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The table below indicates the types and, where known, numbers of administrative divisions used by countries and their major dependent territories. It is ordered alphabetically by country name in English.

Notes

Numbers of divisions
To simplify maintaining the table, numbers of divisions are only specified where a country has around thirty or fewer instances; for example, as of 2010, the twelve qarqe (counties) of Albania. For numbers greater than thirty, the number rounded down to the nearest ten (or, in the case of thousands, the nearest hundred) is given, suffixed by a plus sign "+"; for example, the "300+" komuna (communes) of Albania. More precise figures should be found in the articles linked by the table.
Terms in italics
Terms in italics are terms in languages other than English. They should be in plural form, followed by a footnote or footnotes indicating the generally accepted English equivalent or translation. Known alternative spellings are given in brackets following a term.
Terms in brackets
Entries in standard brackets either indicate that the term used is informal or that its use is yet to be confirmed. An English term in square brackets indicates that the local name for the term is not yet known or confirmed; when confirmed, it is replaced by the local name in italics.
Footnote letters ( c d m p r )
These indicate, respectively, five common types of administrative division in English: capitals; districts; municipalities; provinces; and regions. Other English terms appear among the numbered footnotes.

Administrative divisions with ISO 3166-1

Administrative divisions with ISO 3166-1 are cited for statitics matters even when they do not have a special status (for example, the overseas regions of France).

Antarctic claims

Administrative divisions that are entirely Antarctic claims suspended under the Antarctic Treaty are not listed.

Autonomous areas

Not all the autonomous areas are part of the formal hierarchy of the administrative division system of a country (for example, the autonomous region of Zanzibar comprises 5 regions of Tanzania, the first tier on administrative divisions on that country). For more details, see List of autonomous areas by country.

Dependent territories

Dependent territories are listed with their sovereign country. For more details, see List of dependent territories.

Table


Country

Administrative divisions
 
First-level Second-level Third-level Fourth-level
and smaller
Afghanistan Afghanistan 34 velaya'at p 399 woleswali d
Albania Albania 12 qarqe [8][29] 36 rrethe d 65 bashki m
399 komunë [7]
66 qytete[6]
2,834 fshatra [27][30]
Algeria Algeria 48 wilayas p 553 daïras [5] 1,541 baladiyahs m[31]
For Åland, see Finland below.
For American Samoa, see United States below.
Andorra Andorra 7 parròquies [14]m 17 quarts [16]

10 veïnats [13]
33 [villages]

For Anguilla, see United Kingdom below.
Angola Angola 18 províncias p 163 municípios [32]m 618 comunas
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda 6 parishesi
2 dependencies
Argentina Argentina 22 provincias p 376 departamentos [9] d (m)[33] municipalidad [34]m localidades
Buenos Aires Province p 135 partidos d m cities and towns
Buenos Airesc d m[1] 15 comunas [7] 48 barrios [13]
Armenia Armenia 10 marzer [35]p
Yerevanc
915 hamaynkner m
For Aruba, see Netherlands below.
Australia Australia 6 states
9 territories
, including:

- 5 external territories
Australia Ashmore and Cartier Islands
 Christmas Island
 Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Australia Coral Sea Islands
Australia Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- 1 external autonomous territory[1]
 Norfolk Island

562 Local Government Areas[36]
Austria Austria 9 Bundesländer [20] 84 Politische Bezirke d
15 Statutarstädte [6]
2,342 Gemeinden m[7] 7,800+ Katastralgemeinden [37]
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 59 rayonlar d
11 şəhərlər [6]
1 muxtar respublika [1] 7 rayonlar d
1 şəhər [6]
The Bahamas Bahamas 31 districtsm
New Providence
42 townships
Bahrain Bahrain 5 muhāfazāt [11]m
Bangladesh Bangladesh 7 bibhag [10] 64 zilla d 474 upozilla d
Barbados Barbados 11 parishesi
Belarus Belarus 6 voblastsi p
Minskc
127 raën d 1,448 syélski savyét[17]
Belgium Belgium 3 gewesten [38]r 10 provincies [39]p 43 arrondissementen [40]d 589 gemeenten [41]m
Belize Belize 6 districts 31 constituencies 180+ local councils
For Bermuda, see United Kingdom below.
Benin Benin 12 départements [9] 77 communes 149 arrondissements [villages] [27]
[city districts] d
Bhutan Bhutan 20 dzongkhag d 205 gewog [2][27]
Bolivia Bolivia 9 departamentos [9] 112 provincias p 314 municipios [18][42] 1,384 cantones [4]
For Bonaire, see Netherlands below.
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 kantona [4] 79 općine m
Republika Srpska 63 opštine m
Brčko District
Botswana Botswana 9 districts m 19 sub-districts [21]
For Bouvet Island, see Norway below.
Brazil Brazil 26 estados [20]
Distrito Federalc
558 microrregiões 5,564 municípios m
For British Indian Ocean Territory, see United Kingdom below.
For British Virgin Islands, see United Kingdom below.
Brunei Brunei 4 daerah-daerah d 38 mukim p kampung [27]
Bulgaria Bulgaria 28 oblasti p 287 obshtini m[7]
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso 13 régions 45 provinces 325 communes [7]
Burundi Burundi 17 provinces 121 communes [7]d 2,639 collines [43]
Cambodia Cambodia
24 khêt p 159 srŏk d khum [7] sangkat [16]
then phum[27]
26 krongm sangkat[16] phum[27]
then krom[44]
Phnom Penhc 8 khan[18] sangkat[16] phum[27]
Cameroon Cameroon 10 regions 50+ départements [9] 310+ arrondissements [subdistricts] [21]
Canada Canada 10 provinces:
Alberta
19 census divisions Counties and municipal districts

