User:David Kernow/Contemporary administrative country subdivisions by country
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The table below indicates the various local names and, where known, numbers of contemporary administrative country subdivisions used by countries and their major dependent territories. It is ordered alphabetically by country name in English.
[edit] Notes
- Numbers of divisions
- To simplify maintaining the table, numbers of divisions are only specified where a country has around thirty or fewer instances; for example, as of 2006, the twelve qarku (counties) of Albania. For numbers greater than thirty, the number rounded down to the nearest ten (or, in the case of thousands, the nearest hundred) is given, suffixed by a plus sign "+"; for example, the "300+" komuna (communes) of Albania. More precise figures should be found in the articles linked by the table.
- Terms in italics
- Terms in italics are terms in languages other than English. They should be in plural form, followed by a footnote or footnotes indicating the generally-accepted English equivalent or translation. Known alternative spellings are given in brackets following a term.
- Terms in brackets
- Entries in standard brackets either indicate that the term used is informal or that its use is yet to be confirmed. An English term in square brackets indicates that the local name for the term is not yet known or confirmed; when confirmed, it is replaced by the local name in italics.
- Footnote letters ( c d m p r )
- These indicate, respectively, five common types of administrative country subdivision in English: capitals; districts; municipalities; provinces; and regions. Other English terms appear among the numbered footnotes.
- British overseas territories and crown dependencies
- Where these have administrative divisions, they are listed as if separate countries.
- Quicklink
- A quicklink to this page may be provided locally by invoking the template {{CACSbyc}}.
[edit] See also
- Capitals serving as administrative divisions by country
- List of autonomous areas by country
- List of terms for contemporary administrative country subdivisions, with quicklink template {{LTCACS}}.
[edit] Footnotes
- c capital; see also Capitals serving as administrative divisions by country.
- d districts.
- m municipalities.
- p provinces.
- r regions.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag Autonomous area or areas; see List of autonomous areas by country.
- ^ a b blocks.
- ^ a b c d e f boroughs.
- ^ a b c d cantons.
- ^ a b c d e circles.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae cities.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w communes.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac counties.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w departments.
- ^ a b c d e f g divisions.
- ^ a b c fractions.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l governorates.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i localities.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m neighbourhoods.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j parishes.
- ^ a b c d e f g prefectures.
- ^ a b c d e f quarters.
- ^ a b c d rural communities or rural districts.
- ^ a b c d sections.
- ^ a b c d e f sectors.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i states.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k subdistricts.
- ^ a b c d e subprefectures.
- ^ a b c subregions.
- ^ a b c d e territories.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s towns.
- ^ a b c d e f g h townships.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac villages, village areas or village groups.
- ^ a b c d e wards.
- ^ or prefekturat (prefectures).
- ^ city councils
- ^ or partidos.
- ^ parts or municipalities.
- ^ or gavaṙ.
- ^ consisting of shires, boroughs, cities, rural cities, towns, district councils, community government councils, municipalities, community development trusts and an aboriginal council.
- ^ Dutch/Flemish; alternatively French:régions or German:Regionen.
- ^ Dutch/Flemish; alternatively French:provinces or German:Provinzen.
- ^ Dutch/Flemish; alternatively French:communes or German:Gemeinden.
- ^ or municipios (municipalities).
- ^ 7 districts, 1 district municipality, 1 metropolitan municipality, 9 regional municipalities, 9 united counties.
- ^ cities, municipalities, municipal townships, separate towns, towns, villages.
- ^ "urban communities" (metropolitan municipalities).
- ^ [regional county] municipalities.
- ^ or municípios (municipalities).
- ^ special districts.
- ^ forestry district.
- ^ a b ethnic townships.
- ^ or jiēdàobànshìchù.
- ^ "district public offices".
- ^ (residential) communities.
- ^ either zìráncūnjí ("natural" villages) or xíngzhèngcūnjí (bureaucratic villages, i.e. created for administrative convenience).
- ^ one of the five zìzhìqū (autonomous regions).
- ^ "leagues"; Mongolian:chuulghan.
- ^ banners.
- ^ a b special administrative regions.
- ^ Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Kinshasa.
- ^ urban areas.
- ^ rural areas.
- ^ Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville.
- ^ Also known as the Ivory Coast.
- ^ ?settlements.
- ^ but see [1]
- ^ města (sing. město) translates as "cities" or "towns"; obecy (sing. obec) as "neighbourhoods", "communities" or "communes".
- ^ regional municipality
- ^ or Danish:syssel.
- ^ or [townships].
- ^ Due to be replaced by [communes] [2]
- ^ Timor-Leste.
- ^ Estonia's linnad (towns) and vallad (parishes) are known collectively as omavalitsus (municipalities).
- ^ consisting of kaupunki (urban communes) and kunta (rural communes).
- ^ a collectivité territoriale (territorial collectivity).
