NPA may refer to:

Organizations and companies

* National Parks Association (disambiguation) *

National People's Action People's Action is a national progressive advocacy and political organization in the United States made up of 40 organizations in 30 states. The group's stated goal is to "build the power of poor and working people, in rural, suburban, and urban ...

, a community organizing network *

National Pasta Association The National Pasta Association (NPA) is a trade association of professionals in the United States pasta industry. The NPA originally formed as The National Association of Macaroni and Noodle Manufacturers of America in 1904, making it one of the ...

, an association for the United States pasta industry *

National Pawnbrokers Association The National Pawnbrokers Association (NPA) is a USA-based trade association A trade association, also known as an industry trade group, business association, sector association or industry body, is an organization founded and funded by businesse ...

, an American-based trade association *

National Physicians Alliance The National Physicians Alliance (NPA) was a 501(c)(3) national, multi-specialty medical organization founded in 2005. The organization's mission statement was: "The National Physicians Alliance creates research and education programs that promote ...

, a multi-specialty medical organization in the United States *

National Postdoctoral Association The National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) is a nonprofit 501(c)3 educational organization in the United States that is dedicated to enhancing the quality of the postdoctoral experience for all participants. Since its founding in 2003, more than ...

, an organization for postdoctoral researchers in the United States * National Prescription Administrators, a former pharmaceutical company in the United States * Natural Philosophy Alliance, a group that believes mainstream physics and cosmology are wrong * Network Printing Alliance, a group of printer manufacturers * Network Professional Association, an advocate for the international network computing professional in the United States * Northern Pacific Airways, a US low-cost airline *

Norwegian People's Aid Norwegian People's Aid ( no, Norsk Folkehjelp) was founded in 1939 to provide post-conflict reconstruction assistance and humanitarian relief during conflicts. NPA is now engaged in more than 33 countries in de-mining, humanitarian relief, promot ...

, a non-governmental labour and humanitarian organization in Norway *

National Pharmacy Association The National Pharmacy Association is a British industry trade association for independent Community Pharmacy established in 1921. History The NPA’s origins can be traced to 1921, when the Retail Pharmacists’ Union (RPU) was founded as a body ...

of the UK

Government and politics

National Pacification Army The National Pacification Army (NPA), also known as the Anguojun or Ankuochun (), was a warlord coalition led by Fengtian clique General Zhang Zuolin, and was the military arm of the Beiyang government of the Republic of China. The army was ...

, Chinese anti-Kuomintang warlord army formed in 1926 *

National park authority A national park authority is a special term used in Great Britain for legal bodies charged with maintaining a national park of which, as of October 2021, there are ten in England, three in Wales and two in Scotland. The powers and duties of all suc ...

, a term used in the United Kingdom for the legal body in charge of a national park *

National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia, also known as The Nationals or The Nats, is an List of political parties in Australia, Australian political party. Traditionally representing graziers, farmers, and regional voters generally, it began as the Au ...

, an Australian political party *

National People's Army The National People's Army (german: Nationale Volksarmee, ; NVA ) were the armed forces of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1956 to 1990. The NVA was organized into four branches: the (Ground Forces), the (Navy), the (Air Force) a ...

, the armed forces of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) *

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA) is the civil service training institution in India. The institute trains Indian Police Service (IPS) officers before they are sent to their respective state cadres to carry out their dut ...

, Indian national institute for training of Indian Police Service (IPS) officers * National Police Agency (disambiguation) * National Port Authority, Liberia *

National Production Authority The National Production Authority (NPA) was an agency of the United States government which developed and promoted the production and supply of materials and facilities necessary for defense mobilization. It was part of the Department of Commerce. ...

, a former agency of the United States government for defense mobilization from 1950 to 1953 * National Prosecuting Authority, a governing body of the Republic of South Africa *

New Anticapitalist Party The New Anticapitalist Party (french: Nouveau Parti anticapitaliste , abbreviated NPA) is a far-left political party in France founded in February 2009. The party launched with 9,200 members and was intended to unify the fractured movements o ...