towns
cities

British Columbia
27 regional districts
1 region
municipalities, regional district electoral areas
Manitoba
23 census divisions municipalities, rural municipalities
New Brunswick
15 counties municipalities, parishes
Newfoundland
and Labrador
10 census divisions municipalities, unorganized areas of census divisions
Nova Scotia
18 counties Municipalities, municipal districts, county subdivisions
Ontario
50 census divisions[45] (Counties, districts, regional municipalities, etc.) Municipalities, unorganized parts of census subdivisions, geographic townships Municipal wards
Prince Edward Island
3 counties Municipalities, lots
Quebec
17 régions
90+ municipalités régionale de comté et territoires équivalent [8]
communautés urbaines [46]
municipalités, Unorganized areas arrondissements [3]
Saskatchewan
18 census divisions Municipalities, rural municipalities
3 territories:
Northwest Territories
2 census divisions[47] 34 municipalities
unorganized parts of census divisions
Nunavut
3 regions 26 municipalities
unorganized parts of census divisions
Yukon
1 Region Municipalities, unorganized parts of census divisions
Cape Verde Cape Verde 22 concelhos [8][48]m 30+ freguesias [14]
For Cayman Islands, see United Kingdom below.
Central African Republic Central African Republic 16 préfectures [15]
Banguic[1]
60+ sous-préfectures [22] 170+ communes
Chad Chad 22 régions r 40+ départements [9] sub-prefectures communautés rurales [17]
including N'Djamenac
10 arrondissements communes
Chile Chile 15 regiones r 50+ provincias p 320+ comunas m
China People's Republic of China "province" level:

22 shěng p
5 zìzhìqū [1]
4 zhíxiáshì m

"prefecture" level:

280+ dìjíshī [6]
17 dìqū [15]
30 zìzhìzhōu [1]

"county" level:

1400+ xiàn [8]
110+ zìzhìxiàn [1]
850+ (shìxiá)qū d
2 tèqū [49]
370+ xiànjíshì [6]
1 línqū [50]

"township" level:

19500+ zhèn [25]
14600+ xiāng [26]
1000+ mínzúxiāng [51]
6100+ jiēbàn [21][52]
11 qūgōngsuǒ [53]
then


Urban areas:
shèqū [54] or jūmínqū [13]


Rural areas: cūnjí [27][55]

Inner Mongolia
(one of the five zìzhìqū)
3 méng [56] 40+  [57]
3 zìzhìqí [1]
180+ sūmù [26]
1 mínzúsūm [51]
then urban and rural divisions as above.
2 tèbiéxíngzhèngqū [58] :
 Hong Kong 18 districts
 Macau 2 concelhos d 5 freguesias [14]
For the Republic of China, see Taiwan below.
Colombia Colombia 32 departamentos [9]
Bogotác
1100+ municipios m 2000+ corregimientos [25]
Comoros Comoros 3 [autonomous islands] [1] municipalities
Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo[59] 10 provinces
Kinshasac
territoires (districts) [24] 
mairies [60] :
[cities]
communes quartiers [13][16]
territoriale [61] :
[towns]
then quartiers [13][16]

cheffries [19]
then villages

Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo[62] 12 departments [9] 80+ [districts] d communes
For Cook Islands, see New Zealand below.
For Coraçao, see Netherlands below.
Costa Rica Costa Rica 7 provincias p 81 cantones 450+ [districts] d
Ivory Coast Côte d'Ivoire[63] 19 régions r 50+ départements [9] 180+ sous-préfectures [22]
Croatia Croatia 21 županije [8]
Zagrebc
127 gradovi [25]
429 općine m
4117+ mjesnih odbora (gradske četvrti [Zagreb], gradski kotari [Split]) 6700+ naselja
Cuba Cuba 14 provincias p
Havanac
160+ municipios m
Cyprus Cyprus 6 eparchies d 610 communities m
Czech Republic Czech Republic 14 kraje r 77 okresy d[64]
3 statutární města [6]
města, obce m[65] katastrální území [66]
Praguec 15? obvody d
Denmark Denmark, the Kingdom of 1 [senior member of the Kingdom]:
 Denmark
5 regioner r 98 kommuner m
2 [autonomous countries within the Kingdom][1]:
 Faroe Islands 7 sýsla [67]r 30+ kommunur m[7]
 Greenland 4 kommuner m[68]
Djibouti Djibouti 5 régions m (15 districts )[69]
Djibouti Cityc 6 arrondissements
Dominica Dominica 10 parishes m
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 31 provincias p
Distrito Nacionald
110+ municipios m
40+ distritos municipales d
secciones [18]
East Timor East Timor[70] 13 [districts] d 60+ [subdistricts] [21] (sulos, sucos [27])
Ecuador Ecuador 24 provincias p 210+ cantones [4] 1000+ parròquias [14]
Egypt Egypt 29 muhāfazāt [11] 232 markazes 217 + cities 4617 + villages
El Salvador El Salvador 14 departamentos [9] 260+ municipios m
For England, see United Kingdom below.
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea 7 provincias p 30 distritos d
Eritrea Eritrea 6 zoba r districts d
Estonia Estonia[71] 15 maakonnad [8] 33 linnad [25]m linnaosad d asumid [21]
193 vallad [7][14]m kandid [16]
linnad [25]
alevid [3]
alevikud[72]
külad [27]
Ethiopia Ethiopia 9 kililoch r[20]
2 astedader akababiwach [6]
(zones?)
12 rasgez akababiwach [1]
600+ woreda (wereda)d kebeles [13][28]
For Falkland Islands, see United Kingdom below.
For the Faroe Islands, see Denmark above.
Fiji Fiji 4 divisions
1 dependency
15 provinces m
Finland Finland 19 maakuntaa p 70+ seutukuntaa [23] d 430+ kuntaa [73] m
1 itsehallinnollinen maakuntaa[1] p:

