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x Metropolitan Borough of Bolton EnglandBolton United Kingdom GB-BOL UKB1
The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. Historically a part of Lancashire, it is named after its largest town Bolton, but covers a far larger area including six smaller towns and a number of...
x Province of Rome Location of the province of Rome Italy IT-RM  
The Province of Rome (Italian: Provincia di Roma), is a province and the metropolitan area of Rome in the Lazio region of Italy, with an area of 5,352 km², and a total population of over 4.1 million residents (April 2009) in 121 comuni (singular:...
x Has District Map showing Has within Albania Albania AL-HA  
The District of Has (Albanian: Rrethi i Hasit) is one of the thirty-six districts of Albania and one of the smallest. It has a population of 22,500 (2004 estimate), and an area of 374 km (144 sq mi). It is in the north-east of the country, part of...
x Kié-Ntem Province Map of Equatorial Guinea showing Kie-Ntem province. Equatorial Guinea GQ-KN EK07
Kié-Ntem Province is a province of Equatorial Guinea. Its capital is Ebebiyín. Kié-Ntem Province has the following borders:
x Greater Accra Region Location of Greater Accra Region in Ghana Ghana GH-AA GH01
The Greater Accra Region is one of Ghana's ten administrative regions. The number of administrative districts has been increased from 6 to 10. There are 2 metropolitan, 6 municipal and 2 ordinary districts. The list of 10 districts is as follows:
x Finnmark /wikipedia/images/commons_id/38231 Norway NO-20 NO05
Finnmark (help·info) or Finnmárku (Sami language) is a county in the extreme northeast of Norway. By land it borders Troms county to the west, Finland (Lapland) to the south and Russia (Murmansk Oblast) to the east, and by water, the Norwegian Sea ...
x Edinburgh Edinburgh United Kingdom GB-EDH UKU8
Edinburgh (pronounced /ˈɛdɪnb(ə)rə/ ( listen), ED-in-brə or ED-in-bə-rə; (Scots: Embra/E'nburrie) (Gaelic:Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland. It is the second largest city in Scotland and the seventh-most populous in the United Kingdom....
x Homiel Voblast Location of Homiel Voblast Belarus BY-HO BO02
Homiel Voblast or Gomel Oblast (Belarusian: Го́мельская во́бласць; translit.: Homel'skaya Voblasts; Russian: Го́мельская о́бласть; translit.: Gomel'skaya Oblast) is a province (voblast) of Belarus with its administrative center being Homyel....
x Slovenska Bistrica Location of Slovenska Bistrica in Slovenia Slovenia SI-113  
Slovenska Bistrica (German: Windisch-Feistritz) is a town and a municipality south of Maribor, Slovenia. It was established in the 13th century on a trade road between Maribor and Celje. The early settlement had only one church and a small number of...
x Kecskemét /guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000004a5ce23   HU-KM  
Kecskemét (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈkɛtʃkɛmeːt]) is a city in the central part of Hungary. It is the 8th largest city of the country, and the county seat of Bács-Kiskun. Kecskemét lies exactly halfway between the capital Budapest and the country's...
x Bandarban District Map of Bandarban District Bangladesh BD-01  
Bandarban (Bengali: বান্দরবান) is a district in South-Eastern Bangladesh, and a part of the Chittagong Division and Chittagong Hill Tracts. Bandarban (meaning the dam of monkeys) is also known as Arvumi or the Bohmong Circle (of the rest of the...
x Cibitoke Province Cibitoke Province Burundi BI-CI BY12
Cibitoke is one of the 17 provinces of Burundi.
x Shanxi Shanxi is highlighted on this map China CN-14 CH24
Shanxi (help·info) (Chinese: 山西; pinyin: Shānxī; Wade-Giles: Shan-hsi; Postal map spelling: Shansi) is a province in the northern part of the People's Republic of China. Its one-character abbreviation is Jin (晋 pinyin jìn), after the state of Jin...
x Sarandë District Map showing Sarandë within Albania Albania AL-SR  
The District of Sarandë (Albanian: Rrethi i Sarandës) is one of the thirty-six districts of Albania, found in southern Albania, in the County of Vlorë. The area of the district is 730 square kilometers. According to the 2004 census, the population...
x Badajoz Provmap-badajoz Spain ES-BA  
Badajoz is a province of western Spain located in the autonomous community of Extremadura. It was formed in 1833. It is bordered by the provinces of Cáceres, Toledo, Ciudad Real, Córdoba, Sevilla, and Huelva, and by Portugal. With its area of 21 766...
