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List of terms for administrative divisions
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This is a list of English and non-English terms for administrative divisions.
English
- Bailiwick
- Border
- Borough
- Canton
- City
- Commune
- State (constituent)
- County
- Department
- District
- Duchy
- Emirate
- Federal state
- State (federative)
- Governorate
- Hundred
- Metropolitan Area
- Municipality
- Parish
- Prefecture
- Province
- Region
- Regency
- Rural district
- Shire
- Subdistrict
- Subdivision
- Subprefecture
- Town
- Township
- Village
- Viceroyalty
- Voivodeship
Non-English
This is an alphabetical list of native non-English terms for administrative divisions; some, such as arrondissement and okrug, have become English loanwords. Terms in italics are prefixes or suffixes.
| Name | Countries | English equivalents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| amphoe | district | |||||
| Amt | county (formerly; the modern term is *kreis*, which means literally "circle") | |||||
| amt | county (replaced with regions in 2007) | |||||
| amt | county (formerly; the modern term is *fylke*) | |||||
| apskritis | county | |||||
| anakhett | prefecture | |||||
| arrondissement | borough, district | |||||
| [[File:Flag of La Francophonie.svg | border | 22px]] French-speaking countries | ||||
| *autónoma* | [[File:Flag of the Hispanicity.svg | border | 22px]] Spanish-speaking countries | autonomous | ||
| *autônomo, autônoma* | [[File:Flag CPLP.svg | border | 22px]] Portuguese-speaking countries | |||
| *автоно́мный (avtonomny)* | ||||||
| aimag (аймаг) | province | |||||
| baladiyah (*baladiyat*) | [[File:Flag of the Arab League.svg | 22px]] Arab countries | municipality | |||
| barangay | village (rural) or ward | |||||
| bairro | neighbourhood, district | |||||
| barrio | [[File:Flag of the Hispanicity.svg | border | 22px]] Spanish-speaking countries | |||
| бановина (banovina) | [[File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1992–2003).svg | frameless | 25x25px]] Yugoslavia | banate, province | ||
| bayan | municipality | |||||
| Bezirk | district | |||||
| Bezirk | district | |||||
| Bezirk | district | |||||
| Bundesland | (colloquial term) | federal state | ||||
| Bundesland | (colloquial term) | |||||
| bibhag | division | |||||
| bwrdeistref | borough county | |||||
| canton (French) | ||||||
| cantone (Italian) | ||||||
| chantun (Romansh) | ||||||
| Kanton (German) | canton | |||||
| kanton (Bosnian) | ||||||
| castello | municipality | |||||
| changwat | province | |||||
| chef-lieu | chief town or city | |||||
| comarca | [[File:Flag CPLP.svg | border | 22px]] Portuguese-speaking countries (judicial system) | county | ||
| [[File:Flag of the Hispanicity.svg | border | 22px]] Spanish-speaking countries | ||||
| comuna | division of município | |||||
| comuna | [[File:Flag of the Hispanicity.svg | border | 22px]] Spanish-speaking countries | commune | ||
| comună | rural commune | |||||
| comune | municipality | |||||
| comunidad | community | |||||
| comunidade intermunicipal | intermunicipal community | |||||
| comunidade urbana | urban community | |||||
| concelho | municipality; synonym of município | |||||
| corregimiento | subdivision of a distrito | |||||
| daerah | Malay-speaking countries | district | ||||
| provinsi | province | |||||
| Daerah Istimewa | Special District, all are first level (provincial level) | |||||
| Daerah Khusus Ibukota | Exclusive Capital District, refers to DKI Jakarta only. | |||||
| dào (Mandarin) | circuit | |||||
| deelgemeente | submunicipality | |||||
| demos (δήμος) | municipality | |||||
| departamento | [[File:Flag of the Hispanicity.svg | border | 22px]] Latin America (Spanish-speaking countries) | department | ||