 Åland

16 kommuner (kuntaa) m
France France 27 régions, including:

- 5 régions d'outre-mer
 French Guiana
 Guadeloupe
 Martinique
 Mayotte
 Réunion
- 1 sui generis collectivité territoriale  [74] r

101 départements [9] p
342 arrondissements d
36781 communes m
1 [state private property under the direct authority of the French government]: Clipperton Island
5 collectivités d'outre-mer [75]
 French Polynesia[76] subdivisions administratives 40+ communes
 Saint-Barthélemy
 Saint-Martin
 Saint-Pierre and Miquelon 2 communes
 Wallis and Futuna 3 royaumes coutumiers [77] 3 [districts] d
1 collectivité sui generis
 New Caledonia 3 provinces 30+ communes
1 territoire d'outre-mer [24][78]
 French Southern and Antarctic Lands 4 [districts] d
For French Guiana, see France above.
For French Polynesia, see France above.
For French Southern and Antarctic Lands, see France above.
Gabon Gabon 9 provinces 30+ départements [9]
The Gambia Gambia 5 divisions
Banjulc
30+ districts
Georgia (country) Georgia 9 mkhare p
2 avt'onomiuri resp'ublik'a
 [1]
Tbilisic
53 raioni d
6 sak'alak'o t'erit'oria
 [6]
Germany Germany 16 Länder [20][79] 22 Regierungsbezirke [8] 430+ Kreise d
then Ämter [80]
12300+ Gemeinden m
Ghana Ghana 10 regions 120+ districts
8 municipal districts zones
3 metropolitan districts submetropolitan districts
For Gibraltar, see United Kingdom below.
Greece Greece 13 periphereies and 1 aftonomi monastiki politeia [1] 54 nomoi, Mount Athos 147 eparchies (abolished in 2006) p 270+ demoi m
then [localities] [12] ([communes] [7]?) (3rd level administration entities)
For Greenland, see Denmark above.
Grenada Grenada 6 parishesi
1 dependency
For Guadeloupe, see France above.
For Guam, see United States below.
Guatemala Guatemala 22 departamentos [9] 332 municipios m
For Guernsey, see United Kingdom below.
Guinea Guinea 8 régions r 33 préfectures [15] 330+ sous-préfectures [22] [districts] d
[sectors] [19]
Conakryc 5 communes
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau 8 regiões r
1 sector autónomo [1]
30+ ?setores [19]
Guyana Guyana 10 regions 27 neighborhood councils
Haiti Haiti 10 départements [9] 30+ arrondissements d communes m sections [81]
Honduras Honduras 18 departamentos [9] 290+ municipios m
For Hong Kong, see People's Republic of China above.
Hungary Hungary 19 megyék
23 megyei jogú város
 [8]
Budapestc
173 subregions
Iceland Iceland 8 regions i 26 Syslumadur d 79 sveitarfélög m
India India 28 states
7 territories
Divisions 600+ districts tehsils (tahsilstahasils), taluks (talukas) [8]
Indonesia Indonesia 33 provinsi [82]p
including 5 daerah istimewa [1]
including Jakartac
340+ kabupaten [83]
90+ kota [6][84]
kecamatan [21] desa, kelurahan [27]
Iran Iran 30 ostanha p 310+ shahrestan [8] bakhsh d
Iraq Iraq 18 muhāfazāt [11]p ? aqdyat d[85] ?nahiyat [8]? ?qaryat [27]
Republic of Ireland Ireland 29 counties and 5 cities[6][8] 5 boroughs[3] and 75 towns.[25]
For Northern Ireland, see United Kingdom below.
For Isle of Man, see United Kingdom below.
Israel Israel 6 mehozot d 15 nafot [21] 50 [natural regions]
Italy Italy 15 regioni r
5 regioni autonome [1]
107 province p
2+1 province autonome [1]
8098 comuni [7]m
Jamaica Jamaica 14 parishes m
Japan Japan 47 todōfuken [10][15][86] 28 shichō [22]
15 seirei shitei toshi [6]
1800+ shichōsonku m[87] ōaza, aza, chō, chōme
For Jersey, see United Kingdom below.
Jordan Jordan 12 muhāfazāt [11] 50+ nahia
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 14 oblıstar p
3 qalalar [6]
319 awdandar d
oblıstıq qalalar
kentter awıl aymaqtar
Kenya Kenya 8 mkoa p
Nairobic
70+ districts 260+ tarafa [10] 2400+ mtaa [12]
then kijiji [27]
Kiribati Kiribati 24 Island councilsm
12 uninhabited islands/atolls
North Korea North Korea 9 do p
3 [SARs] [58]
2 chikhalsi [6]
150+ kun (gun[8]
si [6]
kuyŏk [28]
ku (gu) and chigu d
1 t'ŭkkŭpsi [6]
tong [13]
ri [27]
rodongjagu d
South Korea South Korea 9 do p
1 teukbyeol jachido [1]
si [6]
gun (kun[8]
gu (kud[3]
eup [25]
dong [13]
ri [27]
6 gwangyeoksi [6] gu (kud
gun (kun[8]
dong [13]
eup [25]
myeon [26]
ri [27]
Seoulc gu (kud[3] dong [13]
Kuwait Kuwait 6 muhāfazāt [11]m
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan 7 oblasttar p
2 šaarlar (keneš) [6]
40+ rayonlar d
14 gorkeneš [25]
aiyl okmotus [17]
Laos Laos 16 khoueng p
Vientianec
140+ muang [88]d baan [27]
Latvia Latvia 109 novadi m
9 Republikas pilsētas [6]
67 pilsētas [25]
470+ pagasti m[14]
Lebanon Lebanon 6 muhāfazāt [11] 26 qadya d[8]
