupation of 1812, created by Napoleon's decree of 1 July 1812 in Vilnius.
Provisional Government of Albania
The Provisional Government of Albania, also called the Provisional Government of Vlorë, was the first national government of independent Albania, formed in 1912 under Ismail Qemali.
Provisional Government of Estonia
The Provisional Government of Estonia (Eesti Ajutine Valitsus) was the executive body of the newly declared Republic of Estonia from 1918 to 1919, headed by Konstantin Päts.
Provisional Government of Haiti (1843)
The Provisional Government of Haiti (1843) was the interim administration that ruled Haiti after President Jean-Pierre Boyer's overthrow in the Revolution of 1843, headed by Charles Rivière-Hérard.
Provisional Government of Hawaii
Provisional Government of Hawaii: regime proclaimed January 17, 1893 by the Committee of Safety after overthrowing Queen Liliʻuokalani, led by President Sanford B. Dole; served as interim government pending annexation until the Republic of Hawaii replaced it on July 4, 1894.
Provisional Government of Latvia
The Provisional Government of Latvia (Latvijas Pagaidu valdība) was the first executive authority of the newly proclaimed republic, led by Prime Minister Kārlis Ulmanis from 1918 to 1920.
Provisional Government of National Unity
The Provisional Government of National Unity (Polish: Tymczasowy Rząd Jedności Narodowej) was Poland's coalition government of June 1945, formed under the Yalta arrangements and dominated by communists.
Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic
The Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic (الحكومة المؤقتة, GPRA) was the Algerian revolution's government-in-exile, proclaimed in Cairo in 1958 under Ferhat Abbas and dissolved in 1962 after independence.
Provisional Government of the French Republic
The Provisional Government of the French Republic (Gouvernement provisoire de la République française, GPRF) governed liberated France from June 1944 to October 1946 under de Gaulle, Gouin, and Bidault, restoring republican legality and launching nationalizations and social security.
Provisional Government of the Republic of China
The Provisional Government of the Republic of China (南京临时政府) was the revolutionary provisional government at Nanjing, led by Sun Zhongshan from January to April 1912.
Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 임시정부)
Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 임시정부), the Korean government-in-exile founded in Shanghai on April 11, 1919 after the March 1st Movement; adopted the national name, democratic republic, and constitution, later moved to Chongqing, founded the Korean Liberation Army, and returned in 1945.