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Largest 50 subdivisions by area. Note: This map projection distorts areas on different latitudes, so direct size comparison between two subdivisions using this map may not be accurate.

This is a list of the 50 largest country subdivisions and dependent territories by area (including surface water) in square kilometres.

List of the 50 largest country subdivisions by area

Largest country subdivisions by area
Rank Subdivision flag Subdivision name Capital Country Area (km2) Population Country similar in area (km2) Rank in country Rank among subdivisions that have that rank in their country
1 Sakha Republic Yakutsk  Russia 3,103,200 950,300 India
3,287,263 		1 1
2 State of Western Australia Perth  Australia 2,645,615 2,610,600 Kazakhstan
2,724,900 		1 2
3 Krasnoyarsk Krai Krasnoyarsk  Russia 2,339,700[1] 2,628,200 Democratic Republic of the Congo
2,344,858 		2 1
4 Greenland Nuuk  Denmark 2,166,086[2][3] 56,615 Saudi Arabia
2,149,690 		1 3
5 Territory of Nunavut Iqaluit  Canada 2,093,190 33,303 Mexico
1,964,375 		1 4
6 State of Queensland Brisbane  Australia 1,852,642 4,516,361 Sudan
1,886,068 		2 2
7 State of Alaska Juneau  United States 1,717,854 710,231 Iran
1,648,195 		1 5
8 Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Urumqi  China 1,660,000 21,813,334 Iran 1 6
9 State of Amazonas Manaus  Brazil 1,570,947 3,480,937 Mongolia
1,564,110 		1 7
10 Province of Quebec Quebec City  Canada 1,542,056 8,214,672 Mongolia 2 3
11 Northern Territory Darwin  Australia 1,420,968 229,675 Mongolia 3 1
12 Northwest Territories Yellowknife  Canada 1,346,106[4] 43,537 Peru
1,285,216 		3 2
13 State of Pará Belém  Brazil 1,253,164 7,588,078 Angola
1,246,700 		2 4
14 Tibet Autonomous Region Lhasa  China 1,228,400 3,002,166 South Africa
1,221,037 		2 5
15 Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Hohhot  China 1,183,000 24,706,321 South Africa 3 3
16 Province of Ontario Toronto  Canada 1,076,395 13,210,667 Bolivia
1,098,581 		4 1
17 State of South Australia Adelaide  Australia 1,043,514 1,644,642 Mauritania
1,030,700 		4 2
18 Province of British Columbia Victoria  Canada 948,596 4,510,858 Tanzania
945,087 		5 1
19 State of Mato Grosso Cuiabá  Brazil 906,807 3,033,991 Venezuela
916,445 		3 4
20 State of New South Wales Sydney  Australia 809,444 7,238,819 Mozambique
801,590 		5 2
21 Khabarovsk Krai Khabarovsk  Russia 788,600 1,344,200 Turkey
783,562 		3 5
22 Irkutsk Oblast Irkutsk  Russia 767,900 2,428,700 Chile
756,102 		4 3
23 Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Salekhard  Russia 750,300[5] 522,800 Zambia
752,612 		5 3
24 Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Anadyr  Russia 737,700 50,500 Zambia 6 1
25 Qinghai Province Xining  China 721,000 5,626,722 Zambia 4 4
26 State of Texas Austin  United States 696,241 25,145,561 Myanmar
676,578 		2 6
27 Eastern Province Dammam  Saudi Arabia 672,522 3,360,157 Myanmar 1 8
28 Province of Alberta Edmonton  Canada 661,848 3,724,832 Afghanistan
652,230 		6 2
29 Province of Saskatchewan Regina  Canada 651,036 1,114,170 Afghanistan 7 1
30 Province of Manitoba Winnipeg  Canada 647,797 1,232,654 France
640,679 		8 1
31 Agadez Region Agadez  Niger 634,209 321,639 Somalia
637,657 		1 9
32 Arkhangelsk Oblast Arkhangelsk  Russia 587,400 350,985 Madagascar
587,041 		7 2
33 State of Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte  Brazil 586,528 19,595,309 Madagascar 4 5
34 State of Bahia Salvador  Brazil 564,273 14,021,432 Kenya
580,367 		5 4
35 Tamanrasset Province Tamanrasset  Algeria 556,200[6] 198,691 Kenya 1 10
36 Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug Khanty-Mansiysk  Russia 523,100[5] 1,532,000 Yemen
527,968 		7 3
37 Orientale Province Kisangani  Democratic Republic of the Congo 503,239[7] 5,566,000 Spain
505,992 		1 11
38 Katanga Province Lubumbashi  Democratic Republic of the Congo 496,871[8] 4,125,000 Turkmenistan
488,100 		2 7
39 Tombouctou Region Timbuktu  Mali 496,611 681,691 Turkmenistan 1 12
40 Sichuan Province Chengdu  China 485,000 80,418,200 Turkmenistan 5 5
41 Yukon Territory Whitehorse  Canada 482,443 34,246 Turkmenistan 9 1
42 Kufra District Al Jawf  Libya 479,160[6] 50,104 Cameroon
475,442 		1 13
43 Kamchatka Krai Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky  Russia 472,300 321,800 Cameroon 8 2
44 Magadan Oblast Magadan  Russia 461,400 157,000 Papua New Guinea
462,840 		9 2
45 Heilongjiang Province Harbin  China 460,000 38,312,224 Papua New Guinea 6 3
46 Gansu Province Lanzhou  China 454,000 25,575,254 Sweden
450,295 		7 4
47 Adrar Province Adrar  Algeria 443,782 402,197 Morocco
446,550 		2 8
48 New Valley Governorate Kharga  Egypt 440,098 208,000 Iraq
438,317 		1 14
49 Zabaykalsky Krai Chita  Russia 431,500 1,106,600 Iraq 10 1
50 Karagandy Region Karagandy  Kazakhstan 428,000 1,375,000 Iraq 1 15
Area in square kilometers Number of country subdivisions
2,000,000+ 5
1,500,000–1,999,999 5
1,000,000–1,499,999 7
500,000–999,999 20
428,000–499,999 13
Total 50
Country Number of subdivisions
Russia 11
Canada 9
China 7
Australia and Brazil 5
Algeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo and the United States 2
Denmark, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Libya, Mali, Niger and Saudi Arabia 1

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Includes the 897,900 km2 Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District
  2. ^ Greenland is a subdivision of the Kingdom of Denmark; it is uncertain whether Greenland is better classified as a sovereign state subdivision or as a country in its own right.
  3. ^ If Greenland would be listed as a country its two largest municipalities (Qaasuitsup and Sermersooq should both be listed as numbers 26 and 35 with areas of 660,000 and 531,900 km2 respectively, being then the first order subdivision
  4. ^ The area of the Northwest Territories in Canada was 3,439,296 km2, making it the world's largest subdivision, until 1999, when the territory of Nunavut was split off from the Northwest Territories.
  5. ^ a b The Tyumen Oblast contains the Khanty–Mansi and the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrugs, but all three are considered to be federal subjects of Russia. The total area for the oblast (with autonomous okrugs included) is 1,433,270 km2.
  6. ^ a b These figures cannot be verified by their Wikipedia page.
  7. ^ The current constitution of DR Congo, ratified in 2006, was to have split Orientale into four new provinces no later than February 2009. As of June 2015 this had not happened.
  8. ^ The 2006 DR Congo constitution also provides for Katanga to be split into four new provinces.

References

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