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.
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Name
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Countries
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English equivalents
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amphoe
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Thailand
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district
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Amt
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Germany
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county
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amt
|
Denmark
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county (replaced with regions in 2007)
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apskritis
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Lithuania
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county
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anakhett
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Cambodia
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prefecture
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arrondissement
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Netherlands
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borough, district
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 French-speaking countries
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autónoma
|
 Spanish-speaking countries
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autonomous
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autônomo, autónoma
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Portuguese-speaking countries
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avtonomny
|
Russia
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aimag
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Mongolia
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province
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baladiyah (baladiyat)
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 Arab countries
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municipality
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barangay
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Philippines
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village (rural) or ward
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bairro
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Brazil
|
neighbourhood, district
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Portugal
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Mozambique
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barrio
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Spanish-speaking countries
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bharat
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India
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country
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Bezirk
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Austria
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district
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Bundesland
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Germany (colloquial)
|
federal state
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Austria
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Bibhag
|
Bangladesh
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Division
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bwrdeistref
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Wales
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borough county
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canton (French)
cantone (Italian)
chantun (Romansh)
kanton (German)
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Switzerland
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canton
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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castello
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San Marino
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municipality
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changwat
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Thailand
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province
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chef-lieu
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France
|
Chief Town/City
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comarca
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Portuguese-speaking countries (judicial system)
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county
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Spanish-speaking countries
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comuna
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Angola
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division of município
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comuna
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Spanish-speaking countries
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commune
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comună
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Romania
|
rural commune
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comune
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Italy
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municipality
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comunidad
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Spain
|
community
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comunidade intermunicipal
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Portugal
|
intermunicipal community
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comunidade urbana
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Portugal
|
urban community
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concelho
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Cape Verde
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municipality; synonym of município
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Portugal
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corregimiento
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Panama
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subdivision of a distrito
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propinsi
|
Indonesia
|
province
|
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Daerah Istimewa
|
Special District, all are first level (provincial level)
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Daerah Khusus Ibukota
|
Exclusive Capital District, refers to DKI Jakarta only.
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dào (Mandarin)
|
 China
|
circuit
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deelgemeente
|
Belgium
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submunicipality
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demos
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Greece
|
municipality
|
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departamento
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Latin America (Spanish-speaking countries)
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department
|
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département
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French-speaking countries
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department
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desa
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Indonesia
|
village
|
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district
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Suriname
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district
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distrik
|
Indonesia
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subdistrict
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distrito
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Portugal
|
Group of Municipalities
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São Tomé and Príncipe
|
Municipality
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Philippines
|
district
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Spanish-speaking countries
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distrito, distritu
