List of terms for administrative divisions
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Template:Short description This is a list of English and non-English terms for administrative divisions.
English
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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 | Script error: No such module "flag". | district |
| Amt | Script error: No such module "flag". | county (formerly; the modern term is kreis, which means literally "circle") |
| amt | Script error: No such module "flag". | county (replaced with regions in 2007) |
| amt | Script error: No such module "flag". | county (formerly; the modern term is fylke) |
| apskritis | Script error: No such module "flag". | county |
| anakhett | Script error: No such module "flag". | prefecture |
| arrondissement | Script error: No such module "flag". | borough, district |
| File:Flag of La Francophonie.svg French-speaking countries | ||
| autónoma | File:Flag of the Hispanicity.svg Spanish-speaking countries | autonomous |
| autônomo, autônoma | File:Flag CPLP.svg Portuguese-speaking countries | |
| автоно́мный (avtonomny) | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| aimag (аймаг) | Script error: No such module "flag". | province |
| baladiyah (baladiyat) | File:Flag of the Arab League.svg Arab countries | municipality |
| barangay | Script error: No such module "flag". | village (rural) or ward |
| bairro | Script error: No such module "flag". | neighbourhood, district |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | ||
| Script error: No such module "flag". | ||
| barrio | File:Flag of the Hispanicity.svg Spanish-speaking countries | |
| бановина (banovina) | File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1992–2003).svg Yugoslavia | banate, province |
| bayan | Script error: No such module "flag". | municipality |
| Bezirk | Script error: No such module "flag". | district |
| Bezirk | Script error: No such module "flag". | district |
| Bezirk | Script error: No such module "flag". | district |
| Bundesland | Script error: No such module "flag". (colloquial term) | federal state |
| Bundesland | Script error: No such module "flag". (colloquial term) | |
| bibhag | Script error: No such module "flag". | division |
| bwrdeistref | Script error: No such module "flag". | borough county |
| canton (French) cantone (Italian) chantun (Romansh) Kanton (German) |
Script error: No such module "flag". | canton |
| kanton (Bosnian) | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| castello | Script error: No such module "flag". | municipality |
| changwat | Script error: No such module "flag". | province |
| chef-lieu | Script error: No such module "flag". | chief town or city |
| comarca | File:Flag CPLP.svg Portuguese-speaking countries (judicial system) | county |
| File:Flag of the Hispanicity.svg Spanish-speaking countries | ||
| comuna | Script error: No such module "flag". | division of município |
| comuna | File:Flag of the Hispanicity.svg Spanish-speaking countries | commune |
| comună | Script error: No such module "flag". | rural commune |
| comune | Script error: No such module "flag". | municipality |
| comunidad | Script error: No such module "flag". | community |
| comunidade intermunicipal | Script error: No such module "flag". | intermunicipal community |
| comunidade urbana | Script error: No such module "flag". | urban community |
| concelho | Script error: No such module "flag". | municipality; synonym of município |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | ||
| corregimiento | Script error: No such module "flag". | subdivision of a distrito |
| daerah | Malay-speaking countries | district |
| provinsi | Script error: No such module "flag". | province |
| Daerah Istimewa | Special District, all are first level (provincial level) | |
| Daerah Khusus Ibukota | Exclusive Capital District, refers to DKI Jakarta only. | |
| dào (Mandarin) | Script error: No such module "flag". | circuit |
| deelgemeente | Script error: No such module "flag". | submunicipality |
| demos (δήμος) | Script error: No such module "flag". | municipality |
| departamento | File:Flag of the Hispanicity.svg Latin America (Spanish-speaking countries) | department |
| département | File:Flag of La Francophonie.svg French-speaking countries | department |
| desa | Script error: No such module "flag". | village |
| district | Script error: No such module "flag". | district |
| distrik | Script error: No such module "flag". | district |
| distrito | Script error: No such module "flag". | group of municipalities |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | municipality | |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | district | |
| File:Flag of the Hispanicity.svg Spanish-speaking countries | ||
| distrito, distritu | Script error: No such module "flag". | municipality |
| distrito federal | Script error: No such module "flag". | federal district |
| dō | Script error: No such module "flag". | circuit |
| do | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | ||
| dombon | Script error: No such module "flag". | area or region |
| dzongkhag | Script error: No such module "flag". | district |
| estado | Script error: No such module "flag". | federal state |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | ||
| Script error: No such module "flag". | ||
| etrap | Script error: No such module "flag". | district |
| freguesia | Script error: No such module "flag". | civil parish |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | ||
| fylke | Script error: No such module "flag". | county |
| gemeente | Script error: No such module "flag". (File:Flag of Flanders.svg Flanders) | municipality |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | ||
| Gemeinde | Script error: No such module "flag". | municipality |
| Gemeinde | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Gemeinde | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Gemeinde | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| gewog | Script error: No such module "flag". | block |
| gmina | Script error: No such module "flag". | commune, municipality |
| gobolka | Script error: No such module "flag". | administrative region |
