Country |
Administrative divisions
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First-level |
Second-level |
Third-level |
Fourth-level and smaller
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Afghanistan
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34 provinces (velaya'at)
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421 districts (woleswali)
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subdistricts (alaqadari)
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Albania
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12 counties (qarqe)
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61 municipalities (bashki)
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373 units of local governance (njësi të qeverisjes vendore)
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2,972 villages (fshatra)
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Algeria
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58 provinces (wilayas)
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553 districts (daïras)
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1,541 communes (baladiyahs)
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Andorra
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7 parishes (parròquies)
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Angola
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18 provinces (províncias)
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163 municipalities (municípios)
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618 communes (comunas)
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Antigua and Barbuda
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6 parishes 2 dependencies
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Argentina (federal state)
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23 provinces (provincias)
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378 departments (departamentos)[1] 135 Partidos (Buenos Aires Province only)
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Municipalities (municipios)
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1 autonomous city (ciudad autónoma)[2]
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15 communes (comunas)
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48 Neighbourhoods (barrios)
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Armenia
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10 provinces (marzer) 1 autonomous city
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503 municipalities (hamaynkner)
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Australia (federal state)
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6 states 9 territories[3]
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539 local government areas[4] Unincorporated areas
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Austria (federal state)
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9 states (Bundesländer)
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93 districts (Bezirke)[5]
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2,098 municipalities (Gemeinden)
|
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Azerbaijan (regional state or de facto federal state)
|
59 districts (Rayonlar) 11 cities (Şəhərlər)[6]
|
+2600 municipalities (Bələdiyyələr)
|
+4500 settlements (Yaşayış Məntəqələri)
|
1 autonomous republic (Muxtar Respublika)
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7 districts (Rayonlar) 1 city (Şəhər)
|
218 settlements (Yaşayış Məntəqələri)
|
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Bahamas
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32 districts New Providence
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Bahrain
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4 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt)g
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Bangladesh
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8 divisions (bibhag)
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64 districts (zila)
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491 sub-districts (upazila)[7] 12 City corporations
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4,554 union councils (union parishads) 327 municipal corporations (paurasabhas)
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Barbados
