title: Provincial council
text: # Provincial council
  
  Provincial council may refer to:
  
  ## Government
  
  * Provincial councils of Sri Lanka, government bodies for the nine provinces of Sri Lanka
  * Greenland Provincial Council, former local government bodies in Greenland
  * Provincial Council (Italy), municipal legislative bodies in Italy
  * Provincial Councils of New Zealand, former governing bodies of the Provinces of New Zealand (1853–1876)
  * Provincial council (South Africa), a former governing body of each of the four South African provinces (1910–1986)
  * Provincial council (Spain), governing body for a Spanish province
  * Sangguniang Panlalawigan (literally "provincial council"; known in English as Provincial Board), legislatures of the provinces in the Philippines
  * Taiwan Provincial Council, also known as Taiwan Provincial Consultative Council, defunct government body in Taiwan
  
  ## Other
  
  * Provincial council (Gaelic games), a body within Gaelic games which consists of several counties
  * Provincial councils in Catholicism, a local ecclesiastical synod
  