- ^ a b c d a département d'outre-mer (overseas department) and région d'outre-mer (overseas region).
- ^ a b c d a collectivité d'outre-mer (overseas collectivity).
- ^ also known as a pays d'outre-mer (overseas country).
- ^ a territoire d'outre-mer (overseas territory).
- ^ also known as a collectivité départementale (departmental collectivity).
- ^ kingdoms.
- ^ or, informally, Bundesländer.
- ^ "offices".
- ^ a b a bailiwick.
- ^ sections communales (communal sections).
- ^ or propinsi-propinsi, sing. propinsi.
- ^ regencies.
- ^ formerly kotamadya (municipalities).
- ^ sometimes translated as "shires" or "counties".
- ^ todōfuken : to (metropolis, viz. Tokyo) + dō (territory, viz. Hokkaido) + fu (2 urban prefectures, viz. Kyoto and Osaka) + ken (40+ prefectures)
- ^ shichōsonku : shi (city) + chō (town) + son (village) + ku (wards, boroughs)
- ^ special zone.
- ^ or muong.
- ^ or rajoni.
- ^ "district municipalities".
- ^ "city municipalities".
- ^ elderships, elderates.
- ^ French; alternatively German:Kantone.
- ^ French; alternatively German:Gemeinden.
- ^ Luxembourgish; alternatively French:quartiers, German:Stadtvierteln.
- ^ or fivondronampokontany.
- ^ or firaisampokontany.
- ^ federal territories.
- ^ in Sabah and Sarawak states.
- ^ in Kelantan:jajahan.
- ^ also known as [districts].
- ^ or communes.
- ^ or wilaya'at.
- ^ or moughataas.
- ^ somon, soumon, soomon.
- ^ some disputed; see Regions of Morocco.
- ^ or yin.
- ^ the Azad Kashmir and Northern Areas of Kashmir.
- ^ or tehsils.
- ^ or ?partidos.
- ^ or partidos.
- ^ including Muslim Mindanao, an autonomous region.
- ^ or probinsya.
- ^ or siyudad.
- ^ or munisipyo.
- ^ or barrios.
- ^ voivodeships.
- ^ consisting of 300+ powiat ziemski (rural counties) and 60+ powiat grodzki (urban counties) or miasta na prawach powiatu ("cities of county right").
- ^ or municípios.
- ^ (federal) subjects, grouped into 7 federalnyye okruga (federal districts).
- ^ republics.
- ^ a b posyolki (gorodskogo tipa) ("settlements (urban-type)").
- ^ "city districts".
- ^ federal cities.
- ^ administrativnyye okruga ("administrative districts"), sometimes described as (vnutri)gorodskiye okruga ("(intra)city districts").
- ^ a b sometimes described as (vnutri)gorodskiye raiony ("(intra)city districts")
- ^ munitsipalnyye obrazovaniya: okruga ("municipal entities: districts").
- ^ munitsipalnyye obrazovaniya: posyolki ("municipal entities: settlements").
- ^ munitsipalnyye obrazovaniya: goroda ("municipal entities: towns").
- ^ sing. akarere.
- ^ or French:secteurs administratifs (administrative sectors).
- ^ or French:cellules (cells).
- ^ "Group Representation" and "Single Member" constituencies.
- ^ "cadastral areas".
- ^ or občine.
- ^ "sovereign places" in northern Africa, consisting of two plazas mayores ("major places") and three plazas menores ("minor places"). The two plazas mayores, Ceuta and Melilla, are ciudades autónomas (autonomous cities).
- ^ ?"resorts".
- ^ consisting of 23 full cantons (French; alternatively German:Kantone, Italian:cantoni or Romansh:chantuns) and 3 demi-cantons (French; alternatively German:Halb-kantone.
- ^ French; alternatively German:Ämter, (Amts)bezirke or Italian:distretti.
- ^ French; alternatively German:Kreise or Italian:circoli.
- ^ French; alternatively German:Gemeinden or Italian:comuni.
- ^ or manatuq.
- ^ consisting of 220+ xiāng (rural townships) and 60+ zhèn (urban townships).
- ^ city councils.
- ^ or amphur.
- ^ or king amphur.
- ^ or mooban.
- ^ communities.
- ^ ?urban districts.
- ^ "cities with special status".
- ^ emirates.
- ^ consisting of 34 shire counties (or shires, also known as non-metropolitan counties) and 6 metropolitan counties.
- ^ also known as metropolitan boroughs or metropolitan districts.
- ^ also known as non-metropolitan districts or shire districts.
- ^ county boroughs.
- ^ or boroughs in Alaska and parishes in Louisiana.
- ^ including boroughs, cities, districts, plantations, towns, townships, villages, etc.
- ^ also known as municipalities.
- ^ federal dependencies.
- ^ or thành phố.
- ^ including 40+ quan (urban districts).
- ^ islands.
