First-order subdivisions

Maguindanao del Sur

Maguindanao del Sur, a Philippine province in BARMM, central Mindanao, created when Maguindanao split under RA 11550, ratified by the September 17, 2022 plebiscite; capital Buluan, 24 municipalities, 813,243 people (2024).

Maharashtra (महाराष्ट्र)

Maharashtra (महाराष्ट्र), a western Indian state formed 1 May 1960 from Bombay State, capital Mumbai, second capital Nagpur; largest state economy (GSDP ~USD 435 billion, 2022-23), 11.24 crore people, Deccan Traps plateau geography.

Maine

Maine, the 23rd U.S. state (March 15, 1820, Missouri Compromise), formerly the District of Maine under Massachusetts. Largest New England state; capital Augusta; 2025 population 1,414,874; oldest median age, 44.9.

Makamba Province

Makamba Province, former southernmost province of Burundi (capital Makamba town), bordering Tanzania and Lake Tanganyika; 1,959.60 km², six communes, 428,917 residents in 2008; merged into Burunga Province in 2025.

Makueni

Makueni (county code 17) is a Kenyan county in the southeast, capital Wote, governed by Mutula Kilonzo Jr. Arid and semi-arid, agriculture-driven, with 987,653 people (2019), 30 wards, six constituencies, and severe water scarcity addressed through sand dams.

Malacca

Malacca (Melaka), Malaysia: historic state and city on the Strait of Malacca, seat of the 1400s Malay sultanate, later Portuguese, Dutch, and British port, UNESCO World Heritage site since 2008.

Malaita Province

Malaita Province, Solomon Islands' most populous province (173,347 people, 2019 census), capital Auki, area 4,225 km2, 33 wards; named after Malaita Island; home of the Maasina Rule movement.

Malanje Province

Malanje Province, northern plateau province of Angola, capital Malanje city; 97,602 km², 986,363 people (2014) and 1,298,250 (2024); Ambundu, Kimbundu-speaking, agricultural 'Granary of Angola', Capanda agro-industrial complex, governor Marcos Alexandre Nhunga.

Maluku

Maluku (Moluccas, Spice Islands) is an Indonesian province in the east with capital Ambon, split from North Maluku in 1999; over 90% water, fisheries-driven economy, 5.31% growth in 2026, poverty 15.38%.

Manawatu-Wanganui

Manawatu-Wanganui, officially Manawatū-Whanganui Region since 2019, is a New Zealand region in the lower central North Island with seven districts, governed by the Manawatū-Whanganui Regional Council trading as Horizons Regional Council, established in 1989.

Manche

Manche (50) is a Normandy department in northwestern France, named after the English Channel (La Manche). Prefecture Saint-Lô; 497,522 inhabitants (2023); Cotentin peninsula, Mont-Saint-Michel, Utah Beach, Cherbourg port.

Manicaland Province

Manicaland is an eastern Zimbabwe province, capital Mutare, covering the Eastern Highlands along a 700 km Mozambique border. Seven districts; 2,037,203 people (2022 census); diamond, gold, lithium mining, tea, coffee, timber, tourism.

Maniema Province

Maniema, a province of the eastern-central Democratic Republic of the Congo with capital Kindu, area 132,250 km2, population about 2.3 million; gold, cassiterite, coltan, and wolfram mining, Congo River (Lualaba), created 1962, kept its 1988 limits in the 2015 découpage.

Manipur

Manipur is a northeastern Indian state, capital Imphal, area 22,327 sq km, bordering Myanmar (352 km). Known as the birthplace of polo, site of Loktak Lake, and scene of the 2023 Meitei–Kuki-Zo ethnic conflict.

Manisa (district)

Manisa, historically Saruhan, is a Turkish province in the Aegean Region of western Anatolia between Mount Spil and the Gediz River, administered in 17 districts.

Manitoba

Manitoba, a Canadian Prairie province created by the Manitoba Act of 1870 after Louis Riel's provisional government, has capital Winnipeg, about 1.5 million people, a diversified economy, hydroelectric power, and major Red River flood history.

Maputo Province

Maputo Province (Província de Maputo), southern Mozambique province around Maputo City, capital Matola; 8 districts, about 2 million people, 71% urban, the country's industrial hub with the Mozal aluminum plant and lowest poverty after Maputo City.

Mara Region

Mara Region (Mkoa wa Mara) is a Tanzanian region on Lake Victoria. Its capital is Musoma, and it is home to the Serengeti National Park.

Maramureş

Maramureş (Máramaros, Марамарощина) is a historical Carpathian region split between Romania's Maramureș County (seat Baia Mare) and Ukraine. First attested 1199; modern county created 1968; 451,086 residents in 2026; famed for UNESCO wooden churches.

Maranhão

Maranhão, Brazilian state in the Northeast with capital São Luís; 329,651 km², 6.78 million people (2022 census), HDI 0.676, transition zone between Amazon and semi-arid Northeast, home to Lençóis Maranhenses dunes.

Marche

Marche, also known as the Marches or Le Marche, is an Italian region in central Italy on the Adriatic coast, with Ancona as its capital and largest city.

Mari El

Mari El (Марий Эл) is a republic of Russia on the middle Volga River, with its capital at Yoshkar-Ola and the Mari people as its namesake.

Marion County, Oregon, United States

Marion County, Oregon (FIPS 41047), a Willamette Valley county with county seat Salem, the state capital; created 1843 as Champooick District, renamed 1849 for Francis Marion; 345,920 residents in 2020, 355,777 in 2025.

Markazi Province

Markazi Province (استان مرکزی) is a central Iranian province with capital Arak, area 29,108 km², 1,413,959 residents (2011 census), and a major industrial hub with Arak and Saveh.

Marrakesh-Safi

Marrakesh-Safi (جهة مراكش آسفي), a region of central-west Morocco created in 2015, capital Marrakech; 41,404 km2, 4,892,393 inhabitants (RGPH 2024), third most populous of Morocco's twelve regions.

Marsabit

Marsabit is a county in northern Kenya bordering Ethiopia and the second largest in the country, with its capital at Marsabit town and largest town Moyale.

Maryland County

Maryland County is a county of Liberia at Cape Palmas, capital Harper, formed in 1857 from the Republic of Maryland, the only Liberian county once an independent republic; 172,587 residents across 7 districts.

Mascara Province

Mascara Province (ولاية معسكر) is an Algerian wilaya in the northwest, capital Mascara city, seat of Emir Abdelkader's 1832 state; 47 communes, 16 dairas, Ghriss plain aquifer water stress.

Mashonaland East Province

Mashonaland East Province, a province of northeastern Zimbabwe with capital Marondera and nine districts, population 1,731,173 (2022 census); agricultural province with over 1,000 dams, irrigation potential near 62,000 ha, and Harare International Airport in Seke District.