List of administrative division name changes
This is a list of administrative divisions whose names were officially changed at one or more points in history. It does not include gradual changes in spelling.
Argentina[]
Australia[]
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- Swan River Colony → Western Australia (1832)
- Van Diemen's Land → Tasmania (1856)
- North Australia → Northern Territory (1931)
- Central Australia → Northern Territory (1931)
- Federal Capital Territory → Australian Capital Territory (1938)
Brazil[]
Canada[]
- Newfoundland → Newfoundland and Labrador (2001)
Hong Kong[]
- Castle Peak → Tuen Mun
India[]
- Madras State → Tamil Nadu (1969) [1]
- Mysore State → Karnataka (1973) [2]
- Orissa → Odisha (2009) [3]
Indonesia[]
- Daerah Istimewa Aceh → Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (2002) [4][5]
- Irian Jaya → Papua (2002) [6]
- Irian Jaya Barat → Papua Barat (2007)
- Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam → Aceh (2009)
Ireland[]
- King's County → County Offaly (1922)
- Queen's County → County Laois (1922)
- County Donegal → County Tirconaill (1922) → County Donegal (1927)
Kazakhstan[]
- South Kazakhstan Region → Turkistan Region (2018)
Mozambique[]
- Lourenço Marques Province → Maputo Province (1976)
- Moçambique Province → Nampula Province (1975)
Pakistan[]
- North-West Frontier Province → Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (2010)
Serbia[]
- Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (1944–1968) → Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (1968–1990)
- Autonomous Region of Kosovo and Metohija (1945–1963) → Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija (1963–1968) → Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo (1968–1990) → Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija (1990–present)
South Africa[]
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- Natal → KwaZulu/Natal (27 April 1994) → KwaZulu-Natal (4 February 1997)
- Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging → Gauteng (3 July 1995)
- Orange Free State → Free State (3 July 1995)
- Eastern Transvaal → Mpumalanga (20 September 1995)
- Northern Transvaal → Northern Province (20 September 1995) → Limpopo (11 July 2003)
- North-West → North West (4 February 1997)
South Korea[]
United States[]
- Rhode Island and Providence Plantations → Rhode Island (30 November 2020)
References[]
- ^ The State Legislature - Origin a Archived 2010-04-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Kamat's Potpourri: A Brief History of Karnataka
- ^ Times of India: Orissa is now Odisha
- ^ Indonesia Provinces
- ^ http://www.pcgn.org.uk/Indonesia-%20Population&AdminDivs-%202003.pdf Archived 2007-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ BBC News | ASIA-PACIFIC | Behind Irian Jaya's name change
See also[]
Categories:
- Lists of place names
- Alternative place names
- Geographical renaming