Province

A province was an administrative region of a country, an empire, or a planet. A typical province had a local government and police who enforced laws. Within a province, there could be smaller administrative regions called districts. The wealth generated in a province was collected and distributed to the central government. In a period of civil disorder, the central government could suspend the local government and declare martial law on the province's population. (; )
In 2151, on the Akaali homeworld, Riaan, when seeing T'Pol, asked Jonathan Archer if they were from the same province. He replied, "Not exactly." ()
In 2152, communications officer Hoshi Sato retrieved from the Vulcan databanks the protocols of the Council of Physicians. According to these protocols, a person accused of ethical misconduct was entitled to a medical hearing before the ranking medical officer of a province or territory where the accusation was first made. Archer stated this protocol to Doctor Oratt, forcing him to agree to a hearing on an accusation made against T'Pol. ()
In 2154, on , when Koss learned that T'Pol was ill, he replied that he knew the finest doctors in the province. ()
In 2268, on 892-IV, when asked by Flavius Maximus where he was from, James T. Kirk claimed that he was from another province. Later, Flavius stated that he was the most successful gladiator for seven years in the province that the landing party beamed into. ()
In 2368, on Romulus, Ambassador Spock spoke to members of four provinces. These members had become aware of a movement of Romulan people who were seeking to learn the ideals of the Vulcan philosophy. ()
In 2369, compared Jean-Luc Picard, who was on a survey mission, to a "Roman centurion patrolling the provinces, maintaining a dull and bloated Empire." ()
In 2374, in a holodeck simulation of World War II aboard the , the American military had to pass through a province in France to get into Germany. ()
In the 32nd century, there was unrest in Peer N'Rajs province on Ni'Var. ()
== List of named provinces ==
=== Bajor ===
* Dahkur Province
* Hedrikspool Province
* Hill Provinces
* Eastern Province
* Kendra Province
* Lonar Province 
* Musilla Province
* Rakantha Province
* Tozhat Province
=== Earth ===
* Alberta
* British Columbia
* Manitoba
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* Yaro Province
=== Kataan === 
* Northern province 
=== Makull's homeworld ===
* Kalto Province
=== Qo'noS ===
* Ketha Province
=== Rakhar ===
* Nehelik Province
=== Takarian homeworld ===
* Ga'nah Province
=== Tandar Prime ===
* Querella Province
=== Vulcan ===
* Raal
Several other provinces were mentioned on unnamed Delta Quadrant planets - Kalto Province and the Seventh Province. ()
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