First-order subdivisions

Hwanghae-namdo

Hwanghae-namdo (South Hwanghae Province, 황해남도) is a North Korean province created in 1954 from southern Hwanghae, capital Haeju, area 8,450.3 km², population about 2.29 million (2008), and the country's leading rice-producing grain belt.

Hyōgo Prefecture (兵庫県)

Hyōgo Prefecture (兵庫県), capital Kobe, is a Japanese prefecture near Honshu's center facing the Sea of Japan and Seto Inland Sea. Five former provinces, 8,400.95 km², 12th largest; site of the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake.

Ibaraki Prefecture (茨城県)

Ibaraki Prefecture (茨城県) is a Japanese prefecture in northeastern Kantō, capital Mito, about 100 km from Tokyo. About 2.8 million people; Japan's 3rd-largest farm output, Kashima heavy industry, and Tsukuba Science City with 29 national research institutions.

Icolo e Bengo Province

Icolo e Bengo Province, a new Angolan province created from Luanda by Law 14/24 (September 2024), effective 1 January 2025, capital Catete, 7 municipalities, 11 communes, governor Auzílio de Oliveira Martins Jacob, population about 1.52 million.

Idlib Governorate

Idlib Governorate (مُحافظة ادلب) is one of Syria's 14 governorates, in the country's northwest, with its capital at Idlib city and five districts divided into 26 sub-districts.

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).

Ihorombe Region

Ihorombe (Région Ihorombe) is a region of south-central Madagascar with chief town Ihosy on RN7; Bara herding culture, 83.4% multidimensional poverty (MPI 0.485, DHS 2021), 185,752 cattle, and artisanal mica mining.

Îles du Vent

Îles du Vent (Windward Islands) is the eastern group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia: Tahiti, Moorea, Maiao, Mehetia, and Tetiaroa. Its State administrative subdivision, chef-lieu Papeete, has 13 communes and 209,980 inhabitants (2022), about 75% of French Polynesia's population. The name also denotes the Caribbean Windward Islands.

Ille-et-Vilaine

Ille-et-Vilaine (department 35) is a department of Brittany, northwestern France, prefecture Rennes, named for the Ille and Vilaine rivers. Most populous Breton department with 1,120,666 inhabitants (2023), 333 communes, and Brittany's leading economy.

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Illyrian Provinces

The Illyrian Provinces (French: Provinces Illyriennes) were territories on the eastern Adriatic ruled by Napoleonic France from 1809 to 1813, formed from lands ceded by Austria, with its capital at Ljubljana.

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).

Imereti

Imereti (იმერეთი), Georgian region in western Georgia with capital Kutaisi; area 6,414.7 sq km, population about 492,500, 2024 GDP 7.2 bn GEL; agriculture largest sector, manganese mining, resorts, Gelati and Bagrati monuments.

Imo State

Imo State, "Eastern Heartland", is a South-East Nigerian state created 3 February 1976 from East Central State, capital Owerri, 27 LGAs, 5,530 km², predominantly Igbo, governor Hope Uzodimma since 2020, oil and gas and oil-palm economy.

Indre-et-Loire

Indre-et-Loire (37), French department in Centre-Val de Loire created 4 March 1790 from Touraine, prefecture Tours. 619,362 inhabitants (2023), growth driven by migration, rivers Loire, Cher, Indre, Vienne.

Ingushetia (ГӀалгӀайче)

Ingushetia (ГӀалгӀайче), Republic of Ingushetia, is Russia's smallest republic by area, formed 4 June 1992 in the North Caucasus with capital Magas; known for the 1944 deportation, Chechen war spillover, insurgency, and the contested 2018 Chechnya border deal.

Innlandet

Innlandet (Sisdajve) is a Norwegian county, number 34, formed 1 January 2020 by merging Hedmark and Oppland except Jevnaker and Lunner. Largest county by area, no coastline, capital Hamar, about 380,000 residents.

Iredell County

Iredell County, North Carolina, formed 1788 from Rowan County and named for James Iredell; seat Statesville. At the I-40/I-77 crossroads north of Charlotte, population 211,798 (2025), first in state cattle and dairy, home of Lowe's headquarters in Mooresville.

Irkutsk Oblast (Иркутская область)

Irkutsk Oblast (Иркутская область), a Russian federal subject in southeastern Siberia formed 26 September 1937, capital Irkutsk; 774,800 km², population 2,322,292 (2025), Lake Baikal, Angara hydropower cascade, aluminum, timber, and growing oil and gas extraction.

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.

Isère

Isère, French department 38 in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes with prefecture Grenoble, created 1790 from Dauphiné, named for the Isère river; 512 communes, alpine tourism economy, 1.7 billion euro 2025 budget.

Isfahan (district)

Eşfahān (Isfahan, اصفهان) is a province in central Iran around the Zāyandarud river; capital Isfahan city, Iran's second industrial region after Tehran, about 107,000 km², population over 5 million.

Ishikawa-ken

Ishikawa-ken (石川県) is a Sea of Japan prefecture in Chubu, Japan, capital Kanazawa; 4,185 sq km, population about 1.09 million, struck by the magnitude 7.6 Noto Peninsula earthquake of January 1, 2024.

Islamabad Capital Territory

Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) is Pakistan's federal territory containing the capital Islamabad, not part of any province. Covers ~906 sq km, population over 2.4 million, governed under the ICT Local Government Act 2015 and CDA, with major governance changes from 2024 to 2026.