Territory (country subdivision)

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Territory is a designation for country subdivisions in some countries:

Formerly:

Territories of Brazil

See also [edit]

Terms for types of country subdivisions

English terms

Common English terms (nouns)¹ used to derive other terms and the derived ones historic in italics

Territory

Unit

Other English terms

Current	Alpine resort Bailiwick Banner Autonomous banner Block Cadastre Canton Circle Circuit Colony Commune Condominium Constituency Department Overseas department Division Subdivision Duchy Eldership Federal dependency Governorate Hamlet Neighbourhood Parish Periphery Principality Co-principality Protectorate Quarter Regency Autonomous republic Reservation Reserve Riding Sector Autonomous sector Shire Suzerainty Townland Village Summer village Ward

Historic	Agency Barony Burgh Imperial Circle Diocese Exarchate Hide Hundred March Monthon Presidency Residency Tenth Tithing

Non-English or loanwords

Current	Amt Arrondissement Bairro Bakhsh Baladiyah Barangay Bezirk Regierungsbezirk Colonia Comarca Comune Daïra Deme Frazione Freguesia Gmina Gemeinde İl Județ Kelurahan Kommun Kreis Kunta/kommun Län / lääni Maakuntaliitto / landskapsförbund Località Mahalle Megye Muban Nome (Egypt) Nome (Greece) Oblast Autonomous Okrug Autonomous Ortsteil Ostān Poblacion Powiat Purok Raion Ranchería Shabiyah Shahr Shahrestān Sitio Sýsla Taluka Tehsil Vingtaine Voivodeship Vilayat/Vilayet/Wilayah

Defunct	Commote Heerlijkheid Katepanikion Köping / Kauppala Landskap / Maakunta Landskommun/Maalaiskunta Liwa Naucrary Pagus Pargana Plasă Satrapy Syssel Theme Subah

¹ Used by ten or more countries.

See also: Census division; Electoral district; Political division; Arabic / French / Spanish terms for country subdivisions; Table of administrative divisions by country

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Types of country subdivisions