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Western Province, Rwanda
Western Province (Intara y'Iburengerazuba), Rwanda: one of four provinces, established January 2006, headquarters in Karongi District. 2,896,484 residents (2022), 5,882 km², 7 districts, borders DRC and Burundi, on Lake Kivu; Rwanda's poorest province.
Western Province, Sri Lanka
Western Province (බස්නාහිර පළාත; மேல் மாகாணம்) is Sri Lanka's most populous province, 6,117,341 people or 28.1% of the national total in the 2024 census, comprising Colombo, Gampaha, and Kalutara districts and the capital Colombo.
Western Visayas
Western Visayas (Region VI) is a Philippine administrative region in the western Visayas, now five provinces plus Iloilo City after Negros Occidental moved to the Negros Island Region in 2024; population 4,861,911 (2024).
Western, Fiji
Western Division, Fiji: one of Fiji's four administrative divisions, covering western Viti Levu and the Yasawa Islands, administered from Lautoka; largest by land area, 337,041 people (2018), Fiji's tourism and sugar heartland.
Wien Stadt
Wien Stadt (City of Vienna) is Austria's federal capital, largest municipality, and simultaneously a federal province since 1922, governed by a 100-member City Council, the Magistrat, and 23 decentralized districts; population about 2.04 million in 2026.
Wilaya de Bordj Bou Arréridj
Wilaya de Bordj Bou Arréridj (ولاية برج بوعريريج), Algerian wilaya no. 34 on the eastern Hauts Plateaux; capital Bordj Bou Arreridj city; 628,475 people (2008), 34 communes, 10 daïras, electronics industry hub.
Woroba
Woroba, an autonomous district of northwest Côte d'Ivoire, capital Séguéla, comprising the Bafing, Béré, and Worodougou regions; 31,088 km², 1,184,813 inhabitants (2021 census), cotton, cashew, gold, and diamond economy.
Worodougou (region)
Worodougou (Région du Worodougou), a region of northwest Côte d'Ivoire in Woroba District, seat Séguéla; 429,812 people (2021 census), cashew and gold economy including the Koné project.
Xaignabouli
Xaignabouli (Sainyabuli, ໄຊຍະບູລີ) is a province of northwestern Laos, capital Xaignabouli town, 16,389 km², 11 districts, 645-km Thai border, largest elephant population in Laos, Xayaburi Dam site.
Xiangxi Tujiazu Miaozu Zizhizhou
Xiangxi Tujiazu Miaozu Zizhizhou (湘西土家族苗族自治州), the Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, is Hunan's only minority autonomous prefecture, established 20 September 1957 in the Wuling Mountains, with 15,500 km2, 7 counties plus Jishou, and a mostly Tujia and Miao population.
Xianning Prefecture
Xianning Prefecture (咸宁地区) was a Hubei prefecture, 1965–1998, seat Wenquan town, covering southeastern Hubei; abolished 6 December 1998 to form prefecture-level Xianning City with Xian'an District.
Xicheng, Beijing
Xicheng District (西城区) is a core functional district of central Beijing, formed in 2010 by merging Xicheng and Xuanwu. It hosts China's top government organs and the Beijing Financial Street, managing about one-third of national financial assets.
Xorazm Region
Xorazm Region (Xorazm viloyati, Khorezm) is a province of north-western Uzbekistan on the lower Amu Darya, capital Urgench, area 6,100 km², population about 2.08 million (2026), home to UNESCO-listed Itchan Kala in Khiva.
Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
The Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Yakut ASSR, Якутская АССР) was an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR in northeastern Siberia, established in 1922 with its center in Yakutsk.
Yamagata
Yamagata Prefecture (山形県), a Tohoku prefecture on the Sea of Japan, capital Yamagata City; area 9,323.15 km², population about 1.01 million, 35 municipalities, four regions, and Japan's top cherry producer.
