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A province is an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman provincia, which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outside Italy. The term province has since been adopted by many countries.
The most populous province is South Holland, with just over 3.8 million inhabitants as of January 2023, and also the most densely populated province with 1,410/km 2 (3,700/sq mi). [1] With 391,124 inhabitants, Zeeland has the smallest population. However Drenthe is the least densely populated province with 191/km 2 (490/sq mi).
The region got its name in Roman times, when it was known as Provincia Romana, simply "the Roman province".This name eventually was shortened to Provincia (the province), [3] and as the language evolved from Latin to Provençal, so did the pronunciation and spelling.
Lévis (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is a city in eastern Quebec, Canada, located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, opposite Quebec City. A ferry links Old Quebec with Old Lévis, and two bridges, the Quebec Bridge and the Pierre-Laporte Bridge, connect western Lévis with Quebec City. The population in 2021 was 149,683. [4]
Xiangkhouang was the Lao province most bombed by the United States Air Force in support of royalist forces led by Hmong general Vang Pao, who was born in the province. [9] As a result of this extensive air campaign , Muong Khoun , the original capital of the province, was virtually razed to the ground, resulting in the capital being moved to ...
The province has a population of 32,540 [2] people and an area of 1,628 km 2.The main island, though second to Erromango in area, is Tanna, with some 80 percent of the province population, with the provincial capital of Isangel, and the largest village of Lenakel, both close together on the southwest coast.
A province was ruled by a "king of over-kings", known as a rí ruírech. This was the highest rank allowed for in Irish law tracts despite claims by some dynasties to the symbolic title of rí Temro (king of Tara), also known as the ard rí ( High King of Ireland ); [ 1 ] [ 3 ] The term rí ruírech was replaced at a later date by the term rí ...
KwaZulu-Natal (/ k w ɑː ˌ z uː l uː n ə ˈ t ɑː l /, also referred to as KZN; nicknamed "the garden province") [6] is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the government merged the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province.