(''Nouveau Parti Anticapitaliste''), a far-left French political party *

New People's Army The New People's Army ( fil, Bagong Hukbong Bayan), abbreviated NPA or BHB, is the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), based primarily in the Philippine countryside. It acts as the CPP's principal organization, aim ...

, armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines *

Nigerian Ports Authority The Nigerian Ports Authority (''NPA'') is a federal government agency that governs and operates the ports of Nigeria. The major ports controlled by the NPA include: the Lagos Port Complex and Tin Can Island Port in Lagos; Calabar Port, Delta ...

, a government agency that governs and operates the ports of Nigeria * No party affiliation (disambiguation), a voter or politician who is not affiliated with any political party * Non-Party Affiliate, a politician who is not affiliated with any political party *

Non-Partisan Association The Non-Partisan Association (NPA) is a municipal political party in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was established by the city's business leaders in 1937 to challenge the democratic socialist Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) ...

, a civic political party in Vancouver, British Columbia *

Note Printing Australia Note Printing Australia (NPA) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) that produces banknotes and passports. It was corporatised in July 1998 and is located in Craigieburn, Melbourne. NPA has its origins as a subsidiar ...

, a subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of Australia *

Transnet National Ports Authority Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) is a government corporation of South Africa and a subsidiary of Transnet, responsible for managing and governing eight of South Africa's major seaports. TNPA is a landlord authority responsible for the ...

of South Africa * NPA Satellite Mapping, a UK remote sensing company * Non-Prosecution Agreement, a way to avoid prosecution

Science and medicine

* N-Propyl-L-arginine, a chemical substance * 1-N-Naphthylphthalamic acid, an auxin plant hormone transport inhibitor * Nanopascal (nPa), a unit of pressure *

Nasopharyngeal airway In medicine, a nasopharyngeal airway, also known as an NPA, nasal trumpet (because of its flared end), or nose hose, is a type of ''airway adjunct'', a tube that is designed to be inserted through the nasal passage down into the posterior pharynx ...

, a tube that is designed to be inserted into the nasal passageway *

Niemann–Pick disease Niemann–Pick disease is a group of severe inherited metabolic disorders, in which sphingomyelin accumulates in lysosomes in cells (the lysosomes normally degrade material that comes from out of cells). These disorders involve the dysfunctional ...

type A, a genetic disorder

Miscellaneous

Naval Air Station Pensacola Naval Air Station Pensacola or NAS Pensacola (formerly NAS/KNAS until changed circa 1970 to allow Nassau International Airport, now Lynden Pindling International Airport, to have IATA code NAS), "The Cradle of Naval Aviation", is a United State ...

(airport code), Pensacola, Florida, USA *

.NET Persistence API The .NET Persistence API, also referred to as NPA, is a persistence and object-relational mapping (ORM) specification for the .NET framework. NPA is based on the Java Persistence API (JPA), which is the standard persistence API in the Java world ...

, also known as NPersistence *

Non-performing asset A non-performing loan (NPL) is a bank loan that is subject to late repayment or is unlikely to be repaid by the borrower in full. Non-performing loans represent a major challenge for the banking sector, as it reduces the profitability of banks, and ...

, banking term for loans in jeopardy of default, ones that have not paid principal or interest for 90+ days *

Northcoast Preparatory and Performing Arts Academy Northcoast Preparatory Academy, formerly known as Northcoast Preparatory and Performing Arts Academy and abbreviated as NPA, is an independent public charter high school located in Arcata, California. It is currently the top ranked high school i ...

, a high school in Arcata, California, USA *

Northland Preparatory Academy Northland Preparatory Academy is a public charter high school and middle school in Flagstaff, Arizona. It aims to provide a college preparatory environment and alternative to public high schools in the area. The courses include various regular, ...

, a middle and high school in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA *

Numbering Plan Area The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) is a telephone numbering plan for twenty-five regions in twenty countries, primarily in North America and the Caribbean. This group is historically known as World Zone 1 and has the international calling ...

, a geographic area assigned a three-digit area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) * Neutral Paralympic Athletes; see Neutral Paralympic Athletes at the 2018 Winter Paralympics {{disambiguation