List of terms for administrative divisions

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

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Non-English[]

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
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
 Cambodia prefecture
arrondissement  Netherlands borough, district
Flag of La Francophonie.svg French-speaking countries
autónoma Flag of the Hispanicity.svg Spanish-speaking countries autonomous
autônomo, autônoma Flag CPLP.svg Portuguese-speaking countries
автоно́мный (avtonomny)  Russia
aimag  Mongolia province
baladiyah (baladiyat) Flag of the Arab League.svg Arab countries municipality
barangay  Philippines village (rural) or ward
bairro  Brazil neighbourhood, district
 Portugal
 Mozambique
barrio Flag of the Hispanicity.svg Spanish-speaking countries
бановина (banovina) Flag of Yugoslavia (1992–2003).svg Yugoslavia banate, province
bayan  Philippines municipality
bezirk  Austria district
bundesland  Germany (colloquial term) federal state
bundesland  Austria (colloquial term)
bibhag  Bangladesh division
 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 Flag CPLP.svg Portuguese-speaking countries (judicial system) county
Flag of the Hispanicity.svg Spanish-speaking countries
comuna  Angola division of município
comuna Flag of the Hispanicity.svg 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
propinsi  Indonesia province
id:Daerah Istimewa Special District, all are first level (provincial level)
id:Daerah Khusus Ibukota Exclusive Capital District, refers to DKI Jakarta only.
dào (Mandarin) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China circuit
deelgemeente  Belgium submunicipality
demos  Greece municipality
departamento Flag of the Hispanicity.svg Latin America (Spanish-speaking countries) department
département Flag of La Francophonie.svg 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
Flag of the Hispanicity.svg Spanish-speaking countries
distrito, distritu  East Timor municipality
distrito federal  Brazil federal district
 Japan circuit
do  North Korea
 South Korea
 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 (Flag of Flanders.svg Flanders) municipality
 Netherlands
gemeinde  Austria municipality
gemeinde  Germany
gemeinde  Italy
gemeinde   Switzerland
gewog  Bhutan block
gmina  Poland commune, municipality
gobolka  Somalia administrative region
 Guinea governorate
grande área metropolitana  Portugal greater metropolitan area
губе́рния (guberniya) Russian Empire governorate
hameau  France hamlet
 Papua New Guinea village
 Papua New Guinea clan
raj  India empire
rajya  India state
il or vilayet  Turkey province
ilçe  Turkey district
imarah Flag of the Arab League.svg Arab countries (formerly) emirate
 United Arab Emirates
jamoat  Tajikistan commune or municipality
járás  Hungary district
Jilla    Nepal district
judeţ  Moldova (formerly) county
 Romania
jurydyka  Poland village
kabupaten  Indonesia regency
kampung or kampong Malay-speaking countries and Cambodia village, hamlet, neighbourhood
 Netherlands county or burgraviate
kecamatan  Indonesia district
kelurahan  Indonesia (urban) village or subdistrict
ken  Japan prefecture
khan  Cambodia district or section
 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 (Flag of Tuva.svg Tyva Republic) rural council
край (krai)  Russia region
kraj  Czech Republic region
 Slovakia
Kreis  Germany district
krom  Cambodia group
krong  Cambodia municipality
kunta  Finland municipality
lääni  Finland province
 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
 Philippines city
maakond  Estonia county
մարզ (marz)  Armenia province or region
megye  Hungary county
mahoz  Israel district
mancomunidad  Spain association of municipalities, commonwealth
merindad Pendon del Reino de Castilla.svg Medieval Spain county
mesorregião  Brazil mesoregion (division of estado)
mintaqah (mintaqat) Flag of the Arab League.svg Arab countries province, region
microrregião  Brazil microregion (division of mesorregião, group of municípios)
მხარე (mkhare)  Georgia region
muban  Thailand village
muhafazah (muhafazat) Flag of the Arab League.svg Arab countries governorate
mukim Malay-speaking countries subdistrict, subdivision of subdistrict, survey district
municipalidad Flag of the Hispanicity.svg Latin America (Spanish-speaking countries) municipality
municipio Flag of the Hispanicity.svg Spanish-speaking countries municipality
Flag CPLP.svg 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 Flag of the Soviet Union.png Soviet Union or Flag of Yugoslavia (1992–2003).svg 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 (Flag of Galicia.svg Galicia) parish
 Andorra
 Spain county
Περιφέρειες (perif��reia)  Greece periphery
phum  Cambodia village
 Cambodia zone
pilseta  Latvia town/city
powiat  Poland county
pradesh  India state of India
   Nepal province of Nepal
 Philippines province
provinsi  Indonesia province
provincia Flag of the Hispanicity.svg Spanish-speaking countries province
 Italy
província  Portugal (formerly) province
 Angola
 São Tomé and Príncipe
prowincja  Poland province
райо́н (raion) Russian-speaking countries district
 Moldova
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
շրջան (shrjan) Flag of Artsakh.svg Republic of Artsakh province or region
сільрада (silrada)  Ukraine rural council
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
tinh  Vietnam province
todōfuken  Japan prefectural level divisions (collectively)
tuman  Uzbekistan district
улу́с (ulus)  Russia (Flag of Sakha.svg 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
вилоят (viloyat)  Tajikistan region
 Uzbekistan
во́лость (volost)  Russia district
wojewodztwo  Poland voivodeship
waterschap  Netherlands water board
welaýaty  Turkmenistan region
wilayah Flag of the Arab League.svg Arab countries province, territory
 Malaysia
 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
 Sri Lanka (Tamil speaking) province
 Sri Lanka (Tamil speaking) district
 Sri Lanka (Tamil speaking) division
 Sri Lanka (Sinhala speaking) province
 Sri Lanka (Sinhala speaking) district
 Sri Lanka (Sinhala speaking) division

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