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The list below is of terms for contemporary
administrative
country subdivisions . It is alphabetical by term in English (the headings) then by term as translated,
transliterated or used as equivalent in any language.
Notes
Terms in italics are terms in languages other than English.
Where more than one country uses the same term, they are listed alphabetically by name in English.
The terms listed are meant to be in
singular form, but are noted or queried as plural where this is known or thought to be the case.
A term in brackets indicates either that its use is informal or is yet to be confirmed.
Terms that are also used in other contexts, such as "city", "constituency", "region", "republic" etc, are only included here if they are used to identify administrative divisions by the country or countries listed.
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See also
banner
qí (pl.?)
China
block
block
India
gewog
Bhutan
borough
alevik
Estonia
arrondissement
Canada
borough
Australia
Canada
England
United States
Wales
[1]
bwrdeistref sirol
Wales
[1]
delegación
Mexico
gu , ku (pl.?)
Japan
South Korea
canton
canton
Costa Rica
France
Luxembourg
Switzerland
[2]
cantone
Bolivia
Ecuador
Switzerland
chantun
Switzerland
Kanton , kanton
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Luxembourg
Kantone
Switzerland
[3]
cell
utugari (pl.?)
Rwanda
circle
cercle
Mali
Morocco
Switzerland
circoli (pl.)
Switzerland
daïrah
Algeria
Kreis
Switzerland
city
astedader akabibi
Ethiopia
chikhalsi (pl.?)
North Korea
city
Australia
Canada
New Zealand
United States
Wales
dìjíshī
China
dina
Wales
gorod
Russia
[4]
gwangyeoksi (pl.?)
South Korea
k'alak'i (pl.?)
Georgia
kaupstaðir (pl.?)
Iceland
kota (pl.?)
Indonesia
kreisfreie Städt
Germany
lielpilsēta
Latvia
lungsod (pl.?)
Philippines
misto zi spetsial'nym statusom
[5]
Ukraine
municipiu (pl.?)
Moldova
oraş
Romania
qala
Kazakhstan
sahar
Azerbaijan
šaar (keneš) (pl.?)
Kyrgyzstan
serei shitei toshi
[6] (pl.?)
Japan
shi , shih (pl.?)
Japan
Taiwan
si (pl.?)
North Korea
South Korea
siyudad (pl.?)
Philippines
Stadtkreise
Germany
statutární město
Czech Republic
Statutarstadt
Austria
thành phố (pl.?)
Vietnam
xiànjíshì
China
collectivity
collectivité
France
[7]
commune
castello
San Marino
commune
Burundi
Benin
Central African Republic
DR of the Congo
[8]
Congo
[9]
France
Guinea
Haiti
Luxembourg
Monaco
Morocco
[10]
comuna
Argentina
comună
Romania
comune
Italy
Gemeinde
Austria
Germany
Luxembourg
gmina
Poland
khum (pl.?)
Cambodia
kaupunki (pl.)
Finland
[11]
kommune
Faroe Islands
Norway
komuna (pl.)
Albania
kunta (pl.)
Finland
[12]
kwaeng
Thailand
[13]
obshtina
Bulgaria
opčina , občina
Slovenia
tambon
Thailand
vald
Estonia
[14]
aiyl okmotus (pl.?)
Kyrgyzstan
[15]
chumchon
Thailand
communauté
Canada
[16]
Chad
[17]
France
[18]
shèqū (pl.?)
China
constituency
constituency
Namibia
county
amt
Denmark
[19]
Greenland
apskritis
Lithuania
comté
Canada
concelho
Cape Verde
condae , contae
Ireland
county
Canada
England
Liberia
Uganda
United States
Wales
fylke
Norway
gun , kun (pl.?)
North Korea
South Korea
hsien (pl.?)
Taiwan
judeţ
Romania
län (pl.?)
Sweden
maakond
Estonia
megye
Hungary
megyei jogú város
Hungary
powiat
Poland
qadaa' , qadaa
Iraq
qark
Albania
quartier
St. Lucia
Regierungsbezirk
Germany
sharestan (pl.?)
