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1. A. This region is an autonomous region of Italy whose capital is Aquila.
2. B. This region in France (anciently called Armorica) came to the French crown through successive marriages in 1491, 1499 and 1514. It was incorporated in France in 1532.
3. C. This county in England (anciently called Belerium) was given by William the Conqueror to his brother Robert as an earldom. It was created a duchy in 1337 by Edward III for his son.
4. D. This region in Greece is a group of islands and also a department with its capital at Rhodes.
5. E. This Balkan region is now part of Bulgaria. It includes the Rhodope Mountains and the valley of the Maritsa river. Chief town:Plovdiv. The region was annexed by Bulgaria in 1885 which caused a war with Serbia (1885-86).
6. F. Historically this region extending along the coast of the Low Countries and northern France was a medieval county with its capital at Lille.
7. G. This region is an autonomous community of Spain with its capital at Santiago de Compostela.
8. H. This region in Jutland, Denmark is situated between Limfjorden (The Lim Fjord), Mariager Fjord and the Kattegat.
9. This region in Sweden is also a län (county) with its capital at Östersund. Along with Härjedalen this region was ceded by Norway to Sweden in 1645.
10. K. This region is a territory (kray) of Russia. The capital has the same name as the region. Other chief cities are Sochi, Novorossiysk and Armavir.
11. L. This region in Norway is a chain of islands in Nordland fylke (county) north of Bodø.
12. M. This region in Romania is also called Greater Wallachia.
13. N. This region comprises of the great central plain of Hungary, traversed by Danube and Tisza rivers.
14. P. This region in Germany was a German electorate. Heidelberg was the capital until 1720.
15. R. This region north east of Lviv was a part of Poland but was ceded to Ukraine/SSSR after WW2. It is now an administrative subdivision of Ukraine. The capital has the same name as the region.
16. S. This region was one of three original cantons of Switzerland (along with Uri and Unterwalden) who in 1291 formed the anti-Hapsburg league which became the nucleus of the Swiss Confederation. The capital has the same name as the region.
17. T. This region was split into an Austrian and an Italian part (Alto Adige) in 1919.
18. U. This region in Sweden includes Uppsala län (county), the eastern part of Västmanlands län, northern Stockholm län and Stockholm city north of Slussen.
19. W. This metropolitan county of central England includes the cities of Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton.
20. Z. This region is a province of the Netherlands with its capital at Middelburg.
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