User:PK2/List of administrative divisions by country

World administrative levels

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.

Administrative divisions by country

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Member and observer states of the United Nations

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Country Administrative divisions
First-level Second-level Third-level Fourth-level and smaller
  Afghanistan 34 provinces (velaya'at) 421 districts (woleswali) subdistricts (alaqadari)
  Albania 12 counties (qarqe) 61 municipalities (bashki) 373 units of local governance (njësi të qeverisjes vendore) 2,972 villages (fshatra)
  Algeria 58 provinces (wilayas) 553 districts (daïras) 1,541 communes (baladiyahs)
  Andorra 7 parishes (parròquies)
  Angola 18 provinces (províncias) 163 municipalities (municípios) 618 communes (comunas)
  Antigua and Barbuda 6 parishes
2 dependencies
  Argentina (federal state) 23 provinces (provincias) 378 departments (departamentos)[1]
135 Partidos (Buenos Aires Province only)
Municipalities (municipios)
1 autonomous city (ciudad autónoma)[2] 15 communes (comunas) 48 Neighbourhoods (barrios)
  Armenia 10 provinces (marzer)
1 autonomous city
503 municipalities (hamaynkner)
  Australia (federal state) 6 states
9 territories
[3]
539 local government areas[4]
Unincorporated areas
  Austria (federal state) 9 states (Bundesländer) 93 districts (Bezirke)[5] 2,098 municipalities (Gemeinden)
  Azerbaijan (regional state or de facto federal state) 59 districts (Rayonlar)
11 cities (Şəhərlər)[6]
+2600 municipalities (Bələdiyyələr) +4500 settlements (Yaşayış Məntəqələri)
1 autonomous republic (Muxtar Respublika) 7 districts (Rayonlar)
1 city (Şəhər)
218 settlements (Yaşayış Məntəqələri)
  Bahamas 32 districts
New Providence
  Bahrain 4 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt)g
  Bangladesh 8 divisions (bibhag) 64 districts (zila) 491 sub-districts (upazila)[7]
12 City corporations
4,554 union councils (union parishads)
327 municipal corporations (paurasabhas)
  Barbados 11 parishes
  Belarus 6 regions (oblasti or voblastsi)
1 autonomous city
118 districts (raiony)
  Belgium (federal state) 3 regions[8] 10 provinces[9] 43 districts[10] 581 municipalities[11]
  Belize 6 districts 201 municipalities
  Benin 12 departments (départements) 77 communes (communes) 546 districts (arrondissements)
  Bhutan 20 districts (dzongkhag) 201 blocks (gewogs)b
61 thromdesm
  Bolivia (regional state or de facto federal state) 9 departments (departamentos) 112 provinces (provincias) 339 municipalities (municipios)
  Bosnia and Herzegovina (federal state)   Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 cantons (kantona) 143 municipalities (općine or opštine) local community
  Republika Srpska 64 municipalities (opštine) local community
Brčko District
  Botswana 10 rural districts
7 urban districts
21 sub-districts[12] 519 villages[13] localities
  Brazil (federal state) 26 states (estados) 5,568 municipalities (municípios)
1 state district (distrito estadual)
10,607 municipal districts (distritos municipais) subdistricts (subdistritos)
1 federal district (distrito federal) 33 administrative regions (regiões administrativas)
  Brunei 4 districts (daerah) 38 subdistricts (mukim)w villages (kampung)
  Bulgaria 28 provinces or regions (oblasti, области) 265 municipalities (obshtini, общини)
  Burkina Faso 13 regions (régions) 45 provinces 325 departments (départements)[14]
  Burundi 18 provinces 119 communes 2,639 collines
  Cambodia 24 provinces (khaet)
1 autonomous municipality
193 districts (srok/khan) 1,646 communes (khum/sangkat) villages (phum)
  Cameroon 10 regions (régions) 58 departments (départements) 360 communes, or districts (arrondissements)
  Canada (federal state) 10 provinces:
  Alberta
6 specialized municipalities
63 counties (municipal districts) 264 municipalities
8 Metis settlements
3 special areas
8 improvement districts[15]
  British Columbia 27 regional districts
1 unincorporated area
162 municipalities
  Manitoba 98 rural municipalities
unincorporated areas[16][17]
37 municipalities
2 local government districts
  New Brunswick 15 counties (comtés)[18] 152 parishes (paroisses)[18] 104 municipalities (municipalités)
  Newfoundland and Labrador (unincorporated)[19] 277 municipalities
  Nova Scotia
18 counties:
3 regional municipalities
9 county municipalities 38 municipalities
6 historic counties administered by district municipalities
  Ontario 173 single-tier municipalities[20]
8 regional municipalities 241 lower-tier municipalities
46 local services boards
22 counties
10 districts[21]
  Prince Edward Island 3 counties[22] 14 parishes[22] 70 townships (fourth-level)[22]
63 municipalities (fifth-level)
  Quebec 87 regional county municipalities (municipalités régionale de comté) (RCM/MRC)
17 territories equivalent to a regional county municipality (territoires équivalents) (TE):
5 TEs coextensive (or nearly coextensive) with an urban agglomeration (agglomérations)
9 cities (cités/villes) independent of any RCM
3 other equivalent territories:
Eeyou Istchee
Jamésie
Kativik
1,108 municipalities (municipalités) 45 boroughs (arrondissements)
(only in 8 municipalities)
  Saskatchewan 296 rural municipalities
2 unincorporated areas:
Northern Saskatchewan Administration District
Prince Albert National Park
478 municipalities
3 territories:
  Northwest Territories 5 regions[23] 24 municipalities
  Nunavut 3 regions[24] 25 municipalities
  Yukon (unorganized) 8 municipalities
  Cape Verde 22 councils or municipalities (concelhos, also referred to as municípios) 32 parishes (freguesias)
  Central African Republic 16 prefectures (préfectures)
1 autonomous commune
72 sub-prefectures (sous-préfectures)
  Chad 23 regions (régions) 67 departments (départements)[25] 340 sub-prefectures (sous-préfectures)
  Chile (regional state or de facto federal state) 16 regions (regiones) 54 provinces (provincias) 346 communes (comunas)
  China, People's Republic of (regional state or de facto federal state) 23 provinces (shěng)
5 autonomous regions (zìzhìqū)
4 municipalities (zhíxiáshì)
280+ prefecture-level cities (dìjíshī)
17 prefectures (dìqū)
30 autonomous prefectures (zìzhìzhōu)
1,400+ counties (xiàn)
110+ autonomous counties (zìzhìxiàn)
850+ county-level districts ((shìxiá)qū)
1 special district (tèqū)
370+ county-level cities (xiànjíshì)
1 forestry district (línqū)
19,500+ towns (zhèn)
14,600+ townships (xiāng)
1,000+ ethnic townships (mínzúxiāng)
6,100+ subdistricts (jiēbàn or jiēdàobànshìchù)
11 district public offices (qūgōngsuǒ) (fourth-level)
Urban areas:
(residential) communities (shèqū) or neighbourhoods (jūmínqū)
Rural areas: villages (cūnjí), village areas or village groups. (fifth-level)[26]
2 special administrative regions (tèbié xíngzhèngqū/dahkbiht hàhngjingkēui) 18 districts (Hong Kong only)
  Colombia (regional state or de facto federal state) 32 departments (departamentos)
1 Capital District (Distrito Capital)
1,102 municipalities (municipios)
2,000+ corregimientos [27]
  Comoros (federal state) 3 autonomous islands (îles autonomes) 16 prefectures (préfectures) 54 communes 318 villes or villages
  DR Congo[28] 26 provinces 145 territories
cities
264 chiefdoms
470 sectors

