List of terms for administrative divisions
This is a list of English and non-English terms for administrative divisions.
English
[edit]- 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
[edit]This is an alphabetical list of native non-English terms for administrative divisions; some, such as arrondissement and okrug, have become English loanwords. Terms in italics are prefixes or suffixes.
Name | Countries | English equivalents |
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amphoe | ![]() |
district |
amt | ![]() |
county (formerly; the modern term is kreis, which means literally "circle") |
amt | ![]() |
county (replaced with regions in 2007) |
amt | ![]() |
county (formerly; the modern term is fylke) |
apskritis | ![]() |
county |
anakhett | ![]() |
prefecture |
arrondissement | ![]() |
borough, district |
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autónoma | ![]() |
autonomous |
autônomo, autônoma | ![]() | |
автоно́мный (avtonomny) | ![]() | |
aimag | ![]() |
province |
baladiyah (baladiyat) | ![]() |
municipality |
barangay | ![]() |
village (rural) or ward |
bairro | ![]() |
neighbourhood, district |
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barrio | ![]() | |
бановина (banovina) | ![]() |
banate, province |
bayan | ![]() |
municipality |
bezirk | ![]() |
district |
bezirk | ![]() |
district |
bezirk | ![]() |
district |
bundesland | ![]() |
federal state |
bundesland | ![]() | |
bibhag | ![]() |
division |
bwrdeistref | ![]() |
borough county |
canton (French) cantone (Italian) chantun (Romansh) kanton (German) |
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canton |
kanton (Bosnian) | ![]() | |
castello | ![]() |
municipality |
changwat | ![]() |
province |
chef-lieu | ![]() |
chief town or city |
comarca | ![]() |
county |
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comuna | ![]() |
division of município |
comuna | ![]() |
commune |
comună | ![]() |
rural commune |
comune | ![]() |
municipality |
comunidad | ![]() |
community |
comunidade intermunicipal | ![]() |
intermunicipal community |
comunidade urbana | ![]() |
urban community |
concelho | ![]() |
municipality; synonym of município |
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corregimiento | ![]() |
subdivision of a distrito |
daerah | Malay-speaking countries | district |
provinsi | ![]() |
province |
Daerah Istimewa | Special District, all are first level (provincial level) | |
Daerah Khusus Ibukota | Exclusive Capital District, refers to DKI Jakarta only. | |
dào (Mandarin) | ![]() |
circuit |
deelgemeente | ![]() |
submunicipality |
demos | ![]() |
municipality |
departamento | ![]() |
department |
département | ![]() |
department |
desa | ![]() |
village |
district | ![]() |
district |
distrik | ![]() |
district |
distrito | ![]() |
group of municipalities |
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municipality | |
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district | |
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distrito, distritu | ![]() |
municipality |
distrito federal | ![]() |
federal district |
dō | ![]() |
circuit |
do | ![]() | |
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dombon | ![]() |
area or region |
dzongkhag | ![]() |
district |
estado | ![]() |
federal state |
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etrap | ![]() |
district |
freguesia | ![]() |
civil parish |
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fylke | ![]() |
county |
gemeente | ![]() ![]() |
municipality |
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gemeinde | ![]() |
municipality |
gemeinde | ![]() | |
gemeinde | ![]() | |
gemeinde | ![]() | |
gewog | ![]() |
block |
gmina | ![]() |
commune, municipality |
gobolka | ![]() |
administrative region |
gouvernorat | ![]() |
governorate |
grande área metropolitana | ![]() |
greater metropolitan area |
губе́рния (guberniya) | Russian Empire | governorate |
hameau | ![]() |
hamlet |
hanua | ![]() |
village |
iduhu | ![]() |
clan |
raj | ![]() |
empire |
rajya | ![]() |
state |
il or vilayet | ![]() |
province |
ilçe | ![]() |
district |
imarah | ![]() |
emirate |
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jamoat | ![]() |
commune or municipality |
járás | ![]() |
district |
Jilla | ![]() |
district |
judeţ | ![]() |
county |
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jurydyka | ![]() |
village |
kabupaten | ![]() |
regency |
kampung or kampong | Malay-speaking countries and Cambodia | village, hamlet, neighbourhood |
kasselrij | ![]() |
county or burgraviate |
kecamatan | ![]() |
district |
kelurahan | ![]() |
(urban) village or subdistrict |
ken | ![]() |
prefecture |
khan | ![]() |
district or section |
khett | ![]() |
province |
khoueng | ![]() |
province |
khum | ![]() |
commune |
kilil | ![]() |
region |
kommun | ![]() |
municipality |
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kommune | ![]() |
municipality |
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kota | ![]() |
chartered city |
кожуун (kozhuun) | ![]() ![]() |
rural council |
край (krai) | ![]() |
region |
kraj | ![]() |
region |
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Kreis | ![]() |
district |
krom | ![]() |
group |
krong | ![]() |
municipality |
ku | ![]() |
ward |
kunta | ![]() |
municipality |
lääni | ![]() |
province |
lalawigan | ![]() |
