NPA may refer to:

Organizations and companies

Companies

* National Prescription Administrators, a former pharmaceutical company in the United States * Network Printing Alliance, a group of printer manufacturers *

Northern Pacific Airways New Pacific Airlines, formerly known as Corvus Airlines and Northern Pacific Airways, is an American charter airline and former low-cost carrier based in Anchorage, Alaska. History The airline also operates inside Alaska under the brand and i ...

, a US low-cost airline

Associations

* National Parks Association (disambiguation) * National Pasta Association, 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 businesses ...

, an American-based trade association *

National Pharmacy Association The National Pharmacy Association is a British industry trade association for independent Pharmacy#Community pharmacy, Community Pharmacy established in 1921. History The NPA's origins can be traced to 1921, when the Retail Pharmacists' Union (R ...

, a trade association in the UK * National Ploughing Association, organises the

National Ploughing Championships The National Ploughing Championships () or NPC or the Ploughing, previously known as The National Ploughing Championships Machinery & Livestock Exhibition, is an outdoor agricultural show in Ireland incorporating a ploughing contest. Held eve ...

in Ireland * National Police Association, an association to support police *

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 tha ...

, an organization for postdoctoral researchers in the United States * Network Professional Association, an advocate for the international network computing professional in the United States

Other organizations

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 in the United States *

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 * Natural Philosophy Alliance, a group that believes mainstream physics and cosmology are wrong *

Norwegian People's Aid Norwegian People's Aid () 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 aid, humanitarian relief, promotin ...

, a non-governmental labour and humanitarian organization in Norway

Government and politics

* National Pacification Army, 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 su ...

, 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, commonly known as the Nationals or simply the Nats, is a Centre-right politics, centre-right and Agrarianism, agrarian List of political parties in Australia, political party in Australia. Traditionally represe ...

, an Australian political party *

National People's Ambassadors The National People's Ambassadors (NPA) is a South African political party formed in 2015. It describes itself as a "radical, left, anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist movement with an internationalist outlook”, and wishes to nationalise mine ...

, a South African political party *

National People's Army The National People's Army (, ; NVA ) were the armed forces of the East Germany, German Democratic Republic (DDR) from 1956 until 1990. The NVA was organized into four branches: the (Ground Forces), the (Navy), the (Air Force) and the (Bord ...

, 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 The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is the agency of the South African Government responsible for state prosecutions. Under Section 179 of the South African Constitution and the National Prosecuting Authority Act of 1998, which establi ...

, a governing body of the Republic of South Africa *

New Anticapitalist Party The New Anticapitalist Party ( , 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 of the French radical Left, and attract new activ ...

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

New People's Army The New People's Army (; abbreviated NPA or BHB) is the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). It acts as the CPP's principal organization, aiming to consolidate political power from what it sees as the present "bourgeo ...

, 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 British Columbia CCF, Co-operative Commonwe ...

, 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 subsidia ...

, 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 th ...

of South Africa * NPA Satellite Mapping, a UK remote sensing company

Law

* Non-Prosecution Agreement, a way to avoid prosecution (similar to a Deferred Prosecution Agreement)

Science and medicine

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

Nasopharyngeal airway In medicine, a nasopharyngeal airway (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 to secure an ...

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

Niemann–Pick disease Niemann–Pick disease (NP), also known as acid sphingomyelinase deficiency, is a group of rare genetic diseases of varying severity. These are inherited metabolic disorders in which sphingomyelin accumulates in lysosomes in cells of many orga ...

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 Sta ...

(airport code), Pensacola, Florida, United States * .NET Persistence API, 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 they reduce profitability. They are ofte ...

, 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, a high school in Arcata, California, United States * Northland Preparatory Academy, a middle and high school in Flagstaff, Arizona, United States *

Numbering Plan Area The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) is an integrated 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, World Numbering Zone ...

, 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 Russian athletes competed as Neutral Paralympic Athletes at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, held between 9–18 March 2018. The Russian Paralympic Committee remains suspended from the Paralympic movement since 2016, due ...

and

Neutral Paralympic Athletes at the 2024 Summer Paralympics ''Neutral Paralympic Athletes'' was the name used to represent approved Russian and Belarusian athletes at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, after the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) banned the nations' previous designations due to the Russ ...