First-order subdivisions

Laiwu Shi

Laiwu Shi (莱芜市), a prefecture-level city in central Shandong, China, was abolished in 2018. Its territory was divided and absorbed by Jinan, forming Laiwu District and Gangcheng District.

Lake County, Indiana, United States

Lake County, Indiana: northwestern Indiana county on the Illinois border and Lake Michigan, created 1836, organized 1837, county seat Crown Point, population about 499,000 (2020), part of the Chicago metropolitan area.

Lampung

Lampung, an Indonesian province at the southeastern tip of Sumatra, capital Bandar Lampung; created 18 March 1964 (Law 14/1964) from the Lampung Residency of South Sumatra; population 9.53 million (SUPAS 2025).

Lao Cai

Lao Cai (Lào Cai), mountainous Vietnamese province on the China border, gateway to Sapa; merged with Yen Bai province on 1 July 2025 into a new Lao Cai province of 13,256.92 km² and about 1.78 million people.

Lapland (Finland)

Lapland (Lappi, Lapin maakunta) is Finland's northernmost and largest first-order administrative region: 100,366 km², 21 municipalities, capital Rovaniemi, borders Norway, Sweden, and Russia, distinct from the wider Sámi cultural region Sápmi.

Las Tunas

Las Tunas is an eastern Cuban province created in 1976 from Oriente, capital Victoria de Las Tunas, area 6,592 sq km, farming-based economy, population 463,112 in 2025, known for sculptures and the Jornada Cucalambeana.

Latakia Governorate

Latakia Governorate (محافظة اللاذقية) is one of Syria's fourteen governorates, in the far northwest on the Mediterranean coast, with the port city of Latakia as its capital.

Lebap

Lebap (Lebap welaýaty) is a province (velayat) of Turkmenistan on the middle Amu Darya, bordering Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. Capital Türkmenabat; 1,447,298 people (2022 census); major gas, cotton, and Silk Road heritage region.

Oct 22, 2026

Lebowa

Lebowa was a self-governing homeland in South Africa's northern Transvaal created under apartheid as the national territory for the northern Sotho people, including the Pedi, from 1972 until 1994.

Leningrad Oblast (Ленинградская область)

Leningrad Oblast (Ленинградская область), a Russian federal subject surrounding Saint Petersburg, formed 1 August 1927; about 2.04 million people, RUB 2.4 trillion GRP, and major Baltic ports including Ust-Luga.

Leon

Leon (Provincia de León, Asturian Llión) is a province of Castilla y León, Spain, capital León city; 446,771 inhabitants (2025), 211 municipalities, 15,568 km², marked long-term depopulation since 1983.

Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Lesser Poland Voivodeship (województwo małopolskie), a province of southern Poland created 1 January 1999 with capital Kraków; area 15,183 km², about 3.4 million residents, six national parks and several UNESCO World Heritage sites.

Liaoning

Liaoning (辽宁) is a coastal province of Northeast China with capital Shenyang, 14 prefecture-level cities, about 41.55 million people, a heavy-industry base, 2025 GDP of 3,318.29 billion yuan up 3.7%, and six ports on the Bohai and Yellow seas.

Liberec Region

Liberec Region (Liberecký kraj), Czech Republic's second smallest region (3,163 km²) on the German and Polish borders; capital Liberec; mountainous, industrial (glass, jewelry), with tourism in Bohemian Paradise and Krkonoše.

Lim-Pendé

Lim-Pendé is a prefecture of the Central African Republic in the northwest, capital Paoua, created in the 2021 reorganization; population about 442,151 (2021), area 13,208 km², sub-prefectures Kodi, Ngaoundaye, Paoua.

Limburg

Limburg is a region on the Meuse river divided since 1839 into Dutch Limburg, capital Maastricht, and Belgian Limburg, capital Hasselt, both named after the medieval Duchy of Limburg.

Limburg (Netherlands)

Limburg is the southernmost province of the Netherlands, in its current form since the 1839 Treaty of London, capital Maastricht. About 1.14 million people in 31 municipalities; borders Germany and Belgium; highest point Vaalserberg, 300 m.

Limpopo

Limpopo, formerly the Northern Province, is South Africa's northernmost province, bordering Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Botswana. Its capital is Polokwane, and its economy rests on mining, agriculture, and tourism.

Lindi Region

Lindi Region (Mkoa wa Lindi), south-eastern coastal region of Tanzania on the Indian Ocean; capital Lindi town; 67,000 km², 1.19 million people (2022), six councils, cashew and coconut farming, Songosongo natural gas.

Linxia Huizu Zizhizhou

Linxia Huizu Zizhizhou, also known as Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, is an autonomous prefecture for the Hui people in Gansu Province, China, south of Lanzhou, established in 1956.

Lipetsk Oblast

Lipetsk Oblast (Липецкая область), a Central Federal District region of Russia established 6 January 1954 with capital Lipetsk; metallurgy (NLMK) and agriculture dominate its economy, with the Lipetsk special economic zone.

Lisbon District

Lisbon District (Distrito de Lisboa), one of Portugal's 18 mainland districts on the western coast: 16 municipalities, 2,761 km², 2,275,385 residents (2021 Census), Portugal's most populous and most expensive district housing market.

List of counties in Colorado

Colorado's 64 counties, including the city-counties of Denver and Broomfield; 17 original counties from 1861, Las Animas largest at 4,772.9 sq mi, El Paso most populous, county seats set by statute.

List of Indian state symbols

Indian state symbols, also called emblems of Indian states, are the official animals, birds, trees, flowers, and emblems each of India's states and union territories adopts by gazette notification.

List of Nigerian states by date of statehood

Dates of statehood for Nigeria's 36 states, set in five military-era creation waves: 12 states on 27 May 1967, 19 on 3 February 1976, 21 on 23 September 1987, 30 on 27 August 1991, and 36 on 1 October 1996.

List of parishes in Louisiana

Louisiana's 64 parishes are its county-equivalent local governments, a name inherited from French and Spanish Catholic church districts. First civil parishes created 1807; 38 use police jury government, 26 home rule charters.

List of states of Mexico

The 31 states of Mexico, with Mexico City as the 32nd federal entity, form a federal republic; each state has its own constitution, governor, and municipalities, with no secession right.

Oct 22, 2026

Littoral Banovina

The Littoral Banovina, also known as the Primorje Banovina, was a province of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia created in 1929, covering the Adriatic coast with its seat in Split.

Lleida (district)

Lleida (district) is the inland western province of Catalonia, Spain, capital Lleida; also a vegueria covering six comarcas. About 464,600 inhabitants (2026), lowest housing prices in Catalonia, largest neighborhood socioeconomic gap in the region.