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Member and observer states of the United Nations

Country Administrative divisions
First-level Second-level Third-level Fourth-level
  Afghanistan 34 velaya'atpro 398 woleswalidis
  Albania 12 qarqecount 61 bashkim
  Algeria 48 wilayaspro 553 daïrasdis 1,541 baladiyahscom
  Andorra 7 parròquiespa
  Angola 18 provínciaspro 163 municípiosm 618 comunascom
  Antigua and Barbuda 6 parishes
2 dependencies
  Argentina 23 provincias p 379 departamentos dep [1]
135 partidos dis, m
  Buenos Aires 135 partidos dis, m ciudades ci and pueblos t
  Catamarca
  Entre Ríos
  Santa Fe
departamentos dep municipios m and comunas com
  Chaco
  Corrientes
  Misiones
  Salta
  San Luis
  Santiago del Estero
departamentos dep municipios m
  Chubut 15 departamentos dep 23 municipios, 4 comisiones de fomento, [2] 20 comunas rurales [3] m
  Córdoba 26 departamentos dep 145 pedanías dis 250 municipios m and 177 comunas com
  Formosa 9 departamentos dep 27 municipios m, 10 comisiones de fomento, [2] and 18 juntas vecinales [4]
  Jujuy 16 departamentos dep 39 municipios m and 23 comisiones municipales [5]
  La Pampa
  Neuquén
  Río Negro
  Santa Cruz
Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina Tierra del Fuego
departamentos dep municipios m and comisiones de fomento [2]
  La Rioja 18 departamentos dep, m delegaciones distritales [6]
  Mendoza 18 departamentos dep, m 105 distritos dis
  San Juan 19 departamentos dep, m comisiones vecinales [7]
  Tucumán 17 departamentos dep municipios m and comunas rurales [3]
1 Ciudad Autónoma a, ci, cap
Buenos Aires Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires a, ci, cap 15 comunas com 48 barrios [8]
  Armenia 10 marzerpro
  Yerevancap
503 hamaynkner m
  Australia 6 states
9 territories
, [9] including:
- 5 external territories:
Ashmore and Cartier Islands
  Christmas Island
  Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Coral Sea Islands
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- 1 external autonomous territory:
  Norfolk Island
- Australian Capital Territory:
  Canberracap
539 local government areas [10]
Unincorporated Far West Region
Lord Howe Island
Darwin Rates Act Area
Unincorporated Top End Region
Pastoral Unincorporated Area
4 islands
6 alpine resorts
  Austria 9 bundesländers

including   Viennacap

93 bezirke [11]dis 2,098 gemeindenm
  Azerbaijan 66 rayondis
12 şəhərci
1 autonomous republic
[12]
  Bahamas 31 districts
New Providencecap
  Bahrain 4 muhāfazātg
  Bangladesh 8 bibhagdiv 64 ziladis 491 upazila [13] 4554 union parishads
327 paurasabhas
12 City corporations
  Barbados 11 parishes
  Belarus 6 voblastsir
  Minskcap
118 rajondis
  Belgium 3 regions [14]

including   Brusselscap

10 provinces [15] 43 districts [16] 590 municipalities [17]
  Belize 6 districts city councils, town councils, village councils and community councils
  Benin 12 départementsdep 77 communes 546 arrondissements
  Bhutan 20 dzongkhagdis 201 gewogsb
61 thromdesm
  Bolivia 9 departamentosdep 112 provinciaspro 339 municipiosm
  Bosnia and Herzegovina   Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 kantona can 79 općine m local community
  Republika Srpska 63 opštine m
Brčko District
  Botswana 10 rural districts
7 urban districts
21 sub-districts [18]
  Brazil 26 estadoss 5,568 municípiosm
1 distrito estadual:dis
  Fernando de Noronha
10,495 distritos municipaisdis subdistritossd
  1 distrito federalcap 33 regiões administrativasr
  Brunei 4 daerahdis 38 mukimw kampungv
  Bulgaria 28 oblastipro including