| gouvernorat | Script error: No such module "flag". | governorate |
| grande área metropolitana | Script error: No such module "flag". | greater metropolitan area |
| губе́рния (guberniya) | Russian Empire | governorate |
| hameau | Script error: No such module "flag". | hamlet |
| hanua | Script error: No such module "flag". | village |
| iduhu | Script error: No such module "flag". | clan |
| raj | Script error: No such module "flag". | empire |
| rajya | Script error: No such module "flag". | state |
| il or vilayet | Script error: No such module "flag". | province |
| ilçe | Script error: No such module "flag". | district |
| imarah | File:Flag of the Arab League.svg Arab countries (formerly) | emirate |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | ||
| jamoat | Script error: No such module "flag". | commune or municipality |
| járás | Script error: No such module "flag". | district |
| Jilla | Script error: No such module "flag". | district |
| județ | Script error: No such module "flag". (formerly) | county |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | ||
| jurydyka | Script error: No such module "flag". | village |
| kabupaten | Script error: No such module "flag". | regency |
| kampung or kampong | Malay-speaking countries and Cambodia | village, hamlet, neighbourhood |
| kasselrij | Script error: No such module "flag". | county or burgraviate |
| kecamatan | Script error: No such module "flag". | district |
| kelurahan | Script error: No such module "flag". | (urban) village or subdistrict |
| ken | Script error: No such module "flag". | prefecture |
| khan | Script error: No such module "flag". | district or section |
| khett | Script error: No such module "flag". | province |
| khoueng | Script error: No such module "flag". | province |
| khum | Script error: No such module "flag". | commune |
| kilil | Script error: No such module "flag". | region |
| kommun | Script error: No such module "flag". (Swedish speaking) | municipality |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | ||
| kommune | Script error: No such module "flag". | municipality |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | ||
| kota | Script error: No such module "flag". | chartered city |
| кожуун (kozhuun) | Script error: No such module "flag". (File:Flag of Tuva.svg Tyva Republic) | rural council |
| край (krai) | Script error: No such module "flag". | region |
| kraj | Script error: No such module "flag". | region |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | ||
| Kreis | Script error: No such module "flag". | district |
| krom | Script error: No such module "flag". | group |
| krong | Script error: No such module "flag". | municipality |
| ku | Script error: No such module "flag". | ward |
| kunta | Script error: No such module "flag". | municipality |
| lääni | Script error: No such module "flag". | province |
| lalawigan | Script error: No such module "flag". | province |
| län | Script error: No such module "flag". | county |
| Land | Script error: No such module "flag". (official term) | state |
| Land | Script error: No such module "flag". (official term) | state |
| lieu-dit | Script error: No such module "flag". | place name |
| linn | Script error: No such module "flag". | town or city |
| lugar | Script error: No such module "flag". | division of zona in Cape Verde |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | hamlet | |
| lungsod | Script error: No such module "flag". | city |
| maakond | Script error: No such module "flag". | county |
| մարզ (marz) | Script error: No such module "flag". | province or region |
| maḥoz | Script error: No such module "flag". | district |
| mancomunidad | Script error: No such module "flag". | association of municipalities, commonwealth |
| merindad | File:Pendon del Reino de Castilla.svg Medieval Spain | county |
| mesorregião | Script error: No such module "flag". | mesoregion (division of estado) |
| minṭaqah (minṭaqat) | File:Flag of the Arab League.svg Arab countries | province, region |
| microrregião | Script error: No such module "flag". | microregion (division of mesorregião, group of municípios) |
| მხარე (mkhare) | Script error: No such module "flag". | region |
| muban | Script error: No such module "flag". | village |
| muḥafaẓah (muḥafaẓat) | File:Flag of the Arab League.svg Arab countries | governorate |
| mukim | Malay-speaking countries | subdistrict, subdivision of subdistrict, survey district |
| municipalidad | File:Flag of the Hispanicity.svg Latin America (Spanish-speaking countries) | municipality |
| municipio | File:Flag of the Hispanicity.svg Spanish-speaking countries | municipality |
| File:Flag CPLP.svg Portuguese-speaking countries | ||
| nafa | Script error: No such module "flag". | subdistrict |
| negeri | Script error: No such module "flag". | state |
| nomos | Script error: No such module "flag". | prefecture |
| novads | Script error: No such module "flag". | municipality (amalgamated urban areas without town rights) |
| NUTS | Script error: No such module "flag". | Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics |
| obec | Script error: No such module "flag". | municipality |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | ||
| область (oblast) | Countries formerly in the File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union or File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1992–2003).svg Yugoslavia | province, region |
| община (obshtina) | Script error: No such module "flag". | municipality |
| okres | Script error: No such module "flag". | district |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | ||
| okrug | Script error: No such module "flag". | district |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | ||
| opština | File:Flag of the Republika Srpska.svg Republika Srpska | municipality |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | ||
| Script error: No such module "flag". | ||
| ostan (ostan-e) | Script error: No such module "flag". | province |
| pagasts | Script error: No such module "flag". | parish |
| panchayati raj | Script error: No such module "flag". | village council |
| paróquia | Script error: No such module "flag". | parish (religious division) |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | ||
