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The table below indicates the types and, where known, numbers of administrative divisions currently (as of 2007) 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 2007, the twelve qarku (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.
British overseas territories and crown dependencies
Where these have administrative divisions, they are listed as if separate countries.
 

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29]

Table


Country
Administrative divisions
 
First-level Second-level Third-level Fourth-level
and smaller
 Afghanistan 30+ velaya'at p 360+ woleswali d
 Albania 12 qarku [8][30] 30+ rrethe d 300+ komuna [7]
60+ bashkia m 		(3000+ lokaliteteve [13]?)
 Algeria 48 wilayas p 553 daïras [5] 1,541 baladiyahs of Algeria  [7]
For Åland, see Finland below.
For American Samoa, see United States below.
 Andorra 7 parròquies [15] (52 ?[localities] [13]  -)

quarts [17]
veïnats [14]
villages

 Anguilla 14 districts
 Angola 18 províncias p 150+ municípios [31]m
 Antigua and Barbuda 6 parishes
2 dependencies
 Argentina 22 provincias p 370+ departamentos [9] municipios [32]m localidades d
Buenos Aires Province partidos [33]
Buenos Airesc[1] 15 comunas [7] 40+ barrios [14]
 Armenia 10 marzer [34]p
Yerevanc
For Aruba, see Netherlands below.
 Australia 6 states
10 territories 		700+ Local Government Areas[35]
 Austria 9 Bundesländer [21] 80+ Politische Bezirke d
15 Statutarstädte [6] 		2300+ Gemeinden m[7] 7800+ Katastralgemeinden [36]
 Azerbaijan 59 rayonlar d 11 şəhərlər [6]
1 muxtar respublika [1] 7 rayonlar d 1 şəhər [6]
The Bahamas Bahamas 31 districts
New Providence
 Bahrain 5 muhāfazāt [12]
 Bangladesh 6 bibhag [10] 64 zilla d 474 upozilla d
 Barbados 11 parishes
 Belarus 6 voblastsi p
Minskc 		110+ rayony d
 Belgium 3 gewesten [37]r 10 provincies [38]p 43 arrondissements d 580+ gemeenten [39]m
 Belize 6 districts 31 constituencies
 Bermuda 9 parishes
2 municipalities
 Benin 12 départements [9] 70+ communes arrondissements [villages] [28]
[city districts] d
 Bhutan 20 dzongkhag d 200+ gewog [2][28]
 Bolivia 9 departamentos [9] 112 provincias p 314 municipios [19][40] 1384 cantones [4]
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Fed. of Bosnia & Herzegovina 10 kantoni [4] 70+ općine m
Republika Srpska 7 [regions] 60+ općine m
Brčko District
 Botswana 9 districts subdistricts [22]
 Brazil 26 estados [21]
Brasíliac 		5 560+ municípios m
 Brunei 4 daerah-daerah d 38 mukim p kampong [28]
 Bulgaria 28 oblasti p 260+ obshtini m[7]
 Burkina Faso (13 régions) 40+ provinces 350+ communes [7]
 Burundi 17 provinces 120+ communes [7]d 2600+ collines [41]
 Cambodia 20 khêt p
4 krong [1] 		180+ srok d khum [7] khan [19]
then sangkat [17]
 Cameroon 10 provinces 50+ départements [9] 310+ arrondissements [subdistricts] [22]
 Canada 10 provinces:
Alberta
 Counties and municipal districts

towns
cities

British Columbia
 27 regional districts
1 region 		(land districts)
Manitoba
 23 census divisions sections
townships
ranges
New Brunswick
 15 counties parishes
Newfoundland
and Labrador
 10 census divisions (districts)
Nova Scotia
 18 counties
Ontario
 census divisions[42]
107 electoral ridings 		boroughs etc.[43]
Prince Edward Island
 3 counties lots
royalties
Quebec
 90+ comtés [8]
3 communautés urbaines [44] 		municipalités [45] arrondissements [3]
Saskatchewan
 18 census divisions sections
townships
ranges
3 territories:
Northwest Territories
 2? regions
Nunavut
 3? regions
Yukon
 Cape Verde 22 concelhos [8][46] 30+ freguesias [15]
 Cayman Islands 8 districts
Central African Republic Central African Republic 16 préfectures [16]
Banguic[1] 		60+ sous-préfectures [23] 170+ communes
 Chad 18 régions r 40+ départements [9] sub-prefectures communautés rurales [18]
including N'Djamenac
 10 arrondissements communes
 Chile 15 regiones r 50+ provincias p 320+ comunas m
China China (PRC) "province" level:

