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The term province has since been adopted by many countries. In some countries with no actual provinces, "the provinces" is a metaphorical term meaning "outside the capital city". While some provinces were produced artificially by colonial powers, others were formed around local groups with their own ethnic identities.
Application procedure for the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program varies depending on the stream and program to which a person is applying. Generally, all streams follow a 3-step application process: Expression of Interest: Interested candidates must express interest in applying to their program of choice. This varies from program to program.
30 metropolitan municipalities (consolidated province-municipalities) 519 consolidated district-municipalities: Turkmenistan: Unitary 5 regions (welaýatlar) (also known as provinces) 37 districts (etraplar) 7 cities with district status? Ashgabat, the capital city-region 4 boroughs or districts (uly etraplar) (as of 2018) Tuvalu: Unitary 9 ...
Canada has ten provinces and three territories that are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution.In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North America—New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada (which upon Confederation was divided into Ontario and Quebec)—united to form a federation, becoming a fully ...
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Provinces are the most common form of province-level governments. The legislative bodies of the provinces are the Provincial People's Congresses. The executive branch is the Provincial People's Government, led by a governor. The People's Government is answerable to both the State Council and the Provincial People's Congress.
A federated state may be referred to as a province, region, canton, land, governorate, oblast, emirate, or country. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Administrative units that are not federated or confederated but enjoy a greater degree of autonomy or self-government than other territories within the same country can be considered autonomous regions or de ...
The Act created a new province, comprising all the municipalities in the first congressional district of Maguindanao (except Cotabato City), with its capital at Datu Odin Sinsuat. The province's creation was approved on October 28, 2006, by a majority vote in a plebiscite.