The table below indicates the types and, where known, numbers of administrative divisions used by countries and their major dependent territories. It is ordered alphabetically by country name in English.
Notes
- Numbers of divisions
- To simplify maintaining the table, numbers of divisions are only specified where a country has around thirty or fewer instances; for example, as of 2010, the twelve qarqe (counties) of Albania. For numbers greater than thirty, the number rounded down to the nearest ten (or, in the case of thousands, the nearest hundred) is given, suffixed by a plus sign "+"; for example, the "300+" komuna (communes) of Albania. More precise figures should be found in the articles linked by the table.
- Terms in italics
- Terms in italics are terms in languages other than English. They should be in plural form, followed by a footnote or footnotes indicating the generally accepted English equivalent or translation. Known alternative spellings are given in brackets following a term.
- Terms in brackets
- Entries in standard brackets either indicate that the term used is informal or that its use is yet to be confirmed. An English term in square brackets indicates that the local name for the term is not yet known or confirmed; when confirmed, it is replaced by the local name in italics.
- Footnote letters ( c d m p r )
- These indicate, respectively, five common types of administrative division in English: capitals; districts; municipalities; provinces; and regions. Other English terms appear among the numbered footnotes.
Administrative divisions with ISO 3166-1
Administrative divisions with ISO 3166-1 are cited for statitics matters even when they do not have a special status (for example, the overseas regions of France).
Antarctic claims
Administrative divisions that are entirely Antarctic claims suspended under the Antarctic Treaty are not listed.
Autonomous areas
Not all the autonomous areas are part of the formal hierarchy of the administrative division system of a country (for example, the autonomous region of Zanzibar comprises 5 regions of Tanzania, the first tier on administrative divisions on that country). For more details, see List of autonomous areas by country.
Dependent territories
Dependent territories are listed with their sovereign country. For more details, see List of dependent territories.
Table
See also
- Country subdivision
- ISO 3166-2, codes for country subdivisions
- Associated state
- Asymmetric federation
- Condominium, joint sovereignty over an area shared by two or more states.
- Dependent territory
- Federacy
- Federation
- Federated state
- List of terms for country subdivisions
- List of capitals serving as administrative divisions by country
- List of autonomous areas by country
- List of sovereign states
- List of the most populous country subdivisions
- Matrix of country subdivisions
- List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area, comparing continents, countries, and first-level administrative country subdivisions.
- List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area (all)
- List of FIPS region codes in FIPS 10-4, withdrawn from the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) in 2008
- Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS), which covers the subdivisions of the members of the European Union
Footnotes
- a pseudo-municipalities (administration is appointed)
- c capital; see also Capitals serving as administrative divisions.
- d districts.
- i informals.
- m municipalities.
- p provinces.
- r regions.
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 Autonomous area or areas; see List of autonomous areas by country.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 blocks.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 boroughs.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 cantons.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 circles.
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 6.18 6.19 6.20 6.21 6.22 6.23 6.24 6.25 6.26 6.27 6.28 6.29 6.30 cities.
- ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 7.17 7.18 7.19 7.20 7.21 7.22 communes.
- ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 8.16 8.17 8.18 8.19 8.20 8.21 8.22 8.23 8.24 8.25 counties.
- ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 9.14 9.15 9.16 9.17 9.18 9.19 9.20 9.21 departments.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 divisions.
- ↑ 11.00 11.01 11.02 11.03 11.04 11.05 11.06 11.07 11.08 11.09 11.10 11.11 governorates.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 localities.
- ↑ 13.00 13.01 13.02 13.03 13.04 13.05 13.06 13.07 13.08 13.09 13.10 13.11 13.12 13.13 13.14 neighbourhoods.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 14.8 14.9 parishes.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 prefectures.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 16.7 16.8 16.9 quarters.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 rural communities or rural districts.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 sections.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.5 sectors.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 20.6 20.7 20.8 states.
- ↑ 21.00 21.01 21.02 21.03 21.04 21.05 21.06 21.07 21.08 21.09 21.10 21.11 subdistricts.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 subprefectures.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 subregions.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 24.4 territories.
- ↑ 25.00 25.01 25.02 25.03 25.04 25.05 25.06 25.07 25.08 25.09 25.10 25.11 25.12 25.13 25.14 25.15 25.16 towns.
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 26.4 26.5 26.6 townships.
- ↑ 27.00 27.01 27.02 27.03 27.04 27.05 27.06 27.07 27.08 27.09 27.10 27.11 27.12 27.13 27.14 27.15 27.16 27.17 27.18 27.19 27.20 27.21 27.22 27.23 27.24 27.25 27.26 27.27 27.28 27.29 27.30 27.31 villages, village areas or village groups.
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.4 wards.
- ↑ or prefektura (prefectures).
- ↑ http://aac-al.org/qarku.php?l=e&idr=19
- ↑ Baladiyah, formerly the French word commune was used
- ↑ city councils
- ↑ In La Rioja, Mendoza and San Juan Provinces
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 or partidos.
- ↑ or gavaṙ.
- ↑ consisting of shires, boroughs, cities, rural cities, towns, district councils, community government councils, municipalities, community development trusts and an aboriginal council.
- ↑ "cadastral municipalities".
- ↑ Dutch; alternatively French:régions or German:Regionen.
- ↑ Dutch; alternatively French:provinces or German:Provinzen.
- ↑ Dutch; alternatively French:arrondissements or German:Arrondissements.
- ↑ Dutch; alternatively French:communes or German:Gemeinden.
- ↑ or municipios (municipalities).
- ↑ lit. "hills"
- ↑ groups.
- ↑ 7 districts, 1 district municipality, 1 metropolitan municipality, 9 regional municipalities, 9 united counties.
- ↑ "urban communities" (metropolitan municipalities).
- ↑ Northwest Territories can also be split into 5 administrative divisions
- ↑ or municípios (municipalities).
- ↑ special districts.
- ↑ forestry district.
- ↑ 51.0 51.1 ethnic townships.
- ↑ or jiēdàobànshìchù.
- ↑ "district public offices".
- ↑ (residential) communities.
- ↑ either zìráncūnjí ("natural" villages) or xíngzhèngcūnjí (bureaucratic villages, i.e. created for administrative convenience).
- ↑ "leagues"; Mongolian:chuulghan.
- ↑ banners.
- ↑ 58.0 58.1 special administrative regions.
- ↑ Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Kinshasa.
- ↑ urban areas.
- ↑ rural areas.
- ↑ also known as Congo-Brazzaville.
- ↑ Also known as the Ivory Coast.
- ↑ but see
- ↑ města (sing. město) translates as "cities" or "towns"; obce (sing. obec) as "municipalities" or "communes".
- ↑ 66.0 66.1 "cadastral areas".
- ↑ or Danish:syssel.
- ↑ or [townships].
- ↑ Due to be replaced by [communes] [1]
- ↑ Timor-Leste.
- ↑ Estonia's linnad (towns) and vallad (parishes) are known collectively as omavalitsused (municipalities).
- ↑ Small boroughs
- ↑ consisting of kaupungit (urban communes) and kunnat (rural communes).
- ↑ Including 5 overseas regions and Corsica as a collectivité territoriale (territorial collectivity).
- ↑ a collectivité d'outre-mer (overseas collectivity).
- ↑ also known as a pays d'outre-mer (overseas country).
- ↑ kingdoms.
- ↑ a territoire d'outre-mer (overseas territory).
- ↑ or, informally, Bundesländer.
- ↑ "offices".
- ↑ sections communales (communal sections).
- ↑ or propinsi-propinsi, sing. propinsi.
- ↑ regencies.
- ↑ formerly kotamadya (municipalities).
- ↑ sometimes translated as "shires" or "counties".
- ↑ todōfuken : to (metropolis, viz. Tokyo) + dō (territory, viz. Hokkaidō) + fu (2 urban prefectures, viz. Kyoto and Osaka) + ken (43 prefectures)
- ↑ shichōsonku : shi (city) + chō (town) + son (village) + ku (wards, boroughs)
- ↑ or muong.
- ↑ "district municipalities".
- ↑ "city municipalities".
- ↑ elderships, elderates.
- ↑ French; alternatively German:Kantone.
- ↑ French; alternatively German:Gemeinden.
- ↑ Luxembourgish; alternatively French:quartiers, German:Stadtvierteln.
- ↑ or fivondronampokontany.
- ↑ or firaisampokontany.
- ↑ federal territories.
- ↑ in Sabah and Sarawak states.
- ↑ in Kelantan:jajahan.
- ↑ also known as districts.
- ↑ or communes.
- ↑ or wilaya'at.
- ↑ or moughataas.
- ↑ some disputed; see Regions of Morocco.
- ↑ Formerly divisions, until August 2010.
- ↑ FONDS AFRICAIN DE DEVELOPPEMENT: ETUDE DE MOBILISATION DES EAUX DANS LA REGION DE MARADI NIGER. DEPARTEMENT AGRICULTURE ET DEVELOPPEMENT RURAL, OCAR. African Development Bank Group, MARCH 2003
- ↑ the Azad Kashmir and Northern Areas of Kashmir.
- ↑ or tehsils.
- ↑ or ?partidos.
- ↑ including Muslim Mindanao, an autonomous region.
- ↑ or probinsya.
- ↑ or siyudad; cities independent from province, classified as either "highly urbanized" or "independent component" cities.
- ↑ or munisipyo; municipality not under any provincial authority.
- ↑ or siyudad; cities under provincial supervision ("component cities").
- ↑ or munisipyo; regular municipalities under provincial supervision.
- ↑ or barrios.
- ↑ voivodeships.
- ↑ consisting of 300+ powiat ziemski (rural counties) and 60+ powiat grodzki (urban counties) or miasta na prawach powiatu ("cities of county right").
- ↑ or municípios.
- ↑ (federal) subjects, grouped into 7 federalnyye okruga (federal districts).
- ↑ republics.
- ↑ federal cities.
- ↑ administrativnyye okruga ("administrative districts"), sometimes described as (vnutri)gorodskiye okruga ("(intra)city districts").
- ↑ 124.0 124.1 sometimes described as (vnutri)gorodskiye raiony ("(intra)city districts")
- ↑ munitsipalnyye obrazovaniya: okruga ("municipal entities: districts").
- ↑ munitsipalnyye obrazovaniya: posyolki ("municipal entities: settlements").
- ↑ munitsipalnyye obrazovaniya: gorsovet ("municipal entities: towns").
- ↑ sing. akarere.
- ↑ or French:secteurs administratifs (administrative sectors).
- ↑ or French:cellules (cells).
- ↑ Mestská a obecná štatistika SR
- ↑ Local municipalities with small populations, and areas in a district municipality but not any local municipality, are not divided into wards.
- ↑ Some provinces are divided in districts called comarcas
- ↑ Ceuta and Melilla
- ↑ minor sovereign places in North Africa
- ↑ ?"resorts".
- ↑ constituencies
- ↑ Chiefdoms
- ↑ (French; alternatively German:Kantone, Italian:cantoni or Romansh:chantuns). Six cantons, formerly called demi-cantons (French; alternatively German:Halbkantone or Romansh:mez-chantuns, have only one representative in the Council of States instead of two.
- ↑ French; alternatively German:Ämter, (Amts)bezirke, Italian:distretti or Romansh:districts. This level of subdivisions is not present in all cantons.
- ↑ French; alternatively German:Gemeinden, Italian:comuni or Romansh:vischnancas.
- ↑ or manatuq.
- ↑ consisting of 220+ xiāng (rural townships) and 60+ zhèn (urban townships).
- ↑ city councils.
- ↑ or amphur.
- ↑ or king amphur.
- ↑ or mooban.
- ↑ communities.
- ↑ ?urban districts.
- ↑ "cities with special status".
- ↑ emirates.
- ↑ not all of England is parished - see unparished area.
- ↑ 153.0 153.1 a bailiwick.
- ↑ or boroughs in Alaska and parishes in Louisiana.
- ↑ also known as municipalities.
- ↑ federal dependencies.
- ↑ Islands.
- ↑ Centrally-controlled municipalities.
- ↑ Urban districts.
- ↑ Wards.
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