World administrative levels

The table below indicates the types and, where known, numbers of administrative divisions used by countries and their major dependent territories. It is ordered alphabetically by country name in English.

Administrative divisions by country

Member and observer states of the United Nations

Country Type of state Administrative divisions
First-level Second-level Third-level Fourth-level and smaller
 Afghanistan Unitary 34 provinces (velaya'at) 421 districts (woleswali) subdistricts (alaqadari)
 Albania Unitary 12 counties (qarqe) 61 municipalities (bashki) 373 units of local governance (njësite të qeverisjes vendore) 2,972 villages (fshatra)
 Algeria Unitary 58 provinces (wilayas) 553 districts (daïras) 1,541 communes (baladiyahs)
 Andorra Unitary 7 parishes (parròquies)
 Angola Unitary 18 provinces (províncias) 163 municipalities (municípios) 618 communes (comunas)
 Antigua and Barbuda Unitary 6 parishes
2 dependencies 		60 major divisions 116 communities 353 localities[1]
 Argentina Federal 23 provinces (provincias) 378 departments (departamentos)[2]
135 Partidos (Buenos Aires Province only) 		Municipalities (municipios)
1 autonomous city (ciudad autónoma)[3] 15 communes (comunas) 48 Neighbourhoods (barrios)
 Armenia Unitary 10 provinces (marzer)
1 autonomous city 		503 municipalities (hamaynkner)
 Australia Federal 6 states[4]
 New South Wales Local Government:
58 Shires
28 Council
28 Cities
8 Regional Councils
6 Municipalities
2 Unincorporated areas
  • wards (4th-level; as electoral unit)
    • suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] (5th-level)
 Queensland Local Government:
30 Regions
28 Shire
12 Aboriginal Shires
7 Cities
1 Town
 South Australia Local Government:
25 District Councils
21 Cities
15 Councils
5 Aboriginal Councils
4 Regional Councils
2 Towns
1 Rural City
1 Unincorporated area
 Tasmania Local Government:
23 Municipalities
6 Cities
 Victoria Local Government:
39 Shires
33 Cities
10 Unincorporated areas
6 Rural Cities
1 Borough
 Western Australia Local Government:
104 Shires
29 Cities
8 Towns
9 territories [4][5]
 Northern Territory Local Government:
9 regional councils
5 unincorporated areas
3 municipalities
3 shires
2 cities
  • wards (4th-level; as electoral unit)
    • suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] (5th-level)
 Australian Capital Territory 1 unincorporated area
Jervis Bay Territory 3 villages[6]
 Christmas Island 1 village 3 localities
 Norfolk Island 3 towns[7]
 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 2 islands
Coral Sea Islands
Ashmore and Cartier Islands
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
 Austria Federal 9 states (Bundesländer), including the federal capital Vienna[8] 93 districts (Bezirke),[9][10] including 14 statutory cities (Statutarstädte) 2,078 municipalities (Gemeinden),[11] including
186 towns (Städte)
771 market towns (Marktgemeinden)
 Azerbaijan Regional 59 districts (Rayonlar)
11 cities (Şəhərlər) 		+2600 municipalities (Bələdiyyələr) +4500 settlements (Yaşayış Məntəqələri)
1 autonomous republic (Muxtar Respublika) 7 districts (Rayonlar)
1 city (Şəhər) 		218 settlements (Yaşayış Məntəqələri)
 Bahamas Unitary 32 districts 32+ town committees
24 supervisory districts
 Bahrain Unitary 4 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt)g
 Bangladesh Unitary 8 divisions (bibhag) 64 districts (zila) 491 sub-districts (upazila)[12]
12 City corporations 		4,554 union councils (union parishads)
327 municipal corporations (paurasabhas)
 Barbados Unitary 11 parishes
 Belarus Unitary 6 regions (oblasti or voblastsi)
1 autonomous city 		118 districts (raiony)
 Belgium Federal 3 regions[13] 10 provinces[14] 43 districts[15] 581 municipalities[16]
 Belize Unitary 6 districts 201 municipalities
 Benin Unitary 12 departments (départements) 77 communes (communes) 546 districts (arrondissements)
 Bhutan Unitary 20 districts (dzongkhag) 201 blocks (gewogs)b
61 thromdesm
 Bolivia Regional 9 departments (departamentos) 112 provinces (provincias) 339 municipalities (municipios)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Federal 2 federal entities:
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 cantons (kantona) 79 municipalities (općine or opštine) local community
 Republika Srpska 64 municipalities (opštine) local community
1 condominium of the federal entities:
Brčko District
 Botswana Unitary 10 rural districts
7 urban districts 		21 sub-districts[17] 519 villages[18] localities
 Brazil Federal 26 states (estados) 5,568 municipalities (municípios)


1 state district (distrito estadual)

10,670 municipal districts (distritos municipais) 610 subdistricts (subdistritos)
1 federal district (distrito federal) 1 federal capital (capital federal) 33 administrative regions (regiões administrativas)
 Brunei Unitary 4 districts (daerah) 38 subdistricts (mukim)w villages (kampung)
 Bulgaria Unitary 28 provinces or regions (oblasti, области) 265 municipalities (obshtini, общини)
  • wards or quarters (rayon)
    • mayoralties (kmetstvo)
      • settlements (naseleno myasto)
 Burkina Faso Unitary 13 regions (régions) 45 provinces 325 departments (départements)[19]
 Burundi Unitary 18 provinces 119 communes 2,639 collines
 Cambodia Unitary 24 provinces (khaet)
1 autonomous municipality (reachtheani; lit. 'capital') 		162 districts (srok)
27 municipalities (krong)
14 sections (khan) 		1,646 communes and quarters (khum and sangkat) villages (phum)
 Cameroon Unitary 10 regions (régions) 58 departments (départements) 360 communes, or districts (arrondissements)
 Canada Federal 10 provinces:
 Alberta
264 municipalities
8 Metis settlements
63 counties/municipal districts 403 hamlets
7 improvement districts[20]
6 specialized municipalities
3 special areas
 British Columbia 27 regional districts
1 unincorporated area 		162 municipalities
160 electoral areas[21]
 Manitoba 98 rural municipalities
unincorporated areas[22][23] 		37 municipalities
2 local government districts
 New Brunswick 15 counties (comtés)[24] 152 parishes (paroisses)[24] 104 municipalities (municipalités)
 Newfoundland and Labrador 11 census divisions 277 municipalities
 Nova Scotia
18 counties
3 regional municipalities
9 county municipalities 38 municipalities
6 historic counties administered by district municipalities
 Ontario 173 single-tier municipalities[25]
8 regional municipalities 241 lower-tier municipalities
46 local services boards
22 counties
10 districts[26]
 Prince Edward Island 3 counties[27] 14 parishes[27] 70 townships (fourth level)[27]
63 municipalities (fifth level)
 Quebec 87 regional county municipalities (municipalités régionale de comté) (RCM/MRC)