| département | [[File:Flag of La Francophonie.svg | border | 22px]] French-speaking countries | department | ||
| desa | village | |||||
| district | district | |||||
| distrik | district | |||||
| distrito | group of municipalities | |||||
| municipality | ||||||
| district | ||||||
| [[File:Flag of the Hispanicity.svg | border | 22px]] Spanish-speaking countries | ||||
| distrito, distritu | municipality | |||||
| distrito federal | federal district | |||||
| dō | circuit | |||||
| do | ||||||
| dombon | area or region | |||||
| dzongkhag | district | |||||
| estado | federal state | |||||
| etrap | district | |||||
| freguesia | civil parish | |||||
| fylke | county | |||||
| gemeente | ([[File:Flag of Flanders.svg | 22px]] Flanders) | municipality | |||
| Gemeinde | municipality | |||||
| Gemeinde | ||||||
| Gemeinde | ||||||
| Gemeinde | ||||||
| gewog | block | |||||
| gmina | commune, municipality | |||||
| gobolka | administrative region | |||||
| gouvernorat | governorate | |||||
| grande área metropolitana | greater metropolitan area | |||||
| губе́рния (guberniya) | Russian Empire | governorate | ||||
| hameau | hamlet | |||||
| hanua | village | |||||
| iduhu | clan | |||||
| raj | empire | |||||
| rajya | state | |||||
| il or vilayet | province | |||||
| ilçe | district | |||||
| imarah | [[File:Flag of the Arab League.svg | 22px]] Arab countries (formerly) | emirate | |||
| jamoat | commune or municipality | |||||
| járás | district | |||||
| Jilla | district | |||||
| județ | (formerly) | county | ||||
| jurydyka | village | |||||
| kabupaten | regency | |||||
| kampung or kampong | Malay-speaking countries and Cambodia | village, hamlet, neighbourhood | ||||
| kasselrij | county or burgraviate | |||||
| kecamatan | district | |||||
| kelurahan | (urban) village or subdistrict | |||||
| ken | prefecture | |||||
| khan | district or section | |||||
| khett | province | |||||
| khoueng | province | |||||
| khum | commune | |||||
| kilil | region | |||||
| kommun | (Swedish speaking) | municipality | ||||
| kommune | municipality | |||||
| kota | chartered city | |||||
| кожуун (kozhuun) | ([[File:Flag of Tuva.svg | frameless | 25x25px]] Tyva Republic) | rural council | ||
| край (krai) | region | |||||
| kraj | region | |||||
| Kreis | district | |||||
| krom | group | |||||
| krong | municipality | |||||
| ku | ward | |||||
| kunta | municipality | |||||
| lääni | province | |||||
| lalawigan | province | |||||
| län | county | |||||
| Land | (official term) | state | ||||
| Land | (official term) | state | ||||
| lieu-dit | place name | |||||
| linn | town or city | |||||
| lugar | division of *zona* in Cape Verde | |||||
| hamlet | ||||||
| lungsod | city | |||||
| maakond | county | |||||
| մարզ (marz) | province or region | |||||
| maḥoz | district | |||||
| mancomunidad | association of municipalities, commonwealth | |||||
| merindad | [[File:Pendon del Reino de Castilla.svg | 22px]] Medieval Spain | county | |||
| mesorregião | mesoregion (division of estado) | |||||
| minṭaqah (*minṭaqat*) | [[File:Flag of the Arab League.svg | 22px]] Arab countries | province, region | |||
| microrregião | microregion (division of mesorregião, group of municípios) | |||||
| მხარე (mkhare) | region | |||||
| muban | village | |||||
| muḥafaẓah (*muḥafaẓat*) | [[File:Flag of the Arab League.svg | 22px]] Arab countries | governorate | |||
| mukim | Malay-speaking countries | subdistrict, subdivision of subdistrict, survey district | ||||
| municipalidad | [[File:Flag of the Hispanicity.svg | border | 22px]] Latin America (Spanish-speaking countries) | municipality | ||
| municipio | [[File:Flag of the Hispanicity.svg | border | 22px]] Spanish-speaking countries | municipality | ||
| [[File:Flag CPLP.svg | border | 22px]] Portuguese-speaking countries | ||||
| nafa | subdistrict | |||||
| negeri | state | |||||
| nomos | prefecture | |||||