Yamaguchi (district)
Yamaguchi (山口県, Yamaguchi-ken), Japan's westernmost Honshu prefecture in the Chugoku region; capital Yamaguchi City, 19 municipalities, 1.26 million people, heavy industry on the Seto Inland Sea, birthplace of eight prime ministers.
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Ямало-Ненецкий автономный округ)
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Ямало-Ненецкий автономный округ), or Yamal, a Russian Arctic federal subject formed in 1930 with capital Salekhard; produces over 90% of Russia's natural gas and holds the world's largest domestic reindeer population.
Yamanashi Prefecture (山梨県)
Yamanashi Prefecture (山梨県) is a landlocked Japanese prefecture near Tokyo, capital Kofu, 27 municipalities, 773,044 residents (Sept 2026), known for Mount Fuji views, fruit, wine, jewelry, and the planned 2027 maglev line.
Yaroslavl Oblast
Yaroslavl Oblast (Ярославская область), a Russian federal subject formed 11 March 1936, capital Yaroslavl; 36.2 thousand km², 1.23 million people, Volga ports, Tunoshna airport, engine-building industry, no hydrocarbon minerals.
Yavapai County
Yavapai County, Arizona: one of the four original territorial counties formed September 1864, county seat Prescott, once 65,000 square miles (Mother of Counties), now about 8,123 square miles with 252,552 residents (2025 estimate).
Yazd Province
Yazd Province (Ostān-e Yazd) is one of Iran's 31 provinces at the country's geographical center, with its capital at Yazd city and a 2016 population of about 1.14 million.
Yozgat
Yozgat is a Central Anatolia province of Turkey, capital of the same name, NUTS region TR723 with Kayseri and Sivas. 14 districts, 14,123 km², population 413,161 (2024), ancient Hittite-era settlements, Bozok University.
Yukon
Yukon, also called Yukon Territory, is Canada's westernmost and smallest federal territory, created June 13, 1898 during the Klondike Gold Rush; capital Whitehorse, population about 47,000, area 483,450 km2.
Yunnan (云南)
Yunnan (云南, also 滇) is a southwestern Chinese province bordering Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam; mountainous plateau of 394,100 km², 46.44 million people, 2025 GDP 3.28 trillion yuan, and the Three Parallel Rivers World Heritage site.
Zabaykalskiy (Transbaikal) Kray
Zabaykalskiy Kray (Забайкальский край), or Transbaikal Territory, is a Russian federal subject formed 1 March 2008 from Chita Oblast and Aginsky Buryat AO, in the Far Eastern district since 2018; mining-dominated economy on the China border, population about 992 thousand (2023).
Zacatecas
Zacatecas, a central-north Mexican state founded in 1546 as a silver-mining town, a UNESCO World Heritage historic center, Mexico's top silver, zinc, and lead producer, and site of a 91% homicide reduction after 2021.
Zakarpattia Oblast (Закарпатська область)
Zakarpattia Oblast (Закарпатська область, Transcarpathia) is Ukraine's westernmost province, capital Uzhhorod, bordering Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania; 12,777 km², about 1.25 million people, over 100 nationalities, economy based on timber, food, machinery, and tourism.
Zambales
Zambales is a first-class province in Central Luzon, Philippines, capital Iba, 13 municipalities, 681,225 people (2024). Known for nickel and chromite mining in Santa Cruz, 5.0% economic growth in 2023, and coastal flooding.
Zamboanga Peninsula
Zamboanga Peninsula (Region IX), formerly Western Mindanao, is a Philippine administrative region in southwestern Mindanao with provinces Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay, and Sulu; regional center Pagadian City.
Zamfara State
Zamfara State, northwestern Nigeria, created 1996 from Sokoto State, capital Gusau. Hausa-Fulani farming and gold-mining state, first to adopt Sharia; now Nigeria's banditry epicenter with mass displacement and a 2010 child lead-poisoning epidemic.