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Sindh

(Encyclopedia)Sindh, province, Pakistan: see Sind. ...

Che-chiang

(Encyclopedia)Che-chiang: see Zhejiang, province, China. ...

Pars

(Encyclopedia)Pars, ancient province, Iran: see Fars. ...

Irian Jaya

(Encyclopedia)Irian Jaya, province, Indonesia: see Papua. ...

Shaba

(Encyclopedia)Shaba: see Katanga, former province, Congo (Kinshasa). ...

Northern Cape

(Encyclopedia)Northern Cape, province (2011 pop. 1,145,861), 144,015 sq mi (372,889 sq km), NW South Africa. In 1994, under South Africa's post-apartheid constitution, Northern Cape was created from the northern po...

Agra

(Encyclopedia)Agra äˈgrə, ăgˈrə [key], former province, N central India. The presidency, or province, of Agra was created in 1833 when the British partitioned the Bengal presidenc...

Guizhou

(Encyclopedia)Guizhou or Kweichow both: gwāˈjōˈ [key], province, c.66,000 sq mi (170,940 sq km), SW China. Guiyang is the capit...

Hebei

(Encyclopedia)Hebei or Hopei both: ho͝o-bā [key], province, 78,900 sq mi (204,404 sq km), NE China, on the Bohai, an ...

Orange Free State

(Encyclopedia)Orange Free State, former province, South Africa: see Free State. ...