17 territories equivalent to a regional county municipality (territoires équivalents) (TE):

5 TEs coextensive (or nearly coextensive) with an urban agglomeration (agglomérations)
9 cities (cités/villes) independent of any RCM
3 other equivalent territories:
Jamésie
Eeyou Istchee
Kativik
 1,108 municipalities (municipalités) 45 boroughs (arrondissements)
(only in 8 municipalities)
 Saskatchewan 296 rural municipalities
2 unincorporated areas:
Northern Saskatchewan Administration District
Prince Albert National Park
 478 municipalities
3 territories:
 Northwest Territories 5 regions[28] 24 municipalities
 Nunavut 3 regions[29] 25 municipalities
 Yukon (unorganized) 8 municipalities
 Cape Verde Unitary 22 councils or municipalities (concelhos, also referred to as municípios) 32 parishes (freguesias)
 Central African Republic Unitary 20 prefectures (préfectures)

1 autonomous commune

72 sub-prefectures (sous-préfectures)
 Chad Unitary 23 regions (régions) 67 departments (départements)[30] 340 sub-prefectures (sous-préfectures)
 Chile Regional 16 regions (regiones) 56 provinces (provincias) 346 communes (comunas) neighborhood units (unidades vecinales)[31]
 China, People's Republic of Regional 23 provinces (shěng)
5 autonomous regions (zìzhìqū)
4 municipalities (zhíxiáshì) 		280+ prefecture-level cities (dìjíshī)
17 prefectures (dìqū)
30 autonomous prefectures (zìzhìzhōu) 		1,400+ counties (xiàn)
110+ autonomous counties (zìzhìxiàn)
850+ county-level districts ((shìxiá)qū)
1 special district (tèqū)
370+ county-level cities (xiànjíshì)
1 forestry district (línqū) 		19,500+ towns (zhèn)
14,600+ townships (xiāng)
1,000+ ethnic townships (mínzúxiāng)
6,100+ subdistricts (jiēbàn or jiēdàobànshìchù)
11 district public offices (qūgōngsuǒ)
then

Urban areas:
(residential) communities (shèqū) or neighbourhoods (jūmínqū)

Rural areas: villages (cūnjí), village areas or village groups.[32]

2 special administrative regions (tèbié xíngzhèngqū) 18 districts (Hong Kong only)
 Colombia Unitary 32 departments (departamentos) 1,102 municipalities (municipios) Rural areas: 2,000+ corregimientos [33] veredas
Urban areas: communes (comunas) neighbourhoods (barrios)
1 Capital District (Distrito Capital) 20 localities (localidades)
 Comoros Federal 3 autonomous islands (+1 claimed) (îles autonomes) 16 prefectures (préfectures) 54 communes 318 villes or villages
 DR Congo[34] Unitary 25 provinces
1 Capital City 		145 territories
32 cities 		264 chiefdoms
470 sectors
311 communes 		6,070 groupings
2,401 quarters
 Congo[35] Unitary 12 departments 80+ districts communes
 Costa Rica Unitary 7 provinces (provincias) 82 cantons (cantones) 450+ districts
 Croatia Unitary 20 counties (županije) 128 towns (gradovi)

428 municipalities (općine)

4,117+ local communities [hr] (mjesnih odbora) (gradske četvrti [Zagreb], gradski kotari [Split]) 6,700+ settlements (naselja)
 Cuba Unitary 15 provinces (provincias)
1 special municipality (municipio especial) 		160+ municipalities (municipios)
 Cyprus Unitary 6 districts (eparchies) 610 communities
 Czech Republic Unitary 13 regions (kraje) 76 districts (okresy) /

205 municipalities with extended competence (3rd level municipalities) (obce s rozšířenou působností)

393 municipalities with commissioned local authority (2nd level municipalities) (obce s pověřeným obecním úřadem) 6,254 1st level municipalities (obce)

4 military training areas (vojenské újezdy) special status

Capital City of Prague (Hlavní město Praha) 10 districts (obvody) judicial only

22 administrative districts (správní obvody)

57 municipal districts (městské části) 112 cadastral communities (katastrální území)
 Denmark, the Kingdom of Regional 1 senior member of the Kingdom:  Denmark
5 regions (regioner) 98 municipalities (kommuner)
2 self-governing territories within the Kingdom:
 Faroe Islands 7 regions (sýsla)[36] 29 municipalities (kommunur)[37]
 Greenland 5 municipalities (kommuner)
 Djibouti Unitary 6 regions (régions) 15 districts[38]

6 arrondissements (within Djibouti City)

 Dominica Unitary 10 parishes
 Dominican Republic Unitary 31 provinces (provincias)

1 National District (Distrito Nacional)

158 municipalities (municipios) 40+ municipal districts (distritos municipales)
 East Timor[39] Unitary 13 municipalities (Municípios)

1 special administrative region (região administrativa especial)

65 administrative posts (postos administrativos) 442 sucos [40]
 Ecuador Unitary 24 provinces (provincias) 221 cantons (cantones) 1,000+ parishes (parroquias)
 Egypt Unitary 27 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt) 271 marakiz or aqsam 4,617+ villages or districts sheyakha or residential districts
 El Salvador Unitary 14 departments (departamentos) 262 municipalities (municipios)
 Equatorial Guinea Unitary 8 provinces (provincias) 32 districts (distritos)
 Eritrea Unitary 6 regions (zoba) 58 districts Communes (Kebabis) Villages and towns
 Estonia[41] Unitary 15 counties (maakonnad) 15 towns (linnad) linnaosaddis asumidsd
64 parishes (vallad) kandid[42]
 32 linnad[33]
12 alevid[43]
188 alevikud[44]
4,455 külad[40]
 Eswatini Unitary 4 regions (tifundza) 50+ tinkhundla[45] 360+ imiphakatsi[46]
 Ethiopia Federal 12 regions (kililoch)

