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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.
Dhofar (ظفار)
Dhofar (ظفار) is Oman's southernmost governorate, centered on Salalah, covering about 99,300 km² with 10 wilayats. Its summer Khareef monsoon creates a semi-arid cloud forest and draws over half a million tourists yearly.
Diffa
Diffa is an administrative region of eastern Niger bordering Chad and Nigeria, watered by Lake Chad and the Komadougou. Livestock dominates its economy; Boko Haram conflict since 2015 displaced hundreds of thousands.
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.
Districts of Israel
Districts of Israel (מחוזות): the country's 6 first-level administrative divisions, subdivided into 15 sub-districts, established in their official form in 1953 and used by the CBS as the standard statistical framework.
Distrito Nacional
Distrito Nacional (DN), special subdivision of the Dominican Republic enclosing the capital Santo Domingo; not in any province, acts as a province; reduced to the capital city by Law 163-01 of 2001; highest human development in the country.
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.
Diyarbakır Province
Diyarbakır Province (Diyarbakır ili), a province of Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region on the Tigris, area about 15,168 km², 17 districts, population 1,833,684 (2024), ancient Amida, UNESCO-listed walls and Hevsel Gardens.
Djelfa Province
Djelfa Province (ولاية الجلفة, Wilaya de Djelfa) is an Algerian wilaya created in 1974, capital Djelfa, 300 km south of Algiers; 12 dairas, 36 communes, about 1.97 million people (2024), a semi-arid steppe economy based on sheep farming.
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (Дніпропетровська область)
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, also known as Dnipropetrovshchyna, is an oblast of southeastern Ukraine with its administrative center in Dnipro. Created in 1932, it is the country's leading industrial region, producing 17.3 percent of Ukraine's sold industrial output.
Dolj
Dolj (Județul Dolj) is a county in southwestern Romania, Oltenia region, capital Craiova. 7,414 sq km, 7th largest; Danube border with Bulgaria; Ford plant; desertification in the south.
Dominion of Newfoundland
The Dominion of Newfoundland was a self-governing British dominion (status 1907) covering Newfoundland and Labrador. Responsible government from 1855 collapsed in 1934 into the Commission of Government; two 1948 referenda led to union with Canada on March 31, 1949.
Donetsk Oblast (Донецька область)
Donetsk Oblast (Донецька область), southeastern Ukrainian oblast on the Sea of Azov, area 26,517 km², capital in Kramatorsk since 2014. Industrial Donbas heartland; since 2022 under shelling, mass evacuation, and humanitarian crisis.
Donetsk People's Republic (Донецкая Народная Республика)
Donetsk People's Republic (Донецкая Народная Республика, DNR/DPR), self-proclaimed unrecognised separatist state in Ukraine's Donbas, declared 7 April 2014, referendum 11 May 2014, Minsk agreements 2014–2015, recognized by Russia 21 February 2022, annexed 30 September 2022.
Dong Nai
Dong Nai (Đồng Nai) is a centrally governed city in southern Vietnam, established on April 30, 2026 from the former Dong Nai province, with its center at Bien Hoa.
Dong Thap
Dong Thap (Đồng Tháp), a Mekong Delta province of Vietnam; since 1 July 2025 the merger of former Dong Thap and Tien Giang provinces, with 5,938.64 km2, 4,370,046 people, and Tram Chim National Park.
Doubs
Doubs (department 25) is an eastern French department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté with prefecture Besançon, 547,163 inhabitants in 2023, a 170 km Swiss border, PSA Sochaux industry, and Comté cheese.
Drava Banovina
Drava Banovina (Dravska banovina) was a province of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1929 to 1941, covering nearly all Slovene-inhabited territory from its seat in Ljubljana.
Duchy of Livonia
The Duchy of Livonia (Latvian: Pārdaugavas hercogiste) was a vassal territory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, formed in 1561 from Livonia north of the Daugava River.
Duchy of Parma and Piacenza
Duchy of Parma and Piacenza (Ducato di Parma e Piacenza): northern Italian state created in 1545 by Pope Paul III for his son Pier Luigi Farnese; ruled by the Farnese then Bourbons until annexation to Sardinia after the plebiscite of 11 March 1860.
Duchy of Samogitia
The Duchy of Samogitia (Žemaičių kunigaikštystė), also the Samogitian Eldership, was a self-governing unit of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1411 until its abolition in 1795.
Duhok Governorate
Duhok Governorate (پارێزگای دهۆک), northernmost governorate of Iraq in the Kurdistan Region, established 1969; 1,599,871 residents (2024 census); districts include Zakho, Amadiya, Aqrah; hosts Ninewa IDPs.
Durango
Estado de Durango, a Mexican federal state in the north-central republic, core of colonial Nueva Vizcaya; founded as Villa de Durango in 1563 by Francisco de Ibarra, statehood 22 May 1824, capital Victoria de Durango, 39 municipalities, 1.83 million people (2020).
Dutch Cape Colony
The Dutch Cape Colony (Kaapkolonie) was a European colony at the Cape of Good Hope, founded by the Dutch East India Company in 1652 as a refreshment station.
East Azerbaijan Province
East Azerbaijan Province (Āz̄ārbāyjān-e Shārqī) is a province in northwestern Iran with its capital at Tabriz, known for carpet weaving and the UNESCO-listed Tabriz bazaar.
East Baton Rouge Parish
East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana: parish with seat at Baton Rouge; 456,781 residents (2020); consolidated City-Parish government since 1949 under a Mayor-President and 12-member Metropolitan Council; created 1810.
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 Kazakhstan
East Kazakhstan Region (Shyghys Qazaqstan oblysy), Kazakh region on the Russia and China borders, capital Ust-Kamenogorsk. Formed 1932, enlarged 1997, reduced 2022 by Abai Region's creation; economy led by nonferrous metallurgy (Kazzinc).
East Macedonia and Thrace
East Macedonia and Thrace (Ανατολική Μακεδονία & Θράκη) is a Greek administrative region in the northeast, bordering Bulgaria and Turkey, capital Komotini, 562,201 people (2021), 14,157 km², highest Greek poverty rate and top national governance score.
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.