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href="#Woordgebruik_en_afbakening"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1</span> <span>Woordgebruik en afbakening</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Woordgebruik_en_afbakening-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Staatsrechtelijk" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Staatsrechtelijk"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Staatsrechtelijk</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Staatsrechtelijk-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Staatsrechtelijk-subkopje inklappen</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Staatsrechtelijk-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nederland" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nederland"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Nederland</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nederland-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-België" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#België"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>België</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-België-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Andere_landen" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Andere_landen"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Andere landen</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Andere_landen-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Historisch" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Historisch"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Historisch</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Historisch-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Kerkelijke_provincies" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kerkelijke_provincies"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Kerkelijke provincies</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kerkelijke_provincies-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Platteland" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Platteland"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Platteland</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Platteland-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Zie_ook" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Zie_ook"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Zie ook</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Zie_ook-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Inhoud" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Inhoudsopgave omschakelen" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span 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Beschikbaar in 142 talen" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-142" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">142 talen</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ace mw-list-item"><a href="https://ace.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propinsi" title="Propinsi – Atjehs" lang="ace" hreflang="ace" data-title="Propinsi" data-language-autonym="Acèh" data-language-local-name="Atjehs" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Acèh</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinsie" title="Provinsie – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Provinsie" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-als mw-list-item"><a href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinz" title="Provinz – Zwitserduits" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Provinz" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Zwitserduits" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia" title="Provincia – Aragonees" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Provincia" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonees" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%82%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85" title="إقليم – Arabisch" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="إقليم" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%82%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85" title="إقليم – Marokkaans Arabisch" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="إقليم" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Marokkaans Arabisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86" title="استان – Egyptisch Arabisch" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="استان" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptisch Arabisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia" title="Provincia – Asturisch" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Provincia" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ay mw-list-item"><a href="https://ay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jisk%27a_suyu" title="Jisk'a suyu – Aymara" lang="ay" hreflang="ay" data-title="Jisk'a suyu" data-language-autonym="Aymar aru" data-language-local-name="Aymara" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aymar aru</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilay%C9%99t" title="Vilayət – Azerbeidzjaans" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Vilayət" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbeidzjaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86" title="اوستان – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="اوستان" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Провинция – Basjkiers" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Провинция" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Basjkiers" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propinsi" title="Propinsi – Balinees" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Propinsi" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinees" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probinsya" title="Probinsya – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Probinsya" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%8F" title="Правінцыя – Belarussisch" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Правінцыя" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarussisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%8F" title="Правінцыя – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Правінцыя" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Провинция – Bulgaars" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Провинция" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgaars" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF_(%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4)" title="राज्य (प्रांत) – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="राज्य (प्रांत)" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bjn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bjn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paropinsi" title="Paropinsi – Banjar" lang="bjn" hreflang="bjn" data-title="Paropinsi" data-language-autonym="Banjar" data-language-local-name="Banjar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Banjar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6" title="প্রদেশ – Bengaals" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="প্রদেশ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bengaals" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%9E%E0%BD%B2%E0%BD%84%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%86%E0%BD%BA%E0%BD%93" title="ཞིང་ཆེན – Tibetaans" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="ཞིང་ཆེན" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provi%C3%B1s" title="Proviñs – Bretons" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Proviñs" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Bretons" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokrajina" title="Pokrajina – Bosnisch" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Pokrajina" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prov%C3%ADncia" title="Província – Catalaans" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Província" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cbk-zam mw-list-item"><a href="https://cbk-zam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia" title="Provincia – Chavacano" lang="cbk" hreflang="cbk" data-title="Provincia" data-language-autonym="Chavacano de Zamboanga" data-language-local-name="Chavacano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chavacano de Zamboanga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C4%93ng" title="Sēng – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Sēng" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8" title="Провинци – Tsjetsjeens" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Провинци" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Tsjetsjeens" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalawigan" title="Lalawigan – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Lalawigan" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8E%D8%B2%DA%AF%D8%A7" title="پارێزگا – Soranî" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="پارێزگا" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Soranî" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pruvincia" title="Pruvincia – Corsicaans" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Pruvincia" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsicaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincie" title="Provincie – Tsjechisch" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Provincie" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Tsjechisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BB" title="Ил – Tsjoevasjisch" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Ил" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Tsjoevasjisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provins" title="Provins – Deens" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Provins" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Deens" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinz" title="Provinz – Duits" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Provinz" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="Duits" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-diq mw-list-item"><a href="https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C4%B1layet" title="Wılayet – Zazaki" lang="diq" hreflang="diq" data-title="Wılayet" data-language-autonym="Zazaki" data-language-local-name="Zazaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Zazaki</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%86%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1" title="Περιφέρεια – Grieks" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Περιφέρεια" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Grieks" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province" title="Province – Engels" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Province" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="Engels" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinco" title="Provinco – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Provinco" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia" title="Provincia – Spaans" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Provincia" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provints" title="Provints – Estisch" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Provints" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probintzia" title="Probintzia – Baskisch" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Probintzia" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Baskisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86" title="استان – Perzisch" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="استان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Perzisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maakunta" title="Maakunta – Fins" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Maakunta" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Fins" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province" title="Province – Frans" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Province" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="Frans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinsje" title="Provinsje – Fries" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Provinsje" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Fries" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia" title="Provincia – Galicisch" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Provincia" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galicisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tet%C3%A3mini" title="Tetãmini – Guaraní" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Tetãmini" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guaraní" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gor mw-list-item"><a href="https://gor.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinsi" title="Provinsi – Gorontalo" lang="gor" hreflang="gor" data-title="Provinsi" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Hulontalo" data-language-local-name="Gorontalo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Hulontalo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%AA%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%82%E0%AA%A4" title="પ્રાંત – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="પ્રાંત" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queiggey" title="Queiggey – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Queiggey" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9n" title="Sén – Hakka" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Sén" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%94" title="פרובינציה – Hebreeuws" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="פרובינציה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebreeuws" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4" title="प्रांत – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="प्रांत" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokrajina" title="Pokrajina – Kroatisch" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Pokrajina" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Kroatisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartom%C3%A1ny" title="Tartomány – Hongaars" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Tartomány" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hongaars" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D6%80%D5%B8%D5%BE%D5%AB%D5%B6%D6%81%D5%AB%D5%A1" title="Պրովինցիա – Armeens" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Պրովինցիա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armeens" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A6" title="Մարզ – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Մարզ" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia" title="Provincia – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Provincia" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinsi" title="Provinsi – Indonesisch" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Provinsi" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probinsia" title="Probinsia – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Probinsia" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia" title="Provincia – Italiaans" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Provincia" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italiaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9" title="プロヴィンス – Japans" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="プロヴィンス" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinsi" title="Provinsi – Javaans" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Provinsi" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="პროვინცია – Georgisch" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="პროვინცია" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Провинция – Kazachs" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Провинция" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazachs" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%81%E1%9F%81%E1%9E%8F%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%8F" title="ខេត្ត – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="ខេត្ត" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ភាសាខ្មែរ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%A4" title="ಪ್ರಾಂತ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಪ್ರಾಂತ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%94%84%EB%A1%9C%EB%B9%88%EC%8A%A4" title="프로빈스 – Koreaans" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="프로빈스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Koreaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Par%C3%AAzgeh" title="Parêzgeh – Koerdisch" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Parêzgeh" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Koerdisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Провинция – Kirgizisch" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Провинция" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kirgizisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia" title="Provincia – Latijn" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Provincia" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latijn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lad badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://lad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinsia" title="Provinsia – Ladino" lang="lad" hreflang="lad" data-title="Provinsia" data-language-autonym="Ladino" data-language-local-name="Ladino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladino</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincie" title="Provincie – Limburgs" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Provincie" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgs" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinsa" title="Provinsa – Ligurisch" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Provinsa" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ln mw-list-item"><a href="https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C9%94l%C9%94v%C9%9B%CC%81si" title="Pɔlɔvɛ́si – Lingala" lang="ln" hreflang="ln" data-title="Pɔlɔvɛ́si" data-language-autonym="Lingála" data-language-local-name="Lingala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingála</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincija" title="Provincija – Litouws" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Provincija" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Litouws" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province" title="Province – Lets" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Province" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Lets" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-map-bms mw-list-item"><a href="https://map-bms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propinsi" title="Propinsi – Banyumasan" lang="jv-x-bms" hreflang="jv-x-bms" data-title="Propinsi" data-language-autonym="Basa Banyumasan" data-language-local-name="Banyumasan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Banyumasan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mdf mw-list-item"><a href="https://mdf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F%D1%81%D1%8C" title="Провинциясь – Moksja" lang="mdf" hreflang="mdf" data-title="Провинциясь" data-language-autonym="Мокшень" data-language-local-name="Moksja" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Мокшень</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faritany" title="Faritany – Malagassisch" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Faritany" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagassisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinsi" title="Provinsi – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Provinsi" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Покраина – Macedonisch" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Покраина" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%83%D0%B6" title="Муж – Mongools" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Муж" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongools" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4" title="प्रांत – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="प्रांत" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinsi" title="Provinsi – Maleis" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Provinsi" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Maleis" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mwl mw-list-item"><a href="https://mwl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porb%C3%ADncia" title="Porbíncia – Mirandees" lang="mwl" hreflang="mwl" data-title="Porbíncia" data-language-autonym="Mirandés" data-language-local-name="Mirandees" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Mirandés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%95%E1%80%BC%E1%80%8A%E1%80%BA%E1%80%94%E1%80%9A%E1%80%BA" title="ပြည်နယ် – Birmaans" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ပြည်နယ်" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Birmaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nah mw-list-item"><a href="https://nah.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hueyaltepetl" title="Hueyaltepetl – Nahuatl" lang="nah" hreflang="nah" data-title="Hueyaltepetl" data-language-autonym="Nāhuatl" data-language-local-name="Nahuatl" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nāhuatl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nap mw-list-item"><a href="https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pruvincia" title="Pruvincia – Napolitaans" lang="nap" hreflang="nap" data-title="Pruvincia" data-language-autonym="Napulitano" data-language-local-name="Napolitaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Napulitano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pervincie" title="Pervincie – Nederduits" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="Pervincie" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Nederduits" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6" title="प्रदेश – Nepalees" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="प्रदेश" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepalees" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4" title="प्रान्त – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="प्रान्त" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provins" title="Provins – Noors - Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Provins" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Noors - Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provins" title="Provins – Noors - Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Provins" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Noors - Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nrm mw-list-item"><a href="https://nrm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinche" title="Provinche – Norman" lang="nrf" hreflang="nrf" data-title="Provinche" data-language-autonym="Nouormand" data-language-local-name="Norman" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nouormand</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nso mw-list-item"><a href="https://nso.