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Free State
Free State (formerly Orange Free State) is South Africa's central landlocked province, capital Bloemfontein, the judicial capital. Sesotho-majority, farming and gold-mining economy, 3.04 million people, 129,825 km².
Free State of Saxony (Weimar Republic)
Free State of Saxony (Freistaat Sachsen), Weimar-era German federal state 1918-1933, successor to the Kingdom of Saxony; oldest German free state, site of the 1923 Reichsexekution against its SPD-KPD government, ended by Nazi Gleichschaltung in 1933-34.
Friesland
Friesland (officially Fryslân since 1997) is a northern province of the Netherlands on the North Sea coast, known for its Frisian language and high life satisfaction.
Friuli Venezia Giulia
Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy's northeastern special-statute autonomous region (capital Trieste, 7,924 km², about 1.2 million people). Provinces abolished 2016-2018, replaced by EDR, then restored by constitutional law 1/2026 and regional law 7/2026.
Fujian
Fujian (福建), abbreviated Min, is a coastal province in southeastern China with capital Fuzhou, nine prefecture-level cities, 124,000 sq km of land, China's second-longest coastline, five UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and a 2025 GDP of 6.02 trillion yuan.
Fukui
Fukui (福井県, Fukui-ken) is a Japanese prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast in Hokuriku, capital Fukui City, established 1881; population 728,588 (2025), known for dinosaur fossils, eyeglasses, and heavy snow.
Fukuoka Prefecture (福岡県)
Fukuoka Prefecture (福岡県), a Japanese prefecture in northern Kyushu with capital Fukuoka City. About 499,000 ha, 5.1 million people (9th nationally), two designated cities, and a historic gateway to China and Korea.
Fukushima Prefecture (福島県)
Fukushima Prefecture (福島県), a Tohoku prefecture of Japan, third largest by area at 13,783.90 km², formed in 1876 from Fukushima, Wakamatsu, and Iwasaki prefectures; divided into Hamadori, Nakadori, and Aizu; capital Fukushima City.
Galápagos Province
Galápagos Province (Provincia de Galápagos), Ecuador's insular province created in 1973 with capital Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, operates under a special constitutional regime and the 2015 Organic Law, governed by a Governing Council; 28,583 residents across three cantons.
Galatia (Γαλατία)
Galatia (Γαλατία), central Anatolian region settled by Gaulish tribes 278–277 BC and Roman province created by Augustus in 25 BC after Amyntas's death, capital Ancyra, later merged with Cappadocia.
Galguduud
Galguduud (Somali: Gobolka Galguduud), also spelled Galgaduud, is a pastoral region of central Somalia with capital Dhuusamarreeb, part of the Galmudug federal state and bordered by Ethiopia and the Indian Ocean.
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).
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.
Gansu (甘肃)
Gansu (甘肃), northwestern Chinese province with capital Lanzhou, spanning the Tibetan Plateau, Hexi Corridor, and Loess Plateau; three drainage basins, severe water scarcity, 24.43 million people, 2025 GDP 1,369.75 billion yuan.
Gao (district)
Gao (Région de Gao) is an administrative region of northeastern Mali, 170,564 km² with capital Gao on the Niger River; former Songhai capital, contested since the 2012 rebellion by Tuareg, JNIM, and Islamic State armed groups.
Gard
Gard (department 30), southern France, Occitanie; prefecture Nîmes. 770,940 inhabitants (2023), 5,853 km², 350 communes; created 1790 from dioceses of Nîmes, Alès, Uzès; migration-driven growth, high poverty and tourism.
Garissa
Garissa is an arid county in Kenya's North-Eastern region bordering Somalia, with its capital at Garissa town on the Tana River and a pastoral livestock economy.
Gash-Barka Region
Gash-Barka (Zoba Gash-Barka, ዞባ ጋሽ ባርካ), also called Gash Barka, is Eritrea's largest and south-western region, capital Barentu, formed in 1995 from Gash-Setit; agricultural heartland with the Barka, Gash, and Tekeze rivers and the Bisha mine.
Gauteng
Gauteng (Sesotho for "Place of Gold") is South Africa's smallest province by area (18,178 km²) but its most populous (15.1 million, Census 2022) and its economic core, contributing about a third of national GDP, with Johannesburg as capital and Pretoria as the administrative capital.
Gävleborg County
Gävleborg County (Gävleborgs län) is a Swedish county in southeastern Norrland, established in 1762, with Gävle as its seat. It had 287,502 inhabitants in 2020.
Gaza Province
Gaza Province (Província de Gaza), Mozambique: southern province, capital Xai-Xai, population about 1.4 million, agriculture-based economy, drought-prone, and hardest hit by the January 2026 floods that inundated about 40 percent of its territory. Distinct from the Gaza Strip.
Gbêkê
Gbêkê, a region of central-north Côte d'Ivoire in the Bandama Valley district, capital Bouaké; four departments (Bouaké, Béoumi, Sakassou, Botro), 1,352,900 people (2021), 9,136 km2, Baoulé heartland and second industrial hub.
Gedo
Gedo is a region (gobolka) of southwestern Somalia, capital Garbahaarey, part of Jubbaland, bordering Ethiopia and Kenya; Marehan-dominant, contested by FGS, Jubbaland and Al-Shabaab, with severe food insecurity.
Gelderland
Gelderland (Gelre, Guelders) is the largest Dutch province by area, 5,137 km2, capital Arnhem, about 2.16 million inhabitants in 51 municipalities, descended from the medieval duchy of Gelre.
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.
Georgia Governorate
The Georgia Governorate (Georgian: საქართველოს გუბერნია) was a province of the Russian Empire established in 1801 over the annexed Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti, centered at Tiflis.
Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (საქართველოს საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა)
Georgian SSR (საქართველოს სსრ), Soviet republic in Georgia 1921–1991; part of the TSFSR 1922–1936, then a union republic with Abkhaz ASSR, Adjarian ASSR, and South Ossetian AO; independence restored 9 April 1991.
Gharbia Governorate
Gharbia Governorate (محافظة الغربية), an Egyptian governorate in the middle Nile Delta between the Damietta and Rosetta branches; area 1,943.27 km², population 5,379,417 (2022), capital Tanta, 8 cities, industrial and agricultural economy.
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%.
Gifu (district)
Gifu (岐阜県, Gifu-ken) is a landlocked Japanese prefecture in the center of Honshu, formed in 1876 from Hida and Mino provinces; capital Gifu City, 42 municipalities, about 1.89 million people, manufacturing-centered economy.