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Province

Definition: Province

Province

Noun

1. The territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the deep south".

2. The proper sphere or extent of your activities; "it was his province to take care of himself".

3. A territorial possession controlled by a ruling state.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "province" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Etymology: Province \Prov"ince\, noun. [French expression, from the Latin expression provincia; probably from pro before, for the root of vincere to conquer. See Victor.]. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Province

DomainDefinition

Literature

Province means a country previously conquered. (Latin, pro vinco.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Administrative divisions of Korea

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(Note: This page is currently under construction. Some of the information is incomplete, and some of it is duplicated in other articles. This will be fixed shortly.)

This article describes the present-day administrative divisions (Haengjeong guyeok (행정 구역 行政區域) in Korean) of North and South Korea. For historical information, please see the articles Provinces of Korea and Special cities of Korea.

Classification

In South Korea, the principal administrative divisions are: Teukbyeolsi, Gwangyeoksi (formerly Jikhalsi), Do, Si, Gun, Gu, Eup, Myeon, and Dong, as explained below.

(Note on translation: Korean does not normally differentiate between singular and plural; thus, all italicized terms below should be treated as plural words. The English translations, however, are given in the singular.)

At the national level, South Korea is divided into Teukbyeolsi (특별시; 特別市; "Special city"), Gwangyeoksi (광역시; 廣域市; "Metropolitan city"), and Do (도; 道; "Province"). Seoul--the capital, largest city, and oldest self-governing city--is the only Teukbyeolsi. The next 6 largest cities are self-governing Gwangyeoksi. Before 1995, all Gwangyeoksi except Ulsan (the smallest, which was not yet self-governing) were called Jikhalsi (직할시; 直轄市; "Directly Controlled City"). All smaller cities and rural areas are grouped into nine Do. (See Special cities of Korea and Provinces of Korea)

Do are divided into Si (시; 市; "City") and Gun (군; 郡; "County"). Teukbyeolsi, Gwangyeoksi, and some large Si (e.g., Suwon, Cheongju, and Jeonju) are divided into Gu (구; 區; "District"), which are roughly equivalent to the boroughs of London or the arrondissements of Paris. Gu and smaller Si are divided into Dong (동; 洞), which are basically individual neighbourhoods.

Gun are a rural division of Do, but some Gwangyeoksi (namely, Busan, Daegu, Incheon, and Ulsan) also have Gun in their rural outskirts. Each Gun has one Eup (읍; 邑; "Town")--its county seat--and several Myeon (면; 面), which are rural areas consisting of small towns and villages.

North Korea

As of 2003, North Korea consists of 9 Provinces (Do, singular and plural; 도 道) 3 Directly Governed [Self-Governing] Cities (Chik'alshi, singular and plural; 직할시; 直轄市), and several other regions, as listed below. (Names are romanized according to the McCune-Reischauer system as officially used in North Korea; the editor was also guided by the spellings used on the 2003 National Geographic map of Korea).

Ch'ŏngjin City (청진시; 淸津市) used to be a self-governing city, but is now part of North Hamgyŏng Province. The source for this section is located at Chosun Ilbo's http://nk.chosun.com/map/map.html?ACT=geo_01 page (but is only in Korean).

South Korea

South Korea consists of 9 Provinces (do, singular and plural; 도 道), 1 Special City (Teukbyeolsi; 특별시; 特別市), and 6 Metropolitan Cities (Gwangyeoksi, singular and plural; 광역시; 廣域市):

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Buenos Aires province

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Buenos Aires province (BWAY-nos EYE-res, Spanish: Provincia de Buenos Aires) is the largest province of Argentina.

(Note: see Buenos Aires for details.)

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Buenos Aires province."

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Groningen (province)

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Groningen is the northeast province of the Netherlands. It neighbours the German region Niedersachsen, the typically regional language (or dialect) of which is very similar to that of Groningen. Groningen is mainly agrarian, and has a large reserve of natural gas near Slochteren. It has been the scene of particularly fierce class struggle in the nineteenth and twentieth century and houses the only municipality (Beertha) where the Dutch communist party has delivered a mayor ever (Hanneke Jagersma). The capital city of the province is Groningen. The biggest employer in the province is the university, with 5000 employees and 18000 students. The president of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Wim Duisenberg, studied at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen and got his PhD (on the economics of disarmament) there too.

Municipalities

External links

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ISO 3166-2:IT

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

ISO 3166-2 codes for Italy cover 103 provinces. Each province has a 2-letter code, that is also used for car signs. Together with the ISO 3166-1 code IT for Italy they form the ISO 3166-2 codes. The purpose of this family of standards is to establish a worldwide series of short abbreviations for places, for use on package labels, containers and such. Anywhere where a short alphanumeric code can serve to clearly indicate a location in a more convenient and less ambiguous form than the full place name. US readers may wish to consider them as the equivalent of worldwide zip or postal codes. Within the Wikipedia, the codes from the country pages link to the pages for the locations they identify.

Note: FC which can be found on websites does not exist. This stands for Forli-Cesena. But the name of the province is Forli and results in the code FO.

Newsletters

ISO 3166-2:2000-06-21

Encoding list

IT-AG Agrigento
IT-AL Alessandria
IT-AN Ancona
IT-AO Aosta
IT-AR Arezzo
IT-AP Ascoli Piceno
IT-AT Asti
IT-AV Avellino
IT-BA Bari
IT-BL Belluno
IT-BN Benevento
IT-BG Bergamo
IT-BI Biella
IT-BO Bologna
IT-BZ Bolzano
IT-BS Brescia
IT-BR Brindisi
IT-CA Cagliari
IT-CL Caltanissetta
IT-CB Campobasso
IT-CE Caserta
IT-CT Catania
IT-CZ Catanzaro
IT-CH Chieti
IT-CO Como
IT-CS Cosenza
IT-CR Cremona
IT-KR Crotone
IT-CN Cuneo
IT-EN Enna
IT-FE Ferrara
IT-FI Florence
IT-FG Foggia
IT-FO Forli
IT-FR Frosinone
IT-GE Genova
IT-GO Gorizia
IT-GR Grosseto
IT-IM Imperia
IT-IS Isernia
IT-AQ L'Aquila
IT-SP La Spezia
IT-LT Latina
IT-LE Lecce
IT-LC Lecco
IT-LI Livorno
IT-LO Lodi
IT-LU Lucca
IT-MC Macerata
IT-MN Mantua
IT-MS Massa-Carrara
IT-MT Matera
IT-ME Messina
IT-MI Milan
IT-MO Modena
IT-NA Napoli
IT-NO Novara
IT-NU Nuoro
IT-OR Oristano
IT-PD Padua
IT-PA Palermo
IT-PR Parma
IT-PV Pavia
IT-PG Perugia
IT-PS Pesaro e Urbino
IT-PE Pescara
IT-PC Piacenza
IT-PI Pisa
IT-PT Pistoia
IT-PN Pordenone
IT-PZ Potenza
IT-PO Prato
IT-RG Ragusa
IT-RA Ravenna
IT-RC Reggio di Calabria
IT-RE Reggio nell'Emilia
IT-RI Rieti
IT-RN Rimini
IT-RM Rome Roma
IT-RO Rovigo
IT-SA Salerno
IT-SS Sassari
IT-SV Savona
IT-SI Siena
IT-SO Sondrio
IT-SR Syracuse
IT-TA Taranto
IT-TE Teramo
IT-TR Terni
IT-TP Trapani
IT-TN Trento
IT-TV Treviso
IT-TS Trieste
IT-TO Turin
IT-UD Udine
IT-VA Varese
IT-VE Venice
IT-VB Verbano-Cusio-Ossola
IT-VC Vercelli
IT-VR Verona
IT-VV Vibo Valentia
IT-VI Vicenza
IT-VT Viterbo

See also

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "ISO 3166-2:IT."

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Liège (province)

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Liège is the easternmost province of Wallonia and of Belgium. It is predominantly French speaking, with a German speaking minority along the border with Germany to the east. It borders on (clockwise from the North) the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and the Belgian provinces of Luxembourg, Namur, Walloon Brabant, Flemish Brabant and Limburg. Its capital is Liège. It has a surface area of 3844 km² and is divided into four administrative districts (arrondissements in French) which contain 84 municipalities.

Huy District:

Liège District: Verviers District: Waremme District:

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List of Canadian provinces and territories

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simple:List Of Canadian Provinces And Territories

Canada consists of ten provinces and three territories. The major difference between a Canadian province and a Canadian territory is that a province is a creation of the Constitution Act, while a territory is created by federal law. Thus, the federal government has more direct control over the territories, while provincial governments have many more competences and rights.

Provinces have a great deal of power relative to the federal government, having a large measure of control over spending on social programs such as medicare, education, employment insurance, and the like. They receive "transfer payments" from the federal government to pay for these, as well as exacting their own taxes.

Provincial legislatures are unicameral, having no second chamber equivalent to the Canadian Senate. Originally several provinces did have such bodies, known as Legislative Councils, but these were subsequently abolished, Quebec being the last in 1968. They operate on a procedure similar to that of the Canadian House of Commons. In most offices, the provincial legislature is known as the Legislative Assembly, except in Newfoundland and Labrador where it is called the House of Assembly, and in Quebec where it is called the National Assembly. Members of the Legislative Assembly in Ontario are called Members of the Provincial Parliament or MPPs. The head of government of each province, called the premier, is the head of the party with the most seats. This is also the case in Yukon. The legislatures of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut have no parties. The Queen's representative to each province is the Lieutenant-Governor; to each territory, the Commissioner. These terminologies are summarized in the following table: 

   
   

     Provincial and Territorial Terminology Compared with
Federal


  Canada
  Governor general
  Prime minister
  Parliament
  House of Commons
  Member of Parliament




  Ontario
  Lieutenant governor
  Premier
  Legislature
  Legislative Assembly
  Member of Provincial Parliament




  Quebec
  National Assembly
  Member of the National Assembly




  Newfoundland and Labrador
  House of Assembly
  Member of the House of Assembly




  Other Provinces
  Legislative Assembly
  Member of the Legislative Assembly




  Territories
  Commissioner
Provinces, their capitals, and the date that they joined Confederation: Territories, their capitals, and the date that they joined Confederation: Note: Canada did not acquire any new land to create Manitoba, Yukon, Alberta, Saskatchewan, or Nunavut. All of these originally formed part of the Northwest Territories (q.v.).

See also:

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Madrid (autonomous community)

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Comunidad de
Madrid
(image)
(In Detail) (In Detail)
CapitalMadrid
Area
 - total
 - % of Spain		 Ranked 12th
8 028 km²
1,6%
Population
 - Total (2003)
 - % of Spain
 - Density		 Ranked 3rd
5 527 152
13,2%
688,48/km²
Demonym
 - English
 - Spanish
Madrilene
madrileño/a
Statute of Autonomy March 1, 1983
ISO 3166-2M
Parliamentary
representation
 Congress seats
 Senate seats		  

34
6
PresidentAlberto Ruiz-Gallardón Jiménez (PP)
Comunidad de Madrid

Madrid is one of Spain's seventeen autonomous communities, located in the centre of the country. It is coterminous with the province of Madrid, and contains the city of Madrid which is the capital of the province, the community, and the country.

Over half of the population live in the capital. Other cities located in the community include Alcala de Henares, San Lorenzo de El Escorial and Aranjuez. There are 179 municipalities in Madrid. See List of municipalities in Madrid.

