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Kouritenga Province
Kouritenga (Kourittenga) Province, Burkina Faso: a province of the Centre-Est region, capital Koupéla, about 480,000 inhabitants (2019), agropastoral economy, Yitenga dam, Pouytenga trading center.
Kraj Vysočina
Kraj Vysočina (Vysočina Region, formerly Jihlavský kraj) is a Czech NUTS 3 region created 1 January 2000, seat Jihlava, area 6,796 km², five districts, 704 municipalities, about 516,000 inhabitants, strong agriculture and three UNESCO sites.
Královéhradecký kraj
Královéhradecký kraj (Hradec Králové Region), Czech administrative region in northeastern Bohemia, seat Hradec Králové; 4,759 km², five districts, about 555,000 residents, bordering Poland, home to Sněžka and Krkonoše tourism.
Krasnodar Krai (Краснодарский край)
Krasnodar Krai (Краснодарский край), a federal subject of Russia in the southwest North Caucasus formed 13 September 1937: capital Krasnodar, 5.84 million people, Russia's leading agricultural region with Black Sea and Azov ports including Novorossiysk.
Krasnoyarsk Krai (Красноярский край)
Krasnoyarsk Krai (Красноярский край), a Russian federal subject in eastern Siberia formed December 7, 1934; second largest region at about 2.4 million km², capital Krasnoyarsk, population about 2.84 million, enlarged in 2007 by merging Taimyr and Evenki okrugs.
Kronoberg County
Kronoberg County (Kronobergs län), Swedish county in south-east Småland, seat Växjö, code 07. Eight municipalities, 203,121 residents (2025), IKEA and NIBE headquarters, Region Kronoberg formed 2015.
Kunduz
Kunduz is a province of northeast Afghanistan named after its capital city, home to about 1.05 million people on a fertile plain bordering Tajikistan and drained by the Kunduz River.
Kurgan Oblast
Kurgan Oblast (Курганская область), a Russian oblast in the Ural Federal District formed 6 February 1943; capital Kurgan; agrarian-industrial, borders Kazakhstan 573.6 km; among Russia's lowest-income regions.
Kursk Oblast
Kursk Oblast (Курская область) is a federal subject of Russia in western European Russia on the Central Russian Upland, bordering Ukraine, with its administrative center at Kursk.
Kutaisi Governorate
Kutaisi Governorate (Georgian: ქუთაისის გუბერნია) was a governorate of the Russian Empire in western Transcaucasia, established in 1846 with its center at Kutaisi and covering almost all of western Transcaucasia.
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
The Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (województwo kujawsko-pomorskie) is one of Poland's 16 voivodeships, in the country's north-central part. Created in 1999, it is governed from joint capitals Bydgoszcz and Toruń.
Kwale
Kwale (County 002) is a coastal county of Kenya, capital Kwale town, governor Fatuma Achani; population 866,820 (2019), known for Diani Beach, titanium mining, and high poverty.
KwaNdebele
KwaNdebele, meaning "place of the Ndebele," was a bantustan, or homeland, created by South Africa's apartheid government in 1979 for the Transvaal Ndebele people and reincorporated into South Africa in 1994.
Kwara State
Kwara State, a North Central Nigerian state created in May 1967 (formerly West Central State), capital Ilorin, 16 LGAs, borders Benin and the Niger River, known as the State of Harmony.
KwaZulu
KwaZulu was a bantustan, or homeland, created by South Africa's apartheid government for Zulu-speaking South Africans in scattered pieces of Natal province; it was dissolved into KwaZulu-Natal in 1994.
Kwilu (district)
Kwilu is an administrative division of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in 1954. It transitioned through roles as a district, a province, and a Bandundu district.
Kyiv Governorate
Kyiv Governorate (Київська губернія) was an administrative unit of the Russian Empire, created by Peter I in 1708 and abolished under Soviet rule in 1925.
Kyiv Oblast
Kyiv Oblast, or Kyivska oblast, is an administrative region of north-central Ukraine on both banks of the Dnipro River that surrounds the capital Kyiv without including it.
Kymenlaakso
Kymenlaakso, Finnish region in South-East Finland on the Gulf of Finland between Helsinki and Russia; named for the Kymijoki River; about 160,000 people; Kouvola and Kotka-Hamina subregions; forest industry, HaminaKotka port, three national parks.
Kyoto Prefecture
Kyoto Prefecture (京都府), a Japanese prefecture established in 1868, covers 4,612.21 km² (31st of 47) with 2,500,173 residents at the 2025 census, governed by Nishiwaki Takatoshi.
La Libertad, Peru
La Libertad is a department and region of northwestern Peru, capital Trujillo, with 12 provinces and 83 districts, about 2.1 million people, Peru's third-largest regional economy, and a diversified agro-industrial and gold-mining base.
La Rioja Province
La Rioja Province (Provincia de La Rioja), northwest Argentina; capital La Rioja city, founded 1591. 383,865 people (2022), 89,680 km², semi-arid; Talampaya UNESCO site; governor Ricardo Quintela; chachos quasi-currency 2024.
La Union
La Union, known in Ilocano as Elyu, is a province of the Philippines in the Ilocos Region on Luzon, created in 1850 and known for surfing.
Labé Region
Labé Region, an administrative region of Guinea in the Fouta Djallon highlands of Moyenne Guinée, comprises five prefectures (Koubia, Labé, Lélouma, Mali, Tougué), covers 22,869 km², and had 1,239,897 inhabitants at the 2025 census.
Labuan
Labuan (Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan) is a federal territory of Malaysia, an island group in the South China Sea off Sabah declared federal territory in 1984.
Lac Region
Lac Region (Lac Province), Chad: lakeshore province with capital Bol, epicenter of the Boko Haram insurgency and Chad's largest internal displacement crisis, with 262,106 displaced across 293 sites as of June 2024.
Lacs (district)
Lacs is one of the 14 administrative districts of Côte d'Ivoire, created in 2011 with its capital at Dimbokro; since 2021 it has been an autonomous district led by a minister-governor.
Laghouat Province
Laghouat Province (ولاية الأغواط), Algerian wilaya no. 03, capital Laghouat city, 400 km south of Algiers; 25,052 km², 730,543 people, Hassi R'Mel gas field, steppe agriculture, Aflou split off as wilaya 59 in 2026.
Lagos State
Lagos State, capital Ikeja, is Nigeria's smallest state (3,577 km²) and economic center: 20 LGAs, about 22 million people, 15–30% of national GDP, former federal capital until 1991.
Laguna (province)
Laguna is a CALABARZON province south of Metro Manila, capital Santa Cruz, population 3,687,345 (2024). The Philippines' top provincial economy (Php1.08 trillion GDP, 2024) on Laguna de Bay.