User:David Kernow/List of terms for administrative country subdivisions

The list below is of terms for contemporary administrative country subdivisions. It is alphabetical by term in English (the headings) then by term as translated, transliterated or used as equivalent in any language.

Notes

  • Terms in italics are terms in languages other than English.
  • Where more than one country uses the same term, they are listed alphabetically by name in English.
  • The terms listed are meant to be in singular form, but are noted or queried as plural where this is known or thought to be the case.
  • A term in brackets indicates either that its use is informal or is yet to be confirmed.
  • Terms that are also used in other contexts, such as "city", "constituency", "region", "republic" etc, are only included here if they are used to identify administrative divisions by the country or countries listed.
  • A quicklink to this page may be provided locally by invoking the template {{LTCACS}}.

See also


(pl.?)   China

block

block   India
gewog   Bhutan

borough

alevik   Estonia
arrondissement   Canada
borough   Australia
  Canada
  England
  United States
  Wales[1]
bwrdeistref sirol   Wales[1]
delegación   Mexico
gu, ku (pl.?)   Japan
  South Korea

canton

canton   Costa Rica
  France
  Luxembourg
  Switzerland[2]
cantone   Bolivia
  Ecuador
  Switzerland
chantun   Switzerland
Kanton, kanton   Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Luxembourg
Kantone   Switzerland[3]

cell

utugari (pl.?)   Rwanda

circle

cercle   Mali
  Morocco
  Switzerland
circoli (pl.)   Switzerland
daïrah   Algeria
Kreis   Switzerland

city

astedader akabibi   Ethiopia
chikhalsi (pl.?)   North Korea
city   Australia
  Canada
  New Zealand
  United States
  Wales
dìjíshī   China
dina   Wales
gorod   Russia[4]
gwangyeoksi (pl.?)   South Korea
k'alak'i (pl.?)   Georgia
kaupstaðir (pl.?)   Iceland
kota (pl.?)   Indonesia
kreisfreie Städt   Germany
lielpilsēta   Latvia
lungsod (pl.?)   Philippines
misto zi spetsial'nym statusom [5]   Ukraine
municipiu (pl.?)   Moldova
oraş   Romania
qala   Kazakhstan
sahar   Azerbaijan
šaar (keneš) (pl.?)   Kyrgyzstan
serei shitei toshi [6] (pl.?)   Japan
shi, shih (pl.?)   Japan
  Taiwan
si (pl.?)   North Korea
  South Korea
siyudad (pl.?)   Philippines
Stadtkreise   Germany
statutární město   Czech Republic
Statutarstadt   Austria
thành phố (pl.?)   Vietnam
xiànjíshì   China

collectivity

collectivité   France[7]

commune

castello   San Marino
commune   Burundi
  Benin
  Central African Republic
  DR of the Congo[8]
  Congo[9]
  France
  Guinea
  Haiti
  Luxembourg
  Monaco
  Morocco[10]
comuna   Argentina
comună   Romania
comune   Italy
Gemeinde   Austria
  Germany
  Luxembourg
gmina   Poland
khum (pl.?)   Cambodia
kaupunki (pl.)   Finland[11]
kommune   Faroe Islands
  Norway
komuna (pl.)   Albania
kunta (pl.)   Finland[12]
kwaeng   Thailand[13]
obshtina   Bulgaria
opčina, občina   Slovenia
tambon   Thailand
vald   Estonia[14]

community

aiyl okmotus (pl.?)   Kyrgyzstan[15]
chumchon   Thailand
communauté   Canada[16]
  Chad[17]
  France[18]
shèqū (pl.?)   China