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porofense" title="Porofense – Noord-Sotho" lang="nso" hreflang="nso" data-title="Porofense" data-language-autonym="Sesotho sa Leboa" data-language-local-name="Noord-Sotho" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sesotho sa Leboa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%8D%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%82%E0%A8%A4" title="ਪ੍ਰਾਂਤ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਪ੍ਰਾਂਤ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pap mw-list-item"><a href="https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinsia" title="Provinsia – Papiaments" lang="pap" hreflang="pap" data-title="Provinsia" data-language-autonym="Papiamentu" data-language-local-name="Papiaments" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Papiamentu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prowincja_(podzia%C5%82_administracyjny)" title="Prowincja (podział administracyjny) – Pools" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Prowincja (podział administracyjny)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Pools" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia" title="Provincia – Piëmontees" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Provincia" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piëmontees" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%81" title="صوبہ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="صوبہ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA" title="ولايت – Pasjtoe" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="ولايت" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pasjtoe" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prov%C3%ADncia" title="Província – Portugees" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Província" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portugees" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puruwinsiya" title="Puruwinsiya – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Puruwinsiya" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincie" title="Provincie – Roemeens" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Provincie" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Roemeens" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Провинция – Russisch" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Провинция" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prov%C3%ACntzia" title="Provìntzia – Sardijns" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Provìntzia" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardijns" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pruvincia" title="Pruvincia – Siciliaans" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Pruvincia" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Siciliaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%88" title="صوبو – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="صوبو" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokrajina" title="Pokrajina – Servo-Kroatisch" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Pokrajina" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Servo-Kroatisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province" title="Province – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Province" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-skr mw-list-item"><a href="https://skr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%81" title="صوبہ – Saraiki" lang="skr" hreflang="skr" data-title="صوبہ" data-language-autonym="سرائیکی" data-language-local-name="Saraiki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سرائیکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokrajina" title="Pokrajina – Sloveens" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Pokrajina" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Sloveens" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunhu" title="Dunhu – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="Dunhu" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinca" title="Provinca – Albanees" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Provinca" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanees" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%98%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Покрајина – Servisch" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Покрајина" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Servisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propinsi" title="Propinsi – Soendanees" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Propinsi" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Soendanees" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provins" title="Provins – Zweeds" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Provins" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Zweeds" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimbo" title="Jimbo – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Jimbo" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prowincyjo" title="Prowincyjo – Silezisch" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Prowincyjo" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silezisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="மாகாணம் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="மாகாணம்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Устон – Tadzjieks" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Устон" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tadzjieks" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94" title="จังหวัด – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="จังหวัด" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalawigan" title="Lalawigan – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Lalawigan" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tn mw-list-item"><a href="https://tn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porofinsi" title="Porofinsi – Tswana" lang="tn" hreflang="tn" data-title="Porofinsi" data-language-autonym="Setswana" data-language-local-name="Tswana" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Setswana</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0l" title="İl – Turks" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="İl" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turks" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Провинция – Tataars" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Провинция" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tataars" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%96%D1%8F" title="Провінція – Oekraïens" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Провінція" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Oekraïens" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%81" title="صوبہ – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="صوبہ" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinsiya" title="Provinsiya – Oezbeeks" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Provinsiya" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Oezbeeks" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia" title="Provincia – Venetiaans" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="Provincia" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetiaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%E1%BB%89nh" title="Tỉnh – Vietnamees" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Tỉnh" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamees" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vls mw-list-item"><a href="https://vls.