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Ntahangwa

Ntahangwa is a populous commune of Bujumbura Province, located in the north of the city, which includes the neighboring areas of Mukaza and Muha.

Nye County, Nevada

Nye County, Nevada: the state's largest county by land area (18,181.9 sq mi) and third-largest in the contiguous U.S., county seat Tonopah, created 1864 from Esmeralda County, population 51,591 (2020).

Oakland County, Michigan

Oakland County, Michigan: second-most-populous Michigan county (about 1.29 million) north of Detroit; county seat Pontiac; $127.3B GDP, AAA bond rating, 62 municipalities, Democratic-leaning after a Republican past.

Obshtina Burgas

Obshtina Burgas (Община Бургас), Burgas Municipality, is a Bulgarian municipality in Burgas Province on the Black Sea, centered on the city of Burgas (198,035 people in 2022), led by Mayor Dimitar Nikolov since 2007, with 15 settlements and the Lukoil Neftochim refinery anchoring its economy.

Obshtina Plovdiv

Obshtina Plovdiv (Община Пловдив), Plovdiv Municipality, is a second-order administrative division in southern Bulgaria around the city of Plovdiv; 333,994 residents as of 31.12.2025, six districts, second largest Bulgarian municipality after Stolichna.

Obshtina Varna

Obshtina Varna (Община Варна) is Bulgaria's third-largest municipality, in Varna Province, centered on the city of Varna. 331,260 residents (2025), five urban quarters, five villages, maritime and tourism economy.

Ocean County, New Jersey

Ocean County, New Jersey: county formed February 15, 1850 from Monmouth County lands south of the Manasquan River; county seat Toms River; 33 municipalities, 638 square miles, 45-mile Atlantic coast; population 637,229 (2020).

Odense Kommune

Odense Kommune, Danish municipality on Funen in Region Syddanmark, formed 1 April 1970 by merging Odense market town with 11 parish municipalities and Højby parish. Denmark's 4th largest municipality, 213,511 residents (2026), 29-member city council, six administrative departments, unchanged by the 2007 reform.

Okaloosa County

Okaloosa County, Florida: Panhandle county created 1915 from Santa Rosa and Walton counties, seat Crestview, named for a Choctaw 'black water' steamboat; home of Eglin AFB and Destin tourism.

Okap

Okap, the Haitian Creole name for Cap-Haïtien, is Haiti's second largest city and capital of the Nord department. Founded 1670, a former colonial and royal capital, port and tourist hub.

Oppegård

Oppegård was a municipality in Akershus, Norway (municipality number 0217), created in 1915 from Nesodden, with center Kolbotn; merged with Ski on 1 January 2020 to form Nordre Follo.

OR Tambo District Municipality

OR Tambo District Municipality (DC15) is an Eastern Cape district municipality, seat Mthatha, named after Oliver Tambo, with five local municipalities, 1,364,943 mostly Xhosa-speaking people, and a water and sanitation mandate.

Orange County, Florida

Orange County, Florida (FIPS 12095) is the central Florida county containing Orlando; created as Mosquito County in 1824 and renamed Orange in 1845, it had 1,429,908 residents in 2020, 13 municipalities, a charter government led by a countywide mayor, and a tourism-driven economy.

Orange County, New York

Orange County, New York: Hudson Valley county founded 1683, named for William III of Orange; only NY county bordering both Hudson and Delaware rivers; seat Goshen; population 401,310 (2020).

Orūmīeh

Orūmīeh (Urmia, ارومیه; Reżāʾīya before 1979) is a city in West Azarbaijan province, Iran, its administrative center, with 736,224 city residents and a county of 1,040,565 near Lake Urmia.

Osage County, Oklahoma

Osage County, Oklahoma: the state's largest county by area (2,303.8 sq mi), county seat Pawhuska, contiguous with the Osage Nation Reservation, created at 1907 statehood, known for Osage oil-boom history and the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve.

Osasco

Osasco is a municipality in the São Paulo Metropolitan Region, Brazil, west of the capital, nicknamed Cidade-trabalho (Work City). Emancipated from São Paulo on 19 February 1962 and named after Osasco, Italy, it ranks 7th in Brazilian GDP and grew around an 1895 railway station.

Ottawa County, Michigan, United States

Ottawa County, Michigan, a Lake Michigan county with county seat Grand Haven, organized 1837, named for the Ottawa tribe; population 308,459 (2025 estimate), one of Michigan's fastest-growing counties.

Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire is a county in South East England with five districts including Oxford city. Its two-tier council system is set to be replaced by three unitary councils in 2028, now under government review.

Palakkad district (പാലക്കാട് ജില്ല)

Palakkad district (പാലക്കാട് ജില്ല), a landlocked Kerala district formed 1 January 1957, is Kerala's largest by area and its granary, gateway to Tamil Nadu through the 32-40 km Palakkad Gap.

Palhoça

Palhoça is a municipality in Santa Catarina, Brazil, in the Grande Florianópolis region, founded 1793, emancipated from São José in 1894; population 222,598 (2022 census), known for its mangrove, Pedra Branca, and Guarda do Embaú.

Palm Beach County, Florida

Palm Beach County, Florida: county established July 1, 1909 as Florida's 47th county, seat West Palm Beach; seven-member commission, 1.58 million residents (2025 est.), Florida's largest agricultural county.

Palmas, Tocantins

Palmas is the capital of Tocantins state, Brazil, founded 20 May 1989 and installed 1 January 1990; the last planned capital of twentieth-century Brazil, with 302,692 residents (2022 census) and a planned grid between the Tocantins River and surrounding serras.

Panevėžys (district)

Panevėžys District Municipality (Panevėžio rajono savivaldybė), a rural municipality in Panevėžys County, northern Lithuania, surrounding Panevėžys city; 35,382 residents in 2024, 96.8% rural, with Krekenava Regional Park and wood, furniture and food industries.

Paraty

Paraty is a preserved colonial port town on the coast of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, and the name of the municipality around it.

Pārgaujas Novads

Pārgaujas Novads, a former Latvian municipality in central Vidzeme created in 2009 from Straupe, Raiskums, and Stalbe parishes, centered on Stalbe, 485.3 km², merged into Cēsu novads on 1 July 2021.

Parishes of Jamaica

Parishes of Jamaica: the island's 14 main local-government units, grouped into the historic counties Cornwall, Middlesex, and Surrey. Created from 1664, reduced to 14 in 1867; Portmore became the 15th parish under 2025 legislation.

Parnamirim, Rio Grande do Norte

Parnamirim is a municipality in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, just south of Natal, the state's third most populous city with 252,716 people at the 2022 census.

Partido de Berazategui

Partido de Berazategui, a Buenos Aires province partido created in 1960 from Quilmes by Ley 6317; seat Berazategui city; 358,712 people (2022), 221 km2, glass-industry capital.

Partido de General Pueyrredón

Partido de General Pueyrredón (also General Pueyrredon), a Buenos Aires Province district Argentina headed by Mar del Plata; founded 1874, 667,082 inhabitants (2022), tourism- and services-based economy.