  Sofia City Provincecap

265 obshtinim
  Burkina Faso 13 régionsr 45 provinces 325 départements [19]dep
  Burundi 18 provinces
Bujumbura Mairiecap
119 communes com 2,639 collines
  Cambodia 24 khêtpro
Phnom Penhcap
193 srŏkdis 1,646 khumcom
  Cameroon 10 régionsr 58 départementsdep 360 arrondissements [20]dis
  Canada 10 provinces
3 territories
293 census geographic units [21] 3 572 municipalities
  Cape Verde 22 concelhos [22]count 32 freguesiaspa
  Central African Republic 16 préfecturespre
Banguicap
72 sous-préfecturessp
  Chad 23 régionsr including

N'Djamenacap

67 départements [23]dep 340 sous-prefectures
  Chile 16 regiones r 54 provincias pro 346 comunas com
  China, People's Republic of 23 shěngpro
5 zìzhìqūa
4 zhíxiáshìm
280+ dìjíshīci
17 dìqūpre
30 zìzhìzhōua
1400+ xiàncount
110+ zìzhìxiàna
850+ (shìxiá)qūdis
1 tèqū [24]
370+ xiànjíshìci
1 línqū [25]
19500+ zhèn [26]
14600+ xiāng [27]
1000+ mínzúxiāng [28]
6100+ jiēbànsd [29]
11 qūgōngsuǒ [30]
then

Urban areas:
shèqū [31] or jūmínqū [8]


Rural areas: cūnjí [32] [33]

2 dahkbiht hàhngjingkēui: [34]
  Hong Kong
  Macau
18 districts (Hong Kong only)
  Colombia 32 departamentosdep
  Bogotácap
1102 municipios m
2000+ corregimientos  [26]
  Comoros 3 îles autonomesa 16 préfectures 54 communes 318 villes or villages
  DR Congo [35] 25 provinces
  Kinshasacap
145 territories
cities
264 chiefdoms
470 sectors

communes
groupings
quarters
  Congo [36] 12 departmentsdep

including Brazzavillecap

80+ [districts] dis communes
  Costa Rica 7 provinciaspro 81 cantones 450+ [districts] dis
  Ivory Coast [37]
12 districts 31 régions r 108 départementsdep 510 sous-préfectures
2 districts autonomes:
Yamoussoukrocap
  Abidjan
  Croatia 21 županije count
  Zagrebcap
127 gradovi [26]
429 općinem
4117+ mjesnih odbora (gradske četvrti [Zagreb], gradski kotari [Split]) 6700+ naselja
  Cuba 16 provinciaspro

including   Havanacap

160+ municipiosm
  Cyprus 6 eparchies dis 610 communitiesm
  Czech Republic 13 krajůr 76 okresydisstatistical only

205 obce s rozšířenou působností  [38]

393 obce s pověřeným obecním úřadem  [39] 6254 obcí  [40]

4 vojenský újezd  [41] special status

Prague Hlavní město Praha cap 10 obvody dis judicial only

22 správní obvody  [42]