22 shěng p
5 zìzhìqū [1]
4 zhíxiáshì m

"prefecture" level:

280+ dìjíshī [6]
17 dìqū [16]
30 zìzhìzhōu [1]

"county" level:

1400+ xiàn [8]
110+ zìzhìxiàn [1]
850+ (shìxiá)qū d
2 tèqū [47]
370+ xiànjíshì [6]
1 línqū [48]

"township" level:

19500+ zhèn [26]
14600+ xiāng [27]
1000+ mínzúxiāng [49]
6100+ jiēbàn [50][22]
11 qūgōngsuǒ [51]
then

Urban areas:
shèqū [52] or jūmínqū [14]

Rural areas: cūnjí [28][53]

Inner Mongolia[54] 3 méng [55] 40+ qí [56]
3 zìzhìqí [1] 		180+ sūmù [27]
1 mínzúsūm [49]
then urban and rural divisions as above.
2 tèbiéxíngzhèngqū [57] :
 Hong Kong 18 districts
 Macau 2 concelhos d 5 freguesias [15]
For the Republic of China, see Taiwan below.
 Colombia 32 departamentos [9]
Bogotác 		1100+ municipios m 2000+ corregimientos [26]
 Comoros 3 [autonomous islands] [1]
Democratic Republic of the Congo DR of the Congo[58] 10 provinces
Kinshasac 		territoires (districts) [25] 
mairies [59] :
[cities]
 communes quartiers [17][14]
territoriale [60] :
[towns]
then quartiers [17][14]