2 chartered cities (astedader akababiwach)

68 zones (zonoch) 600+ districts (woreda) kebeles[47][48]
 Fiji Unitary 4 divisions 14 provinces + 50 districts
1 dependency
 Finland Regional 18 regions (maakuntaa) 70+ subregions (seutukuntaa) 317 municipalities (kuntaa) [49]
1 autonomous region (Åland) (itsehallinnollinen maakunta) 16 municipalities (kommuner (kuntaa))
 France Regional 18 regions (régions) 101 departments (départements)[50]
+ the Metropolis of Lyon 		332 arrondissements 2,054 cantons (fourth-level), 12,159 intercommunalities (fifth level), 35,357 communes (sixth-level) [51]
1 state private property, located overseas, under the direct authority of the French government:  Clipperton Island
5 overseas collectivities (collectivités d'outre-mer)
 French Polynesia[52] 5 administrative subdivisions (subdivisions administratives) 40+ communes
 Saint-Barthélemy 2 parishes 40 quarters
 Saint-Martin 1 town hall[53]

9 villages[54]

 Saint-Pierre and Miquelon 2 communes
 Wallis and Futuna 3 traditional kingdoms (royaumes coutumiers) 3 districts (Uvea only)
1 sui generis collectivity (collectivité sui generis)
 New Caledonia 3 provinces 30+ communes
1 overseas territory (territoire d'outre-mer)
 French Southern and Antarctic Lands 5 districts
 Gabon Unitary 9 provinces 49 departments (départements) 152 cantons, 52 communes, 29 arrondissements
 Gambia Unitary 5 regions
1 city 		8 Local Government Areas 43 districts
Georgia (country) Georgia Regional 10 regions (mkhare)

2 autonomous republics (avt'onomiuri resp'ublik'a)

5 cities (k'alak'i)

67 communities (temi)

 Germany Federal 16 states (Länder) [55]

 Baden-Württemberg
 Bavaria
 Hesse
 North Rhine-Westphalia

19 administrative districts (Regierungsbezirke)
 3 special regional associations (Kommunalverbände besonderer Art)[56]

294 rural districts (Landkreise or Kreise)

1281 municipal associations (Gemeindeverbände)[57]

10907 municipalities (Gemeinden), including

1951 towns (Städte)
386 market towns (Märkte) (only in Bavaria)

 Brandenburg
 Lower Saxony
 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
 Rhineland-Palatinate
 Saarland
 Saxony
 Saxony-Anhalt
 Schleswig-Holstein
 Thuringia

103 cities (urban districts) (Kreisfreie Städte or Stadtkreise)
 Bremen 2 cities (Städte):
Bremen (city)
Bremerhaven
 7 boroughs (Stadtbezirke) 32 quarters (Stadtteile)

113 neighbourhoods (Ortsteile)

 Berlin 12 boroughs (Bezirke) 97 neighbourhoods (Ortsteile)
 Hamburg 7 boroughs (Bezirke) 104 quarters (Stadtteile) 181 neighbourhoods (Ortsteile)
 Ghana Unitary 16 regions 216 districts Communities tema
8 municipal districts zones
3 metropolitan districts submetropolitan districts
 Greece Regional 7 decentralized administrations (apokentroménes dioikíseis) 13 administrative regions (peripheries) 74 regional units (perifereiakés enótites)

332 municipalities (dímoi)

1 autonomous monastic state (aftonomi monastiki politeia): Agio Oros
 Grenada Unitary 6 parishesi
1 dependency
 Guatemala Unitary 22 departments (departamentos) 332 municipalities (municipios)
 Guinea Unitary 8 regions (régions) 33 prefectures (préfectures) 330+ sub-prefectures (sous-préfectures) [districts]

[sectors]

5 communes
 Guinea-Bissau Unitary 8 regions (regiões)

1 autonomous sector (sector autónomo)

39 sectors (setores)
 Guyana Unitary 10 regions 64 neighborhood councils
 Haiti Unitary 10 departments (départements) 42 arrondissements 144 communes 571 communal sections (sections communales)
 Honduras Unitary 18 departments (departamentos) 298 municipalities (municipios) 3,731 aldeas
 Hungary Unitary 19 counties (vármegye) 174 districts (járás) 3,154 cities and towns (városok)
1 autonomous city 23 boroughs (kerület) 1 non-borough
 Iceland Unitary 8 regions(svæði) 64 municipalities (sveitarfélög)
 India Federal 28 states (rājya)

8 union territories (saṅgh śāsit pradeś)

102 divisions (manḍal) 766 districts (zile)[58]
 Indonesia Regional 38 provinces (provinsi)
including 9 special regions (daerah istimewa) 		416 regencies (kabupaten)

98 cities (kota, formerly ‘’kotamadya’’)

7,094 districts (kecamatan, distrik, kapanewon, kemantren) 83,447 villages (kelurahan, desa)
 Iran Unitary 31 provinces (ostanha) 467 counties (shahrestan) districts (bakhsh) rural districts (dehestan)
cities (shahr)
 Iraq Federal 19 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt)
1 region 		120 districts (aqḍyat)[59] 300+ subdistricts (naḥiyat) villages (qaryat)
 Ireland Unitary 26 counties (contaetha)
3 cities (cathracha)

2 cities and counties

2 metropolitan districts (ceantair cathracha)
4 borough districts (ceantair buirge)
89 municipal districts (ceantair bardasacha) 		3,440 electoral divisions (toghroinn ceantair) 18,641 small areas (ceantair beaga)
51,430 townlands (bailte)
 Israel Regional 6 districts (meḥozot)[60]

Judea and Samaria Area

15 sub-districts (nafot)[60] 52 natural regions[60] 77 cities (arim)[61]

124 local councils (moaṣot mekomiot)[62]
54 regional councils (moaṣot azoriot)[63]

 Italy Regional 15 regions (regioni)

5 autonomous regions with special statute (regioni autonome a statuto speciale)

80 provinces (province)

2 autonomous provinces (province autonome)