57 městské části  [43] 112 katastrální území  [44]
  Denmark, the Kingdom of 1 senior member of the Kingdom:
  Denmark
5 regioner r 98 kommuner m
2 self-governing territories within the Kingdom:a
  Faroe Islands 7 sýsla [45]r 29 kommunur [46]m
  Greenland 5 kommunerm [47]
  Djibouti 5 régionsr (15 districts) [48]
Djibouti Citycap 6 arrondissements
  Dominica 10 parishesm
  Dominican Republic 31 provinciaspro
Distrito Nacionaldis
110+ municipiosm 40+ distritos municipalesdis
  East Timor [49] 12 Municípios
1 região administrativa especial
65 postos administrativos 442 sucos  [32]
  Ecuador 24 provincias pro 221 cantonescan 1000+ parroquiaspa
  Egypt 27 muhāfazāt  271 marakiz or aqsam district or village, 4617 + villages sheyakha
  El Salvador 14 departamentosdep 262 municipiosm
  Equatorial Guinea 8 provinciaspro 32 distritos dis
  Eritrea 6 zoba r 57 districts dis
  Estonia [50] 15 maakonnadcount
15 linnad [26]m linnaosaddis asumidsd
64 valladm kandid [51]
17 linnad [26]
9 alevid [52]
173 alevikud [53]
4,430 külad [32]
  Eswatini 4 tifundzadis 50+ tinkhundla [54] 360+ imiphakatsi [55]
  Ethiopia 9 kililochr, s
2 astedader akababiwachci
68 zonoch 600+ woreda (wereda)dis kebeles [8] [56]
  Fiji 4 divisions 14 provinces + 50 districts
1 dependency
  Finland 18 maakuntaa r 70+ seutukuntaa  [57] dis 317 kuntaa  [58] m
1 itsehallinnollinen maakuntaa, r:
  Åland
16 kommuner (kuntaa)m
  France 18 régions r
101 départementsdep [59]
+ the Metropolis of Lyon
332 arrondissements dis
4,032 "cantons" (fourth-level), 12,159 "intercommunality" dis (fifth level), 35,357 communes (sixth-level) m  [60]
1 state private property, located overseas, under the direct authority of the French government:   Clipperton Island
5 collectivités d'outre-mer [61]
  French Polynesia [62] subdivisions administratives 40+ communes
  Saint-Barthélemy
  Saint-Martin
  Saint-Pierre and Miquelon 2 communes
  Wallis and Futuna 3 royaumes coutumiers  [63] 3 [districts] dis
1 collectivité sui generis
France   New Caledonia 3 provinces 30+ communes
1 territoire d'outre-mer [64] [65]
  French Southern and Antarctic Lands 5 districts dis
  Gabon 9 provinces 50 départementsdep 152 cantons, 52 communes, 29 arrondissements,
  Gambia 5 regions + Banjulcap; Additionally 8 Local Government Areas 43 districts
Georgia (country) Georgia 9 mkharer
2 avt'onomiuri resp'ublik'a
a
  Tbilisicap
53 raionidis
6 sak'alak'o t'erit'oria
ci
  Germany 16 Länder s [66] 19 Regierungsbezirke  [67]
(only in 4 states)
400+ Kreise dis  [68] 11000+ Gemeinden m
some areas also have a form of Gemeindeverbände  [69]
as an intermediary between Gemeinde and Kreis levels

  Baden-Württemberg
  Bavaria
  Hesse
  North Rhine-Westphalia

Regierungsbezirke  [67] Landkreise or Kreise  [70] Städte  [26]
Gemeinden m,
Märkte (only in Bavaria)
Kreisfreie Städte or Stadtkreise  [71]

  Brandenburg
  Lower Saxony
  Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  Rhineland-Palatinate
  Saarland
  Saxony
  Saxony-Anhalt
  Schleswig-Holstein
  Thuringia

Landkreise or Kreise  [70] Städte  [26]
Gemeinden m
Kreisfreie Städte  [71]
  Bremen 2 Städte (cities):
Bremen (city)
Bremerhaven
  Berlincap 12 bezirke 96 ortsteile
  Hamburg 7 bezirke 104 stadtteile 181 ortsteile
  Ghana 16 regions 216 districts Communities tema
8 municipal districts zones
3 metropolitan districts submetropolitan districts
  Greece 7 apokentroménes dioikíseis 13 peripheries 74 perifereiakés enóti̱tes 325 dímoim
1 aftonomi monastiki politeiaa   Mount Athos
  Grenada 6 parishesi
1 dependency:

  Carriacou and Petite Martinique

  Guatemala 22 departamentosdep 332 municipios m
  Guinea 8 régionsr

including Conakrycap

33 préfecturespre 330+ sous-préfecturessp [districts] dis
[sectors]  [72]
5 communes
  Guinea-Bissau 8 regiõesr
1 sector autónomo:a

