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Muḩāfaz̧at ‘Amrān
Muḩāfaz̧at ‘Amrān (محافظة عمران), Amran Governorate, is a Yemeni governorate in the central highlands 50 km north of Sana'a, with 20 districts, capital Amran city, highland climate, agriculture-based economy, and severe water scarcity and humanitarian needs.
Muḩāfaz̧at Abyan
Muḩāfaz̧at Abyan, or Abyan Governorate (Arabic: أَبْيَن), is a governorate of Yemen on the country's southern coast, with its capital at Zinjibar and 11 districts bordering the Arabian Sea.
Muḩāfaz̧at aḑ Ḑāli‘
Muḩāfaz̧at aḑ Ḑāli‘ (محافظة الضالع, Al-Dhale'a Governorate) is a Yemeni governorate created in 1998, capital Al-Dhalea city, nine districts, 4,098 km², agriculture-based economy, and a 2015 civil-war frontline and Southern Transitional Council stronghold.
Muḩāfaz̧at al Jawf
Muḩāfaz̧at al Jawf (محافظة الجوف), Al Jawf Governorate, is a Yemeni first-order administrative division on the Saudi border, capital Al-Hazm, 12 districts, population 532,000; distinct from Saudi Arabia's Al-Jawf Province.
Muḩāfaz̧at Ḩajjah
Muḩāfaz̧at Ḩajjah (محافظة حجة, Hajjah Governorate) is a northwestern Yemeni governorate bordering Saudi Arabia and the Red Sea, capital Hajjah city, with 31 districts, 2.69 million people, agriculture-based economy, and severe conflict-driven humanitarian needs.
Muḩāfaz̧at Ḩawallī
Muḩāfaz̧at Ḩawallī (محافظة حولي), Hawalli Governorate, one of Kuwait's six governorates; 85 km2, census population 926,170, mostly non-Kuwaiti; districts include Salmiya, Hawalli, Jabriya, Bayan, Rumaithiya.
Muḩāfaz̧at Laḩij
Muḩāfaz̧at Laḩij (Lahij Governorate, لحج) is a Yemeni governorate on the southwestern coast, capital Al-Hawtah, 15 districts, about 1.17 million people, agricultural economy, contested by the STC, recognized government, and Houthi forces since 2015.
Muhafazat Salah ad Din
Muhafazat Salah ad Din (Salah ad-Din Governorate, محافظة صلاح الدين) is a central Iraqi governorate of 23,398 km² with capital Tikrit, about 1.6–1.8 million people, semi-arid climate, and major post-2014 displacement and return.
Muḩāfaz̧at Ta‘izz
Muḩāfaz̧at Ta‘izz (Taiz Governorate), Yemen's most populous governorate, 23 districts, capital Taiz city; former Rasulid and royalist capital, besieged by Houthis since 2015, epicenter of the 2026 offensive and displacement crisis.
Mulanje District
Mulanje District, Southern Region, Malawi: administrative district of 2,056 sq km bordering Mozambique, capital Mulanje town, centered on Mount Mulanje and Malawi's largest tea-growing area with the Mulanje cedar and nine river headwaters.
Municipiul Chişinău
Municipiul Chişinău is the second-level administrative-territorial unit comprising the city of Chișinău, Moldova's capital, together with its suburbs; it has 720,100 residents (2024 census) and produces about 62% of national GDP.
Municipium
Municipium (plural municipia): a Roman incorporated community whose inhabitants bore citizen duties while keeping local self-government; first applied to Caere in 353 BC, universalized in Italy after the Social War, and an intermediate provincial rank of Latin right under the Empire.
Munster
Munster (Irish Mumhan) is the southernmost of Ireland's four provinces, covering six counties including Cork, Kerry, and Limerick; distinct from the Alsatian commune of Munster, the German city of Münster, and cartographer Sebastian Münster.
Murang'A
Murang'a County is a devolved county in Kenya's Central region, historically Fort Hall, capital Murang'a town. 2,558.8 km², 1,056,640 people (2019), agriculture-driven economy, major Tana River and Nairobi water source.