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11 parishes
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Belarus
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6 regions (oblasti or voblastsi) 1 autonomous city
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118 districts (raiony)
|
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Belgium (federal state)
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3 regions[8]
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10 provinces[9]
|
43 districts[10]
|
581 municipalities[11]
|
Belize
|
6 districts
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201 municipalities
|
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Benin
|
12 departments (départements)
|
77 communes (communes)
|
546 districts (arrondissements)
|
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Bhutan
|
20 districts (dzongkhag)
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201 blocks (gewogs)b 61 thromdesm
|
|
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Bolivia (regional state or de facto federal state)
|
9 departments (departamentos)
|
112 provinces (provincias)
|
339 municipalities (municipios)
|
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Bosnia and Herzegovina (federal state)
|
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
10 cantons (kantona)
|
143 municipalities (općine or opštine)
|
local community
|
Republika Srpska
|
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64 municipalities (opštine)
|
local community
|
Brčko District
|
Botswana
|
10 rural districts 7 urban districts
|
21 sub-districts[12]
|
519 villages[13]
|
localities
|
Brazil (federal state)
|
26 states (estados)
|
5,568 municipalities (municípios) 1 state district (distrito estadual)
|
10,607 municipal districts (distritos municipais)
|
subdistricts (subdistritos)
|
1 federal district (distrito federal)
|
33 administrative regions (regiões administrativas)
|
Brunei
|
4 districts (daerah)
|
38 subdistricts (mukim)w
|
villages (kampung)
|
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Bulgaria
|
28 provinces or regions (oblasti, области)
|
265 municipalities (obshtini, общини)
|
|
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Burkina Faso
|
13 regions (régions)
|
45 provinces
|
325 departments (départements)[14]
|
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Burundi
|
18 provinces
|
119 communes
|
2,639 collines
|
|
Cambodia
|
24 provinces (khaet) 1 autonomous municipality
|
193 districts (srok/khan)
|
1,646 communes (khum/sangkat)
|
villages (phum)
|
Cameroon
|
10 regions (régions)
|
58 departments (départements)
|
360 communes, or districts (arrondissements)
|
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Canada (federal state)
|
10 provinces:
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Alberta
|
6 specialized municipalities
|
63 counties (municipal districts)
|
264 municipalities 8 Metis settlements
|
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3 special areas
|
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8 improvement districts[15]
|
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British Columbia
|
27 regional districts 1 unincorporated area
|
162 municipalities
|
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Manitoba
|
98 rural municipalities unincorporated areas[16][17]
|
37 municipalities 2 local government districts
|
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New Brunswick
|
15 counties (comtés)[18]
|
152 parishes (paroisses)[18]
|
104 municipalities (municipalités)
|
Newfoundland and Labrador
|
(unincorporated)[19]
|
277 municipalities
|
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Nova Scotia
|
18 counties:
|
3 regional municipalities
|
9 county municipalities
|
38 municipalities
|
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6 historic counties administered by district municipalities
|
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Ontario
|
173 single-tier municipalities[20]
|
8 regional municipalities
|
241 lower-tier municipalities 46 local services boards
|
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22 counties
|
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10 districts[21]
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Prince Edward Island
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3 counties[22]
|