constituency

constituency   Namibia

county

amt   Denmark[19]
  Greenland
apskritis   Lithuania
comté   Canada
concelho   Cape Verde
condae, contae   Ireland
county   Canada
  England
  Liberia
  Uganda
  United States
  Wales
fylke   Norway
gun, kun (pl.?)   North Korea
  South Korea
hsien (pl.?)   Taiwan
judeţ   Romania
län (pl.?)   Sweden
maakond   Estonia
megye   Hungary
megyei jogú város   Hungary
powiat   Poland
qadaa', qadaa   Iraq
qark   Albania
quartier   St. Lucia
Regierungsbezirk   Germany
sharestan (pl.?)   Iran
sir   Wales
sūm   Mongolia
sýslur   Iceland
tehsil, taluk[20]   India
xiàn   China
županija   Croatia

department

département   Burkina Faso
  Cameroon
  Chad
  Ivory Coast
  France[21]
  Gabon
  Haiti
  Mauritania
  Niger
  Senegal
departamento   Argentina
  Bolivia
  Colombia
  El Salvador
  Guatemala
  Honduras
  Nicaragua
  Paraguay
  Uruguay
  Venezuela

dependency

dependencia   Venezuela[22]
dependency   Antigua and Barbuda
  Fiji
  Grenada
  Mauritius
  St. Helena

district

akarere [23]   Rwanda
amphoe, amphur   Thailand
Amt   Switzerland
Amtsbezirk   Switzerland
apriņķis   Latvia
arrondissement   Belgium
  Benin
  Cameroon
  Chad
  Republic of the Congo[9]
  Djibouti
  France[24]
  Haiti
  Niger
bakhsh (pl.?)   Iran
barangay, baranggay (pl.?)   Philippines
Bezirk   Austria
  Switzerland
chigu (pl.?)   North Korea
circondari (pl.)   Italy
daerah   Brunei
  Malaysia
distretto   Switzerland
district   Anguilla
  Bahamas
  Belize
  Botswana
  Canada[25]
  Cayman Islands
  England
  Gambia
  Ghana
  Lesotho
  Malawi
  Mauritius
  Nauru
  New Zealand
  Northern Ireland
  Seychelles
  Sierra Leone
  Singapore
  Swaziland
  Switzerland
  Uganda
  United States
  Zambia
  Zimbabwe
distrikkaya (pl.?)   Sri Lanka
distrikt   Suriname
distrito   Dominican Republic[26]
  Mozambique
  Panama
  Paraguay
  Peru
  Portugal
  São Tomé and Príncipe
dzonkhag   Bhutan
eparchy   Cyprus
?etrap (pl.?)   Turkmenistan[27]
gu, ku (pl.?)   North Korea
  South Korea
huyen (pl.?), quan [28]   Vietnam
ilçe   Turkey
itūmālō (pl.?)   Samoa
kayaing (pl.?)   Myanmar
khêt   Thailand
Kreis   Germany
kreisfreie Städt   Germany
Landkreis   Germany[29]
línqū   China
mahoz   Israel
mintaqah   Syria
muang[30]   Laos
mutamadiyat (pl.?)   Tunisia
obvod   Czech Republic
okres   Czech Republic
  Slovakia
okrug   Serbia
  Russia[31][32]
qadaa', qadaa   Iraq
  Lebanon
, shìxiáqū (pl.?)   China
  Taiwan
qūgōngsuǒ (pl.?)   China
raion, rayon   Azerbaijan
  Belarus
  Georgia
  Kazakhstan
  Russia
  Ukraine
rajons   Latvia
raionul   Moldova
rodongjagu (pl.?)   North Korea
rreth   Albania
selsoviet, selsovet   Russia[29]
srok (pl.)   Cambodia
Stadtkreise   Germany
tèqū (pl.)   China
wereda, woreda   Ethiopia
wilaya (pl.?)   Tanzania
zila, zilla, jela   Bangladesh

division

bibhag   Bangladesh
département   Cameroon
division   Canada[33]
  Fiji
  Gambia
taing (pl.?)   Myanmar
tarafa ) (pl.?)   Kenya
todōfuken   Japan

eldership, elderate

seniūnija   Lithuania

emirate

imarah   United Arab Emirates

fraction

frazione   Italy

governorate

muhāfazāh   Bahrain
  Egypt
  Iraq
  Jordan
  Kuwait
  Lebanon
  Oman
  Syria
  Tunisia
  Yemen

