List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area from 200,000 to 500,000 km²
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Geographic entity | Area (km2) | Notes |
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Katanga | 496,877 | Second largest province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. | |
Tombouctou Region | 496,611 | Largest region of Mali. | |
Turkmenistan | 488,100 | Country in Central Asia. | |
Denmark-Norway | 487,476 | A Scondanavian Kingdom lasting from 1536–1814. | |
Sichuan Sichuan ' , known formerly in the West by its postal map spellings of Szechwan or Szechuan is a province in Southwest China with its capital in Chengdu... |
485,000 | Province of China. | |
Al Kufrah Al Kufrah Kufra or Kofra , also spelled Cufra, is the largest district of Libya. Its capital is Al Jawf, one of the oases in Kufra basin. There is a very large oil refinery near the capital.... |
483,510 | Largest district of Libya. The 32 districts were reorganized into 22 Sha'biyah in 2007, but Al Kufrah appears to have retained its borders. | |
Cameroon | 475,442 | Country in Africa. | |
Yukon | 474,391 | Territory of Canada. | |
Kamchatka Krai | 472,300 | Federal subject of Russia. | |
Papua New Guinea | 462,840 | Country in Oceania. | |
Magadan Oblast Magadan Oblast Magadan Oblast is a federal subject of Russia in the Far Eastern Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Magadan.... |
461,400 | Federal subject of Russia. | |
Gansu Gansu ' is a province located in the northwest of the People's Republic of China.It lies between the Tibetan and Huangtu plateaus, and borders Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, and Ningxia to the north, Xinjiang and Qinghai to the west, Sichuan to the south, and Shaanxi to the east... |
454,300 | Province of China. | |
Ross Dependency Ross Dependency The Ross Dependency is a region of Antarctica defined by a sector originating at the South Pole, passing along longitudes 160° east to 150° west, and terminating at latitude 60° south... |
450,000 | New Zealand claim to Antarctica. | |
Sweden | 449,964 | Country in Europe. Includes Gotland Gotland Gotland is a county, province, municipality and diocese of Sweden; it is Sweden's largest island and the largest island in the Baltic Sea. At 3,140 square kilometers in area, the region makes up less than one percent of Sweden's total land area... and Öland Öland ' is the second largest Swedish island and the smallest of the traditional provinces of Sweden. Öland has an area of 1,342 km² and is located in the Baltic Sea just off the coast of Småland. The island has 25,000 inhabitants, but during Swedish Midsummer it is visited by up to 500,000 people... . |
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Uzbekistan | 447,400 | Country in Central Asia; largest doubly landlocked Landlocked A landlocked country is a country entirely enclosed by land, or whose only coastlines lie on closed seas. There are 48 landlocked countries in the world, including partially recognized states... country of the world. |
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Morocco | 446,550 | Country in Africa; excluding Western Sahara Western Sahara Western Sahara is a disputed territory in North Africa, bordered by Morocco to the north, Algeria to the northeast, Mauritania to the east and south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Its surface area amounts to . It is one of the most sparsely populated territories in the world, mainly... . |
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Iraq | 438,317 | Country in Middle East. | |
Adélie Land Adélie Land Adélie Land is the portion of the Antarctic coast between 136° E and 142° E , with a shore length of 350 km and with its hinterland extending as a sector about 2,600 km toward the South Pole. It is claimed by France as one of five districts of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, although not... |
432,000 | French claim to Antarctica. | |
Chita Oblast Chita Oblast Chita Oblast was a federal subject of Russia in southeast Siberia, Russia. Its administrative center was the city of Chita. It had extensive international borders with China and Mongolia and internal borders with Irkutsk and Amur Oblasts, as well as with the Buryat and the Sakha Republics. Its... |
431,500 | Federal subject of Russia. Includes Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug; without the autonomous okrug, 412,500km2. | |
Karagandy Province | 428,000 | Largest province of Kazakhstan. | |
Adrar Province Adrar Province Adrar is a province in southwestern Algeria, named after its capital Adrar. It is the second-largest province, with an area of 427,368 km²... |
427,368 | Second largest province of Algeria. | |
California | 423,970 | State of the United States. | |
Papua | 421,981 | Province of Indonesia, status uncertain following Indonesian declaration of intent to subdivide into smaller provinces. | |