Madrid is bordered by the autonomous communities of Castile-Leon (provinces of Ávila and Segovia) and Castile-La Mancha (provinces of Guadalajara, Cuenca, and Toledo).

Madrid was formerly considered part of New Castile (see Castile-La Mancha) but was made into its own community at the beginning of the autonomía system because of great economic disparity between Madrid and the Castilian-Manchego hinterland.

Autonomous communities of Spain
Andalusia
Aragon
Asturias
Balearic Is
Basque Country
Canary Is
Cantabria
Castile-La Mancha
Castile-Leon
Catalonia
Extremadura
Galicia
La Rioja
Madrid
Murcia
Navarre
Valencia
Plazas de soberanía

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Madrid (autonomous community)."

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Nakhon Ratchasima province

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Statistics
Capital:Nakhon Ratchasima
Area:20,494.0 km²
Ranked 1st
Inhabitants:2,550,204 (2001)
Ranked 2nd
Pop. density:124 inh./km²
Ranked 33th
ISO 3166-2:TH-30
Map

Nakhon Ratchasima (often shortened to Khorat, Thai นครราชสีมา) is one of the north-eastern provinces (changwat) of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (clockwise, from north) Chaiyaphum, Khon Kaen, Buriram, Srakaeo, Prachinburi, Nakhon Nayok, Saraburi, Lopburi.

Geography

The province is located on the western end of the Khorat Plateau. Two national parks are in the province - the Khao Yai in the west and the Thab Lan in the south.

History

The area around Korat was an important center already in the times of the Khmer empire in the 11th century, as can be seen by the temple ruins in the Phimai historical park.

Symbols

The provincial seal shows a monument of Thao Suranaree (1772-1852), the local hero of the province. She was the wife of the governmental councillor, when in 1826 she gathered the local people to assist the Thai army to fight the Laotian king Anuwong. King Rama III gave her the honorary title Tao Suranaree in recognition of her bravery.

The provincial tree is Millettia leucantha

Administrative divisions

Amphoe
(districts)		 King Amphoe
(minor districts)
  1. Muang Nakhon Ratchasima
  2. Khon Buri
  3. Soeng Sang
  4. Khong
  5. Ban Lueam
  6. Chakkarat
  7. Chok Chai
  8. Dan Khun Thot
  9. Non Thai
  10. Non Sung
  11. Kham Sakaesaeng
  12. Bua Yai
  13. Prathai
  1. Pak Thong Chai
  2. Phimai
  3. Huai Thalaeng
  4. Chum Phuang
  5. Sung Noen
  6. Kham Thale So
  7. Sikhio
  8. Pak Chong
  9. Nong Bunnak
  10. Kaeng Sanam Nang
  11. Non Daeng
  12. Wang Nam Khiao
  13. Chaloem Phra Kat
  1. Thepharat
  2. Mueang Yang
  3. Phra Thong Kham
  4. Lam Thamenchai
  5. Bua Lai
  6. Sida

External links


Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Nakhon Ratchasima province."

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Political divisions of China

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Most of the provinces of China have boundaries which were established in the late Ming Dynasty. Major changes since then have been the reorganization of provinces in the Northeast after the Communist takeover of mainland China in 1949 and the establishment of autonomous regions which are based on Soviet nationality theory.

The most recent administrative changes have included the elevation of Chongqing and Hainan to provincial level status and the organization of Hong Kong and Macau as special administrative regions. All of the newly created administrative levels of the People's Republic of China equal those of the provinces. In Taiwan, Taipei and Kaohsiung were elevated to the status of centrally administered municipalities after the retreat of the KMT-led government.

In mainland China, provinces theoretically are subservient to the PRC central government, but in practice provincial officials have a large amount of discretion with regard to economic policy. Unlike the United States, the power of the central government was (with the exception of the military) not exercised through a parallel set of institutions until the early-1990s.

The actual practical power of the provinces has created what some economists call federalism with Chinese characteristics.

Provinces also serve an important cultural role in China. People tend to be identified in terms of their native provinces, and each province has a stereotype that corresponds to their inhabitants.

Levels

The People's Republic of China is subdivided into provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities. Moreover, special administrative regions are governed by the central government. They were established in 1983.

The Republic of China has no autonomous regions, prefecture-level cities and sub-provincial cities. Province-governed cities are the equivalents of county-level cities. It has county-governed city (town-level). In addition, it translates towns and townships both as townships. See Political divisions of the Republic of China

Provinces

Mainland China has 22 provinces (省 pinyin sheng3):

For the capitals, please refer to the list of capitals of subnational entities.

Defunct Provinces

Disputed Province

Main article: Political status of Taiwan

Since its founding in 1949, the People's Republic of China has considered Taiwan to be its 23rd province. However, the Republic of China currently controls the island and province of Taiwan, and Kinmen and Lienchiang counties of Fujian province. The ROC also officially claims all of mainland China (including Tibet) and outer Mongolia. However, this claim was unofficially dropped by Lee Teng-hui in 1991, but not officially approved by the National Assembly.

Maps of China published in Taiwan will often show provincial boundaries as they were in 1949 which do not match the current administrative structure as decided by the Communist Party of China post-1949.

Autonomous Regions

Apart from provinces there are 5 autonomous regions (自治区 pinyin zi4 zhi4 qu1) being concentrations of some Chinese minorities:

Municipalities

4 municipalities (直辖市 pinyin zhi2 xia2 shi4, literal meaning: "directly administrated city (by the central government)") adminstered by the PRC:

2 municipalities administered by the ROC:

Special administrative regions

2 special administrative regions (SARs) (特别行政区 pinyin te4 bie2 xing2 zheng4 qu1):

See also

External Links

 Uniform template for articles of the provinces are upon discussion at Wikipedia:WikiProject Chinese provinces.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Political divisions of China."

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Province

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A Province is the name for a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level. The word was introduced by the Romans, who divided their empire in to provinciae. The word is thought to have originated from the Latin words pro ("before") and vincere ("win", "conquer").

Current

(Subdivisions called or translated into: Province)

Historical

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Provinces of Argentina

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Argentina consists of 23 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia), and 1 federal district (distrito federal), marked by a *:

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Provinces of Finland

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Finland consists of 6 provinces (läänit/län), following a 1997 redesign that reduced their number from 12.

The province authority is part of the central government's executive branch; a system that hasn't changed drastically since its creation in 1634.

The State of Finland is since the late 19th century bilingual. Its governmental offices and agencies use both domestic languages in contacts with the public. Below the local names are given in Finnish/Swedish:

  1. Province of Southern Finland
    (Etelä-Suomen lääni/Södra Finlands län)
  2. Province of Western Finland
    (Länsi-Suomen lääni/Västra Finlands län)
  3. Province of Eastern Finland
    (Itä-Suomen lääni/Östra Finlands län)
  4. Province of Oulu
    (Oulun lääni/Uleåborgs län)
  5. Province of Lapland
    (Lapin lääni/Lapplands län/Saami: Lappi)
  6. Province of Åland¹
    (Ålands län²)

¹ Some duties, which on mainland-Finland are handled by the provinces, are on the autonomous Åland Islands transferred to the local government.
² The Åland Islands are unilingually Swedish. The name of the province in Finnish language is: Ahvenanmaan lääni.

Each province has a State Provincial Office (Lääninhallitus/Länsstyrelse) which act as the joint regional authority for seven ministries in the following domains:

Each State Provincial Office authority is lead by a Governor (Maaherra/Landshövding) who is appointed by the president after a proposal by the cabinet.

Abolished provinces

Before the redesign in 1997 the provinces were:
  1. Ahvenanmaan lääni/Ålands län
  2. Hämeen lääni/Tavastehus län
  3. Keski-Suomen lääni/Mellersta Finlands län
  4. Kuopion lääni/Kuopio län
  5. Kymen lääni/Kymmene län
  6. Lapin lääni/Laplands län
  7. Mikkelin lääni/St. Michels län
  8. Oulun lääni/Uleåborgs län
  9. Pohjois-Karjalan lääni/Norra Karelens län
  10. Turun ja Porin lääni/Åbo och Björneborgs län
  11. Uudenmaan lääni/Nylands län
  12. Vaasan lääni/Vasa län

See also

External links

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Provinces of France

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Prior to 1790, France was organised into provinces; in that year they were replaced with departements, which continue to exist until the present day. Several of the province names are now used for administrative regions.

Former provinces of France:

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Provinces of Indonesia

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The number of provinces of Indonesia has tended to increase as new provinces have been split from existing territories. As of January 2003 there appear to be 28 provinces (propinsi-propinsi, singular - propinsi), 2 special regions* (daerah-daerah istimewa, singular - daerah istimewa), and 1 special capital city district** (daerah khusus ibukota)

External link

Map

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Provinces of Indonesia."

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Provinces of Ireland

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The four provinces of Ireland.
Source: http://www.irelandstory.com

During late Celtic and early historic times Ireland was divided into provinces to replace the earlier system of the tuathas.

The four provinces are;

Originally there were five provinces but over the course of time the smallest one, Meath, was absorbed into Leinster. During Ireland's golden age these counties were little more than loosely federated kingdoms with somewhat flexible boundaries, but in modern times they have become associated with groups of specific counties.

The provinces would be supplanted by the present system of counties after the English occupation in the twelfth century. The Irish word for province, "cúigiú", means "fifth", reflecting the original division.

See also: Irish county

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Provinces of Ireland."

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Provinces of Korea

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(Note: This page is currently under construction. Some information below is incomplete, and some material is duplicated.... This will be fixed shortly.)

This article describes the historical evolution of Korea's provinces (Do; (도 道). For detailed information on current administrative divisions, please see Administrative divisions of Korea.

Provinces (Do) have been the primary administrative division of Korea since the early 11th century, and were preceded by provincial-level divisions (Ju and Mok) dating back to the late 7th century.

Historical summary

During the Unified Silla Period (AD 668-935), Korea was divided into nine Ju (주; 州), an old word for "province" that was used to name both the kingdom's provinces and its provincial capitals. (The editor's Cantonese-English dictionary translates 州 variously as "prefecture" or "department.")

After Goryeo defeated Silla and Later Baekje in 935 and 936 respectively, the new kingdom "was divided into one royal district [(Ginae; 기내; 畿內) and twelve administrative districts [(Mok; 목; 牧)]" (Nahm 1988), which were soon redivided into ten provinces (Do). In 1009 the country was again redivided, this time into one royal district, five provinces (Do) and two frontier districts (Gye; 계; 界?). The name and concept of Do originated from the Chinese Dao.

After the Joseon Dynasty's rise to power and the formation of Joseon in 1392, the country was redivided into eight new provinces (Do) in 1413. The provincial boundaries closely reflected major regional and dialect boundaries, and are still often referred to in Korean today simply as the Eight Provinces (Paldo). In 1896 (a year before the country became the Korean Empire), five of the eight provinces were divided into north and south halves (Bukdo (북도; 北道) and Namdo (남도; 南道) respectively), giving a total of thirteen Do. The provincial boundaries remained unchanged throughout the Japanese Colonial Period.

With the surrender of Japan in 1945, the Korean peninsula was divided into Soviet (northern) and American (southern) zones of occupation, with the dividing line established along the 38th parallel. (See Division of Korea for more details.) As a result, three provinces--Hwanghae, Gyeonggi, and Gangwon (Kangwŏn)--were divided into Soviet- and American-occupied halves.