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East Timor
|
municipality
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distrito federal
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Brazil
|
federal district
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dō
|
Japan
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circuit
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|
do
|
North Korea
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South Korea
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dombon
|
Cambodia
|
area or region
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dzongkhag
|
Bhutan
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district
|
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estado
|
Brazil
|
federal state
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Mexico
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Venezuela
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freguesia
|
Cape Verde
|
civil parish
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Portugal
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fylke
|
Norway
|
county
|
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gemeente
|
 Flanders (Belgium)
|
municipality
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Netherlands
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Gemeinde
|
German-speaking countries
|
municipality
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gewog
|
Bhutan
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block
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gmina
|
Poland
|
commune, municipality
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gobolka
|
Somalia
|
administrative region
|
|
gouvernorat
|
Guinea
|
governorate
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|
grande área metropolitana
|
Portugal
|
greater metropolitan area
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|
guberniya
|
Russian Empire
|
governorate
|
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hameau
|
France
|
hamlet
|
|
hanua
|
Papua New Guinea
|
village
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|
iduhu
|
Papua New Guinea
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clan
|
|
hindustan
|
India
|
country
|
|
il
|
Turkey
|
province
|
|
ilçe
|
Turkey
|
district
|
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imarah
|
Arab countries (formerly)
|
emirate
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|
United Arab Emirates
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judeţ
|
Moldova (formerly)
|
county
|
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Romania
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|
jurydyka
|
Poland
|
village
|
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kabupaten
|
Indonesia
|
regency
|
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kasselrij
|
Netherlands
|
county or burgraviate
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|
kecamatan
|
Indonesia
|
subdistrict
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kelurahan
|
Indonesia
|
village
|
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ken
|
Japan
|
prefecture
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khan
|
Cambodia
|
district or section
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khett
|
Cambodia
|
province
|
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khoueng
|
Laos
|
province
|
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khum
|
Cambodia
|
commune
|
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kilil
|
Ethiopia
|
region
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kommun
|
Finland (Swedish)
|
municipality
|
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Sweden
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kommune
|
Denmark
|
municipality
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kota
|
Indonesia
|
chartered city
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|
kozhuun
|
Russia[1]
|
rural council
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|
krai
|
Russia
|
region
|
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kraj
|
Slovakia
|
region
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Czech Republic
|
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Kreis
|
Germany
|
district
|
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krom
|
Cambodia
|
group
|
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krong
|
Cambodia
|
municipality
|
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kunta
|
Finland
|
municipality
|
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Lääni
|
Finland
|
province
|
|
lalawigan
|
Philippines
|
province
|
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Län
|
Sweden
|
county (Sweden)
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Land
|
Austria (official)
|
state
|
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Germany
|
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lieu-dit
|
France
|
place name
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linn
|
Estonia
|
town/city
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lugar
|
Cape Verde
|
division of zona in Cape Verde
|
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Portugal
|
hamlet
|
|
lungsod
|
Philippines
|
city
|
|
maakond
|
Estonia
|
county
|
|
megye
|
Hungary
|
county
|
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mahoz
|
Israel
|
district
|
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mancomunidad
|
Spain
|
association of municipalities, commonwealth
|
|
merindad
|
 Medieval Spain
|
county
|
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mesorregião
|
Brazil
|
mesoregion (division of estado)
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|
mintaqah (mintaqat)
|
Arab countries
|
province, region
|
|
microrregião
|
Brazil
|
microregion (division of mesorregião, group of municípios)
|
|
muban
|
Thailand
|
village
|
|
muhafazah (muhafazat)
|
Arab countries
|
governorate
|
|
municipalidad
|
Latin America (Spanish-speaking countries)
|
municipality
|
|
municipio
|
Spanish-speaking countries
|
municipality
|
|
Portuguese-speaking countries
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|
nafa
|
Israel
|
subdistrict
|
|
negeri
|
Malaysia
|
state
|
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nomos
|
Greece
|
prefecture
|
|
novads
|
Latvia
|
municipality (amalgamated urban areas without town rights)
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NUTS
|
Europe
|
Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics
|
|
oblast
|
Slavic countries
|
province, region
|
|
община (obshtina)
|
Bulgaria
|
municipality
|
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okres
|
Czech Republic
|
district
|
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Slovakia
|
|
okrug
|
Serbia
|
district
|
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Russia
|
|
opština
|
Republika Srpska
|
municipality
|
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Montenegro
|
|
Serbia
|
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ostan (ostan-e)
|
Iran
|
province
|
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pagasts
|
Latvia
|
parish
|
|
paróquia
|
Portugal
|
parish (religious division)
|
|
Cape Verde
|
|
parroquia
|
Spain ( Galicia)
|
parish
|
|
Andorra
|
|
pedanía
|
Spain
|
county
|
|
periféreia (Περιφέρειες)
|
Greece
|
periphery
|
|
phum
|
Cambodia
|
village
|
|
phumpheak
|
Cambodia
|
zone
|
|
pilseta
|
Latvia
|
town/city
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|
powiat
|
Poland
|
county
|
|
pradesh
|
India
|
state
|
|
probinsya
|
Philippines
|
province
|
|
provinsi
|
Indonesia
|
province
|
|
provincia
|
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
|
|
sangkat
|
Cambodia
|
commune or quarter
|
|
sector
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
sector (municipality)
|
|
sector autónomo
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
autonomous sector (municipality)
|
|
selsoviet
|
Russia
|
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)
|
|
ulus
|
Russia[2]
|
district
|
|
Upzila
|
Bangladesh
|
Subdistrict
|
|
vald
|
Estonia
|
rural municipality
|
|
volost
|
Russia
|
district
|
|
wojewodztwo
|
Poland
|
voivodeship
|
|
waterschap
|
Netherlands
|
water board
|
|
wilayah
|
Arab countries
|
province, territory
|
|
Malaysia
|
|
zona
|
Cape Verde
|
zone (division of freguesia)
|
|
ziemia
|
Poland
|
land
|
|
Zillah
|
Pakistan
|
district
|
|
Bangladesh
|
|
India
|
|
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
|
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