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Atlantic Provinces
Atlantic Provinces term used since 1949 to designate the Canadian provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador , Nova Scotia , New Brunswick , and Prince Edward Island . ... Read more
Maritime Provinces
Maritime Provinces or Maritimes, Canada, term applied to Nova Scotia , New Brunswick , and Prince Edward Island , which before the formation of the Canadian confederation (1867) were politically distinct from Canada proper. ... Read more
Cape Province
Cape Province former province, S South Africa. Under the South African constitution of 1994 it was divided into Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Northern Cape, and part of a fourth province, North West. The former capital and largest city was Cape Town (now the capital of Western Cape). Other cities i... Read more
North-West Frontier Province
North-West Frontier Province province and historic region (1998 pop. 17,554,674), c.41,000 sq mi (106,200 sq km), NW Pakistan, bounded on the N and W by Afghanistan. Peshawar is the capital. An area of high, barren mountains dissected by fertile valleys, it is predominantly agricultural. Wheat is... Read more
Rizal
Rizal province, central Luzon, the Philippines. The capital is Pasig. The province, which horseshoes around Manila and includes Quezon City and Pasay, has had a huge population increase since the 1970s. ... Read more
Ciudad de la Habana
Ciudad de la Habana or La Habana, province (1994 est. pop. 2,400,000), W Cuba. Havana is the capital. The province has coastal plains in the north and south, as well as fine beaches, and there are some low mountains in the north. Included in the province is the Isle of Youth (see Youth, Isle... Read more
Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg , province (1991 pop. 331,472), 1,004 sq mi (2,600 sq km), extreme W Austria, bordering on Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and Germany. Bregenz, on the eastern shore of Lake Constance (Bodensee), is the capital. It is a transportation hub, with Austria's most extensive road and rail connectio... Read more
Zeeland
Zeeland , province (1994 pop. 363,900), c.650 sq mi (1,680 sq km), SW Netherlands, bordering on Belgium in the south and the North Sea in the west. The main cities are Middelburg (the capital) and Vlissingen . The province consists of a strip of Flanders that is adjacent to Belgium and various ... Read more
Antwerp
Antwerp , Du. Antwerpen, Fr. Anvers, province (1991 pop. 1,605,167), 1,104 sq mi (2,859 sq km), N Belgium, bordering on the Netherlands in the north. Antwerp (the provincial capital) and Mechelen are the chief cities. The province is largely a flat, cultivated plain, drained by the Scheldt R... Read more
Hebei
Hebei or Hopei , province (1994 est. pop. 63,660,000), 78,900 sq mi (204,404 sq km), NE China, on the Bohai, an arm of the Yellow Sea. The capital is Shijiazhuang. The province contains two autonomous municipalities administered directly by the central government: Beijing , the capital of China... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Province"

metallogenic provinces
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth ...requirement for the delineation of a metallogenic province. In the copper provinces of the south-western United States and South America...These may have at one time composed a larger single province that has been broken up by the processes of plate...
Rhine Province
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...northern section of the former province (which contained part...Rhineland-Palatinate. The province bordered in the W on the...first divided into two provinces, the entire region was constituted the Rhine Province in 1824. One of the strongholds...
Idlib Province
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa IDLIB PROVINCE Province in northwest Syria, named after its principal town, Idlib, where...1952 administrative divisions in Syria, Idlib was part of Aleppo province. Later it became the center of a separate province because of its...
North-West Frontier Province
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition North-West Frontier Province province and historic region (1998 pop. 17,554,674), c.41...handicrafts also flourish. Some Pathan tribes inhabit the province in the plains and lower hills. The region has been historically...
faunal provinces
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth faunal provinces Faunal provinces are large geographical areas...have a distinct identity. Provinces may be separated by sharp...found outside a particular province. As marine invertebrates...most interest in past faunal provinces concentrates on the marine...
Cape Province
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Cape Province former province, S South Africa. Under the South African constitution of 1994...Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Northern Cape, and part of a fourth province, North West. The former capital and largest city was Cape Town...
North-West Province
Book article from: World Encyclopedia North-West Province Province in nw South Africa; the capital is Mmabatho. North-West Province was created from the sw part of the former province of Transvaal and the ne part of former Cape Province. Area: 116,190sq km (44,489sq mi...
Western Province
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Western Province province (1990 pop. 607,497), c.63,000 sq mi (163,170 sq km...are raised, and teak is produced. In the early 19th cent. the province was the site of the kingdom of the Lozi (or Barotse) people; they...
United Provinces
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition United Provinces former state, N India, now almost coextensive...modern state of Uttar Pradesh. The United Provinces embraced the plain of the Ganges, the...territory there in 1764. The United Provinces of Agra and Oudh was formed in 1877 by...
Northern Province
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Northern Province Province in n South Africa; the capital is Pietersburg. Northern Transvaal was formed from the n part of the former province of Transvaal in 1994. In 1995, it was renamed Northern Province...

