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| 257 | Silesia | Named for the native province of the discoverer. There was an Austrian and a German part of Silesia, |
| 715 | Transvaalia | Named after the province in the northeastern part of the Republic of South Africa between the Vaal a |
| 971 | Alsatia | Named after the province Alsace in northeast France between the Rhine river and the Vosges mountains |
| 1020 | Arcadia | The planet was named for the Greek province on the Peloponnese peninsula. (H 97) |
| 1142 | Aetolia | Named for the Greek province north of the Gulf of Patras. (H 107) |
| 1150 | Achaia | Named after the Greek region in northern Peloponnese bordering on the gulfs of Corinth and Patras. T |
| 1195 | Orangia | Named in honor of the South African province of Orange Free State. (H 111) |
| 1336 | Zeelandia | Named for a province in southwestern Netherlands. (H 121) |
| 1342 | Brabantia | Named for the northern part of Brabant which is a province of the Netherlands. (I. van Houten-Groene |
| 1385 | Gelria | Named for the province Gelderland in the eastern Netherlands bordering on the Ijsselmeer. Gelre is a |
| 1393 | Sofala | Name of the largest province of the former Portuguese African Territory of Mozambique. (M 909) |
| 1444 | Pannonia | Named for the province of Roman times that includes much of modern Hungary. |
| 1494 | Savo | Named after a province in Finland. (M 1350) |
| 1901 | Moravia | Central region of Czechoslovakia, formerly a province. Other regions are Bohemia (371), Silesia (257 |
| 2077 | Kiangsu | Named for a maritime province in eastern China. In Kiangsu are located two major cities, Shanghai, t |
| 2085 | Henan | Named for the province situated in the lower stretch of the Yellow River, the cradle of civilization |
| 2162 | Anhui | Named for a province in the northwestern part of East China that straddles the Yangtze and Huai Rive |
| 2184 | Fujian | Named for a coastal province in southeastern China. |
| 2185 | Guangdong | Named for a coastal province in southern China. |
| 2215 | Sichuan | Named for the most populous province of China, noted for its agricultural products. |
| 2230 | Yunnan | Named for a province along the southwestern border of China. The Yunnan Observatory is situated in i |
| 2255 | Qinghai | Named for a large province in the western part of China. The sources of the two largest rivers in Ch |
| 2263 | Shaanxi | Named for a province in central China, near the upper reaches of the Yellow River. Its capital, Xi'a |
| 2380 | Heilongjiang | Named for a forested province in northeastern China, rich in petroleum, coal and gold. (M 7617) |
| 2398 | Jilin | Named for the province in northeastern China, famous for its “ginseng”. (M 7617) |
| 2503 | Liaoning | Named for a province in northeastern China, noted for its coal and iron mines. (M 7618) |
| 2505 | Hebei | Named for a province in northern China. The Yellow River and the Great Wall run through the province |
| 2510 | Shandong | Named for a province in eastern China. The Shandong peninsula stretches between the Bohai Sea and th |
| 2512 | Tavastia | The Latin name for the province of Hame, in the lake district of south-central Finland. Archeologica |
| 2515 | Gansu | Named for a province in northwestern China, at the boundary of the Qinghai-Xizang and loess plateaux |
| 2539 | Ningxia | Named for a province in northwestern China, along the middle section of the Yellow River. (M 7619) |
| 2547 | Hubei | Named for a province in the central part of China, located in the middle stretch of the Yangtze Rive |
| 2592 | Hunan | Named for a province in southern China, rich in the production of rice and world-famous for its embr |
| 2617 | Jiangxi | Named for a province in southern China, located along the eastern stretch of the Yangtze River. (M 7 |
| 2631 | Zhejiang | Named for a province in eastern China. The West Lake in its capital city of Hangzhou attracts visito |
| 2632 | Guizhou | Named for a province in southwestern China. Many minority people live in this province. (M 7620) |
| 3024 | Hainan | Named for a newly established province in southern China. Hainan Island, under its jurisdiction, has |
| 3495 | Colchagua | Named for the Provincia de Colchagua, situated in the central part of Chile. It is the land of the “ |
| 3563 | Canterbury | Named for the province of New Zealand on the eastern side of the South Island. The name also honors |
| 6332 | Vorarlberg | Named for the westernmost Austrian province, until 1918 part of the state of Tirol {see planet (643 |
| 6439 | Tirol | Named for the Austrian province, the capital of which is Innsbruck. The North Tirolian Limestone Alp |
| 6451 | Karnten | Named for the southernmost Austrian province. The capital Klagenfurt is situated on a plain beside t |
| 6482 | Steiermark | Named for the Austrian province, also known as Styria, and the capital of which is Graz {see planet |
| 18116 | Prato | The province of Prato, in Tuscany, Italy, has recently inaugurated a Museo di Scienze Planetarie< |