14 parishes[22]
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70 townships (fourth-level)[22] 63 municipalities (fifth-level)
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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:
- Eeyou Istchee
- Jamésie
- 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:
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Northwest Territories
|
5 regions[23]
|
24 municipalities
|
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Nunavut
|
3 regions[24]
|
25 municipalities
|
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Yukon
|
(unorganized)
|
8 municipalities
|
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Cape Verde
|
22 councils or municipalities (concelhos, also referred to as municípios)
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32 parishes (freguesias)
|
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Central African Republic
|
16 prefectures (préfectures) 1 autonomous commune
|
72 sub-prefectures (sous-préfectures)
|
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Chad
|
23 regions (régions)
|
67 departments (départements)[25]
|
340 sub-prefectures (sous-préfectures)
|
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Chile (regional state or de facto federal state)
|
16 regions (regiones)
|
54 provinces (provincias)
|
346 communes (comunas)
|
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China, People's Republic of (regional state or de facto federal state)
|
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)
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19,500+ towns (zhèn) 14,600+ townships (xiāng) 1,000+ ethnic townships (mínzúxiāng) 6,100+ subdistricts (jiēbàn or jiēdàobànshìchù) 11 district public offices (qūgōngsuǒ) (fourth-level)
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Urban areas: (residential) communities (shèqū) or neighbourhoods (jūmínqū) Rural areas: villages (cūnjí), village areas or village groups. (fifth-level)[26]
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2 special administrative regions (tèbié xíngzhèngqū/dahkbiht hàhngjingkēui)
|
18 districts (Hong Kong only)
|
|
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Colombia (regional state or de facto federal state)
|
32 departments (departamentos) 1 Capital District (Distrito Capital)
|
1,102 municipalities (municipios)
|
2,000+ corregimientos [27]
|
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Comoros (federal state)
|
3 autonomous islands (îles autonomes)
|
16 prefectures (préfectures)
|
54 communes
|
318 villes or villages
|
DR Congo[28]
|
26 provinces
|
145 territories cities
|
264 chiefdoms 470 sectors communes
|
groupings quarters
|
Congo[29]
|
12 departments
|
80+ districts
|
communes
|
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Costa Rica
|
7 provinces (provincias)
|
82 cantons (cantones)
|
450+ districts
|
|
Croatia
|
21 counties (županije)
|
127 towns (gradovi) 429 municipalities (općine)
|
4,117+ local communities (mjesnih odbora) (gradske četvrti [Zagreb], gradski kotari [Split])
|
6,700+ settlements (naselja)
|
Cuba
|
16 provinces (provincias)
|
160+ municipalities (municipios)
|
|
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Cyprus
|
6 districts (eparchies)
|
610 communities
|
|
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Czech Republic
|
13 regions (krajů)
|
76 districts (okresy) statistical only 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 (obcí) 4 military proving grounds (vojenský újezd) 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 state or de facto federal state)
|
1 senior member of the Kingdom: Denmark
|
5 regions (regioner)
|
98 municipalities (kommuner)
|
|
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2 self-governing territories within the Kingdom:
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Faroe Islands
|
7 regions (sýsla)[30]
|
29 municipalities (kommunur)[31]
|
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Greenland
|
5 municipalities (kommuner)
|
|
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Djibouti
|
6 regions (régions)
|
15 districts[32] 6 arrondissements (within Djibouti City)
|
|
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Dominica
|
10 parishes
|
|
|
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Dominican Republic
|
31 provinces (provincias) 1 National District (Distrito Nacional)
|