cheffries [20]
then villages

Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo[61] 10 régions r 80+ [districts] d communes
Brazzavillec 7 arrondissements
 Costa Rica 7 provincias p 81 cantones 450+ [districts] d
 Ivory Coast[62] 19 régions r 50+ départements [9] 180+ sous-préfectures [23]
 Croatia 20 županije [8]
Zagrebc 		127 gradovi [26]
429 općine m
 Cuba 14 provincias p
Havanac 		160+ municipios m
 Cyprus 6 eparchies d
 Czech Republic 14 kraje r 77 okresy d[63]
3 statutární města [6] 		města, obce m[64] katastrální území [65]
Praguec 15? obvody d
 Denmark 5 regioner r 90+ kommuner m
 Faroe Islands[1] 7 sýsla [66]r 30+ kommunur m[7]
 Greenland[1] 3 amter [8] (or lansdele p) 18 kommuner m[67]
 Djibouti 5 régions r (15 districts d)[68]
Djibouti Cityc 6 arrondissements
 Dominica 10 parishes
 Dominican Republic 31 provincias p
Distrito Nacionald 		110+ municipios m
40+ distritos municipales d 		secciones [19]
 East Timor[69] 13 [districts] d 60+ [subdistricts] [22] (sulos, sucos [28])
 Ecuador 24 provincias p 210+ cantones [4] 1000+ parròquias [15]
 Egypt 27 muhāfazāt [12] markazes 217 + cities 4617 + villages
 El Salvador 14 departamentos [9] 260+ municipios m
For England, see United Kingdom below.
 Equatorial Guinea 7 provincias p
 Eritrea 6 zoba r districts d
 Estonia[70] 15 maakonnad [8] 30+ linnad [26] linnaosad d asumid
190+ vallad [15][7] alevikud [3]
külad [28]
 Ethiopia 9 kililoch r[21]
2 astedader akababiwach [6] 		(zones?)
12 rasgez akababiwach [1] 		600+ woreda (wereda)d kebeles [14][29]
For the Faroe Islands, see Denmark above.
 Fiji 4 divisions
1 dependency 		15 provinces
 Finland 6 lääniä p 20 maakuntaa r 70+ seutukuntaa [24] 430+ kuntaa m[71]
 Åland[1] 16 kommuner (kuntaa) m
 France (25 régions r
Corsica[72])
90+ départements [9] 		320+ arrondissements 3800+ cantons 36000+ communes
French Guiana[73] 2 arrondissements 19 cantons 22 communes
French Polynesia[74][75] 5 subdivisions administratives 40+ communes
Southern/Antarctic Lands[76][25] 4 [districts] d
Guadeloupe[73] 2 arrondissements 30+ communes 40+ cantons
Martinique[73] 4 arrondissements 30+ communes 40+ cantons
Mayotte[74][77] 17 communes
New Caledonia 3 provinces 30+ communes
Réunion[73] 4 arrondissements 20+ communes 40+ cantons
St. Pierre and Miquelon[74] 2 communes
Wallis and Futuna[74] 3 royaumes coutumiers [78] 3 [districts] d
 Gabon 9 provinces 30+ départements [9]
 Gambia 5 divisions
Banjulc 		30+ districts
 Georgia 9 mkhare p
2 avt'onomiuri resp'ublik'a [1]
Tbilisic 		53 raioni d
6 sak'alak'o t'erit'oria [6]
 Germany 16 Länder [79][21] 22 Regierungsbezirke [8] 430+ Kreise d
then Ämter [80] 		12300+ Gemeinden m
 Ghana 10 regions 120+ districts
8 municipal districts zones
3 metropolitan districts submetropolitan districts
 Greece 13 periphereies and 1 aftonomi monastiki politeia [1] 54 nomoi, Mount Athos 140+ eparchia (abolished in 2006) p 270+ demoi m
then [localities] [13] ([communes] [7]?) (3rd level administration entities)