league

méng, chuulghan (pl.?)   China

locality

localidade   Mozambique
località )   Italy
locality   Malta[34]
lokaliteteve ) (pl.?)   Albania
mtaa ) (pl.?)   Kenya

municipality

baladiyah   Qatar
bashkia (pl.)   Albania
bayan (pl.?)   Philippines
belediye (pl.?)   Turkey
castello   San Marino
comuna   Chile
comune   Switzerland
commune   Belgium
  Luxembourg
  Switzerland
concelho   Portugal
  São Tomé and Príncipe
corregimiento   Panama
demos   Greece
gemeente   Belgium
  Netherlands
Gemeinde   Austria
  Belgium
  Germany
  Liechtenstein
  Luxembourg
  Switzerland
hot   Mongolia
kommun   Sweden
kommune   Denmark[35]
  Faroe Islands
  Greenland
  Norway
kunnat (pl.)   Finland
linn   Estonia[36]
misto zi spetsial'nym statusom [5]   Ukraine
municipalité   Canada
municipality   Australia
  Bermuda
  Canada
  Marshall Islands
  Micronesia
  Uganda
  United States
  Zimbabwe
municipio   Argentina
  Bolivia
  Colombia
  Dominican Republic
  El Salvador
  Guatemala
  Honduras
  Mexico
  Nicaragua
  Puerto Rico
  Spain
  Venezuela
município   Angola[37]
  Brazil
  Cape Verde
  Portugal
municipiu   Romania
munisipyo   Philippines
novad (pl.?)   Laos
obec (pl.?)   Slovakia
obshtina   Bulgaria
omavalitsus (pl.)   Estonia
opčina, občina   Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Croatia
  Macedonia
  Slovenia
opština   Montenegro
  Serbia
pagast   Laos[38]
partido   Argentina
savivaldybė   Lithuania[39]
sha'biyah   Libya
shaykhat (pl.?)   Tunisia
shichōsonku (pl.?)   Japan
sveitarfélagið   Iceland
thu do   Vietnam[40]
umujyi ) (pl.?)   Rwanda
vald   Estonia[14]
zhíxiáshì (pl.)   China
  Taiwan

neighbourhood

barrio   Argentina
  Philippines
  Puerto Rico
dong, tong (pl.?)   North Korea
  South Korea
jūmínqū (pl.?)   China
kebele   Ethiopia
lín (pl.?)   Taiwan
quartier   DR of the Congo[8]

parish

freguesia   Cape Verde
  Portugal
parish   Antigua and Barbuda
  Barbados
  Bermuda
  Canada
  Dominica
  England
  Grenada
  Guernsey
  Jamaica
  Jersey
  Montserrat
  St. Kitts and Nevis
  St. Vincent &/ Gren.
  Uganda
  United States
parròquia   Andorra
  Ecuador
  Venezuela
vald   Estonia[14]

periphery

periphereia   Greece

prefecture

dìqū (pl.)   China
ken (pl.?)   Japan
nomos   Greece
préfecture   Central African Republic
  Guinea
prefekturë )   Albania

province

aymag, aimag   Mongolia
changwat   Thailand
concelho   São Tomé and Príncipe
do (pl.?)   North Korea
  South Korea
faritany   Madagascar
il   Turkey
intara   Rwanda
khêt, khêtt   Cambodia
khoueng (pl.?)   Laos
marz [41]   Armenia
mintaqah   Saudi Arabia
mukim (pl.?)   Brunei
lalawigan (pl.?)   Philippines
lansdele (pl.?)   Greenland
lääni   Finland
muhāfazāh   Iraq
oblast, oblast'   Bulgaria
  Russia[32]
  Ukraine
oblasty   Kyrgyzstan
oblys   Kazakhstan
ostan   Iran
palata (pl.?)   Sri Lanka
probinsya (pl.?)   Philippines
province   Belgium
  Burkina Faso
  Burundi
  Cameroon
  Canada
  DR of the Congo[8]
  Fiji
  Gabon
  Kenya
  Pakistan
  Papua New Guinea
  Sierra Leone
  Solomon Islands
  South Africa
  Vanuatu
  Zambia
  Zimbabwe
provincia   Argentina
  Bolivia
  Chile
  Costa Rica
  Cuba
  Dominican Republic
  Ecuador
  Equatorial Guinea
  Italy
  Mozambique
  Panama
  Paraguay
  Peru
  Spain
província   Angola
provincie   Belgium
  Netherlands
provinsi, propinsi   Indonesia
Provinz   Belgium
shěng   China
  Taiwan
tỉnh (pl.?)   Vietnam
voblasts'   Belarus
województwo   Poland[42]
velayah   Afghanistan
viloyat   Tajikistan
  Uzbekistan
welayat   Turkmenistan
wilayah   Algeria
  Oman