7,998 communes (comuni) 37,000+ fractions (frazioni) and circumscriptions (circoscrizioni)[citation needed]
 Ivory Coast Unitary 14 autonomous districts (districts autonomes) 31 regions (régions) 108 departments (départements)
1 unincorporated area 		510 sub-prefectures (sous-préfectures)
 Jamaica Unitary 14 parishes
 Japan Regional 47 prefectural divisions (todōfuken)
1 metropolis (to, viz. Tokyo)
1 territory (dō, viz. Hokkaidō)
2 urban prefectures (fu, viz. Kyoto and Osaka)
43 prefectures (ken)
 792 Cities (shi)
307 districts (gun)
18 subprefectures (shichō)
23 special wards (tokubetsu-ku) 		1,700+ municipalities (shichōsonku)
cities (shi)
towns (chō)
villages (son)
wards (ku)
 ōaza, aza, chō, chōme
 Jordan Unitary 12 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt) 52 Districts (Alwia'a) 89 Subdistricts (Nahiya) qurah
 Kazakhstan Regional 17 regions (oblys)
3 cities with region rights (qala)
Baikonur[64] 		319 raions (awdan)
oblıstıq qala 		kent awıl aymaq
 Kenya Regional 47 counties (kaunti) 262 sub-counties (kaunti ndogo) 2,400+ locations (mtaa) Cities, Municipalities and Towns
villages (vijiji)
 Kiribati Unitary None
 Kuwait Unitary 6 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt) 132 areas (manāṭiq)
 Kyrgyzstan Unitary 7 regions (oblus)
2 independent cities (šaar (keneš)) 		44 districts (rayon)
14 towns (gorkeneš) 		rural communities or rural districts (ayyl aymagy)
 Laos Unitary 17 provinces (khoueng)
1 prefecture 		140+ districts (muang or muong) villages (baan)[40]
 Latvia Unitary 36 municipalities (novadi)
7 republic cities (Republikas pilsētas)
 Lebanon Unitary 9 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt)[65] 26 districts (qaḍya)
 Lesotho Unitary 10 districts 80+ constituencies 120+ community councils
 Liberia Unitary 15 counties 60+ districts
 Libya Unitary 22 districts (sha'biyat) 99 baladiyat
 Liechtenstein Unitary 11 municipalities (Gemeinden)
 Lithuania Unitary 10 counties (apskritys) 60 municipalities (savivaldybės) 500+ elderships (seniūnijos) sub-eldership (seniūnaitija)
 Luxembourg Unitary 12 cantons[66] 102 communes[67][68] 24 quarters[69]
 Madagascar Unitary 22 faritrar 114 districts 1,579 kaomininacom and 17,485 fokontany[40]
 Malawi Unitary 3 regions 28 districts 130+ traditional authorities 60+ subchiefdoms
 Malaysia Federal 13 states (negeri)
3 federal territories (wilayah persekutuan) 		17 divisions (bahagian)
(Only in Sabah and Sarawak)
160 districts (daerah/jajahan) 		1,000+ subdistricts (mukim)
8,000+ villages (kampung)
21 presint
 Maldives Unitary 17 atolls
4 cities 		189 islands
 Mali Unitary 10 régions
1 capital district 		40+ cercles[70] 1,400+ arrondissements[71] 700+ communes
 Malta Unitary 5 reġjunir 68 kunsilli lokali (local councils)m
 Marshall Islands Unitary 24 municipalitiesm
 Mauritania Regional 12 régions[72]r 50+ départementsdep[73] 200+ communes
Additionally Nouakchott:
Nouakchott-Nord Regionr 9 départementsdep[73]
Nouakchott-Ouest Regionr
Nouakchott-Sud Regionr
 Mauritius Unitary Rodrigues 14 zones 120+ villages, 4 Towns
173 localities
Mauritius 9 districts
2 outer islands with no government (+2 claimed)
 Mexico Federal 31 estadoss 2,458 municipiosm
1 autonomous city 16 demarcaciones territoriales[74]
 Micronesia Federal 4 states 70+ municipalities
 Moldova Regional 32 raioanedis
3 municipiuci
1 unități teritoriale autonome (+1 claimed) 		15 municipalitiesm
50 citiesci
60+ city localities[75]
660+ villages[40]
880+ village localities[75]
 Monaco Unitary 1 municipality[42]i 3 quarters 10 wards
 Mongolia Unitary 21 aimagspro 331 sums dis 1,538 bags
1 khot m 9 düüregs dis 132 khoroos
 Montenegro Unitary 25 opštine m 1,256 naselja
 Morocco Unitary 12 regionsr[76] 13 prefectures
62 provincespro 		cercles [70] communes ruralescom
[municipalities] m
communes urbainescom
arrondissements
 Mozambique Unitary 11 provinciaspro 128 distritos dis 405 postos [urban districts] dis
localidades[75]
 Myanmar Unitary 7 States 67 Districts 330 Townships
7 Regions
1 Union Territory
5 Self-Administered Zones
1 Self-Administered Division
 Namibia Unitary 14 regions[77] 121 constituencies[77] citiesm
townsm
villagesm
settlements
 Nauru Unitary 8 constituencies 14 districts
 Nepal Federal 7 provinces (Pradesh) 77 districts (jilla) 6 metropolitan cities (mahānagarpālikā)
11 sub-metropolitan cities (upa-mahānagarpālikā)
276 municipalities (nagarpālikā)

486 rural municipalities (gāunpālikā)

6743 wards (wadā)
 Netherlands, the Kingdom of the Regional 4 countries (landen):
 Netherlands 12 provinces (provincies) 344 municipalities (gemeenten) urban districts (deelgemeenten)
3 public bodies (openbare lichamen)

(Caribbean Netherlands region)