Komi Republic Komi Republic The Komi Republic is a federal subject of Russia .-Geography:The republic is situated to the west of the Ural mountains, in the north-east of the East European Plain... |
415,900 | Federal subject of Russia. | |
Riyadh Province | 412,000 | Second largest province of Saudi Arabia. | |
Paraguay | 406,752 | Country in South America. | |
Équateur Équateur Équateur is one of the ten provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is in the north of the country, and bordered the Republic of the Congo to the west, the Central African Republic to the north, to the east the Orientale province, and to the south the Kasai-Oriental, Kasai-Occidental, and... |
403,292 | Third largest province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. | |
Old Kingdom Old Kingdom Old Kingdom is the name given to the period in the 3rd millennium BC when Egypt attained its first continuous peak of civilization in complexity and achievement – the first of three so-called "Kingdom" periods, which mark the high points of civilization in the lower Nile Valley .The term itself was... |
400,000 | The first unified Egyptian empire lasting from 2686–2134 BC. | |
Middle Assyrian period | 400,000 | An ancient Middle Eastern kingdom in the Fertile Crescent, lasting from 1365–1000 BC. | |
Yunnan Yunnan Yunnan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country spanning approximately and with a population of 45.7 million . The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders Burma, Laos, and Vietnam.Yunnan is situated in a mountainous area, with... |
394,000 | Province of China. | |
Zimbabwe | 390,757 | Country in Africa. | |
Kurdistan | 390,000(Est.) | Region in the Middle East; homeland of the Kurds Kurdish people The Kurdish people, or Kurds , are an Iranian people native to the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region known as Kurdistan, which includes adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey... |
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Norway (total) | 385,155 | Country in Europe. Includes mainland Norway (324,220 km2) and the integral overseas areas of Svalbard Svalbard Svalbard is an archipelago in the Arctic, constituting the northernmost part of Norway. It is located north of mainland Europe, midway between mainland Norway and the North Pole. The group of islands range from 74° to 81° north latitude , and from 10° to 35° east longitude. Spitsbergen is the... and Jan Mayen Jan Mayen Jan Mayen Island is a volcanic island in the Arctic Ocean and part of the Kingdom of Norway. It is long and 373 km2 in area, partly covered by glaciers . It has two parts: larger northeast Nord-Jan and smaller Sør-Jan, linked by an isthmus wide... (60,980 km2); excludes the dependency of Bouvet Island Bouvet Island Bouvet Island is an uninhabited Antarctic volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, 2,525 km south-southwest of South Africa. It is a dependent territory of Norway and, lying north of 60°S latitude, is not subject to the Antarctic Treaty. The centre of the island is an ice-filled crater of an... (49 km2) and the Antarctic dependency claims of Queen Maud Land Queen Maud Land Queen Maud Land is a c. 2.7 million-square-kilometre region of Antarctica claimed as a dependent territory by Norway. The territory lies between 20° west and 45° east, between the British Antarctic Territory to the west and the Australian Antarctic Territory to the east. The latitudinal... and Peter I Island Peter I Island Peter I Island is an uninhabited volcanic island in the Bellingshausen Sea, from Antarctica. It is claimed as a dependency of Norway, and along with Queen Maud Land and Bouvet Island comprises one of the three Norwegian dependent territories in the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic. Peter I Island is ... (~2,500,000 km2). |
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Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area is a census area located in the state of Alaska, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 5,588. It is part of the unorganized borough and therefore has no borough seat... |
382,910 | Subdivision of Alaska; largest county-equivalent County-equivalent A county-equivalent in the United States is a term used by the federal government to describe one of the two following governmental subdivisions:#A unit of local government in certain states which is comparable to a county as found in most states.... in the United States. |
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Montana | 380,838 | State of the United States. | |
