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Central Province, Papua New Guinea
Central Province, Papua New Guinea: southern province of 29,900 km2, 362,768 people (2021 estimate), 13th most populous; districts Abau, Goilala, Hiri-Koiari, Kairuku, Rigo; Governor Rufina Peter; hosts Papua LNG processing facilities.
Chimbu Province
Chimbu (Simbu) Province, a mountainous Highlands province of Papua New Guinea with capital Kundiawa, named from a Kuman word for thank you; smallholder coffee producer, home to Mount Wilhelm (4,509 m), population 458,406 (2024 census).
Chungcheongnam-do
Chungcheongnam-do (충청남도, South Chungcheong Province), created 1896 from the split of Chungcheong Province, is a west-central South Korean province of 8,245 km² and about 2.12 million people, an industrial hub for semiconductors, displays, automotive, and petrochemicals.
Chuuk State
Chuuk State, one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia, centers on Chuuk Lagoon (Truk) plus the Mortlocks, Pattiw, Namonuito, and Halls outer atolls; most populous FSM state, capital Weno, declining census counts, lowest GDP per capita.
East New Britain Province
East New Britain is a Papua New Guinea province on northeastern New Britain and the Duke of York Islands, capital Kokopo after Rabaul's 1994 eruption; 434,757 people (2024), cocoa and copra exports, Rabaul caldera hazard.
East Sepik Province
East Sepik Province, capital Wewak, is a province of northern Papua New Guinea defined by the Sepik River; 631,791 people (2024 census), 43,426 km², six districts, 28 LLGs, and cocoa and vanilla farming.
Eastern Highlands Province
Eastern Highlands Province, capital Goroka, is a landlocked Papua New Guinea highlands province of 11,157 km² with eight districts, about 800,000 people in 2024, and a coffee-dominated economy.
Eight Provinces of Korea
The Eight Provinces of Korea (팔도, paldo) were the eight provincial divisions into which the Joseon dynasty organized the Korean Peninsula in 1413, lasting until 1895.
Enga Province
Enga Province is a Highlands province of Papua New Guinea, 583 km northwest of Port Moresby, with capital Wabag, 571,060 people (2021), and the Porgera gold mine.
Gangwon-do
Kang-do (강원도), also known as the Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province (강원특별자치도) or Gangwon State, is a largely mountainous province on the east-central Korean peninsula with its capital in Chuncheon.
Gulf Province
Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea: province on the northern shore of the Papuan Gulf, capital Kerema, two districts (Kerema, Kikori), 34,472 km², 203,545 people (2024 census), Purari and Kikori rivers, eravo longhouses and hevehe masks, Papua LNG.
Gyeonggi Province (경기도)
Gyeonggi Province (경기도, Gyeonggi-do), South Korea's most populous province at 13.77 million (2026), surrounds Seoul, has its seat in Suwon, covers 10,202 km², and leads all Korean regions in GRDP.
Gyeongsangbuk-do
Gyeongsangbuk-do (경상북도), North Gyeongsang Province or Gyeongbuk, is a South Korean province in the southeast, 19,029 km² (19.1% of the country), named Gyeongsang-do in 1314, seated in Andong since 2016, with Silla and UNESCO heritage.
Gyeongsangnam-do
Gyeongsangnam-do (경상남도, South Gyeongsang Province) is a South Korean province in the southeast with capital Changwon; 10,537.97 km², 8 cities and 10 counties, about 3.2 million residents in 2025.
Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Hawke's Bay, also known as Te Matau-a-Māui, is a region on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island, known for farming, wine, and the 1931 earthquake.
Hsinchu County
Hsinchu County (新竹縣) is a county in northwestern Taiwan with its seat at Zhubei City that surrounds, but does not include, Hsinchu City and hosts part of Hsinchu Science Park.
Hwanghae-namdo
Hwanghae-namdo (South Hwanghae Province, 황해남도) is a North Korean province created in 1954 from southern Hwanghae, capital Haeju, area 8,450.3 km², population about 2.29 million (2008), and the country's leading rice-producing grain belt.
Jeju Province
Jeju Province (제주특별자치도, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province) is South Korea's first special self-governing province, created July 1, 2006 by special act with autonomous police, education, and fiscal powers, no self-governing cities or counties, and a 670,000 population.
Jiwaka
Jiwaka is a province in the Highlands region of Papua New Guinea, created 17 May 2012 from Jimi, Waghi, and Kambia areas of Western Highlands Province; capital Banz or Kurumul, population 455,208 (2024), agriculture-based economy.
Madang Province
Madang Province, northern coastal province of Papua New Guinea with capital Madang town; six districts, Bismarck Sea coastline, Ramu River, cocoa and copra economy, former German New Guinea headquarters.
Malaita Province
Malaita Province, Solomon Islands' most populous province (173,347 people, 2019 census), capital Auki, area 4,225 km2, 33 wards; named after Malaita Island; home of the Maasina Rule movement.
Manawatu-Wanganui
Manawatu-Wanganui, officially Manawatū-Whanganui Region since 2019, is a New Zealand region in the lower central North Island with seven districts, governed by the Manawatū-Whanganui Regional Council trading as Horizons Regional Council, established in 1989.
Miaoli County
Miaoli County (苗栗縣), a county in north-central Taiwan between Hsinchu and Taichung, area 1,820.31 km², population about 534,000, Hakka-majority, known for Sanyi wood sculpture, Dahu strawberries, Taian hot springs, and tung blossoms.
Milne Bay Province
Milne Bay Province is a Papua New Guinea province based at Alotau, covering 14,345 km² of land and over 600 islands, with 2024 census population 412,158, site of the 1942 Battle of Milne Bay.
Morobe Province
Morobe Province is a province on the northern coast of Papua New Guinea, and its most populous with 997,545 people at the 2024 census; its capital is Lae.
Mount Kumgang Tourist Region
Mount Kumgang Tourist Region (금강산관광지구), a North Korean special tourism zone on Diamond Mountain developed by Hyundai Asan from 1998 for South Korean tourists; about 2 million visitors before the 2008 shooting closure, with South Korean-built facilities demolished 2022-2025.
Naitasiri Province
Naitasiri Province, Fiji: a Central Division province on Viti Levu, about 1,666 km2, 16 districts, 91 villages, headquarters Vunidawa; population grew from 160,760 (2007) to about 178,000 (2017).
National Capital District, Papua New Guinea
National Capital District (NCD), Papua New Guinea: the constitutional district containing the capital Port Moresby, 240 sq km, 756,754 residents (2024 census), governed by the NCDC with no elected local level governments.
New Ireland Province
New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea (capital Kavieng, formerly German Neu Mecklenburg), covers about 9,600 km2 and counted 237,780 people in the 2024 census, up 1.6% yearly from 194,067 in 2011.
New South Wales
New South Wales (NSW), Australia's oldest state, founded 1788 with capital Sydney. Most populous state (8.15 million in 2022), largest state economy (~$700 billion), governed under the Constitution Act 1902.