quarter

quartier   DR of the Congo[8]
  Luxembourg
  Monaco
  St. Lucia
sangkat (pl.?)   Cambodia
Stadtviertel   Luxembourg

range

range   Canada

regency

kabupaten (pl.?)   Indonesia

region

comarca indígena [43]   Panama
eilandgebieden   Netherlands Antilles[44]
faritra (pl.?)   Madagascar
gewest   Belgium
gobolka (pl.?)   Somalia
khetphiset   Laos[45]
kilil   Ethiopia
kraj   Czech Republic
  Slovakia
landsvæðun   Iceland
maakunta (pl.)   Finland
mintaqah   Oman
mkoa (pl.?)   Tanzania
região   Guinea-Bissau
region   Canada
  England
  Ghana
  Guyana
  Namibia
  New Zealand
Region   Belgium
région   Belgium
  Burkina Faso
  Chad
  Congo[9]
  Ivory Coast
  Djibouti
  France[46]
  Guinea
  Mali
  Mauritania
  Senegal
región   Chile
  Peru
regione   Italy
rehiyon   Philippines
sýsla (pl.?)   Faroe Islands
syssel (pl.?)   Faroe Islands
vikas kshetra   Nepal[47]
zoba (pl.?)   Eritrea

republic

respublika   Russia

section

khan (pl.?)   Cambodia
seccione   Bolivia
  Dominican Republic
section   Canada
  Haiti[48]

sector

cheffrie   DR of the Congo[8]
sectoare (pl.?)   Romania
?setor   Guinea-Bissau
imirenge (pl.?)   Rwanda

sheading

sheading   Isle of Man

shire

qadaa', qadaa   Iraq
shire   Australia
  England

state

Bundesland   Austria
estado   Brazil
  Mexico
  Venezuela
kilil   Ethiopia
Land   Germany
pyi-neh (pl.?)   Myanmar
state   Australia
  India
  Malaysia
  Micronesia
  Nigeria
  Palau
  United States
wilayah   Sudan

subdistrict

jiēdàobànshìchù, jiēbàn (pl.?)   China
kecamatan (pl.?)   Indonesia
king amphoe, king amphur   Thailand
nafa   Israel
subdistrict   U.S. Virgin Islands

subject

subyekt   Russia

subprefecture

shichō (pl.?)   Japan
sous-préfecture   Central African Republic
  Ivory Coast
  Guinea

subregion

sous-région   DR of the Congo[8]
seutukunta   Finland

territory

daerah istimewa (pl.?)   Indonesia
krai, kray   Russia[32]
territoire   DR of the Congo[8]
  France
territorial authority   New Zealand
territory   Australia
  Canada
  India
  Pakistan
  United States
unitatea teritorială   Moldova
wilayah persekutuan (pl.?)   Malaysia[49]

town

bayan (pl.?)   Philippines
bæir (pl.?)   Iceland
chō, machi (pl.?)   Japan
corregimiento   Colombia
eup (pl.?)   South Korea
gorkeneš (pl.?)   Kyrgyzstan
gorod   Russia
linn   Estonia[36]
miasto   Poland
selysche mis'koho typu   Ukraine
town   Australia
  Canada
  United States
zhèn (pl.?)   China