Japan | 377,873 | Country in Asia. Includes Ryukyu Islands Ryukyu Islands The , also known as the , is a chain of islands in the western Pacific, on the eastern limit of the East China Sea and to the southwest of the island of Kyushu in Japan. From about 1829 until the mid 20th century, they were alternately called Luchu, Loochoo, or Lewchew, akin to the Mandarin... (Nansei Islands), Daito Islands Daito Islands Daitō Islands are three islands that lie about east of Okinawa. From north to south, the islands are:* Data from 2004 Nov 20, 08:55 version of Japanese Wikipedia... , Ogasawara Islands Ogasawara Islands The Bonin Islands, known in Japan as the are an archipelago of over 30 subtropical and tropical islands, some directly south of Tokyo, Japan. Administratively, they are part of Ogasawara Municipality of Ogasawara Subprefecture, Tokyo... (Bonin Islands), Minami-Torishima Minami Torishima or Marcus Island is an isolated Japanese coral atoll in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, located some SE of Tokyo and east of the closest Japanese island, South Iwo Jima of the Ogasawara Islands, and nearly on a straight line between Tokyo and Wake Island, which is east southeast... (Marcus Island), Okino-Torishima Okinotorishima is an atoll, which in English has multiple designations . Its original name was Parece Vela Spanish for "looks like a sail"... and Volcano Islands Volcano Islands The Volcano Islands is a group of three Japanese islands south of the Bonin Islands that belong to the municipality of Ogasawara... (Kazan Islands); excludes the southern Kuril Islands Kuril Islands The Kuril Islands , in Russia's Sakhalin Oblast region, form a volcanic archipelago that stretches approximately northeast from Hokkaidō, Japan, to Kamchatka, Russia, separating the Sea of Okhotsk from the North Pacific Ocean. There are 56 islands and many more minor rocks. It consists of Greater... . |
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Baltic Sea Baltic Sea The Baltic Sea is a brackish mediterranean sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 20°E to 26°E longitude. It is bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of Europe, and the Danish islands. It drains into the Kattegat by way of the Øresund, the Great Belt and... |
377,000 | Sea in Europe, bordered on the north by Sweden and Finland, on the East by Russia, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, on the south by Poland and Germany, and on the West by Denmark. | |
New Valley Governorate | 376,505 | Largest governorate of Egypt. | |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 373,872 | Province of Canada. | |
Northern Cape Northern Cape The Northern Cape is the largest and most sparsely populated province of South Africa. It was created in 1994 when the Cape Province was split up. Its capital is Kimberley. It includes the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, part of an international park shared with Botswana... |
372,889 | Largest province of South Africa. | |
Caspian Sea Caspian Sea The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water on Earth by area, variously classed as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. The sea has a surface area of and a volume of... |
371,000 | Body of water in Central Asia variously classed as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. Between Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, and Iran. | |
Santa Cruz Department Santa Cruz Department Santa Cruz, with an area of 370,621 km², is the largest of the nine constituent departments of Bolivia. In the 2001 census, it reported a population of 2,029,471. The capital is the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. The state is one of the wealthiest states in Bolivia with huge reserves of... |
370,621 | Largest department of Bolivia. | |
Loreto Region Loreto Region Loreto is Peru's northernmost region. Covering almost one-third of Peru's territory, Loreto is by far the nation's largest region and also one of the most sparsely populated ones, due to its remote location in the Amazon Rainforest... |
368,852 | Largest region of Peru. | |
Amur Oblast Amur Oblast Amur Oblast is a federal subject of Russia , situated about east of Moscow on the banks of the Amur and Zeya Rivers. It shares its border with the Sakha Republic in the north, Khabarovsk Krai and the Jewish Autonomous Oblast in the east, People's Republic of China in the south, and Zabaykalsky... |
363,700 | Federal subject of Russia. | |
Mato Grosso do Sul | 357,125 | State of Brazil. | |
Germany | 357,022 | Country in Europe; before the German reunification German reunification German reunification was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany , and when Berlin reunited into a single city, as provided by its then Grundgesetz constitution Article 23. The start of this process is commonly referred by Germans as die... took place on 3 October 1990, Germany consisted of the former Federal Republic of Germany West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990.... (FRG, West Germany) with 248,689 km2 and the German Democratic Republic German Democratic Republic The German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city... (GDR, East Germany) with 108,333 km2. |
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Oromia Region Oromia Region Oromia is one of the nine ethnic divisions of Ethiopia... |