Lesotho Lesotho 10 districts 80+ constituencies 120+ community councils
Liberia Liberia 15 counties 60+ districts
Libya Libya 22 sha'biyat m
Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 11 Gemeinden m
Lithuania Lithuania 10 apskritys [8] 43 rajono savivaldybė [89]m
9 savivaldybės m
8 miesto savivaldybė [90]m
500+ seniūnijos [91]
Luxembourg Luxembourg 3 [districts] 12 cantons [92] 110+ communes [93]m 24 quartierën [94]
For Macau, see People's Republic of China above.
Republic of Macedonia Macedonia 8 regioni i 84 opštini m
Madagascar Madagascar 6 faritanin' mizakatena [1]i 22 faritra r ?departemanta [9] or 110+ ?fivondronana [95] 1200+ ?firaisana [96] or ?kaominina [7]
then 11000+ ?fokontany [27]
Malawi Malawi 3 regions 27 districts (130+ ["traditional authorities"]) (60+ ["subchiefdoms"])
Malaysia Malaysia 13 negeri
3 wilayah persekutuan [97]
[divisions] [10][98]
130+ daerah [99]d
Maldives Maldives 7 provinces
Maléc
20 [atolls][100]m
Maléc
Mali Mali 8 régions
Bamakoc
40+ cercles [5] 1400+ arrondissements [101] 700+ communes
Malta Malta 68 kunsilli lokali (local councils)m
Marshall Islands Marshall Islands 24 municipalitiesm
For Martinique, see France above.
Mauritania Mauritania 12 régions [102]r
Nouakchottc
50+ départements [9][103] 200+ communes
Mauritius Mauritius 1 region
9 districts
2 dependencies
14 zones
120+ town, village councils
For Mayotte, see France above.
Mexico Mexico 31 estados [20] 2400+ municipios m
Mexico Cityc 16 delegaciones [3]
Federated States of Micronesia Federated States of Micronesia 4 states 70+ municipalities
Moldova Moldova 32 raioane d
3 municipiu [6]
unitate teritorială autonomă [1]
1 unitatea teritorială [24]
15 [municipalities] m
50 [cities] [6]
60+ [city localities] [12]
660+ [villages] [7][27]
880+ [village localities] [12]
Monaco Monaco 1 communei 10 quartiers [16]i
Mongolia Mongolia 21 aimags p 331 sums [8] 1538 bags
1 khot m 9 düüregs d 132 khoroos
For Montserrat, see United Kingdom below.
Montenegro Montenegro 21 opštine m
Morocco Morocco 16 [regions] r [104] 13 prefectures [15]
48 [provinces] p
cercles [5] communes rurales [7]
[municipalities] m
communes urbaines [7]
arrondissements
Mozambique Mozambique 10 provincias p
Maputoc
120+ distritos d 400+ postos [urban districts] d
localidades [12]
Myanmar Myanmar 7 taing detha gyi (regions) [10][105]
7 pyi-neh (states) [20]
67 kayaing d 330 townships [26] [towns] [25]
[wards] [28]
[villages] [27]
Namibia Namibia 13 regions 100+ constituencies municipalitiesm
Nauru Nauru 14 districtsi
Nepal Nepal 5 vikas kshetra r 14 anchal 75 [districts] d [villages] [27]
Netherlands Netherlands, the Kingdom of 1 [country within the Kingdom that conducts its affairs]:
 Netherlands
12 provincies p 443 gemeenten m (27 deelgemeenten[3])
3 bijzondere gemeenten
 Bonaire
 Sint Eustatius
 Saba
3 [autonomous countries within the Kingdom][1]:
Aruba Aruba 15 cities
Curaçao Curaçao
Sint Maarten Sint Maarten
For New Caledonia, see France above.
New Zealand New Zealand 12 regions
4 unitary authorities
50+ districts
15 cities
1 special territorial authority
2 states in free-association[1]:
 Cook Islands 10+ island councils
 Niue 14 villages
1 self-administering territory[1]:
 Tokelau 3 autonomous communities
Nicaragua Nicaragua 15 departamentos [9]
2 regiones autónomas [1]
150+ municipios m
Niger Niger 7 régions 
Communauté Urbaine de Niameyc
36 départements 265 communes, communes urbaines,
communes rurales, postes administratifs
[106]
Nigeria Nigeria 36 states
Abujac
770+ Local Government Areas
For Niue, see New Zealand above.
For Northern Ireland, see United Kingdom below.
For the Northern Mariana Islands, see United States below.
Norway Norway 19 fylker [8] 430 kommuner m[7]
2 integral overseas areas:
Norway Svalbard
Norway Jan Mayen
1 [dependencie]:
Norway Bouvet Island
Oman Oman 5 minţaqat r
4 muhāfazāt [11]
60+ wilaya'at p
Pakistan Pakistan 4 provinces
1 territory
Islamabadc
2 administered territories[107]
100+ districts
?agencies
tahsils [8][108]
Palau Palau 16 states m
Palestinian territories Palestinian territories West Bank
Gaza Strip
16 governorates [11]
Panama Panama 9 provincias p
3 comarcas indígena r
70+ distritos d corregimientos m
2 comarcas indígena r
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 4 regionsi 18 provinces districts Local-Level Government areas
Paraguay Paraguay 17 departamentos [9]
Asunciónc
230+ distritos [109]d compañías
municipios
Peru Peru 25 regiones r 190+ provincias p 1800+ distritos [34]d 84000+ centros poblados

