Tibetans still bristle at the Chinese authorities' myriad restrictions on religious worship, in Tibet proper and in the Tibetan-populated regions in adjoining provinces like this one.

The World Health Organization has recommended that travelers cancel any nonessential trips to Hong Kong and the adjoining Chinese province of Guangdong.

Consequently, they typically share a strong regional and cultural identity with the adjoining province(s).

Regionalization or zoning is the union of two or more adjoining provinces in order to decentralize the administrative functions of the capital Quito.

Not a single point of contact between the old and new worlds before the Columbian era can be proved by monuments or facts so far found in Yucatan or adjoining provinces.

It is one of several species given the vernacular name tree peony, and is native to the mountains of Gansu and adjoining provinces.

The economic region of Metro Manila and many adjoining provinces incurred damages to both infrastructure and agriculture.

During 1988, two new provinces were created -Sar-e-pol in the north and Nuristan in the northeast- by carving out territory from adjoining provinces.

Security forces continued hunting for insurgents after two days of fierce fighting in Kandahar and the adjoining province of Helmand that officials said had left scores dead.

More than 60 percent of Tibet was annexed and incorporated into adjoining provinces by Beijing.