For Greenland, see Denmark above.
 Grenada 6 parishes
2 dependencies
For Guam, see United States below.
 Guatemala 22 departamentos [9] 332 municipios m
 Guernsey[81] 10 parishes
 Guinea 8 régions r 33 préfectures [16] 330+ sous-préfectures [23] [districts] d
[sectors] [20]
Conakryc 5 communes
 Guinea-Bissau 8 regiões r
1 sector autónomo [1] 		30+ ?setores [20]
 Guyana 10 regions 27 neighborhood councils
 Haiti 10 départements [9] 30+ arrondissements d communes sections [82]
 Honduras 18 departamentos [9] 290+ municipios m
 Hungary 19 megyék
23 megyei jogú város [8]
Budapestc 		160+ subregions
 Iceland 79 sveitarfélög m
 India 28 states
7 territories 		600+ districts tehsils (tahsils, tahasils), taluks (talukas) [8] blocks
 Indonesia 33 provinsi [83]p
5 daerah istimewa [1]
Jakartac 		340+ kabupaten [84]
90+ kota [6][85] 		kecamatan [22] desa, kelurahan [28]
 Iran 30 ostanha p 310+ shahrestan [8] bakhsh d
 Iraq 18 muhāfazāt [12]p ? aqdyat d[86] ?nahiyat [8]? ?qaryat [28]
 Ireland 29 counties and 5 cities[8][6] 5 boroughs[3] and 75 towns.[26]
For Northern Ireland, see United Kingdom below.
 Isle of Man 6 sheadings 17 parishes
 Israel 6 mehozot d 15 nafot [22] 50 [natural regions]
 Italy 15 regioni r
5 regioni autonome [1]) 		100+ province p
(then circondari d 		8100+ comuni [7]m frazioni [11]
 Jamaica 14 parishes
 Japan 47 todōfuken [10][16][87] 28 shichō [23]
15 seirei shitei toshi [6] 		1800+ shichōsonku m[88] ōaza, aza, chō, chōme
 Jersey[81] 12 parishes vingtaines, cueillettes
 Jordan 12 muhāfazāt [12] 50+ nahia
 Kazakhstan 14 oblıstar p
3 qalalar [6] 		319 awdandar d
oblıstıq qalalar 		kentter awıl aymaqtar
 Kenya 8 mkoa p
Nairobic 		70+ districts 260+ tarafa [10] 2400+ mtaa [13]
then kijiji [28]
 Kiribati 21 Islands with councils
 North Korea 9 do p
3 [SARs] [57]
2 chikhalsi [6] 		150+ kun (gun) [8]
si [6]
kuyŏk [29]
ku (gu) and chigu d
1 t'ŭkkŭpsi [6] 		tong [14]
ri [28]
rodongjagu d
 South Korea 9 do p
1 teukbyeol jachido [1] 		si [6]
gun (kun) [8] 		gu (ku) d[3]
eup [26] 		dong [14]
ri [28]
6 gwangyeoksi [6] gu (ku) d
gun (kun) [8] 		dong [14]
eup [26]
myeon [27] 		ri [28]
Seoulc gu (ku) d[3] dong [14]
 Kosovo 7 distrikt (district) 30 komuna (municipality)
 Kuwait 6 muhāfazāt [12]
 Kyrgyzstan 7 oblasttar p
2 šaarlar (keneš) [6] 		40+ rayonlar d
14 gorkeneš [26] 		aiyl okmotus [18]
 Laos 16 khoueng p
Vientianec 		140+ muang [89]d baan [28]
 Latvia 26 apriņķi [90]d
7 lielpilsētas [6] 		77 pilsētas [26]
7 novadi m 		470+ pagasti m[15]
 Lebanon 6 muhāfazāt [12] 26 qadya d[8]
 Lesotho 10 districts wards
 Liberia 15 counties 60+ districts
 Libya (4 [provinces] p?)
32 sha'biyat m
 Liechtenstein 11 Gemeinden m
 Lithuania 10 apskritys [8] 43 rajono savivaldybė [91]m
9 savivaldybės m
8 miesto savivaldybė [92]m 		500+ seniūnijos [93]
 Luxembourg 3 [districts] 12 cantons [94] 110+ communes [95]m 24 quartierën [96]
 Macedonia (8 ?regioni r)
80+ opštini m
 Madagascar 6 faritanin' mizakatena [1] 22 faritra r ?departemanta [9] or 110+ ?fivondronana [97] 1200+ ?firaisana [98] or ?kaominina [7]