1800+ centros poblados menores (as government entity)
80000+ [centros poblados dispersos] (only as censal unity)
Philippines Philippines 17 rehiyon r[110] 79 lalawigan [111]p
38 malayang lungsod [112]
1 malayang bayan [113]
84 bahaging lungsod [6] [114]
1511 karaniwang bayan [115]m[25]
42025 barangay [116]d
For Pitcairn Islands, see United Kingdom below.
Poland Poland 16 voivodeships (województwa) [117]p 360+ powiaty [8][118] 2400+ gminy [7] 40000+ sołectwa (rural)
dzielnice or osiedla (urban)
Portugal Portugal 18 distritos d
2 regiões autónomas [1]
308 concelhos [119]m 4261 freguesias [14]
For Puerto Rico, see United States below.
Qatar Qatar 10 baladiya'at m
For Réunion, see France above.
Romania Romania 41 județe [8] 160+ orașe [6]
90+ ?municipii m
2600+ comune [7]
[villages] [27]
Bucharestc 6 sectoare [19]
Russia Russia 83 subyekty [120] :
"subject" level:
46 oblasti p
21 respubliki [1][121]
4 avtonomnyye okruga [1]
9 kraya [24]
1 avtonomnaya oblast [1]
"district" level:

1868 raiony

"rural" level:

Gorodskie okruga (City districts) - 329, posyolki gorodskogo tipa (towns) - 1359, Gorodskie poselenija (Town settlements) - 603 and Selskie poselenija (Rural settlements) - 23313