x Nagykanizsa Socha v parku v meste   HU-NK  
Nagykanizsa (Croatian: Kan(j)iža, Velika Kan(j)iža; German: Großkirchen, Groß-Kanizsa, Slovene: Velika Kaniža , Turkish: Kanije) is a medium-sized city in Zala County in southwestern Hungary. It is also known in Hungarian as Kanizsa. It lies not far...
x Kelantan Sultan Ismail Petra Arch, Kota Bharu. Malaysia MY-03 MY03
Kelantan is a state of Malaysia. The capital and royal seat is Kota Bharu. The Arabic honorific of the state is Darul Naim, ("The Blissful Abode"). Kelantan is positioned in the north-east of Peninsular Malaysia. It is bordered by Narathiwat...
x Haskovo Province Map of Bulgaria indicating Haskovo Province Bulgaria BG-26 BU43
Haskovo Province (Bulgarian: Област Хасково) is a province in southern Bulgaria, neighbouring Greece and Turkey to the southeast. It has a territory of 5,543 km² and population of 279,067. It comprises parts of the Thracian valley along the river...
x Raionul Ocniţa   Moldova MD-OC MD81
Ocniţa is a district (Moldovan: raion) in the north of Moldova, with the administrative center at Ocniţa. The other major cities are Otaci and Frunză. As of 1 January 2005, its population was 56,600.
x Rhodope Prefecture Location of Rhodope Prefecture in Greece Greece GR-73 GR02
Rhodope (Greek: Ροδόπη, Rodópi, IPA: [ro̞ˈðo̞pi]) is one of the prefectures of Greece. It lies in central Thrace within the East Macedonia and Thrace periphery. The prefecture is named after the Rhodope Mountains, which cover the north and most of...
x Starše Grb občine Starše Slovenia SI-115  
Starše is a town and a municipality in Slovenia.
x London Borough of Harrow Harrow United Kingdom GB-HRW UKF4
The London Borough of Harrow ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a London borough of outer north-west London. It borders Hertfordshire to the north and other London boroughs: Hillingdon to the west, Ealing to the south, Brent to the south-east and...
x French Southern Territories Location of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands France FR-TF FS00
The French Southern and Antarctic Lands (French: Terres australes et antarctiques françaises, abbreviated TAAF), full name Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (French: Territoire des Terres australes et antarctiques françaises),...
x County Clare centerMap highlighting County Clare Republic of Ireland IE-CE EI03
County Clare (Irish: Contae an Chláir) commonly referred to as simply Clare, is a county of Ireland and part of the wider province of Munster. Clare is one of the 26 counties within the Republic of Ireland and it provides a basis for local...
x Long An Province Location of Long An Province Vietnam VN-41 VM24
Long An Province pronunciation (help·info) (written identically in Vietnamese and English; Hán tự: 隆安) is a province in the Mekong Delta region of southern Vietnam. The province comprises one town (Tân An, the provincial capital) and 14 districts:
x Bled Coat of arms of the municipality of Bled Slovenia SI-003  
Bled is a municipality in northwestern Slovenia in the region of Upper Carniola. The area within the Julian Alps is a popular tourist destination. A settlement area since Mesolithic times, Bled Castle was first mentioned as Ueldes (Veldes) within...
x British Columbia Location of United Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia Canada CA-BC CA02
British Columbia ( ˌbrɪtɨʃ kəˈlʌmbiə (help·info)) (BC) (French: la Colombie-Britannique, C.-B.) is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is famed for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu ("Splendour without...
x Lampang Province Map of Thailand highlighting Lampang Province} Thailand TH-52 TH06
Lampang (Thai ลำปาง) is one of the northern provinces (changwat) of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from north clockwise) Chiang Rai, Phayao, Phrae, Sukhothai, Tak, Lamphun and Chiang Mai. The old name of Lampang is Khelang Nakhon. Lampang is...
x Cerkno Location of the Municipality of Cerkno in Slovenia Slovenia SI-014  
Cerkno (Italian: Circhina,German: Kirchheim) is a small town and a municipality in the Littoral region of Slovenia. It has around 2,000 inhabitants and is the administrative centre of the Cerkno hills. The municipality has around 5,000 people. It is...
x Cesar Department Map of Cesar (municipalities) Colombia CO-CES CO10
Department of Cesar (Spanish: Departamento del Cesar - Chimila:Zazare) or simply Cesar is a department of Colombia located in the north of the country in the Caribbean region, bordering to the north with the Department of La Guajira, to the west...
x Province of Reggio Calabria Province of Reggio Calabria Italy IT-RC  
The Province of Reggio Calabria (Italian: Provincia di Reggio Calabria) is a province in the Calabria region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Reggio Calabria. It has an area of 3,183 km², and a total population of 565,866 (2005). There are 97...