then 11000+ ?fokontany [28]
 Malawi 3 regions 27 districts (130+ ["traditional authorities"]) (60+ ["subchiefdoms"])
 Malaysia 13 negeri
3 wilayah persekutuan [99] 		[divisions] [10][100]
130+ daerah [101]d
 Maldives 20 [atolls][102]
Maléc
 Mali 8 régions
Bamakoc 		40+ cercles [5] 1400+ arrondissements [103]
 Malta 68 kunsilli lokali (local councils)m
 Marshall Islands 30+ municipalities
 Mauritania 12 régions [104]r
Nouakchottc 		50+ départements [105][9]
 Mauritius 9 districts
2 dependencies
1 region 		(5 cities)
 Mexico 31 estados [21] 2400+ municipios m
Mexico Cityc 16 delegaciones [3]
Federated States of Micronesia Micronesia 4 states 70+ municipalities
 Moldova 32 raioane d
3 municipiu [6]
1 unitate teritorială autonomă [1]
1 unitatea teritorială [25] 		15 [municipalities] m
50 [cities] [6]
60+ [city localities] [13]
660+ [villages] [28][7]
880+ [village localities] [13]
 Monaco 1 commune 10 quartiers [17]
 Mongolia 21 aimags p 331 sums [8] 1538 bags
1 khot m 9 düüregs d 132 khoroos
 Montserrat 3 parishes
 Montenegro 21 opštine m
 Morocco 16 [regions] r [106] 16 prefectures [16]
40+ [provinces] p 		cercles [5] communes rurales [7]
[municipalities] m
communes urbaines [7]
arrondissements
 Mozambique 10 provincias p
Maputoc 		120+ distritos d [urban districts] d
localidades [13]
 Myanmar 7 taing [107][10]
7 pyi-neh [21] 		60+ kayaing d [townships] [27] [towns] [26]
[wards] [29]
[villages] [28]
 Namibia 13 regions 100+ constituencies
 Nauru 14 districts
 Nepal 5 vikas kshetra r 14 anchal 75 [districts] d [villages] [28]
 Netherlands 12 provincies p 443 gemeenten m
 Aruba
 Netherlands Antilles 5 eilandgebieden r
 New Zealand 12 regions
4 unitary authorities 		50+ districts
15 cities
1 special territorial authority
 Cook Islands
 Niue
 Tokelau 3 autonomous communities
 Nicaragua 15 departamentos [9]
2 regiones autónomas [1] 		150+ municipios m
 Niger 7 régions 
Communauté Urbaine de Niameyc 		36 départements 265 communes, communes urbaines,
communes rurales, postes administratifs[108]
 Nigeria 36 states
Abujac 		770+ Local Government Areas
For Northern Ireland, see United Kingdom below.
For the Northern Mariana Islands, see United States below.
 Norway 19 fylker [8] 430+ kommuner m[7]
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
 Oman 5 minţaqat r
3 muhāfazāt [12] 		60+ wilaya'at p
 Pakistan 4 provinces
1 territory
Islamabadc
2 administered territories[109] 		30? divisions 100+ districts
?agencies 		tahsils [110][8]
 Palau 16 states
State of Palestine Palestinian territories 2 districts d 16 governorates [12]
 Panama 9 provincias p
3 comarcas indígena r 		70+ distritos d corregimientos m
 Papua New Guinea 4 regions 18 provinces districts Local-Level Government areas
 Paraguay (2 provincias p)
17 departamentos [9]
Asunciónc 		230+ distritos [111]d compañías
municipios
 Peru 25 regiones r 190+ provincias p 1800+ distritos [112]d 84000+ centros poblados →