In 1946, in the southern half of the country, the newly formed Jeju Province was split off from South Jeolla Province. In 1948, the countries of North and South Korea gained independence. There were total of fourteen Do between the two countries, including the three provinces straddling the 38th parallel. During the same period, the southern cities of Seoul and Busan became Special Cities.

At the end of the Korean War (1950-1953), a new boundary between North and South Korea was established along the Demilitarized Zone, which cuts across the 38th parallel at an acute angle from southwest to northeast. Hwanghae Province now fell wholly within North Korea, while Gyeonggi and Gangwon (Kangwŏn) Provinces remained split between North and South.

In the same year (1953), the North Korean provinces were redivided. The North Korean section of Gyeonggi Province was redesignated a special city (Kaesŏng), along with P'yŏngyang and Ch'ŏngjin (which is no longer a special city). The North Korean section of Kangwŏn Province was expanded to include the southern part of South Hamgyŏng. Hwanghae was divided into north and south halves. Two new provinces--Chagang and Yanggang--were created from the inland sections of North P'yŭngan and North Hamg'yŏng Provinces respectively.

Since 1953, provincial boundaries in both the North and South have remained unchanged. New cities and special administrative regions have been created, however, since then: see Special cities of Korea for their history. For a comprehensive description of Korea's provinces and special cities today, please see Administrative divisions of Korea.

Provinces of Unified Silla

In AD 660, the southeastern kingdom of Silla conquered Baekje in the southwest, and in 668, Silla conquered Goguryeo in the north with the help of China's Tang Dynasty (see also Three Kingdoms of Korea). For the first time, most of the Korean peninsula was ruled by a single power. Silla's northern boundary ran through the middle of southern Goguryeo, from the Taedong River (which flows through P'yŏngyang) in the west to Wŏnsan in modern-day Kangwŏn Province in the east. In 721, Silla solidifed its northern boundary with Barhae (Bohai) (which replaced Goguryeo in the north) by building a wall between P'yŏngyang and Wŏnsan.

The country's capital was Geumseong (modern-day Gyeongju), and sub-capitals were located at Geumgwan-gyeong (Gimhae), Namwon-gyeong, Seowon-gyeong (Cheongju), Jungwon-gyeong (Chungju), and Bugwon-gyeong (Wonju).

The country was divided into 9 provinces (Ju): 3 in the pre-660 territory of Silla, and 3 each in the former kingdoms of Baekje and Goguryeo.

The table below lists the three preceding kingdoms, each province's name in the Roman alphabet, Hangeul, and Hanja, as well as the provincial capital, and the equivalent modern-day province.
Former kingdom Province Hangeul Hanja Capital Modern equivalent
Silla Yangju 양주 揚州 Yangju Eastern Gyeongsang
Gangju 강주 Gangju Western South Gyeongsang
Sangju 상주 尙州 Sangju Western North Gyeongsang
Baekje Muju 무주 Muju South Jeolla
Jeonju 전주 全州 Jeonju North Jeolla
Ungju 웅주 Gongju South Chungcheong
Goguryeo Hanju 한주 漢州 Hanju
(Seoul)		 North Chungcheong,
Gyeonggi, Hwanghae
Sakju 삭주 Sakju Western Gangwon
Myeongju 명주 Myeongju Eastern Gangwon

Provinces of Goryeo

In 892, Gyeonhwon founded the kingdom of Later Baekje in southwestern Silla, and in 918, Wanggeon (King Taejo) established the kingdom of Goryeo in the northwest, with its capital at Songak (modern-day Kaesŏng). In 935, Goryeo conquered the remnants of Silla, and in 936, it conquered Later Baekje. Songak was greatly expanded and renamed Gaegyeong. Taejo expanded the country's territory by conquering part of the land formerly belonging to Goguryeo, in the northwest of the Korean peninsula, as far north as the Yalu (Amnok) River. A wall was constructed from the Yalu (Amnok) River in the northwest to East Sea (Sea of Japan) in the southeast, on the boundary between Goryeo and the northeastern Jurched territory.

The country had one capital (Gaegyeong) and three sub-capitals: Donggyeong (modern-day Gyeongju and the former capital of Silla), Namgyeong (modern-day Seoul), and Seogyeong (modern-day P'yŏngyang).

Originally, the country had one royal district (Ginae; 기내; 畿內) around Gaegyeong and twelve administrative districts (Mok; 목; 牧): (Note that Gwangju-mok is modern-day Gwangju in Gyeonggi Province, not the larger Gwangju Metropolitan City.)

The twelve districts were soon redivided into ten provinces (Do; 도; 道). Gwannae-do included the administrative districts of Yangju, Hwangju, Gwangju, and Haeju; Jungwon-do included Chungju and Cheongju; Hanam-do replaced Gongju; Gangnam-do replaced Jeonju; Yeongnam-do replaced Sangju; Sannam-do replaced Jinju; and Haeyang-do replaced Naju and Seungju; the three other new provinces were Yeongdong-do, Panbang-do, and Paeseo-do.

Finally, in 1009, the ten provinces were again redivided, this time into five provinces (Do) and two frontier districts (Gye; 계; 界?).

The table below lists the provinces of Silla, the administrative districts of Goryeo that replaced them, then the pre- and post-1009 provinces, as well as their modern equivalents. (Sources: Nahm 1988; [1] (in Korean); [1] (in Korean).)
Province of Silla Administrative district Pre-1009 province Post-1009 province Modern equivalent
Hanju Gyeonggi(京畿) Gyeonggi Gyeonggi Kaesŏng
Yangju-mok(揚州牧) Gwannae-do Seohae-do Hwanghae (?)
Hwangju-mok(黃州牧) North Hwanghae
Haeju-mok(海州牧) South Hwanghae
Gwangju-mok(廣州牧) Yanggwang-do Gyeonggi
Chungju-mok(忠州牧) Jungwon-do North Chungcheong
Ungju Cheongju-mok
Gongju-mok Hanam-do South Chungcheong
Jeonju Jeonju-mok(全州牧) Gangnam-do Jeolla-do North Jeolla
Muju Naju-mok Haeyang-do South Jeolla
Seungju (?)
Sangju Sangju-mok Yeongnam-do Gyeongsang-do North Gyeongsang
Gangju Jinju-mok Sannam-do Western South Gyeongsang
Yangju Yeongdong-do Eastern South Gyeongsang
Sakju ? Sakbang-do Gyoju-do Gangwon
Myeongju ? Donggye
-- -- Paeseo-do Bukgye Pyeongan

Provinces of Joseon

Provinces of the Korean Empire

Provinces of North Korea

(Main article: Administrative divisions of Korea)

The North Korean portion of Gyeonggi Province eventually became today's Kaesŏng Industrial Region. The North Korean section of Kangwŏn was expanded to include part of South Hamgyŏng. In 1982, Hwanghae was split into North and South Hwanghae Provinces. Also in 1982, the new province of Chagang was formed from the eastern part of North P'yŏngan, while Yanggang Province was formed from parts of North and South Hamgyŏng Provinces. In addition to Kaesŏng, the cities of P'yŏngyang, Namp'o, Rasŏn (Rajin-Sŏnbong), Shinŭiju, and Ch'ŏngjin and the tourist region of Kŭmgang-san have all attained provincial-level status as self-governing cities or special administrative regions, although Ch'ŏngjin has since reverted to being part of North Hamgyŏng Province.

Listed below are the modern provinces of North Korea, with the following information:

Provinces of South Korea

(Main article: Administrative divisions of Korea)

Provinces in South Korea have not been reorganized the way they have been in the North; the main change has been the creation of Special Cities and Metropolitan Cities--cities with the same status as provinces. Today (2003), there are seven such cities: Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Incheon, Gwangju, Daejeon, and Ulsan.

Listed below are the modern provinces of South Korea, with the following information:

References

Nahm, Andrew C. (1988). Korea: Tradition and Transformation - A History of the Korean People. Elizabeth, NJ: Hollym International.

External links

For other integral meanings of Do in East Asian cultures, see Do.

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Provinces of New Zealand

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(For the current subdivision of New Zealand, see Regions of New Zealand)

Provinces in New Zealand were used from 1841 until the Abolition of the Provinces Act came into force on November 1, 1876.

Following abolition, the provinces became known as provincial districts. Their only visible function today is their usage to determine, with the exception of the Chatham Islands, Northland and South Canterbury, the geographical boundaries for anniversary day public holidays.

It is important to note that the provincial districts have different boundaries to the present day regions, for example, the Manawatu-Wanganui region is in the Wellington provincial district. They are also not to be confused with the use of the term in rugby's National Provincial Championship (NPC).

1841 to 1853

1853 to 1876

ProvinceIndependent countyFormedRenamedDissolution
DateBroke fromDateNew nameDateReason
Auckland 1853   1 November 1876Provinces abolished
New Plymouth 1853 1 January 1859Taranaki1 November 1876Provinces abolished
Hawkes Bay 1 November 1858Wellington  1 November 1876Provinces abolished
Wellington 1853   1 November 1876Provinces abolished
Nelson 1853   1 November 1876Provinces abolished
Marlborough 1 November 1859Nelson  1 November 1876Provinces abolished
Westland1 January 18681 December 1873Canterbury  1 November 1876Provinces abolished
Canterbury 1853   1 November 1876Provinces abolished
Otago 1853   1 November 1876Provinces abolished
Southland 25 March 1861Otago  5 October 1870Reunited with Otago

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Provinces of South Africa

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The current provinces of South Africa are

Historical Provinces

The division of South Africa into different administrative regions can be divided into three distinct periods, of which the first two fade into one another.

From the establishment of the Union of South Africa in 1910, the main division was into four provinces. As early as 1913, however, ownership of land by the black majority was restricted to certain areas covering about 13% of the country, and from the late 1950s these areas were gradually consolidated into "homelands" (also known as bantustans) to serve as the de jure national states of the black population in fulfilment of the white minority government's policy of apartheid. In 1976 the homeland of Transkei was the first to accept independence from South Africa, and although this independence was never acknowledged by any other country, three other homelands followed suit.

From 1994 onwards, South Africa has been divided into nine provinces. The former homelands were reintegrated into the Republic on the eve of the April 1994 general election which ended minority rule.

1910-1994

Provinces

"Independent" homelands Non-independent homelands

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Provinces of Spain

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In addition to its seventeen autonomous communities, Spain is divided into fifty provinces.

Formerly of greater importance, since the arrival of the autonomous community system, the provinces have fewer powers. They are still used as electoral districts, in postal addresses, and as geographical referents. (A small town would be identified as being in Valladolid province sooner than as being in Castile-Leon, for example.)

Most of the provinces are named after their principal town. There are only two cities that are capitals of autonomous communities without being capitals of provinces: Mérida in Extremadura and Santiago de Compostela in Galicia.

Seven autonomous communities are composed of only one province: Asturias, Balearic Islands, Cantabria, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, and Navarre.