Dictionary entries related to "Province"

Atlantic Province
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences Atlantic Province ( Acado-Baltic Province , European Province ) A subdivision of the early Cambrian olenellid...olenellid fauna is also subdivided into two provinces: the Atlantic Province on the southern and eastern flank of the...
provinces
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible ...22). Under the Romans provinces were created from NW Africa...Mesopotamia . Senatorial Roman provinces mentioned in the NT (created...Cyrenaica, Cyprus . Imperial provinces are: Syria (which included the sub-province of Judaea), Galatia...
province
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...capital of Sichuan province. ∎  ( the provinces ) the whole of a...home to the dreary provinces by train. ∎...underwater igneous provinces. ∎...2. ( one's province ) an area of special...
United Provinces of the Netherlands
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History United Provinces of the Netherlands (or Dutch Republic...x201D; before 1700, the United Provinces developed the vast DUTCH EMPIRE , Dutch...and the arts flourished. The United Provinces gave refuge to religious refugees, especially...
King's Province
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History KING'S PROVINCE KING'S PROVINCE was a portion of the mainland of Rhode Island between the Pawcatuck...controversy in 1665, a royal commission named this territory King's Province and placed it under the jurisdiction of Rhode Island, although...
Pacific Province
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences Pacific Province ( American Province ) The name given to the trilobite ( Trilobita ) and graptolite ( Graptolithina ) faunas characteristic of the northern and western margins of the Iapetus Ocean in the Early Palaeozoic . See also ATLANTIC PROVINCE .
North-west Frontier Province
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History North-west Frontier Province A province of north-west Pakistan, in the Himalayas, the location of...Every great power in the region has sought to control the province, but its harsh terrain has allowed the inhabitants to remain...
European Province
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences European Province See ATLANTIC PROVINCE .
Acado-Baltic Province
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences Acado-Baltic Province See ATLANTIC PROVINCE .
biogeographical province
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology biogeographical province A biological subdivision of the Earth's surface, on the basis of taxonomic rather...number of such units, varies from one authority to another. See faunal region ; floral province ; and floristic region .

Thesaurus entries related to "Province"

province
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English province • noun   1. the administrative center of the province synonyms : state, territory, region, area...xA0; 2. that part of the business is not my province synonyms : area of responsibility, sphere of action...
domain
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus domain • noun   1. they extended their domain synonyms : realm, kingdom, empire, dominion, province, territory, land.   2. the domain of art synonyms : field, area, sphere, discipline, province, world.
kingdom
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...synonyms : realm, empire, domain, country, land, nation, state, province, territory; monarchy, sovereignty.   2. the plant kingdom...synonyms : sphere/field of influence, area of power, dominion, province, territory.
realm
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...the realm of Denmark synonyms : kingdom, country, land, state, province, empire, domain, monarchy, principality.   2. the...synonyms : world, field, sphere, area, department, region, province, orbit, zone.
bias
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...provincialism is narrow-mindedness that results from lack of exposure to cultural or intellectual activity, characteristic of a province or non-urban area. Intolerance is a broad term used to describe the inability to put up with almost anything (parents...
colony
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus colony • noun   1. a French colony synonyms : settlement, dependency, protectorate, satellite, territory, outpost, province.   2. an artists' colony synonyms : community, commune; quarter, district, ghetto.
county
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus county • noun  families from neighboring counties synonyms : region, province, administrative unit, territory, district, area.
dominion
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...sway, rule, government, jurisdiction, sovereignty, suzerainty. See note at jurisdiction.   2. a British dominion synonyms : dependency, colony, protectorate, territory, province, possession; historical tributary.
universe
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...universe synonyms : cosmos, macrocosm, totality; infinity, all existence, Creation; space, outer space, firmament.   2. the universe of computer hardware synonyms : world, sphere, domain, preserve, milieu, province.
region
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus region • noun  the western region of the country synonyms : district, province, territory, division, area, section, sector, zone, belt, part, quarter; informal parts. phrase: in the region of.  See approximately.

