List of terms for administrative divisions

This is a list of English and non-English terms for administrative divisions.

## English

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* 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

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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.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (April 2024)

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Name | Countries | English equivalents

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amphoe |  Thailand | district
Amt |  Germany | county (formerly; the modern term is kreis, which means literally "circle")
amt |  Denmark | county (replaced with regions in 2007)
amt |  Norway | county (formerly; the modern term is fylke)
apskritis |  Lithuania | county
anakhett |  Cambodia | prefecture
arrondissement |  Netherlands | borough, district
French-speaking countries
autónoma |  Spanish-speaking countries | autonomous
autônomo, autônoma |  Portuguese-speaking countries
автоно́мный (avtonomny) |  Russia
aimag (аймаг) |  Mongolia | province
baladiyah (baladiyat) |  Arab countries | municipality
barangay |  Philippines | village (rural) or ward
bairro |  Brazil | neighbourhood, district
Portugal
Mozambique
barrio |  Spanish-speaking countries
бановина (banovina)  |  Yugoslavia | banate, province
bayan |  Philippines | municipality
Bezirk |  Austria | district
Bezirk |  Switzerland | district
Bezirk |  Germany | district
Bundesland |  Germany (colloquial term)  | federal state
Bundesland |  Austria (colloquial term)
bibhag |  Bangladesh | division
bwrdeistref |  Wales | borough county
canton (French)
cantone (Italian)
chantun (Romansh)
Kanton (German) |  Switzerland | canton
kanton (Bosnian)  |  Bosnia and Herzegovina
castello |  San Marino | municipality
changwat |  Thailand | province
chef-lieu |  France | chief town or city
comarca |  Portuguese-speaking countries (judicial system)  | county
Spanish-speaking countries
comuna |  Angola | division of município
comuna |  Spanish-speaking countries | commune
comună |  Romania | rural commune
comune |  Italy | municipality
comunidad |  Spain | community
comunidade intermunicipal |  Portugal | intermunicipal community
comunidade urbana |  Portugal | urban community
concelho |  Cape Verde | municipality; synonym of município
Portugal
corregimiento |  Panama | subdivision of a distrito
daerah | Malay-speaking countries | district
provinsi |  Indonesia | province
Daerah Istimewa | Special District, all are first level (provincial level)
Daerah Khusus Ibukota | Exclusive Capital District, refers to DKI Jakarta only.
dào (Mandarin) |  People's Republic of China | circuit
deelgemeente |  Belgium | submunicipality
demos (δήμος) |  Greece | municipality
departamento |  Latin America (Spanish-speaking countries) | department
département |  French-speaking countries | department
desa |  Indonesia | village
district |  Suriname | district
distrik |  Indonesia | district
distrito |  Portugal | group of municipalities
São Tomé and Príncipe | municipality
Philippines | district
Spanish-speaking countries
distrito, distritu |  East Timor | municipality
distrito federal |  Brazil | federal district
dō |  Japan | circuit
do |  North Korea
South Korea
dombon |  Cambodia | area or region
dzongkhag |  Bhutan | district
estado |  Brazil | federal state
Mexico
Venezuela
etrap  |  Turkmenistan | district
freguesia |  Cape Verde | civil parish
Portugal
fylke |  Norway | county
gemeente |  Belgium ( Flanders)  | municipality
Netherlands
Gemeinde |  Austria | municipality
Gemeinde |  Germany
Gemeinde |  Italy
Gemeinde |  Switzerland
