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North Brabant
North Brabant (Noord-Brabant) is a southern Dutch province, capital 's-Hertogenbosch, largest city Eindhoven; 5,081 km², 62 municipalities, formed from the Duchy of Brabant, home to the Brainport high-tech economy.
North Central Province
North Central Province, Sri Lanka: a dry-zone province created in 1873, with Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa districts, 1,407,610 people (2024 census), two UNESCO ancient capitals, and a paddy economy dependent on tank irrigation.
North Chungcheong
North Chungcheong (충청북도, Chungcheongbuk-do) is South Korea's only landlocked province, created in 1896, capital Cheongju, about 1.64 million people, manufacturing-heavy economy centered on Chungju and Cheongju.
North Denmark
North Denmark Region (Region Nordjylland) is Denmark's northernmost of five regions, created 1 January 2007; 11 municipalities, 593,135 residents (2024), smallest by population, ~15.5B DKK budget, 80% health; continues as one of four regions from 2027.
North Hamgyong Province
North Hamgyong Province (함경북도, Hamgyŏngpukto) is the northeasternmost province of North Korea, bordering China and Russia along the Tumen River and facing the Sea of Japan; its capital is Chongjin.
North Holland
North Holland (Noord-Holland) is a Dutch province, capital Haarlem, created in 1840 from the split of Holland. Second most populous province with about 3 million people across 44 municipalities including Amsterdam; a peninsula bounded by North Sea, Wadden Sea, and IJsselmeer.
North Kalimantan
North Kalimantan (Kalimantan Utara, Kaltara), Indonesian province created 2012 from East Kalimantan by Law 20/2012; capital Tanjung Selor; borders Sabah and Sarawak, Malaysia; five regencies/city, population about 700,000, coal, aluminum, and pulp economy.
North Kordofan (شمال كردفان)
North Kordofan (شمال كردفان) is a central Sudanese state with capital El Obeid, historically Sudan's leading gum arabic producer (about 30,000 tons annually until the early 1960s) and since April 2023 a major battleground of the SAF–RSF war.
North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire is a Scottish council area northeast of Glasgow, established 1 April 1996 from the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Motherwell, Monklands and part-Strathkelvin districts. Population 343,930 (2025), 4th of 32; largest town Cumbernauld; density 726 per sq km.
North Maluku
North Maluku (Maluku Utara), Indonesian province created 1999 from Maluku, capital Sofifi, ~900 islands with Halmahera largest; nickel downstreaming at IWIP drives 13.73-19.64% growth.
North Ossetia–Alania (Республика Северная Осетия — Алания)
North Ossetia–Alania (Республика Северная Осетия — Алания) is a Russian republic in the North Caucasus with capital Vladikavkaz, about 8,000 km², Ossetian majority (68.3%), Ossetian and Russian official languages, and a predominantly Orthodox population.
North Ostrobothnia
North Ostrobothnia (Pohjois-Pohjanmaa, Norra Österbotten) is a region of western and northern Finland with capital Oulu, NUTS code FI1D9, about 418,000 residents, and a border with Russian Karelia.
North Pyongan
North Pyongan (평안북도; also romanized North Phyongan) is a western province of North Korea, capital Sinuiju, bordering China across the Yalu River and producing 22 percent of the country's rice.
North Sumatra
North Sumatra (Sumatera Utara), Indonesian province with capital Medan, established 15 April 1948; 14.8 million people (2020), 25 regencies and 8 cities; Aceh separated in 1956; home to Lake Toba caldera.
North West (South African province)
North West (Bokone-Bophirima) is a South African province created in 1994 from Bophuthatswana and the western Transvaal, with capital Mahikeng, about 4.18 million people in 2025, a platinum- and maize-driven economy, and the country's highest expanded unemployment rate.
North West Delhi
North West Delhi (उत्तर पश्चिम दिल्ली) is a revenue district of NCT of Delhi, headquartered at Kanjhawala, with sub-divisions Kirari, Rohini, and Nangloi Jat; the largest Delhi district by area and 2011 population.
North West Province
North West Province, a province of Sierra Leone created in 2017 from the Northern Province, capital Port Loko; districts Kambia, Karene, Port Loko; 15.7 percent of the 2021 census population.
North Western Province, Sri Lanka
North Western Province (Wayamba; වයඹ පළාත) is a Sri Lankan province created in 1845 from the Western Province, with capital Kurunegala, districts Kurunegala and Puttalam, a 52-member Provincial Council, and 11.2 percent of national GDP.
North Wollo Zone
North Wollo Zone (Amhara Region, Ethiopia): administrative zone of about 12,173 km² with capital Woldia and over 1.8 million people, marked by rugged highlands, mixed smallholder farming, recurrent drought, and recent conflict.
North-Western Province, Zambia
North-Western Province, Zambia: one of Zambia's ten provinces, capital Solwezi, 11 districts, 125,826 km². Fastest-growing province (727,000 in 2010 to 1.28 million in 2022) driven by copper mines Kansanshi, Lumwana, and Kalumbila.
Northern Cape
Northern Cape: South Africa's largest province by area (372,889 km²) and least populated (1,355,946 in Census 2022), capital Kimberley, semi-desert economy based on mining, agriculture, and renewable energy.
Northern Darfur
North Darfur State, Sudan: northwestern state with capital El Fasher; arid farming-pastoralist economy; epicenter of the 2023-2026 Sudan war famine, with IPC-confirmed famine in Zamzam, Abu Shouk and Al Salam camps and the RSF capture of El Fasher in October 2025.
Northern District
Northern District (Hebrew: mehoz haTzafon), one of six administrative districts of Israel, covering the Galilee, Jezreel and Jordan Valleys; also a Mandatory Palestine district; lowest salaries and highest poverty rates except Jerusalem.
Northern Governorate
Northern Governorate (المحافظة الشمالية), Bahrain's most populous of four governorates, on the main island's northwest; 378,228 people (2014), 145.8 km², Hamad Town, Barbar Temple, burial mounds.
Northern Province, Papua New Guinea
Northern Province (Oro Province), Papua New Guinea: coastal province with capital Popondetta, 22,800 km2, 273,950 people (2024 census), districts Ijivitari and Sohe, oil palm economy, Kokoda Track, Mount Lamington, and Divune 3 MW hydro project.
Northern Province, Rwanda
The Northern Province is one of the five provinces of Rwanda, bordering Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with about 2 million people across five districts including Musanze.
Northern Province, Sierra Leone
This administrative region of Sierra Leone borders the Republic of Guinea. Since 2017, it encompasses the districts of Bombali, Falaba, Koinadugu, and Tonkolili, accounting for 17.4% of the total population.
Northern Province, Sri Lanka
Northern Province, Sri Lanka: northernmost of nine provinces, capital Jaffna; five districts (Jaffna, Mannar, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Vavuniya); 1,150,148 people (5.3%, lowest) at 2024 census; predominantly Tamil, post-civil-war economy.
Northern Province, Zambia
Northern Province, Zambia: one of Zambia's ten provinces, capital Kasama, 12 districts, 75,567 km2, 1,105,824 people (2010 census), bordering DRC, Tanzania, and Lake Tanganyika.
Northern Red Sea Region
Northern Red Sea Region (Semienawi K'eyih Bahri, ዞባ ሰሜናዊ ቀይሕ ባሕሪ) is one of Eritrea's six regions, centered on Massawa, with about 34,000 sq km, 600 km of Red Sea coastline, 250 islands, and reef-tourism and port economies.