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*[[Cantons of Luxembourg]]: a subdivision of the [[districts of Luxembourg]] |
*[[Cantons of Luxembourg]]: a subdivision of the [[districts of Luxembourg]] |
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*[[Cantonal Government of Negros]], short-lived provisional government in the Visayas during the Filipino-American Wars in the 19th–20th centuries [[Republic of Negros]] |
*[[Cantonal Government of Negros]], short-lived provisional government in the Visayas during the Filipino-American Wars in the 19th–20th centuries [[Republic of Negros]] |
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*[[Cantons of Rojava]] (Western Kurdistan): [[Afrin Canton|Afrin]], [[Kobanî Canton|Kobanî]], [[Jazira Canton|Jazira]], Shahba Canton |
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*[[Cantons of Switzerland]]: each a semi-sovereign [[State (administrative division)|state]] within [[Switzerland]] |
*[[Cantons of Switzerland]]: each a semi-sovereign [[State (administrative division)|state]] within [[Switzerland]] |
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*subdivisions of [[vingtaine]]s in [[Jersey]] |
*subdivisions of [[vingtaine]]s in [[Jersey]] |
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A canton is a type of administrative division of a country.[1] In general, cantons are relatively small in terms of area and population when compared with other administrative divisions such as counties, departments, or provinces. Internationally, the best-known cantons – and the most politically important – are those of Switzerland. As the constituents of the Swiss Confederation, theoretically (and historically), the Swiss cantons are semi-sovereign states.
The term is derived from the French word canton, meaning corner or district (from which "Cantonment" is also derived).[2]
In specific countries
Cantons exist (or existed) in the following countries:
- Cantons of Belgium
- Cantonal Government of Bohol
- Cantons of Bolivia
- Cantons of Bosnia and Herzegovina: federal units of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Canada: Canadian French equivalent for the English word "township", since the translation municipalité is already used for a different level of government (see township).
- Cantons of Costa Rica: national second order subdivision of the first order Provinces. Cantons are further subdivided into the third order Districts. Each canton has its own municipality, or local government.
- Cantons of Ecuador: subdivisions below the provinces of Ecuador
- Cantons of El Salvador: divisions of a municipality outside the more urban caserios, which border the town or city. Cantones can be thought as the more rural parts of a city or town, generally far from the actual urban population.
- Cantons of France: a subdivision of 'arrondissements' and départements, grouping several 'communes'
- Cantons of Lebanon, unofficial areas controlled by the various militias and factions during the Lebanese Civil War and afterwards. Most areas have been returned to Lebanese government control.
- Cantons of Luxembourg: a subdivision of the districts of Luxembourg
- Cantonal Government of Negros, short-lived provisional government in the Visayas during the Filipino-American Wars in the 19th–20th centuries Republic of Negros
- Cantons of Switzerland: each a semi-sovereign state within Switzerland
- subdivisions of vingtaines in Jersey
- subdivisions of the parishes of Guernsey
In former countries
- Cantons of Prussia: military enrollment districts between 1733 and 1813
- Cantons of Eastern Rumelia, the subdivisions below the departments.
- Cantons of the Soviet Union, subdivisions of several autonomous regions of the Soviet Union before 1941
- In the Republic of New Granada, cantons were subdivisions below the provinces of the Republic of New Granada
- In 1873, "Cantonalists" took over the city of Cartagena, Spain, a haven for the Spanish Navy, and declared the city independent (see Cantonal Revolution)
References
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 221.
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary cantonment and canton, v.