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinsje" title="Provinsje – West-Vlaams" lang="vls" hreflang="vls" data-title="Provinsje" data-language-autonym="West-Vlams" data-language-local-name="West-Vlaams" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>West-Vlams</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wa mw-list-item"><a href="https://wa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province" title="Province – Waals" lang="wa" hreflang="wa" data-title="Province" data-language-autonym="Walon" data-language-local-name="Waals" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Walon</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalawigan" title="Lalawigan – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Lalawigan" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" 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Wikipedia, de vrije encyclopedie</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="nl" dir="ltr"><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/Bestand:Rilievo_con_personificazione_di_provincia_2014-11-9-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Rilievo_con_personificazione_di_provincia_2014-11-9-2.jpg/260px-Rilievo_con_personificazione_di_provincia_2014-11-9-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Rilievo_con_personificazione_di_provincia_2014-11-9-2.jpg/390px-Rilievo_con_personificazione_di_provincia_2014-11-9-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Rilievo_con_personificazione_di_provincia_2014-11-9-2.jpg/520px-Rilievo_con_personificazione_di_provincia_2014-11-9-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1948" data-file-height="2192" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Personificatie_(beeldende_kunst)" title="Personificatie (beeldende kunst)">Personificatie</a> van een <a href="/wiki/Romeinse_provincie" title="Romeinse provincie">Romeinse provincie</a>, vermoedelijk <a href="/wiki/Egypte_(land)" title="Egypte (land)">Egypte</a>. Relief van een Romeinse vrouw met vruchten van de oogst, 145 na Chr., <a href="/wiki/Museo_Nazionale_Romano#Palazzo_Massimo_alle_Terme" title="Museo Nazionale Romano">Palazzo Massimo alle Terme</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rome_(stad)" title="Rome (stad)">Rome</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Een <b>provincie</b> is een deelgebied van een <a href="/wiki/Staat_(politiek)" title="Staat (politiek)">land</a> met vaak een eigen regionaal <a href="/wiki/Bestuur" title="Bestuur">bestuur</a>. Het gaat veelal om een bestuurs- of beheerslaag tussen het nationale en gemeentelijke bestuur, maar hier zijn uitzonderingen op. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Woordgebruik_en_afbakening">Woordgebruik en afbakening</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Provincie&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Bewerk dit kopje: Woordgebruik en afbakening" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Provincie&action=edit&section=1" title="De broncode bewerken van de sectie: Woordgebruik en afbakening"><span>brontekst bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>De term <i>provincie</i> (of een anderstalige vorm ervan) wordt in verschillende landen gebruikt, waaronder Nederland en België. Veel landen hebben echter andere namen (district, <a href="/wiki/Woiwodschap" title="Woiwodschap">woiwodschap</a>, <a href="/wiki/Departementen_van_Frankrijk" title="Departementen van Frankrijk">departement</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deelstaten_van_Duitsland" title="Deelstaten van Duitsland">deelstaat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oblast" title="Oblast">oblast</a> enzovoorts) voor hun regionale <a href="/wiki/Bestuurslaag" class="mw-redirect" title="Bestuurslaag">bestuurslagen</a>. Sommige – vooral kleinere – landen hebben geen bestuursniveau tussen de <a href="/wiki/Staat_(politiek)" title="Staat (politiek)">staat</a> en het lokale niveau (de <a href="/wiki/Gemeente_(bestuur)" title="Gemeente (bestuur)">gemeenten</a>). </p><p>Wanneer een land wel provincies heeft, is vaak het gehele land verdeeld in provincies, of het overgrote deel ervan. Het kan ook voorkomen dat bepaalde bestuurlijke eenheden <a href="/wiki/Autonoom_gebied" title="Autonoom gebied">sterkere autonomie</a> hebben; die delen kunnen 'autonome provincie' heten maar zulke gebieden kunnen ook een afwijkende aanduiding hebben. Anderzijds zijn er in sommige landen gebieden die direct onder de staat vallen en niet onder een provincie of vergelijkbare eenheid. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Staatsrechtelijk">Staatsrechtelijk</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Provincie&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Bewerk dit kopje: Staatsrechtelijk" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Provincie&action=edit&section=2" title="De broncode bewerken van de sectie: Staatsrechtelijk"><span>brontekst bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Staatsrecht" title="Staatsrecht">Staatsrechtelijk</a> is de provincie in <a href="/wiki/Nederland_(hoofdbetekenis)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nederland (hoofdbetekenis)">Nederland</a> en <a href="/wiki/Belgi%C3%AB_(hoofdbetekenis)" class="mw-redirect" title="België (hoofdbetekenis)">België</a> de bestuurlijke eenheid tussen de gemeenten en de centrale overheid, slechts ten dele staat deze in staatsrechtelijke zin "boven" de gemeenten. In Nederland vormen de <a href="/wiki/Provincies_van_Nederland" title="Provincies van Nederland">provincies</a> de enige bestuurslaag tussen de <a href="/wiki/Gemeente_(bestuur)" title="Gemeente (bestuur)">gemeenten</a> en de <a href="/wiki/Rijksoverheid" title="Rijksoverheid">rijksoverheid</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Vlaanderen_(hoofdbetekenis)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vlaanderen (hoofdbetekenis)">Vlaanderen</a> en <a href="/wiki/Walloni%C3%AB" title="Wallonië">Wallonië</a> ligt de <a href="/wiki/Provincies_van_Belgi%C3%AB" title="Provincies van België">provinciale bestuurslaag</a> tussen de gemeentelijke en die van het <a href="/wiki/Gewest_(Belgi%C3%AB)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gewest (België)">gewest</a>. Het <a href="/wiki/Brussels_Hoofdstedelijk_Gewest" title="Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest">Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest</a> heeft geen provincies. Aan het hoofd van een provincie staat in België een <a href="/wiki/Gouverneur" title="Gouverneur">gouverneur</a> en in Nederland de <a href="/wiki/Provinciale_Staten_(Nederland)" title="Provinciale Staten (Nederland)">provinciale staten</a>, een college van volksvertegenwoordigers.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Nederland zit de <a href="/wiki/Commissaris_van_de_Koning(in)" class="mw-redirect" title="Commissaris van de Koning(in)">commissaris van de Koning</a> de collegevergadering voor. 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coords="29,109,26,109,25,110,25,111,26,112,29,112,29,111" alt="Bonaire" title="Bonaire" /><area href="/wiki/Bonaire" shape="rect" coords="32,263,57,257" alt="Bonaire" title="Bonaire" /></map><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Provincies_van_Nederland" title="Provincies van Nederland">Provincies van Nederland</a> in 2019. Deze zijn aanklikbaar, evenals <a href="/wiki/Bonaire" title="Bonaire">Bonaire</a>. De eilanden van <a href="/wiki/Caribisch_Nederland" title="Caribisch Nederland">Caribisch Nederland</a> zijn niet bij een provincie ingedeeld.