  Bissaucap

39 setores [72]
  Guyana 10 regions 27 neighborhood councils
  Haiti 10 départementsdep 42 arrondissements dis 144 communes m 571 section communale  [73]
  Honduras 18 departamentosdep 298 municipios m 3731 aldeas
  Hungary 19 megyék count
  Budapestcap
197 Járások 3154 városok
  Iceland 74 municipalities (sveitarfélög)
  India 28 rājyas
9 kendra shāsit pradesh
(union territories)
722 zilendis [74] 5,924 tahsīlen sd
nagar nigamm
grām panchāyatv
  Indonesia 34 provinsipro
including 5 daerah istimewaa
including   Jakartacap
416 kabupaten [75]
98 kotaci [76]
7,094 kecamatan , distriksd 83,447 desa, kelurahan , kampung [32]
  Iran 31 ostanhapro 324 shahrestan count bakhsh dis shahr m
dehestan
  Iraq 18 muhāfazātg 120 aqdyat dis [77] 300+nahiyat count? ?qaryat  [32]
  Ireland 26 counties
3 cities

2 cities and counties

2 metropolitan districts
4 borough districts [52]
89 municipal districts [43]
  Israel 6 mehozot dis [78]

Judea and Samaria Area

15 napotsd [78] 52 Natural regions r [78] 77 arimci  [79]
124 moatzot mekomiot [80]
54 moatzot azoriot [81]
  Italy 20 regioni r 80 provincepro
2 province autonomea
7,998 comuni 37000+frazioni and cities' circoscrizioni [82]m
  Jamaica 14 parishes
  Japan 47 todōfukenpre [83] 28 shichōsp
15 seirei shitei toshici
1700+ shichōsonku m [84] ōaza, aza, chō , chōme
  Tokyo Metropoliscap 23 tokubetsu-kuw
26 toshici
1 gundis
4 shichōsp
  Jordan 12 muhāfazātg 50+ nahiasd
  Kazakhstan 14 oblys (regions)
3 qala (cities with region-rights) - Baikonurci [85]
319 awdandis
oblıstıq qala
kent awıl aymaq
  Kenya 47 kaunti count including

  Nairobicap and Mombasaci

262 kaunti ndogo dis
to be replaced by more effective administration
2400+ mtaa  [86] Cities , Municipalities and Towns
vijiji  [32]
  Kiribati 24 local councils
12 uninhabited islands/atolls
  Kuwait 6 muhāfazātg manāṭiq
  Kyrgyzstan 7 oblasttarpro
2 šaarlar (keneš):ci

  Bishkekcap

  Osh

44 rayon dis
14 gorkeneš  [26]
aiyl okmotus  [87]
  Laos 16 khouengpro
Vientianecap
140+ muang  [88]dis baan  [32]
  Latvia 110 novadi m
9 Republikas pilsētasci
67 pilsētas  [26]
470+ pagasti m, pa
  Lebanon 8 muhāfazāt  [89] 26 qadya dis
  Lesotho 10 districts 80+ constituencies 120+ community councils
  Liberia 15 counties 60+ districts
  Libya 22 sha'biyat dis 99 baladiyat
  Liechtenstein 11 Gemeinden m
  Lithuania 10 apskritys count 43 rajono savivaldybė  [90]m
9 savivaldybės m
8 miesto savivaldybė  [91]m
500+ seniūnijos  [92]
  Luxembourg 12 cantons  [93] 105 communes [94]  [95]m 24 quartierën  [96]
  Madagascar 22 faritra r 114 districts 1,579 kaomininacom and 17,485 fokontany [32]
  Malawi 3 regions 28 districts (130+ ["traditional authorities"]) (60+ ["subchiefdoms"])
  Malaysia 13 negeri:s 139 daerah 1000+ mukim 8000+ kampung
  Johor
  Kedah
  Melaka
  Negeri Sembilan
  Pahang
  Perak
  Perlis
  Penang
  Selangor
  Terengganu
75 daerah 800+ mukimsd 5000+ kampung
  Kelantan 10 jajahan 63 mukimsd 500+ kampung
  Sabah
  Sarawak
16 bahagian 54 daerah daerah kecil then kampung
3 Wilayah Persekutuan:
  Kuala Lumpurcap 11 mukimsd 150+ kampung
  Labuan 27 kampung
  Putrajaya 21 presint"
  Maldives 19 atolls
2 cities
189 islands
  Mali 10 régions [97]
Bamakocap
40+ cercles  [98] 1400+ arrondissements  [99] 700+ communes
  Malta 5 reġjunir 68 kunsilli lokali (local councils)m
  Marshall Islands 24 municipalitiesm
  Mauritania
12 régions  [100]r 50+ départementsdep [101] 200+ communes
Additionally Nouakchottcap:
Nouakchott-Nord Regionr 3 départementsdep [101]
Nouakchott-Ouest Regionr 3 départementsdep [101]
Nouakchott-Sud Regionr 3 départementsdep [101]
  Mauritius 4 islands 9 districts
14 zones
120+ villages, 4 Towns
173 localities
  Mexico 31 estadoss 2458 municipiosm
Mexico City cap 16 demarcaciones territoriales [102]
  Micronesia 4 states 70+ municipalities
  Moldova 32 raioanedis
3 municipiuci
1 unitate teritorială autonomă:a

