What is "hants"

Hants may refer to:

• Hampshire, a county in England
  • Mid Hants Watercress Railway, in Hampshire
• Hants County, Nova Scotia, a Canadian county named for the English one
  • East Hants, Nova Scotia, a municipal district
  • West Hants, Nova Scotia, a municipal district
  • Hantsport, Nova Scotia, the town and port
  • Electoral districts (ridings) in the county include:
    • Hants (electoral district)
    • Kings—Hants
    • Halifax—East Hants
    • Colchester—Hants
• Hant's Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, a Canadian town

Hants was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1925. It was created in the British North America Act, 1867, and abolished in 1924 when it was merged into Hants—Kings riding. It consisted of Hants County.

Hants was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It existed from 1867 to 1949.