2 federalnyye goroda [122] :
Moscowc
10 admin. okruga d[123] 120+ raiony d[124]
St. Petersburg
18 raiony d[124] 80+ mun. okruga [125]d
20+ mun. posyolki [126]
9 mun. goroda [25][127]
Rwanda Rwanda 5 intara p 30 uturere [128]d
(umujyi m)
410+ imirenge [19][129] 9100+ utugari [130]
(then akagari ?[27])
For Saba, see Netherlands above.
For Saint-Barthélemy, see France above.
For Saint Helena, see United Kingdom below.
Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis 9 parishes
Nevis 5 parishes
Saint Lucia Saint Lucia 11 quartiers [16]m
For Saint-Martin, see France above.
For Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, see France above.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6 parishesa
Samoa Samoa 11 itūmālō i
San Marino San Marino 9 castelli [7]m
São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe 2 concelhos mr 7 distritos 
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 13 manaţiq p muhafazat d marakiz [21]
For Scotland, see United Kingdom below.
Senegal Senegal 14 régions 30+ départements [9] arrondissements communes
Serbia Serbia Uža Srbija
2 autonomne pokrajine [1]
29 okruga d
Grad Beogradc
150 opština m
24 grada [6]
Seychelles Seychelles 25 districtsa
Zil Elwannyen Sesel
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 3 provinces
1 area
15 districts chiefdoms
Singapore Singapore 5 districtsm Town Councils (Divisions)
For Sint Eustatius, see Netherlands above.
For Sint Maarten, see Netherlands above.
Slovakia Slovakia 8 kraje r 70+ okresy d 2890+ obce m,[7] from that 130+ mestá c[25][131] katastrálne územia [66]
Slovenia Slovenia 12 statistične regije i 210 občine m
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands 9 provincesm
Honiara
Somalia Somalia 18 gobolada r 75 [districts] d
South Africa South Africa 9 provinces 46 district municipalities 231 local municipalities 3895 wards [132]
6 metropolitan municipalities
For South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, see United Kingdom below.
Spain Spain 17 comunidades autónomas r 50 provincias p [133] 8110 municipios m
2 ciudades autónomas [1] 2 municipios [134]
3 plazas menores de soberanía [135]
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 9 palata p 25 distrikkaya d 320+ divisions
Sudan Sudan 26 wilaya'at [20] 130+ [districts]
Suriname Suriname 10 districten d 60+ ressorten [136]
For Svalbard and Jan Mayen, see Norway above.
Swaziland Swaziland 4 tifundza r 50+ tinkhundla [137] 360+ imiphakatsi [138]
Sweden Sweden 21 län [8] 289 kommuner m församlingar [14]
Switzerland Switzerland 26 cantons [139]p 150 districts [140]d 2,636 communes [141]m
Syria Syria 14 muhāfazāt [11] 60 manaţiq [142]d nawahi [21] [villages] [27]
Republic of China Taiwan (Republic of China) 2 shěng p 5 shih [6]
18 hsien [8]
20+  d
30+ [cities] [6]
280+ [townships] [26][143]
[villages] [27]
then [neighbourhoods] [13]
2 ?zhíxiáshì m 20+  d 900+  [27] 17900+ [neighbourhoods] [13]
Tajikistan Tajikistan 3 viloyatho p
1 viloyat mukhtor [1]
Dushanbec
60+ Nohiya d
14 [cities] [6]
2 hukumati [144]
(jamoats) ([villages] [27])
Tanzania Tanzania 26 mkoa r 120+ wilaya d [divisions] [10] [wards] [28]
then [villages] [27]
Thailand Thailand 76 changwat p 790+ amphoe [145]d
80+ king amphoe [21][146]
7200+ tambon [7] 74000+ muban [27][147]
(chumchon [148])
Bangkokc khêt d kwaeng
For Timor-Leste, see East Timor above.
Togo Togo 5 régions 30 préfectures
For Tokelau, see New Zealand above.
Tonga Tonga 5 divisions 23 districts
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 9 regions
THA
3 boroughs
2 cities
Tunisia Tunisia 24 wilaya'at [11] mutamadiyat d shaykhat m
Turkey Turkey 81 il p 900+ ilçe d 3200+ belediye m [neighbourhoods] [13]
[41000 villages] [27]
For Turks and Caicos Islands, see United Kingdom below.
Turkmenistan Turkmenistan 5 welaýatlar p
Aşgabatc
70+ ?adyndaky etraplar d [149]
40+ ?etraplar d
15 [towns] [25]
Tuvalu Tuvalu 9 island groupsm
Uganda Uganda 111 districts
Kampalac
167 counties
22 municipalities
5 city divisions
1106 subcounties
151 town councils
63 municipal divisions/boroughs
parishes
villages
Ukraine Ukraine 24 oblasti p
2 mista zi spetsial'nym statusom m[150]
1 avtonomna respublika [1]
640+ raioni d
mista oblastnoho/respublikanskoho znachennia
mista raionoho znachennia
silrady
raioni u mistax
individual settlements
 United Arab Emirates 7 imarat [151] local municipalities
United Kingdom United Kingdom (1 constituent country with no devolution):
 England
9 regionsi 81 counties (6 metropolitan and 75 non-metropolitan) 36 metropolitan boroughs
280+ non-metropolitan districts
(Non-metropolitan districts include 46 unitary authorities)
parishes[152]
Greater Londonc 32 London boroughs
City of London
(3 constituent countries with devolution):
United Kingdom Northern Ireland (6 counties)
26 districts
 Scotland 32 council areas communities
 Wales 10 county boroughs
9 counties
3 cities
communities
3 crown dependencies:
Guernsey Guernsey[153] 10 parishes

3 dependencies: Alderney, Herm and Sark

Jersey Jersey[153] 12 parishes vingtaines, cueillettes
Isle of Man Isle of Man 6 sheadings 17 parishes
12 overseas territories:
Anguilla Anguilla 14 districts
Bermuda Bermuda 9 parishes
2 municipalities
 British Indian Ocean Territory
British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands 5 districts
Cayman Islands Cayman Islands 7 districts
 Falkland Islands
 Gibraltar
Montserrat Montserrat 3 parishes
 Pitcairn Islands
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 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 Turks and Caicos Islands 6 districts
2 sovereign base areas: Akrotiri and Dhekelia
United States United States 50 states
1 federal district
1 incorporated territory: Palmyra Atoll (grouped by ISO 3166-1 as United States US Minor Outlying Islands)
3000+ counties[154]
40+ independent cities
Minor civil divisions (including boroughs, cities, districts, plantations, towns, townships, villages, etc.)</ref>
4 unincorporated organized territories:
 Guam 19 villages[155]
 Northern Mariana Islands 4 municipalities
 Puerto Rico 70+ ?municipios m barrios [13]
United States Virgin Islands Virgin Islands 3 districts 20 subdistricts
1 unincorporated unorganized self-governing territory:
 American Samoa 3 districts
1 region
15 counties
10 unincorporated unorganized territories; undisputed are by ISO 3166-1 as United States 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)
For United States Minor Outlying Islands, see United States above.
Uruguay Uruguay 19 departamentos [9]m
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 12 viloyatlar p
1 respublika [1]
Tashkentc[1]
170+ tumanlar d
50+ shaharlar [6]
Vanuatu Vanuatu 6 provinces municipalities, local councils
Vatican City Vatican City
Venezuela Venezuela 23 estados [20] municipios m parròquias [14]
dependencias federales [156]
Caracasc
departamentos [9]
Vietnam Vietnam 58 tỉnh p
26 thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh [6]m
50+ thị xã [26]
570+ huyện [8]
8 đảo [157]
580+ thị trấn [25]
1100+ [precincts]
9000+  [7]
5 thành phố trực thuộc trung ương  [158]m 40+ quận[159]d ? phường[160]
For Wales, see United Kingdom above.
For Wallis and Futuna, see France above.
Western Sahara Western Sahara 3 régions r [municipalités] m [communes] 7 [arrondissements] d
Yemen Yemen 21 muhāfazāt [11]
333 districts d 2210+ [subdistricts] [21] 38,284 [villages] [27]
Zambia Zambia 9 provinces 70+ districts
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 8 provinces
2 cities
60+ districts 1200+ municipalities