110+ municipalities (municipios)
|
40+ municipal districts (distritos municipales)
|
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East Timor[33]
|
12 municipalities (Municípios) 1 special administrative region (região administrativa especial)
|
65 administrative posts (postos administrativos)
|
442 sucos [34]
|
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Ecuador
|
24 provinces (provincias)
|
221 cantons (cantones)
|
1,000+ parishes (parroquias)
|
|
Egypt
|
27 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt)
|
271 marakiz or aqsam
|
4,617+ villages or districts
|
sheyakha or residential districts
|
El Salvador
|
14 departments (departamentos)
|
262 municipalities (municipios)
|
|
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
8 provinces (provincias)
|
32 districts (distritos)
|
|
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Eritrea
|
6 regions (zoba)
|
57 districts
|
Communes (Kebabis)
|
Villages and towns
|
Estonia[35]
|
15 counties (maakonnad)
|
15 towns (linnad)
|
linnaosaddis
|
asumidsd
|
64 parishes (vallad)
|
kandid[36]
|
32 linnad[27] 12 alevid[37] 188 alevikud[38] 4,455 külad[34]
|
Eswatini
|
4 regions (tifundza)
|
50+ tinkhundla[39]
|
360+ imiphakatsi[40]
|
|
Ethiopia (federal state)
|
10 regions (kililoch) 2 chartered cities (astedader akababiwach)
|
68 zones (zonoch)
|
600+ districts (woreda)
|
kebeles[41][42]
|
Fiji
|
4 divisions
|
14 provinces
|
+ 50 districts
|
|
1 dependency
|
|
|
Finland (regional state or de facto federal state)
|
18 regions (maakuntaa)
|
70+ subregions (seutukuntaa)
|
317 municipalities (kuntaa) [43]
|
|
1 autonomous region (Åland) (itsehallinnollinen maakunta)
|
16 municipalities (kommuner (kuntaa))
|
|
|
France (regional state or de facto federal state)
|
18 regions (régions)
|
101 departments (départements) [44] + the Metropolis of Lyon
|
332 arrondissements
|
4,032 cantons (fourth-level), 12,159 intercommunalities (fifth-level), 35,357 communes (sixth-level) [45]
|
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[46]
|
5 administrative subdivisions (subdivisions administratives)
|
40+ communes
|
|
Saint-Barthélemy
|
|
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Saint-Martin
|
|
|
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Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
|
2 communes
|
|
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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
|
9 provinces
|
49 departments (départements)
|
152 cantons, 52 communes, 29 arrondissements
|
|
Gambia
|
5 regions 1 city (The country is alternatively split between 8 Local Government Areas)
|
43 districts
|
|
|
Georgia (regional state or de facto federal state)
|
9 regions (mkhare) 2 autonomous republics (avt'onomiuri resp'ublik'a)
|
5 cities (k'alak'i) 67 communities (temi)
|
|
|
Germany (federal state)
|
16 states (Länder) [47]
|
19 Regierungsbezirke [48] (only in 4 states)
|
400+ districts (Kreise) [49]
|
11,000+ municipalities (Gemeinden)
|
some areas also have a form of Gemeindeverbände [50] as an intermediary between Gemeinde and Kreis levels
|
Baden-Württemberg Bavaria Hesse North Rhine-Westphalia
|
Regierungsbezirke [48]
|
rural districts (Landkreise or Kreise)
|
towns (Städte)
|
municipalities (Gemeinden) Märkte (only in Bavaria)
|
cities (urban districts) (Kreisfreie Städte or Stadtkreise)
|
Brandenburg Lower Saxony Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Rhineland-Palatinate Saarland Saxony Saxony-Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein Thuringia
|
rural districts (Landkreise or Kreise)
|
towns (Städte)
|
municipalities (Gemeinden)
|
cities (urban districts) (Kreisfreie Städte)
|
Bremen
|
2 cities (Städte):
- Bremen (city)
- Bremerhaven
|
Berlin
|
12 boroughs (Bezirke)
|
96 neighbourhoods (Ortsteile)
|
|
Hamburg
|
7 boroughs (Bezirke)
|
104 quarters (Stadtteile)
|
181 neighbourhoods (Ortsteile)
|
Ghana
|
16 regions
|
216 districts
|
Communities tema
|
|
8 municipal districts
|
zones
|
|
3 metropolitan districts
|
submetropolitan districts
|
|
Greece (regional state or de facto federal state)
|
7 decentralized administrations (apokentroménes dioikíseis)
|
13 administrative regions (peripheries)
|
74 regional units (perifereiakés enótites)
|
332 municipalities (dímoi)
|
1 autonomous monastic state (aftonomi monastiki politeia):: Mount Athos
|
Grenada
|
6 parishesi 1 dependency
|
|
|
|
Guatemala
|