| parroquia | Script error: No such module "flag". (File:Flag of Galicia.svg Galicia) | parish |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | ||
| pedanía | Script error: No such module "flag". | county |
| Περιφέρειες (periféreia) | Script error: No such module "flag". | periphery |
| phum | Script error: No such module "flag". | village |
| phumpheak | Script error: No such module "flag". | zone |
| pilseta | Script error: No such module "flag". | town/city |
| povit | Script error: No such module "flag". | county |
| powiat | Script error: No such module "flag". | county |
| pradesh | Script error: No such module "flag". | state of India |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | province of Nepal | |
| probinsya | Script error: No such module "flag". | province |
| provinsi | Script error: No such module "flag". | province |
| provincia | File:Flag of the Hispanicity.svg Spanish-speaking countries | province |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | ||
| província | Script error: No such module "flag". (formerly) | province |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | ||
| Script error: No such module "flag". | ||
| prowincja | Script error: No such module "flag". | province |
| purok | Script error: No such module "flag". | district or zone |
| raion | Script error: No such module "flag". | district |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | ||
| Script error: No such module "flag". | ||
| rajons | Script error: No such module "flag". | district |
| região | Script error: No such module "flag". | group of estados; also macrorregião |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | region | |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | ||
| região autónoma | Script error: No such module "flag". | autonomous region |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | ||
| regierungsbezirk | Script error: No such module "flag". | district |
| region | Script error: No such module "flag". | region |
| regione | Script error: No such module "flag". | region |
| şäher | Script error: No such module "flag". | capital city district |
| sangkat | Script error: No such module "flag". | commune or quarter |
| sector | Script error: No such module "flag". | sector (municipality) |
| sector autónomo | Script error: No such module "flag". | autonomous sector (municipality) |
| сельсовет (selsoviet) | Script error: No such module "flag". | rural council |
| shěng/shêng | Script error: No such module "flag". Script error: No such module "flag". |
province |
| shì/shih | Script error: No such module "flag". Script error: No such module "flag". |
city |
| sitio |
Script error: No such module "flag". |
district or zone |
| շրջան (shrjan) | File:Flag of Artsakh.svg Republic of Artsakh | province or region |
| hromada | Script error: No such module "flag". | municipality |
| srŏk | Script error: No such module "flag". | district |
| sum | Script error: No such module "flag". | district |
| subdistrito, subdistritu | Script error: No such module "flag". | administrative post |
| subregião | Script error: No such module "flag". | subregion |
| suco, suku | Script error: No such module "flag". | division of administrative post |
| -stan | Central Asian countries | land (denotes high level of autonomy) |
| sýsla | Script error: No such module "flag". | district |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | ||
| tambon | Script error: No such module "flag". | subdistrict |
| thesaban | Script error: No such module "flag". | municipality |
| tỉnh | Script error: No such module "flag". | province |
| todōfuken | Script error: No such module "flag". | prefectural level divisions (collectively) |
| tuman | Script error: No such module "flag". | district |
| ulus | Script error: No such module "flag". (File:Flag of Sakha.svg Sakha Republic) | district |
| upazila | Script error: No such module "flag". | subdistrict |
| union parishad | Script error: No such module "flag". | council or constituency |
| mouza | Script error: No such module "flag". | mouza |
| gram/gaon | Script error: No such module "flag". | village |
| Ward | Script error: No such module "flag". | ward |
| vald | Script error: No such module "flag". | parish, rural municipality |
| vármegye | Script error: No such module "flag". | county |
| вилоят (viloyat) | Script error: No such module "flag". | region |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | ||
| во́лость (volost) | Script error: No such module "flag". | district |
| wojewodztwo | Script error: No such module "flag". | voivodeship |
| waterschap | Script error: No such module "flag". | water board |
| welaýaty | Script error: No such module "flag". | region |
| wilayah | File:Flag of the Arab League.svg Arab countries | province, territory |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | ||
| xiàn/hsien | Script error: No such module "flag". Script error: No such module "flag". |
county |
| země | Script error: No such module "flag". | land (historical) |
| zona | Script error: No such module "flag". | zone (division of freguesia) |
| ziemia | Script error: No such module "flag". | land |
| Zillah | Script error: No such module "flag". | district |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | ||
| Script error: No such module "flag". | ||
| župa | Script error: No such module "flag". | county (historical) |
| županija | Script error: No such module "flag". (Croatian speaking) | county |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | ||
| maahaanam | Script error: No such module "flag". (Tamil speaking) | province |
| maavattam | Script error: No such module "flag". (Tamil speaking) | district |
| pirathesam/koattam | Script error: No such module "flag". (Tamil speaking) | division |
| palaatha | Script error: No such module "flag". (Sinhala speaking) | province |
| dhisthrikaya | Script error: No such module "flag". (Sinhala speaking) | district |
| kottahsha | Script error: No such module "flag". (Sinhala speaking) | division |
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See also
- Administrative division
- Census division
- Census-designated place - statistical territorial subdivisions in the United States
- List of administrative divisions by country