  Gagauzia
1 unitatea teritorială: [64]

15 [municipalities]m
50 [cities]ci
60+ [city localities] [86]
660+ [villages] [32]
880+[village localities] [86]
  Monaco 1 communei 10 quartiers  [51]i
  Mongolia 21 aimagspro 331 sums dis 1538 bags
1 khot m:

  Ulaanbaatarcap

9 düüregs dis 132 khoroos
  Montenegro 22 opštine m
Prijestonica Cetinje [103]
Glavni Grad Podgorica cap
1256 naselja
  Morocco 12 regionsr  [104] 13 prefectures
62 [provinces]pro
cercles  [98] communes ruralescom
[municipalities] m
communes urbainescom
arrondissements
  Mozambique 10 provinciaspro
  Maputocap
128 distritos dis 405 postos [urban districts] dis
localidades  [86]
  Myanmar 7 States 67 Districts 330 Townships
7 Regions
1 Union Territory
5 Self-Administered Zones
1 Self-Administered Division
  Namibia 14 regions [105] 121 constituencies [105] citiesm
townsm
villagesm
settlements
  Nauru 14 districtsi
  Nepal 7 Pradesh pro 75 jilla dis 6 mahanagarpalikam
11 upamahanagarpalikam
241 nagarpalikam
486 gaupalikam
ward
  Netherlands 4 landen:
  Netherlands 12 provinciespro 355 gemeenten m
3 openbare lichamen:
  Bonaire
  Saba
  Sint Eustatius
  Aruba
  Curaçao
  Sint Maarten
  New Zealand Realm of New Zealand:
  New Zealand 11 non-unitary regions 13 cities
53 districts
1 special territorial authority:
5 unitary authorities
3 outlying islands:
  Ross Dependency
1 self-administering territory:a
  Tokelau 3 autonomous communities
2 states in free-association:a
  Cook Islands 10 island councils
  Niue 14 villages
  Nicaragua 15 departamentosdepm
2 regiones autónomasa
150+ municipiosm
  Niger 7 régions 
Communauté Urbaine de Niameycap
36 départements 265 communes, communes urbaines, communes rurales, postes administratifs [106]
  Nigeria 36 states
1 Federal Capital Territorycap
774 Local Government Areas
  North Korea 9 dopro
1 chikhalsi
2 t'ŭkpyŏlsi
1 t'ŭkkŭpsi
ci
150+ kun (guncount
sici
kuyŏk  [56]
ku (gu) and chigu dis
1 t'ŭkkŭpsici
tong  [8]
ri  [32]
rodongjagu dis
  North Macedonia 8 regioni i 80 opštini m
  Norway 19 fylker count***

including   Oslocap

422 kommunerm
2 integral overseas areas:
Norway Svalbard
Norway Jan Mayen
3 dependencies:
Norway Peter I Island
Norway Bouvet Island
Norway Queen Maud Land
  Oman 11 muhāfazātg 61 wilaya'atpro
  Pakistan 4 provinces
2 autonomous territories
1 federal capital territory
36 divisions 154 districts
1 federal territorycap 5 zones 27 union councils
  Palau 16 statesm
  Palestine West Bank
Gaza Strip
16 governoratesg
  Panama 10 provincias pro
3 comarcas indígenas
79 distritos dis 666 corregimientos
2 comarcas indígenas
10 provincias pro 68 distritos dis 587 corregimientos m
2 comarcas indígenas m
3 comarcas indígenasr 11 distritosdis 79 corregimientosm
  Papua New Guinea 20 provinces and 1 autonomous region