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nederland">Nederland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Provincie&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Bewerk dit kopje: Nederland" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Provincie&action=edit&section=3" title="De broncode bewerken van de sectie: Nederland"><span>brontekst bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="hatnote" style="margin-bottom:0.5em; padding:0.5em 0 0.5em 1.6em; font-size:95%;" role="note"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/23px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/30px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> <i>Zie <a href="/wiki/Provincies_van_Nederland" title="Provincies van Nederland">Provincies van Nederland</a> voor het hoofdartikel over dit onderwerp.</i></div> <p>In Nederland heeft de provincie op verschillende beleidsterreinen, zoals <a href="/wiki/Ruimtelijke_ordening" title="Ruimtelijke ordening">ruimtelijke ordening</a> en <a href="/wiki/Openbaar_vervoer" title="Openbaar vervoer">openbaar vervoer</a> een belangrijke coördinerende taak. De provincie is in sommige gevallen toezichthouder op <a href="/wiki/Gemeente_(bestuur)" title="Gemeente (bestuur)">gemeenten</a> en <a href="/wiki/Waterschap_(Nederland)" title="Waterschap (Nederland)">waterschappen</a>. Provincies werken onderling samen in het Interprovinciaal Overleg en hebben functies in het kader van het <a href="/wiki/Europees_Comit%C3%A9_van_de_Regio%27s" title="Europees Comité van de Regio's">Europees Comité van de Regio's</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="België"><span id="Belgi.C3.AB"></span>België</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Provincie&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Bewerk dit kopje: België" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Provincie&action=edit&section=4" title="De broncode bewerken van de sectie: België"><span>brontekst bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="hatnote" style="margin-bottom:0.5em; padding:0.5em 0 0.5em 1.6em; font-size:95%;" role="note"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/23px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/30px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> <i>Zie <a href="/wiki/Provincies_van_Belgi%C3%AB" title="Provincies van België">Provincies van België</a> voor het hoofdartikel over dit onderwerp.</i></div><p> Volgens de grondwet regelt de provincie wat van provinciaal belang is, alsook de haar toegewezen taken door de Gemeenschap of het Gewest.</p><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/Bestand:Belgium_regions_dutch.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Kaart van de Belgische provincies" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Belgium_regions_dutch.png/300px-Belgium_regions_dutch.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="253" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Belgium_regions_dutch.png 1.5x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="337" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Provincies_van_Belgi%C3%AB" title="Provincies van België">Provincies van België</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In België wordt sedert de invoering van het federalisme met het ontstaan van Gewesten en Gemeenschappen, het nut van de provincies sterk in twijfel getrokken. Er werden al politieke initiatieven genomen om de provincies op te doeken, maar dat is niet gelukt. De provincie is wel nog een belangrijke speler in de beroepsprocedure tegen beslissingen van <a href="/wiki/Gemeente_(bestuur)" title="Gemeente (bestuur)">gemeentebesturen</a> inzake <a href="/wiki/Omgevingsvergunning" title="Omgevingsvergunning">omgevingsvergunningen</a>. In vele gevallen wordt een negatieve beslissing van gemeenten teruggedraaid, en advies van eigen ambtenaren genegeerd, in het voordeel van eigenaar of ontwikkelaar.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Andere_landen">Andere landen</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Provincie&veaction=edit&section=5" title="Bewerk dit kopje: Andere landen" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Provincie&action=edit&section=5" title="De broncode bewerken van de sectie: Andere landen"><span>brontekst bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ook voor bovenlokale bestuurlijke eenheden in andere landen wordt wel de naam provincie gebruikt. De bestuurlijke verantwoordelijkheden van zulke gebieden kunnen echter sterk uiteenlopen. In enkele gevallen is er verregaande <a href="/wiki/Autonomie" title="Autonomie">autonomie</a>, zoals bij de <a href="/wiki/Provincies_en_territoria_van_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Provincies en territoria van Canada">Canadese provincies</a>, en gaat het feitelijk om <a href="/wiki/Deelstaat" title="Deelstaat">deelstaten</a>. In verschillende andere landen zijn de bevoegdheden van het provinciebestuur juist zeer beperkt. In <a href="/wiki/Itali%C3%AB" title="Italië">Italië</a> en <a href="/wiki/Spanje" title="Spanje">Spanje</a> wordt de naam provincie gebruikt voor een extra bestuurslaag tussen de regio's en de gemeenten, qua bevoegdheden vergelijkbaar met de provincies in Nederland en België. </p><p>Enkele voorbeelden: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Duitsland_(hoofdbetekenis)" class="mw-redirect" title="Duitsland (hoofdbetekenis)">Duitsland</a> en <a href="/wiki/Oostenrijk" title="Oostenrijk">Oostenrijk</a> hebben een <a href="/wiki/Federalisme" title="Federalisme">federale</a> structuur met <a href="/wiki/Deelstaat" title="Deelstaat">deelstaten</a> (Bundesländer). In Duitsland komt het <a href="/wiki/Regierungsbezirk" title="Regierungsbezirk">Regierungsbezirk</a> (district) overeen met het Belgische en Nederlandse begrip provincie.</li> <li>De <a href="/wiki/Duitse_Democratische_Republiek" title="Duitse Democratische Republiek">DDR</a> had eveneens <a href="/wiki/Bezirke_van_de_Duitse_Democratische_Republiek" title="Bezirke van de Duitse Democratische Republiek">Bezirke</a>, maar geen deelstaten.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zwitserland" title="Zwitserland">Zwitserland</a> is een <a href="/wiki/Confederatie" title="Confederatie">confederatie</a> met <a href="/wiki/Kanton_(bestuur)" title="Kanton (bestuur)">kantons</a>. Deze hebben een eigen regering met grote bevoegdheden.</li> <li>Het <a href="/wiki/Departementen_van_Frankrijk" title="Departementen van Frankrijk">Franse departement</a> is van dezelfde aard als de provincie in de Lage Landen.</li> <li>Groot-Brittannië en Ierland zijn <a href="/wiki/Traditionele_graafschappen_van_Engeland" title="Traditionele graafschappen van Engeland">traditioneel ingedeeld in <i>counties</i></a> (enkelvoud: <i>county</i>). De Britse graafschappen vormden de basis voor de huidige bestuurlijke indeling, maar verschilden daarvan qua regio en qua bevoegdheden. Door reorganisaties is een gemengd systeem ontstaan, zie bijvoorbeeld <a href="/wiki/Stedelijke_en_niet-stedelijke_graafschappen_van_Engeland" title="Stedelijke en niet-stedelijke graafschappen van Engeland">Stedelijke en niet-stedelijke graafschappen van Engeland</a>.</li> <li>Binnen de <a href="/wiki/Verenigde_Staten_(hoofdbetekenis)" class="mw-redirect" title="Verenigde Staten (hoofdbetekenis)">Verenigde Staten</a> zijn de meeste <a href="/wiki/Staten_van_de_Verenigde_Staten" title="Staten van de Verenigde Staten">staten</a> ingedeeld in counties.</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Indonesi%C3%AB" title="Indonesië">Indonesië</a> is de <a href="/wiki/Provincies_van_Indonesi%C3%AB" title="Provincies van Indonesië">provincie</a> de bestuurslaag tussen de centrale regering en de <a href="/wiki/Regentschap_(Indonesi%C3%AB)" title="Regentschap (Indonesië)">regentschappen</a>, die op hun beurt opgedeeld zijn in <a href="/wiki/Onderdistrict_(Indonesi%C3%AB)" title="Onderdistrict (Indonesië)">onderdistricten</a>.