x Kungota Grb občine Kungota Slovenia SI-055  
Kungota is a municipality in the western part of the Slovenske gorice hills in northeastern Slovenia. Its administrative centre is in the village of Zgornja Kungota.
x Astana Skyline of Astana Kazakhstan KZ-AST KZ05
Astana (Kazakh: Астана,Astana, استانا; former names include Akmola, Akmolinsk and Tselinograd), is the capital and second largest city (after Almaty) of Kazakhstan, with an officially estimated population of 750,700 as of November 2008. It is...
x Siem Reap Province Map of Cambodia highlighting Siem Reap Province Cambodia KH-17 CB16
Siem Reap (Khmer: សៀមរាប), is a province located in northwestern Cambodia, on the shores of the Tonle Sap lake. The provincial capital is Siem Reap town. The name literally means "Siam Defeated", a reminder of the centuries old conflict between the...
x Rogatec Grb občine Rogatec Slovenia SI-107  
Rogatec is a small town and a municipality in eastern Slovenia, on the border with Croatia. The area traditionally belonged to the region of Styria. It is now included in the Savinjska statistical region. The parish church in the town is dedicated...
x Tochigi Prefecture Map of Japan with Tochigi highlighted Japan JP-09 JA38
Tochigi Prefecture (栃木県, Tochigi-ken) is a prefecture located in the Kantō region on the island of Honshū, Japan. The capital is the city of Utsunomiya. Utsunomiya is famous for its many gyoza specialist shops. Also located in Utsunomiya, Tochigi...
x Drama Prefecture Location of Drama Prefecture in Greece Greece GR-52 GR04
Drama Prefecture (Greek: Νομός Δράμας, Nomós Drámas, IPA: [noˈmos ˈðɾamas]) is a prefecture in northeastern Macedonia, Greece. The prefecture is the northernmost within the region of Macedonia and the westernmost in the periphery of East Macedonia...
x Diekirch Diekirch Luxembourg LU-D LU01
The District of Diekirch is one of three districts of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. It contains 5 cantons divided into 43 communes: It borders Belgian's Walloon Region by the latter's provinces of Luxembourg in the west and Liège in the north, the...
x Puy-de-Dôme Location of Puy-de-Dôme in France France FR-63  
Puy-de-Dôme (lo Puèi de Doma / lo Puèi Domat in the Auvergnat dialect of the Occitan language) is a department in the center of France named after the famous dormant volcano, the Puy-de-Dôme. Puy-de-Dôme is one of the original 83 departments created...
x Tierra del Fuego Province Tierra del Fuego Argentina AR-V AR23
Tierra del Fuego (officially Provincia de Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur) is an Argentine province entirely separated from mainland Argentina by the Strait of Magellan. It includes: The youngest of the Argentine provinces was...
x Odessa Oblast Aleksej Kivšenko (1851–97): Dobytí Izmajilu, 1877 (v 9. rusko-turecké válce) Ukraine UA-51 UP17
Odessa Oblast, also written as Odesa Oblast (Ukrainian: Одеська область, translit. Odes’ka oblast’; also referred to as Odeshchyna—Ukrainian: Одещина), (Greek: Οδησσός) is an oblast (province) of south-western Ukraine. The administrative center of...
x Adıyaman Province Adıyaman districts Turkey TR-02 TU02
Adıyaman is a province in south-central Turkey. The province was created in 1954 out of part of Malatya Province. Area 7,614 km². Population 677,518 (2006 est, 623,811 (2000 census)) up from 513,131 in 1990. The capital is Adıyaman. The area has...
x Oruro Department Map of Bolivia showing Oruro department Bolivia BO-O BL05
Oruro is a department in Bolivia, with an area of 53,588 km². Its capital is the city of Oruro. At the time of census 2001 it had a population of 391,870. The department is divided into 16 provinces which are further subdivided into municipalities...
x Plaines Wilhems Location of Plaines Wilhems District in Mauritius Mauritius MU-PW MP17
Plaines Wilhems is one of the most important districts in Mauritius. It has most of the major towns of the country, like Beau-Bassin, Vacoas, Phoenix, Rose Hill etc. It is divided into Upper Plaine Wilhems (capital Curepipe) and Lower Plaine Wilhems...
x Lofa County Liberia Lofa Liberia LR-LO LI20
Lofa is a county in the northernmost portion of the West African nation of Liberia. One of 15 counties that comprise the first-level of administrative division in the nation, it has six districts. Voinjama serves as the capital with the area of the...