communes
groupings
quarters
  Congo[29] 12 departments 80+ districts communes
  Costa Rica 7 provinces (provincias) 82 cantons (cantones) 450+ districts
  Croatia 21 counties (županije) 127 towns (gradovi)
429 municipalities (općine)
4,117+ local communities (mjesnih odbora) (gradske četvrti [Zagreb], gradski kotari [Split]) 6,700+ settlements (naselja)
  Cuba 16 provinces (provincias) 160+ municipalities (municipios)
  Cyprus 6 districts (eparchies) 610 communities
  Czech Republic 13 regions (krajů) 76 districts (okresystatistical only
205 municipalities with extended competence (3rd level municipalities) (obce s rozšířenou působností)
393 municipalities with commissioned local authority (2nd level municipalities) (obce s pověřeným obecním úřadem) 6,254 1st level municipalities (obcí)
4 military proving grounds (vojenský újezdspecial status
Capital City of Prague (Hlavní město Praha) 10 districts (obvodyjudicial only
22 administrative districts (správní obvody)
57 municipal districts (městské části) 112 cadastral communities (katastrální území)
  Denmark, the Kingdom of (regional state or de facto federal state) 1 senior member of the Kingdom:   Denmark
5 regions (regioner) 98 municipalities (kommuner)
2 self-governing territories within the Kingdom:
  Faroe Islands 7 regions (sýsla)[30] 29 municipalities (kommunur)[31]
  Greenland 5 municipalities (kommuner)
  Djibouti 6 regions (régions) 15 districts[32]
6 arrondissements (within Djibouti City)
  Dominica 10 parishes
  Dominican Republic 31 provinces (provincias)
1 National District (Distrito Nacional)
110+ municipalities (municipios) 40+ municipal districts (distritos municipales)
  East Timor[33] 12 municipalities (Municípios)
1 special administrative region (região administrativa especial)
65 administrative posts (postos administrativos) 442 sucos [34]
  Ecuador 24 provinces (provincias) 221 cantons (cantones) 1,000+ parishes (parroquias)
  Egypt 27 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt) 271 marakiz or aqsam 4,617+ villages or districts sheyakha or residential districts
  El Salvador 14 departments (departamentos) 262 municipalities (municipios)
  Equatorial Guinea 8 provinces (provincias) 32 districts (distritos)
  Eritrea 6 regions (zoba) 57 districts Communes (Kebabis) Villages and towns
  Estonia[35] 15 counties (maakonnad) 15 towns (linnad) linnaosaddis asumidsd
64 parishes (vallad) kandid[36] 32 linnad[27]
12 alevid[37]
188 alevikud[38]
4,455 külad[34]
  Eswatini 4 regions (tifundza) 50+ tinkhundla[39] 360+ imiphakatsi[40]
  Ethiopia (federal state) 10 regions (kililoch)
2 chartered cities (astedader akababiwach)
68 zones (zonoch) 600+ districts (woreda) kebeles[41][42]
  Fiji 4 divisions 14 provinces + 50 districts
1 dependency
  Finland (regional state or de facto federal state) 18 regions (maakuntaa) 70+ subregions (seutukuntaa) 317 municipalities (kuntaa[43]
1 autonomous region (Åland) (itsehallinnollinen maakunta) 16 municipalities (kommuner (kuntaa))
  France (regional state or de facto federal state) 18 regions (régions) 101 departments (départements[44]
+ the Metropolis of Lyon
332 arrondissements 4,032 cantons (fourth-level), 12,159 intercommunalities (fifth-level), 35,357 communes (sixth-level) [45]
1 state private property, located overseas, under the direct authority of the French government:   Clipperton Island
5 overseas collectivities (collectivités d'outre-mer)
  French Polynesia[46] 5 administrative subdivisions (subdivisions administratives) 40+ communes
  Saint-Barthélemy
  Saint-Martin
  Saint-Pierre and Miquelon 2 communes
  Wallis and Futuna 3 traditional kingdoms (royaumes coutumiers) 3 districts (Uvea only)
1 sui generis collectivity (collectivité sui generis)
  New Caledonia 3 provinces 30+ communes
1 overseas territory (territoire d'outre-mer)
  French Southern and Antarctic Lands 5 districts
  Gabon 9 provinces 49 departments (départements) 152 cantons, 52 communes, 29 arrondissements
  Gambia 5 regions
1 city
(The country is alternatively split between 8 Local Government Areas)
43 districts
  Georgia (regional state or de facto federal state) 9 regions (mkhare)
2 autonomous republics (avt'onomiuri resp'ublik'a)
5 cities (k'alak'i)
67 communities (temi)
  Germany (federal state) 16 states (Länder[47] 19 Regierungsbezirke [48]
(only in 4 states)