</li> <li>Elders worden eveneens vaak lokale namen gebruikt voor bestuurlijke eenheden op het eerste niveau. Voorbeelden hiervan zijn de <a href="/wiki/Ajmag" title="Ajmag">ajmguud</a> (stamgebieden) in <a href="/wiki/Mongoli%C3%AB" title="Mongolië">Mongolië</a>, <a href="/wiki/Provincies_van_Thailand" title="Provincies van Thailand">changwat</a> in <a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dzongkhag" title="Dzongkhag">dzongkhags</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bhutan" title="Bhutan">Bhutan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Districten_van_Samoa" title="Districten van Samoa">itūmālō</a> in <a href="/wiki/Samoa" title="Samoa">Samoa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prefecturen_van_Japan" title="Prefecturen van Japan">prefecturen</a> in <a href="/wiki/Japan_(hoofdbetekenis)" class="mw-redirect" title="Japan (hoofdbetekenis)">Japan</a> en <a href="/wiki/Wilaya" title="Wilaya">viloyati</a> in <a href="/wiki/Oezbekistan" title="Oezbekistan">Oezbekistan</a> (en met vergelijkbare benamingen in veel andere islamitische landen).De provincie met de grootste bevolking ter wereld is <a href="/wiki/Guangdong" title="Guangdong">Guangdong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Volksrepubliek_China" title="Volksrepubliek China">China</a>, met een geschatte populatie van 104 miljoen mensen (<a href="/wiki/Census" class="mw-redirect" title="Census">census</a> van 2010).</li></ul> <p>Qua oppervlak is <a href="/wiki/Jakoeti%C3%AB" title="Jakoetië">Jakoetië</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rusland" title="Rusland">Rusland</a>, het grootste landsdeel ter wereld. Het oppervlak bedraagt ruim drie miljoen km². </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historisch">Historisch</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Provincie&veaction=edit&section=6" title="Bewerk dit kopje: Historisch" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Provincie&action=edit&section=6" title="De broncode bewerken van de sectie: Historisch"><span>brontekst bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Het woord <i>provincie</i> gaat terug op het <a href="/wiki/Latijn" title="Latijn">Latijnse</a> woord <i><a href="/wiki/Romeinse_provincie" title="Romeinse provincie">provincia</a></i> voor het Romeinse bestuur over de veroverde gebieden buiten het Italische schiereiland. Een van deze provincies leeft voort in de naam <i><a href="/wiki/Provence_(Frankrijk)" title="Provence (Frankrijk)">Provence</a></i> voor het zuidoosten van Frankrijk. </p><p>De meeste provincies in <a href="/wiki/Nederland_(hoofdbetekenis)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nederland (hoofdbetekenis)">Nederland</a> en <a href="/wiki/Belgi%C3%AB_(hoofdbetekenis)" class="mw-redirect" title="België (hoofdbetekenis)">België</a> vormen een voortzetting van de autonome gewesten uit de <a href="/wiki/Bondsstaat" class="mw-redirect" title="Bondsstaat">federatieve</a> <a href="/wiki/Republiek_der_Zeven_Verenigde_Nederlanden" title="Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden">Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden</a>. Afgevaardigden, ofwel <i>gedeputeerden</i>, vergaderden in de Staten-Generaal over onderwerpen die voor de hele Republiek relevant waren; besluiten werden genomen na ruggespraak tussen de gedeputeerden en hun provincie. De rest regelden de provincies zelf. De bestuurlijke verantwoordelijkheid van de gewesten is na de <a href="/wiki/Franse_tijd_in_Nederland" class="mw-redirect" title="Franse tijd in Nederland">Franse tijd</a> niet hersteld, daar het nieuwe Koninkrijk der Nederlanden zich naar richtlijn van het <a href="/wiki/Congres_van_Wenen" title="Congres van Wenen">Congres van Wenen</a> als eenheidsstaat moest ontwikkelen. De bestuurscultuur uit de Republiek werd door de volksvertegenwoordigers echter wel zoveel mogelijk meegenomen naar het nieuwe staatsorganen de <a href="/wiki/Tweede_Kamer_der_Staten-Generaal" title="Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal">Tweede</a> en <a href="/wiki/Eerste_Kamer_der_Staten-Generaal" title="Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal">Eerste Kamer</a> der Staten-Generaal. Mogelijk omdat de Grondwet van 1814 en 1815 nauwelijks regels gaf voor de werkwijze in het parlement.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Met name in die provincies die een lange eigen bestuurlijke, politieke en culturele traditie kennen, bleef de gewestelijke identiteit sterk. In cultureel heterogene provincies als <a href="/wiki/Gelderland" title="Gelderland">Gelderland</a> en <a href="/wiki/Overijssel" title="Overijssel">Overijssel</a> is nooit een provinciale identiteit ontstaan. De sterk verstedelijkte provincies <a href="/wiki/Noord-Holland" title="Noord-Holland">Noord-</a> en <a href="/wiki/Zuid-Holland" title="Zuid-Holland">Zuid-Holland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Utrecht_(provincie)" title="Utrecht (provincie)">Utrecht</a> en <a href="/wiki/Antwerpen_(provincie)" title="Antwerpen (provincie)">Antwerpen</a> hebben in de late <a href="/wiki/19e_eeuw" title="19e eeuw">19e</a> en <a href="/wiki/20e_eeuw" title="20e eeuw">20e eeuw</a> het voortouw genomen in de culturele gelijkschakeling in de nieuwe eenheidsstaat. </p><p>Geen voortzetting van voormalige gewesten en als zodanig een uitzondering op het bovenstaande zijn de provincies Limburg (in Nederland en België) en <a href="/wiki/Luxemburg_(provincie)" title="Luxemburg (provincie)">Luxemburg</a> (België), die als bestuurseenheid niet verder teruggaan dan de <a href="/wiki/19e_eeuw" title="19e eeuw">19e eeuw</a>. De opdeling van het gewest <a href="/wiki/Holland" title="Holland">Holland</a> in de huidige provincies <a href="/wiki/Noord-Holland" title="Noord-Holland">Noord-</a> en <a href="/wiki/Zuid-Holland" title="Zuid-Holland">Zuid-Holland</a> dateert van <a href="/wiki/1840" title="1840">1840</a>. <a href="/wiki/Flevoland" title="Flevoland">Flevoland</a> is grotendeels uit het <a href="/wiki/IJsselmeer" title="IJsselmeer">IJsselmeer</a> gewonnen en werd op 1 januari 1986 gevormd uit de Flevopolder, Urk, en de Noordoostpolder. De opdeling van de Belgische provincie <a href="/wiki/Brabant_(provincie)" title="Brabant (provincie)">Brabant</a> in de huidige provincies <a href="/wiki/Waals-Brabant" title="Waals-Brabant">Waals-</a> en <a href="/wiki/Vlaams-Brabant" title="Vlaams-Brabant">Vlaams-Brabant</a> dateert van <a href="/wiki/1_januari" title="1 januari">1 januari</a> <a href="/wiki/1995" title="1995">1995</a>. </p><p>De Belgische provinciën zijn verdeeld per gewest.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Vlaanderen_(hoofdbetekenis)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vlaanderen (hoofdbetekenis)">Vlaanderen</a> is onderverdeeld in de provinciën <a href="/wiki/Antwerpen_(provincie)" title="Antwerpen (provincie)">Antwerpen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Limburg_(Belgische_provincie)" title="Limburg (Belgische provincie)">Limburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oost-Vlaanderen" title="Oost-Vlaanderen">Oost-Vlaanderen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vlaams-Brabant" title="Vlaams-Brabant">Vlaams-Brabant</a> en <a href="/wiki/West-Vlaanderen" title="West-Vlaanderen">West-Vlaanderen</a>. <a href="/wiki/Walloni%C3%AB" title="Wallonië">Wallonië</a> is onderverdeeld in de provinciën <a href="/wiki/Henegouwen" title="Henegouwen">Henegouwen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luik_(provincie)" title="Luik (provincie)">Luik</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luxemburg_(provincie)" title="Luxemburg (provincie)">Luxemburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Namen_(provincie)" title="Namen (provincie)">Namen</a> en <a href="/wiki/Waals-Brabant" title="Waals-Brabant">Waals-Brabant</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Kerkelijke_provincies">Kerkelijke provincies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Provincie&veaction=edit&section=7" title="Bewerk dit kopje: Kerkelijke provincies" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Provincie&action=edit&section=7" title="De broncode bewerken van de sectie: Kerkelijke provincies"><span>brontekst bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="hatnote" style="margin-bottom:0.5em; padding:0.5em 0 0.5em 1.6em; font-size:95%;" role="note"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/23px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/30px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> <i>Zie <a href="/wiki/Kerkprovincie" title="Kerkprovincie">kerkprovincie</a> voor het hoofdartikel over dit onderwerp.