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West Nusa Tenggara
West Nusa Tenggara (Nusa Tenggara Barat, NTB) is an Indonesian province of Lombok and Sumbawa, capital Mataram, formed 17 December 1958, home to Sasak, Samawa, and Mbojo cultures and the volcanoes Rinjani and Tambora.
West Pakistan
West Pakistan was a single Pakistani province (1955–1970) formed under the One Unit policy by merging Punjab, Sindh, NWFP, Balochistan, Karachi, and princely states, with capital Lahore, to counterbalance East Pakistan; dissolved July 1, 1970.
West Papua (province)
West Papua (Provinsi Papua Barat) is an Indonesian province on western New Guinea, capital Manokwari. Created 1999 as Irian Jaya Barat, renamed 2007, split in 2022 when Southwest Papua province was carved out; a designated Conservation Province.
West Punjab
West Punjab: Pakistani province 1947–1955, capital Lahore, area 160,622 km², four divisions (Lahore, Multan, Rawalpindi, Sargodha), created by the 1947 Radcliffe Award and dissolved in the 1955 One Unit reorganization.
West Sepik Province
West Sepik Province, also called Sandaun Province, is PNG's northwesternmost province with capital Vanimo, bordering Indonesian Papua; lowest provincial HDI (0.262), four districts, Sepik River headwaters, and major Connect PNG road investment.
West Sulawesi
West Sulawesi (Sulawesi Barat, Sulbar), an Indonesian province on western Sulawesi island, capital Mamuju, created 5 October 2004 from South Sulawesi; six regencies, 1.55 million people, agriculture-led economy growing 5.36% in 2025.
Western Highlands Province
Western Highlands Province is a province of Papua New Guinea in the central Highlands, with Mount Hagen as its capital and main urban center. Its agricultural economy produces coffee, tea, and fresh produce.
Western Province, Papua New Guinea
Western Province (Fly River Province), PNG's largest province at 98,189 km², capital Daru; borders Indonesia and Australia; 300,019 people (2024 census); economy driven by the Ok Tedi mine.
Western Province, Sri Lanka
Western Province (බස්නාහිර පළාත; மேல் மாகாணம்) is Sri Lanka's most populous province, 6,117,341 people or 28.1% of the national total in the 2024 census, comprising Colombo, Gampaha, and Kalutara districts and the capital Colombo.
Western Visayas
Western Visayas (Region VI) is a Philippine administrative region in the western Visayas, now five provinces plus Iloilo City after Negros Occidental moved to the Negros Island Region in 2024; population 4,861,911 (2024).
Western, Fiji
Western Division, Fiji: one of Fiji's four administrative divisions, covering western Viti Levu and the Yasawa Islands, administered from Lautoka; largest by land area, 337,041 people (2018), Fiji's tourism and sugar heartland.
Xaignabouli
Xaignabouli (Sainyabuli, ໄຊຍະບູລີ) is a province of northwestern Laos, capital Xaignabouli town, 16,389 km², 11 districts, 645-km Thai border, largest elephant population in Laos, Xayaburi Dam site.
Zambales
Zambales is a first-class province in Central Luzon, Philippines, capital Iba, 13 municipalities, 681,225 people (2024). Known for nickel and chromite mining in Santa Cruz, 5.0% economic growth in 2023, and coastal flooding.
Zamboanga Peninsula
Zamboanga Peninsula (Region IX), formerly Western Mindanao, is a Philippine administrative region in southwestern Mindanao with provinces Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay, and Sulu; regional center Pagadian City.
Zhambyl Oblysy
Zhambyl Oblysy (Жамбыл облысы), also called Zhambyl Region, is a region of southern Kazakhstan formed in 1939 with its center at Taraz; an industrial-agricultural region holding most of Kazakhstan's phosphorite and fluorspar reserves.