400+ districts (Kreise[49] 11,000+ municipalities (Gemeinden)
some areas also have a form of Gemeindeverbände [50]
as an intermediary between Gemeinde and Kreis levels
  Baden-Württemberg
  Bavaria
  Hesse
  North Rhine-Westphalia
Regierungsbezirke [48] rural districts (Landkreise or Kreise) towns (Städte)
municipalities (Gemeinden)
Märkte (only in Bavaria)
cities (urban districts) (Kreisfreie Städte or Stadtkreise)
  Brandenburg
  Lower Saxony
  Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  Rhineland-Palatinate
  Saarland
  Saxony
  Saxony-Anhalt
  Schleswig-Holstein
  Thuringia
rural districts (Landkreise or Kreise) towns (Städte)
municipalities (Gemeinden)
cities (urban districts) (Kreisfreie Städte)
  Bremen 2 cities (Städte):
Bremen (city)
Bremerhaven
  Berlin 12 boroughs (Bezirke) 96 neighbourhoods (Ortsteile)
  Hamburg 7 boroughs (Bezirke) 104 quarters (Stadtteile) 181 neighbourhoods (Ortsteile)
  Ghana 16 regions 216 districts Communities tema
8 municipal districts zones
3 metropolitan districts submetropolitan districts
  Greece (regional state or de facto federal state) 7 decentralized administrations (apokentroménes dioikíseis) 13 administrative regions (peripheries) 74 regional units (perifereiakés enótites) 332 municipalities (dímoi)
1 autonomous monastic state (aftonomi monastiki politeia)::   Mount Athos
  Grenada 6 parishesi
1 dependency
  Guatemala 22 departments (departamentos) 332 municipalities (municipios)
  Guinea 8 regions (régions) 33 prefectures (préfectures) 330+ sub-prefectures (sous-préfectures) [districts]
[sectors]
5 communes
  Guinea-Bissau 8 regions (regiões)
1 autonomous sector (sector autónomo)
39 sectors (setores)
  Guyana 10 regions 27 neighborhood councils
  Haiti 10 departments (départements) 42 arrondissements 144 communes 571 communal sections (sections communales)
  Honduras 18 departments (departamentos) 298 municipalities (municipios) 3,731 aldeas
  Hungary 19 counties (megye) 197 districts (Járás) 3,154 cities and towns (városok)
1 autonomous city
  Iceland 72 municipalities
  India (federal state) 28 states (rājya)
8 union territories (sangh shāsit pradesh)
722 districts (zile)[51] 5,924 tahsīlen
13 Municipal corporations (cities) (nagar nigam)
Municipal councils (nagar pālika)
Notified area council (nagar panchāyat)
Community development block (sāmudāyik vikās khand)
village council (grām panchāyat)
Village (gaanv) 664,339 Villages
  Indonesia (regional state or de facto federal state) 34 provinces (provinsi)
including 5 special regions (daerah istimewa)
416 regencies (kabupaten)
98 cities (kota, formerly kotamadya)
7,094 districts (kecamatan, distrik, kapanewon, kemantren) 83,447 villages (kelurahan, desa)
  Iran 31 provinces (ostanha) 324 counties (shahrestan) districts (bakhsh) dehestan
municipalities (shahr)
  Iraq (federal state) 19 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt) 120 districts (aqḍyat)[52] 300+ subdistricts (naḥiyat) villages (qaryat)
  Ireland 26 counties (contaetha)
3 cities (cathracha)
2 cities and counties
2 metropolitan districts
4 borough districts
89 municipal districts
  Israel 6 districts (mehozot) [53]
Judea and Samaria Area
15 sub-districts (nafot) [53] 52 Natural regions [53] 77 cities (arim) [54]
124 local councils (moatzot mekomiot) [55]
54 regional councils (moatzot azoriot) [56]
  Italy (regional state or de facto federal state) 20 regions (regioni) 80 provinces (province)
2 autonomous provinces (province autonome)
7,998 communes (comuni) 37,000+ fractions (frazioni) and circumscriptions (circoscrizioni)
  Ivory Coast 31 regions (régions)
2 autonomous districts (districts autonomes)
108 departments (départements)
1 unincorporated area
510 sub-prefectures (sous-préfectures)
  Jamaica 14 parishes
  Japan (regional state or de facto federal state) 47 prefectural divisions (todōfuken)
1 metropolis (to, viz. Tokyo)
1 territory (, viz. Hokkaidō)
2 urban prefectures (fu, viz. Kyoto and Osaka)
43 prefectures (ken)
792 Cities (shi)
307 districts (gun)
18 subprefectures (shichō)
23 special wards (tokubetsu-ku)
1,700+ municipalities (shichōsonku)
cities (shi)
towns (chō)
villages (son)
wards (ku)
ōaza, aza, chō, chōme
  Jordan 12 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt) 52 Districts (Alwia'a) 89 Subdistricts (Nahiya) qurah
  Kazakhstan 14 regions (oblys)
3 cities with region rights (qala)
Baikonur[57]