Here is a list of the provinces:

Name Capital Autonomous
community		 Munici-
palities
Álava/Araba Vitoria/Gasteiz Basque Country List
Albacete Albacete Castile-La Mancha List
Alicante/Alacant Alicante/Alacant Valencia List
Almería Almería Andalusia List
Asturias Oviedo Asturias List
Ávila Ávila Castile-Leon List
Badajoz Badajoz Extremadura List
Illes Balears Palma de Mallorca Balearic Islands List
Barcelona Barcelona Catalonia List
Burgos Burgos Castile-Leon List
Cáceres Cáceres Extremadura List
Cádiz Cádiz Andalusia List
Cantabria Santander Cantabria List
Castellón/Castelló Castellón/Castelló de la Plana Valencia List
Ciudad Real Ciudad Real Castile-La Mancha List
Córdoba Córdoba Andalusia List
A Coruña A Coruña Galicia List
Cuenca Cuenca Castile-La Mancha List
Girona Girona Catalonia List
Granada Granada Andalusia List
Guadalajara Guadalajara Castile-La Mancha List
Guipúzcoa/Gipuzkoa San Sebastián/Donostia Basque Country List
Huelva Huelva Andalusia List
Huesca Huesca Aragon List
Jaén Jaén Andalusia List
La Rioja Logroño La Rioja List
León León Castile-Leon List
Lleida Lleida Catalonia List
Lugo Lugo Galicia List
Madrid Madrid Madrid List
Málaga Málaga Andalusia List
Murcia Murcia Murcia List
Navarra/Nafarroa Pamplona Navarre List
Ourense Ourense Galicia List
Palencia Palencia Castile-Leon List
Las Palmas Las Palmas Canary Islands List
Pontevedra Pontevedra Galicia List
Salamanca Salamanca Castile-Leon List
Santa Cruz de Tenerife Santa Cruz de Tenerife Canary Islands List
Segovia Segovia Castile-Leon List
Sevilla Seville Andalusia List
Soria Soria Castile-Leon List
Tarragona Tarragona Catalonia List
Teruel Teruel Aragon List
Toledo Toledo Castile-La Mancha List
Valencia/València Valencia/València Valencia List
Valladolid Valladolid Castile-Leon List
Vizcaya/Bizkaia Bilbao Basque Country List
Zamora Zamora Castile-Leon List
Zaragoza Zaragoza Aragon List

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Provinces of Sweden

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The Provinces or Landskap were the subdivision of Sweden until 1634, when they were replaced by Counties in a reform, led by Axel Oxenstierna, that still remains in force in Sweden Proper. The county reform also survived until 1997 in Finland, despite the separation from Sweden in 1809. The provinces have no administrative function today but remains as an historical legacy and as source of cultural identification. Even if the provinces are defunct as entities their traditions are still maintained by present day authorities.

History

The origin of the division into provinces were the smaller separate kingdoms that eventually united and formed the unified Sweden. Even after being united under a Swedish monarch each of these lands had its own law and Thing, a combined political and judicial assembly. The constituent provinces were held as duchies, but as the kingdom expanded with newly conquered provinces depending on their importance they received a status of duchy or county.

Of the conquests made after separation from the Kalmar Union in 1523 only some were incorporated as provinces. Most significantly at the Treaty of Roskilde in 1658, where the former Danish provinces of Scania, Blechingia, Hallandia and Bahusia, with the Norwegian provinces of Jemtia and Herdalia became Swedish and eventually fully integrated. Other than that conquered territories were ruled as separate Dominions under the Swedish monarch, which in some cases lasted for two or even three centuries. Norway was in personal union with Sweden for during the 19th century but never an integral part of Sweden.

The division of Västerbotten that took place when ceding Finland inavertly caused the new province of Norrbotten to emerge and eventually it came to be recognised as a province in its own right but it has never been granted a coat of arms.

Heraldry

At the funeral of King Gustav Vasa(Gustav I) in 1560 the coats of arms for the provinces were displayed togeather for the first time and several of them had been granted for that particular occasion. After the separation of Sweden and Finland the traditions for respective provincial arms diverged. Most noticeably in that all Swedish provinces carry dukal crowns, following an order by the Privy Council on January 18, 1884, while the Finnish provincial arms still distinguish between dukal and countal dignity. A complication is also that the representation of Finnish dukal and countal coronets resemble Swedish coronets of a lower order, namely countal and baronal. The division of Lappland necessitated a distinction between the Swedish and the Finnish arms.

Götaland

Götaland consists of the following ten provinces all within present day Sweden:

Svealand

Svealand consists of the following six provinces all within present day Sweden:

Norrland

Norrland consists of the following nine provinces, out of which Westrobothnia and Lapponia are divided between present day Sweden and present day Finland, and Ostrobothnia which is wholly located within present day Finland:

Österlanden

Österlanden consists of the following seven provinces all within present day Finland:

See also: Dominions of Sweden, Historical provinces of Finland, Counties of Sweden

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Provinces of Thailand

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Thailand is divided into 76 provinces (changwat, singular and plural), which are grouped into 5 groups of provinces - sometimes the East and Central are grouped together. The name of the province is the same as the capital city.

Bangkok is both the province with the highest population and the highest population density. The biggest province by area is Nakhon Ratchasima, the smallest Samut Songkhram. Mae Hong Son has the lowest population density, Ranong the lowest population (numbers according to 2000 census).

Many provinces date back to semi-independent local chiefdoms or kingdoms, which made up the Ayutthaya kingdom. In the end of the 19th century King Chulalongkorn started to create monthon (circles) as an administrative level containing several provinces. The monthon were dissolved again when Thailand became a democracy in 1932. Some provinces were created rather recently by splitting them off from bigger provinces. The youngest provinces are Srakaeo, Nong Bua Lam Phu and Amnat Charoen, which were created in 1993.

The provinces are administrated by a governor, who is appointed by the Ministry of the Interior. The only exception is Bangkok, in which the governor is elected.

    North
  1. Chiang Mai
  2. Chiang Rai
  3. Kamphaeng Phet
  4. Lampang
  5. Lamphun
  6. Mae Hong Son
  7. Nakhon Sawan
  8. Nan
  9. Phayao
  10. Phetchabun
  11. Phichit
  12. Phitsanulok
  13. Phrae
  14. Sukhothai
  15. Tak
  16. Uthai Thani
  17. Uttaradit
    North-East
  1. Amnat Charoen
  2. Buriram
  3. Chaiyaphum
  4. Kalasin
  5. Khon Kaen
  6. Loei
  7. Maha Sarakham
  8. Mukdahan
  9. Nakhon Phanom
  10. Nakhon Ratchasima
  11. Nongbua Lamphu
  12. Nong Khai
  13. Roi Et
  14. Sakhon Nakhon
  15. Sisaket
  16. Surin
  17. Ubon Ratchathani
  18. Udon Thani
  19. Yasothon
    Central
  1. Ang Thong
  2. Ayutthaya
  3. Bangkok
  4. Chainat
  5. Kanchanaburi
  6. Lopburi
  7. Nakhon Nayok
  8. Nakhon Pathom
  9. Nonthaburi
  10. Pathumthani
  11. Phetchaburi
  12. Prachuap Khiri Khan
  13. Ratchaburi
  14. Samut Prakan
  15. Samut Sakhon
  16. Samut Songkhram
  17. Saraburi
  18. Sing Buri
  19. Suphanburi
    East
  1. Chachoengsao
  2. Chanthaburi
  3. Chonburi
  4. Rayong
  5. Prachinburi
  6. Srakaeo
  7. Trat
    South
  1. Chumphon
  2. Krabi
  3. Nakhon Si Thammarat
  4. Narathiwat
  5. Pattani
  6. Phang Nga
  7. Phattalung
  8. Phuket
  9. Ranong
  10. Satun
  11. Songkhla
  12. Surat Thani
  13. Trang
  14. Yala

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Provinces of the Netherlands

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Map of the Netherlands | Larger size
The modern day Netherlands are divided into twelve provinces (provincies in Dutch), listed below. Follow their links for more detailed information on that individual province:

Structure

A Dutch province represents the administrative layer in between the national government and the local municipalities, having the responsibility for matters of subnational or regional importance. The government of each province consists of three major parts: the Provinciale Staten which is the provincial parliament elected every four years. Elected from its members are the Gedeputeerde Staten, a college charged with most executive tasks, presided by the Commissaris van de Koningin or royal commissioner, appointed by the Crown.

Historical background

Nearly all Dutch provinces can trace their origin to a mediaeval state such as a county or a duchy, as can the provinces of Belgium. Their status changed when they came under a single ruler who centralised their administration, somewhat relegating the separate states to provinces, 17 in total. From these unified Netherlands, seven northern provinces would form the Republic of the Seven United Provinces in the 16th century, namely Holland, Zeeland, Gelderland, Utrecht, Friesland, Overijssel and Groningen. The Republic's lands also included Drenthe (one of the 17, but without the autonomous status of the others), and parts of Brabant, Limburg and Flanders, which were considered to be "conquered lands" and were governed directly by the Staten-Generaal, the parliament. They were called Staats-Brabant, Staats-Limburg and Staats-Vlaanderen, meaning "of the state". Each of these "Netherlands" had a high degree of autonomy, co-operating with each other mainly on defense and on the international level in general, but keeping to their own affairs elsewhere.

On January 1, 1796, during the Batavian Republic, Drenthe and Staats-Brabant became the eighth and ninth provinces of the Netherlands; the latter known as Bataafs Brabant, Batavian Brabant, changing its name to Noord Brabant, North Brabant, in 1815 when it became part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, which also contained (then) South Brabant, a province in Belgium. This new unified state featured the provinces in their modern form, as non-autonomous subdivisions of the national state, and again numbering 17 provinces, though not all the same as the 16th century ones. In 1839, with the independence of Belgium, the original single province of Limburg was divided amongst the two countries, each now having a province called Limburg. A year later, Holland, the largest and most populous of the Dutch provinces, was also split into two provinces for a total of 11. The 12th member was to be Flevoland, a province consisting almost entirely of reclaimed land, established on January 1, 1986.

The Departments of the French Period

During the Batavian Republic, the Netherlands were from 1798 to 1801 completely reorganised into 8 new departments, most named after rivers, inspired by the French revolutionary example, in an attempt to do away with the old autonomous provincial status. They are listed below, with their capitals and the territory of the former provinces they mostly incorporated:

Batavian Departments
English name Dutch name Capital Contained the territory of
Department of the EmsDepartement van de EemsLeeuwardenNorthern Friesland, Groningen
Department of the Old IJsselDepartement van de Oude IJsselZwolleSouthern Friesland, Drenthe, Overijssel, northern Gelderland
Department of the RhineDepartement van de RijnArnhemCentral Gelderland, eastern Utrecht
Department of the AmstelDepartement van de AmstelAmsterdamThe area around Amsterdam
Department of TexelDepartement van TexelAlkmaarNorthern Holland minus Amsterdam, northwestern Utrecht
Department of the DelfDepartement van de DelfDelftSouthern Holland up to the Meuse, southwestern Utrecht
Department of the DommelDepartement van de Dommel's-HertogenboschThe eastern part of Batavian Brabant, southern Gelderland
Department of the Scheldt and MeuseDepartement van de Schelde en MaasMiddelburgZeeland, Holland south of the Meuse and the western part of Batavian Brabant 

After only three years, following a coup d'etat, the borders of the former provinces were restored, though not their autonomous status. They were now also called "departments" and Drenthe was added to Overijssel. In 1806 the Kingdom of Holland replaced the republic to further French interests. It was during this administration that Holland was first split in two, with the department of Amstelland to the north and that of Maasland to the south. East-Frisia, then as now in Germany, was added to the kingdom as a department in 1807 and Drenthe split off again making a total of 11 departments.

