Note: Cities shown in bold are also capitals of the current provinces.
Equalization payments are made by the federal government to the six current "have-not" provinces.
This local custom arose from the particular status of the current province in the nineteenth century.
The creation of its current provinces was realized in the following dates:
For centuries, the strategic location of the current province made it a much-coveted region among Europe's major powers.
Moreover, they believe that current provinces are important parts of identity for individual Chinese and should not be tampered with.
Devolution to the provincial level - current 8 provinces will be now referred to as regions.
Historic Lesser Poland is much larger than the current province.
In 1959 Kardzhali became the center of a new district with similar borders to the current province.
The current provinces of Turkey are called il in Turkish.