Subdivisions of Ethiopia

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Ethiopia is administratively divided into regional states and chartered cities, zones, woreda (districts) and kebele (wards).

Regions and chartered cities

The 10 regional states or kililoch are based on ethno-linguistic territoriality:

Additionally there are two chartered cities:

The 10 regions are further subdivided into 68 zones.

Woreda or districts are smaller subdivisions.

Kebele are municipalities. They are the smallest administrative division.

Between 1942 and 1991, Ethiopia was divided into 13 provinces. Other provinces existed before 1942.

v t e First-level administrative divisions of Ethiopia
Regions	Afar Amhara Benishangul-Gumuz Central Ethiopia Gambela Harari Oromia Sidama Somali South Ethiopia Southwest Ethiopia Tigray
Chartered cities	Addis Ababa Dire Dawa
Topics	Governors Flags and emblems

v t e Subdivisions of Africa
Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland
Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) Western Sahara