Iran
sir
Wales
sūm
Mongolia
sýslur
Iceland
tehsil , taluk
[20]
India
xiàn
China
županija
Croatia
department
département
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Chad
Ivory Coast
France
[21]
Gabon
Haiti
Mauritania
Niger
Senegal
departamento
Argentina
Bolivia
Colombia
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Paraguay
Uruguay
Venezuela
dependency
dependencia
Venezuela
[22]
dependency
Antigua and Barbuda
Fiji
Grenada
Mauritius
St. Helena
district
akarere
[23]
Rwanda
amphoe , amphur
Thailand
Amt
Switzerland
Amtsbezirk
Switzerland
apriņķis
Latvia
arrondissement
Belgium
Benin
Cameroon
Chad
Republic of the Congo
[9]
Djibouti
France
[24]
Haiti
Niger
bakhsh (pl.?)
Iran
barangay, baranggay (pl.?)
Philippines
Bezirk
Austria
Switzerland
chigu (pl.?)
North Korea
circondari (pl.)
Italy
daerah
Brunei
Malaysia
distretto
Switzerland
district
Anguilla
Bahamas
Belize
Botswana
Canada
[25]
Cayman Islands
England
Gambia
Ghana
Lesotho
Malawi
Mauritius
Nauru
New Zealand
Northern Ireland
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Swaziland
Switzerland
Uganda
United States
Zambia
Zimbabwe
distrikkaya (pl.?)
Sri Lanka
distrikt
Suriname
distrito
Dominican Republic
[26]
Mozambique
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Portugal
São Tomé and Príncipe
dzonkhag
Bhutan
eparchy
Cyprus
?etrap (pl.?)
Turkmenistan
[27]
gu , ku (pl.?)
North Korea
South Korea
huyen (pl.?), quan
[28]
Vietnam
ilçe
Turkey
itūmālō (pl.?)
Samoa
kayaing (pl.?)
Myanmar
khêt
Thailand
Kreis
Germany
kreisfreie Städt
Germany
Landkreis
Germany
[29]
línqū
China
mahoz
Israel
mintaqah
Syria
muang
[30]
Laos
mutamadiyat (pl.?)
Tunisia
obvod
Czech Republic
okres
Czech Republic
Slovakia
okrug
Serbia
Russia
[31]
[32]
qadaa' , qadaa
Iraq
Lebanon
qū , shìxiáqū (pl.?)
China
Taiwan
qūgōngsuǒ (pl.?)
China
raion , rayon
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Russia
Ukraine
rajons
Latvia
raionul
Moldova
rodongjagu (pl.?)
North Korea
rreth
Albania
selsoviet , selsovet
Russia
[29]
srok (pl.)
Cambodia
Stadtkreise
Germany
tèqū (pl.)
China
wereda , woreda
Ethiopia
wilaya (pl.?)
Tanzania
zila , zilla , jela
Bangladesh
republic
respublika
Russia
section
khan (pl.?)
Cambodia
seccione
Bolivia
Dominican Republic
section
Canada
Haiti
[48]
sector
cheffrie
DR of the Congo
[8]
sectoare (pl.?)
Romania
?setor
Guinea-Bissau
imirenge (pl.?)
Rwanda
sheading
sheading
Isle of Man
shire
qadaa' , qadaa
Iraq
shire
Australia
England
state
Bundesland
Austria
estado
Brazil
Mexico
Venezuela
kilil
Ethiopia
Land
Germany
pyi-neh (pl.?)
Myanmar
state
Australia
India
Malaysia
Micronesia
Nigeria
Palau
United States
wilayah
Sudan
subdistrict
jiēdàobànshìchù , jiēbàn (pl.?)
China
kecamatan (pl.?)
Indonesia
king amphoe , king amphur
Thailand
nafa
Israel
subdistrict
U.S. Virgin Islands
subject
subyekt
Russia
subprefecture
shichō (pl.?)
Japan
sous-préfecture
Central African Republic
Ivory Coast
Guinea
subregion
sous-région
DR of the Congo
[8]
seutukunta
Finland
territory
daerah istimewa (pl.?)
Indonesia
krai , kray
Russia
[32]
territoire
DR of the Congo
[8]
France
territorial authority
New Zealand
territory
Australia
Canada
India
Pakistan
United States
unitatea teritorială
Moldova
wilayah persekutuan (pl.?)
Malaysia
[49]
town
bayan (pl.?)
Philippines
bæir (pl.?)
Iceland
chō , machi (pl.?)
Japan
corregimiento
Colombia
eup (pl.?)
South Korea
gorkeneš (pl.?)
Kyrgyzstan
gorod
Russia
linn
Estonia
[36]
miasto
Poland
selysche mis'koho typu
Ukraine
town
Australia
Canada
United States
zhèn (pl.?)
China
township
kaupstaðir
Iceland
mínzú
sūm
China
mínzúxiāng (pl.?)
China
myeon (pl.?)
South Korea
sūm ù
China
thi xa (pl.?)
Vietnam
township
Canada
United States
xiāng (pl.?)
China
Taiwan
zhèn (pl.?)
Taiwan
barangay, baranggay (pl.?)
Philippines
cūn
China
desa (pl.?)
Indonesia
kampong (pl.?)
Brunei
kelurahan (pl.?)
Indonesia
( kijiji ) (pl.?)
Kenya
külad (pl.)
Estonia
lǐ (pl.?)
Taiwan
muban
Thailand
qarya , qaryah
Iraq
ri (pl.?)
North Korea
South Korea
selo
Ukraine
son , mura
Japan
sulos (pl.?)
East Timor
village
Canada
DR of the Congo
[8]
Uganda
United States
zìráncūn
China
ward
barangay, baranggay (pl.?)
Philippines
kebele
Ethiopia
ku , gu (pl.?)
Japan
kuyŏk (pl.?)
North Korea
^
a
b county borough.
^ also demi-canton ("half-canton").
^ also Halb-kantone ("half-canton").
^ also the two
federalnyye goroda (federal cities;
sing. federalny gorod )
Moscow and
St. Petersburg .
^
a
b "city with special status", also referred to as a municipality.
^ "city designated by government ordinance", foreshortened to seirei shi ("government ordinance city"); also known as "designated city".
^
collectivité départementale (departmental collectivity:
Mayotte ),
collectivité territoriale (territorial collectivity:
Corsica ),
collectivité d'outre-mer (overseas collectivity:
French Polynesia ,
Mayotte ,
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon and
Wallis and Futuna ).
^
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
Democratic Republic of the Congo , also known as Congo-Kinshasa .
^
a
b
c also known as Congo-Brazzaville .
^ consisting of communes urbaines (urban communes) and communes rurales (rural communes).
^ urban commune.
^ rural commune.
^ an "urban commune" found in
Bangkok , equivalent to a tambon .
^
a
b
c commune, rural municipality or parish.
^ rural community.
^ communauté urbaine ("urban community", a
metropolitan municipality ).
^ communauté rurale ("rural community").
^ consisting of communautés urbaines (urban communities), communautés d'agglomération (agglomerated communities) and communautés de communes ("communal communities").
^ Until 2007; ?områder (regions) from 2007.
^ or tahsil , taluka .
^ also
département d'outre-mer (overseas department).
^ federal dependency.
^
pl. uturere .
^ also arrondissement municipal (
municipal arrondissement ).
^ regional district.
^ distrito municipale (municipal district).
^ including ?adyndaky etrap (urban districts?).
^ urban districts.
^
a
b rural district.
^ or muong .
^ also the top-level
federalnyye okruga (federal districts;
sing. federalny okrug ) and
St. Petersburg 's
munitsipalnyye okruga (municipal districts; sing. munitsipalnoye okrug ).
^
a
b
c The Russian term is often used in English.
^ census division.
^ local council.
^ including
Bornholm , a regionskommune (regional municipality).
^
a
b urban municipality (town).
^ Also translated as "city council"
[1]
^ rural municipality.
^ including rajono savivaldybė (district municipality) and miesto savivaldybė (city municipality).
^ or thành phố .
^ or ?gava .
^ also translated as
voivodeship .
^ indigenous region.
^ island region.
^ special region.
^ also
région d'outre-mer (overseas region).
^ development region.
^ section communale (communal section).
^ federal territory.
^ or village area, village group.