319 raions (awdan)
oblıstıq qala
kent awıl aymaq
  Kenya (regional state or de facto federal state) 47 counties (kaunti) 262 sub-counties (kaunti ndogo) 2,400+ locations (mtaa) Cities, Municipalities and Towns
villages (vijiji)
  Kiribati None
  Kuwait 6 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt) 132 areas (manāṭiq)
  Kyrgyzstan 7 provinces (oblast)
2 independent cities (šaar (keneš))
44 raions (rayon)
14 towns (gorkeneš)
rural communities or rural districts (aiyl okmotu)
  Laos 17 provinces (khoueng)
1 prefecture
140+ districts (muang or muong) villages (baan)[34]
  Latvia 110 municipalities (novadi)
9 republic cities (Republikas pilsētas)
  Lebanon 8 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt[58] 26 districts (qaḍya)
  Lesotho 10 districts 80 constituencies 129 community councils
  Liberia 15 counties 60+ districts
  Libya 22 districts (sha'biyat) 99 baladiyat
  Liechtenstein 11 municipalities (Gemeinden)
  Lithuania 10 counties (apskritys) 60 municipalities (savivaldybės) 500+ elderships (seniūnijos)
  Luxembourg 12 cantons [59] 105 communes[60] [61] 24 quarters [62]
  Madagascar 22 faritra r 114 districts 1,579 kaomininacom and 17,485 fokontany[34]
  Malawi 3 regions 28 districts (130+ ["traditional authorities"]) (60+ ["subchiefdoms"])
  Malaysia (federal state) 13 states (negeri)
3 federal territories (wilayah persekutuan)
16 divisions (bahagian)
(Only in Sabah and Sarawak)
162 districts (daerah) 1,000+ subdistricts (mukim)
8,000+ villages (kampung) and 21 presint (fifth-level)
  Maldives 19 atolls
2 cities
189 islands
  Mali 10 régions[63]
1 capital district
40+ cercles [64] 1,400+ arrondissements [65] 700+ communes
  Malta 5 reġjunir 68 kunsilli lokali (local councils)m
  Marshall Islands 24 municipalitiesm
  Mauritania 12 régions [66]r 50+ départementsdep[67] 200+ communes
Additionally Nouakchott:
Nouakchott-Nord Regionr 3 départementsdep[67]
Nouakchott-Ouest Regionr 3 départementsdep[67]
Nouakchott-Sud Regionr 3 départementsdep[67]
  Mauritius 4 islands 9 districts
14 zones
120+ villages, 4 Towns
173 localities
  Mexico (federal state) 31 estadoss 2,458 municipiosm
1 autonomous city 16 demarcaciones territoriales[68]
  Micronesia (federal state) 4 states 70+ municipalities
  Moldova (regional state or de facto federal state) 32 raioanedis
3 municipiuci
1 unitate teritorială autonomăa
1 unitatea teritorială:[69]
15 [municipalities]m
50 [cities]ci
60+ [city localities][70]
660+ [villages][34]
880+[village localities][70]
  Monaco 10 quartiers [36]i
  Mongolia 21 aimagspro 331 sums dis 1,538 bags
1 khot m 9 düüregs dis 132 khoroos
  Montenegro 24 opštine m 1,256 naselja
  Morocco 12 regionsr [71] 13 prefectures
62 [provinces]pro
cercles [64] communes ruralescom
[municipalities] m
communes urbainescom
arrondissements
  Mozambique 11 provinciaspro 128 distritos dis 405 postos [urban districts] dis
localidades [70]
  Myanmar 7 States 67 Districts 330 Townships 3,183 Wards (fouth-level)
13,602 Village tracts (fouth-level)
 ∟ 70,838 Villages (fifth-level)
7 Regions
1 Union Territory
5 Self-Administered Zones
1 Self-Administered Division
  Namibia 14 regions[72] 121 constituencies[72] citiesm
townsm
villagesm
settlements
  Nauru 14 districtsi
  Nepal (federal state) 7 provinces (Pradesh) 77 districts (jilla) 6 metropolitan cities (mahānagarpālikā)
11 sub-metropolitan cities (upa-mahānagarpālikā)
276 municipalities (nagarpālikā)
486 rural municipalities (gāunpālikā)
6743 wards (wadā)
  Netherlands (regional state or de facto federal state) 4 countries (landen):
  Netherlands 12 provinces (provincies) 355 municipalities (gemeenten)
3 public bodies (openbare lichamen): Bonaire, Saba, Sint Eustatius
  Aruba
  Curaçao
  Sint Maarten
  New Zealand (regional state or de facto federal state) Realm of New Zealand:
  New Zealand 11 non-unitary regions 13 cities
53 districts
1 special territorial authority:
5 unitary authorities
3 outlying islands:
  Ross Dependency
1 self-administering territory:a
  Tokelau 3 autonomous communities
2 states in free-association:a
  Cook Islands 10 island councils
  Niue 14 villages
  Nicaragua (regional state or de facto federal state) 15 departamentosdepm
2 regiones autónomasa
150+ municipiosm
  Niger 7 régions 
Communauté Urbaine de Niamey
36 départements 265 communes, communes urbaines, communes rurales, postes administratifs[73]