gewog |  Bhutan | block
gmina |  Poland | commune, municipality
gobolka |  Somalia | administrative region
gouvernorat |  Guinea | governorate
grande área metropolitana |  Portugal | greater metropolitan area
губе́рния (guberniya) | Russian Empire | governorate
hameau |  France | hamlet
hanua |  Papua New Guinea | village
iduhu |  Papua New Guinea | clan
raj |  India | empire
rajya |  India | state
il or vilayet |  Turkey | province
ilçe |  Turkey | district
imarah |  Arab countries (formerly)  | emirate
United Arab Emirates
jamoat |  Tajikistan | commune or municipality
járás |  Hungary | district
Jilla |  Nepal | district
județ |  Moldova (formerly)  | county
Romania
jurydyka |  Poland | village
kabupaten |  Indonesia | regency
kampung or kampong | Malay-speaking countries and Cambodia | village, hamlet, neighbourhood
kasselrij |  Netherlands | county or burgraviate
kecamatan |  Indonesia | district
kelurahan |  Indonesia | (urban) village or subdistrict
ken |  Japan | prefecture
khan |  Cambodia | district or section
khett |  Cambodia | province
khoueng |  Laos | province
khum |  Cambodia | commune
kilil |  Ethiopia | region
kommun |  Finland (Swedish speaking)  | municipality
Sweden
kommune |  Denmark | municipality
Norway
kota |  Indonesia | chartered city
кожуун (kozhuun) |  Russia ( Tyva Republic) | rural council
край (krai) |  Russia | region
kraj |  Czech Republic | region
Slovakia
Kreis |  Germany | district
krom |  Cambodia | group
krong |  Cambodia | municipality
ku |  Japan | ward
kunta |  Finland | municipality
lääni |  Finland | province
lalawigan |  Philippines | province
län |  Sweden | county
Land |  Austria (official term) | state
Land |  Germany (official term) | state
lieu-dit |  France | place name
linn |  Estonia | town or city
lugar |  Cape Verde | division of zona in Cape Verde
Portugal | hamlet
lungsod |  Philippines | city
maakond |  Estonia | county
մարզ (marz)  |  Armenia | province or region
mahoz |  Israel | district
mancomunidad |  Spain | association of municipalities, commonwealth
merindad |  Medieval Spain | county
mesorregião |  Brazil | mesoregion (division of estado)
mintaqah (mintaqat) |  Arab countries | province, region
microrregião |  Brazil | microregion (division of mesorregião, group of municípios)
მხარე (mkhare)  |  Georgia | region
muban |  Thailand | village
muhafazah (muhafazat) |  Arab countries | governorate
mukim | Malay-speaking countries | subdistrict, subdivision of subdistrict, survey district
municipalidad |  Latin America (Spanish-speaking countries) | municipality
municipio |  Spanish-speaking countries | municipality
Portuguese-speaking countries
nafa |  Israel | subdistrict
negeri |  Malaysia | state
nomos |  Greece | prefecture
novads |  Latvia | municipality (amalgamated urban areas without town rights)
NUTS |  Europe | Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics
obec |  Czech Republic | municipality
Slovakia
область (oblast) | Countries formerly in the  Soviet Union or  Yugoslavia | province, region
община (obshtina) |  Bulgaria | municipality
okres |  Czech Republic | district
Slovakia
okrug |  Serbia | district
Russia
opština |  Republika Srpska | municipality
Montenegro
Serbia
ostan (ostan-e) |  Iran | province
pagasts |  Latvia | parish
panchayati raj |  India | village council
paróquia |  Portugal | parish (religious division)
Cape Verde
parroquia |  Spain ( Galicia)  | parish
Andorra
pedanía |  Spain | county
Περιφέρειες (periféreia) |  Greece | periphery
phum |  Cambodia | village
phumpheak |  Cambodia | zone
pilseta |  Latvia | town/city
povit |  Ukraine | county
powiat |  Poland | county
pradesh |  India | state of India