1800+ centros poblados menores (as government entity)
80000+ [centros poblados dispersos] (only as censal unity)
 Philippines 17 rehiyon r[113] 81 lalawigan [114]p 136 lungsod [115][6]
1494 bayan [116]m[26] 		41995 barangay [117]d
 Poland 16 voivodeships (województwa) [118]p 360+ powiaty [8][119] miasta [26] 2400+ gminy [7]
 Portugal 18 distritos d
2 regiões autônomas [1] 		308 concelhos [120]m 4261 freguesias [15]
For Puerto Rico, see United States below.
 Qatar 9 baladiya'at m
 Romania 40+ județe [8] 160+ orașe [6]
90+ ?municipii m
2600+ comune [7] 		[villages] [28]
Bucharestc 6 sectoare [20]
 Russia 83 subyekty [121] :
"subject" level:
46 oblasti p
21 respubliki [122][1]
4 avtonomnyye okruga [1]
9 kraya [25]
1 avtonomnaya oblast [1]
 "district" level:

raiony

"rural" level:

Gorodskie okruga (City districts), Gorodskie poselenija (Town settlements) and Selskie poselenija (Rural settlements)

2 federalnyye goroda [123] :
Moscowc
 10 admin. okruga d[124] 120+ raiony d[125]
St. Petersburg
 18 raiony d[125] 80+ mun. okruga [126]d
20+ mun. posyolki [127]
9 mun. goroda [128][26]
 Rwanda 5 intara p 30 uturere [129]d
(umujyi m) 		410+ imirenge [130][20] 9100+ utugari [131]
(then akagari ?[28])
Saint Helena St. Helena 1 administrative area
2 dependencies
Saint Kitts and Nevis St. Kitts and Nevis 14 parishes
Saint Lucia St. Lucia 11 quartiers [17]d
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines St. Vincent and the Gren. 6 parishes
 Samoa 11 itūmālō d
 San Marino 9 castelli m[7] (frazioni [11])
 São Tomé and Príncipe 2 concelhos mp 7 distritos d
 Saudi Arabia 13 manaţiq p [districts] d [subdistricts] [22]
For Scotland, see United Kingdom below.
 Senegal 11 régions 30+ départements [9] arrondissements communes
 Serbia Belgradec
Central Serbia
2 autonomous provinces [1] 		29 okrugs d
Belgradec 		100+ opštinas m
 Seychelles 23 districts
 Sierra Leone 3 provinces
1 area 		15 districts (chiefdoms)
 Singapore 5 districts (GR and SM constituencies[132]) (80+ constituencies)
 Slovakia 8 kraje r 70+ okresy d 2890+ obce m[7], from that 130+ mestá c[26][133] katastrálne územia [134]
 Slovenia (12 statistična regije r) 190+ opčine [135]m[7]
 Solomon Islands 9 provinces
 Somalia 18 gobolada r 75 [districts] d
 South Africa 9 provinces 50+ districts 231 local municipalities
 Spain 17 comunidades autónomas [1]
2 ciudades autónomas (Ceuta and Melilla)
3 plazas menores de soberanía - sovereign places in northern Africa.   		50 provincias p 8100+ municipios m
 Sri Lanka 8 palata p 25 distrikkaya d 320+ [divisions]
 Sudan 26 wilaya'at [21] 130+ [districts]
 Suriname 10 districten d 60+ ressorten [136]
 Swaziland 4 districts
 Sweden 21 län [8] 289 kommuner m församlingar [15]
 Switzerland 26 cantons [137] 150 districts [138] cercles [139][5] communes [140]m
 Syria 14 muhāfazāt [12] 60 manaţiq [141]d nawahi [22] [villages] [28]
 Taiwan 2 shěng p 5 shih [6]
18 hsien [8] 		20+ qū d
30+ [cities] [6]
280+ [townships] [27][142] 		[villages] [28]
then [neighbourhoods] [14]
2 ?zhíxiáshì m 20+ qū d 900+ lǐ [28] 17900+ [neighbourhoods] [14]
 Tajikistan 3 viloyatho p
1 viloyat mukhtor [1]
Dushanbec 		60+ Nohiya d
14 [cities] [6]
2 hukumati [143] 		(jamoats) ([villages] [28])
 Tanzania 26 mkoa r 120+ wilaya d [divisions] [10] [wards] [29]
then [villages] [28]
 Thailand 70+ changwat p 790+ amphoe [144]d
80+ king amphoe [145][22] 		7200+ tambon [7] muban [146][28]
(chumchon [147])
Bangkokc khêt d kwaeng
For Timor-Leste, see East Timor above.
 Togo 5 régions 30 préfectures
For Tokelau, see New Zealand above.
 Tonga (5 divisions) (23 districts)
 Trinidad and Tobago 11 regions
3 boroughs
2 cities
 Tunisia 24 wilaya'at [12] mutamadiyat d shaykhat m
 Turkey 80+ iller p 900+ ilçeler d belediye m [neighbourhoods] [14]
then [villages] [28]
 Turkmenistan 5 welaýatlar p
Aşgabatc 		70+ ?adyndaky etraplar d [148]
40+ ?etraplar d
15 [towns] [26]
 Tuvalu 9 island groups
 Uganda 70+ districts 140+ counties
13 municipalities
Kampalac 		parishes villages
 Ukraine 24 oblasti p
2 mista zi spetsial'nym statusom m[149]
1 avtonomna respublika [1] 		640+ raioni d 880+ selysche mis'koho typu [26] 28500+ selo [28]
 United Arab Emirates 7 imarat [150]
 United Kingdom  England

"regional" level:

9 regions


"county" level:

81 counties (6 metropolitan and 75 non-metropolitan)


"district" level:

36 metropolitan boroughs
280+ non-metropolitan districts
(Non-metropolitan districts include 46 unitary authorities)


"parish" level:

parishes[151]

Greater Londonc 32 London boroughs
City of London
Northern Ireland (6 counties)
26 districts
 Scotland 32 council areas communities
 Wales 10 county boroughs
9 counties
3 cities 		communities
 United States 50 states
1 federal district (District of Columbia) 		3000+ counties[152]
40+ independent cities 		Minor civil divisions[153]
 American Samoa 3 districts
1 region 		15 counties
 Guam 19 villages[154]
 Northern Mariana Islands 4 municipalities
 Puerto Rico 70+ ?municipios m barrios [14]
United States Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands 3 districts 20 subdistricts
Minor Outlying Islands 8 unincorporated territories
1 incorporated territory
 Uruguay 19 departamentos [9]
 Uzbekistan 12 viloyatlar p
1 respublika [1]
Tashkentc[1] 		170+ tumanlar d
50+ shaharlar [6]
 Vanuatu 6 provinces
 Vatican City
 Venezuela 23 estados [21] municipios m parròquias [15]
dependencias federales [155]
Caracasc 		departamentos [9]
 Vietnam 59 tỉnh p
 26 thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh [6]m
50+ thị xã [27]
570+ huyện [8]
8 đảo [156] 		580+ thị trấn [26]
1100+ [precincts]
9000+ xã [7]
5 thành phố trực thuộc trung ương  [157]m 40+ quận[158]d ? phường[159]
For Wales, see United Kingdom above.
 Western Sahara 3 régions r [municipalités] m [communes] 7 [arrondissements] d
 Yemen 19 muhāfazāt [12]
Sana'ac 		333 [districts] d 2210+ [subdistricts] [22] 38,284 [villages] [28]
 Zambia 9 provinces 70+ districts
 Zimbabwe 8 provinces
2 cities 		60+ districts 1200+ municipalities

