Name
Countries
English equivalents
amphoe Thailand district
Amt Germany county (formerly; the modern term is kreis , which means literally "circle")
amt Denmark county (replaced with regions in 2007)
amt Norway county (formerly; the modern term is fylke )
apskritis Lithuania county
anakhett Cambodia prefecture
arrondissement Netherlands
borough, district
French-speaking countries
autónoma Spanish-speaking countries
autonomous
autônomo, autônoma Portuguese-speaking countries
автоно́мный (avtonomny) Russia
aimag (аймаг) Mongolia province
baladiyah (baladiyat ) Arab countries municipality
barangay Philippines village (rural) or ward
bairro Brazil
neighbourhood, district
Portugal
Mozambique
barrio Spanish-speaking countries
бановина (banovina)
Yugoslavia
banate , province
bayan
Philippines
municipality
Bezirk Austria district
Bezirk Switzerland district
Bezirk Germany district
Bundesland Germany (colloquial term)
federal state
Bundesland Austria (colloquial term)
bibhag Bangladesh division
bwrdeistref Wales borough county
canton (French )Italian )Romansh )German )
Switzerland
canton
kanton (Bosnian )
Bosnia and Herzegovina
castello San Marino municipality
changwat Thailand province
chef-lieu France chief town or city
comarca Portuguese-speaking countries (judicial system)
county
Spanish-speaking countries
comuna Angola division of município
comuna Spanish-speaking countries commune
comună Romania rural commune
comune Italy municipality
comunidad Spain community
comunidade intermunicipal Portugal intermunicipal community
comunidade urbana Portugal urban community
concelho Cape Verde
municipality; synonym of município
Portugal
corregimiento Panama subdivision of a distrito
daerah
Malay-speaking countries
district
provinsi
Indonesia province
Daerah Istimewa
Special District, all are first level (provincial level)
Daerah Khusus Ibukota
Exclusive Capital District, refers to DKI Jakarta only.
dào (Mandarin) People's Republic of China circuit
deelgemeente Belgium submunicipality
demos (δήμος) Greece municipality
departamento Latin America (Spanish-speaking countries)department
département French-speaking countries department
desa Indonesia village
district Suriname district
distrik Indonesia district
distrito Portugal group of municipalities
São Tomé and Príncipe municipality
Philippines
district
Spanish-speaking countries
distrito , distritu East Timor municipality
distrito federal Brazil federal district
dō Japan
circuit
do North Korea
South Korea
dombon Cambodia area or region
dzongkhag Bhutan district
estado Brazil
federal state
Mexico
Venezuela
etrap
Turkmenistan
district
freguesia Cape Verde
civil parish
Portugal
fylke Norway county
gemeente Belgium ( Flanders )
municipality
Netherlands
Gemeinde Austria municipality
Gemeinde Germany
Gemeinde Italy
Gemeinde Switzerland
gewog Bhutan block
gmina Poland commune, municipality
gobolka Somalia administrative region
gouvernorat Guinea governorate
grande área metropolitana Portugal greater metropolitan area
губе́рния (guberniya )
Russian Empire governorate
hameau France hamlet
hanua Papua New Guinea village
iduhu Papua New Guinea clan
raj India empire
rajya India state
il or vilayet Turkey province
ilçe Turkey district
imarah Arab countries (formerly)
emirate
United Arab Emirates
jamoat
Tajikistan
commune or municipality
járás Hungary district
Jilla Nepal district
județ Moldova (formerly)
county
Romania
jurydyka Poland village
kabupaten Indonesia regency
kampung or kampong
Malay-speaking countries and Cambodia
village, hamlet, neighbourhood
kasselrij Netherlands county or burgraviate
kecamatan Indonesia district
kelurahan Indonesia (urban) village or subdistrict
ken Japan prefecture
khan Cambodia district or section
khett Cambodia province
khoueng Laos province
khum Cambodia commune
kilil Ethiopia region
kommun Finland (Swedish speaking)
municipality
Sweden
kommune Denmark
municipality
Norway
kota Indonesia chartered city
кожуун (kozhuun )
Russia ( Tyva Republic )rural council
край (krai )
Russia region
kraj Czech Republic
region
Slovakia
Kreis Germany district
krom Cambodia group
krong Cambodia municipality
ku Japan ward
kunta Finland municipality
lääni Finland province
lalawigan Philippines province
län Sweden county
Land Austria (official term)state
Land Germany (official term)state