353,632 | Largest region of Ethiopia. | |
Buryat Republic | 351,300 | Federal subject of Russia. | |
Murzuq Murzuq Murzuq is one of the districts of Libya. It is in the south of the country. Its capital is Murzuk. The city was occupied by the Ottoman Empire in 1578 and served as the capital of Fezzan off and on until the Ottomans ceded Libya to Italy in 1912... |
349,790 | 2nd largest district of Libya. The 32 districts were reorganized into 22 Sha'biyah in 2007, but Murzuq appears to have retained its borders. | |
Northern Northern, Sudan Northern is one of the 15 wilayat or states of Sudan. It has an area of 348,765 km² and an estimated population of 833,743 . Dongola is the capital of the state. The town of Wadi Halfa, a headquarters of the British in the late nineteenth century, is located in the north of the province.... |
348,765 | Largest state of Sudan. | |
Balochistan Balochistan (Pakistan) Balochistan is one of the four provinces or federating units of Pakistan. With an area of 134,051 mi2 or , it is the largest province of Pakistan, constituting approximately 44% of the total land mass of Pakistan. According to the 1998 population census, Balochistan had a population of... |
347,190 | Largest province of Pakistan. | |
Rajasthan Rajasthan Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with... |
342,236 | Largest state of India. | |
Republic of the Congo | 342,000 | Country in Africa. | |
Goiás | 340,087 | State of Brazil. | |
Finland | 338,145 | Country in Europe. Includes Åland. | |
South Yemen | 332,970 | Former country in the Middle East from 1967 to 1990; now reunified into Yemen. | |
Maranhão | 331,983 | State of Brazil. | |
Vietnam | 331,689 | Country in Southeast Asia. | |
Malaysia | 329,847 | Country in Southeast Asia. | |
Norway (excluding self-governing territories) | 323,941 | Country in Europe. Includes mainland Norway; excludes the integral overseas areas of Svalbard Svalbard Svalbard is an archipelago in the Arctic, constituting the northernmost part of Norway. It is located north of mainland Europe, midway between mainland Norway and the North Pole. The group of islands range from 74° to 81° north latitude , and from 10° to 35° east longitude. Spitsbergen is the... and Jan Mayen Jan Mayen Jan Mayen Island is a volcanic island in the Arctic Ocean and part of the Kingdom of Norway. It is long and 373 km2 in area, partly covered by glaciers . It has two parts: larger northeast Nord-Jan and smaller Sør-Jan, linked by an isthmus wide... (60,980 km2), the dependency of Bouvet Island Bouvet Island Bouvet Island is an uninhabited Antarctic volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, 2,525 km south-southwest of South Africa. It is a dependent territory of Norway and, lying north of 60°S latitude, is not subject to the Antarctic Treaty. The centre of the island is an ice-filled crater of an... (49 km2) and the Antarctic dependency claims of Queen Maud Land Queen Maud Land Queen Maud Land is a c. 2.7 million-square-kilometre region of Antarctica claimed as a dependent territory by Norway. The territory lies between 20° west and 45° east, between the British Antarctic Territory to the west and the Australian Antarctic Territory to the east. The latitudinal... and Peter I Island Peter I Island Peter I Island is an uninhabited volcanic island in the Bellingshausen Sea, from Antarctica. It is claimed as a dependency of Norway, and along with Queen Maud Land and Bouvet Island comprises one of the three Norwegian dependent territories in the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic. Peter I Island is ... (~2,500,000 km2). |
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Côte d'Ivoire | 322,463 | Country in Africa. | |
Tomsk Oblast Tomsk Oblast Tomsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . It lies in the southeastern West Siberian Plain, in the southwest of the Siberian Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Tomsk. Population:... |
316,900 | Federal subject of Russia. | |
British Isles British Isles The British Isles are a group of islands off the northwest coast of continental Europe that include the islands of Great Britain and Ireland and over six thousand smaller isles. There are two sovereign states located on the islands: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and... |
315,134 | A series of islands in northern Europe. | |
New Mexico | 314,915 | State of the United States. | |
Poland | 312,685 | Country in Eastern Europe. | |
Oman | 309,500 | Country in Middle East. | |
Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city.... |
308,144 | State of India. | |
Maharashtra Maharashtra Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India... |
307,713 | State of India. | |
Buenos Aires Province | 307,571 | Largest province of Argentina. | |
Italy | 301,318 | Country in Europe. | |
Aktobe Province | 300,600 | Second largest province of Kazakhstan. | |