  National Capital Districtcap

districts Local-Level Government areas
  Paraguay 17 departamentosdep
  Asuncióncap
250 distritos or municipios m
  Peru 25 regiones r 190+ provinciaspro 1800+ distritos  [107]dis 84000+ centros poblados

1800+ centros poblados menores (as government entity)
81000+ [centros poblados dispersos] (only as censal unity)
1 provinciapro:
  Limacap
43 distritos [107]dis
  Philippines 16 rehiyong pampangasiwaan r
1 awtonomong rehiyona, r:
  Bangsamoro
81 lalawigan [108]pro
38 malayang lungsod  [109]
1 malayang bayan  [110]
107 bahaging lungsodci  [111]
1489 karaniwang bayan  [112]m [26]
42027 barangay  [113]v
  Poland 16 voivodeships (województwa)  [114]pro 360+ powiaty count [115] 2478 gminycom 40,000+ sołectwa (rural)
dzielnice or osiedla (urban)
  Portugal 18 distritosdis
2 regiões autónomas:a
  Azores
  Madeira
308 concelhos [116]m 3092 freguesiaspa
  Qatar 7 baladiya'at m
  Romania 41 județe count 320 orașeci (including 103 municipii m)
2,856 comunecom (divided into 12,955 sate  [32])
  Bucharestcap 6 sectoare  [72]
  Russia 85 federal subjects: [117] [118]
46 oblasts
22 republicsa [118]
4 autonomous okrugsa
9 krais [64]
1 autonomous oblasta
2,027 districts
561 cities and towns of federal subject significance
416 Towns of district significance
767 urban-type settlements of district significance
15,002 selsoviets and equivalents
3 federal cities [119]
  Moscowcap 12 administrative okrugsdis Districts and settlements
  St. Petersburg 18 districtsdis
  Sevastopol [120] 4 districtsdis
  Rwanda 5 intarapro
Kigalicap
30 uturere  [121]dis
(umujyi m)
410+ imirenge  [72] [122] 9100+ utugari  [123]
(then akagari ? [32])
  Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts 9 parishes
Nevis 5 parishes
  Saint Lucia 11 quartiers  [51]m
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6 parishesa
  Samoa 11 itūmālō i
  San Marino 9 castellim
  São Tomé and Príncipe 6 distritosdis
Autonomous Region of Príncipea
  Saudi Arabia 13 manaţiq 118 muhafazat r marakizsd
  Senegal 14 régions 45 départementsdep arrondissements communes
  Serbia 29 okrugadis
  Grad Beogradcap
150 opštinam
24 gradaci
  Seychelles 25 districtsa
Zil Elwannyen Sesel
  Sierra Leone 4 provinces
1 area
14 districts 149 chiefdoms
  Singapore 5 Districts 29 Constituencies
  Slovakia 8 kraje r 79 okresy dis 2891 obcem, from that 130+ mestá cap [26] [124] katastrálne územia  [125]
  Slovenia 212 občine m
  Solomon Islands 9 provincesm
  Honiaracap
  Somalia 18 gobolada r 75 [districts] dis
  South Africa 9 provinces 44 district municipalities 205 local municipalities 4392 wards
8 metropolitan municipalities
  South Korea 8 dopro 75 sici
77 gun (kun)count
gu (ku)dis [52]
dong [8]
eup [26]
myeon [27]
dong [8]
ri [32]
6 gwangyeoksici 44 gu (ku)dis
5 gun (kun)count
dong [8]
eup [26]
myeon [27]
ri [32]
1 teukbyeol jachido:a