x Ceredigion WalesCeredigion United Kingdom GB-CGN UKX6
Ceredigion (Welsh pronunciation: [kɛrɛˈdɪɡjɔn]) is a county and former kingdom in mid-west Wales. In extent it is more or less identical to the historic county of Cardiganshire (Welsh: Sir Aberteifi), created in 1282, and was reconstituted as a...
x Pyrénées-Atlantiques Location of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in France France FR-64  
Pyrénées-Atlantiques (Gascon: Pirenèus-Atlantics; Basque: Pirinio-Atlantiarrak or Pirinio-Atlantikoak) is a department in the southwest of France which takes its name from the Pyrenees mountains and the Atlantic Ocean. Basses-Pyrénées was one of the...
x Central Sulawesi Map of Central Sulawesi province within Indonesia Indonesia ID-ST ID21
Central Sulawesi (Sulawesi Tengah) is a province of Indonesia located in the heart of Sulawesi. It was established on April 13, 1964. Central Sulawesi has an area of 68,033 km (26,268 sq mi) and is surrounded by Gorontalo in the north, South...
x Suceava County Map of Romania with Suceava county highlighted Romania RO-SV RO34
Suceava (Romanian pronunciation: [suˈt͡ʃe̯ava]) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in the historical regions of Moldova and Bukovina, with the capital city at Suceava. In 2002, it had a population of 688,435 and the population density was 80.5/km²....
x Delvinë District Map showing Delvinë within Albania Albania AL-DL  
The District of Delvinë or District of Delvina (Albanian: Rrethi i Delvinës)is one of the thirty-six districts of Albania, part of Vlorë County. Its population of 12,128 (2008 Instat) includes a substantial Greek community . The district has an area...
x Grevena Prefecture Location of Grevena Prefecture in Greece Greece GR-51 GR10
Grevena Prefecture (Greek: Νομός Γρεβενών, Nomós Grevenón) is a prefecture in Greece. Its capital is the city of Grevena. Much of the prefecture is mountainous. According to the 2001 Greek census, Grevena is the least densely populated and third...
x Bengo Map of Angola with the province highlighted Angola AO-BGO AO19
Bengo is a province of Angola. Its capital is Caxito. According to 1988 statistics, there were 18,700 people living in urban areas with 137,400 in rural areas, with a total of 156,100 residents. It has an area of 33,016 square kilometres, and its...
x Entre Ríos Province Entre Ríos Province Argentina AR-E AR08
Entre Ríos is a northeastern province of Argentina, located in the Mesopotamia region. It borders the provinces of Buenos Aires (south), Corrientes (north) and Santa Fe (west), and Uruguay in the east. Its capital is Paraná (250,000 inhabitants),...
x Collines Department Map of Benin highlighting Collines department Benin BJ-CO BN11
Collines is one of the twelve departments of Benin. Collines was created in 1999 after the Benin government split up the former six departments of Atakora, Atlantique, Borgou, Mono, Oueme and Zou into twelve. Collinies was split from Zou. Since 2008...
x Šentjur pri Celju   Slovenia SI-120  
Šentjur is a Slovenian municipality located near the city of Celje. Its name means "Saint George" and it is named after the legendary dragonslayer Saint George. An image of the dragon being slayed is prominent on the city's coat of arms.
x Province of Matera Province of Matera Italy IT-MT  
The Province of Matera (Italian: Provincia di Matera) is a province in the Basilicata region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Matera. It has an area of 3,447 km², and a total population of 203,837 (2008). There are 31 comunes (Italian: comuni)...
x County Westmeath Coat of arms of County Westmeath Republic of Ireland IE-WH EI29
County Westmeath (Irish: Contae na hIarmhí) is one of the traditional counties of Ireland and is located within the province of Leinster. Westmeath is the 23rd largest of Ireland’s 32 counties in area and 22nd largest in terms of population. It is...
x Kampong Speu Province Location of Kampong Speu Province in Cambodia Cambodia KH-5 CB04
Kampong Speu (Khmer: ខេត្តកំពង់ស្ពឺ) is a province of Cambodia. Its capital is Kampong Speu town. The province is subdivided into 8 districts.
x Mexico State Mexico State Mexico MX-MEX MX15
Mexico State or State of Mexico (often abbreviated to "Edomex", from Estado de México in Spanish) is a state in the center of the country of Mexico. The state's capital is the city of Toluca. The Pre-Columbian ruins of the city of Teotihuacan are...
x Denbighshire WalesDenbighshire United Kingdom GB-DEN UKX9
Denbighshire (Welsh: Sir Ddinbych) is a county in north-east Wales. It is named after the historic county of Denbighshire, but has substantially different borders. Denbighshire has the distinction of being the oldest inhabited part of Wales....
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