  Nigeria (federal state) 36 states
1 Federal Capital Territory
774 Local Government Areas
  North Korea 9 dopro
1 chikhalsi
2 t'ŭkpyŏlsi
1 t'ŭkkŭpsi
ci
150+ kun (guncount
sici
kuyŏk [42]
ku (gu) and chigu dis
1 t'ŭkkŭpsici
tong [41]
ri [34]
rodongjagu dis
  North Macedonia 80 opštini m
  Norway 11 counties (fylker) 356 municipalities (kommuner)
2 integral overseas areas: Svalbard, Jan Mayen
3 dependencies: Peter I Island, Bouvet Island, Queen Maud Land
  Oman 11 muḥāfaẓātg 61 wilaya'atpro
  Pakistan (federal state) 4 provinces
2 autonomous territories
36 divisions 154 districts 596 counties (tehsils) (fouth-level)
Almost 6,000 Union Councils (fifth-level)
1 federal capital territory 5 zones 27 union councils
  Palau 16 statesm
  Palestine West Bank
Gaza Strip
16 governoratesg
  Panama 10 provincias pro 68 distritos dis 587 corregimientos m
2 comarcas indígenas m
4 comarcas indígenasr 11 distritosdis 79 corregimientosm
  Papua New Guinea (regional state or de facto federal state) 20 provinces
1 autonomous region
1 National Capital District
districts Local-Level Government areas
  Paraguay 17 departamentosdep
1 capital district (distrito capital)
250 distritos or municipios m
  Peru (regional state or de facto federal state) 25 regiones r 190+ provinciaspro 1,800+ distritos [74]dis 84,000+ centros poblados
1,800+ centros poblados menores (as government entity)
810,00+ [centros poblados dispersos] (only as censal unity)
1 provinciapro 43 distritos[74]dis
  Philippines (regional state or de facto federal state) 16 rehiyong pampangasiwaan r
1 awtonomong rehiyona, r
81 lalawigan[75]pro
38 malayang lungsod [76]
1 malayang bayan [77]
107 bahaging lungsodci [78]
1,489 karaniwang bayan [79]m[27]
42,027 barangay [80]v
  Poland 16 voivodeships (województwa) [81]pro 380 powiaty count[82] 2,478 gminycom 40,740 sołectwa (rural)
dzielnice or osiedla (urban)
  Portugal (regional state or de facto federal state) 18 distritosdis
2 regiões autónomasa
308 concelhos[83]m 3,091 freguesiaspa
  Qatar 7 baladiya'at m 98 Zones
  Romania 41 județe count 320 orașeci (including 103 municipii m)
2,856 comunecom (divided into 12,955 sate [34])
1 autonomous municipality 6 sectoare [84]
  Russia (federal state) 85 federal subjects:[85][86]
46 oblasts
22 republicsa[86]
4 autonomous okrugsa
9 krais[69]
1 autonomous oblasta
2,027 districts
561 cities and towns of federal subject significance
416 Towns of district significance
767 urban-type settlements of district significance
15,002 selsoviets and equivalents
3 federal cities[87]
  Moscow 12 administrative okrugsdis Districts and settlements
  St. Petersburg 18 districtsdis
  Sevastopol[88] 4 districtsdis
  Rwanda 5 intarapro 30 uturere [89]dis
(umujyi m)
410+ imirenge [84][90] 9,100+ utugari [91]
(then akagari ?[34])
  Saint Kitts and Nevis (federal state) Saint Kitts 9 parishes
Nevis 5 parishes
  Saint Lucia 10 Districts [36]m
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6 parishesa
  Samoa 11 itūmālō i
  San Marino 9 castellim
  São Tomé and Príncipe 6 distritosdis
Autonomous Region of Príncipea
  Saudi Arabia 13 manaṭiq 118 muḥafaẓat r marakizsd
  Senegal 14 régions 45 départementsdep arrondissements communes
  Serbia (regional state or de facto federal state) 29 okrugadis
1 autonomous city
150 opštinam
24 gradaci
  Seychelles 26 districtsa
  Sierra Leone 4 provinces
1 area
14 districts 149 chiefdoms
  Singapore 5 districtsr 31 constituencies 93 wards
1 Central Business Districtdis
  Slovakia 8 kraje r 79 okresy dis 2,891 obcem, from that 130+ mestá[27][92] katastrálne územia [93]
  Slovenia 212 občine m
  Solomon Islands (regional state or de facto federal state) 9 provincesm
1 capital territory
  Somalia (federal state) 18 gobolada r 75 [districts] dis
  South Africa (regional state or de facto federal state) 9 provinces 44 district municipalities 205 local municipalities 4,392 wards
8 metropolitan municipalities
  South Korea (regional state or de facto federal state) 8 dopro 75 sici
77 gun (kun)count
gu (ku)dis[37]
dong[41]
eup[27]
myeon[94]
dong[41]
ri[34]
6 gwangyeoksici 44 gu (ku)dis
5 gun (kun)count
dong[41]
eup[27]
myeon[94]
ri[34]
1 teukbyeol jachidoa 2 si dong[41]
eup[27]
myeon[94]
1 teukbyeol jachisi
1 teukbyeolsi 25 gu (ku)dis[37] dong[41]
  South Sudan (federal state) 10 States
2 Administrative Areas
1 Area with Special Administrative Status