When the Netherlands finally did become fully part of France in 1810, the departments of the kingdom and their borders were largly maintained, with some joined together. They were however nearly all renamed, again mainly after rivers, though the names differed from their Batavian counterparts. Following are their names and the modern day province they corresponded for the most part to:



French Departments in the Netherlands


English name
French name
Dutch name
Modern province(s)




Department of the ZuiderzeeDépartement du ZuiderzeeDepartement van de ZuiderzeeNorth Holland & Utrecht




Department of the Mouths of the MeuseDépartement des Bouches-de-la-MeuseDepartement van de Monden van de MaasSouth Holland




Department of the Mouths of the ScheldtDépartement des Bouches-de-l'EscautDepartement van de Monden van de ScheldeZeeland




Department of the Two NethesDépartement des Deux-NèthesDepartement van de Twee NethenWestern North Brabant & Antwerp




Department of the Mouths of the RhineDépartement des Bouches-du-RhinDepartement van de Monden van de RijnEastern North Brabant




Department of the Upper IJsselDépartement de l'Issel-SupérieurDepartement van de Boven IJsselGelderland




Department of the Mouths of the IJsselDépartement des Bouches-de-l'IsselDepartement van de Monden van de IJsselOverijssel




Department of FrisiaDépartement de la FriseDepartement FrieslandFriesland




Department of the Western EmsDépartement de l'Ems-OccidentalDepartement van de Wester EemsGroningen & Drenthe




Department of the Eastern EmsDépartement de l'Ems-OrientalDepartement van de Ooster Eems(East-Frisia)





With the defeat and withdrawal of the French in 1813, the old provinces and their names were re-established, Holland was reunited and East-Frisia went its separate way. The 17 provinces of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands were for a significant part based on the former French departments and their borders, in particular in what would later become Belgium.


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Provinces of the Philippines
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Map of the Philippines showing all the regions and their provinces. See the full-size version

A province (lalawigan or probinsya in Filipino) is the primary local government unit in the Philippines. As of 2002, there are a total of 79 provinces. The provinces are grouped into 17 regions (rehiyon) and are subdivided into cities (lungsod) and municipalities (bayan).

For purposes of legislative representation, the province is divided into one or more districts (distrito). Each city or municipality belongs to one of these districts. One congressman (kinatawan) represents each district in the House of Representatives. Every district also has board members in the Provincial Board (see the succeeding section on the Provincial Government).


Provincial Government

The provincial government has an executive and a legislative branch. The judicial powers in the province is under the supervision of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. The provincial government is an autonomous unit, given direct supervision of the affairs of the province. The president of the Philippines coordinates with the provinces through the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).


Executive Branch

The provincial government is headed by a governor (gobernador) who is the chief executive and head of the province. Under the governor are the various provincial departments such as the Administration, Legal Office, Information Office, Engineering Office, and Treasury Office.

The governor is elected a term of three years and may be elected for a maximum of three terms. The provincial department heads are appointed by the governor.


Legislative Branch

Heading the legislature of the province is the vice-governor (bise-gobernador) who presides over the Provincial Board (Sangguniang Panlalawigan), which is composed of board members from each district in the province. Depending on the income class of the province, it may either have eight or ten board members. First and second class provinces have ten board members while third and fourth class provinces have eight. Negros Occidental and Cebu are exceptions, having 12 board members each.

The board also has, as ex-officio members, the provincial president of the Association of Barangay Captains (ABC) (Liga ng mga Barangay), the provincial president of the Philippine Councilors League (PCL), and the provincial president of Sanggunian Kabataan (SK) Federation (the youth council).

All of the board members are elected by the citizens of the province along with the governor. The ex-officio members are elected within their organizations.


List of Provinces





Province
Capital
Region
Population
Area
(km²)		
Pop.
Density
(per km²)



Abra
Bangued
CAR
209,4913,975.652.7



Agusan del Norte
Butuan City
XIII
552,8492,590.0213.5



Agusan del Sur
Prosperidad
XIII
559,2948,966.062.4



Aklan
Kalibo
VI
451,3141,817.9248.3



Albay
Legazpi City
V
1,090,9072,552.6427.4



Antique
San Jose
VI
471,0882,522.0186.8



Apayao
Kabugao
CAR
97,1293,927.924.7



Aurora
Baler
III
173,7973,239.553.6



Basilan
Isabela City
ARMM
259,7961,234.2210.5



Bataan
Balanga City
III
557,6591,373.0406.2



Batanes
Basco
II
16,467209.378.7



Batangas
Batangas City
IV-A
1,905,3483,165.8601.9



Benguet
La Trinidad
CAR
582,5152,655.4219.4



Biliran
Naval
VIII
140,274555.5252.5



Bohol
Tagbilaran City
VII
1,137,2684,117.3276.2



Bukidnon
Malaybalay City
X
1,060,2658,293.8127.8



Bulacan
Malolos
III
2,234,0882,625.0851.1



Cagayan
Tuguegarao City
II
993,5809,002.7110.4



Camarines Norte
Daet
V
458,8402,112.5217.2



Camarines Sur
Pili
V
1,551,5495,266.8294.6



Camiguin
Mambajao
X
74,232229.8323.0



Capiz
Roxas City
VI
654,1562,633.2248.4



Catanduanes
Virac
V
215,3561,511.5142.5



Cavite
Imus
IV-A
2,063,1611,287.61,602.3



Cebu
Cebu City
VII
3,356,1375,088.4659.6



Compostela Valley
Nabunturan
XI
580,2444,667.0124.3



Cotabato
Kidapawan City
XII
958,6436,569.9145.9



Davao
Tagum City
XI
743,8113,463.0214.8



Davao del Sur
Digos City
XI
1,905,9176,377.6298.8



Davao Oriental
Mati
XI
446,1915,164.586.4



Eastern Samar
Borongan
VIII
375,8224,339.686.6



Guimaras
Jordan
VI
141,450604.7233.9



Ifugao
Ifugao
CAR
161,6232,517.864.2



Ilocos Norte
Laoag City
I
514,2413,399.3151.3



Ilocos Sur
Vigan City
I
594,2062,579.6230.3



Iloilo
Iloilo City
VI
1,925,0024,719.4407.9



Isabela
Ilagan
II
1,287,57510,664.6120.7



Kalinga
Tabuk
CAR
174,0233,119.755.8



La Union
San Fernando City
I
657,9451,493.1440.7



Laguna
Santa Cruz
IV-A
1,965,8721,759.71,117.2



Lanao del Norte
Tubod
X
758,1233,092.0245.2



Lanao del Sur
Marawi City
ARMM
800,1623,872.9206.6



Leyte
Tacloban City
VIII
1,592,3365,712.8278.7



Maguindanao
Shariff Aguak
ARMM
801,1024,900.1163.5



Marinduque
Boac
IV-B
217,392959.3226.6



Masbate
Masbate City
V
707,6684,047.7174.8



Misamis Occidental
Oroquieta City
X
486,7231,939.3251.0



Misamis Oriental
Cagayan de Oro City
X
1,126,2153,570.0315.5



Mountain Province
Bontoc
CAR
140,4392,097.367.0



Negros Occidental
Bacolod City
VI
2,565,7237,926.1323.7



Negros Oriental
Dumaguete City
VII
1,126,0615,402.3208.4



Northern Samar
Catarman
VIII
500,6393,498.0143.1



Nueva Ecija
Palayan City
III
1,659,8835,284.3314.1



Nueva Vizcaya
Bayombong
II
366,9623,903.994.0



Occidental Mindoro
Mamburao
IV-B
380,2505,879.964.7



Oriental Mindoro
Calapan City
IV-B
681,8184,364.7156.2



Palawan
Puerto Princesa City
IV-B
755,41214,896.350.7



Pampanga
San Fernando City
III
1,882,7302,180.7863.4



Pangasinan
Lingayen
I
2,434,0865,368.2453.4



Quezon
Lucena City
IV-A
1,679,0308,706.6192.8



Quirino
Cabarroguis
II
148,5753,057.248.6



Rizal
Antipolo City
IV-A
1,707,2181,308.91,304.3



Romblon
Romblon
IV-B
264,3571,355.9195.0



Samar
Catbalogan
VIII
641,1245,591.0114.7



Sarangani
Alabel
XII
410,6222,980.0137.8



Siquijor
Siquijor
VII
81,598343.5237.5



Sorsogon
Sorsogon City
V
650,5352,141.4303.8



South Cotabato
Koronadal City
XII
1,102,5504,489.0245.6



Southern Leyte
Maasin City
VIII
360,1601,734.8207.6



Sultan Kudarat
Isulan
XII
586,5054,714.8124.4



Sulu
Jolo
ARMM
619,6681,600.4387.2



Surigao del Norte
Surigao City
XIII
481,4162,739.0175.8



Surigao del Sur
Tandag
XIII
501,8084,552.2110.2



Tarlac
Tarlac City
III
1,068,7833,053.4350.0



Tawi-Tawi
Panglima Sugala
ARMM
322,3171,087.4296.4



Zambales
Iba
III
627,8023,714.4169.0



Zamboanga del Norte
Dipolog City
IX
823,1306,618.0124.4



Zamboanga del Sur
Pagadian City
IX
1,437,9414,964.1289.7



Zamboanga Sibugay
Ipil
IX
497,2393,087.9161.0


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Regions and provinces of Belgium
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Belgium is geographically divided into 3 federal regions; 2 regions are each divided into 5 provinces, together 10. The Belgian population is also divided along the language lines into three communities: the French speaking Communauté Française (French Community) , the Dutch speaking Vlaamse Gemeenschap (Flemish Community) , and the German speaking Deutschsprachigen Gemeinschaft (Germanophone Community). 



1. The Brussels Capital Region (Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest in Dutch, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale in French, Die Region Brüssel-Hauptstadt in German)

This federal region is centrally located and completely surrounded by the province of Flemish Brabant. With a surface area of 162 km² (0.53% of Belgium) it is the smallest of the three regions. It contains the city of Brussels, which acts both as federal and regional capital, together with 18 other municipalities. The official languages are Dutch and French. The Brussels Capital Region contains only one administrative district, the Brussels Capital District.


See also: List of municipalities of the Brussels Capital Region

2. The Flemish Region or Flanders (Vlaams Gewest or Vlaanderen in Dutch)

Flanders occupies the northern part of Belgium. The official language is Dutch, although French may be used by the inhabitants of six so-called municipalities with facilities (faciliteitengemeenten in Dutch) around the Brussels Capital Region. It has a surface area of 13522 km² (44.29% of Belgium) and is divided into 5 provinces which contain a total of 308 municipalities. Remarkably, the city of Brussels, which lies not in Flanders, does act as its capital.

West Flanders has a surface area of 3151 km² (23.30% of Flanders; 10.33% of Belgium), and is divided into eight administrative districts which contain 64 municipalities.
East Flanders has a surface area of 2991 km² (22.12% of Flanders; 9.81% of Belgium), and is divided into six administrative districts which contain 65 municipalities.
Antwerp has a surface area of 2860 km² (21.15% of Flanders; 9.38% of Belgium), and is divided into three administrative districts which contain 70 municipalities.
Flemish Brabant has a surface area of 2106 km² (15.57% of Flanders; 6.91% of Belgium), and is divided into two administrative districts which contain 65 municipalities.
Limburg has a surface area of 2414 km² (17.85% of Flanders; 7.92% of Belgium), and is divided into three administrative districts which contain 44 municipalities.