 Bonaire 2 towns, neighbourhoods[78]
 Sint Eustatius neighbourhoods[79]
 Saba 4 villages[80]
 Aruba 8 regions[81]
 Curaçao 2 districts and 1 special city[82] 10 areas[83] 4 town quarters
 Sint Maarten 7 districts[84]
 New Zealand Regional Realm of New Zealand:
 New Zealand 11 non-unitary regions 13 cities
53 districts
  • wards (4th-level; as electoral unit)
    • suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] (5th-level)
1 special territorial authority:
5 unitary authorities
3 outlying islands:
 Ross Dependency
1 self-administering territory:a
 Tokelau 3 island councils
2 states in free-association:a
 Cook Islands 10 island councils districts tapere
 Niue 14 villages
 Nicaragua Regional 15 departamentosdepm
2 regiones autónomasa 		150+ municipiosm
 Niger Unitary 7 régions 
Communauté Urbaine de Niamey 		36 départements 265 communes, communes urbaines, communes rurales, postes administratifs[85]
 Nigeria Federal 36 states
1 Federal Capital Territory 		774 Local Government Areas 8813 Wards
 North Korea Unitary 9 dopro
1 chikhalsi
2 t'ŭkpyŏlsi
1 t'ŭkkŭpsici 		150+ kun (gun) count
sici
kuyŏk[48]
ku (gu) and chigu dis
1 t'ŭkkŭpsici 		tong[47]
ri[40]
rodongjagu dis
 North Macedonia Unitary 8 statistical regions 80 opštinim
 Norway Regional 15 county municipalities (fylkeskommuner) 352 second-level municipalities (kommuner)
3 hundreds (herader)
1 autonomous city 15 boroughs (bydeler)
2 non-boroughs (Marka and Sentrum)
2 integral overseas areas: Svalbard, Jan Mayen
3 dependencies: Peter I Island, Bouvet Island, Queen Maud Land
 Oman Unitary 11 muḥāfaẓātg 61 wilaya'atpro
 Pakistan Federal 4 provinces
2 autonomous territories 		38 divisions 168 districts
1 federal capital territory 5 zones 27 union councils
 Palau Unitary 16 statesm town council(s)[86]

village hall(s)[87][88]

traditional villages[89]

 Palestine Unitary 16 governoratesg 121 municipal councils[90]

355 village councils[91]

local councils (East Jerusalem)[92]
 Panama Unitary 10 provincias pro 68 distritos dis 587 corregimientos m
4 comarcas indígenas m
4 comarcas indígenasr 11 distritosdis 79 corregimientosm
 Papua New Guinea Regional 20 provinces
1 autonomous region
1 National Capital District 		districts Local-Level Government areas
 Paraguay Unitary 17 departamentosdep
1 capital district (distrito capital) 		250 distritos or municipios m
 Peru Regional 25 departamentosdep 196 provinciaspro 1,800+ distritos[93]dis 84,000+ centros poblados →

1,800+ centros poblados menores (as government entity)
81,000+ [centros poblados dispersos] (only as censal unity)
1 provinciapro 43 distritos[93]dis
 Philippines Regional 15 regions (rehiyong pampangasiwaan) r
1 autonomous region (awtonomong rehiyon)a, r
1 National Capital Region (pambansang punong rehiyon) 		82 provinces (lalawigan)[94]pro
38 independent cities (malayang lungsod) [95]
1 independent municipality (malayang bayan) [96] 		107 component cities (bahaging lungsod)ci [97]
1,489 municipalities (karaniwang bayan) [98]m[33] 		42,027 barangays [99]v (village in rural areas), (suburb/ward in urban areas)

(Note that some independent cities group their barangays into districts which is equivalent to a borough.)

 Poland Unitary 16 voivodeships (województwa)[100]pro 380 powiatycount[101] 2,478 gminycom 40,740 sołectwa (rural)
dzielnice or osiedla (urban)
 Portugal Regional 18 distritosdis
2 regiões autónomasa 		308 concelhos[102]m 3,091 freguesiaspa localidades[75]
 Qatar Unitary 8 baladiya'at m 98 Zones
 Romania Unitary 41 județe count 320 orașeci (including 103 municipii m)
2,856 comunecom (divided into 12,955 sate [40])
1 autonomous municipality 6 sectoare [103]
 Russia Federal 89 federal subjects:[104][105]
48 oblasts[106]
24 republicsa[107]
4 autonomous okrugsa
9 krais[108]
1 autonomous oblasta 		2,027 districts
561 cities and towns of federal subject significance 		416 Towns of district significance
767 urban-type settlements of district significance
15,002 selsoviets and equivalents
3 federal cities[109]
 Moscow 12 administrative okrugsdis Districts and settlements
 St. Petersburg 18 districtsdis
 Sevastopol[110] 4 districtsdis
 Rwanda Unitary 5 intarapro 30 uturere [111]dis
(umujyi m) 		410+ imirenge [103][112] 9,100+ utugari [113]
(then akagari ?[40])
 Saint Kitts and Nevis Federal Saint Kitts 14 parishes
Nevis
 Saint Lucia Unitary 10 districts [42]m
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Unitary 6 parishesa
 Samoa Unitary 11 itūmālō i
 San Marino Unitary 9 castellim
 São Tomé and Príncipe Regional 6 distritosdis
1 autonomous regiona
 Saudi Arabia Unitary 13 manaṭiq 150 muḥafaẓat r 1541 marakizsd
 Senegal Unitary 14 régions 45 départementsdep arrondissements communes
 Serbia Regional 29 okrugadis
2 autonomous regions[114]
1 autonomous city 		150 opštinam
24 gradaci
 Seychelles Unitary 26 districtsa
 Sierra Leone Unitary 4 provinces
1 area 		14 districts 149 chiefdoms
 Singapore Unitary 5 districtsr 31 constituencies 93 wards
1 Central Business Districtdis
 Slovakia Unitary 8 kraje r 79 okresy dis 2,891 obcem, from that 130+ mestá[33][115] katastrálne územia [116]
 Slovenia Unitary 212 občine m
 Solomon Islands Regional 9 provincesm
1 capital territory
 Somalia Federal 6 states 18 gobolada r 75 [districts] dis
 South Africa Regional 9 provinces 44 district municipalities 205 local municipalities 4,468 wards
8 metropolitan municipalities
 South Korea Regional 7 dopro 75 sici
77 gun (kun)count 		gu (ku)dis[43]
dong[47]
eup[33]
myeon[117] 		dong[47]
ri[40]
6 gwangyeoksici 44 gu (ku)dis
5 gun (kun)count 		dong[47]
eup[33]
myeon[117] 		ri[40]
2 teukbyeol jachidoa 2 si dong[47]
eup[33]
myeon[117]
1 teukbyeol jachisi
1 teukbyeolsi 25 gu (ku)dis[43] dong[47]
 South Sudan Federal 10 States
2 Administrative Areas
1 Area with Special Administrative Status
 183 counties 540 Payams 2,500 Bomas
 Spain Regional 17 comunidades autónomasr, a 50 provinciaspro[118] 477 comarcas 8,122 municipiosm
2 ciudades autónomasa 2 municipios[119]
3 plazas menores de soberanía[120]
 Sri Lanka Regional 9 provinces 25 districts dis 320+ divisions
 Sudan Federal 18 wilaya'ats 86 districts
 Suriname Unitary 10 districten dis 62 ressorten [121]
 Sweden Unitary 21 län count
20 landsting[122] 		290 kommuner m 2,523 distrikt
 Switzerland Federal 26 cantons[123] 137 districts [124]dis 2,197 communes [125]m
 Syria Unitary 14 muḥāfaẓātg 60 manaṭiq [126]dis nawaḥisd villages [40]
 Tajikistan Regional 3 viloyathopro
1 viloyat mukhtora
1 capital city 		60+ Nohiyadis
14 citiesci
2 hukumati[127] 		(370 jamoats) (62 towns
4223 villages[40])
 Tanzania Regional 31 mkoa[128] r1 autonomous region covering three mkoas 120+ wilaya dis divisionsdiv [wards] [48]
then [villages] [40]
 Thailand Unitary 76 changwat[129]pro

