It is a touchy issue for both the Buenos Aires Mayor, Fernando de la Rua, and Gov. Eduardo Duhalde, who is responsible for governing the province surrounding the capital.

Thus Gyeonggi-do can be translated as "province surrounding Seoul".

In addition, Jin Nyum, the former finance minister and a protégé of Mr. Kim, is a candidate for governor of the province surrounding Seoul, where more than 10,000 workers are employed at the main Hynix plant.

It is found in the United States in the Midwest, around the Great Lakes, and through the Canadian provinces surrounding the Great Lakes.

It is part of a large igneous province surrounding much of the Superior craton called the Circum-Superior Belt.

Crocodile farming now has a huge economic impact in the provinces surrounding Tonle Sap, where 396 farms held over 20,000 crocodiles in 1998.

Earlier, it was the name of the province surrounding the present-day city.

Despite winning the largest share of the vote in the province surrounding Cape Town, the African National Congress has been largely shut out of power there as two traditionally white parties formed a coalition with a tiny religious party.

The mediators slightly enlarged the province surrounding Sarajevo, insuring that it would have a Muslim majority.

Chandrahasa learnt all the aspects of education and won over all the provinces surrounding his kingdom, also added riches to the treasury.