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A province is almost always an administrative division , within a country or state . The term derives from the ancient ___MASK46___ " provincia ", which was the major territorial and administrative unit ___MASK24___ the ___MASK46___ Empire ' s territorial possessions outside Italy . The term province has since been adopted by many countries , and in those with no actual provinces , it has come to mean " outside the capital city ". While some provinces were produced artificially by colonial powers , others were formed around local groups with their own ethnic identities . Many have their own powers independent ___MASK24___ federal authority , especially in Canada . In other countries , like ___MASK18___ , provinces are the creation ___MASK24___ central government , with very little autonomy . Politics ( from Greek : Politiká : P " olitika ", definition " affairs ___MASK24___ the cities ") is the process ___MASK24___ making decisions applying to all members ___MASK24___ each group . More narrowly , it refers to achieving and exercising positions ___MASK24___ governance  organized control over a human community , particularly a state . Furthermore , politics is the study or practice ___MASK24___ the distribution ___MASK24___ power and resources within a given community ( a usually hierarchically organized population ) as well as the interrelationship ( s ) between communities . Politika is a Serbian daily newspaper , published in ___MASK59___ . Founded in 1904 by Vladislav F . Ribnikar , it is the oldest daily newspaper still in circulation in the Balkans and is considered to be ___MASK20___ ' s newspaper ___MASK24___ record . ___MASK40___ [ bsrt ] ( West Frisian : " Boalsert ") is a city in Súdwest - Fryslân in the province ___MASK24___ ___MASK94___ , the Netherlands . ___MASK40___ has a population ___MASK24___ just under 10 , 000 . It is located 10 km W . N . W . ___MASK24___ Sneek . South ___MASK19___ is a province in the midwestern ___MASK16___ . It has a population ___MASK24___ just over 3 . 6 million ( as ___MASK24___ 2015 ) and a population density ___MASK24___ about , making it the country ' s most populous province and one ___MASK24___ the world ' s most densely populated areas . Situated on the North Sea in the west ___MASK24___ the ___MASK16___ , South ___MASK19___ covers an area ___MASK24___ , ___MASK24___ which is water . It borders North ___MASK19___ to the north , Utrecht and Gelderland to the east , and North Brabant and Zeeland to the south . The provincial capital is The Hague , while its largest city is Rotterdam . A city is a large and permanent human settlement . Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town in general English language meanings , many cities have a particular administrative , ___MASK27___ , or historical status based on local law . Johannes Age `` Joop '' Bakker ( politicus ) ( 27 May 1921 , ___MASK40___ -- 3 October 2003 , ___MASK35___ ) was a Dutch politician . ___MASK43___ is a city southwest ___MASK24___ Leeuwarden and seat ___MASK24___ the former municipality ___MASK24___ ___MASK43___ in the province ___MASK24___ ___MASK94___ ( Netherlands ). As for 2011 it is part ___MASK24___ the municipality Súdwest Fryslân . The city has approximately 33 , 000 inhabitants . The ___MASK16___ is the main constituent country ___MASK24___ the Kingdom ___MASK24___ the ___MASK16___ . It is a densely populated country located in Western Europe with three island territories in the Caribbean . The European part ___MASK24___ the ___MASK16___ borders Germany to the east , Belgium to the south , and the North Sea to the northwest , sharing maritime borders with Belgium , the United Kingdom , and Germany . The largest cities in the ___MASK16___ are Amsterdam , Rotterdam , The Hague and Utrecht . Amsterdam is the country ' s capital , while The Hague holds the Dutch seat ___MASK24___ government and parliament . The name " Holland " is used to refer informally to the whole ___MASK24___ the country ___MASK24___ the ___MASK16___ . ___MASK35___ ( population : in ) is a town in the western ___MASK16___ , in the province ___MASK24___ South Holland . ___MASK94___ ( official ) or Frisia is a province in the northwest of the Netherlands . It is situated west of Groningen , northwest of Drenthe and Overijssel , north of Flevoland , northeast of North Holland , and south of the North Sea . In 2010 , the province had a population of 646 , 000 and a total area of . A politician ( from " politics " + "- ian ", from the Greek title ___MASK24___ Aristotle ' s book  " Politika ", meaning " Civic Affairs ") is a person active in party politics , or a person holding or seeking office in government . In democratic countries , politicians seek elective positions within a government through elections or , at times , temporary appointment to replace politicians who have died , resigned or have been otherwise removed from office . In non - democratic countries , they employ other means ___MASK24___ reaching power through appointment , bribery , revolutions and intrigues . Some politicians are experienced in the art or science ___MASK24___ government . Politicians propose , support and create laws or policies that govern the land and , by extension , its people . Broadly speaking , a " politician " can be anyone who seeks to achieve political power in any bureaucratic institution .