183 counties 540 Payams 2,500 Bomas
  Spain (regional state or de facto federal state) 17 comunidades autónomasr, a 50 provinciaspro[95] 477 comarcas 8,122 municipiosm
2 ciudades autónomasa 2 municipios[96]
3 plazas menores de soberanía[97]
  Sri Lanka (regional state or de facto federal state) 9 provinces 25 districts dis 320+ divisions
  Sudan (federal state) 18 wilaya'ats 86 [districts]
  Suriname 10 districten dis 62 ressorten [98]
  Sweden 21 län count
20 landsting[99]
290 kommuner m 2,523 distrikt
  Switzerland (federal state) 26 cantons [100] 137 districts [101]dis 2,197 communes [102]m
  Syria 14 muḥāfaẓātg 60 manaṭiq [103]dis nawaḥisd [villages] [34]
  Tajikistan (regional state or de facto federal state) 3 viloyathopro
1 viloyat mukhtora
1 capital city
60+ Nohiyadis
14 [cities]ci
2 hukumati[104]
(jamoats) ([villages][34])
  Tanzania (regional state or de facto federal state) 31 mkoa[105] r 120+ wilaya dis [divisions]div [wards] [42]
then [villages] [34]
  Thailand 76 changwat[106]pro
76 PAO[107]
878 amphoe [108]dis 7,255 tambon[109]sub
30 Thesaban nakhon[110]m
178 Thesaban mueang[111]m
2,232 Thesaban tambon[112]m
City of Pattaya[113]
74,944 muban[114]vil
5,335 SAO[115]sub
Chumchon[116]com
1 special administrative area 50 khet[117]dis 180 kwaeng[118]sub
  Togo 5 régions 30 préfectures
  Tonga 5 provinces 23 districts
  Trinidad and Tobago (regional state or de facto federal state) 9 regions
Tobago (governed by Tobago House of Assembly)
3 boroughs
2 cities
  Tunisia 24 wilaya'atg mutamadiyat dis shaykhat m
  Turkey 81 il pro 957 ilçe dis 3,200+ belediye m [neighbourhoods] [41]
[41,000 villages] [34]
  Turkmenistan 5 welaýatlarr
1 capital city district
70+ ?adyndaky etraplar dis [119]
40+ ?etraplar dis
15 [towns] [27]
  Tuvalu 9 municipalitiesm
  Uganda 135 districts
1 city
167 counties
22 municipalities
5 city divisions
1,106 subcounties
151 town councils
63 municipal divisions/boroughs
parishes
villages
  Ukraine 24 oblasts (regions)
2 cities with special status
1 autonomous republic
140 raions (districts) 1469 hromadas (communities)[120]
  United Arab Emirates (federal state) 7 emirates (imarat) local municipalities
  United Kingdom (regional state or de facto federal state) 1 constituent country with no devolution:
  England
 ∟ 9 regions
6 metropolitan counties 36 metropolitan districts parishes[121]
76 non-metropolitan counties 201 non-metropolitan districts
 ∟ 56 unitary authorities
32 London boroughs
City of London
3 constituent countries with devolution:
  Northern Ireland (6 counties)
11 districts
  Scotland 32 council areas communities
  Wales 10 county boroughs
9 counties
3 cities
communities
3 crown dependencies:
  Guernsey[122] 10 parishes
2 dependencies: Alderney and Sark
  Jersey[122] 12 parishes vingtaines, cueillettes
  Isle of Man 6 sheadings 15 parishes, 9 towns and villages
14 British Overseas Territories:
  Akrotiri and Dhekelia
  Anguilla 14 districts
  Bermuda 9 parishes
2 municipalities
  British Indian Ocean Territory
  British Virgin Islands 5 districts
  Cayman Islands 7 districts
  Falkland Islands
  Gibraltar
  Montserrat 3 parishes
  Pitcairn Islands
  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 3 parts of the territory:
Saint Helena
Ascension Island
Tristan da Cunha
Saint Helena has 8 districts
  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
  Turks and Caicos Islands 6 districts
  United States (federal state) 50 states
  1 federal district
1 incorporated territory: Palmyra Atoll (  US Minor Outlying Islands)
3,142 counties and county-equivalents (including 41 independent cities)[123][124][125][126][127] Municipalities and minor civil divisions (including cities, plantations, towns, townships, villages, etc.): 35,930 municipal bodies
(Note that municipalities and cities can exist in multiple counties.)
4 unincorporated organized territories:
  Guam 19 villages[128]
  Northern Mariana Islands 4 municipalities
  Puerto Rico 78 municipalitiesm 900+ barrios[41][129]
  Virgin Islands 3 districts 20 subdistricts
1 unincorporated unorganized self-governing territory:
  American Samoa 3 districts 15 counties 76 villages
2 unorganized atolls
10 unincorporated unorganized territories;   US Minor Outlying Islands: Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Wake Island, Navassa Island, Bajo Nuevo Bank (disputed), and Serranilla Bank (disputed)
  Uruguay 19 departamentosdep 112 municipiosm
  Uzbekistan (regional state or de facto federal state) 12 viloyatlar
1 respublikaa
1 independent city
174 tumanlardis
120 shaharlarci
  Vanuatu 6 provinces municipalities, local councils
  Vatican City None
  Venezuela (federal state) 23 estadoss 335 municipiosm 1,136 parroquiaspa
dependencias federales [130]
1 Capital District
  Vietnam 58 provinces (tỉnh)
69 provincial cities (thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh)
51 district level towns (thị xã)
595 districts (huyện)
8 đảo
693 commune-level towns (thị trấn)
1,100+ wards (phường)
10,000+ rural communes ()
5 municipalities (thành phố trực thuộc trung ương) 49 boroughs (quận) 1,400+ wards (phường)
  Yemen 21 muḥāfaẓātg
1 municipality
333 districtsdis 2,210+ [subdistricts]sd 38,284 [villages] [34]
  Zambia 10 provinces 89 districts
  Zimbabwe 10 provinces 59 districts 1,200 municipalities