Philippines | 300,000 | Country in Southeast Asia. | |
North Darfur | 296,420 | Second largest state of Sudan. | |
Bandundu Bandundu Bandundu, formerly known as Banningville or Banningstad, is a city in Bandundu Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Bandundu is the capital of Bandundu Province. It is located on the north bank of the Kwango River, just below the juncture of the Kwango and the Kwilu, 8 km upstream from... |
295,658 | Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. | |
Arizona | 295,254 | State of the United States | |
Kingdom of Romania | 295,049 | Kingdom of Romania (1881-1947) at its greater extent in between 1919-1940 | |
Nevada | 286,351 | State of the United States. | |
Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century.... |
284,710 | A Balkan country lasting from 1918–1992. | |
Illizi Province Illizi Province Illizi is a province in the south-eastern corner of Algeria named after its eponymous seat.It borders Libya to the east, Ouargla Province to the north and, Tamanghasset Province to the east and south.-Administrative divisions:... |
284,618 | Province of Algeria. | |
Ecuador | 283,561 | Country in South America. Includes Galápagos Islands Galápagos Islands The Galápagos Islands are an archipelago of volcanic islands distributed around the equator in the Pacific Ocean, west of continental Ecuador, of which they are a part.The Galápagos Islands and its surrounding waters form an Ecuadorian province, a national park, and a... . |
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East Kazakhstan Province | 283,300 | Third largest province of Kazakhstan. | |
Rio Grande do Sul | 281,749 | State of Brazil. | |
Somali Region Somali Region Somali Region ; is the eastern-most of the nine ethnic divisions of Ethiopia. It is often called Somalia, though it is not to be confused with the independent country of the same name. The capital of Somali State is Jijiga... |
279,252 | Second largest region of Ethiopia. | |
Tocantins | 277,621 | State of Brazil. | |
Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third... |
275,068 | State of India. | |
Burkina Faso | 274,000 | Country in Africa. | |
New Zealand | 270,534 | Country in Oceania. Includes Antipodes Islands Antipodes Islands The Antipodes Islands are inhospitable volcanic islands to the south of—and territorially part of—New Zealand... , Auckland Islands Auckland Islands The Auckland Islands are an archipelago of the New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands and include Auckland Island, Adams Island, Enderby Island, Disappointment Island, Ewing Island, Rose Island, Dundas Island and Green Island, with a combined area of... , Bounty Islands Bounty Islands The Bounty Islands at are a small group of 13 granite islets and numerous rocks, with a combined area of , in the south Pacific Ocean that are territorially part of New Zealand. They are located between 47°44'35" and 47°46'10" S, and 179°01' and 179°04'20" E, southeast of the South Island of New... , Campbell Island Campbell Island, New Zealand Campbell Island is a remote, subantarctic island of New Zealand and the main island of the Campbell Island group. It covers of the group's , and is surrounded by numerous stacks, rocks and islets like Dent Island, Folly Island , Isle de Jeanette Marie, and Jacquemart Island, the latter being the... , Chatham Islands Chatham Islands The Chatham Islands are an archipelago and New Zealand territory in the Pacific Ocean consisting of about ten islands within a radius, the largest of which are Chatham Island and Pitt Island. Their name in the indigenous language, Moriori, means Misty Sun... , and Kermadec Islands Kermadec Islands The Kermadec Islands are a subtropical island arc in the South Pacific Ocean northeast of New Zealand's North Island, and a similar distance southwest of Tonga... . Excludes Niue Niue Niue , is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean. It is commonly known as the "Rock of Polynesia", and inhabitants of the island call it "the Rock" for short. Niue is northeast of New Zealand in a triangle between Tonga to the southwest, the Samoas to the northwest, and the Cook Islands to... (260 km2), the Cook Islands Cook Islands The Cook Islands is a self-governing parliamentary democracy in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand... (236 km2) and Tokelau Tokelau Tokelau is a territory of New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean that consists of three tropical coral atolls with a combined land area of 10 km2 and a population of approximately 1,400... (12 km2), as well as the Antarctic claim of Ross Dependency Ross Dependency The Ross Dependency is a region of Antarctica defined by a sector originating at the South Pole, passing along longitudes 160° east to 150° west, and terminating at latitude 60° south... (450,000 km2). |
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Colorado | 269,601 | State of the United States. | |