Nepal | province of Nepal
probinsya |  Philippines | province
provinsi |  Indonesia | province
provincia |  Spanish-speaking countries | province
Italy
província |  Portugal (formerly)  | province
Angola
São Tomé and Príncipe
prowincja |  Poland | province
purok |  Philippines | district or zone
raion |  Russia | district
Moldova
Ukraine
rajons |  Latvia | district
região |  Brazil | group of estados; also macrorregião
Guinea-Bissau | region
Portugal
região autónoma |  Portugal | autonomous region
São Tomé and Príncipe
regierungsbezirk |  Germany | district
region |  Denmark | region
regione |  Italy | region
şäher  |  Turkmenistan | capital city district
sangkat |  Cambodia | commune or quarter
sector |  Guinea-Bissau | sector (municipality)
sector autónomo |  Guinea-Bissau | autonomous sector (municipality)
сельсовет (selsoviet) |  Russia | rural council
sheng/shêng |  People's Republic of China
Taiwan | province
shi/shih |  People's Republic of China
Taiwan | city
sitio |

Philippines

| district or zone
շրջան (shrjan)  |  Republic of Artsakh | province or region
hromada |  Ukraine | municipality
srŏk |  Cambodia | district
sum |  Mongolia | district
subdistrito, subdistritu |  East Timor | subdistrict (submunicipality)
subregião |  Portugal | subregion
suco, suku |  East Timor | division of submunicipality
-stan | Central Asian countries | land (denotes high level of autonomy)
sýsla |  Faroe Islands | district
Iceland
tambon |  Thailand | subdistrict
thesaban |  Thailand | municipality
tỉnh |  Vietnam | province
todōfuken |  Japan | prefectural level divisions (collectively)
tuman  |  Uzbekistan | district
ulus |  Russia ( Sakha Republic) | district
upazila |  Bangladesh | subdistrict
union parishad |  Bangladesh | council or constituency
mouza |  Bangladesh | mouza
gram/gaon |  Bangladesh | village
Ward |  Bangladesh | ward
vald |  Estonia | parish, rural municipality
vármegye |  Hungary | county
вилоят (viloyat)  |  Tajikistan | region
Uzbekistan
во́лость (volost) |  Russia | district
wojewodztwo |  Poland | voivodeship
waterschap |  Netherlands | water board
welaýaty  |  Turkmenistan | region
wilayah |  Arab countries | province, territory
Malaysia
xian/hsien |  People's Republic of China
Taiwan | county
země |  Czech Republic | land (historical)
zona |  Cape Verde | zone (division of freguesia)
ziemia |  Poland | land
Zillah |  Pakistan | district
Bangladesh
India
župa |  Slovakia | county (historical)
županija |  Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croatian speaking)  | county
Croatia
maahaanam |  Sri Lanka (Tamil speaking) | province
maavattam |  Sri Lanka (Tamil speaking) | district
pirathesam/koattam |  Sri Lanka (Tamil speaking) | division
palaatha |  Sri Lanka (Sinhala speaking) | province
dhisthrikaya |  Sri Lanka (Sinhala speaking) | district
kottahsha |  Sri Lanka (Sinhala speaking) | division

## See also

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* Administrative division
* Census division
* Census-designated place \- statistical territorial subdivisions in the United States
* List of administrative divisions by country

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Designations for types of administrative division

English terms

Common English terms

| Area|

* Insular area
* Local government area
* Special area
* Unincorporated area
* Unorganized area

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Borough|

* County borough
* Metropolitan borough

Canton|

Half-canton

Capital|

* Federal capital
* Imperial capital

City|

* Autonomous city
* Charter city
* Independent city
* Incorporated city
* Imperial city
* Free imperial city
* Royal free city

Community|

* Autonomous community
* Residential community

County|

* Administrative county
* Autonomous county
* Consolidated city-county
* County seat
* County town
* Metropolitan county
* Non-metropolitan county
* Regional county municipality
* Viscounty

Country|

* Overseas country

Department|

* Overseas department

District|

* Capital district
* City district
* Congressional district
* Electoral district
* Federal district
* Indian government district
* Land district
* Local government district
* Metropolitan district
* Non-metropolitan district
* Military district
* Municipal district
* Police district
* Regional district
* Rural district
* Sanitary district
* Service district
* Educational service district
* Local service district
* School district
* Intermediate school district
* Special district
* in the US
* Urban district