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Imported Chemicals by Province in China for June 2002.
Magazine article from: China Chemical Reporter; 8/6/2002; 700+ words ; Imported Chemicals by Province in China for June 2002 Quantity, Amount, CIF Price, Province/Region/City kg USD USD/t INTERMEDIATES...Beijing City 2220000 1403525 0.632 Liaoning Province 1012000 644230 0.637 Heilongjiang Province...
Mountain Province Mining Shareholders Approve Consolidation of AK/CJ Property Interests
PR Newswire; 9/30/1997; 700+ words ; ...Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Mountain Province Mining Inc. (Nasdaq: MPVIF; VSE...approved plans to consolidate Mountain Province Mining's interests in the AK/CJ claims...approved by shareholders at Mountain Province Mining's annual meeting on Sept. 29...
Provinces agree to cut Centre's share to 50pc.
Newspaper article from: The Nation (Karachi, Pakistan); 8/4/2008; 700+ words ; ...of the composition of NFC Award. The provinces have sent the names of non-official...constitution of new NFC Award but the four provinces are discussing the formula of revenue distribution between provinces and the federation as homework, he...
Federation, provinces' meeting on NFC fails to develop consensus.
News Wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International; 5/13/2004; 700+ words ; ...indicated that the federation and provinces had agreed on 47.08 percent...have been installed in the provinces. The federation should render...profit ratio for the frontier province. "We demand that the NWFP...matter. He informed that the provinces are contemplating two options...
19 PROVINCES' GDP GROWTH EXCEEDED 8% IN H1
News Wire article from: AsiaInfo Services; 7/24/2009; 371 words ; ...period. By July 22, 2009, 27 provinces, autonomous regions, and...the first place among the 27 provinces, autonomous regions, and...growth of 16.2% each. 13 provinces, autonomous regions, and...Inner Mongolia, Sichuan Province, Guangxi Autonomous Region...
Province rolls out red carpet for investors
Newspaper article from: China Daily; 6/16/2006; ; 700+ words ; HARBIN: Heilongjiang Province, the utmost northern province in the country with the lowest temperatures in winter...attracting investment, said a top economist from Taiwan Province. Speaking at the third World Summit of Chinese Entrepreneurs...
KIRKUK PROVINCE INVESTS DINARS FOR BETTER LIFE
Transcript from: Regulatory Intelligence Data; 8/29/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...2007 - Officials in Iraq's Kirkuk province are stepping up to invest more Iraqi...dollars, supporting projects all over the province," Howard Keegan, the leader for the provincial reconstruction team in Kirkuk province, told Internet reporters and "bloggers...
Provinces at loggerheads.
Newspaper article from: The Nation (Karachi, Pakistan); 8/28/2009; 700+ words ; ...Punjab is the poorest province but going by area there...of comparison of any province with Balochistan. We...the centre and bigger provinces to follow the basic...distributed among the provinces in direct proportion...gas from a particular province that needs to be revised...
Provinces have little revenue scope.(Business Report)
Newspaper article from: The Star (South Africa); 5/7/2007; 700+ words ; ...director at Econometrix, said provinces had very little experience...diminish the competitiveness of provinces, and poorer regions would...socioeconomic issues, said the provinces would have to focus their...a spokesperson for Gauteng province, said the region was exploring...
Province on track to get equalization payments by 2010, bank projects.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario); 4/30/2008; 700+ words ; ...weak as the other provinces are really roaring...traditional have-not province, Newfoundland and...government spent in the province. That's proof...economic data from 10 provinces, up from five previously...personal income in the province exceeded the national...This year, six ...