See also

Footnotes

c    capital; see also Capitals serving as administrative divisions.
d    districts.
m   municipalities.
p    provinces.
r    regions.
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag Autonomous area or areas; see List of autonomous areas by country.
  2. ^ a b blocks.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g boroughs.
  4. ^ a b c d cantons.
  5. ^ a b c d e circles.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac cities.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y communes.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa counties.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u departments.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g divisions.
  11. ^ a b c fractions.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l governorates.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h localities.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o neighbourhoods.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h i j parishes.
  16. ^ a b c d e f prefectures.
  17. ^ a b c d e f g quarters.
  18. ^ a b c rural communities or rural districts.
  19. ^ a b c d sections.
  20. ^ a b c d e f sectors.
  21. ^ a b c d e f g h i states.
  22. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k subdistricts.
  23. ^ a b c d e subprefectures.
  24. ^ a b subregions.
  25. ^ a b c d e territories.
  26. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r towns.
  27. ^ a b c d e f g townships.
  28. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac villages, village areas or village groups.
  29. ^ a b c d e wards.
  30. ^ or prefekturat (prefectures).
  31. ^ city councils
  32. ^ or partidos.
  33. ^ parts or municipalities.
  34. ^ or gavaṙ.
  35. ^ consisting of shires, boroughs, cities, rural cities, towns, district councils, community government councils, municipalities, community development trusts and an aboriginal council.
  36. ^ "cadastral municipalities".
  37. ^ Dutch; alternatively French:régions or German:Regionen.
  38. ^ Dutch; alternatively French:provinces or German:Provinzen.
  39. ^ Dutch; alternatively French:communes or German:Gemeinden.
  40. ^ or municipios (municipalities).
  41. ^ lit. "hills"
  42. ^ 7 districts, 1 district municipality, 1 metropolitan municipality, 9 regional municipalities, 9 united counties.
  43. ^ cities, municipalities, municipal townships, separate towns, towns, villages.
  44. ^ "urban communities" (metropolitan municipalities).
  45. ^ [regional county] municipalities.
  46. ^ or municípios (municipalities).
  47. ^ special districts.
  48. ^ forestry district.
  49. ^ a b ethnic townships.
  50. ^ or jiēdàobànshìchù.
  51. ^ "district public offices".
  52. ^ (residential) communities.
  53. ^ either zìráncūnjí ("natural" villages) or xíngzhèngcūnjí (bureaucratic villages, i.e. created for administrative convenience).
  54. ^ one of the five zìzhìqū (autonomous regions).
  55. ^ "leagues"; Mongolian:chuulghan.
  56. ^ banners.
  57. ^ a b special administrative regions.
  58. ^ Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Kinshasa.
  59. ^ urban areas.
  60. ^ rural areas.
  61. ^ also known as Congo-Brazzaville.
  62. ^ Also known as the Ivory Coast.
  63. ^ but see [1]
  64. ^ města (sing. město) translates as "cities" or "towns"; obce (sing. obec) as "municipalities" or "communes".
  65. ^ "cadastral areas".
  66. ^ or Danish:syssel.
  67. ^ or [townships].
  68. ^ Due to be replaced by [communes] [2]
  69. ^ Timor-Leste.
  70. ^ Estonia's linnad (towns) and vallad (parishes) are known collectively as omavalitsus (municipalities).
  71. ^ consisting of kaupungit (urban communes) and kunnat (rural communes).
  72. ^ a collectivité territoriale (territorial collectivity).
  73. ^ a b c d a département d'outre-mer (overseas department) and région d'outre-mer (overseas region).
  74. ^ a b c d a collectivité d'outre-mer (overseas collectivity).