Gabon | 267,668 | Country in Africa. | |
Western Sahara | 266,000 | Country in Africa; largely occupied Military occupation Military occupation occurs when the control and authority over a territory passes to a hostile army. The territory then becomes occupied territory.-Military occupation and the laws of war:... by Morocco, some territory Free Zone (region) The Free Zone or Liberated Territories is a term used by the Polisario Front to describe the part of Western Sahara that lies to the east of the Moroccan Berm and west and north of the borders with Algeria and Mauritania, respectively... administered by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. |
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Oregon | 254,805 | State of the United States. | |
Wyoming | 253,348 | State of the United States. | |
Michigan | 253,266 | State of the United States. | |
Tiris Zemmour Tiris Zemmour Tiris Zemmour is the northern-most region of Mauritania. Its capital is Zouérate. Other major cities/towns include F'dérik and Bir Moghrein. The region borders Algeria to the north-east, Mali to east, the Mauritanian region of Adrar to the south and Western Sahara to west and north-west.Tiris... |
252,900 | Largest region of Mauritania. | |
Piauí | 251,529 | State of Brazil. | |
West Germany | 248,689 | Former country in Europe from 1949 to 1990; now reunified into Germany. | |
São Paulo (state) | 248,209 | State of Brazil. | |
Guinea | 245,857 | Country in Africa. | |
North Slope Borough, Alaska North Slope Borough, Alaska -National protected areas:* Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ** Cape Lisburne** Cape Thompson* Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ** Mollie Beattie Wilderness * Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve... |
245,436 | County of Alaska; largest county in the United States. | |
East Kalimantan East Kalimantan East Kalimantan is the second largest Indonesian province, located on the Kalimantan region on the east of Borneo island. The resource-rich province has two major cities, Samarinda and Balikpapan... |
245,238 | Province of Indonesia. | |
Chihuahua | 244,938 | Largest state of Mexico. | |
Great Lakes Great Lakes The Great Lakes are a collection of freshwater lakes located in northeastern North America, on the Canada – United States border. Consisting of Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, they form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth by total surface, coming in second by volume... |
244,100 | Lake system in North America, predominately between Canada and the United States. | |
Santa Cruz Province (Argentina) | 243,943 | Second largest province of Argentina. | |
United Kingdom | 242,900 | Country in Europe. Excludes the three Crown dependencies (768 km2), the 13 British overseas territories British overseas territories The British Overseas Territories are fourteen territories of the United Kingdom which, although they do not form part of the United Kingdom itself, fall under its jurisdiction. They are remnants of the British Empire that have not acquired independence or have voted to remain British territories... (17,027 km2) and the British Antarctic Territory British Antarctic Territory The British Antarctic Territory is a sector of Antarctica claimed by the United Kingdom as one of its 14 British Overseas Territories. It comprises the region south of 60°S latitude and between longitudes and , forming a wedge shape that extends to the South Pole... (1,395,000 km2). |
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Crown of Castile Crown of Castile The Crown of Castile was a medieval and modern state in the Iberian Peninsula that formed in 1230 as a result of the third and definitive union of the crowns and parliaments of the kingdoms of Castile and León upon the accession of the then King Ferdinand III of Castile to the vacant Leonese throne... |
241,782 | Royal union of Kingdoms in Spain lasting from 1230–1760, also known as the Kingdom of Castile y Leon. | |
Uganda | 241,038 | Country in Africa. | |
Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity... |
238,566 | State of India. | |
Ghana | 238,533 | Country in Africa. | |
Kingdom of Romania | 238,391 | Country in Central Europe. | |
Bolívar Bolívar (state) Bolívar State , is one of the 23 states into which Venezuela is divided. The state capital city is Ciudad Bolívar. Bolívar State covers a total surface area of 238,000 km² and in June 30, 2010 had an estimated population of 1,620,359.... |
238,000 | Largest state of Venezuela. | |
Rondônia | 237,576 | State of Brazil. | |
Laos | 236,800 | Country in Southeast Asia. | |
Caribbean Caribbean The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north... |