See also

Footnotes

a    pseudo-municipalities (administration is appointed)
c    capital; see also Capitals serving as administrative divisions.
d    districts.
i    informals.
m   municipalities.
p    provinces.
r    regions.
  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 Autonomous area or areas; see List of autonomous areas by country.
  2. 2.0 2.1 blocks.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 boroughs.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 cantons.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 circles.
  6. 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 6.18 6.19 6.20 6.21 6.22 6.23 6.24 6.25 6.26 6.27 6.28 6.29 6.30 cities.
  7. 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 7.17 7.18 7.19 7.20 7.21 7.22 communes.
  8. 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 8.16 8.17 8.18 8.19 8.20 8.21 8.22 8.23 8.24 8.25 counties.
  9. 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 9.14 9.15 9.16 9.17 9.18 9.19 9.20 9.21 departments.
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 divisions.
  11. 11.00 11.01 11.02 11.03 11.04 11.05 11.06 11.07 11.08 11.09 11.10 11.11 governorates.
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 localities.
  13. 13.00 13.01 13.02 13.03 13.04 13.05 13.06 13.07 13.08 13.09 13.10 13.11 13.12 13.13 13.14 neighbourhoods.
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 14.8 14.9 parishes.
  15. 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 prefectures.
  16. 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 16.7 16.8 16.9 quarters.
  17. 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 rural communities or rural districts.
  18. 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 sections.
  19. 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.5 sectors.
  20. 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 20.6 20.7 20.8 states.
  21. 21.00 21.01 21.02 21.03 21.04 21.05 21.06 21.07 21.08 21.09 21.10 21.11 subdistricts.
  22. 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 subprefectures.
  23. 23.0 23.1 subregions.
  24. 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 24.4 territories.
  25. 25.00 25.01 25.02 25.03 25.04 25.05 25.06 25.07 25.08 25.09 25.10 25.11 25.12 25.13 25.14 25.15 25.16 towns.
  26. 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 26.4 26.5 26.6 townships.
  27. 27.00 27.01 27.02 27.03 27.04 27.05 27.06 27.07 27.08 27.09 27.10 27.11 27.12 27.13 27.14 27.15 27.16 27.17 27.18 27.19 27.20 27.21 27.22 27.23 27.24 27.25 27.26 27.27 27.28 27.29 27.30 27.31 villages, village areas or village groups.
  28. 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.4 wards.
  29. or prefektura (prefectures).
  30. http://aac-al.org/qarku.php?l=e&idr=19
  31. Baladiyah, formerly the French word commune was used
  32. city councils
  33. In La Rioja, Mendoza and San Juan Provinces
  34. 34.0 34.1 or partidos.
  35. or gavaṙ.
  36. consisting of shires, boroughs, cities, rural cities, towns, district councils, community government councils, municipalities, community development trusts and an aboriginal council.
  37. "cadastral municipalities".
  38. Dutch; alternatively French:régions or German:Regionen.
  39. Dutch; alternatively French:provinces or German:Provinzen.
  40. Dutch; alternatively French:arrondissements or German:Arrondissements.
  41. Dutch; alternatively French:communes or German:Gemeinden.
  42. or municipios (municipalities).
  43. lit. "hills"
  44. groups.
  45. 7 districts, 1 district municipality, 1 metropolitan municipality, 9 regional municipalities, 9 united counties.
  46. "urban communities" (metropolitan municipalities).
  47. Northwest Territories can also be split into 5 administrative divisions
  48. or municípios (municipalities).
  49. special districts.
  50. forestry district.
  51. 51.0 51.1 ethnic townships.
  52. or jiēdàobànshìchù.
  53. "district public offices".
  54. (residential) communities.
  55. either zìráncūnjí ("natural" villages) or xíngzhèngcūnjí (bureaucratic villages, i.e. created for administrative convenience).
  56. "leagues"; Mongolian:chuulghan.
  57. banners.
  58. 58.0 58.1 special administrative regions.
  59. Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Kinshasa.
  60. urban areas.
  61. rural areas.
  62. also known as Congo-Brazzaville.
  63. Also known as the Ivory Coast.
  64. but see
  65. města (sing. město) translates as "cities" or "towns"; obce (sing. obec) as "municipalities" or "communes".
  66. 66.0 66.1 "cadastral areas".
  67. or Danish:syssel.
  68. or [townships].
  69. Due to be replaced by [communes] [1]
  70. Timor-Leste.
  71. Estonia's linnad (towns) and vallad (parishes) are known collectively as omavalitsused (municipalities).
