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Pirkanmaa
Pirkanmaa (Birkaland), Finland's Tampere Region, is the second most populous of Finland's 19 regions with 548,910 inhabitants in 2025, governed by the Council of Tampere Region and centered on Tampere.
Plateau State
Plateau State, north-central Nigeria, capital Jos, created 3 February 1976 from Benue-Plateau State. Known for the Jos Plateau (average 1,200 m), cool climate, 17 LGAs, tin and columbite mining, agriculture, and recurring farmer-herder conflict.
Plovdiv (district)
Plovdiv district (Област Пловдив, Plovdiv Province) is one of Bulgaria's 28 districts, named for its capital Plovdiv, the second largest city, and home to about 680,000 people.
Plzeň Region
Plzeňský kraj (Plzeň Region, NUTS CZ032) is a Czech region in southwest Bohemia bordering Bavaria; capital Plzeň. Third largest by area (7,649 km²), eighth by population (614,683 in 2025), fifth in GDP per capita.
Podkarpackie Voivodeship
Podkarpackie Voivodeship (województwo podkarpackie), Subcarpathian province of southeast Poland created in 1999, capital Rzeszów; borders Ukraine and Slovakia; 17,845 km², about 2.05 million people, and Poland's main aerospace region (Aviation Valley).
Podlaskie Voivodeship
Podlaskie Voivodeship (Województwo podlaskie), a province of north-eastern Poland created in 1999 with capital Białystok, bordering Lithuania and Belarus; 20,187 km², about 1.14 million people, agricultural economy, Białowieża and Biebrza national parks.
Podolia Governorate
Podolia Governorate (Russian: Подольская губерния) was an administrative unit of the Russian Empire and later the Ukrainian SSR, on the southwestern frontier, existing from 1796 until its abolition in 1925.
Podolian Voivodeship
The Podolian Voivodeship (Polish: województwo podolskie, Ukrainian: Подільське воєводство) was a province of the Kingdom of Poland from 1434 to 1793, with its capital at Kamianets-Podilskyi.
Pointe-Noire Department
Pointe-Noire Department, a department of the Republic of the Congo on the Atlantic coast, comprises the commune of Pointe-Noire and Tchiamba-Nzassi district. Created 2003; 2,134 km2; deep-water port, oil industry, prefect Pierre Cébert Ibocko-Onangha since 2025.
Polesie Voivodeship
Polesie Voivodeship (województwo poleskie) was an administrative unit of the Second Polish Republic from 1921 to 1939, the largest province by area, with capitals at Pińsk and Brześć nad Bugiem.
Polotsk Voivodeship
Polotsk Voivodeship (województwo połockie) was an administrative unit of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and later the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, with its capital at Polotsk in what is now northern Belarus.
Poltava Oblast
Poltava Oblast (Полтавська область, Poltavshchyna), a central Ukrainian oblast created 22 September 1937 with capital Poltava; 28,748 km², chornozem soils, mining- and agriculture-based economy, and a major wartime host of over 184,000 displaced persons.
Poro
Poro is a region of northern Côte d'Ivoire, capital Korhogo, with four departments and 1,040,461 inhabitants (RGPH 2021). A cotton, cashew, and livestock hub hosting the Sinématiali agro-industrial park.
Port Said Governorate
Port Said Governorate (محافظة بورسعيد), an Egyptian governorate at the Mediterranean northern entrance of the Suez Canal; 1,345 km², about 751,000 people (2017), founded 1859 with canal digging, major East Port Said port and industrial zone.
Portuguesa (district)
Portuguesa is a federal state of Venezuela in the central-western llanos, capital Guanare, named for the Portuguesa River. Covers its geography, 1591 founding, 1909 statehood, sediments, fish ecology, and agriculture.
Portuguese Macau
Portuguese Macau (Macau): European-administered territory on China's Pearl River estuary from the 1550s until the 20 December 1999 handover; defined by the ambiguous 1887 treaty, the 1987 Joint Declaration, and a lasting Portuguese civil-law legacy.
Prahova
Prahova (Județul Prahova) is a Romanian county on the southern Carpathian slopes, capital Ploiești, 683,460 residents (2026, 4th of 42), 4,716 km², historic center of the Romanian oil industry and Prahova Valley tourism.
Prefecture-level city (地级市)
Prefecture-level city (地级市), dijishi: a second-level Chinese administrative division between provinces and counties, typically a central urban core plus rural counties. 293 exist among 333 prefecture-level divisions; created by the 1983 city-leading-counties reform.
Prefectures of Japan
Prefectures of Japan (todōfuken, 都道府県): the 47 first-tier local governments, one metropolis (Tokyo), one district (Hokkaidō), two urban prefectures (Kyoto, Osaka), and rural prefectures, created in 1871.
Prey Veng
Prey Veng (ខេត្តព្រៃវែង, "long forest") is a province of southeastern Cambodia on the Mekong's east bank: 4,883 km², 1,057,720 people (2019), third most populous, rice-producing, bordering Vietnam.
Primorsky Krai (Приморский край)
Primorsky Krai (Приморский край) is a Russian federal subject in the southeast Far East with capital Vladivostok; area 164.7 thousand km², population 1.8 million, monsoon climate, six seaports, and the Sikhote-Alin World Heritage forests.
Principality of Muang Sing
The Principality of Muang Sing (Müang Sing, Lao ເມືອງສິງ) was a small Tai Lue principality in northwestern Laos, partitioned along the Mekong by Britain and France in 1896.
Province de Namur
Province de Namur: one of Belgium's ten provinces, in the Walloon Region, chief city Namur. Covers 38 communes; 495,832 inhabitants in 2019; governed by a council of 43, governor Denis Mathen since 2007.
Province du Boulkiemdé
Province du Boulkiemdé: a province of Burkina Faso in the Centre-Ouest (Nando) region, capital Koudougou; named from Mooré BUL-KIONGO, "great well", with ten traditional cantons and a semi-arid climate.
Province du Gourma
Province du Gourma (Gourma Province) is a province of Burkina Faso in the Est region, capital Fada N'Gourma, created in 1984, population about 437,242, covering 23.89% of the Est region.
Province du Hainaut
Province du Hainaut (Dutch Henegouwen), Belgium's most populous Walloon province, capital Mons, 69 communes, 1,368,562 inhabitants on 1 January 2026, largest commune Charleroi, major agricultural and former industrial economy.
Province du Nord-Kivu
Province du Nord-Kivu (North Kivu), eastern DRC province, capital Goma, bordering Uganda and Rwanda; 59,483 km2, about 9 million people; agriculture and coltan, cassiterite, gold mining; M23 conflict and mass displacement since 2022.
Province du Nord-Ubangi
Nord-Ubangi (North Ubangi), a province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in 2015 from Équateur, capital Gbadolite, on the Ubangi River bordering the Central African Republic; agricultural economy, four territories, governor Jean Bosco Kotongo Anfio.
Province du Passoré
Province du Passoré: province of Burkina Faso with chief town Yako, in the Yaadga (formerly Nord) region; nine communes, semi-arid climate, Bouboulou gold mine authorized 2026.
Province du Sud-Ubangi
Sud-Ubangi (South-Ubangi) is a northwestern DRC province created in 2015 from Équateur, capital Gemena, 51,648 km², agricultural economy on the Ubangi River bordering the Central African Republic and Congo-Brazzaville; hit by the 2026 Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak.