Administrative division
An administrative division is a term for an administrative region within a country that is created for the purposes of managing of land and the affairs of people. The area typically has a local government with a certain degree of autonomy, and is on a level below that of the sovereign state.[1]
Select examples
[change | change source]Autonomous communities
[change | change source]- 1st level:
- Spain: 17 comunidad autónomas
Cantons
[change | change source]- 1st level:
- Switzerland: 26 cantons
- 2nd level:
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: 10 kantons or županija
- Costa Rica: 81 cantones
- Ecuador: cantones
- Luxembourg: 12 cantons
- 4th level:
- France: 4,039 cantons
Comarcas (regions)
[change | change source]- 1st level:
- Panama: 9 comarcas
Communes
[change | change source]Counties
[change | change source]- 1st level:
- 2nd level:
- United Kingdom: counties
- United States: 2,995 counties
Departments
[change | change source]- 1st level:
- Benin: 12 départements
- Bolivia: 9 departementos
- Denmark: 14 amter
- El Salvador: 14 departementos
- Guatemala: 22 departementos
- Haiti: 10 départements
- Honduras: 18 departementos
- Ivory Coast: 58 départements
- Paraguay: 18 departementos
- Uruguay: 19 departementos
- 2nd level:
- Argentina: 376 departementos
- Burkina Faso: départements
- France: 100 départements
- Indonesia: 268 kabupaten
Districts
[change | change source]- 1st level:
- Belize: 6 districts
- Luxembourg: 3 districts
- 2nd level:
- Afghanistan: districts
- Austria: 100 Bezirke
- Bangladesh: 64 zila
- Germany: 22 Regierungsbezirke
- Kenya: wilaya
- Lebanon: 25 districts
- Malaysia: 3 wilayah persekutuan
- Nepal: 76 districts
- Pakistan: 147 districts
- Panama: distritos
- Paraguay: distritos
- Switzerland: 159 districts
- 3rd level:
- Peru: 1,747 distritos
Governorates
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Municipalities
[change | change source]- 1st level:
- Libya : 22 shabiyat
- Mongolia : 1 hot
- Republic of China : 2 municipalities
- 2nd level:
- 3rd level:
Parishes
[change | change source]- 1st level:
- Andorra : 7 parròquies
- Antigua and Barbuda : 6 parishes
- Barbados : 11 parishes
- Dominica: parishes
- Grenada : 6 parishes
- Jersey : 12 parishes
- Montserrat : parishes
- Nevis : 14 parishes
- Grenadines : 6 parishes
- 2nd level:
- Louisiana : 64 parishes
Prefectures
[change | change source]- 1st level:
- Japan : 47 prefectures[1]
- Central African Republic : 14 préfectures
- 2nd level:
- Greece : 51 nomes
Provinces
[change | change source]- 1st level:
- Algeria: 48 wilayas
- Angola: 18 províncias
- Argentina: 23 provincias
- Canada: 10 provinces
- China (PRC): 22 shěng
- China (ROC): 2 provinces
- Congo: 11 provinces
- Costa Rica: 7 provincias
- Dominican Republic: 31 provincias
- Gabon: 9 provinces
- Indonesia: 33 propinsi and special territories
- Iran: 30 ostan
- Kenya: 7 mkoa
- Kyrgyzstan: 7 oblastar
- Mongolia: aymguud
- Netherlands: 12 provincies
- Pakistan: 4 provinces
- South Africa: 9 provinces
- 2nd level:
Regions
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- 2nd level:
States
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Territories
[change | change source]- 1st level :
- Australia : 9 territories
- Canada : 3 territories
- Pakistan : 5 territories
- Republic of India : 8 territories
- United States : 14 territories
Compare
[change | change source]- Country (a national or supra-national entity)
- Empire (a supra-national entity)
- State (a national or supra-national entity)
Related pages
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