22 departments (departamentos)
|
332 municipalities (municipios)
|
|
|
Guinea
|
8 regions (régions)
|
33 prefectures (préfectures)
|
330+ sub-prefectures (sous-préfectures)
|
[districts] [sectors]
|
5 communes
|
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
8 regions (regiões) 1 autonomous sector (sector autónomo)
|
39 sectors (setores)
|
|
|
Guyana
|
10 regions
|
27 neighborhood councils
|
|
|
Haiti
|
10 departments (départements)
|
42 arrondissements
|
144 communes
|
571 communal sections (sections communales)
|
Honduras
|
18 departments (departamentos)
|
298 municipalities (municipios)
|
3,731 aldeas
|
|
Hungary
|
19 counties (megye)
|
197 districts (Járás)
|
3,154 cities and towns (városok)
|
1 autonomous city
|
Iceland
|
72 municipalities
|
|
|
|
India (federal state)
|
28 states (rājya) 8 union territories (sangh shāsit pradesh)
|
722 districts (zile)[51]
|
5,924 tahsīlen 13 Municipal corporations (cities) (nagar nigam) Municipal councils (nagar pālika) Notified area council (nagar panchāyat)
|
Community development block (sāmudāyik vikās khand) village council (grām panchāyat) Village (gaanv) 664,339 Villages
|
Indonesia (regional state or de facto federal state)
|
34 provinces (provinsi) including 5 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
|
31 provinces (ostanha)
|
324 counties (shahrestan)
|
districts (bakhsh)
|
dehestan municipalities (shahr)
|
Iraq (federal state)
|
19 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt)
|
120 districts (aqḍyat)[52]
|
300+ subdistricts (naḥiyat)
|
villages (qaryat)
|
Ireland
|
26 counties (contaetha) 3 cities (cathracha) 2 cities and counties
|
2 metropolitan districts 4 borough districts 89 municipal districts
|
|
|
Israel
|
6 districts (mehozot) [53] Judea and Samaria Area
|
15 sub-districts (nafot) [53]
|
52 Natural regions [53]
|
77 cities (arim) [54] 124 local councils (moatzot mekomiot) [55] 54 regional councils (moatzot azoriot) [56]
|
Italy (regional state or de facto federal state)
|
20 regions (regioni)
|
80 provinces (province) 2 autonomous provinces (province autonome)
|
7,998 communes (comuni)
|
37,000+ fractions (frazioni) and circumscriptions (circoscrizioni)
|
Ivory Coast
|
31 regions (régions) 2 autonomous districts (districts autonomes)
|
108 departments (départements) 1 unincorporated area
|
510 sub-prefectures (sous-préfectures)
|
|
Jamaica
|
14 parishes
|
|
|
|
Japan (regional state or de facto federal state)
|
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
|
12 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt)
|
52 Districts (Alwia'a)
|
89 Subdistricts (Nahiya)
|
qurah
|
Kazakhstan
|
14 regions (oblys) 3 cities with region rights (qala) Baikonur[57]
|
319 raions (awdan) oblıstıq qala
|
kent
|
awıl aymaq
|
Kenya (regional state or de facto federal state)
|
47 counties (kaunti)
|
262 sub-counties (kaunti ndogo)
|
2,400+ locations (mtaa)
|
Cities, Municipalities and Towns villages (vijiji)
|
Kiribati
|
None
|
Kuwait
|
6 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt)
|
132 areas (manāṭiq)
|
|
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
7 provinces (oblast) 2 independent cities (šaar (keneš))
|
44 raions (rayon) 14 towns (gorkeneš)
|
rural communities or rural districts (aiyl okmotu)
|
|
Laos
|
17 provinces (khoueng) 1 prefecture
|
140+ districts (muang or muong)
|
villages (baan)[34]
|
|
Latvia
|
110 municipalities (novadi) 9 republic cities (Republikas pilsētas)
|
|
|
Lebanon
|
8 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt) [58]
|
26 districts (qaḍya)
|
|
|
Lesotho
|
10 districts
|
80 constituencies
|
129 community councils
|
|
Liberia
|
15 counties
|
60+ districts
|
|
|
Libya
|
22 districts (sha'biyat)
|
99 baladiyat
|
|
|
Liechtenstein
|
11 municipalities (Gemeinden)
|
|
|
Lithuania
|
10 counties (apskritys)
|
60 municipalities (savivaldybės)
|
500+ elderships (seniūnijos)
|
|
Luxembourg
|
12 cantons [59]
|
105 communes[60] [61]
|
24 quarters [62]
|
|
Madagascar
|
22 faritra r
|
114 districts
|
1,579 kaomininacom and 17,485 fokontany[34]
|
|
Malawi
|
3 regions
|
28 districts
|
(130+ ["traditional authorities"])
|
(60+ ["subchiefdoms"])
|
Malaysia (federal state)
|
13 states (negeri) 3 federal territories (wilayah persekutuan)
|
16 divisions (bahagian) (Only in Sabah and Sarawak)
|
162 districts (daerah)
|
1,000+ subdistricts (mukim) 8,000+ villages (kampung) and 21 presint (fifth-level)
|
Maldives
|
