Administrative division

World administrative divisions

Administrative division is a term for an administrative region within a country — on a level below that of the sovereign state — typically with a local government with a certain degree of autonomy.

Examples

Terms used in English-speaking countries

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• Area
• Barangay (Philippines)
• Urban
  • Borough
  • Burgh
  • City
  • Town
  • Township
  • Village
• County
• Despotate (not subnational)
• District
• Division (country subdivision)
• Duchy (partial subnational)
• Empire (not subnational)
• Kingdom
• Local council
• Municipality
  • rural municipality
  • regional municipality
  • regional county municipality
• Parish
• Prefecture
• Principality (partial subnational)
• Province
• Region
• Republic (partial subnational)
• Indigenous:
  • Tribe
  • Indian reservation
  • Indian reserve
  • Band
• Electoral district (constituency):
  • Riding
  • Congressional district
• State (sub-national)
• Subdivision
• Territory

Compare

• Country (a national or supra-national entity)
• Empire (a supra-national entity)
• State (a national or supra-national entity)

Related pages

• List of administrative divisions
• ISO 3166-2 Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions — Part 2

Other websites

• United Nations' Second Administrative Level Boundaries (SALB) dataset