| novads | municipality (amalgamated urban areas without town rights) | |||||
| NUTS | Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics | |||||
| obec | municipality | |||||
| область (oblast) | Countries formerly in the [[File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg | frameless | 25x25px]] Soviet Union or [[File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1992–2003).svg | frameless | 25x25px]] Yugoslavia | province, region |
| община (obshtina) | municipality | |||||
| okres | district | |||||
| okrug | district | |||||
| opština | Republika Srpska | municipality | ||||
| ostan (*ostan-e*) | province | |||||
| pagasts | parish | |||||
| panchayati raj | village council | |||||
| paróquia | parish (religious division) | |||||
| parroquia | ([[File:Flag of Galicia.svg | border | 22px]] Galicia) | parish | ||
| pedanía | county | |||||
| Περιφέρειες (periféreia) | periphery | |||||
| phum | village | |||||
| phumpheak | zone | |||||
| pilseta | town/city | |||||
| povit | county | |||||
| powiat | county | |||||
| pradesh | state of India | |||||
| province of Nepal | ||||||
| probinsya | province | |||||
| provinsi | province | |||||
| provincia | [[File:Flag of the Hispanicity.svg | border | 22px]] Spanish-speaking countries | province | ||
| província | (formerly) | province | ||||
| prowincja | province | |||||
| purok | district or zone | |||||
| raion | district | |||||
| rajons | district | |||||
| região | group of estados; also macrorregião | |||||
| region | ||||||
| região autónoma | autonomous region | |||||
| regierungsbezirk | district | |||||
| region | region | |||||
| regione | region | |||||
| şäher | capital city district | |||||
| sangkat | commune or quarter | |||||
| sector | sector (municipality) | |||||
| sector autónomo | autonomous sector (municipality) | |||||
| сельсовет (selsoviet) | rural council | |||||
| shěng/shêng | ||||||
| province | ||||||
| shì/shih | ||||||
| city | ||||||
| sitio | district or zone | |||||
| շրջան (shrjan) | [[File:Flag of Artsakh.svg | frameless | 25x25px]] Republic of Artsakh | province or region | ||
| hromada | municipality | |||||
| srŏk | district | |||||
| sum | district | |||||
| subdistrito, subdistritu | administrative post | |||||
| subregião | subregion | |||||
| suco, suku | division of administrative post | |||||
| *-stan* | Central Asian countries | land (denotes high level of autonomy) | ||||
| sýsla | district | |||||
| tambon | subdistrict | |||||
| thesaban | municipality | |||||
| tỉnh | province | |||||
| todōfuken | prefectural level divisions (collectively) | |||||
| tuman | district | |||||
| ulus | ([[File:Flag of Sakha.svg | frameless | 25x25px]] Sakha Republic) | district | ||
| upazila | subdistrict | |||||
| union parishad | council or constituency | |||||
| mouza | mouza | |||||
| gram/gaon | village | |||||
| Ward | ward | |||||
| vald | parish, rural municipality | |||||
| vármegye | county | |||||
| вилоят (viloyat) | region | |||||
| во́лость (volost) | district | |||||
| wojewodztwo | voivodeship | |||||
| waterschap | water board | |||||
| welaýaty | region | |||||
| wilayah | [[File:Flag of the Arab League.svg | 22px]] Arab countries | province, territory | |||
| xiàn/hsien | ||||||
| county | ||||||
| země | land (historical) | |||||
| zona | zone (division of freguesia) | |||||
| ziemia | land | |||||
| Zillah | district | |||||
| župa | county (historical) | |||||
| županija | (Croatian speaking) | county | ||||
| maahaanam | (Tamil speaking) | province | ||||
| maavattam | (Tamil speaking) | district | ||||
| pirathesam/koattam | (Tamil speaking) | division | ||||
| palaatha | (Sinhala speaking) | province | ||||
| dhisthrikaya | (Sinhala speaking) | district | ||||
| kottahsha | (Sinhala speaking) | division |
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