NPA

NPA may refer to:

Organizations and companies

 * National Parks Association (disambiguation)
 * National People's Action, a community organizing network in the United States
 * National Pasta Association, an association for the United States pasta industry
 * National Pawnbrokers Association, an American-based trade association
 * National Physicians Alliance, a multi-specialty medical organization in the United States
 * National Ploughing Association, organises the National Ploughing Championships in Ireland
 * National Postdoctoral Association, 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, a non-governmental labour and humanitarian organization in Norway
 * National Pharmacy Association of the UK

Government and politics

 * National Pacification Army, Chinese anti-Kuomintang warlord army formed in 1926
 * National park authority, a term used in the United Kingdom for the legal body in charge of a national park
 * National Party of Australia, an Australian political party
 * National People's Ambassadors, a South African political party
 * National People's Army, the armed forces of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR)
 * Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Indian national institute for training of Indian Police Service (IPS) officers
 * National Police Agency (disambiguation)
 * National Port Authority, Liberia
 * National Production Authority, 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 (Nouveau Parti Anticapitaliste), a far-left French political party
 * New People's Army, armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines
 * Nigerian Ports Authority, 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, a civic political party in Vancouver, British Columbia
 * Note Printing Australia, a subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of Australia
 * Transnet National Ports Authority 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
 * 1-N-Naphthylphthalamic acid, an auxin plant hormone transport inhibitor
 * Nanopascal (nPa), a unit of pressure
 * Nasopharyngeal airway, a tube that is designed to be inserted into the nasal passageway
 * Niemann–Pick disease type A, a genetic disorder

Miscellaneous

 * Naval Air Station Pensacola (airport code), Pensacola, Florida, USA
 * .NET Persistence API, also known as NPersistence
 * Non-performing asset, 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, USA
 * Northland Preparatory Academy, a middle and high school in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
 * Numbering Plan Area, 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