User:David Kernow/Country subdivisions

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Contents 1 Administrative (country sub)divisions 1.1 Categories 1.1.1 Recently renamed 1.2 Templates 1.3 Other 1.4 Probably obselete 2 Related mainspace articles

[edit] Administrative (country sub)divisions

• In this context, "country subdivision" = "division"
  i.e. "administrative country subdivision" = "administrative division", etc

• From Administrative division: "Administrative divisions are distinguished from political divisions, as the former are entirely contained within a sovereign state."

• Revise Census division (cf http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/dv_metadata.html)

• /Country subdivision

  Subdivision (land): add mention of "country subdivision"...?

• List of country subdivisions → List of administrative country subdivisions

  Rename all "Subdivisions of..." articles linked within to "Administrative divisions of..." (unless other types included).

• Redisambiguate articles on admin divisions ("...(subnational entity)" to the more specific "(administrative division)", "(electoral division)" etc

  use what links here, Country subdivisions, etc.

• /Contemporary administrative country subdivisions by country

  links to autonomous areas, capitals

• /List of terms for contemporary administrative country subdivisions

  plurals · links to autonomous areas, capitals · /previous layout

• /List of capitals serving as administrative divisions by country

• /Autonomous area (updating Autonomous area)

[edit] Categories

• Historical regions
• First-level administrative country subdivisions
  Second-level administrative country subdivisions
  Third-level administrative country subdivisions
  Fourth-level administrative country subdivisions

[edit] Recently renamed

• Country subdivisions · Lists of country subdivisions · Ranked lists of country subdivisions · Country subdivisions of Europe · Country subdivisions of the Americas · Subdivisions of former countries

[edit] Templates

• {{Provinces of Panama}} · {{British-Regions}} · {{Municipalities in Madeira}} · {{Danish overseas empire}} · {{Nordic Council}} · {{West Nordic Council}} · {{Islands of the Faroe Islands}} · {{Kosovo}} · {{G15}} · {{CPLP}} · {{United Kingdom regions}} · {{England Gov 1974}} · {{PoliticsUK}} · {{Lists of English counties}} · {{Canada}} · {{Usleg}} · {{United States state capitals}} · {{USLargestCities}} · {{Yug-timeline}}

• Templates for prefectures of Japan

• {{Lists by country}} · {{World Heritage Sites in Denmark}} → "World Heritage Sites in the Kingdom of Denmark" · {{World Heritage Sites in the United States of America}}

[edit] Other

• Populate/subdivide Category:Country subdivision templates
• Expand Autonomy to mention regional/administrative autonomy.
• Autonomous areas of China
• Federal dependencies → Federal dependency
• Municipalities in Spain and subcategories; CfD relist following here.
• /NUTS+LAU levels

[edit] Probably obselete

• /List of terms for subnational divisions (cf List of subnational entities)
• /Table of terms for subnational divisions
• /Matrix of subnational entities (cf Matrix of subnational entities)

[edit] Related mainspace articles

Administrative division#See also

ISO 3166-2 · List of terms for country subdivisions · List of country subdivisions (by country) · List of subnational name etymologies · List of the most populous country subdivisions · List of the largest country subdivisions by area · Lists of informal regions