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Hubei

(Encyclopedia)Hubei or Hupeh both: ho͞oˈbāˈ [key], province, c.72,000 sq mi (186,480 sq km), central China. The ...

Valentia

(Encyclopedia)Valentia or Valencia vəlĕnˈshēə [key], island (1991 pop. 680), c.7 mi (11.3 km) long and 2 mi (3.2 km) wide, off the coast of Co. Kerry, SW Republic of Ireland. Its slate, once famous, is no long...

Luxemburg

(Encyclopedia)Luxemburg. For the grand duchy, province, and city thus named, use Luxembourg.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

(Encyclopedia)Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, formerly North-West Frontier Province, province and historic region (2017 provisional pop. 35,525,047), c.51,510 sq mi (133,410 sq km), NW Pakistan, bounded on the N and W by Afgha...

Sindh

(Encyclopedia)Sindh, province, Pakistan: see Sind. ...

Che-chiang

(Encyclopedia)Che-chiang: see Zhejiang, province, China. ...

Irian Jaya

(Encyclopedia)Irian Jaya, province, Indonesia: see Papua. ...

Pars

(Encyclopedia)Pars, ancient province, Iran: see Fars. ...

Shaba

(Encyclopedia)Shaba: see Katanga, former province, Congo (Kinshasa). ...

Northern Cape

(Encyclopedia)Northern Cape, province (2011 pop. 1,145,861), 144,015 sq mi (372,889 sq km), NW South Africa. In 1994, under South Africa's post-apartheid constitution, Northern Cape was created from the northern po...