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Huseyin Simsek
Huseyin Simsek

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Province vs State What is the difference between state, province and city?

I try to understand difference between province, state and city(town). Also Is city and town same mean ? And How can I associate with them according to countries all the world?
Ex: Country: US, State: Alabama, City: Troy
Country: Turkey, Province, City or State: Ankara. Which is correct for Ankara?

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Muhammad Uzair

Don't know if it's relevant to programming and stuff, but atill
State : territory considered as an organized political community under one government.
Town: is small part of city.

E.g : turkey is country, ankara is province of turkey and city as well (every province is city) turkey has many states.

Province: is central city of a country which is central for government authorities.

City: a place with important facilities and enough population and area which is bigger then a village.

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Huseyin Simsek

Thanks for answer. I have a question again. Are Alabama and Ankara same like state? Alabama is bigger than Ankara.

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Muhammad Uzair

No, albama is state, ankara is capital city of turkey. There is no fix size for area to be called state. It's difference country wise, e.g vitican is a country with population less then a city.

You can't compare different countries states or cities. It's about them how they make it.

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Huseyin Simsek

It is clear now. Thank you :)

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Brandin Chiu

In most cases, a province and state will be the same thing. There are specfic differences within the contexts of certain countries, but at a high level, they serve the same purpose.

States and provinces are regions designed to organize administrative zones within a country.

A city is an area that, in most cases, will have its own municipal-level officials for operating it.

From a hierarchal perspective: country has many regions; regions have many cities

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Huseyin Simsek

Thanks for answer. I see generally. For hierarchal, I can use country and regions.
Example: Country -> US and region-> Alabama
Country-> Turkey and region -> Ankara.
Is it correct?

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Brandin Chiu

Yup!

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Huseyin Simsek

Thank you :)