States & Other Subdivisions, ZEE-ʿAJ
Every nation has its own subdivisions to demarcate smaller political units within its territory. Counties, districts, oblasts, polis, nomos, unitary authorities, boroughs, and cities are all examples (among many others) of how land can be organized.
States & Other Subdivisions Encyclopedia Articles By Title
Zeeland, maritime provincie (province), southwestern Netherlands. It occupies the delta lands of the Scheldt (Schelde)......
Zhejiang, sheng (province) of southeastern China. It is one of the smallest province-level political units of China,......
Zug, smallest undivided canton of Switzerland, with an area of 92 sq mi (239 sq km), of which 12 sq mi are occupied......
Zuid-Holland, provincie, western Netherlands, bordering the North Sea and adjoining the provincies of Noord-Holland......
Zulia, estado (state), northwestern Venezuela. Zulia is bounded north by the Gulf of Venezuela and west by Colombia.......
Zürich, canton, northeastern Switzerland, with an area of 668 sq mi (1,729 sq km), of which about 80 percent is......
Álava, provincia, northern Spain. Álava is the southernmost of the three Basque Country provincias of northern......
Ávila, provincia (province) in the Castile-León comunidad autónoma (autonomous community), central Spain, on the......
Älvsborg, former län (county) of southwestern Sweden, located to the west and south of Lake Vänern. Formed as a......
Åland Islands, archipelago constituting Åland (Ahvenanmaa) autonomous territory, southwestern Finland. The islands......
Île-de-France, région of France encompassing the north-central départements of Val-d’Oise, Seine-et-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis,......
Örebro, län (county) of south-central Sweden. It extends from the Bergslagen mining region in the north to Lake......
Östergötland, län (county) of southeastern Sweden, between Vättern (lake) and the Baltic Sea. It consists of the......
Łódzkie, województwo (province), central Poland. It is bordered by six provinces: Kujawsko-Pomorskie to the north,......
Ōita, ken (prefecture), northeastern Kyushu, Japan, facing the Suō Sea and Bungo Strait of the Pacific Ocean. Its......
Ōsaka, fu (urban prefecture), Honshu, Japan. It includes the industrial city of Ōsaka, the prefectural capital,......
Śląskie, województwo (province), southern Poland. It is bordered by the provinces of Łódzkie to the north, Świętokrzyskie......
Świętokrzyskie, województwo (province), southern Poland. It is bordered by 6 of the 16 provinces: Mazowieckie to......
ʿAjmān, constituent emirate of the United Arab Emirates (formerly Trucial States, or Trucial Oman). It is the smallest......