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Province of Agusan del Sur
Agusan del Sur, a landlocked province in Caraga, Mindanao, Philippines, capital Prosperidad; created 1967 (RA 4979); 740,531 residents (2024), Caraga's most populous province, with Bayugan city and 13 municipalities.
Province of Ancona
The Province of Ancona (Provincia di Ancona) is a province of the Marche in central Italy, capital Ancona; it had 467,451 inhabitants in 2020.
Province of Avellino
Province of Avellino (Provincia di Avellino), inland Campania province of southern Italy corresponding to Irpinia; capital Avellino, 118 comuni, about 393,000 residents, rural, low-density, hazelnut and wine territory.
Province of Cagliari
Province of Cagliari (Provincia di Cagliari), former province of Sardinia created by the 1859 Rattazzi decree and succeeded by the Metropolitan City of Cagliari on 1 January 2017 under regional law 2/2016.
Province of Camarines Norte
Camarines Norte, also called CamNorte, is the northernmost province of the Bicol Region, Philippines, capital Daet, re-established by Act No. 2809 in 1919; 604,666 people (2024), GDP PhP 64.93 billion in 2024.
Province of Charcas
The Province of Charcas was a Spanish colonial territory in the south-central Andes, administered from 1559 by the Real Audiencia de Charcas at La Plata, now Sucre, Bolivia.
Province of Davao del Sur
Davao del Sur (Habagatang Dabaw), a Philippine province in Davao Region, Mindanao; created May 8, 1967 by RA 4867 from the old Davao Province; capital Digos City; 9 municipalities, 705,129 people (2024), Mount Apo on its border.
Province of Davao Oriental
Davao Oriental, an easternmost Philippine province in Davao Region (Region XI) with capital Mati City, 590,042 people (2024 census), created by RA 4867 in 1967, agriculture-based economy, and the Mount Hamiguitan UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Province of Eastern Samar
Eastern Samar (Sidlangan nga Samar), a Philippine province in Eastern Visayas on eastern Samar island; capital Borongan City; created by RA 4221 in 1965; 22 municipalities plus one city; faces the Philippine Sea and Typhoon Haiyan first struck Guiuan there in 2013.
Province of Florence
Province of Florence (Provincia di Firenze), a Tuscan province with 41 municipalities, 988,494 residents and 3,513.68 km², abbreviation FI; transformed by law 56/2014 into the Metropolitan City of Florence.
Province of Frosinone
Province of Frosinone (Provincia di Frosinone), Lazio, Italy: established 1927, capital Frosinone, 91 comuni over 3,244 km², about 462,000 residents, lowest median income in Lazio.
Province of Genoa
Province of Genoa (Città Metropolitana di Genova), Liguria's metropolitan city around Genoa, Italy; province since 1860, metropolitan city since 2015; about 820,691 residents, Mayor Silvia Salis, major port.
Province of Huelva
Province of Huelva (Provincia de Huelva), southwestern Andalusian province of Spain created in 1833 by Javier de Burgos, capital Huelva city, about 543,000 inhabitants, known for agriculture, mining, the Port of Huelva, Doñana, and its transport deficit.
Province of Lanao del Norte
Lanao del Norte, a Philippine province in Northern Mindanao created May 22, 1959 by RA 2228 from the old Lanao province; capital Tubod, 22 municipalities, population 722,902 (2020), host of three Agus hydropower plants.
Province of Lanao del Sur
Lanao del Sur, a Philippine province in BARMM around Lake Lanao, capital Marawi City, homeland of the Meranaw people; created 1959, 39 municipalities, population 1,368,137 (2024).
Province of Leyte
Province of Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Philippines; largest province by population in Region VIII (1,823,458 in 2024 excluding Tacloban); 40 municipalities plus Ormoc and Baybay cities; economy led by manufacturing and the Tongonan geothermal field.
Province of Massachusetts Bay
Province of Massachusetts Bay, the William and Mary royal province (charter 1691, effective 1692) uniting Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Maine, and Nova Scotia lands under a Crown-appointed governor until 1780.
Province of Milan
Province of Milan (Provincia di Milano), former province of Lombardy, Italy, created 1859 by the Rattazzi law; replaced 1 January 2015 by the Metropolitan City of Milan under Law 56/2014.
Province of Misamis Occidental
Misamis Occidental is a Philippine province in northwestern Mindanao, Region X, created by Act No. 3537 in 1929; capital Oroquieta City, largest city Ozamiz, 617,333 people (2020 census), agri-fishery economy.
Province of New York
Province of New York: British colony formed in 1664 from Dutch New Netherland, named for James, Duke of York; royal province from 1685 with a permanent assembly from 1691, ending with the 1776-77 state government.
Province of Northern Samar
Province of Northern Samar: province in Eastern Visayas, Philippines, occupying northern Samar Island; capital Catarman; created 1965 by RA 4221; 24 municipalities; family poverty fell from 21.8% (2023) to 12.5% (2025).
Province of Padua
Province of Padua (Provincia di Padova), province in Veneto, Italy, capital Padua; 2,142 km², 104 comuni, about 922,000 residents (2011 census). Under Venetian rule from 1405, governed under Law 56/2014 with a two-year provincial council.
Province of Pennsylvania
Province of Pennsylvania, proprietary colony chartered by Charles II to Quaker William Penn on March 4, 1681 to settle a debt; noted for religious liberty, the 1701 Charter of Privileges, and Philadelphia, ending with the 1776 state constitution.
Province of Rome
Province of Rome (Provincia di Roma), Italian province created in 1870 covering Lazio, largest in Italy; superseded 1 January 2015 by the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital with identical territory.
Province of Salerno
Province of Salerno (Provincia di Salerno), a province of Campania, Italy, with capital Salerno; 158 municipalities, nearly 5,000 km², the largest and southernmost Campanian province, holding about 18% of the regional population.
Province of Sarangani
Sarangani (Lalawigan ng Sarangani) is a coastal province of the Philippines in the SOCCSKSARGEN region of Mindanao, created in 1992 from seven municipalities of South Cotabato, with Alabel as its capital.
Province of Sorsogon
Province of Sorsogon, Philippines: Bicol province at southeastern Luzon's tip, capital Sorsogon City; 14 municipalities, 541 barangays, 845,066 people (2024), Mt. Bulusan volcano, Donsol whale sharks, pili commodity champion.
Province of South Cotabato
South Cotabato is a Philippine province in southern Mindanao (Region XII/SOCCSKSARGEN), created by RA 4849 in 1966, capital Koronadal City, 10 municipalities plus the city, land area 3,706 sq km, population about 1.01 million (2024), and the region's largest economy.
Province of Southern Leyte
Province of Southern Leyte (Lalawigan ng Timog Leyte), a Philippine province in Eastern Visayas (Region VIII) with capital Maasin City; created from Leyte by RA 2227 in 1959, inaugurated July 1, 1960; 18 municipalities, one city, 500 barangays; site of Limasawa, the First Mass in the Philippines (1521).
Province of Surigao del Norte
Surigao del Norte: Philippine province in Caraga, northeastern Mindanao; capital Surigao City; created 1960 from Surigao; includes Siargao and Bucas Grande; 565,644 people (2024); largest Caraga economy.