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List of terms for country subdivisions; List of national capitals serving as administrative divisions; List of autonomous areas by country; List of sovereign states; List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area, comparing continents, countries, and first-level administrative country subdivisions.
In most competencies the provinces have an executive function, executing policy that is made at the national level. The provincial competencies often shared with the national and municipal government include: Land management, specifically regional zoning laws; transport, regional infrastructure and regional public transport; economy and ...
The provincial governments are structured according to a parliamentary system in which the executive is dependent on and accountable to the legislature. In each province the provincial legislature is directly elected by proportional representation , and the legislature in turn elects one of its members as Premier to head the executive.
A provincial legislature may also enact a constitution for that province, if two-thirds of the members vote in favour. The powers of the provincial legislature are bound only by the national constitution and the provincial constitution (if one exists). The provincial legislature of a province chooses the Premier, the head of the provincial ...
Each province is guaranteed at least one seat, and more populous provinces are also provided more. Many cities that have a population of at least 250,000 inhabitants are also granted one or more seats. If a province or a city is composed of only one legislative district, it is said to be the lone district (e.g., the "Lone District of Guimaras").
County-level divisions are the third level of administration of the People's Republic of China and include counties, autonomous counties, banners, autonomous banners, county-level cities and districts. Most county-level divisions are administered as part of prefecture-level divisions, but some are administered directly by province-level divisions.
Each province is governed by a unicameral legislature elected by party-list proportional representation, and a Premier elected by the legislature. The provincial legislatures are represented in the national Parliament by their delegations to the National Council of Provinces .
Law No. 9 of 2010 on Protocol provides a separate Indonesian order of precedence at national level, provincial level, and municipal and regency level. [1] Although came to force on 19 October 2010, the following lists precedence of offices and their holders as of October 2024 [update] .