76 PAO[130]

878 amphoe [131]dis 7,255 tambon[132]sub

30 Thesaban nakhon[133]m
178 Thesaban mueang[134]m
2,232 Thesaban tambon[135]m
City of Pattaya[136]

74,944 muban[137]vil

5,335 SAO[138]sub
Chumchon[139]com

1 special administrative area 50 khet[140]dis 180 kwaeng[141]sub
 Togo Unitary 5 régions 30 préfectures
 Tonga Unitary 5 provinces 23 districts
 Trinidad and Tobago Regional 9 regions
Tobago (governed by Tobago House of Assembly)
3 boroughs
2 cities
 Tunisia Unitary 24 wilaya'atg mutamadiyat dis baladiyat m
 Turkey Unitary 81 il pro 973 ilçe dis 3,200+ belediye m neighbourhoods [47]
41,000 villages [40]
 Turkmenistan Unitary 5 welaýatlarr
1 capital city district 		70+ ?adyndaky etraplar dis [142]
40+ ?etraplar dis
15 [towns] [33]
 Tuvalu Unitary 9 municipalitiesm
 Uganda Unitary 135 districts
1 city 		167 counties
31 municipalities
25 city divisions 		1,496 subcounties
580 town councils
89 municipal divisions/boroughs 		10,717 parishes
71,213 villages[143]
 Ukraine Regional 24 oblasts (regions)[144]
2 cities with special status[145]
1 autonomous republic[146] 		136 raions (districts) 1469 hromadas (communities)[147] 7567 starosta okruhs (elderships)[148]
 United Arab Emirates Federal 7 emirates (imarat) Regions, sectors, and municipalities Local districts Local communities
 United Kingdom Regional 1 constituent country with no devolution:
 England
 ∟ 9 regions 		6 metropolitan counties 36 metropolitan districts 10,449 parishes[149][150]
21 non-metropolitan counties 164 non-metropolitan districts
62 unitary authorities and 1 sui generis area: Isles of Scilly
32 London boroughs
39 historic counties
 ∟ 6 rapes

 ∟ 6 ridings

 ∟ 3 parts

City of London 25 wards
3 constituent countries with devolution:
 Northern Ireland 6 counties
11 districts
 Scotland 33 shires (counties)

32 council areas

1,369 communities
 Wales 13 historic counties

8 preserved counties 22 principal areas

878 communities
3 crown dependencies:
 Guernsey[151] 10 parishes

2 dependencies: Alderney and Sark

 Jersey[151] 12 parishes 48 vingtaines, 6 cueillettes
 Isle of Man 6 sheadings 15 parishes, 9 towns and villages
14 British Overseas Territories:
 Akrotiri and Dhekelia 2 sovereign military bases
 Anguilla 14 districts
 Bermuda 9 parishes
2 municipalities
 British Indian Ocean Territory 2 island groups
 British Virgin Islands 5 districts
 Cayman Islands 7 districts
 Falkland Islands 2 constituencies
 Gibraltar 7 major residential areas 70 enumeration areas[152]
 Montserrat 3 parishes
 Pitcairn Islands 4 islands
 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 3 parts of the territory:
Saint Helena
Ascension Island
Tristan da Cunha
 8 districts (only on Saint Helena)
 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 2 island groups
 Turks and Caicos Islands 6 districts
 United States Federal 50 states
 1 federal district
1 incorporated territory: Palmyra Atoll (United States US Minor Outlying Islands) 		3,142 counties and county-equivalents (19 boroughs, 64 parishes, 1 unorganized borough) (including 41 independent cities)[153][154][155][156][157] Municipalities and minor civil divisions (including cities, towns, townships, villages, etc.): 35,930 municipal bodies

11 Unorganized Borough's census areas (Note that municipalities and cities can exist in multiple counties.)

Additionally wards, districts, neighborhoods etc. are present in multiple cities.

4 unincorporated organized territories:
 Guam 19 villages[158]
 Northern Mariana Islands 4 municipalities
 Puerto Rico 78 municipalitiesm 902 barrios[47][159] sectors
United States Virgin Islands Virgin Islands 3 districts 20 subdistricts
1 unincorporated unorganized self-governing territory:
 American Samoa 3 districts 15 counties 76 villages
2 unorganized atolls
10 unincorporated unorganized territories; United States US Minor Outlying Islands: Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Wake Island, Navassa Island, Bajo Nuevo Bank (disputed), and Serranilla Bank (disputed)
 Uruguay Unitary 19 departamentosdep 125 municipiosm
 Uzbekistan Regional 12 viloyatlar
1 respublikaa
1 independent city 		174 tumanlardis
120 shaharlarci
 Vanuatu Unitary 6 provinces municipalities, local councils
 Vatican City Unitary 1 city-state
 Venezuela Federal 23 estadoss 335 municipiosm 1,136 parroquiaspa
dependencias federales [160]
1 capital district
 Vietnam Unitary 58 provinces (tỉnh)
 82 provincial cities (thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh)
53 district level towns (thị xã)
523 districts (huyện)
11 đảo 		619 commune-level towns (thị trấn)
1,203 wards (phường)
8,198 rural communes (xã)
5 municipalities (thành phố trực thuộc trung ương) 46 boroughs (quận)