Mureş
Mureş (Județul Mureș, Mureș County) is a central-northern Romanian county, seat Târgu Mureș; 6,696 km², 550,846 people (2011), mixed Romanian, Hungarian, and Roma population, major natural gas producer.
Murmansk Oblast (Мурманская область)
Murmansk Oblast (Мурманская область) is a Russian federal subject on the Kola Peninsula, formed 28 May 1938, capital Murmansk, bordering Norway, Finland, and Karelia; population 651,363 (2025), mining and fishing economy, Northern Fleet base.
Muş, Turkey
Muş (Muş ili, Kurdish Mûş) is a province in Eastern Anatolia, Türkiye, capital Muş city. 389,127 people (2025), rank 50 of 81; home of the 1071 Manzikert battlefield and the large Muş plain.
Muthanna Governorate
Muthanna Governorate (محافظة المثنى) is a governorate of southern Iraq with capital Samawah on the Euphrates; Iraq's poorest governorate, with poverty rates of 47.7% (2018), 52% (2021), and 43.6% (2024), desert terrain, Lake Sawa, cement industries, and the ancient site of Uruk.
Mutsu Province
Mutsu Province (陸奥国) was an ancient province of Japan covering most of the Tohoku region, established after the Taika Reforms of 645 as the frontier of the ritsuryo state.
Muyinga Province
Muyinga Province, a former province of Burundi with capital Muyinga town, merged into Buhumuza Province in 2025 under the 2023 reform cutting 18 provinces to 5; known for cross-border trade, gold, sorghum, beans, rice, and Ruvubu National Park.
Mwanza Region
Mwanza Region (Mkoa wa Mwanza), Tanzania's second most populous region on Lake Victoria's southern shore; capital Mwanza city; established 1963, 3.99 million people in 2024, Sukuma heartland, cotton and gold economy.
Mykolaiv Oblast
Mykolaiv Oblast (Миколаївська область) is a southern Ukrainian region of 24,598 km² on the Black Sea, capital Mykolaiv, 4 raions, population about 1.12 million, known for shipbuilding, blocked ports, and the 2022–2026 water pipeline restoration.
Mymensingh Division
Mymensingh Division (ময়মনসিংহ বিভাগ), Bangladesh's eighth administrative division, formed 14 September 2015 from Dhaka Division with Mymensingh, Jamalpur, Sherpur, and Netrokona districts; 10,584 km², 12.2 million people, and the country's second-highest multidimensional poverty.
Nagano Prefecture (長野県)
Nagano Prefecture (長野県), also called Shinshu, is a landlocked central-Japan prefecture corresponding to old Shinano province, capital Nagano City, 13,562 km², 2025 census population 1,953,866, formed in 1876, host of the 1998 Winter Olympics.
Naitasiri Province
Naitasiri Province, Fiji: a Central Division province on Viti Levu, about 1,666 km2, 16 districts, 91 villages, headquarters Vunidawa; population grew from 160,760 (2007) to about 178,000 (2017).
Najran Region
Najran Region (منطقة نجران) is a southwest Saudi Arabian region on the Yemeni border, capital Najran city; 592,300 people (2022), seven governorates, ancient Al-Ukhdood and Hima UNESCO heritage, trade, mining, and agriculture economy.
Namibe Province
Namibe Province, southwestern Angola on the Atlantic, capital Moçâmedes (formerly Namibe city); about 57,091 km², 600,000–700,000 people; Namib Desert coast, fishing, Port of Namibe, tomatoes, Iona National Park.
Nangarhar
Nangarhar (ننګرهار), eastern Afghan province on the Pakistan border, capital Jalalabad; major irrigated farming region and trade corridor, hit by the 31 August 2025 magnitude 6.0 earthquake.
Nara
Nara (奈良県, Nara-ken), inland Kansai prefecture, Japan; site of Heijokyo, the first capital (Nara period 710–794). Three UNESCO World Heritage sites, 50 pre-1573 National Treasure buildings, Todaiji's Great Buddha, Nara Park deer; population 1,274,196 (2025).
Nasarawa State
Nasarawa State, also called the Home of Solid Minerals, is a North Central Nigerian state created 1 October 1996 from Plateau State, capital Lafia, 13 LGAs, governor Abdullahi Sule since 2019.