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First-Level Subdivisions by Wikipedia Descriptions #1

Can you name the subdivision just by a description from its Wikipedia article?
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Last updated: March 2, 2021
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It is the second largest island of Japan and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture.
北海道 (Hokkaido)
Japan
The mainland portion of the state is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean; on the east by Sonora, the U.S. state of Arizona, and the Gulf of California; and on the south by Baja California Sur.
Baja California
Mexico
Historically the region was known as the North Solomons.
Autonomous Region of Bougainville
Papua New Guinea
It is located in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula, and of the Central Plateau.
Community of Madrid
Spain
The population is almost entirely French-speaking. The canton has historically been strongly Protestant, but in recent decades it has received an influx of Roman Catholic arrivals, notably from Portugal and Italy.
Republic and Canton of Neuchâtel
Switzerland
It is an oblast (province) in western Ukraine.
Львівська область (Lviv Oblast)
Ukraine
The state's largest city is Baltimore, and its capital is Annapolis.
Maryland
United States
The autonomous city is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the South American continent's southeastern coast.
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
Argentina
Approximately half of its residents live in the Greater Montreal Area and the Island of Montreal.
Québec
Canada
It is the westernmost point and territory of the United States.
Guam
United States
It is a former colony of the Portuguese Empire, after Ming China leased the territory as a trading post in 1557.
Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
China
It is the most populous of the 16 states of Germany.
North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
It is a state in the South Region of Brazil. It is the 7th smallest state in total area and the 11th most populous.
State of Santa Catarina
Brazil
It is Australia's largest state, with a total land area of 2,527,013 square kilometres, and the second-largest country subdivision in the world, surpassed only by Russia's Sakha Republic.
Western Australia
Australia
It had a population of 2,630,720 according to the preliminary results of the 2016 census, making it the most populous province in the country.
Leinster
Ireland
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It borders on Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as on the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, and Salzburg.
Upper Austria
Austria
It is the southernmost, smallest, and least populous Argentine province.
Province of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands
Argentina
It is located in the central portion of the country and is a part of both the French Community of Belgium and the Flemish Community, but is separate from the Flemish Region and the Walloon Region.
Brussels-Capital Region
Belgium
It is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf.
Falkland Islands
United Kingdom
It is a county in Norway established on 1 January 2020. The county is located in Western Norway and it is centred around the city of Bergen, Norway's second largest city.
Vestland
Norway
It is located in the Baltic Sea to the east of Öland, and is the largest of Sweden's islands.
Gotlands län
Sweden
It is an autonomous region of Italy, located in the northern part of the country.
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Italy
It superseded three former administrative regions, Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine, on 1 January 2016 under the provisional name of Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine, as a result of territorial reform which had been passed by the French Parliament in 2014.
Grand Est
France
It is the newest, largest, and most northerly territory of Canada.
ᓄᓇᕗᑦ (Nunavut)
Canada
It is a federal subject and semi-exclave of Russia located in Central Europe, on the coast of the Baltic Sea.
Калининградская область (Kaliningrad Oblast)
Russia
Its capital is Bloemfontein, which is also South Africa's judicial capital.
Free State
South Africa
It is the smallest and most densely populated of six administrative districts of Israel with a population of 1.35 million residents.
מָחוֹז תֵּל אָבִיב (Tel Aviv District)
Israel
It was part of the Netherlands Antilles until the country's dissolution in 2010, when the island became a special municipality within the country of the Netherlands. It is one of the three BES islands in the Caribbean, along with Sint Eustatius and Saba.
Bonaire
Netherlands
It borders North Holland to the north, Utrecht and Gelderland to the east, and North Brabant and Zeeland to the south.
South Holland
Netherlands
It is a country that is part of the United Kingdom, and it covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.
Scotland
United Kingdom
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