1 city within municipality (thành phố thuộc thành phố trực thuộc trung ương)

577 wards (phường)
 Yemen Unitary 21 muḥāfaẓātg
1 municipality 		333 districtsdis 2,210+ [subdistricts]sd 38,284 [villages] [40]
 Zambia Unitary 10 provinces 89 districts
 Zimbabwe Unitary 10 provinces 59 districts 1,200 municipalities

Other states

Country Type of state Administrative divisions
First-level Second-level Third-level Fourth-level and smaller
 Abkhazia Unitary 7 Araion r
Sukhumi m
 South Ossetia Unitary 4 Raion r
Tskhinvali m
 Taiwan (Republic of China) Regional 6 special municipalities (zhíxiáshì)
2 (streamlined) provinces (shěng)[161] 		13 counties (xiàn)
3 provincial cities (shì) 		170 districts (qū)
12 county-administered cities (xiànxiáshì)
40 urban townships (zhèn)
146 Rural townships (xiāng) 		Urban Villages (lǐ)
Rural Villages (cūn)
 Kosovo Unitary 7 rajone dis[162][163] 35 komuna m[74][164]
 Somaliland Unitary 6 gobolada r 18 districts dis
 Northern Cyprus Unitary 5 ilçe subdistricts components, quarters
 Transnistria Unitary 5 raions r
Tiraspol m
 Western Sahara Unitary 4 wilaya dis 25 daïras

See also

Notes

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 round 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 (dis m pro r)
These indicate, respectively, four common types of administrative division in English: districts; municipalities; provinces; and regions. Other English terms are also footnoted.

Administrative divisions with ISO 3166-1

Administrative divisions with ISO 3166-1 are cited for statistics matters even when they do not have a special status (for example, the overseas regions of France).

Antarctic claims

Administrative divisions that are entirely Antarctic claims suspended under the Antarctic Treaty are not listed.

Autonomous areas

Not all the autonomous areas are part of the formal hierarchy of the administrative division system of a country (for example, the autonomous region of Zanzibar comprises 5 regions of Tanzania, the first tier on administrative divisions on that country). For more details, see List of autonomous areas by country.

Footnotes

a autonomous areas
b blocks
can cantons
ci cities
com communes
count counties
dep departments
dis districts
div divisions
g governorates
i ???
m municipalities
pa parishes
pre prefectures
pro provinces
pts parts
r regions
s states
sd subdistricts
sp subprefectures
t townships
v villages
w wards

