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Corrientes

(Encyclopedia) Corrientes Corrientes kôryĕnˈtās [key], city, capital of Corrientes prov., NE Argentina, a port on the…

Mpumalanga

(Encyclopedia) Mpumalanga, province (2011 pop. 4,039,939), 29,535 sq mi (76,495 sq km), E South Africa. In 1994, under South Africa's post-apartheid constitution, Mpumalanga was created from the…

Limburg, province, Belgium

(Encyclopedia) LimburgLimburglĭmˈbûrg, Du. lĭmˈbûrkh [key], Fr. Limbourg, province (1991 pop. 750,435), 930 sq mi (2,409 sq km), NE Belgium, bordering on the Netherlands in the north. The chief…

Fars

(Encyclopedia) Fars Fars färs [key] or Farsistan Fars…

Chahar

(Encyclopedia) ChaharChaharchä-här [key], former province (109,527 sq mi/283,675 sq km), N China. Zhangjiakou (Kalgan) was the capital. It was abolished as a province in 1952; most of it was…

Galatia

(Encyclopedia) GalatiaGalatiagəlāˈshə [key] [Gr.,=Gaul], ancient territory of central Asia Minor, in present Turkey (around modern Ankara). It was so called from its inhabitants, the Gauls, who…

Liège, province, Belgium

(Encyclopedia) LiègeLiègelyĕzh [key], Du. Luik, Ger. Lüttich, province (1991 pop. 999,646), 1,526 sq mi (3,952 sq km), E Belgium, bordering on Germany in the east. The chief cities are Liège (the…

Khuzestan

(Encyclopedia) KhuzestanKhuzestankh&oomacr;zēstänˈ [key], province (1991 pop. 3,175,852), c.24,000 sq mi (62,160 sq km), SW Iran, bordering on Iraq in the west and the Persian Gulf in the south.…

Lower Austria

(Encyclopedia) Lower Austria, Ger. Niederösterreich, province (1991 pop. 1,480,927), c.7,400 sq mi (19,170 sq km), NE Austria. Vienna, although outside its boundaries, is the seat of the provincial…