township

kaupstaðir   Iceland
mínzúsūm   China
mínzúxiāng (pl.?)   China
myeon (pl.?)   South Korea
sūmù   China
thi xa (pl.?)   Vietnam
township   Canada
  United States
xiāng (pl.?)   China
  Taiwan
zhèn (pl.?)   Taiwan

village[50]

barangay, baranggay (pl.?)   Philippines
cūn   China
desa (pl.?)   Indonesia
kampong (pl.?)   Brunei
kelurahan (pl.?)   Indonesia
kijiji ) (pl.?)   Kenya
külad (pl.)   Estonia
(pl.?)   Taiwan
muban   Thailand
qarya, qaryah   Iraq
ri (pl.?)   North Korea
  South Korea
selo   Ukraine
son, mura   Japan
sulos (pl.?)   East Timor
village   Canada
  DR of the Congo[8]
  Uganda
  United States
zìráncūn   China

ward

barangay, baranggay (pl.?)   Philippines
kebele   Ethiopia
ku, gu (pl.?)   Japan
kuyŏk (pl.?)   North Korea

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b county borough.
  2. ^ also demi-canton ("half-canton").
  3. ^ also Halb-kantone ("half-canton").
  4. ^ also the two federalnyye goroda (federal cities; sing. federalny gorod) Moscow and St. Petersburg.
  5. ^ a b "city with special status", also referred to as a municipality.
  6. ^ "city designated by government ordinance", foreshortened to seirei shi ("government ordinance city"); also known as "designated city".
  7. ^ collectivité départementale (departmental collectivity: Mayotte), collectivité territoriale (territorial collectivity: Corsica), collectivité d'outre-mer (overseas collectivity: French Polynesia, Mayotte, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon and Wallis and Futuna).
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Kinshasa.
  9. ^ a b c also known as Congo-Brazzaville.
  10. ^ consisting of communes urbaines (urban communes) and communes rurales (rural communes).
  11. ^ urban commune.
  12. ^ rural commune.
  13. ^ an "urban commune" found in Bangkok, equivalent to a tambon.
  14. ^ a b c commune, rural municipality or parish.
  15. ^ rural community.
  16. ^ communauté urbaine ("urban community", a metropolitan municipality).
  17. ^ communauté rurale ("rural community").
  18. ^ consisting of communautés urbaines (urban communities), communautés d'agglomération (agglomerated communities) and communautés de communes ("communal communities").
  19. ^ Until 2007; ?områder (regions) from 2007.
  20. ^ or tahsil, taluka.
  21. ^ also département d'outre-mer (overseas department).
  22. ^ federal dependency.
  23. ^ pl. uturere.
  24. ^ also arrondissement municipal (municipal arrondissement).
  25. ^ regional district.
  26. ^ distrito municipale (municipal district).
  27. ^ including ?adyndaky etrap (urban districts?).
  28. ^ urban districts.
  29. ^ a b rural district.
  30. ^ or muong.
  31. ^ also the top-level federalnyye okruga (federal districts; sing. federalny okrug) and St. Petersburg's munitsipalnyye okruga (municipal districts; sing. munitsipalnoye okrug).
  32. ^ a b c The Russian term is often used in English.
  33. ^ census division.
  34. ^ local council.
  35. ^ including Bornholm, a regionskommune (regional municipality).
  36. ^ a b urban municipality (town).
  37. ^ Also translated as "city council" [1]
  38. ^ rural municipality.
  39. ^ including rajono savivaldybė (district municipality) and miesto savivaldybė (city municipality).
  40. ^ or thành phố.
  41. ^ or ?gava.
  42. ^ also translated as voivodeship.
  43. ^ indigenous region.
  44. ^ island region.
  45. ^ special region.
  46. ^ also région d'outre-mer (overseas region).
  47. ^ development region.
  48. ^ section communale (communal section).
  49. ^ federal territory.
  50. ^ or village area, village group.