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Henan

(Encyclopedia) Henan or Honan Henan both: h&oobreve;ˈnänˈ [key], province, c.65,000 sq mi (168,350 sq km), NE…

Zhejiang

(Encyclopedia) ZhejiangZhejiangjŭˈjyängˈ [key] or ChekiangZhejiangchĕˈkyăngˈ [key], province (2010 pop. 54,426,891), c.40,000 sq mi (103,600 sq km), SE China, on the East China Sea. The capital is…

Liaobei

(Encyclopedia) Liaobei or LiaopeiLiaopeiboth: lēouˈbāˈ [key], former province (c.47,000 sq mi/121,700 sq km), NE China. The capital was Liaoyuan. It was one of nine provinces created in Manchuria in…

Camagüey, province, Cuba

(Encyclopedia) CamagüeyCamagüeykämägwāˈ, kämäwāˈ [key], province (1995 est. pop. 840,000), E central Cuba. Camagüey is the capital. The area is a vast prairie and is Cuba's largest province. The…

Orientale

(Encyclopedia) OrientaleOrientaleôrēäNtälˈ [key], formerly Haut-ZaïreHaut-Zaïreōt-zäērˈ [key], former province, c.204,000 sq mi (528,360 sq km), N Congo (Kinshasa). Kisangani was the capital.…

Namur, province, Belgium

(Encyclopedia) NamurNamurnämürˈ [key], Du. Namen, province (1991 pop. 423,317), S Belgium, bordering on France in the south. The chief cities are Namur (the capital) and Dinant. The province is…

Eastern Cape

(Encyclopedia) Eastern Cape, province, 65,238 sq mi (168,966 sq km), S central South Africa, on the Indian Ocean. In 1994, under South Africa's post-…

Luxembourg, province, Belgium

(Encyclopedia) Luxembourg, Du. Luxemburg, province (1991 pop. 232,813), 1,706 sq mi (4,419 sq km), SE Belgium, in the Ardennes, bordering on the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in the east and on France in…

Gyeonggi

(Encyclopedia) Gyeonggi or Kyonggi Gyeonggi gyŭngˈgēˈ [key], province, NW South Korea. Suwon is the capital. The…

Drenthe

(Encyclopedia) Drenthe Drenthe drĕnˈtə [key], province, c.1,030 sq mi (2,670 sq km), NE Netherlands, bordering…