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Partido de Lomas de Zamora
Partido de Lomas de Zamora, a partido (municipality) of Buenos Aires Province in Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina; created 1861, named after Juan de Zamora; 89 km2, about 690,000 people, head town Lomas de Zamora.
Partido de Malvinas Argentinas
Partido de Malvinas Argentinas, a Buenos Aires province district created by Ley 11.551 in 1994 from General Sarmiento and part of Pilar; seat at the city of Malvinas Argentinas since 2012; 350,674 inhabitants (2022 census), 63 km², eight cities on the Belgrano Norte rail line.
Partido de San Isidro
Partido de San Isidro: Buenos Aires province, Argentina district in Greater Buenos Aires, not the Lima, Heredia, or Corrientes municipalities of the same name; 297,270 people (2022), localities San Isidro, Martínez, Beccar, Acassuso, Villa Adelina, Boulogne; intendente Ramón Lanús.
Partido de Tigre
Partido de Tigre is a county-level municipality in Buenos Aires province, Argentina, about 30 km north of Buenos Aires, with its seat at the city of Tigre.
Pasco County, Florida
Pasco County, Florida: Gulf-coast county created June 2, 1887 from Hernando County, named for Senator Samuel Pasco; seat Dade City; 561,891 residents in 2020, fast-growing Tampa Bay suburb.
Passo Fundo
Passo Fundo is a municipality in northern Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; regional hub for agribusiness, health, and education; 206,215 residents (2022 census), 784.4 km², IBGE code 4314100, mayor Pedro Cézar de Almeida Neto.
Patriasdorf
Patriasdorf is a cadastral community and district of the town of Lienz in East Tyrol, Austria, independent until 1939 and the site of the church of St. Andrä.
Paulista, Pernambuco
Paulista, Pernambuco, a municipality north of Recife in the Recife Metropolitan Region; 342,167 residents (2022 census), emancipated 4 September 1935, former Lundgren textile center with a 14 km eroding coastline.
Pāvilostas Novads
Pāvilostas Novads (Pāvilosta Municipality) was a Latvian novads on the Baltic coast, 2009–2021, seat Pāvilosta, with Saka and Vērgale parishes, 514.97 km², 2,543 people; abolished 30 June 2021 into South Kurzeme Municipality.
Pazardzhik
Pazardzhik (Пазарджик, historically Tatar Pazardzhik) is a city on the Maritsa River in southern Bulgaria, provincial capital, founded in the early 15th century as an Ottoman market town and Eastern Rumelia's second city in 1884.
Pelotas
Pelotas is a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, founded around 1780 charqueadas and made a city in 1835; fourth-largest in the state with 325,685 people (2022), an agroindustrial and service economy, UFPel, and recurring flood risk.
Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro) is a rural county and unitary authority in south-west Wales, population 125,849 (2025), home to the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, a tourism-driven economy, and part of Dyfed from 1974 to 1996.
Perthshire
Perthshire (Siorrachd Pheairt), formally County of Perth, a historic county of central Scotland straddling the Highland Line; sheriffdom by the 12th century, county council 1890-1975, now mostly Perth and Kinross; county town Perth, county top Ben Lawers.
Pétionville
Pétionville (Pétion-Ville), commune in the hills south of Port-au-Prince, Ouest department, Haiti; founded 1831 honoring Alexandre Pétion; affluent commercial suburb of 359,615 (2012), hit by 2010 earthquake topographic amplification and 2024 gang attacks.
Petrolina
Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil: municipality on the São Francisco River opposite Juazeiro, about 387,000 people (2022), center of the irrigated fruit-export and wine pole of the São Francisco Valley, seat of Univasf.
Petrópolis
Petrópolis, the Imperial City (Cidade Imperial), is a mountain municipality in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, founded by 1843 decree of Pedro II as a planned summer seat of the empire, home to the Museu Imperial, and prone to deadly landslides.
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, one of the three original counties William Penn created in 1682, has been coterminous with the City of Philadelphia since 1854 and has no county government.
Pierce County, Washington
Pierce County, Washington: county created December 22, 1852 from Thurston County, named for President Franklin Pierce; seat Tacoma; second most populous Washington county (921,130 in 2020), home to Mount Rainier, JBLM, and the Port of Tacoma.
Pima County, Arizona
Pima County, Arizona: second-most populous Arizona county, county seat Tucson, one of four original 1864 territorial counties. Covers 9,189 sq mi, population 1,043,433 (2020), FY2026/27 budget $1.809 billion.
Pinellas County, Florida
Pinellas County, Florida: a densely populated 280-square-mile peninsula between Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico; county seat Clearwater, largest city St. Petersburg; became Florida's 48th county in 1912.
Polavaram district (పోలవరం జిల్లా)
Polavaram district (పోలవరం జిల్లా) is an Andhra Pradesh district formed December 31, 2025 with headquarters at Rampachodavaram, carved from 12 mandals of Alluri Sitharama Raju district; distinct from Polavaram village and the Polavaram Irrigation Project.
Polk County, Florida
Polk County, Florida: interior peninsula county established February 8, 1861, named for President James K. Polk, seat Bartow, largest city Lakeland; about 600 lakes, phosphate and citrus heritage, 874,790 residents in 2025.
Ponta Grossa
Ponta Grossa, "Princesa dos Campos Gerais", is Paraná's fourth most populous municipality (358,371 in 2022), a major road-rail junction of southern Brazil, founded as a drovers' stop, city since 1862, home to Vila Velha park.
Port Adelaide Enfield
City of Port Adelaide Enfield (PAE), a South Australian local government area in Adelaide's north-west, formed in 1996 by merging the Cities of Port Adelaide and Enfield; about 97 square kilometres, 51 suburbs, 132,400 residents (2021), home to the Port Adelaide State Heritage Area.
Porter County
Porter County, Indiana: county in northwestern Indiana with county seat Valparaiso, established January 28, 1836 and named for Commodore David Porter; home to Indiana Dunes National Park and State Park; population 173,215 (2020).
Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre, capital of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, founded 26 March 1772 on the Lago Guaíba; 1,332,845 residents (2022 census), GDP R$104.7 billion (2023), site of the record May 2024 flood.
Porto Seguro
Porto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil: coastal municipality on the Buranhém River, site of the 1500 Portuguese landing, former captaincy seat, Iphan-listed historic center, and major sun-and-beach tourist destination with a large Pataxó population.
Porto Velho
Porto Velho, capital of Rondônia, Brazil, on the Madeira River; born of the Madeira-Mamoré Railway (1907–1912), created 1914; 460,434 residents (2022 census), 34,090 km², GDP per capita R$55,170 (2023).
Porvoo
Porvoo, known in Swedish as Borgå, is a bilingual city in Finland about 50 km east of Helsinki, home to a medieval old town and cathedral.
Powys
Powys, a principal area and preserved county in Mid Wales created in 1974 from Montgomery, Radnor and Brecknock, is Wales's largest county by area, covering about a quarter of Wales with its lowest population density.