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(Encyclopedia) Agra äˈgrə, ăgˈrə [key], former province, N central India. The presidency, or province, of Agra was created in 1833 when the British partitioned the Bengal presidenc...

(Encyclopedia) Guizhou or Kweichow both: gwāˈjōˈ [key], province, c.66,000 sq mi (170,940 sq km), SW China. Guiyang is the capit...

(Encyclopedia) Orange Free State, former province, South Africa: see Free State. ...

(Encyclopedia) Hebei or Hopei both: ho͝o-bā [key], province, 78,900 sq mi (204,404 sq km), NE China, on the Bohai, an ...

(Encyclopedia) Sargodha, city (1998 pop. 455,360), Punjab province, Pakistan, on the lower Jhelum Canal. It is a center for trade in cotton and other agricultural commodities. Sargodha has manufactures in hosiery, t...

(Encyclopedia) Jiangxi kyăngˈsēˈ, jyängˈ– [key], province (2010 pop. 44,567,475), c.66,000 sq mi (170,940 sq km), SE China. Nanchang is the capital. The largely hilly and mountainous surface is drained by ma...

(Encyclopedia) Henan or Honan both: ho͝oˈnänˈ [key], province, c.65,000 sq mi (168,350 sq km), NE China. The capital is ...

(Encyclopedia) Gansu or Kansu both: gänˈso͞oˈ [key], province, 141,000 sq mi (365,284 sq km), NW China. The capital is ...

(Encyclopedia) Gauteng, province, 7,019 sq mi (18,178 sq km), NE South Africa. In 1994, under South Africa's post-apartheid constitution, Gauteng was created from the ...

(Encyclopedia) Entre Ríos ĕnˈtrā rēˈōs [key], province, 29,428 sq mi (76,219 sq km), E Argentina. Paraná ...