See also: List of Flemish municipalities

3. The Walloon Region or Wallonia (Région Wallonne or Wallonie in French)

Wallonia occupies the southern part of Belgium. The official languages are French and German (only used in nine eastern municipalities near the German border, which were given to Belgium after WWI). It has a surface area of 16844 km² (55.18% of Belgium) and is also divided into 5 provinces which contain a total of 262 municipalities. Its capital is Namur.

Hainaut has a surface area of 3800 km² (22.56% of Wallonia; 12.44% of Belgium), and is divided into seven administrative districts which contain 69 municipalities.
Walloon Brabant has a surface area of 1093 km² (6.49% of Wallonia; 3.58% of Belgium), and contains only one administrative district with 27 municipalities.
Namur has a surface area of 3664 km² (21.75% of Wallonia; 11.99% of Belgium), and is divided into three administrative districts which contain 38 municipalities.
Liege has a surface area of 3844 km² (22.82% of Wallonia; 12.58% of Belgium), and is divided into four administrative districts which contain 84 municipalities.
Luxembourg has a surface area of 4443 km² (26.38% of Wallonia; 14.54% of Belgium), and is divided into five administrative districts which contain 44 municipalities.

See also: List of Walloon municipalities
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Regions and provinces of Belgium."
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Roman province
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A Roman province was the largest administrative unit of the Rome's foreign possessions (outside Italian peninsula). Provinces were ruled by politicians of senatorial rank, usually former consuls or former praetors. The ruler of a province was appointed for periods of one year. At the beginning of the year, the provinces were distributed to future governors by lots or direct appointment. Usually the provinces were more trouble was expected, either from barbaric invasions or internal rebellions were given to former consuls. The distribution of the legions across the provinces was also dependent of the amount of danger that they represented. Thus in 14 AD, for instance, Lusitania had no permanent legion but Germania Inferior, where the Rhine frontier was not pacified still, had a garrison of four legions. These problematic provinces were the most desired by future governors. Problems meant war, and war always brought plunder, slaves to sell and plenty of opportunities for enrichment.

Sicilia was the first Roman province, conquered during the Republic in 241 BC, after the Second Punic War.

The number and size of provinces changed according with internal Roman politics. During the Empire, the biggest or more garrissoned provinces (example Pannonia and Moesia) were subdivided into smaller ones in order to prevent that a sole governor had too much power on his hands, thus restraining him to try and takes his chances for the Imperial throne itself.




Roman provinces in 14 AD


External link


 http://www.livius.org/gi-gr/governor/provinces.html
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Utrecht (province)
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)


Utrecht is the smallest province of the Netherlands, and is located in the center of the country. It is bordered by the IJsselmeer in the north, Gelderland in the east, the river Rhine in the south, South Holland in the west, and North Holland in the northeast.

Important cities in the province are its capital Utrecht and Amersfoort.



Utrecht
Province of the Netherlands


CapitalUtrecht


Queen's CommissionerBoele Staal


Area
 - Total 
 - % water		12th
1449 km² 
 4.3% 
               

Population
 - Total (2002) 
 - Density 		5th
1.15 million
821/km² 




History

In the Middle Ages, most of the area of the current province was ruled by the bishop of Utrecht. The bishopric was founded in 722 by Willibrord. Many wars were fought between Utrecht and the neighbouring counties and duchies, Holland, Gelderland and Brabant.

In 1527, the bishop of Utrecht sold his worldly power over his territories to Emperor Charles V, who already owned the other Dutch provinces. However, the Habsburg rule did not last long, as Utrecht joined the revolt of the United Provinces against Charles' son Philip II of Spain in 1579.

Geography

In the east of Utrecht lies the Utrechtse Heuvelrug, a chain of hills left after the last ice age, 10,000 years ago. Because of the scarcity of minerals in the soil, the greatest part is planted with pine trees. The south of the province is a river landscape. The west consists mostly of meadows. In the north are big lakes formed by the digging of peat.


Municipalities


External links







Drenthe | Flevoland | Friesland | Gelderland | Groningen | Limburg | North Brabant | North Holland | Overijssel | South Holland | Utrecht | Zeeland
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Utrecht (province)."
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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Province
The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField
Prov.EnglishProvincePublic Administration, Geography
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).
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Synonyms: Province
Synonyms: dominion (n), responsibility (n), state (n), territorial dominion (n), territory (n). (additional references)
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Synonyms within Context: Province
ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Abode
Hamlet, village, thorp, dorp, ham, kraal; borough, burgh, town, city, capital, metropolis; suburb; province, country; county town, county seat; courthouse; ghetto.
Business
Part, role, cue; province, function, lookout, department, capacity, sphere, orb, field, line; walk, walk of life; beat, round, routine; race, career.
Class
Noun: class, division, category, categorema, head, order, section; department, subdepartment, province, domain.
Government
State government, state; shire; province; county; canton; territory; duchy, archduchy, archdukedom; woiwodshaft; commonwealth; region; property.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.
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Crosswords: Province
Specialty definitions using "province": Access, Accession ♦ Basin and Range province, Bendemeer, Bithynia ♦ Cappadocia, Chushan-rishathaim, comagmatic region, Corineus ♦ Galatia, Gallio, Gojam, Golan ♦ Hara ♦ Innis Fodhla ♦ Jinnistan ♦ Khorassan, Kingly Titles, Koa ♦ metallogenetic province, metallogenic province, metallographic province, minerogenetic province, Minni, Mysia ♦ Nabob' ♦ Orange Lodges ♦ Pamphylia, public hospital ♦ rock association ♦ Tiberias, Sea of ♦ WSSP. (references)
Etymologies containing "province": tobacco. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Province" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.
French (district, province), Italian (provinces).
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Modern Usage: Province
DomainUsage
Screenplays
Wisdom is the province of the aged, but the heart of a child is pure (The Party; writing credit: Blake Edwards)
Movie/TV Titles
Royal Province (1967)
Crafts of My Province (1964)
Painting a Province (1963)
The Fifth Province (1997)
China: Poverty and Promise Guongdong Province (1990)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.
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Commercial Usage: Province
DomainTitle
References
  • Province Healthcare Co: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)
  • Machine Tools in Guangdong Province in China: A Strategic Entry Report, 1996 (reference)
    (more reference examples)
  
Books
  • A Haiku Journey: Basho's Narrow Road to a Far Province (reference)
  • A Lot to Remember: A Supernatural Journey Through Thr French Province of Lot (reference)
  • British Columbia: A History of the Province (reference)
  • Daytrips Quebec: 48 One-Day Adventures in and Around Quebec City, Montreal and Throughout the Province (reference)
  • Guizhou Province, Second Edition (Odyssey Illustrated Guides) (reference)
    (more book examples)
  
Periodicals
  • Journals Of The Legislative Assembly Of The Province Of British Columbia (reference)
  • Vancouver Province (reference)
    (more periodical examples)
  
Theater & Movies
  • Nine Province Eyebrow-Height Staff (reference)
    (more DVD examples; more video examples)
  
