List of the largest country subdivisions by area
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This is a list of the 50 largest country subdivisions by area (including surface water) in square kilometres.
- Sakha Republic, Russia 3,103,200
- Western Australia, Australia 2,645,615
- Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia 2,339,700
- Greenland, Denmark 2,166,086
- Nunavut, Canada 2,093,190
- Queensland, Australia 1,852,642
- Alaska, United States 1,717,854
- Xinjiang, People's Republic of China 1,660,000
- Amazonas State, Brazil 1,570,947
- Quebec, Canada 1,542,056
- Northern Territory, Australia 1,420,968
- Northwest Territories, Canada 1,346,106
- Pará, Brazil 1,253,164
- Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China 1,228,400
- Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China 1,183,000
- Ontario, Canada 1,076,395
- South Australia, Australia 1,043,514
- British Columbia, Canada 948,596
- Mato Grosso, Brazil 906,807
- New South Wales, Australia 809,444
- Khabarovsk Krai, Russia 788,600
- Irkutsk Oblast (full), Russia 767,900[1]
- Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia 750,300[2]
- Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia 737,700
- Qinghai, People's Republic of China 721,000
- Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia 710,000
- Texas, United States 696,241
- Alberta, Canada 661,848
- Saskatchewan, Canada 651,036
- Manitoba, Canada 647,797
- Agadez (department), Niger 634,209
- Tamanghasset (province), Algeria 619,360[3]
- Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti, Chad 600,350
- Minas Gerais, Brazil 586,528
- Bahia, Brazil 564 273
- Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia 523,100[2]
- Orientale, Democratic Republic of the Congo503,239[3]
- Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo 496,871
- Sichuan, People's Republic of China 485,000
- Yukon, Canada 482,443
- Al Kufrah, Libya 479,160[3]
- Magadan Oblast, Russia 461,400
- Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China 460,000
- Gansu, People's Republic of China 454,000
- Adrar Province, Algeria 443,782
- Chita Oblast (full), Russia 431,500[4]
- Qaraghandy Province, Kazakhstan 428,000
- Papua, Indonesia 421,981[5]
- Komi Republic, Russia 415,900
- Ar Riyad province, Saudi Arabia 412,000
[edit] Notes
- ^ This is the full area for Irkutsk Oblast, including that of Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug. If that area was subtracted, then the figure would drop down to 745,762 square kilometers.
- ^ a b Tyumen Oblast contains Khanty-Mansi and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrugs, but all three are considered to be federal subjects of Russia. The total area for the oblast (with autonomous okrugs included) is 1,433,270 km².
- ^ a b c These figures cannot be verified by their Wikipedia page.
- ^ This is the full area for Chita Oblast, including that of Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug. If that area was subtracted, then the figure would drop down to 412,188 square kilometers.
- ^ The province originally covered the entire western half of New Guinea, but in 2003, the western portion of the province, on the Bird's Head Peninsula, was declared by Jakarta as separate province named West Irian Jaya. The legality of this separation has been disputed as it appears to conflict with a law giving Special Autonomy status to Papua in the year 2000. The status of West Irian Jaya province is not yet resolved as of early 2006.
