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National Capital District, Papua New Guinea
National Capital District (NCD), Papua New Guinea: the constitutional district containing the capital Port Moresby, 240 sq km, 756,754 residents (2024 census), governed by the NCDC with no elected local level governments.
Navarre
Navarre (Navarra, Nafarroa), the Chartered Community of Navarre, is a single-province foral autonomous community in northern Spain with near-total tax autonomy under its Convenio Económico, a former kingdom incorporated into Castile in 1512, area about 10,400 km², population about 680,000.
Nawa
Nawa is a region of Côte d'Ivoire, one of 31, located in the southwest within the Bas-Sassandra district, with its capital at Soubré. It is the nation's largest cocoa-producing area.
Nayarit
Estado de Nayarit (Estado Libre y Soberano de Nayarit), a Pacific-coast state of west-central Mexico, capital Tepic; statehood 1 May 1917 from the Territory of Tepic; 20 municipalities, 27,857 km2, agriculture-led economy.
Negeri Sembilan
Negeri Sembilan, a Malaysian state on the peninsula's west-central coast with capital Seremban, is defined by Minangkabau Adat Perpatih custom, an elective Yang di-Pertuan Besar chosen by four Undang, 1.2 million people, and a services-led RM55.8 billion economy.
Negros Occidental
Negros Occidental is a Philippine province on the northwestern half of Negros Island, capital Bacolod City, known as the Sugarbowl of the Philippines; created January 1, 1890, now in the Negros Island Region under RA 12000 (2024).
Negros Oriental
Negros Oriental: Philippine province on the eastern half of Negros island, capital Dumaguete; created January 1, 1890; 1.49 million people (2024); part of the Negros Island Region since 2024.
Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Ненецкий автономный округ)
Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Ненецкий автономный округ), Arctic federal subject of Russia within Arkhangelsk Oblast, capital Naryan-Mar; oil-and-gas economy, 41,000 people, 2020 merger attempt suspended after protests.
New Brunswick
New Brunswick (Nouveau-Brunswick), one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and its only officially bilingual province, capital Fredericton, province since 1867; population 883,522 (July 2026), area 73,440 km², Bay of Fundy tides.
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a northeastern U.S. state, capital Concord, population about 1.42 million (2025). First colony to adopt its own constitution (January 5, 1776), ninth state (1788), second-oldest state constitution (1784), no sales or broad-based income tax.
New Ireland Province
New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea (capital Kavieng, formerly German Neu Mecklenburg), covers about 9,600 km2 and counted 237,780 people in the 2024 census, up 1.6% yearly from 194,067 in 2011.
New Jersey
New Jersey, the Garden State, is a northeastern U.S. state between New York and Pennsylvania. Third state to ratify the Constitution, most densely populated state, capital Trenton, about 9.5 million residents, governor Mikie Sherrill.
New Kingdom of Granada
The New Kingdom of Granada (Nuevo Reino de Granada) was a Spanish colonial jurisdiction in northern South America, established in the late 1530s and governed from Santafé de Bogotá.
New South Wales
New South Wales (NSW), Australia's oldest state, founded 1788 with capital Sydney. Most populous state (8.15 million in 2022), largest state economy (~$700 billion), governed under the Constitution Act 1902.
New Sudan (territory)
New Sudan was the SPLM/A's envisioned united, secular Sudanese state and the de facto rebel-administered territory under John Garang, organized from 1994 as the Civil Authority of New Sudan across five regions, ending with the 2005 CPA and South Sudan's 2011 secession.
Ngozi Province
Ngozi Province, former province of northern Burundi, capital Ngozi city; 1,305,600 residents in 2022; merged into Butanyerera province in 2025; coffee-growing, Rwanda border trade.
Niassa Province
Niassa Province is the largest province of Mozambique by area, at 129,056 km², situated in the extreme northwest with its capital at Lichinga and Lake Niassa as its western boundary.
Niğde
Niğde (Nahita) is a province and city in southern Central Anatolia, Türkiye; area 7,312 km², six districts, population about 351,000-372,000. Former Tyana region; Seljuk, Karamanid, Ottoman rule; province since 1924; TR71 region.
Niger State
Niger State, Nigeria's largest state by land area (about 76,363 km²), capital Minna, created 1976, hosts Kainji, Jebba, Shiroro, and Zungeru hydroelectric dams and is governed by Mohammed Umaru Bago.
Nimba County
Nimba County, Liberia's second most populous county (621,841 in 2022 census), capital Sanniquellie, established 1964, borders Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire, known for Mount Nimba, LAMCO iron-ore mining heritage, Ganta, and Yekepa.
Nineveh Governorate
Nineveh Governorate (محافظة نينوى), capital Mosul, is a large northwestern Iraqi province named for the ancient Assyrian capital. Nine districts, 2024 census population about 4.34 million, Qayyarah oil, Mishraq sulfur, Mosul Dam, ISIS occupation 2014–2017.
Ningxia
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (宁夏回族自治区), one of China's five autonomous regions, established October 25, 1958 at Yinchuan; 66,400 km², Hui plurality, Yellow River irrigation, desertification control, 2024 GDP 5502.76 billion yuan.
Ninh Binh
Ninh Binh (Ninh Bình), Vietnamese province formed 1 July 2025 by merging Ha Nam, Nam Dinh, and Ninh Binh; 3,942.6 km2, capital Ninh Binh city, home to Hoa Lu ancient capital and Trang An UNESCO site.
Nitra
Nitra (Nitriansky kraj) is a city and one of eight self-governing regions of southwestern Slovakia, capital Nitra, bordering Hungary; oldest written mention 826/828, population 668,301 (2023), Slovakia's most productive agricultural region with a Jaguar Land Rover plant.
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (Нижегородская область), a Russian federal subject in the middle Volga region with capital Nizhny Novgorod; 80,500 km², population about 3.04 million (2025), manufacturing-based economy in the Volga basin.
Nomarchía Athínas
Nomarchía Athínas (Νομαρχία Αθηνών), the Prefecture of Athens, was a Greek first-level administrative division created in 1833, seat Athens, 361.719 km², 2,664,776 residents (2001), abolished end of 2010 by the Kallikratis reform and succeeded by regional units.
Nordland Fylke
Nordland Fylke (Nordlándda, Lule Sami) is a Norwegian county, number 18, with administrative center Bodø, 41 municipalities in five regions, 243,272 inhabitants (2026), and an economy built on fisheries, hydropower, and industry.
Norfolk Island
Norfolk Island (Norf'k community) is an Australian external territory about 1,600 km northeast of Sydney, population 2,188, settled by Bounty mutineer descendants from Pitcairn in 1856; KAVHA is World Heritage-listed, and self-government ended in 2015.
Normandy (administrative region)
Normandy (Normandie) is a French administrative region created 1 January 2016 by merging Basse-Normandie and Haute-Normandie, capital Rouen, five departments, about 3.35 million inhabitants, industry-heavy economy.
Norrbotten County
Norrbotten County (Norrbottens län), Sweden's largest and northernmost county, created 21 May 1810 from Västerbotten. 97,239 km², quarter of Sweden, ~249,000 people, 14 municipalities, seat Luleå, borders Norway and Finland, 90% of Europe's iron ore.