Division|

* Census division
* Police division
* Subdivision of India

Indian reserve/reservation|

* Indian reservation (United States)
* Indian reserve (Canada)

Municipality|

* City municipality
* County municipality
* Direct-controlled municipality
* District municipality
* Neutral municipality
* Regional municipality
* Resort municipality
* Mountain resort municipality
* Rural municipality
* Specialized municipality

Prefecture|

* Autonomous prefecture
* Subprefecture
* Super-prefecture
* Praetorian prefecture

Province|

* Autonomous province
* Overseas province
* Roman province

Region|

* Administrative region
* Special administrative region
* Autonomous region
* Capital region
* National capital region
* Development region
* Mesoregion
* Microregion
* Overseas region
* Subregion

State|

* Proto-state
* City-state
* Federal state
* Free state
* Sovereign state

Territory|

* Capital territory
* Federal capital territory
* National capital territory
* Dependent territory
* Federal territory
* Incorporated territory
* Organized incorporated territory
* Overseas territory
* Union territory

Town|

* Census town
* Market town

Township|

* Charter township
* Civil township
* Paper township
* Survey township
* Urban township

Unit|

* Regional unit
* Territorial unit
* Autonomous territorial unit

Zone|

* Economic zone
* Exclusive economic zone
* Free economic zone
* Special economic zone
* Exclusion zone
* Military exclusion zone
* Free speech zone
* Neutral zone
* Self-administered zone
* Trade zone
* Free-trade zone

Other English terms

| Current|

* Alpine resort
* Bailiwick
* Banner
* Autonomous
* Block
* Cadastre
* Circle
* Circuit
* Colony
* Commune
* Condominium
* Constituency
* Duchy
* District
* Eldership
* Emirate
* Enclave and exclave
* Federal dependency
* Governorate
* Hamlet
* Manor
* Royal
* Muftiate
* Neighbourhood
* Parish
* Precinct
* Principality
* Protectorate
* Quarter
* Regency
* Autonomous republic
* Riding
* Sector
* Autonomous
* Shire
* Sultanate
* Suzerainty
* Townland
* Village
* Summer
* Ward

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Historical|

* Agency
* Barony
* Burgh
* Exarchate
* Hide
* Hundred
* Imperial Circle
* March
* Monthon
* Presidency
* Residency
* Roman diocese
* Seat
* Tenth
* Tithing
* Viceroyalty

Non-English terms or loanwords

| Current|

* Amt
* Apskritis
* Bakhsh
* Barangay
* Bashki
* Bezirk
* Regierungsbezirk
* Comarca
* Comune
* Frazione
* Freguesia
* Fu
* Gemeinde
* Austria
* Germany
* South Tyrol
* Switzerland
* Gemeente
* Gmina
* Hromada
* Județ
* Kampong
* Kommun/Kunta
* Finland
* Sweden
* Län (Sweden)
* Landskap
* Finland
* Località
* Maakunta
* Megye
* Muban
* Mukim
* Njësi administrative
* Oblast
* Autonomous
* Okrug
* Ostān
* Poblacion
* Purok
* Qark
* Raion
* Savivaldybė
* Selsoviet
* Sitio
* Seniūnija
* Shahrestān
* Sum
* China
* Sýsla
* Tehsil
* Townlet
* Vingtaine

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Historical|

* Commote
* Gau
* Heerlijkheid
* Komunë
* Köping
* Korale
* Län/Lääni
* Landskap
* Sweden
* Landskommun
* Maalaiskunta
* Nome
* Egypt
* Greece
* Pagus
* Pargana
* Plasă
* Rreth
* Satrapy
* Socken
* Subah
* Syssel
* Zhou

Used by ten or more countries or having derived terms. Historical derivations in italics.

See also
Autonomous administration
Census division
Electoral district
List of administrative divisions by country
Slavic administrative divisions
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