19 atolls 2 cities
|
189 islands
|
|
|
Mali
|
10 régions[63] 1 capital district
|
40+ cercles [64]
|
1,400+ arrondissements [65]
|
700+ communes
|
Malta
|
5 reġjunir
|
68 kunsilli lokali (local councils)m
|
|
|
Marshall Islands
|
24 municipalitiesm
|
|
|
|
Mauritania
|
12 régions [66]r
|
50+ départementsdep[67]
|
200+ communes
|
|
Additionally Nouakchott:
|
Nouakchott-Nord Regionr
|
3 départementsdep[67]
|
|
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Nouakchott-Ouest Regionr
|
3 départementsdep[67]
|
|
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Nouakchott-Sud Regionr
|
3 départementsdep[67]
|
|
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Mauritius
|
4 islands
|
9 districts 14 zones
|
120+ villages, 4 Towns 173 localities
|
|
Mexico (federal state)
|
31 estadoss
|
2,458 municipiosm
|
|
|
1 autonomous city
|
16 demarcaciones territoriales[68]
|
|
|
Micronesia (federal state)
|
4 states
|
70+ municipalities
|
|
|
Moldova (regional state or de facto federal state)
|
32 raioanedis 3 municipiuci 1 unitate teritorială autonomăa 1 unitatea teritorială:[69]
|
15 [municipalities]m 50 [cities]ci 60+ [city localities][70] 660+ [villages][34] 880+[village localities][70]
|
|
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Monaco
|
10 quartiers [36]i
|
|
|
|
Mongolia
|
21 aimagspro
|
331 sums dis
|
1,538 bags
|
|
1 khot m
|
9 düüregs dis
|
132 khoroos
|
|
Montenegro
|
24 opštine m
|
1,256 naselja
|
|
|
Morocco
|
12 regionsr [71]
|
13 prefectures 62 [provinces]pro
|
cercles [64]
|
communes ruralescom
|
|
[municipalities] m communes urbainescom arrondissements
|
Mozambique
|
11 provinciaspro
|
128 distritos dis
|
405 postos
|
[urban districts] dis localidades [70]
|
Myanmar
|
7 States
|
67 Districts
|
330 Townships
|
3,183 Wards (fouth-level) 13,602 Village tracts (fouth-level) ∟ 70,838 Villages (fifth-level)
|
7 Regions
|
1 Union Territory
|
5 Self-Administered Zones
|
1 Self-Administered Division
|
Namibia
|
14 regions[72]
|
121 constituencies[72]
|
citiesm townsm villagesm settlements
|
|
Nauru
|
14 districtsi
|
|
|
|
Nepal (federal state)
|
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 (regional state or de facto federal state)
|
4 countries (landen):
|
Netherlands
|
12 provinces (provincies)
|
355 municipalities (gemeenten)
|
|
3 public bodies (openbare lichamen): Bonaire, Saba, Sint Eustatius
|
|
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Aruba
|
|
|
|
Curaçao
|
|
|
|
Sint Maarten
|
|
|
|
New Zealand (regional state or de facto federal state)
|
Realm of New Zealand:
|
New Zealand
|
11 non-unitary regions
|
13 cities 53 districts
|
|
1 special territorial authority:
|
|
5 unitary authorities
|
|
3 outlying islands:
|
|
Ross Dependency
|
1 self-administering territory:a
|
Tokelau
|
3 autonomous communities
|
|
|
2 states in free-association:a
|
Cook Islands
|
10 island councils
|
|
|
Niue
|
14 villages
|
|
|
Nicaragua (regional state or de facto federal state)
|
15 departamentosdepm 2 regiones autónomasa
|
150+ municipiosm
|
|
|
Niger
|
7 régions Communauté Urbaine de Niamey
|
36 départements
|
265 communes, communes urbaines, communes rurales, postes administratifs[73]
|
|
Nigeria (federal state)
|
36 states 1 Federal Capital Territory
|
774 Local Government Areas
|
|
|
North Korea
|
9 dopro 1 chikhalsi 2 t'ŭkpyŏlsi 1 t'ŭkkŭpsici
|
150+ kun (gun) count sici kuyŏk [42] ku (gu) and chigu dis 1 t'ŭkkŭpsici
|
tong [41] ri [34] rodongjagu dis
|
|
North Macedonia
|
80 opštini m
|
|
|
|
Norway
|
11 counties (fylker)
|
356 municipalities (kommuner)
|
|
|
2 integral overseas areas: Svalbard, Jan Mayen
|
|
|
|
3 dependencies: Peter I Island, Bouvet Island, Queen Maud Land
|
|
|
|
Oman
|
11 muḥāfaẓātg
|
61 wilaya'atpro
|
|
|
Pakistan (federal state)
|
4 provinces 2 autonomous territories
|
36 divisions
|
154 districts
|
596 counties (tehsils) (fouth-level) Almost 6,000 Union Councils (fifth-level)
|
1 federal capital territory
|
5 zones
|
27 union councils
|
|
Palau
|
16 statesm
|
|
|
|
Palestine
|
West Bank Gaza Strip
|
16 governoratesg
|
|
|
Panama
|
10 provincias pro
|
68 distritos dis
|
587 corregimientos m 2 comarcas indígenas m
|
|
4 comarcas indígenasr
|
11 distritosdis
|
79 corregimientosm
|
|
Papua New Guinea (regional state or de facto federal state)
|
20 provinces 1 autonomous region 1 National Capital District
|
districts
|
Local-Level Government areas
|
|
Paraguay
|