</i></div> <p>Ook de <a href="/wiki/Rooms-Katholieke_Kerk" title="Rooms-Katholieke Kerk">Rooms-Katholieke Kerk</a> is verdeeld in provincies: kerkprovincies. Daarnaast groeperen de meeste <a href="/wiki/Kloosterorde" title="Kloosterorde">kloosterorden</a> hun <a href="/wiki/Klooster_(gebouw)" title="Klooster (gebouw)">kloosters</a> of <a href="/wiki/Abdij" title="Abdij">abdijen</a> ook in provincies, die doorgaans samenvallen met staatkundige indelingen. Zo hadden bijvoorbeeld de <a href="/wiki/Dominicanen" title="Dominicanen">Dominicanen</a> en de <a href="/wiki/Franciscanen" title="Franciscanen">Franciscanen</a> een Nederlandse, Vlaamse en Waalse provincie, met aan het hoofd telkens een <a href="/wiki/Provinciaal" title="Provinciaal">provinciaal</a>. De hoofdzetel van een ordeprovincie wordt <a href="/wiki/Provincialaat" title="Provincialaat">provincialaat</a> genoemd. Bij de <a href="/wiki/Premonstratenzers" title="Premonstratenzers">Norbertijnen</a> is het equivalent van de provincie een <a href="/wiki/Circarie" title="Circarie">circarie</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Platteland">Platteland</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Provincie&veaction=edit&section=8" title="Bewerk dit kopje: Platteland" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Provincie&action=edit&section=8" title="De broncode bewerken van de sectie: Platteland"><span>brontekst bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>De term <b>de provincie</b> wordt ook wel gebruikt om het gebied in een land buiten de hoofdstad of buiten de grote steden aan te duiden, dus het <a href="/wiki/Platteland" title="Platteland">platteland</a> en kleinere steden. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Zie_ook">Zie ook</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Provincie&veaction=edit&section=9" title="Bewerk dit kopje: Zie ook" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Provincie&action=edit&section=9" title="De broncode bewerken van de sectie: Zie ook"><span>brontekst bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Interprovinciaal_Overleg" title="Interprovinciaal Overleg">Interprovinciaal Overleg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provincies_van_Belgi%C3%AB" title="Provincies van België">Provincies van België</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provincies_van_Nederland" title="Provincies van Nederland">Provincies van Nederland</a>, met uitleg over de werking van het provinciebestuur</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landen_en_gebieden_overzee" title="Landen en gebieden overzee">landen en gebieden overzee</a></li></ul> <div class="toccolours appendix" role="presentation" style="font-size:90%; margin:1em 0 -0.5em; clear:both;"> <div><span style="font-weight:bold">Bronnen, noten en/of referenties</span></div> <div class="reflist" style="list-style-type: decimal;"><div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">De <a href="/wiki/Provinciewet_(Nederland)" title="Provinciewet (Nederland)">Provinciewet</a>: Artikel 124 1. Aan het hoofd van de provincie en de gemeente staan provinciale staten onderscheidenlijk de gemeenteraad. Hun vergaderingen zijn openbaar, behoudens bij de wet te regelen uitzonderingen.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation" id="CITEREFFout:_ongeldige_tijd."><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20160206_02113733">Bouwvergunning geweigerd? Provincie keurt ze wel goed</a>. <a href="/wiki/Het_Nieuwsblad" title="Het Nieuwsblad">Het Nieuwsblad</a> (<span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2016-02-07">7 februari 2016</span>). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190409182623/https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20160206_02113733">Gearchiveerd</a> op <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2019-04-09">9 april 2019</span>. Geraadpleegd op <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2019-01-06">6 januari 2019</span>. </span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation" id="CITEREF2020"><span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Mark Barrois</span>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://historiek.net/regentenwerk-lauren-lauret/137148/">Regentenwerk - Vergaderen in de Staten-Generaal en Tweede Kamer 1750-1850</a>. <i>Historiek</i>. Historiek (<span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2020-09-11">11 september 2020</span>). Geraadpleegd op <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2023-12-20">20 december 2023</span>. </span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation"><span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Lauren Lauret</span>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://uitgeverijprometheus.nl/boeken/regentenwerk-e-boek/">Regentenwerk</a>. <i>uitgeverijprometheus.nl</i>. Prometheus. Geraadpleegd op <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2023-12-20">20 december 2023</span>. </span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Belgische_Grondwet" title="Belgische Grondwet">Belgische Grondwet</a>, Titel I, art. 5.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> </div> <div class="interProject wiktionary mw-list-item" style="display:none;"><a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:Search/provincie" class="extiw" title="wikt:Special:Search/provincie">WikiWoordenboek</a></div><div class="interProjectTemplate"></div> <!-- NewPP limit report Parsed by mw‐web.eqiad.main‐64476968cd‐sp6kf Cached time: 20241102124056 Cache expiry: 2592000 Reduced expiry: false Complications: [show‐toc] CPU time usage: 0.123 seconds Real time usage: 0.395 seconds Preprocessor visited node count: 1463/1000000 Post‐expand include size: 6466/2097152 bytes Template argument size: 2174/2097152 bytes Highest expansion depth: 13/100 Expensive parser function count: 0/500 Unstrip recursion depth: 0/20 Unstrip post‐expand size: 19418/5000000 bytes Lua time usage: 0.007/10.000 seconds Lua memory usage: 790770/52428800 bytes Number of Wikibase entities loaded: 0/400 --> <!-- Transclusion expansion time report (%,ms,calls,template) 100.00% 103.940 1 -total 52.93% 55.019 1 Sjabloon:Appendix 49.64% 51.596 1 Sjabloon:References 24.89% 25.866 3 Sjabloon:Citeer_web 22.58% 23.469 1 Sjabloon:Zijbalk_provincies_Nederland 13.22% 13.744 1 Sjabloon:Woordenboek 7.63% 7.934 3 Sjabloon:Zie_hoofdartikel 5.35% 5.558 1 Sjabloon:InterProject 4.70% 4.882 3 Sjabloon:Multiparameters 3.49% 3.625 2 Sjabloon:Sfnref --> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key nlwiki:pcache:idhash:8281-0!dateformat=default and timestamp 20241102124056 and revision id 67996028. 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