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  2. ^ Including 2 departments of disputed sovereignty in Tierra del Fuego Province: Antártida Argentina (in the Antarctica), and Islas del Atlántico Sur (which includes the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)
  3. ^ Separate from Buenos Aires Province.
  4. ^ a b Not counting the Australian Antarctic Territory.
  5. ^ Jervis Bay Territory and all 6 of Australia's external territories (not counting the Australian Antarctic Territory), are not divided into second-level administrative subdivisions. The suburbs of Canberra are not considered to be administrative subdivisions of any level.
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  11. ^ Not counting statutory cities
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  13. ^ Dutch : Gewesten; French: Régions or German: Regionen.
  14. ^ Dutch: Provincies; French: Provinces or German: Provinzen. The Brussels-Capital Region is not divided into provinces.
  15. ^ Dutch: Arrondissementen; French: Arrondissements or German: Arrondissements.
  16. ^ Dutch: Gemeenten; French: Communes or German: Gemeinden.
  17. ^ Chobe District and all six of Botswana's urban districts are not divided into second-level administrative subdivisions.
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  23. ^ Statistics Canada divides the province into census divisions that do cover Northern Manitoba, however, these serve no provincial or local governmental functions whatsoever.
  24. ^ a b The New Brunswick Equal Opportunity program abolished county and parish governments in 1966. Counties and parishes are now only used by locals as geographic identifiers, and for statistical purposes; there is no meaningful government between the provincial and municipal level.
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  27. ^ a b c In Prince Edward Island, governments at the county, parish, and township level have been abolished. Counties, parishes, and townships are now only used by locals as geographic identifiers, and for statistical purposes; there is no meaningful government between the provincial and municipal level.
  28. ^ In the Northwest Territories, regions are used to streamline services delivered by the territorial government, and have no elected government of their own.
  29. ^ In Nunavut, regions are used to streamline services delivered by the territorial government, and have no elected government of their own.
  30. ^ The districts of N'Djamena are not considered to be administrative subdivisions of any level.
  31. ^ According to article 118 parr. 7 of Chilean Constitution, their establishment is a voluntary faculty for the municipalities.
  32. ^ either zìráncūnjí ("natural" villages) or xíngzhèngcūnjí (bureaucratic villages, i.e. created for administrative convenience).
  33. ^ a b c d e f g h towns.
  34. ^ Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Kinshasa.
  35. ^ also known as Congo-Brazzaville.
  36. ^ or Danish:syssel.
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  39. ^ Timor-Leste.
  40. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o villages, village areas or village groups.
  41. ^ Estonia's linnad (towns) and vallad (parishes) are known collectively as omavalitsused (municipalities).
  42. ^ a b c quarters.
  43. ^ a b c boroughs.
  44. ^ Small boroughs
  45. ^ constituencies
  46. ^ Chiefdoms
  47. ^ a b c d e f g h i neighbourhoods.
  48. ^ a b c wards.
  49. ^ consisting of kaupungit (urban communes) and kunnat (communes).
  50. ^ The département (department) and commune (municipality) of Paris are unified into a single territorial collectivity.
  51. ^ The 3 communes (municipalities) of Paris, Lyon and Marseilles are further subdivided into municipal arrondissements (arrondissements municipaux), not to be confused with the arrondissements (districts) subdividing each department.
  52. ^ also known as a pays d'outre-mer (overseas country).
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  55. ^ or, informally, Bundesländer (federal states).
  56. ^ Region Hannover, Regionalverband Saarbrücken and Städteregion Aachen
  57. ^ usually in rural areas and known by various names in different states, e.g. Amt, Samtgemeinde, Verbandsgemeinde and Verwaltungsgemeinschaft
  58. ^ "Government of India Web Directory". Archived from the original on 2018-08-15.
  59. ^ sometimes translated as "shires" or "counties".
  60. ^ a b c "ביאור סמלי החלוקות הגאוגרפיות".
  61. ^ "רשימת היישובים לפי מעמד מוניציפאלי" (PDF).
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  65. ^ "Territorial administration of Lebanon". Localiban. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  66. ^ French; alternatively German:Kantone.
  67. ^ "Cartes du Luxembourg". 23 March 2023.
  68. ^ French; alternatively German:Gemeinden.
  69. ^ Luxembourgish: quartierën; alternatively French:quartiers, German:Stadtvierteln.
  70. ^ a b circles.
  71. ^ or communes.
  72. ^ or wilaya'at.
  73. ^ a b or moughataas.
  74. ^ a b municipalities.
  75. ^ a b c d localities.
  76. ^ some disputed; see Regions of Morocco.
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  93. ^ a b or partidos.
  94. ^ or probinsya.
  95. ^ or malayang siyudad; cities independent from province, classified as either "highly urbanized" or "independent component" cities.
  96. ^ or munisipalidad; municipality not under any provincial authority.
  97. ^ or bahaging siyudad; cities under provincial supervision ("component cities").
  98. ^ or munisipalidad; regular municipalities under provincial supervision.
  99. ^ or barrios.
  100. ^ voivodeships.
  101. ^ consisting of 314 powiat ziemski (rural counties) and 66 powiat grodzki (urban counties) or miasta na prawach powiatu ("cities of county right").
  102. ^ or municípios.
  103. ^ a b sectors.
  104. ^ federal subjects, grouped into 7 federal districts
  105. ^ Including the Republic of Crimea, Sevastopol, the Donetsk People's Republic, Kherson Oblast, the Lugansk People's Republic and Zaporozhye Oblast, which were illegally annexed by Russia in 2014 and 2022 but internationally recognized as part of Ukraine
  106. ^ Including Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts which are internationally recognized as part of Ukraine
  107. ^ Including the Republic of Crimea (annexed by Russia in 2014) and the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (annexed in 2022) which are internationally recognized as part of Ukraine
  108. ^ territories.
  109. ^ Including Sevastopol which was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014 but internationally recognized as part of Ukraine
  110. ^ Annexed by Russia in 2014 but internationally recognized as part of Ukraine
  111. ^ sing. akarere.
  112. ^ or French:secteurs administratifs (administrative sectors).
  113. ^ or French:cellules (cells).
  114. ^ The Constitution of Serbia recognizes two autonomous provinces, Vojvodina in the north, and the disputed territory of Kosovo and Metohija in the south.
  115. ^ Mestská a obecná štatistika SR Archived 2007-10-27 at the Wayback Machine
  116. ^ "cadastral areas".
  117. ^ a b c townships.
  118. ^ Some provinces are divided in districts called comarcas
  119. ^ Ceuta and Melilla
  120. ^ minor sovereign places in North Africa
  121. ^ ?"resorts".
  122. ^ County councils
  123. ^ (French; alternatively German:Kantone, Italian:cantoni or Romansh:chantuns). Six cantons, formerly called demi-cantons (French; alternatively German:Halbkantone or Romansh:mez-chantuns), have only one representative in the Council of States instead of two.
  124. ^ French; alternatively German:Ämter, (Amts)bezirke, Italian:distretti or Romansh:districts. This level of subdivisions is not present in all cantons.
  125. ^ French; alternatively German:Gemeinden, Italian:comuni or Romansh:vischnancas.
  126. ^ or manatuq.
  127. ^ city councils.
  128. ^ Mwakyusa, Alvar (4 February 2016). "Songwe is new region - with four districts". Daily News. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  129. ^ Changwat is a province
  130. ^ PAO - Provincial Administrative Organisation
  131. ^ Amphoe is a district
  132. ^ Tambon is a subdistrict
  133. ^ Thesaban nakhon is a City-municipality
  134. ^ Thesaban mueang is a Town-municipality
  135. ^ Thesaban tambon is a Subdistrict-municipality
  136. ^ City of Pattaya is a Special local government
  137. ^ Muban is a village
  138. ^ SAO/TAO - Subdistrict Administrative Organization
  139. ^ Chumchon is a Community Association
  140. ^ Khet is a district in Bangkok
  141. ^ Kwaeng is a subdistrict in Bangkok
  142. ^ urban districts.
  143. ^ "Home - Ministry of Local Government". 2016-06-23. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
  144. ^ Currently, one oblast (Luhansk) is fully under Russian control, and three more (Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia) are partially under Russian control.
  145. ^ One city (Sevastopol) is currently under Russian control.
  146. ^ Currenltly under Russian control
  147. ^ "Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України". static.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
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  149. ^ ons.geography@ons.gsi.gov.uk, ONS Geography (7 April 2010). "Parishes and communities". www.ons.gov.uk.
  150. ^ not all of England is parished - see unparished area.
  151. ^ a b a bailiwick.
  152. ^ "Gibraltar Full Census Report 2012" (PDF). Gibraltar Government.
  153. ^ Includes 11 census areas that make up the Unorganized Borough of Alaska; these areas have no meaningful government between the state and minor civil division level.
  154. ^ Includes two counties (Oglala Lakota and Todd) in South Dakota that do not have their own governments, and administrative functions at the county level are done in a neighboring county.
  155. ^ Includes the counties of Rhode Island, which are only used for statistical purposes, and there is no meaningful government between the state and minor civil division level.
  156. ^ Includes the counties of Massachusetts; eight of the fourteen county governments in Massachusetts were abolished between 1997 and 2000, and there is no meaningful government between the state and minor civil division level in the affected areas.
  157. ^ Includes the counties of Connecticut, which have no government of their own. In 2017, the state of Connecticut recommended that nine councils of governments replace the historical eight counties for statistical purposes in the United States Census Bureau; the Census Bureau intends to implement this change in 2023.
  158. ^ also known as municipalities.
  159. ^ "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  160. ^ federal dependencies.
  161. ^ Nominal. All provincial governments are de facto abolished.
  162. ^ Albanian; alternatively Serbian:regiona or okruga.
  163. ^ districts.
  164. ^ Albanian; alternatively Serbian:opstina.
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