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Southeast Asian first-level subdivisions

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East Java

East Java (Jawa Timur, Javanese Jawa Wétan) is an Indonesian province on eastern Java plus Madura and nearby islands; 47,963 km², about 37.5 million people, and Indonesia's second-largest provincial economy.

East Nusa Tenggara

East Nusa Tenggara (Nusa Tenggara Timur, NTT) is an Indonesian province established in 1958, capital Kupang, covering Flores, western Timor, and Sumba; population 5.65 million, GDP Rp128.52 trillion (2023), Indonesia's lowest per capita regional product and high poverty.

Gia Lai

Gia Lai (Vietnamese province) formed 1 July 2025 by merging Binh Dinh into old Gia Lai; 21,576.53 km2, second-largest province, capital Quy Nhon ward, 135 commune-level units, two-tier government, 2025 GRDP growth 7.2%.

Hà Tĩnh

Tỉnh Hà Tĩnh (Ha Tinh province), North Central Vietnam; established 1831 under Minh Mệnh, re-established 1991. Borders Nghệ An, Quảng Trị, Laos; 5,994.85 km², 69 commune-level units, birthplace of Nguyễn Du.

Highland Papua

Highland Papua (Papua Pegunungan), Indonesian province created by Law 16/2022, capital Wamena (Jayawijaya), landlocked central highlands of New Guinea; eight regencies, extreme isolation, special autonomy, ongoing separatist conflict.

Hung Yen

Hung Yen (Hưng Yên) is a Red River Delta province of Vietnam formed 1 July 2025 by merging Hung Yen and Thai Binh; 2,514.81 km², 3.57 million people, 104 communes and wards, capital region location, Pho Hien heritage.

Ifugao

Ifugao is a landlocked province in the Cordillera Administrative Region, northern Luzon, Philippines, home of the Ifugao people and the UNESCO-listed Ifugao Rice Terraces; 11 municipalities, 208,668 residents (2024).

Ilocos Norte

Ilocos Norte is a first-class Philippine province at northwestern Luzon's tip, capital Laoag City, founded 2 February 1818. Population 618,850 (2024 census), 21 municipalities and 2 cities, Paoay Church UNESCO site.

Ilocos Region

Ilocos Region (Region I) is a Philippine administrative region in northwestern Luzon with provinces Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, and Pangasinan; regional center San Fernando, La Union; 5.34 million people in 2024.

Ilocos Sur

Ilocos Sur is a province in the Ilocos Region, northwestern Luzon, Philippines, with capital Vigan, a UNESCO World Heritage Spanish colonial town. Population 709,991 (2024); 32 municipalities, 2 cities; economy PHP 107.47 billion (2025).

Iloilo

Iloilo (Kapuoran sang Iloilo) is a Philippine province on southeastern Panay Island, Western Visayas, with capital Iloilo City; 42 municipalities plus Passi City, 2,051,899 people (2020), 4,997.64 km2, GDP PhP 215.42 billion (2023).

Isabela (province)

Isabela is a province in the Cagayan Valley region of northeastern Luzon, Philippines, the country's second-largest province with capital Ilagan City. Founded 1856, named for Queen Isabella II; top corn producer and leading Cagayan Valley economy.

Jambi

Jambi is an Indonesian province in central Sumatra, capital Jambi City, formed 1957–1958 from a former sultanate and Dutch residency; 53,435.72 km2, 9 regencies and 2 cities, about 3.8 million people, resource-based economy, and the Muarajambi Buddhist temple complex.

Kabupaten Nganjuk

Kabupaten Nganjuk (Nganjuk Regency), a regency in East Java, Indonesia; population 1,131.8 thousand (2024), agriculture-led economy, major shallot producer, capital moved from Berbek in 1880.

Kampong Cham

Kampong Cham (កំពង់ចាម) is a central-eastern Cambodian province and city on the Mekong River. Split in 2013–2014 to create Tboung Khmum, it is a key rice, cassava, rubber, and pepper farming area with a major Mekong flood gauge.

Kampong Chhnang

Kampong Chhnang (ខេត្តកំពង់ឆ្នាំង), "Port of Pottery", is a central Cambodian province on the Tonle Sap River, 5,521 km², capital 91 km from Phnom Penh, known for pottery, rice, fishing, and the former capital Longvek.

Kampong Speu

Kampong Speu (កំពង់ស្ពឺ) is a central Cambodian province, capital Chbar Mon, about 48 km west of Phnom Penh. Known for palm sugar, Kirirom National Park, Phnom Aoral (1,813 m, Cambodia's highest peak), and 978,189 residents in 2024.

Kampong Thom

Kampong Thom (ខេត្តកំពង់ធំ) is a central Cambodian province on National Road 6, second largest by area, capital Stung Sen, home to the UNESCO-listed pre-Angkorian temples of Sambor Prei Kuk and an agro-processing SEZ.

Kampot

Kampot (ខេត្តកំពត), coastal province in southern Cambodia on the Gulf of Thailand; 4,873 km², 588,066 people (2019). Famous for GI-protected Kampot pepper (2010 Cambodia, 2016 EU), salt fields, Bokor National Park, and the Funan Techo Canal.

Kandal

Kandal (កណ្តាល, "central") is a Cambodian province surrounding Phnom Penh on the Mekong, Tonle Sap, and Bassac rivers; low-lying rice and fishery province, flood-prone, site of Techo International Airport (2025).

Kayin State (ကရင်ပြည်နယ်)

Kayin State (ကရင်ပြည်နယ်), also known as Karen State, is a state of southeastern Myanmar on the Thai border and the heartland of the Karen people.

Kedah

Kedah (Kedah Darul Aman) is a state in northern Peninsular Malaysia bordering Thailand, with an ancient sultanate, capital Alor Setar, and lagging-state income and poverty indicators.

Kelantan

Kelantan (كلنتن, Kelate) is a monarchical state on the northeast coast of Peninsular Malaysia with capital Kota Bharu; a former Siamese dependency under British rule from 1909, it records Malaysia's second-highest poverty rate (11.5% in 2024) and lowest household incomes.

Kengtung State

Kengtung State, also known as Keng Tung or Kyaingtong (Burmese: ကျိုင်းတုံ), was a hereditary Tai Khün principality in eastern Myanmar, the largest of the Shan States.

Kepulauan Bangka Belitung

Kepulauan Bangka Belitung (Babel), Indonesia's 31st province, formed 21 November 2000 by UU No. 27/2000 from South Sumatra; capital Pangkalpinang; two main islands, Bangka and Belitung; tin-producing island province.

Khammouan

Khammouan (ຄໍາມ່ວນ), also Khammouane, is a central province of Laos with capital Thakhek on the Mekong opposite Thailand. Known for karst mountains, Nam Theun 2 hydropower, Sikhottabong heritage, and a fiscal-surplus, tourism-growing economy.

Khouèng Savannakhét

Khouèng Savannakhét (ສະຫວນນະເຂດ), or Savannakhet Province, is Laos's largest and most populous province, on the East–West Economic Corridor, home to the Savan-Seno SEZ and Sepon mine.

Kokang Self-Administered Zone

The Kokang Self-Administered Zone is a self-governing area of Shan State, Myanmar, created by the 2008 Constitution and populated mainly by the Kokang, an ethnic Chinese minority.

La Union

La Union, known in Ilocano as Elyu, is a province of the Philippines in the Ilocos Region on Luzon, created in 1850 and known for surfing.

Labuan

Labuan (Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan) is a federal territory of Malaysia, an island group in the South China Sea off Sabah declared federal territory in 1984.