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Badakhshān
Badakhshān (بدخشان) is a historical Central Asian region and one of Afghanistan's 34 provinces, with its capital at Fayzabad and the world's sole supply of lapis lazuli.
Baghlan
Baghlan (بغلان) is a province of northeastern Afghanistan, capital Pul-e Khumri, created in 1964 from Qataghan; known for the Kunduz River valley, sugar production, the Surkh Kotal fire temple, and recurrent flash floods.
Bagmati Province
Bagmati Province (बागमती प्रदेश), one of Nepal's seven provinces created by the 2015 constitution, covers 13 central districts including Kathmandu, spans 20,300 km², and has Nepal's lowest multidimensional poverty rate at 7.0 percent.
Balochistan, Pakistan
Balochistan (بلوچستان) is Pakistan's largest province by area, 347,190 km² or about 44% of the country, but its least populated, with capital Quetta, Gwadar port, major natural gas and copper reserves, and a decades-long Baloch separatist insurgency.
Barisal Division
Barisal Division (বরিশাল বিভাগ), Bangladesh's southern deltaic division, established 1 January 1993, with six districts and 40 upazilas, 8.1 million people (2011), high poverty and cyclone exposure, agriculture-based economy.
Central Province, Sri Lanka
Central Province (Sinhala: මධ්යම පළාත් සභාව) is a Sri Lankan province of Kandy, Matale, and Nuwara Eliya districts; 5,674 km², 2.71 million people (2024), tea highlands, Kandy, and a provincial council since 1988.
Chittagong Division
Chittagong Division (চট্টগ্রাম বিভাগ), officially Chattogram Division, is the largest and southeasternmost of Bangladesh's eight administrative divisions, covering 33,904 square kilometers and including the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
Dhaka Division
Dhaka Division (ঢাকা বিভাগ) is one of the eight administrative divisions of Bangladesh, named after the capital Dhaka, which serves as its seat and the country's economic center.
Districts of Bhutan
Districts of Bhutan (dzongkhags): 20 first-level administrative units, with 15 dungkhag subdistricts and 205 gewogs, each governed by an elected Dzongkhag Tshogdu and an administration headed by a dzongdag.
Divisions of Bangladesh
The divisions of Bangladesh are the country's eight highest administrative units, including Dhaka, Chattogram, Rajshahi, and Sylhet, grouping 64 districts. Dhaka was first, in 1829; Mymensingh was eighth, in 2015.
East Pakistan (পূর্ব পাকিস্তান)
East Pakistan (পূর্ব পাকিস্তান): province of Pakistan 1955–1971, formed from East Bengal under the One Unit scheme; Bengali-majority wing holding 54 percent of the population, jute-based exports, and independence as Bangladesh after the 1971 war.
Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
The Eastern Province is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, occupying the eastern coast with its capital at Trincomalee and three districts: Trincomalee, Batticaloa, and Ampara.
Faryab Province
Faryab Province (ولایت فاریاب), northwestern Afghan province, capital Maimana; created 1965 from the Maymana high governorate; 21,141 km2, borders Turkmenistan; agro-pastoral economy, carpets, natural gas; Norwegian PRT 2008-2012.
Gandaki Pradesh
Gandaki Pradesh (गण्डकी प्रदेश), formerly Province No. 4, is a central Nepali province with capital Pokhara, 11 districts, 21,733 sq km, and 2,466,427 people (2021 census).
Gelephu Mindfulness City
Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) is a Special Administrative Region in southern Bhutan, announced by King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck in December 2023, chartered February 2024, with its own laws, eight core industries, and a BIG master plan.
Helmand Province
Helmand Province (هلمند) is a province of southern Afghanistan with its capital at Lashkargah, organized around the Helmand River, and long the center of Afghanistan's opium economy.
Islamabad Capital Territory
Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) is Pakistan's federal territory containing the capital Islamabad, not part of any province. Covers ~906 sq km, population over 2.4 million, governed under the ICT Local Government Act 2015 and CDA, with major governance changes from 2024 to 2026.
Karnali Pradesh
Karnali Pradesh (कर्णाली प्रदेश) is one of Nepal's seven federal provinces, established in 2015. Named after the Karnali River, it is the largest by area, the least populous, and has its capital at Surkhet.
Khulna Division
Khulna Division (খুলনা বিভাগ), one of Bangladesh's eight divisions in the southwest, headquarters Khulna city; 10 districts, 22,284 km², 17.4 million people (2022), the Sundarbans mangrove, and Mongla seaport.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (خیبر پښتونخوا)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (خیبر پښتونخوا, KP/KPK), formerly North-West Frontier Province, is a northwestern Pakistani province bordering Afghanistan; capital Peshawar, 40.85 million people (2023 census), PTI-governed since 2013, under federal emergency rule since October 2026.
Koshi
Koshi (कोशी प्रदेश), formerly Province No. 1, is Nepal's easternmost province, renamed on 1 March 2023 after the Koshi River. Capital Biratnagar; 14 districts, about 25,905 sq km, population roughly 4.5-5.0 million, containing Mount Everest.
Kunduz
Kunduz is a province of northeast Afghanistan named after its capital city, home to about 1.05 million people on a fertile plain bordering Tajikistan and drained by the Kunduz River.
Lumbini Province
Lumbini Province (लुम्बिनी प्रदेश), southwestern province of federal Nepal, capital Deukhuri (Bhalubang), 12 districts, 5,122,078 people (Census 2021), third in population and GDP share, home of the Buddha's birthplace Lumbini.
Madhesh
Madhesh (मधेश) Province, formerly Province No. 2, is Nepal's smallest but most populous province in the southeastern Terai, capital Janakpurdham, named in 2022, with the country's lowest per-capita income and weakest social indicators.
Muḩāfaz̧at Abyan
Muḩāfaz̧at Abyan, or Abyan Governorate (Arabic: أَبْيَن), is a governorate of Yemen on the country's southern coast, with its capital at Zinjibar and 11 districts bordering the Arabian Sea.
Mymensingh Division
Mymensingh Division (ময়মনসিংহ বিভাগ), Bangladesh's eighth administrative division, formed 14 September 2015 from Dhaka Division with Mymensingh, Jamalpur, Sherpur, and Netrokona districts; 10,584 km², 12.2 million people, and the country's second-highest multidimensional poverty.
Nangarhar
Nangarhar (ننګرهار), eastern Afghan province on the Pakistan border, capital Jalalabad; major irrigated farming region and trade corridor, hit by the 31 August 2025 magnitude 6.0 earthquake.
North Central Province
North Central Province, Sri Lanka: a dry-zone province created in 1873, with Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa districts, 1,407,610 people (2024 census), two UNESCO ancient capitals, and a paddy economy dependent on tank irrigation.
North Western Province, Sri Lanka
North Western Province (Wayamba; වයඹ පළාත) is a Sri Lankan province created in 1845 from the Western Province, with capital Kurunegala, districts Kurunegala and Puttalam, a 52-member Provincial Council, and 11.2 percent of national GDP.
Northern Province, Sri Lanka
Northern Province, Sri Lanka: northernmost of nine provinces, capital Jaffna; five districts (Jaffna, Mannar, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Vavuniya); 1,150,148 people (5.3%, lowest) at 2024 census; predominantly Tamil, post-civil-war economy.