Western Province

Western Province or West Province may refer to:

Western Province (Victoria), a division of the Victorian Legislative Council

Western Province (rugby team), a provincial rugby team in the Cape Town region

Western Province Cricket Association, the governing body for cricket in the Cape Town region, or its representative team

Western Province cricket team

Western Oblast, Russia

Western Oblast (1917-1918), Russia

Hejaz in Saudi Arabia

Western Province (Victoria)

Western Province was a former electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council (Australia), the upper house of the Parliament of Victoria. Victoria was a colony in Australia when Western Province was created. From Federation in 1901, Victoria was a state in the Commonwealth of Australia.

Western Province was one of the six original upper house Provinces of the bi-cameral Victorian Parliament created in November 1856.

Western Province was defined in the Victorian Constitution Act, 1855, as : "Including the Counties of Ripon, Hampden, Heytesbury, Villiers, Normanby, Dundas, and Follett."

In 1882, several new Provinces were created, including Nelson Province and Wellington Province, the numbers of members elected for Western Province was reduced to three from this time. Another redistribution in 1904 reduced the number of members to two.

In 2006, the Western Province (along with all the other provinces in the Legislative Council) was abolished and replaced by regions. All of the area covered by Western Province is contained in the larger Western Victoria Region.

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Makkah Region

The Makkah Region or Mecca Region (Arabic: مكة المكرمة‎ Makkah l-Mukarramah ) is the most populous region (mintaqah) in Saudi Arabia. It is located in western Saudi Arabia and has an extended coastline. It has an area of 153,128 km² and a population of 6,915,006 (2010 census). Its capital is Mecca (also transliterated as Makkah), the holiest city in Islam, and its largest city is Jeddah, which is also Saudi Arabia's main port city.