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Canton of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Canton of Zurich (Kanton Zürich), Swiss canton, capital Zurich. Joined Confederation 1351 as sixth canton; 1.63 million residents (2025), 160 municipalities, Switzerland's economically strongest canton with 20 percent of national workers.
Cantons of Switzerland
The cantons of Switzerland, also called the states of Switzerland, are the 26 sovereign member states of the Swiss Confederation, each with its own constitution, parliament, and courts.
Capital Governorate
Capital Governorate (محافظة العاصمة, Al-Asimah) is one of Kuwait's six governorates, containing Kuwait City. Governor Sheikh Abdullah Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah; 37,396 establishments, the most of any governorate.
Capital Region, Denmark
Capital Region of Denmark (Region Hovedstaden): Danish region created 1 January 2007 in the Structural Reform; 29 municipalities, seat Hillerød, ~1.93 million residents; merges with Region Zealand into Region Østdanmark in 2027.
Captaincy of Minas Gerais
The Captaincy of Minas Gerais (Capitania de Minas Gerais) was a Portuguese colonial administrative division in Brazil, created in 1720 to govern the gold-mining region separate from São Paulo.
Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro
The Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro (Capitania do Rio de Janeiro) was a royal captaincy of colonial Brazil, founded in 1565 after the expulsion of the French.
Captaincy of Rio Grande de São Pedro
The Captaincy of Rio Grande de São Pedro was a Portuguese colonial captaincy created in 1760 in southern Brazil, covering present-day Rio Grande do Sul.
Captaincy of São Paulo
The Captaincy of São Paulo (Capitania de São Paulo) was an administrative division of colonial Brazil governed by a captain-general appointed by the Portuguese Crown, created in 1709.
Captaincy of São Vicente
The Captaincy of São Vicente (Capitania de São Vicente) was a hereditary captaincy of Portuguese America granted in 1534 to Martim Afonso de Sousa, in present-day São Paulo, Brazil.
Caraga
Caraga (Region XIII) is the northeastern Mindanao administrative region of the Philippines, created by RA 7901 in 1995 with five provinces and Butuan City as center; population 2.87 million (2024), second-fastest-growing regional economy, and the country's nickel-mining heartland.
Carinthia
Carinthia (Kärnten, Koroška) is Austria's southernmost, fifth-largest state: 9,537 km², 570,095 people (2025), bordering Slovenia and Italy; known for the Großglockner, Lake Wörthersee summer tourism, the 1920 plebiscite, and its Slovene minority.
Carroll County, Georgia, United States
Carroll County is a county in west central Georgia on the Georgia–Alabama state line, with its seat at Carrollton. Named for signer Charles Carroll, it had 119,148 residents in 2020.
Casablanca-Settat
Casablanca-Settat (الدار البيضاء - سطات), Morocco's most populous region (7.69 million, 2024) and leading economic pole, generating about 32% of national GDP from its Atlantic-coast industry, ports, and agriculture.
Castellon (district)
Castellon (district) denotes the province of Castellón (Castelló), the northernmost province of Spain's Valencian Community, capital Castelló de la Plana: 135 municipalities, 8 comarcas, 627,173 residents (2025), ceramic-tile industry and Mediterranean tourism.
Castile and León
Castile and León (Castilla y León), Spain's largest autonomous community by area at 94,224 km², formed in 1983 from nine provinces under Organic Law 4/1983; capital de facto Valladolid; marked by depopulation and ageing.
Castille-La Mancha
Castille-La Mancha (Castilla-La Mancha), Spanish autonomous community of Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara, and Toledo; Statute of Autonomy Organic Law 9/1982; Junta de Comunidades; headwaters of Tagus and Guadiana; agro-food-led economy.
Catamarca Province
Catamarca Province is a province in northwest Argentina, with its capital at San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, bordering Chile and known for its lithium mining and landscapes from deserts to the high Andean Puna.
Cauca
Cauca names a southwestern Colombian department and the Cauca River, the Magdalena's main tributary, over 900 km long with a basin of roughly 60,000 km², rising in the department and joining the Magdalena at La Mojana.
Cavally
Cavally is a region of western Côte d'Ivoire (chef-lieu Guiglo; departments Guiglo, Bloléquin, Toulepleu, Taï) bordering Liberia along the Cavally River. 708,241 inhabitants (RGPH 2021), 11,310 km², agriculture over 70% of employment, cocoa and rubber economy, Taï National Park, history of land conflict.
Cavite
Cavite (Kawit-derived name) is a Philippine province south of Manila Bay in CALABARZON, population 4,573,884 (2024), capital Trece Martires City, birthplace of the 1896 revolution and 1898 independence proclamation, GDP Php 875.67 billion in 2025.
Ceará
Ceará, a Brazilian state on the Northeast Atlantic coast with capital Fortaleza, 184 municipalities, 8.79 million people (2022), a semiarid climate, and a tourism sector reaching 10.3% of state GDP in 2025.
Cebu
Cebu (Sugbu) is a first-class province in Central Visayas, Philippines, the country's oldest province (founded 1569) and Visayan economic hub, site of Magellan's 1521 landing, the Battle of Mactan, and the first Spanish settlement.
Central Bohemian Region
Středočeský kraj (Central Bohemian Region), Czech region created 2000, encircling but excluding Prague, seat in Prague; 1,466,215 inhabitants (2024), most populous region, 10,928 km², 12 districts, GDP per capita 89.2% of national average.
Central Darfur
Central Darfur (Wasat Darfur) is a Sudanese state created 10 January 2012 from parts of South and West Darfur under the Doha peace deal, with capital Zalingei, nine localities, and Jebel Marra.
Central District, Israel
Central District (מחוז המרכז) is one of Israel's six administrative districts, on the coastal plain north of Tel Aviv. Its most populous district since the early 1990s; with Tel Aviv District hosts 40% of Israel's population and about 70% of high-tech jobs.
Central Equatoria
Central Equatoria is a South Sudanese state of 43,057 sq km with capital Juba, six counties, about 2.06 million people in 2025, Uganda-oriented trade, relatively good roads, and ongoing insecurity.
Central Java
Central Java (Jawa Tengah) is an Indonesian province of 29 regencies and 6 cities covering 32,800.69 km² with 36.7 million people (2021). Founded 19 August 1945 by PPKI; earlier colonial province effective 1 January 1930; home to Borobudur and Prambanan.
Central Jutland
Central Jutland (Region Midtjylland, Central Denmark Region) is a Danish administrative region created 1 January 2007, seated in Viborg, with 19 municipalities, about 1.38 million residents, and Aarhus as its largest city.
Central Luzon
Central Luzon (Region III), Philippine administrative region north of Metro Manila with seven provinces, 12.99 million people (2024), the Rice Granary plain, and the third-largest regional economy at 11.1% of GDP.
Central Papua
Central Papua (Papua Tengah), Indonesian province created by Law 15/2022 from eight regencies of Papua, capital Nabire, area 61,073 km², inaugurated 11 November 2022 as Indonesia's 37th province.