lieu-dit France place name
linn Estonia town or city
lugar
Cape Verde division of zona in Cape Verde
Portugal hamlet
lungsod Philippines city
maakond Estonia county
մարզ (marz )
Armenia
province or region
mahoz Israel district
mancomunidad Spain association of municipalities, commonwealth
merindad Medieval Spain county
mesorregião Brazil mesoregion (division of estado )
mintaqah (mintaqat ) Arab countries province, region
microrregião Brazil microregion (division of mesorregião , group of municípios )
მხარე (mkhare )
Georgia
region
muban Thailand village
muhafazah (muhafazat ) Arab countries governorate
mukim
Malay-speaking countries
subdistrict, subdivision of subdistrict, survey district
municipalidad Latin America (Spanish-speaking countries)municipality
municipio Spanish-speaking countries
municipality
Portuguese-speaking countries
nafa Israel subdistrict
negeri Malaysia state
nomos Greece prefecture
novads Latvia municipality (amalgamated urban areas without town rights)
NUTS Europe Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics
obec Czech Republic
municipality
Slovakia
область (oblast )
Countries formerly in the Soviet Union or Yugoslavia
province, region
община (obshtina )
Bulgaria municipality
okres Czech Republic
district
Slovakia
okrug Serbia
district
Russia
opština Republika Srpska
municipality
Montenegro
Serbia
ostan (ostan-e ) Iran province
pagasts Latvia parish
panchayati raj
India
village council
paróquia Portugal
parish (religious division)
Cape Verde
parroquia Spain ( Galicia )
parish
Andorra
pedanía Spain county
Περιφέρειες (periféreia )
Greece periphery
phum Cambodia village
phumpheak Cambodia zone
pilseta Latvia town/city
povit Ukraine county
powiat Poland county
pradesh India state of India
Nepal
province of Nepal
probinsya Philippines province
provinsi Indonesia province
provincia Spanish-speaking countries
province
Italy
província Portugal (formerly)
province
Angola
São Tomé and Príncipe
prowincja Poland province
purok
Philippines
district or zone
raion Russia
district
Moldova
Ukraine
rajons Latvia district
região Brazil group of estados ; also macrorregião
Guinea-Bissau
region
Portugal
região autónoma Portugal
autonomous region
São Tomé and Príncipe
regierungsbezirk Germany district
region Denmark region
regione Italy region
şäher
Turkmenistan
capital city district
sangkat Cambodia commune or quarter
sector Guinea-Bissau sector (municipality)
sector autónomo Guinea-Bissau autonomous sector (municipality)
сельсовет (selsoviet )
Russia rural council
sheng/shêng People's Republic of China Taiwan province
shi/shih People's Republic of China Taiwan city
sitio
Philippines
district or zone
շրջան (shrjan)
Republic of Artsakh
province or region
hromada
Ukraine
municipality
srŏk Cambodia district
sum Mongolia district
subdistrito , subdistritu East Timor subdistrict (submunicipality)
subregião Portugal subregion
suco , suku East Timor division of submunicipality
-stan Central Asian countries land (denotes high level of autonomy)
sýsla Faroe Islands
district
Iceland
tambon Thailand subdistrict
thesaban Thailand municipality
tỉnh Vietnam province
todōfuken Japan prefectural level divisions (collectively)
tuman
Uzbekistan
district
ulus Russia ( Sakha Republic )district
upazila Bangladesh subdistrict
union parishad Bangladesh council or constituency
mouza Bangladesh mouza
gram/gaon Bangladesh village
Ward Bangladesh ward
vald Estonia parish, rural municipality
vármegye Hungary county
вилоят (viloyat)
Tajikistan
region
Uzbekistan
во́лость (volost )
Russia district
wojewodztwo Poland voivodeship
waterschap Netherlands water board
welaýaty
Turkmenistan
region
wilayah Arab countries
province, territory
Malaysia
xian/hsien People's Republic of China Taiwan county
země Czech Republic land (historical)
zona
Cape Verde zone (division of freguesia )
ziemia Poland land
Zillah Pakistan
district
Bangladesh
India
župa Slovakia county (historical)
županija Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croatian speaking)
county
Croatia
maahaanam Sri Lanka (Tamil speaking)province
maavattam Sri Lanka (Tamil speaking)district
pirathesam/koattam Sri Lanka (Tamil speaking)division
palaatha Sri Lanka (Sinhala speaking)province
dhisthrikaya Sri Lanka (Sinhala speaking)district
kottahsha Sri Lanka (Sinhala speaking)division
.svg){kind=small}