17 departamentosdep 1 capital district (distrito capital)
|
250 distritos or municipios m
|
|
|
Peru (regional state or de facto federal state)
|
25 regiones r
|
190+ provinciaspro
|
1,800+ distritos [74]dis
|
84,000+ centros poblados → 1,800+ centros poblados menores (as government entity) 810,00+ [centros poblados dispersos] (only as censal unity)
|
1 provinciapro
|
43 distritos[74]dis
|
|
|
Philippines (regional state or de facto federal state)
|
16 rehiyong pampangasiwaan r 1 awtonomong rehiyona, r
|
81 lalawigan[75]pro 38 malayang lungsod [76] 1 malayang bayan [77]
|
107 bahaging lungsodci [78] 1,489 karaniwang bayan [79]m[27]
|
42,027 barangay [80]v
|
Poland
|
16 voivodeships (województwa) [81]pro
|
380 powiaty count[82]
|
2,478 gminycom
|
40,740 sołectwa (rural) dzielnice or osiedla (urban)
|
Portugal (regional state or de facto federal state)
|
18 distritosdis 2 regiões autónomasa
|
308 concelhos[83]m
|
3,091 freguesiaspa
|
|
Qatar
|
7 baladiya'at m
|
98 Zones
|
|
|
Romania
|
41 județe count
|
320 orașeci (including 103 municipii m) 2,856 comunecom (divided into 12,955 sate [34])
|
|
|
1 autonomous municipality
|
6 sectoare [84]
|
|
|
Russia (federal state)
|
85 federal subjects:[85][86]
|
46 oblasts 22 republicsa[86] 4 autonomous okrugsa 9 krais[69] 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[87]
|
Moscow
|
12 administrative okrugsdis
|
Districts and settlements
|
|
St. Petersburg
|
18 districtsdis
|
|
|
Sevastopol[88]
|
4 districtsdis
|
|
|
Rwanda
|
5 intarapro
|
30 uturere [89]dis (umujyi m)
|
410+ imirenge [84][90]
|
9,100+ utugari [91] (then akagari ?[34])
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis (federal state)
|
Saint Kitts
|
9 parishes
|
|
|
Nevis
|
5 parishes
|
|
|
Saint Lucia
|
10 Districts [36]m
|
|
|
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
6 parishesa
|
|
|
|
Samoa
|
11 itūmālō i
|
|
|
|
San Marino
|
9 castellim
|
|
|
|
São Tomé and Príncipe
|
6 distritosdis Autonomous Region of Príncipea
|
|
|
|
Saudi Arabia
|
13 manaṭiq
|
118 muḥafaẓat r
|
marakizsd
|
|
Senegal
|
14 régions
|
45 départementsdep
|
arrondissements
|
communes
|
Serbia (regional state or de facto federal state)
|
29 okrugadis 1 autonomous city
|
150 opštinam 24 gradaci
|
|
|
Seychelles
|
26 districtsa
|
|
|
|
Sierra Leone
|
4 provinces 1 area
|
14 districts
|
149 chiefdoms
|
|
Singapore
|
5 districtsr
|
31 constituencies
|
93 wards
|
|
1 Central Business Districtdis
|
|
Slovakia
|
8 kraje r
|
79 okresy dis
|
2,891 obcem, from that 130+ mestá[27][92]
|
katastrálne územia [93]
|
Slovenia
|
212 občine m
|
|
|
|
Solomon Islands (regional state or de facto federal state)
|
9 provincesm 1 capital territory
|
|
|
|
Somalia (federal state)
|
18 gobolada r
|
75 [districts] dis
|
|
|
South Africa (regional state or de facto federal state)
|
9 provinces
|
44 district municipalities
|
205 local municipalities
|
4,392 wards
|
8 metropolitan municipalities
|
South Korea (regional state or de facto federal state)
|
8 dopro
|
75 sici 77 gun (kun)count
|
gu (ku)dis[37] dong[41] eup[27] myeon[94]
|
dong[41] ri[34]
|
6 gwangyeoksici
|
44 gu (ku)dis 5 gun (kun)count
|
dong[41] eup[27] myeon[94]
|
ri[34]
|
1 teukbyeol jachidoa
|
2 si
|
dong[41] eup[27] myeon[94]
|
|
1 teukbyeol jachisi
|
1 teukbyeolsi
|
25 gu (ku)dis[37]
|
dong[41]
|
|
South Sudan (federal state)
|
10 States 2 Administrative Areas 1 Area with Special Administrative Status
|
183 counties
|
540 Payams
|
2,500 Bomas
|
Spain (regional state or de facto federal state)
|
17 comunidades autónomasr, a
|
50 provinciaspro[95]
|
477 comarcas
|
8,122 municipiosm
|
2 ciudades autónomasa
|
|
|
2 municipios[96]
|
3 plazas menores de soberanía[97]
|
|
|
|
Sri Lanka (regional state or de facto federal state)
|
9 provinces
|
25 districts dis
|
320+ divisions
|
|
Sudan (federal state)
|
18 wilaya'ats
|
86 [districts]
|
|
|
Suriname
|
10 districten dis
|
62 ressorten [98]
|
|
|
Sweden
|
21 län count 20 landsting[99]
|
290 kommuner m
|
2,523 distrikt
|
|
Switzerland (federal state)
|
26 cantons [100]
|
137 districts [101]dis
|
2,197 communes [102]m
|
|
Syria
|
14 muḥāfaẓātg
|
60 manaṭiq [103]dis
|
nawaḥisd
|
[villages] [34]
|
Tajikistan (regional state or de facto federal state)
|
3 viloyathopro 1 viloyat mukhtora 1 capital city
|
60+ Nohiyadis 14 [cities]ci 2 hukumati[104]
|
(jamoats)
|
([villages][34])
|
Tanzania (regional state or de facto federal state)
|
31 mkoa[105] r
|
120+ wilaya dis
|
[divisions]div
