The exact answer is hard to come by – for now. Your question has actually sparked scholars to start talking about compiling an official, authoritative database. There are 195 national governments ...

A PROPOSAL to create new provinces grabbed headlines in mid-April, as former finance minister Miftah Ismail and several others advocated for converting existing administrative divisions to provinces.

Demarcating new provinces or administrative units should, however, be done based on the provision of adequate resources ...