12) Asturias. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Asturias, (astoo´ryas) (KEY) , autonomous region (1990 pop. 1,128,372) and former kingdom, NW Spain, S of the Bay of Biscay and E of Galicia, and coextensive with...

13) Castile-Leon. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Castile-León, (-laon´) (KEY) , autonomous region (1990 pop. 2,330,333), N central Spain, encompassing the provinces of Valladolid, Burgos, Leon, Salamanca, Zamora,...

14) Birobidzhan. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Birobidzhan, see Jewish Autonomous Region, Russia....

15) Tsangbo. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Tsangbo, river, Tibet Autonomous Region, China: see Brahmaputra....

16) Rioja. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Rioja, (reo´ha) (KEY) , autonomous region, 1,690 sq mi (4,378 sq km), N Spain, coextensive with La Rioja prov. A fertile region, it is famous for its fine wines,...

17) Adjarian Autonomous Republic. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Soviet Socialist Republic (jar´) (KEY) or Adzharistan (jar´istan´, jar´istan´) (KEY) , autonomous region (1990 pop. 382,600), c.1,160 sq mi (3,000 sq km), in Georgia,...

18) Badakhshan, region, Tajikistan. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Badakhshan, region, Tajikistan, (badakhshan´, bdkhshan´), autonomous region (1991 est. pop. 167,100), c.24,600 sq mi (63,710 sq km), E Tajikistan, in the Pamir. It...

19) Adygey Republic. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Adygey Republic, (digye´) (KEY) , formerly Adyge Autonomous Region, constituent republic (1990 est. pop. 435,000), c.2,935 sq mi (7,600 sq km), Krasnodar Territory,...

20) Xizang. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...An autonomous region of China in the southwest part of the country north and west of the Himalaya Mountains. Controlled by China since 1720, it became an autonomous...