province |
län | ![]() |
county |
land | ![]() |
state |
land | ![]() |
state |
lieu-dit | ![]() |
place name |
linn | ![]() |
town or city |
lugar | ![]() |
division of zona in Cape Verde |
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hamlet | |
lungsod | ![]() |
city |
maakond | ![]() |
county |
մարզ (marz) | ![]() |
province or region |
mahoz | ![]() |
district |
mancomunidad | ![]() |
association of municipalities, commonwealth |
merindad | ![]() |
county |
mesorregião | ![]() |
mesoregion (division of estado) |
mintaqah (mintaqat) | ![]() |
province, region |
microrregião | ![]() |
microregion (division of mesorregião, group of municípios) |
მხარე (mkhare) | ![]() |
region |
muban | ![]() |
village |
muhafazah (muhafazat) | ![]() |
governorate |
mukim | Malay-speaking countries | subdistrict, subdivision of subdistrict, survey district |
municipalidad | ![]() |
municipality |
municipio | ![]() |
municipality |
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nafa | ![]() |
subdistrict |
negeri | ![]() |
state |
nomos | ![]() |
prefecture |
novads | ![]() |
municipality (amalgamated urban areas without town rights) |
NUTS | ![]() |
Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics |
obec | ![]() |
municipality |
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область (oblast) | Countries formerly in the ![]() ![]() |
province, region |
община (obshtina) | ![]() |
municipality |
okres | ![]() |
district |
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okrug | ![]() |
district |
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opština | ![]() |
municipality |
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ostan (ostan-e) | ![]() |
province |
pagasts | ![]() |
parish |
panchayati raj | ![]() |
village council |
paróquia | ![]() |
parish (religious division) |
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parroquia | ![]() ![]() |
parish |
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pedanía | ![]() |
county |
Περιφέρειες (periféreia) | ![]() |
periphery |
phum | ![]() |
village |
phumpheak | ![]() |
zone |
pilseta | ![]() |
town/city |
povit | ![]() |
county |
powiat | ![]() |
county |
pradesh | ![]() |
state of India |
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province of Nepal | |
probinsya | ![]() |
province |
provinsi | ![]() |
province |
provincia | ![]() |
province |
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província | ![]() |
province |
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prowincja | ![]() |
province |
purok | ![]() |
district or zone |
raion | ![]() |
district |
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rajons | ![]() |
district |
região | ![]() |
group of estados; also macrorregião |
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region | |
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região autónoma | ![]() |
autonomous region |
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regierungsbezirk | ![]() |
district |
region | ![]() |
region |
regione | ![]() |
region |
şäher | ![]() |
capital city district |
sangkat | ![]() |
commune or quarter |
sector | ![]() |
sector (municipality) |
sector autónomo | ![]() |
autonomous sector (municipality) |
сельсовет (selsoviet) | ![]() |
rural council |
sheng/shêng | ![]() ![]() |
province |
shi/shih | ![]() ![]() |
city |
sitio | district or zone | |
շրջան (shrjan) | ![]() |
province or region |
hromada | ![]() |
municipality |
srŏk | ![]() |
district |
sum | ![]() |
district |
subdistrito, subdistritu | ![]() |
subdistrict (submunicipality) |
subregião | ![]() |
subregion |
suco, suku | ![]() |
division of submunicipality |
-stan | Central Asian countries | land (denotes high level of autonomy) |
sýsla | ![]() |
district |
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tambon | ![]() |
subdistrict |
thesaban | ![]() |
municipality |
tỉnh | ![]() |
province |
todōfuken | ![]() |
prefectural level divisions (collectively) |
tuman | ![]() |
district |
ulus | ![]() ![]() |
district |
upazila | ![]() |
subdistrict |
union parishad | ![]() |
council or constituency |
mouza | ![]() |
mouza |
gram/gaon | ![]() |
village |
Ward | ![]() |
ward |
vald | ![]() |
parish, rural municipality |
vármegye | ![]() |
county |
вилоят (viloyat) | ![]() |
region |
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во́лость (volost) | ![]() |
district |
wojewodztwo | ![]() |
voivodeship |
waterschap | ![]() |
water board |
welaýaty | ![]() |
region |
wilayah | ![]() |
province, territory |
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xian/hsien | ![]() ![]() |
county |
země | ![]() |
land (historical) |
zona | ![]() |
zone (division of freguesia) |
ziemia | ![]() |
land |
Zillah | ![]() |
district |
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župa | ![]() |
county (historical) |
županija | ![]() |
county |
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maahaanam | ![]() |
province |
maavattam | ![]() |
district |
pirathesam/koattam | ![]() |
division |
palaatha | ![]() |
province |
dhisthrikaya | ![]() |
district |
kottahsha | ![]() |
division |
See also
[edit]- Administrative division
- Census division
- Census-designated place - statistical territorial subdivisions in the United States
- List of administrative divisions by country
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