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Masvingo Province
Masvingo Province, southeastern Zimbabwe province, capital Masvingo city (formerly Fort Victoria); 56,566 km², 1,638,528 people (2022), seven districts, Great Zimbabwe UNESCO site, sugar estates, and Bikita lithium mining.
Matabeleland North Province
Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe's northwestern province with capital Lupane; hosts Victoria Falls and Hwange National Park, over 90% of national coal reserves, 749,017 people (2012 census), GDP about US$3 billion (2025).
Matabeleland South Province
Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe's southernmost province (capital Gwanda), borders Botswana and South Africa, covers 54,172 km², had 760,345 people in 2022, and is arid, water-scarce, and mining- and livestock-based.
Matam
Matam: a region of northeastern Senegal created in 2002, capital Matam town, on the Senegal River bordering Mauritania; 29,616 km², about 855,000 inhabitants in 2024, economy based on farming and pastoralism.
Matruh Governorate
Matruh Governorate (محافظة مطروح), Egypt's northwestern border governorate with capital Marsa Matruh; second largest by area at 166,563 km², population 530,270 (2022), 500 km Mediterranean coast, Siwa Oasis, eight centers.
Mauretania Tingitana (Roman province)
Mauretania Tingitana: Roman province in northwestern Morocco, capital Tingis (Tangier), created under Claudius after AD 40, bounded by the Mulucha river, with Sala, Volubilis, and an auxilia-only frontier system.
Mayabeque
Mayabeque, Cuban province created 1 January 2011 from the split of La Habana province, with Artemisa; capital San José de las Lajas, 11 municipalities, 3,743.81 km², about 381,000 inhabitants.
Mayo-Kebbi Est Region
Mayo-Kebbi Est (Région du Mayo-Kebbi Est) is a region of Chad, capital Bongor, created in 2002. Population 774,782 (2009 census), about 1.41 million projected for 2026; named after the Mayo Kébi river, the only link between the Chad and Niger basins.
Mayo-Kebbi Ouest Region
Mayo-Kebbi Ouest is a region of southwestern Chad with capital Pala, bordering Cameroon, named for the Mayo Kébbi river, with Lakes Léré and Tréné, five departments, and farming, fishing, and gold mining economies.
Maysan Governorate
Maysan Governorate (ميسان, Maysān), capital Amarah, is a southeastern Iraqi governorate bordering Iran: 16,072 km², six districts, Tigris-fed marshes drained in the 1990s, Halfaya oilfield, and about 1.29 million people in the 2024 census.
Mazandaran (district)
Mazandaran (استان مازندران), a province of northern Iran on the southern Caspian shore, capital Sari, 22 counties, about 3.4 million people; Iran's leading rice producer with ports at Amirabad, Nowshahr, and Fereydunkenar.
Medea Province
Medea Province (Wilaya 26, ولاية المدية), Algeria: mountainous Tell Atlas province, capital Médéa, 8,775.65 km², 819,932 people (2008), 64 communes, agriculture-led economy with vineyards and historic Titteri beylik capital.
Mehedinţi
Mehedinți (Județul Mehedinți), a Romanian county in South-West Oltenia on the Danube border with Serbia and Bulgaria; capital Drobeta-Turnu Severin; 4,933 km²; 226,429 residents in 2026, rank 39 of 42.
Menabe Region
Menabe, a region of western Madagascar on the Mozambique Channel, capital Morondava, 46,121 km², five districts, dry climate, zebu pastoralism, baobabs, Tsingy de Bemaraha, and the Sakalava kingdom of King Toera.
Mendoza Province
Mendoza Province, Argentina (Provincia de Mendoza): center-west Andean province, capital Mendoza city. Produces over 78% of Argentine wine, hosts Aconcagua (6,962 m), governed by Alfredo Cornejo 2023-2027.
Meru, Kenya
Meru is one of Kenya's 47 counties, lying on the eastern slopes of Mount Kenya and spanning the equator, with Meru Town as its largest town and administrative seat.
Miaoli County
Miaoli County (苗栗縣), a county in north-central Taiwan between Hsinchu and Taichung, area 1,820.31 km², population about 534,000, Hakka-majority, known for Sanyi wood sculpture, Dahu strawberries, Taian hot springs, and tung blossoms.
Michigan
Michigan, a two-peninsula Midwestern state admitted as the 26th state in 1837, had 10,127,884 residents in 2025, a median household income of $72,389, and four straight years of population growth.
Michoacán
Michoacán (Michoacán de Ocampo), a state in western Mexico with capital Morelia, 113 municipalities, about 4.87 million people, the country's leading avocado producer, and a severe organized-crime security crisis.
Mid-Western Region (Nigeria)
The Mid-Western Region was a region of Nigeria created in 1963 out of the Western Region after a referendum, with its capital at Benin City.
Midlands Province
Midlands Province (ZW-MI), central Zimbabwe province with capital Gweru; 49,166 km², 1,811,905 people (2022), eight districts, and the country's industrial and mining corridor for gold, platinum, chrome, and steel.
Mie Prefecture (三重県)
Mie Prefecture (三重県, Mie-ken) is a Japanese prefecture in the Tokai region between Nagoya and Osaka, capital Tsu; area 5,774 km², population about 1.7 million, home to Ise Jingu and the Kumano Kodo World Heritage route.
Migori
Migori County (code 044), southwestern Kenya, South Nyanza region; borders Tanzania and Lake Victoria; capital Migori Town; about 1.1 million people; economy of agriculture, fishing, and gold mining.
Mila Province
Mila Province (ولاية ميلة, Wilaya de Mila, code 43) is an Algerian wilaya in the northeast, capital Mila (ancient Milev). Created 1984 from Constantine; 3480.45 km², 13 daïras, 32 communes, Beni Haroun dam, Algeria's largest.
Milne Bay Province
Milne Bay Province is a Papua New Guinea province based at Alotau, covering 14,345 km² of land and over 600 islands, with 2024 census population 412,158, site of the 1942 Battle of Milne Bay.
Mimaropa
Mimaropa (MIMAROPA), Philippines' Region IV-B, an archipelagic administrative region of Occidental and Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan; 3,245,446 residents in the 2024 census, 16th of 18 regions.
Minsk Governorate
Minsk Governorate (Минская губерния) was an administrative unit of the Russian Empire, established in 1793 after the Second Partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and centered on Minsk until 1921.
Minsk Oblast
Minsk Oblast (Мінская вобласць, Минская область), central region of Belarus: 39,854 km², 1.47 million people, 22 districts, capital Minsk excluded from it, established 1938, potash and machine-building economy.
Minsk Voivodeship
Minsk Voivodeship (Belarusian: Мінскае ваяводства) was an administrative unit of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, created in 1565–1566 and centered on Minsk; its territory fell to the Russian Empire in 1793.
Minya Governorate
Minya Governorate (محافظة المنيا), Egypt's 'Bride of Upper Egypt' on both Nile banks, capital Minya city; 32,279 km², about 5.5 million people, agriculture-dominated economy, 18 March national day.