|
[wards] [42] then [villages] [34]
|
Thailand
|
76 changwat[106]pro 76 PAO[107]
|
878 amphoe [108]dis
|
7,255 tambon[109]sub 30 Thesaban nakhon[110]m 178 Thesaban mueang[111]m 2,232 Thesaban tambon[112]m City of Pattaya[113]
|
74,944 muban[114]vil 5,335 SAO[115]sub Chumchon[116]com
|
1 special administrative area
|
50 khet[117]dis
|
180 kwaeng[118]sub
|
|
Togo
|
5 régions
|
30 préfectures
|
|
|
Tonga
|
5 provinces
|
23 districts
|
|
|
Trinidad and Tobago (regional state or de facto federal state)
|
9 regions Tobago (governed by Tobago House of Assembly) 3 boroughs 2 cities
|
|
|
|
Tunisia
|
24 wilaya'atg
|
mutamadiyat dis
|
shaykhat m
|
|
Turkey
|
81 il pro
|
957 ilçe dis
|
3,200+ belediye m
|
[neighbourhoods] [41] [41,000 villages] [34]
|
Turkmenistan
|
5 welaýatlarr 1 capital city district
|
70+ ?adyndaky etraplar dis [119] 40+ ?etraplar dis 15 [towns] [27]
|
|
|
Tuvalu
|
9 municipalitiesm
|
|
|
|
Uganda
|
135 districts 1 city
|
167 counties 22 municipalities 5 city divisions
|
1,106 subcounties 151 town councils 63 municipal divisions/boroughs
|
parishes villages
|
Ukraine
|
24 oblasts (regions) 2 cities with special status 1 autonomous republic
|
140 raions (districts)
|
1469 hromadas (communities)[120]
|
|
United Arab Emirates (federal state)
|
7 emirates (imarat)
|
local municipalities
|
|
|
United Kingdom (regional state or de facto federal state)
|
1 constituent country with no devolution:
|
England ∟ 9 regions
|
6 metropolitan counties
|
36 metropolitan districts
|
parishes[121]
|
76 non-metropolitan counties
|
201 non-metropolitan districts
|
∟ 56 unitary authorities
|
32 London boroughs
|
City of London
|
|
3 constituent countries with devolution:
|
Northern Ireland
|
(6 counties) 11 districts
|
|
|
Scotland
|
32 council areas
|
|
communities
|
Wales
|
10 county boroughs 9 counties 3 cities
|
|
communities
|
3 crown dependencies:
|
Guernsey[122]
|
10 parishes 2 dependencies: Alderney and Sark
|
|
|
Jersey[122]
|
12 parishes
|
vingtaines, cueillettes
|
|
Isle of Man
|
6 sheadings
|
15 parishes, 9 towns and villages
|
|
14 British Overseas Territories:
|
Akrotiri and Dhekelia
|
|
|
|
Anguilla
|
14 districts
|
|
|
Bermuda
|
9 parishes 2 municipalities
|
|
|
British Indian Ocean Territory
|
|
|
|
British Virgin Islands
|
5 districts
|
|
|
Cayman Islands
|
7 districts
|
|
|
Falkland Islands
|
|
|
|
Gibraltar
|
|
|
|
Montserrat
|
3 parishes
|
|
|
Pitcairn Islands
|
|
|
|
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
|
3 parts of the territory:
- Saint Helena
Ascension Island Tristan da Cunha
|
Saint Helena has 8 districts
|
|
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
|
|
|
|
Turks and Caicos Islands
|
6 districts
|
|
|
United States (federal state)
|
50 states 1 federal district 1 incorporated territory: Palmyra Atoll ( US Minor Outlying Islands)
|
3,142 counties and county-equivalents (including 41 independent cities)[123][124][125][126][127]
|
Municipalities and minor civil divisions (including cities, plantations, towns, townships, villages, etc.): 35,930 municipal bodies (Note that municipalities and cities can exist in multiple counties.)
|
4 unincorporated organized territories:
|
Guam
|
19 villages[128]
|
|
|
Northern Mariana Islands
|
4 municipalities
|
|
|
Puerto Rico
|
78 municipalitiesm
|
900+ barrios[41][129]
|
|
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; 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
|
19 departamentosdep
|
112 municipiosm
|
|
|
Uzbekistan (regional state or de facto federal state)
|
12 viloyatlar 1 respublikaa 1 independent city
|
174 tumanlardis 120 shaharlarci
|
|
|
Vanuatu
|
6 provinces
|
municipalities, local councils
|
|
|
Vatican City
|
None
|
Venezuela (federal state)
|
23 estadoss
|
335 municipiosm
|
1,136 parroquiaspa
|
|
dependencias federales [130] 1 Capital District
|
|
|
|
Vietnam
|
58 provinces (tỉnh)
|
69 provincial cities (thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh) 51 district level towns (thị xã) 595 districts (huyện) 8 đảo
|
693 commune-level towns (thị trấn) 1,100+ wards (phường) 10,000+ rural communes (xã)
|
|
5 municipalities (thành phố trực thuộc trung ương)
|
49 boroughs (quận)
|
1,400+ wards (phường)
|
|
Yemen
|
21 muḥāfaẓātg 1 municipality
|
333 districtsdis
|
2,210+ [subdistricts]sd
|
38,284 [villages] [34]
|
Zambia
|
10 provinces
|
89 districts
|
|
|
Zimbabwe
|
10 provinces
|
59 districts
|
1,200 municipalities
|
|