User:David Kernow/Table of terms for subnational divisions

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Term[1] Approximate NUTS/LAU levels
region/state-like  (NUTS 1-2) district/ -like  (NUTS 3 / LAU 1)
county/district-like  (NUTS 2-3) commune/municipality-like  (LAU 1-2)
amt Flag of Denmark DNK Flag of Germany DEU


apskritis Flag of Lithuania LTU


arrondissement Flag of France FRA
Flag of Haiti HTI		 Flag of France FRA[2]
Flag of Quebec Québec[3]
aymag Flag of Mongolia MNG


baladiyah Flag of Qatar QAT


borough[4] Flag of the United Kingdom GBR[5]
Flag of the United States USA[6]
burgh


Bundesland Flag of Austria AUT
Flag of Germany DEU[7]


bwrdeistref Flag of Wales Wales


canton Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Flag of Ecuador ECU
Flag of Switzerland CH[8]		 Flag of France FRA
Flag of Luxembourg LUX		 Flag of Quebec Québec[9]
changwat Flag of Thailand THA


commune Many countries
comunidad (commune?)
county Flag of Canada CAN  Flag of the United Kingdom GBR
Flag of the United States USA


county borough


deelgemeente Flag of Belgium BEL
departamento Latin American countries
département Flag of France FRA Flag of Haiti HTI
distrikt (district)
distrito (district)
division Bangladesh, Myanmar, India
dzongkhag district of Bhutan
emirate Flag of the United Arab Emirates ARE
( Flag of Saudi Arabia SAU )
estado Flag of Mexico MEX  Flag of Venezuela VEN
fylke Flag of Norway NOR
Gemeinde
gobolka
gouvernorat
guberniya Imperial Russia
ili
iProvense
judetul
khett
khoueng
kilil
kozhuun A district of the Tyva Republic, Russia
krai, kraj Flag of Russia RUS
lääni, län Flag of Finland FIN  Flag of Sweden SWE
Land Flag of Germany DEU
maakond
megye Flag of Hungary HUN
mehoz Flag of Israel ISR
merindad Flag of Spain ESP
mintaqah Flag of Saudi Arabia SAU and other Arab-speaking nations
muhafazah Governorate in Arab-speaking countries


municipal borough


municipio Many countries
nakhon
negeri
nomos Flag of Greece GRC
oblast, oblast' province Flag of Bulgaria BGR Flag of Russia RUS Flag of Kyrgyzstan KGZ
oblys province Flag of Kazakhstan KAZ
okres district Flag of the Czech Republic CZE Flag of Slovakia SVK
okrug "district" (Bulgaria, Russia, Serbia)
opstina municipality (Serbia)
ostan-e
parish multiple uses
parroquia "parish" in Galicia, Spain
periphery Greece
pradesh Flag of India IND
propinsi Flag of Indonesia IDN
province multiple uses
provincia province in Italy, Spain
provincie province in the Netherlands?
quang
quarter needs disambiguation
raion, raioni "district" in Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, Soviet Union
raionul "district" in Moldova
rajons district/county
rayonu district
région Flag of France FRA
regione region
respublika (republic)
rural district British Isles
sahari
selsoviet "rural district" in Soviet Union
shabiyah
sheng needs disambiguation
shire Britain, Australia
sirol
somon See "sum"
SAR
subprefecture
sultanate (subnational?)
sum Mongolia, China
sumon See "sum"
sýsla district in Iceland, Faroe Islands
territory
tỉnh]]
ulus Subdivision of the Sakha Republic, Russia
velayat See "wilayah"
velayat-e
viloyati See "wilayah"
voblast Flag of Belarus BLR
voivodship See "vojewództwo"
volost Old Russia
wilayah, wilaya, wilayat "province" in Arab-speaking areas
vojewództwo Flag of Poland POL
wodera
zupanija Flag of Croatia HRV

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ All singular; for plural forms, see linked articles.
  2. ^ The municipal arrondissements of Paris, Marseille and Lyon.
  3. ^ The municipal arrondissements of Montréal, Québec City, Saguenay, Longueuil, Sherbrooke and Grenville-sur-la-Rouge.
  4. ^ See also burgh, county borough and municipal borough.
  5. ^ London, metropolitan and non-metropolitan boroughs. Also used as the English translation of arrondissement in Flag of Quebec Quebec and for the Borough of Queenscliffe in Flag of Australia Australia.
  6. ^ See Borough for uses.
  7. ^ Technically incorrect; see States of Germany.
  8. ^ Kanton in German.
  9. ^ See List of townships in Quebec.

[edit] Modifiers

  • "Autonomous": (Spanish) autonoma, (Russian) avtonomnyy

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