Other states

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  Taiwan (Republic of China) 13 counties (xiàn)
6 special municipalities (zhíxiáshì)
3 provincial cities (shì)
170 districts ()
12 county-administered cities (xiànxiáshì)
40 urban townships (zhèn)
146 Rural townships (xiāng)
Urban Villages ()
Rural Villages (cūn)
  Kosovo 7 rajone dis[131][132] 35 komuna m[68][133]
  Northern Cyprus 5 kaza
  Transnistria 5 raions r
Tiraspol m
  Western Sahara 4 wilaya dis [municipalités] m [communes]  [arrondissements] dis

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Notes

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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 (dis m pro r)
These indicate, respectively, four common types of administrative division in English: districts; municipalities; provinces; and regions. Other English terms are also footnoted.

Administrative divisions with ISO 3166-1

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Administrative divisions with ISO 3166-1 are cited for statistics matters even when they do not have a special status (for example, the overseas regions of France).

Antarctic claims

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Administrative divisions that are entirely Antarctic claims suspended under the Antarctic Treaty are not listed.

Autonomous areas

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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.

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References

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  1. ^ Including 2 departments of disputed sovereignty in Tierra del Fuego Province: Antártida Argentina (in the Antarctica), and Islas del Atlántico Sur (which includes the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)
  2. ^ Separate from Buenos Aires Province.
  3. ^ Not counting the Australian Antarctic Territory.
  4. ^ Consisting of shires, boroughs, cities, rural cities, towns, district councils, community government councils, municipalities, community development trusts, and aboriginal councils. Jervis Bay Territory and all 6 of Australia's external territories (not counting the Australian Antarctic Territory), are not divided into second-level administrative subdivisions. The suburbs of Canberra are not considered to be administrative subdivisions of any level.
  5. ^ The districts of Vienna are not considered to be administrative subdivisions of any level.
  6. ^ Including 8 districts (Jabrayil, Kalbajar, Lachin, Qubadli, Shusha, Khojaly, Khojavend, and Zangilan) and 2 cities (Shusha and Khankendi) under complete control of the de facto independent state of Artsakh.
  7. ^ "Upazilla List". Bangladesh National Portal.
  8. ^ Dutch : Gewesten; French: Régions or German: Regionen.
  9. ^ Dutch: Provincies; French: Provinces or German: Provinzen. The Brussels-Capital Region is not divided into provinces.
  10. ^ Dutch: Arrondissementen; French: Arrondissements or German: Arrondissements.
  11. ^ Dutch: Gemeenten; French: Communes or German: Gemeinden.
  12. ^ Chobe District and all six of Botswana's urban districts are not divided into second-level administrative subdivisions.
  13. ^ "Index of /programs-surveys/international-programs/mapping-files/time-series". www2.census.gov. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  14. ^ Consisting of urban and rural communes.
  15. ^ Imporvement districts are almost always coterminous with a national or provincial park or federal military base.
  16. ^ With the exceptions of Riding Mountain National Park, and Duck Mountain Provincial Park and Forest, the vast majority of unincorporated areas in the province are within Northern Manitoba.
  17. ^ Statistics Canada divides the province into census divisions that do cover Northern Manitoba, however, these serve no provincial or local governmental functions whatsoever.
  18. ^ a b The New Brunswick Equal Opportunity program abolished county and parish governments in 1966. Counties and parishes are now only used by locals as geographic identifiers, and for statistical purposes; there is no meaningful government between the provincial and municipal level.
  19. ^ Statistics Canada divides the province into census divisions, however, these serve no provincial or local governmental functions whatsoever; the province has no meaningful government between the provincial and municipal level.
  20. ^ Note that only 11 single-tier municipalities are located in an independent census division. The remaining 162 single-tier municipalities are known as separated municipalities and are counted as part of the statistical area of a neighbouring regional municipality, county, or district by Statistics Canada despite their separated government structures.
  21. ^ In Ontario, districts are only used in some instances to streamline services delivered by the provincial government, and for statistical purposes, and have no elected government of their own. Areas of districts that are not part of a single-tier municipality or First Nations indian reserves are either administered directly by the government of Ontario or a local services board.
  22. ^ a b c In Prince Edward Island, governments at the county, parish, and township level have been abolished. Counties, parishes, and townships are now only used by locals as geographic identifiers, and for statistical purposes; there is no meaningful government between the provincial and municipal level.
  23. ^ In the Northwest Territories, regions are used to streamline services delivered by the territorial government, and have no elected government of their own.
  24. ^ In Nunavut, regions are used to streamline services delivered by the territorial government, and have no elected government of their own.
  25. ^ The districts of N'Djamena are not considered to be administrative subdivisions of any level.
  26. ^ either zìráncūnjí ("natural" villages) or xíngzhèngcūnjí (bureaucratic villages, i.e. created for administrative convenience).
  27. ^ a b c d e f g h towns.
  28. ^ Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Kinshasa.
  29. ^ also known as Congo-Brazzaville.
  30. ^ or Danish:syssel.
  31. ^ "Húsar fara undir Klaksvík". KVF.fo (in Faroese). 25 February 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  32. ^ Due to be replaced by [communes] [1]
  33. ^ Timor-Leste.
  34. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o villages, village areas or village groups.
  35. ^ Estonia's linnad (towns) and vallad (parishes) are known collectively as omavalitsused (municipalities).
  36. ^ a b c quarters.
  37. ^ a b c boroughs.
  38. ^ Small boroughs
  39. ^ constituencies
  40. ^ Chiefdoms
  41. ^ a b c d e f g h i neighbourhoods.
