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The term province is a term used to designate a territory that is part of another larger and superior geographic entity but that at the same time has its particular characteristics and functions. The province is a purely human creation to geographically order the different spaces in which a society lives and organizes itself. To delimit the territory that is part of a province, natural elements can be used (such as a riverbed, a mountain range, a Forest, etc.) as well as artificial elements created by the human being (for example, a road, a wall, an avenue, etc.).

Whenever you talk about provinces you are referring to an entity geopolitics that is part of another higher entity, usually a country, a kingdom, an empire. The province is one of the geographical units that make up this most comprehensive territory and is usually established from geographical limits although sometimes it can also have take into account particular social and cultural characteristics (for example, a province in which towns or cities have a particular language different from that of the rest of the provinces).

The province name comes directly from the old Roman empire in which the extensive dominated territories had to be divided into minor sub-territories or province to ensure a more effective and agile domain. In many other cultures such as the different pre-Columbian societies (mainly Incas and Aztecs), Asian or Egyptians there was also the territorial division but the name of the province comes directly from the Romans.

There are several elements that can be taken into account to define what a province is. In the first place, we can say that the provincial territory always has its own political system: this is a governor, a own legislative and judicial system that allows you to make your own decisions, although some are shared with the State central. The province also usually has the Liberty from manage your funds and resources as it may seem, although normally each of these territories is requested to send a sum to the central State to govern the entire country or territory. Finally, the provinces can have their own laws, as well as traits unique identities that make cultural and the social of each region.