Canton (country subdivision)

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A canton is a territorial subdivision of a country, e.g., region or state. The word is derived from the Latin canto "section of a country."

Cantons exist in the following countries:

• Cantons of Bosnia and Herzegovina: a subdivision of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Canada: Canadian French for "township".
• Cantons of Costa Rica
• Cantons of Ecuador: subdivisions below the provinces of Ecuador
• Cantons of France: a subdivision of arrondissements and departments of France, grouping several municipalities (communes)
• Cantons of Luxembourg: a subdivision of the districts of Luxembourg
• Cantons of Switzerland: each a state within Switzerland
• subdivisions of vingtaines in Jersey.
• In the Ottoman Empire, a "kaza" was a district within a province, sometimes called a canton.

In 1873, Cantonalists took over the city of Cartagena, Spain, a haven for the Spanish Navy, and declared the city independent.