Music
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.
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Image Slideshow: Province
Photos:
Province
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Computer Images:
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Photo Album: Province
ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit
Machupo Virus is a member of the Arenavirus family, isolated in the Beni province of Bolivia in 1963; Viral hemorrhagic Fever. Credit: CDC.
On the border between Chile and the Catamarca province of Argentina lies a vast field of currently dormant volcanoes. Over time, these volcanoes have laid down a crust of magma roughly 2 miles (3.2 km) thick. It is tinged with a patina of various colors that can indicate both the age and mineral content of the original lava flows. Credit: NASA.
Plate IX.  27.  Raia radiata, Donovan.  From a specimen collected off Province town, Mass. (About 4/7 natural size.)  28.  Raia hyperborea, Collett.  From Collett, Fishes Norwegian North Atlantic Expedition.  29.  Raia laevis, Mitchill .  Specimen from FISH HAWK in Narragansett Bay, at 8 1/4 fathoms.  30.  Raia gra nulata, Gill.  From type specimen collected on Le Have Bank.  1/14 size. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.
The rolling countryside of Las Villas Province. Credit: Small World.
"SP4 Ruediger Richter (Columbus, Georgia), 4th Bn., 503 Inf., 173 Abn Bde (Separate), lifts his battle weary eyes to the heavens, as if to ask why? SGT. Daniel E. Spencer (Bend, Oregon) stares down at their fallen comrade. The day's battle ended, they silently await the helicopter which will evacuate their comrade from the jungle covered hills in Long Khanh Province." By Pfc. L. Paul Epley, 1966. Credit: National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer.
Native Hut, with typical family group of Cubans of Santiago Province. Credit: National Library of Medicine.
Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle, USAAF, (center) with members of his flight crew and Chinese officials in China after the 18 April 1942 attack on Japan. Those present are (from left to right): Staff Sergeant Fred A. Braemer, Bombardier; Staff Sergeant Paul J. Leonard, Flight Engineer/Gunner; General Ho, director of the Branch Government of Western Chekiang Province; Lieutenant Richard E. Cole, Copilot; Lt.Col. Doolittle, Pilot and mission commander; Henry H. Shen, bank manager; Lieutenant Henry A. Potter, Navigator; Chao Foo Ki, secretary of the Western Chekiang Province Branch Government. Credit: NAVY.
Who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism while serving as a Chaplain with the 3rd Battalion, Fifth Marines in Vietnam. He was killed in action in Quang Tin Province, Republic of Vietnam, on 4 September 1967, while administering medical aid and Last Rites to wounded Marines on the battlefield. Credit: NAVY.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, full-length portrait, seated at table outdoors with his mother at Chateau de Malromé, Province of Gironde. Credit: Library of Congress.
Two men working in tobacco plantation in Pinar del Rio Province Cuba, with two men and a child standing at far right. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.
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Familiar Quotations: Province
AuthorQuotation
Francis Bacon
I have taken all knowledge to by my province.
Frederick The Great
If I wished to punish a province, I would have it governed by philosophers.
John C. Lilly
In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true either is true or becomes true.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Historic Usage: Province
AuthorDateQuotation
Marbury v. Madison
1803
It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is. (reference)
Treaty of Versailles
1919
It shall also be substituted for the Government of the province and the Regierungsbezirk. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Use in Literature: Province
TitleAuthorQuote
Les Miserables
Hugo, Victor
Monsieur Felix Tholomyes, had he remained in his province and never seen Paris, would have been such a man.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Province
SubjectTopicQuote
Health
Human cases have been reported in Alaska, the province of Manitoba, and Minnesota. (references)
Several years later, in 1963, in the remote savannas of the Beni province of Bolivia, Machupo virus was isolated. (references)
Business
Northern Province has the lowest. (references)
These rates vary from province to province. (references)
Currently, there is no market leader in this sector in the province. (references)
Children
Indonesia
In one incident in 2000, a 16-year-old from Java, who had joined the Laskar Jihad militia, was killed while fighting on Saparua Island, Maluku province. (references)
Cameroon
In the Far North Province, it is reported that well under 50 percent of children attended school; the majority of these were boys. (references)
Indonesia
Some of the children involved in fighting reportedly are from outside the province. (references)
Civil Liberties
Afghanistan
On November 19 in Mnangarhar Province, armed men forced four journalists, Harry Burton, Maria Grazia Cutuli, Julio Fuentes, and Azizullah Haidari, out of their convoy of vehicles and executed them. (references)
Afghanistan
After reaching agreements with local officials, the U.N. returned to Kandahar in May 1999.  On June 15, 1999, members of the Taliban detained and beat staff members of an international NGO in Bamiyan Province. (references)
Afghanistan
The U.N. withdrew its personnel from southern Afghanistan in late March 1998 to protest the assault on a U.N. worker by the Taliban governor of Kandahar Province and the interference with its work by the Taliban. (references)
Economic History
Bolivia
Relations with Chile, strained since Bolivia's defeat in the War of the Pacific (1879-83) and its loss of the coastal province of Atacama, were severed from 1962 to 1975 in a dispute over the use of the waters of the Lauca River. (references)
Mongolia
Outer Mongolia was a Chinese province (1691-1911), an autonomous state under Russian protection (1912-19), and again a Chinese province (1919-21). As Manchu authority in China waned, and as Russia and Japan confronted each other, Russia gave arms and diplomatic support to nationalists among the Mongol religious leaders and nobles. (references)
Algeria
Algeria is divided into 48 wilaya (state or province) headed by walis (governors) who report to the Minister of Interior. (references)
Human Rights
Philippines
In May the ASG kidnaped 20 more persons from a resort in Palawan province; additional persons were seized in Basilan province from June through October. (references)
Afghanistan
In 1999 staff members of an international NGO were detained and beaten by members of the Taliban in Bamiyan Province. (references)
South Africa
The SAIRR reported that gang violence was worsening in the Cape Flats areas around Cape Town and elsewhere in the Western Cape; however, there were fewer incidents in the province than in the period prior to late 2000.  A vigilante group called Mapogo A Mathamaga has grown in membership and has opened offices in at least nine cities, including Pretoria. (references)
Indigenous People
Philippines
In March President Macapagal-Arroyo distributed land titles to 600 families of the Manobi tribe in Bukidnon province. (references)
Indonesia
Then-President Wahid met several times with Papuan leaders and visited Papua on December 31, 1999 and January 1, 2000, when he announced that the name of the province would be changed to Papua. (references)
Canada
Quebec's Indian people remain overwhelmingly opposed to separation from Canada and deeply distrust the separatist government of the province. (references)
Minorities
Kenya
However, during the year, there was greater inclusion of Muslims in security forces and provincial administrations; for example, a Muslim was appointed Provincial Commissioner in the Northeast Province. (references)
Indonesia
Indigenous residents of Papua and various human rights groups charge that Papuans are underrepresented in the civil service in that province. (references)
Indonesia
Local sentiment against the efforts of Muslim missionaries to win converts in the predominantly Christian province, as well as resentment of the arrival in the province of mainly Muslim migrants from other parts of the country, has in the past led to attacks on mosques in Papua. (references)
Political Economy
Congo
Uganda also withdrew some of its troops but continued to maintain a substantial military presence, mostly in Orientale Province. (references)
CANADA
The personal and corporate income tax burden, combining federal and provincial taxes and surcharges, is significantly higher than in the United States, although it varies by province. (references)
South Africa
The IFP made a strong appeal to Zulu ethnic pride prior to the 1994 election, which proved especially effective in rural areas of the province. (references)
Political Rights
Gabon
Major opposition parties include the National Lumberjack Assembly-Gabonese People's Assembly (RNB-RPG) and the Gabonese Progressive Party (PGP). The RNB-RPG's political base is in the northern province of Woleu-Ntem, which is inhabited chiefly by members of the Fang ethnic group, and in Libreville neighborhoods with many Fang residents, although the party attracts some support from other regions and ethnic groups. (references)
Turkey
In September an unknown assailant threw a hand grenade into a HADEP office in Cizre (Sirnak province) and caused some damage, but no injuries; a police investigation was inconclusive. (references)
Argentina
In 1999 President de la Rua requested and received congressional permission to suspend all three branches of the Corrientes provincial government and take direct federal control of the province. (references)
Trade
Laos
PLANS ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY FOR A FREE TRADE ZONE IN SAVANNAKHET PROVINCE ON THE VIETNAMESE BORDER IN SOUTHEASTERN LAOS. (references)
Argentina
By subscribing to Law 24,331 (Free Trade Zones Law) adhesion arrangement, on October 31,1994, the province of Chubut designated Comodoro Rivadavia as the adequate port for the creation of the provincial free trade zone. (references)
Argentina
In April of 1997, the city of Justo Daract, in the Province of San Luis, started to operate a free trade zone. (references)
Travel
Saudi Arabia
Until recently, foreign residents traveling within Saudi Arabia, even between towns in the same province, had to carry travel letters issued by employers and authenticated by an immigration official or a Chamber of Commerce office. (references)
Zambia
Domestic flights are available between Lusaka, Ndola or Kitwe (Copperbelt Province), Mfuwe and Chipata (Eastern Province), Livingstone (Southern Province), and Kasama (Northern Province). (references)
Kenya
Highway banditry is common in much of Northeastern Province, significant portions of Eastern Province, the northern part of Coast Province, and the northern part of the Rift Valley Province, which are remote and sparsely populated areas. (references)
Women
South Africa
In a MRC study of 1,800 working men in the Western Cape Province over a 10-year period, 22 percent reported forcing their wives or girlfriends to have sex. (references)
South Africa
A study conducted in three provinces by the Medical Research Council (MRC), a statutory body, found that 27 percent of women in the Eastern Cape, 28 percent of women in Mpumalanga, and 19 percent of women in the Northern Province had been abused physically in their lifetimes by a current or ex-partner. (references)
Turkey
A study in Batman province showed that for young girls with physical and psychological problems, an early marriage can be catalyst to suicide. (references)
Worker Rights
Philippines
The ILO-IPEC project to address this issue facilitated the signing of an agreement on procedures for eradicating child labor in deep-sea fishing in Negros Oriental province in October. (references)
Philippines
In June eight minors, some as young as 14 years old, were found working as fertilizer baggers at a port area in La Union province. (references)
Guatemala
One arrest warrant was issued against the Mayor of Tumbador, San Marcos Province, Fredy Radinel Vasquez Orozco. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.
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Speeches: Province
SpeakerTermPhrase(s)
John Adams
1797-1801If they have exhibited an uncommon portion of calamity, it is the province of humanity to deplore and of wisdom to avoid the causes which may have produced it.
Lyndon B. Johnson
1963-1969Their task is to build and protect a new life in each rural province.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Usage Frequency: Province
"Province" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 89.74% of the time. "Province" is used about 2,190 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words		Rank in English
Noun (singular)89.74%1,9654,374 
Noun (proper)10.26%22520,080 
                    Total100.00%2,190N/A
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
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Name Usage Frequency: Province
The following table summarizes the usage of "province" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons		Rank in USA
ProvinceLast name1,0008,540
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
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Usage in Company Names: Province
CountryName
USA
Province Healthcare Co
 (more examples...)
Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
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Expressions: Province
Expressions using "province": canadian province ♦ cape province ♦ it's not within my province ♦ owned by the province ♦ person from the same province as another. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
Beginning with "province": province-wide.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Province
The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day		ExpressionFrequency
per Day
vancouver province
723
british columbia hotel province
39
the province
721
canadian province abbreviation
37
newspaper province
301
albacete province
36
canadian province
229
province health care
33
canada province
226
province of saskatchewan
33
province of ontario
166
province town
32
newspaper province vancouver
142
china map province
30
province of quebec
90
maritime province
29
province of new brunswick
89
province spanish
27
province of manitoba
87
paper province
26
province of alberta
70
hotel in province of nova scotia
23
province of nova scotia
62
hotel nova province scotia
22
province of british columbia
50
province spain
21
hotel ontario province
47
alberta hotel province
19
canadian province map
46
province abbreviation
19
china province
45
canada in province
18
province of bc
45
news paper province
18
canada map province
43
province sughd tajikistan
17
map province quebec
40
abbreviation canada province
17
quebec province and hotel
39
atlantic province
16
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.
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Modern Translation: Province
Language Translations for "province"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans
  
provinsie. (various references)
   
Albanian
  
provincë (vilayet), peshkopatë (archbishopric, episcopacy, episcopate), specialitet (speciality, specialty), krahinë (country, district, neck, place, region, shedding), kompetencë (ability, adequacy, authority, business, capacity, competence, competency, power, purview, reference). (various references)
   
Arabic 
  
‏ميدان (arena, domain, field, line, place, sphere, square), ‏مقاطعة (boycott, county, department, district, division, domain, enclave, estate, principality, shire, territory, township), ‏مجال (area, domain, field, purview, range, reach, room, scope, space, stretch), ‏ولاية (district, principality, seigniory, shire, state), ‏سنجق مقاطعة (county, district), ‏عالم (expert, hemisphere, kingdom, learned, lettered, scholar, universe, walk, world), ‏إقليم (canton, county, region, section, territory), ‏أبرشية (archdiocese, charge, congregation, eparchy, parish, see). (various references)
   
Bulgarian 
  
сфера (area, demesne, globe, orb, purview, range, reach, realm, region, scope, sphere), компетенция (capacity, cognizance, competence, competency, purview, reference, scope), компетентност (ability, cognizance, competence, competency, jurisdiction, purview), клон (affiliate, branch, filiation, office, ramus, sector), отдел (branch, bureau, department, division, section, shop, side), окръг (butting, district, division, region, sheading), област (area, clime, demesne, department, district, domain, field, ground, land, limit, market, neck, purview, range, realm, region, territory), епархия (bishopric, eparchy, episcopate, see), провинция (country, provinces). (various references)
   
Chinese 
  
省  (comprehend, frugal, introspect, save, to leave out, to omit, to save, visit). (various references)
   
Czech
  
provincie, venkov (country, countryside), obor (department, discipline, field, line, specialization, sphere, subject). (various references)
   
Dutch
  
gouvernement (administration, government). (various references)
   
Esperanto
  
provinco, gubernio. (various references)
   
Faeroese
  
landslutur, hjáland. (various references)
   
Farsi 
  
ولایت , ایالت  (State), استان  (State). (various references)
   
Finnish
  
maakunta, lääni (administrative district, department). (various references)
   
French
  
province (Prov.). (various references)
   
Frisian
  
provinsje. (various references)
   
German
  
Provinz (country), Gouvernement (administration, government). (various references)
   
Greek 
  
επαρχία (county, shire). (various references)
   
Hebrew 
  
מחוז (county, district, region, shire, township), מ"י " (country, land, polity, region, state), פרובי צי", 'ליל" (circuit, rolling, scroll, scrolling). (various references)
   
Hungarian
  
tartomány (domain, range, territory), szakma (avocation, barrel, branch of business, craft, line, line of business, métier, profession, trade), működési kör (bailiwick, purview, sphere of action). (various references)
   
Indonesian
  
propinsi. (various references)
   
Italian
  
provincia (county, district). (various references)
   
Japanese Kanji 
  
州  (sandbank, state). (various references)
   
Japanese Katakana 
  
しゅう (Chou, circuit, circumference, collection, dried meat, dry up, great number, lap, masses, sect, state, the people, vicinity, week). (various references)
   
Korean 
  
지방 (Fatty, Provincial). (various references)
   