  72. Small boroughs
  73. consisting of kaupungit (urban communes) and kunnat (rural communes).
  74. Including 5 overseas regions and Corsica as a collectivité territoriale (territorial collectivity).
  75. a collectivité d'outre-mer (overseas collectivity).
  76. also known as a pays d'outre-mer (overseas country).
  77. kingdoms.
  78. a territoire d'outre-mer (overseas territory).
  79. or, informally, Bundesländer.
  80. "offices".
  81. sections communales (communal sections).
  82. or propinsi-propinsi, sing. propinsi.
  83. regencies.
  84. formerly kotamadya (municipalities).
  85. sometimes translated as "shires" or "counties".
  86. todōfuken : to (metropolis, viz. Tokyo) + (territory, viz. Hokkaidō) + fu (2 urban prefectures, viz. Kyoto and Osaka) + ken (43 prefectures)
  87. shichōsonku : shi (city) + chō (town) + son (village) + ku (wards, boroughs)
  88. or muong.
  89. "district municipalities".
  90. "city municipalities".
  91. elderships, elderates.
  92. French; alternatively German:Kantone.
  93. French; alternatively German:Gemeinden.
  94. Luxembourgish; alternatively French:quartiers, German:Stadtvierteln.
  95. or fivondronampokontany.
  96. or firaisampokontany.
  97. federal territories.
  98. in Sabah and Sarawak states.
  99. in Kelantan:jajahan.
  100. also known as districts.
  101. or communes.
  102. or wilaya'at.
  103. or moughataas.
  104. some disputed; see Regions of Morocco.
  105. Formerly divisions, until August 2010.
  106. FONDS AFRICAIN DE DEVELOPPEMENT: ETUDE DE MOBILISATION DES EAUX DANS LA REGION DE MARADI NIGER. DEPARTEMENT AGRICULTURE ET DEVELOPPEMENT RURAL, OCAR. African Development Bank Group, MARCH 2003
  107. the Azad Kashmir and Northern Areas of Kashmir.
  108. or tehsils.
  109. or ?partidos.
  110. including Muslim Mindanao, an autonomous region.
  111. or probinsya.
  112. or siyudad; cities independent from province, classified as either "highly urbanized" or "independent component" cities.
  113. or munisipyo; municipality not under any provincial authority.
  114. or siyudad; cities under provincial supervision ("component cities").
  115. or munisipyo; regular municipalities under provincial supervision.
  116. or barrios.
  117. voivodeships.
  118. consisting of 300+ powiat ziemski (rural counties) and 60+ powiat grodzki (urban counties) or miasta na prawach powiatu ("cities of county right").
  119. or municípios.
  120. (federal) subjects, grouped into 7 federalnyye okruga (federal districts).
  121. republics.
  122. federal cities.
  123. administrativnyye okruga ("administrative districts"), sometimes described as (vnutri)gorodskiye okruga ("(intra)city districts").
  124. 124.0 124.1 sometimes described as (vnutri)gorodskiye raiony ("(intra)city districts")
  125. munitsipalnyye obrazovaniya: okruga ("municipal entities: districts").
  126. munitsipalnyye obrazovaniya: posyolki ("municipal entities: settlements").
  127. munitsipalnyye obrazovaniya: gorsovet ("municipal entities: towns").
  128. sing. akarere.
  129. or French:secteurs administratifs (administrative sectors).
  130. or French:cellules (cells).
  131. Mestská a obecná štatistika SR
  132. Local municipalities with small populations, and areas in a district municipality but not any local municipality, are not divided into wards.
  133. Some provinces are divided in districts called comarcas
  134. Ceuta and Melilla
  135. minor sovereign places in North Africa
  136. ?"resorts".
  137. constituencies
  138. Chiefdoms
  139. (French; alternatively German:Kantone, Italian:cantoni or Romansh:chantuns). Six cantons, formerly called demi-cantons (French; alternatively German:Halbkantone or Romansh:mez-chantuns, have only one representative in the Council of States instead of two.
  140. French; alternatively German:Ämter, (Amts)bezirke, Italian:distretti or Romansh:districts. This level of subdivisions is not present in all cantons.
  141. French; alternatively German:Gemeinden, Italian:comuni or Romansh:vischnancas.
  142. or manatuq.
  143. consisting of 220+ xiāng (rural townships) and 60+ zhèn (urban townships).
  144. city councils.
  145. or amphur.
  146. or king amphur.
  147. or mooban.
  148. communities.
  149. ?urban districts.
  150. "cities with special status".
  151. emirates.
  152. not all of England is parished - see unparished area.
  153. 153.0 153.1 a bailiwick.
  154. or boroughs in Alaska and parishes in Louisiana.
  155. also known as municipalities.
  156. federal dependencies.
  157. Islands.
  158. Centrally-controlled municipalities.
  159. Urban districts.
  160. Wards.

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