User:David Kernow/List of autonomous areas by country

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The table below lists autonomous areas by country.

Country Native term
Translation or equivalent
Instances
 Argentina ciudad autonoma
autonomous city
Buenos Aires
 Azerbaijan[1] muxtar respublika
autonomous republic
Nakhichevan
 Cambodia krong
autonomous municipality
Phnom Penh · Sihanoukville · Pailin · Kep
Central African Republic CAR[2] commune autonome
autonomous commune
Bangui
 China[3] zìzhìqū
autonomous region
Guangxi · Inner Mongolia · Ningxia · Xinjiang · Tibet
zìzhìzhōu
autonomous prefecture
Linxia Hui · Gannan · Qiandongnan · Qiannan · Qianxinan · Enshi · Xiangxi · Yanbian · Haibei · Hainan · Huangnan · Golog · Gyêgu · Haixi · Ngawa · Garzê · Liangshan · Kizilsu · Bortala · Changji · Bayin'gholin · Ili · Dehong · Nujiang · Dêqên · Dali · Chuxiong · Honghe · Wenshan · Xishuangbanna
zìzhìxiàn
autonomous county
over 110 (see Autonomous areas of China)
zìzhìqí
autonomous banner
Oroqin · Evenki · Morin
 Comoros
autonomous island
Grande Comore · Mohéli · Anjouan
 Denmark
autonomous region
Faroe Islands · Greenland[4]
 Ethiopia rasgez akababibi
autonomous region
 Finland itsehallinnollinen maakunta
autonomous province
Åland
 Georgia avtonomiuri respublika
autonomous republic
Abkhazia · Adjara
 Greece
autonomous region
Mount Athos
 Guinea-Bissau sector autónomo
autonomous sector
Bissau Region
 Indonesia daerah istimewa
special region
Aceh · Yogyakarta · Papua · Jakarta[5]
 Italy regione autonoma
autonomous region
Aosta Valley · Friuli-Venezia Giulia · Sardinia · Sicily · Trentino-South Tyrol
 South Korea teukbyeol jachido
autonomous province
Jeju-do
 Madagascar faritany mizakatena
autonomous province
All six provinces are characterized as autonomous (mizakatena).
 Moldova[6] unitate teritorială autonomă
territorial autonomous unit
Gagauzia
 Nicaragua regione autónoma
autonomous region
Zelaya
 Philippines
autonomous region
Muslim Mindanao
 Portugal região autônoma
autonomous region
Azores · Madeira
 Russia respublika
republic
Adygea · Altai · Bashkortostan · Buryatia · Dagestan · Ingushetia · Kabardino-Balkaria · Kalmykia · Karachay-Cherkessia · Karelia · Komi · Mari El · Mordovia · Sakha (Yakutia) · North Ossetia-Alania · Tatarstan · Tuva · Udmurtia · Khakassia · Chechnya · Chuvashia
avtonomnaya oblast
autonomous province[7]
Jewish Autonomous Oblast
avtonomny okrug
autonomous subject-level district[8]
Agin-Buryat · Chukotka · Evenk · Khanty-Mansi · Koryak · Nenets · Taymyr · Ust-Orda · Yamalo-Nenets
São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé & Príncipe concelho
province
(Príncipe[9])
 Serbia
autonomous province
Kosovo and Metohija · Vojvodina
 Spain comunidad autónoma
autonomous community
Andalusia · Aragon · Asturias · Balearic Islands · Basque Country · Canary Islands · Cantabria · Castile-La Mancha · Castile and León · Catalonia · Extremadura · Galicia · La Rioja · Madrid · Murcia · Navarre · Valencia
ciudad autónoma
autonomous city
Ceuta · Melilla
 Tajikistan viloyat mukhtor
autonomous province
Gorno-Badakhshan
 Tanzania
(Zanzibar[10])
 Tokelau autonomous community Atafu · Fakaofo · Nukunonu
 Ukraine avtonomna respublika
autonomous republic
Crimea
 Uzbekistan respublikasi
republic
Karakalpakstan
shahar
autonomous city
Tashkent

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ The Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan is de facto independent but not internationally recognized.
  2. ^ Central African Republic.
  3. ^ The Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau may be regarded as autonomous regions or dependencies.
  4. ^ also described as a "self-governing territory".
  5. ^ Indonesia's capital, described as a daerah khusus ibukota (special district).
  6. ^ Transnistria, an area formally still part of Moldova, is de facto independent.
  7. ^ "autonomous oblast" sometimes used instead of "autonomous province".
  8. ^ "autonomous okrug" sometimes used instead of "autonomous (subject-level) district".
  9. ^ may be regarded as autonomous as it has been self-governed since 1995.
  10. ^ may be considered autonomous as it elects its own president and representation (the House of Representatives).

See also[edit]