  75. ^ also known as a pays d'outre-mer (overseas country).
  76. ^ a territoire d'outre-mer (overseas territory).
  77. ^ also known as a collectivité départementale (departmental collectivity).
  78. ^ kingdoms.
  79. ^ or, informally, Bundesländer.
  80. ^ "offices".
  81. ^ a b a bailiwick.
  82. ^ sections communales (communal sections).
  83. ^ or propinsi-propinsi, sing. propinsi.
  84. ^ regencies.
  85. ^ formerly kotamadya (municipalities).
  86. ^ sometimes translated as "shires" or "counties".
  87. ^ todōfuken : to (metropolis, viz. Tokyo) + dō (territory, viz. Hokkaidō) + fu (2 urban prefectures, viz. Kyoto and Osaka) + ken (43 prefectures)
  88. ^ shichōsonku : shi (city) + chō (town) + son (village) + ku (wards, boroughs)
  89. ^ or muong.
  90. ^ or rajoni.
  91. ^ "district municipalities".
  92. ^ "city municipalities".
  93. ^ elderships, elderates.
  94. ^ French; alternatively German:Kantone.
  95. ^ French; alternatively German:Gemeinden.
  96. ^ Luxembourgish; alternatively French:quartiers, German:Stadtvierteln.
  97. ^ or fivondronampokontany.
  98. ^ or firaisampokontany.
  99. ^ federal territories.
  100. ^ in Sabah and Sarawak states.
  101. ^ in Kelantan:jajahan.
  102. ^ also known as [districts].
  103. ^ or communes.
  104. ^ or wilaya'at.
  105. ^ or moughataas.
  106. ^ some disputed; see Regions of Morocco.
  107. ^ or yin.
  108. ^ 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
  109. ^ the Azad Kashmir and Northern Areas of Kashmir.
  110. ^ or tehsils.
  111. ^ or ?partidos.
  112. ^ or partidos.
  113. ^ including Muslim Mindanao, an autonomous region.
  114. ^ or probinsya.
  115. ^ or siyudad.
  116. ^ or munisipyo.
  117. ^ or barrios.
  118. ^ voivodeships.
  119. ^ consisting of 300+ powiat ziemski (rural counties) and 60+ powiat grodzki (urban counties) or miasta na prawach powiatu ("cities of county right").
  120. ^ or municípios.
  121. ^ (federal) subjects, grouped into 7 federalnyye okruga (federal districts).
  122. ^ republics.
  123. ^ federal cities.
  124. ^ administrativnyye okruga ("administrative districts"), sometimes described as (vnutri)gorodskiye okruga ("(intra)city districts").
  125. ^ a b sometimes described as (vnutri)gorodskiye raiony ("(intra)city districts")
  126. ^ munitsipalnyye obrazovaniya: okruga ("municipal entities: districts").
  127. ^ munitsipalnyye obrazovaniya: posyolki ("municipal entities: settlements").
  128. ^ munitsipalnyye obrazovaniya: gorsovet ("municipal entities: towns").
  129. ^ sing. akarere.
  130. ^ or French:secteurs administratifs (administrative sectors).
  131. ^ or French:cellules (cells).
  132. ^ "Group Representation" and "Single Member" constituencies.
  133. ^ Mestská a obecná štatistika SR
  134. ^ "cadastral areas".
  135. ^ or občine.
  136. ^ ?"resorts".
  137. ^ (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.
  138. ^ French; alternatively German:Ämter, (Amts)bezirke, Italian:distretti or Romansh:districts. This level of subdivisions is not present in all cantons.
  139. ^ French; alternatively German:Kreise, Italian:circoli or Romansh:circuls. This level of subdivisions is not present in all cantons.
  140. ^ French; alternatively German:Gemeinden, Italian:comuni or Romansh:vischnancas.
  141. ^ or manatuq.
  142. ^ consisting of 220+ xiāng (rural townships) and 60+ zhèn (urban townships).
  143. ^ city councils.
  144. ^ or amphur.
  145. ^ or king amphur.
  146. ^ or mooban.
  147. ^ communities.
  148. ^ ?urban districts.
  149. ^ "cities with special status".
  150. ^ emirates.
  151. ^ not all of England is parished - see unparished area.
  152. ^ or boroughs in Alaska and parishes in Louisiana.
  153. ^ including boroughs, cities, districts, plantations, towns, townships, villages, etc.
  154. ^ also known as municipalities.
  155. ^ federal dependencies.
  156. ^ Islands.
  157. ^ Centrally-controlled municipalities.
  158. ^ Urban districts.
  159. ^ Wards.
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