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Overseas province (Portuguese: província ultramarina) was a designation used by Portugal for its overseas possessions, located outside Europe. History. In the early the 19th century, Portuguese overseas territories were referred to as "overseas dominions", but administrative reforms made the term "overseas provinces" begin to be used.
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Overseas provinces. In the early 20th century, Portugal...
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List of administrative divisions by country. World map showing boundaries of many high and low-level administrative divisions. The table below indicates the types and, where known, numbers of administrative divisions used by countries and their major dependent territories .
CountryTypeAdministrative Divisions(first-level)Unitary34 provinces ( velaya'at )Unitary12 counties ( qarqe )Unitary58 provinces ( wilayat )Unitary7 parishes ( parròquies )People also ask
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Nouvelle- Aquitaine. Auvergne- Rhône-Alpes. Occitanie. Provence- Alpes- Côte d'Azur. Corsica. French Guiana. Guadeloupe. Martinique. Mayotte. Réunion. Belgium. Luxembourg. Germany. Switzerland. Italy. United Kingdom.
Flag [1]RegionCapital69 71147 78427 20839 151Province. A province is an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman provincia, which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outside Italy. The term province has since been adopted by many countries.
British Overseas Territories. The British Overseas Territories ( BOTs) are the 14 territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom that, while not forming part of the United Kingdom itself, are part of its sovereign territory.