Manx
  
pooar (faculty, influence, power, puissance, warrant), mooar-rheynn (continent), cummaght (influence, potency, power). (various references)
   
Papiamen
  
provinsia. (various references)
   
Pig Latin
  
ovincepray.(various references)
   
Polish
  
prowincja. (various references)
   
Portuguese
  
província (country, part, region). (various references)
   
Romanian
  
provincie, periferie (outskirts, periphery, purlieu, suburb), zonã (area, belt, country, digging, district, neighborhood, neighbourhood, parish, patch, sector, space, surface, zone), sferã (bowl, branch, circle, direction, domain, extension, field, globe, kingdom, line, orb, parish, pill, purview, range, sphere), regiune (belt, country, demesne, field, limit, neighborhood, neighbourhood, pale, parish, part, place, region, zone), competenţã (ability, authority, capacity, cognizance, competence, efficiency, expertness, fitness, jurisdiction, purview, reference, scope), ţarã (country, land, nation, realm, region, soil). (various references)
   
Russian 
  
губерния, область (area, areas, country, department, domain, field, range, realm, region, subdistrict, territory), архиепископская епархия, провинция;область, провинция (diocese, provinces). (various references)
   
Serbo-Croatian
  
provincija (boondocks, country, grassroots, provinces, stick), pokrajna (territory). (various references)
   
Spanish
  
provincia (county, district). (various references)
   
Swedish
  
provins (phylum), landskap (landscape, scenary, scenery), län (county, fief, shire). (various references)
   
Turkish
  
yetki sahası, vilâyet (county), uzmanlık dalı, uzmanlık alanı (profession), il (county, provincial), iş sahası (walk), branş (branch, major, subject). (various references)
   
Turkmen 
  
oblast. (various references)
   
Ukrainian
  
галузь (area, branch, circle, direction, domain, realm, territory, way, world), область (area, side), провінція (country, diocese). (various references)
   
Welsh
  
talaith (diadem, state). (various references)
   
Zulu
  
eKapa (Cape Province). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.
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Ancestral Language Translations: Province
LanguagePeriodTranslations
Sumerian3100 BCE-2500 BCE
nam. (various references)
Greek700 BCE-300 CE
diokesis. (various references)
Latin500 BCE-Modern
provincia, provinciae, provinciam, provinciarum, provincias, provinciis. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Bible Trace: Province
LanguageDateSourceActs Chapter 25, Verse 1
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintFhstoV oun epibaV th eparcia meta treiV hmeraV anebh eiV ierosoluma apo kaisareiaV

Latin405VulgateFestus ergo cum venisset in provinciam post triduum ascendit Hierosolymam a Caesarea

Middle English1395WyclifTherfor whanne Festus cam in to the prouynce, aftir the thridde dai he wente vp to Jerusalem fro Cesarie.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleWhen Festus was come into the province after thre dayes he ascended fro Cesarea vnto Ierusalem.
Jacobean English1611King JamesNow when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem.
Victorian English1833WebsterNow when Festus had come into the province, after three days he ascended from Cesarea to Jerusalem.

Basic English1964OgdenSo Festus, having come into that part of the country which was under his rule, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.
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Matched Bible Translations: Province
LanguageActs Chapter 25, Verse 1
AlbanianKur Festi arriti në krahinë, mbas tri ditësh u ngjit nga Cezarea në Jeruzalem.
Cebuano¶ Ug sa pag-abut na ni Festo sa iyang lalawigan, tulo ka adlaw tapus niini siya mitungas ngadto sa Jerusalem gikan sa Cesarea.
CroatianFest dakle tri dana nakon dolaska u provinciju uziðe iz Cezareje u Jeruzalem.
DanishDa Festus nu havde tiltrådt sit Landshøvdingembede, drog han efter tre Dages Forløb fra Kæsarea op til Jerusalem.
DutchFestus dan, in de provincie gekomen zijnde, ging na drie dagen van Cesarea op naar Jeruzalem.
FinnishKun nyt Festus oli astunut maaherranvirkaan, meni hän kolmen päivän kuluttua Kesareasta ylös Jerusalemiin.
FrenchFestus, étant arrivé dans la province, monta trois jours après de Césarée   Jérusalem.
GermanDa nun Festus ins Land gekommen war, zog er über drei Tage hinauf von Cäsarea gen Jerusalem.
Haitian Creole¶ Lè Festis rive nan pwovens lan, sou twa jou li kite Sezare, li ale lavil Jerizalèm.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariTiga hari sesudah Festus sampai di daerah itu, ia pergi dari Kaisarea ke Yerusalem.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaSetelah tiba Pestus di jajahan pemerintahannya, maka lepas tiga hari berangkatlah ia dari Kaisaria naik ke Yeruzalem.
ItalianFesto dunque, raggiunta la provincia, tre giorni dopo salì da Cesarèa a Gerusalemme.
LatvianNonâcis ðinî apgabalâ, Fçsts pçc trim dienâm devâs no Cçzarejas uz Jeruzalemi.
Maori¶ No te taenga mai o Petuha ki te kawanatanga, ka toru nga ra, ka haere atu ia i Hiharia ki Hiruharama.
NorwegianDa nu Festus hadde tiltrådt landshøvding-embedet, drog han tre dager derefter op til Jerusalem fra Cesarea.
PortugueseTendo, pois, entrado Festo na província, depois de três dias subiu de Cesaréia a Jerusalém.   
RumanianFestus, cknd a venit kn yinutul squ, dupq trei zile s`a suit dela Cezarea kn Ierusalim.
Shuar¶ Jístusha akupkatin takatan nankaamataj tusa Sesaria péprunam Támiayi. Tura Menaintiú tsawant nankaamasmatai Nuyá we Jerusarénnum jeamiayi.
SwahiliSiku tatu baada ya kufika mkoani, Festo alitoka Kaisarea, akaenda Yerusalemu.
SwedishPaulus anklagas inför Festus, vädjar till kejsaren, ställes inför konung Agrippa.
Uma¶ Lako' tolu eo-i Festus moparenta hi propinsi toe, me'ongko' -imi ngkai ngata Kaisarea hilou hi Yerusalem.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.
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Derivations & Misspellings: Province
Derivations
Words beginning with "province": provinces. (additional references)

Misspellings
"Province" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: pominki, pravice, profice, Prolink, provice, provience, provincal, Provincien, Travanca. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).
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Rhyming with "Province"
# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "province" (pronounced prÄ"vuns)
4-v u n sconnivance, contrivance, grievance, irrelevance, observance, relevance.
3-u n sabsence, abstinence, abundance, acceptance, accordance, abeyance, abhorrence, acquaintance, acquiescence, adherence, admirations, admittance, adolescence, affluence, allegiance, alliance, allowance, ambiance, ambience, ambivalence, ambulance, annoyance, appearance, appliance, arrogance, ascendance, assistance, assurance, attendance, audience, avoidance, balance, belligerence, beneficence, benevolence, bioscience, brilliance, cadence, capacitance, chrominance, circumference, clairvoyance, Clarence, clearance, coexistence, cognizance, coherence, coincidence, coinsurance, comeuppance, competence, compliance, concurrence, condolence, conference, confidence, confluence, conformance, congruence, conscience, consequence, consistence, continuance, convalescence, convenience, convergence, conveyance, correspondence, countenance, counterbalance, counterintelligence, credence, dalliance, decadence, Defeasance, deference, defiance, deliverance, dependence, deterrence, deviance, difference, diligence, disallowance, disappearance, discontinuance, disobedience, dissidence, dissonance, distance, disturbance, divergence, dominance, ebullience, elegance, eloquence, emergence, eminence, endurance, entrance, equivalence, essence, evanescence, evidence, excellence, existence, expedience, experience, extravagance, exuberance, flamboyance, Florence, forbearance, fragrance, furtherance, governance, guidance, hindrance, ignorance, imbalance, immanence, imminence, impatience, impedance, importance, impotence, imprudence, inadvertence, incidence, incoherence, incompetence, incontinence, inconvenience, independence, indifference, inductance, indulgence, inexperience, inference, influence, inheritance, innocence, insignificance, insistence, insolence, instance, insurance, intelligence, interdependence, interference, intolerance, intransigence, invariance, irreverence, issuance, jurisprudence, licence, license, luminance, luminescence, maintenance, malfeasance, negligence, neuroscience, noncompliance, noninterference, nonviolence, nuisance, obedience, obsolescence, occurrence, omnipotence, omnipresence, opulence, ordinance, Ordnance, overabundance, overconfidence, overdependence, overreliance, parlance, patience, penance, performance, permanence, persecutions, perseverance, persistence, pestilence, petulance, phosphorescence, pittance, precedence, predominance, preeminence, preference, preponderance, prescience, presence, prevalence, prominence, protuberance, provenance, Providence, prudence, pseudoscience, quintessence, radiance, reappearance, reassurance, recalcitrance, recognizance, reconnaissance, recurrence, reemergence, reference, reinspections, reinsurance, reliance, reluctance, remembrance, reminiscence, remittance, repentance, resemblance, residence, resilience, resistance, resonance, resurgence, reticence, reverence, riddance, science, semblance, senescence, sentence, sequence, severance, significance, silence, submergence, subservience, subsidence, subsistence, substance, surveillance, sustenance, teleconference, temperance, tolerance, transcendence, transference, transience, turbulence, unbalance, utterance, Valence, variance, vehemence, vengeance, videoconference, vigilance, violence, virulence.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.
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Anagrams: Province
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
Words within the letters "c-e-i-n-o-p-r-v"
-1 letter: corvine, porcine.
-2 letters: coiner, copier, crepon, novice, orcein, orpine, pincer, prince, proven, recoin, renvoi, voicer.
-3 letters: copen, coper, coven, cover, covin, cripe, crone, envoi, irone, nicer, opine, orcin, orpin, ovine, ponce, price, prion, prone, prove, recon, repin, ripen, riven, roven, viper, vireo, voice.
-4 letters: cero, cine, cion, cire, coin, coir, cone, coni, cope, core.
 Words containing the letters "c-e-i-n-o-p-r-v"
 
+1 letter: provinces.
 
+2 letters: providence, voiceprint.
 
+3 letters: overpricing, preconceive, provenience, providences, voiceprints.
 
+4 letters: improvidence, overcropping, precognitive, preconceived, preconceives, privatdocent, proveniences, unproductive.
 
+5 letters: comprehensive, contraceptive, convertiplane, corresponsive, improvidences, incorporative, interoceptive, introspective, nonproductive, overpackaging, overproducing, preconceiving, preconvention, preconviction, prevarication, prevocational, privatdocents, proventriculi, provincialize, uncooperative.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX
 1. Definition 
 2. Synonyms 
 3. Crosswords 
 4. Usage: Modern 		 5. Usage: Commercial 
 6. Images: Slideshow 
 7. Images: Photo Album 
 8. Quotations: Familiar 		 9. Quotations: Historic 
 10. Quotations: Fiction 
 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 
 12. Quotations: Speeches 		 13. Usage Frequency 
 14. Names: Frequency 
 15. Names: Company Usage 
 16. Expressions 		 17. Expressions: Internet 
 18. Translations: Modern 
 19. Translations: Ancient 
 20. Bible Trace 		 21. Abbreviations 
 22. Acronyms 
 23. Derivations 
 24. Rhymes 		 25. Anagrams 
 26. Bibliography 


  
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