234,917 | Also known as the West Indies, all the islands of the Caribbean Sea Caribbean Sea The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean located in the tropics of the Western hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico and Central America to the west and southwest, to the north by the Greater Antilles, and to the east by the Lesser Antilles.... including the Greater Antilles Greater Antilles The Greater Antilles are one of three island groups in the Caribbean. Comprising Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola , and Puerto Rico, the Greater Antilles constitute almost 90% of the land mass of the entire West Indies.-Greater Antilles in context :The islands of the Caribbean Sea, collectively known as... , the Lesser Antilles Lesser Antilles The Lesser Antilles are a long, partly volcanic island arc in the Western Hemisphere. Most of its islands form the eastern boundary of the Caribbean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean, with the remainder located in the southern Caribbean just north of South America... and the Lucayan Archipelago Lucayan archipelago The Lucayan Archipelago, as defined by Julian Granberry, consists of the islands of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and of the Turks and Caicos Islands... . |
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Victoria (Australia) | 227,146 | State of Australia. | |
Kyzylorda Province | 226,000 | Province of Kazakhstan. | |
Minnesota | 225,365 | State of the United States. | |
Chubut Province | 224,686 | Third largest province of Argentina. | |
Roraima | 224,299 | State of Brazil. | |
Almaty Province Almaty Province Almaty is a province of Kazakhstan. Its capital is Taldykorgan, which has a population of 118,400. The province itself has 1,603,700 people.-Geography:... |
224,000 | Province of Kazakhstan. | |
Moxico Province Moxico (province) Moxico is the largest province of the African nation of Angola. It has an area of 223,023 km² and a population of approximately 230,000. Luena is the capital of the province.... |
223,023 | Largest province of Angola. | |
Jammu and Kashmir | 222,236 | State of India. | |
North Kurdufan North Kurdufan North Kurdufan is one of the 15 wilayat or states of Sudan. It has an area of 185,302 km² and an estimated population of 2,529,370 . Al-Ubayyid is the capital of the state.North Kurdufan is generally arid and desert.- History :... |
221,900 | Third largest state of Sudan. | |
Korea | 220,186 | Country in Asia prior to 1948; now divided into North Korea and South Korea. | |
Utah | 219,887 | State of the United States. | |
Great Britain | 219,000 | An island of the British Isles, the largest of that group. | |
Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary comprised present-day Hungary, Slovakia and Croatia , Transylvania , Carpatho Ruthenia , Vojvodina , Burgenland , and other smaller territories surrounding present-day Hungary's borders... |
218,915 | A European Kingdom lasting from 1000–1804. Measured at its apex in 1450. | |
Red Sea | 218,887 | State of Sudan. | |
Idaho | 216,446 | State of the United States. | |
Adrar | 215,300 | Second largest region of Mauritania. | |
Guyana | 214,969 | Country in South America. | |
Beni Department Beni Department Beni, sometimes El Beni, is a northeastern department of Bolivia, in the lowlands region of the country. It is the second largest department in the country , covering 213,564 square kilometers , and it was created by supreme decree on November 18, 1842 during the administration of General José... |
213,564 | Second largest department of Bolivia. | |
Kansas | 213,096 | State of the United States. | |
Matruh Governorate | 212,112 | Second largest governorate of Egypt. | |
Ouargla Province Ouargla Province Ouargla or Warqla is a province in eastern Algeria. Its capital is Ouargla. Other localities include Temacine, Touggourt, and Hassi Messaoud. It contains the Issaouane Erg desert.-History:... |
211,980 | Province of Algeria. | |
Hunan Hunan ' is a province of South-Central China, located to the south of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting... |
210,000 | Province of China. | |
Belarus | 207,600 | Largest landlocked country in Europe. | |
Greater Antilles Greater Antilles The Greater Antilles are one of three island groups in the Caribbean. Comprising Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola , and Puerto Rico, the Greater Antilles constitute almost 90% of the land mass of the entire West Indies.-Greater Antilles in context :The islands of the Caribbean Sea, collectively known as... |
207,435 | An island grouping in the Caribbean. | |
Shaanxi Shaanxi ' is a province in the central part of Mainland China, and it includes portions of the Loess Plateau on the middle reaches of the Yellow River in addition to the Qinling Mountains across the southern part of this province... |
205,600 | Province of China. | |
Punjab Punjab (Pakistan) Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the... |
205,344 | Second largest province of Pakistan. | |
Red Sea Governorate | 203,685 | Third largest governorate of Egypt. | |
|203,013 | Province of Argentina. | ||
Nebraska | 200,345 | State of the United States. |