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Gilan Province
Gilan Province (گیلان), Iran's Caspian-coast province with capital Rasht, ISO code IR-01; area 14,709 km², population about 2.53 million. Known for its humid Hyrcanian climate, rice, tea, and caviar, the 1990 Manjil–Rudbar earthquake, and a leading role in the Constitutional Revolution.
Giresun
Giresun is a province in northeastern Turkey on the Black Sea coast with a population of about 455,000 and its capital city of the same name.
Giza Governorate
Giza Governorate (محافظة الجيزة), Egyptian governorate west of the Nile opposite Cairo, capital Giza city, part of Greater Cairo. Area 13,184 km², population about 9.8 million (2024), home to the Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, and Memphis.
Gôh
Gôh is an administrative region of central-west Côte d'Ivoire with departments Gagnoa (capital) and Oumé, part of the Gôh-Djiboua autonomous district; an agricultural area producing rubber, cocoa, yam, cassava, and rice.
Gôh-Djiboua
Gôh-Djiboua (District du Gôh-Djiboua) is an autonomous district of Côte d'Ivoire, capital Gagnoa, comprising the Gôh and Lôh-Djiboua regions; about 1.61 million people (2021), a major cocoa, coffee, and oil palm producer.
Goiás
Goiás is a Brazilian Center-West state, capital Goiânia, seventh largest by area (340,242.859 km²), 7,056,495 inhabitants (2022 census), 246 municipalities, predominantly Cerrado vegetation, gold-rush origins and 1988 split creating Tocantins.
Gombe State
Gombe State, the "Jewel in the Savannah," is a Nigerian state created October 1, 1996 from Bauchi State, capital Gombe, 11 LGAs, governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya since 2019, agriculture-dominated economy, 2026 budget ₦617.95 billion.
Gorgol
Gorgol (Gorgol wilaya) is a region of southern Mauritania, capital Kaédi, 13,600 km², on the Senegal River; its seasonal Gorgol Noir and Blanc rivers feed an agro-pastoral economy centered on rice, livestock, and the Foum Gleita dam.
Gorj
Gorj (Județul Gorj) is a county in southwestern Romania on the Jiu River, seat Târgu Jiu; a coal and lignite region receiving 550 million euros in EU Just Transition funding, home of Brâncuși's Târgu Jiu ensemble.
Gorno-Badakhshan
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO), Russian Горно-Бадахшанская автономная область, is Tajikistan's mountainous eastern autonomous region in the Pamirs, created in 1925, capital Khorog, home to the Ismaili Pamiri minority and site of 2021-2022 protest crackdowns.
Gouvernorat de Ben Arous
Gouvernorat de Ben Arous (ولاية بن عروس), a Tunisian governorate south of Tunis, created 1983; 722,828 residents (2024 census), 12 delegations, 11 municipalities, 790 km2, port of Radès, and a major industrial base.
Gouvernorat de Médenine
Gouvernorat de Médenine (ولاية مدنين), a governorate of southeastern Tunisia with chef-lieu Médenine; includes Djerba and Zarzis, borders Libya, covers 5.5% of national territory, 537,255 inhabitants in 2024.
Gouvernorat de Nabeul
Gouvernorat de Nabeul (Cap Bon governorate), Tunisia's northeastern peninsula governorate with capital Nabeul: 2,822 km², 16 delegations, 873,825 residents (2023 est.), 310/km² density, major tourism, agriculture, and industry hub.
Gouvernorat de Sidi Bouzid
Sidi Bouzid Governorate (ولاية سيدي بوزيد), central-west Tunisia: 489,991 residents (2024 census), 7,405 km², 14 delegations, semiarid climate, groundwater overexploitation, and birthplace of the 2010 Tunisian revolution.
Gouvernorat de Sousse
Gouvernorat de Sousse (ولاية سوسة), Tunisian governorate created 21 June 1956, chef-lieu Sousse; 2,669 km², 762,281 inhabitants (2024), 16 delegations, 105 sectors, Tunisia's second industrial pole.
Gouvernorat de Tunis
Gouvernorat de Tunis (ولاية تونس), also called Governorate of Tunis, is one of Tunisia's 24 governorates, created 21 June 1956, chef-lieu Tunis; 288 km², 21 delegations, 8 municipalities, 1,075,305 inhabitants (2024 census).
Governorate Number One
Governorate Number One (محافظة عدن), also Aden Governorate, is Yemen's first-order administrative division around the port city of Aden, the interim capital, with 731,000 recorded residents, eight districts, and a British colonial and PDRY capital history.
Governorate of Dalmatia
The Governorate of Dalmatia (Italian: Governatorato di Dalmazia) was a World War II territorial unit of Fascist Italy, seated at Zadar from 1941 to 1943.
Governorate of Estonia (Эстляндская губерния)
Governorate of Estonia (Эстляндская губерния, Eestimaa kubermang): Russian imperial guberniya in northern Estonia, centered on Reval (Tallinn), formed as Reval Governorate after the 1721 Treaty of Nystad; enlarged and made autonomous in April 1917, ending with the German occupation of March 1918.
Governorate of New Andalusia and New León
The Governorate of New Andalusia and New León were two adjoining colonial provinces created by the Crown of Castile in 1534, covering the Río de la Plata basin and Patagonia.
Governorate of New Extremadura
The Governorate of New Extremadura (Gobernación de Nueva Extremadura, also called Nuevo Extremo) was a Spanish colonial governorate granted to Pedro de Valdivia in 1540, covering central Chile.
Governorate of Paraguay
The Governorate of Paraguay (Gobernación del Paraguay) was a Spanish colonial province centered on Asunción, reduced to an inland province by the 1617 division and ended by independence in May 1811.
Governorate of Río de la Plata
The Governorate of Buenos Aires (Gobernación del Río de la Plata) was a Spanish colonial governorship created in 1617 with its capital at Buenos Aires.
Governorate of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
The Governorate of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Gobernación de Santa Cruz de la Sierra) was a province of the Spanish Empire in eastern Bolivia from 1560 to 1782.
Governorate of the Marañón
The Governorate of the Marañón (Gobernación del Marañón) was a Spanish colonial jurisdiction granted in 1530 to conquistador Diego de Ordaz along the Amazon coast.
Governorate of Tucumán
The Governorate of Tucumán (Gobernación del Tucumán), a Spanish colonial division covering northwest Argentina, was created in 1563 under the Audiencia de Charcas and split into two intendancies in 1782.
Governorate-Intendancy of Buenos Aires
The Governorate-Intendancy of Buenos Aires (Gobernación-Intendencia de Buenos Aires) was an administrative division of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata created by Spain in 1782.
Governorate-Intendancy of Paraguay
The Governorate-Intendancy of Paraguay (Spanish: Intendencia del Paraguay) was a province of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, created by the Bourbon reforms in 1782 and ended in 1811.
Grand Est
Grand Est (Grossa Oschta, Großer Osten) is a French administrative region created 1 January 2016 from Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne, and Lorraine; INSEE code 44, about 5.56 million inhabitants, 57,000 km², borders four countries, and faces an Alsatian exit bid.
Grand'Anse
Grand'Anse (Grande Anse), a department of Haiti on the southern peninsula, capital Jérémie; 1,912 km², 13 communes, about 570,700 people (2024 estimate), agriculture-based and hurricane-prone. Distinct from the Quebec hamlet Grande-Anse and Seychelles' Grand'Anse (Mahé).