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Subdivision flags were not always ubiquitous. Many country subdivisions went decades without a flag, until a certain event or an independence or a formation of the country to adopt a creation of the flag. A panel then reviewed the five winning entries, choosing one to become the official subdivision flag.
Flags of historical Occitania and Catalonia can be displayed according to the place on local buildings, and both of them on regional buildings. Flag of Pays de la Loire: The flag is a combination of heraldic elements from the historical provinces that occupied the territory of the region: Brittany, Anjou, Maine and Vendée. 12th century –
List of terms for country subdivisions; List of national capitals serving as administrative divisions; List of autonomous areas by country; List of sovereign states; List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area, comparing continents, countries, and first-level administrative country subdivisions.
Since 1942, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics has divided Brazil into five geographic regions. [1] On 23 November 1970, the regions of Brazil were adjusted slightly to the definition that is still in use today. [2] North Region (Região Norte) Northeast Region (Região Nordeste) Central-West Region (Região Centro-Oeste)
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Former subdivisions of Brazil (6 C, 15 P) M. Municipalities of Brazil (32 C, 3 P) R. Regions of Brazil (9 C, 20 P) S. Subdivisions of the states of Brazil (1 C)
Former country in Europe from 1949 to 1990; now reunified into Germany. São Paulo: 248,209: State of Brazil. Guinea: 245,857: Country in Africa. North Slope Borough, Alaska: 245,436: County of Alaska; largest county in the United States, and largest organized political subdivision that is not a state. East Kalimantan: 245,238: Province of ...
The captaincies became provinces in 1821, during the final years of the Kingdom of Brazil (united with Portugal), and maintained that designation after independence in 1822 under the Empire of Brazil. Most internal boundaries were kept unchanged from the end of the colonial period, generally following natural features such as rivers and ...