  42. ^ a b c wards.
  43. ^ consisting of kaupungit (urban communes) and kunnat (communes).
  44. ^ The département (department) and commune (municipality) of Paris are unified into a single territorial collectivity.
  45. ^ The 3 communes (municipalities) of Paris, Lyon and Marseilles are further subdivided into municipal arrondissements (arrondissements municipaux), not to be confused with the arrondissements (districts) subdividing each department.
  46. ^ also known as a pays d'outre-mer (overseas country).
  47. ^ or, informally, Bundesländer (federal states).
  48. ^ a b administrative districts.
  49. ^ including 3 Kommunalverbände besonderer Art (special regional associations): Region Hannover, Regionalverband Saarbrücken and Städteregion Aachen
  50. ^ municipal associations. usually in rural areas and known by various names in different states, e.g. Amt, Samtgemeinde, Verbandsgemeinde and Verwaltungsgemeinschaft
  51. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2019-10-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  52. ^ sometimes translated as "shires" or "counties".
  53. ^ a b c "ביאור סמלי החלוקות הגאוגרפיות".
  54. ^ "רשימת היישובים לפי מעמד מוניציפאלי" (PDF).
  55. ^ "הרשויות המקומיות בישראל 2017". cbs.gov.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  56. ^ "רשימת המועצות האזוריות | ברוכים הבאים לאתר המועצות האיזוריות" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  57. ^ The city has a special status because it is currently being leased to Russia with Baikonur Cosmodrome until the year 2050
  58. ^ "Territorial administration of Lebanon". Localiban. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  59. ^ French; alternatively German:Kantone.
  60. ^ "Cartes du Luxembourg".
  61. ^ French; alternatively German:Gemeinden.
  62. ^ Luxembourgish: quartierën; alternatively French:quartiers, German:Stadtvierteln.
  63. ^ "Le Mali compte désormais dix régions". 23 January 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  64. ^ a b circles.
  65. ^ or communes.
  66. ^ or wilaya'at.
  67. ^ a b c d or moughataas.
  68. ^ a b municipalities.
  69. ^ a b territories.
  70. ^ a b c localities.
  71. ^ some disputed; see Regions of Morocco.
  72. ^ a b Nakale, Albertina (9 August 2013). "President divides Kavango into two". New Era. allafrica.com. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014.
  73. ^ 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
  74. ^ a b or partidos.
  75. ^ or probinsya.
  76. ^ or malayang siyudad; cities independent from province, classified as either "highly urbanized" or "independent component" cities.
  77. ^ or munisipalidad; municipality not under any provincial authority.
  78. ^ or bahaging siyudad; cities under provincial supervision ("component cities").
  79. ^ or munisipalidad; regular municipalities under provincial supervision.
  80. ^ or barrios.
  81. ^ voivodeships.
  82. ^ consisting of 314 powiat ziemski (rural counties) and 66 powiat grodzki (urban counties) or miasta na prawach powiatu ("cities of county right").
  83. ^ or municípios.
  84. ^ a b sectors.
  85. ^ federal subjects, grouped into 7 federal districts
  86. ^ a b Including the Republic of Crimea which was annexed by Russia in 2014 but internationally recognized as part of Ukraine
  87. ^ Including Sevastopol which was annexed by Russia in 2014 but internationally recognized as part of Ukraine
  88. ^ Annexed by Russia in 2014 but internationally recognized as part of Ukraine
  89. ^ sing. akarere.
  90. ^ or French:secteurs administratifs (administrative sectors).
  91. ^ or French:cellules (cells).
  92. ^ Mestská a obecná štatistika SR Archived 2007-10-27 at the Wayback Machine
  93. ^ "cadastral areas".
  94. ^ a b c townships.
  95. ^ Some provinces are divided in districts called comarcas
  96. ^ Ceuta and Melilla
  97. ^ minor sovereign places in North Africa
  98. ^ ?"resorts".
  99. ^ County councils
  100. ^ (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.
  101. ^ French; alternatively German:Ämter, (Amts)bezirke, Italian:distretti or Romansh:districts. This level of subdivisions is not present in all cantons.
  102. ^ French; alternatively German:Gemeinden, Italian:comuni or Romansh:vischnancas.
  103. ^ or manatuq.
  104. ^ city councils.
  105. ^ Mwakyusa, Alvar (4 February 2016). "Songwe is new region - with four districts". Daily News. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  106. ^ Changwat is a province
  107. ^ PAO - Provincial Administrative Organisation
  108. ^ Amphoe is a district
  109. ^ Tambon is a subdistrict
  110. ^ Thesaban nakhon is a City-municipality
  111. ^ Thesaban mueang is a Town-municipality
  112. ^ Thesaban tambon is a Subdistrict-municipality
  113. ^ City of Pattaya is a Special local government
  114. ^ Muban is a village
  115. ^ SAO/TAO - Subdistrict Administrative Organization
  116. ^ Chumchon is a Community Association
  117. ^ Khet is a district in Bangkok
  118. ^ Kwaeng is a subdistrict in Bangkok
  119. ^ urban districts.
  120. ^ "Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України". static.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  121. ^ not all of England is parished - see unparished area.
  122. ^ a b a bailiwick.
  123. ^ Includes 11 census areas that make up the Unorganized Borough of Alaska; these areas have no meaningful government between the state and minor civil division level.
  124. ^ Includes two counties (Oglala Lakota and Todd) in South Dakota that do not have their own governments, and administrative functions at the county level are done in a neighboring county.
  125. ^ Includes the counties of Rhode Island, which are only used for statistical purposes, and there is no meaningful government between the state and minor civil division level.
  126. ^ Includes the counties of Massachusetts; eight of the fourteen county governments in Massachusetts were abolished between 1997 and 2000, and there is no meaningful government between the state and minor civil division level in the affected areas.
  127. ^ Includes the counties of Connecticut, which have no government of their own. In 2017, the state of Connecticut recommended that nine councils of governments replace the historical eight counties for statistical purposes in the United States Census Bureau; the Census Bureau intends to implement this change in 2023.
  128. ^ also known as municipalities.
  129. ^ "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  130. ^ federal dependencies.
  131. ^ Albanian; alternatively Serbian:regiona or okruga.
  132. ^ districts.
  133. ^ Albanian; alternatively Serbian:opstina.

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