Jeju Province

2 si dong [8]
eup [26]
myeon [27]
1 teukbyeol jachisicap:

Sejong City

1 teukbyeolsicap:
  Seoul
25 gu (ku)dis [52] dong [8]
  South Sudan 32 States
183 counties 540 Payams 2500 Bomas
  Spain 17 comunidades autónomasr, a 50 provinciaspro [126] 477 comarcas 8122 municipiosm
2 ciudades autónomasa 2 municipios [127]
3 plazas menores de soberanía [128]
  Sri Lanka 9 provinces 25 districts dis 320+ divisions
  Sudan 18 wilaya'ats 86 [districts]
  Suriname 10 districten dis 62 ressorten  [129]
  Sweden 21 län count
20 landsting [130]
290 kommuner m 2,523 distrikt
  Switzerland 26 cantons  [131] 137 districts  [132]dis 2,324 communes  [133]m
  Syria 14 muhāfazātg 60 manaţiq  [134]dis nawahisd [villages]  [32]
  Tajikistan 3 viloyathopro
1 viloyat mukhtora
Dushanbecap
60+ Nohiyadis
14 [cities]ci
2 hukumati [135]
( jamoats) ([villages] [32])
  Tanzania 31 mkoa [136] r 120+ wilaya dis [divisions]div [wards]  [56]
then [villages]  [32]
  Thailand 76 changwat [137]pro

76 PAO [138]

878 amphoe  [139]dis 7255 tambon [140]sub

30 Thesaban nakhon [141]m
178 Thesaban mueang [142]m
2232 Thesaban tambon [143]m
City of Pattaya [144]

74,944 muban [145]vil

5,335 SAO [146]sub
Chumchon [147]com

  Bangkokcap
BMA [148]
50 khet [149]dis 180 kwaeng [150]sub
  Togo 5 régions 30 préfectures
  Tonga 5 provinces 23 districts
  Trinidad and Tobago 9 regions
Tobago (governed by Tobago House of Assembly)
3 boroughs
2 cities
  Tunisia 24 wilaya'atg mutamadiyat dis shaykhat m
  Turkey 81 ilpro 957 ilçe dis 3200+ belediye m [neighbourhoods]  [8]
[41000 villages]  [32]
  Turkmenistan 5 welaýatlarr
Aşgabatcap
70+ ? adyndaky etraplar dis  [151]
40+ ?etraplar dis
15 [towns]  [26]
  Tuvalu 9 municipalitiesm
  Uganda 121 districts
Kampalacap
167 counties
22 municipalities
5 city divisions
1106 subcounties
151 town councils
63 municipal divisions/boroughs
parishes
villages
  Ukraine 24 oblastipro
2 mista zi spetsial'nym statusomm [152]
1 avtonomna respublikaa
490 raionydis
mista rehional'noho znachennia
raiony u mistakh
mista raionoho znachennia
selyshchni rady
sil's'ki rady
selyshcha
  United Arab Emirates 7 imarat  [153] local municipalities
  United Kingdom 1 constituent country with no devolution:
  England
 ∟ 9 regions
6 metropolitan counties 36 metropolitan districts parishes [154]
75 non-metropolitan counties 201 non-metropolitan districts
 ∟ 55 unitary authorities
32 London boroughs
City of London
3 constituent countries with devolution:
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland (6 counties)
11 districts
  Scotland 32 council areas communities
  Wales 10 county boroughs
9 counties
3 cities
communities
3 crown dependencies:
  Guernsey [155] 10 parishes

3 dependencies: Alderney, Herm and Sark

  Jersey [155] 12 parishes vingtaines , cueillettes
  Isle of Man 6 sheadings 15 parishes, 9 towns and villages
14 British Overseas Territories:
  Akrotiri and Dhekelia
  Anguilla 14 districts
  Bermuda 9 parishes
2 municipalities
  British Indian Ocean Territory
  British Virgin Islands 5 districts
  Cayman Islands 7 districts
  Falkland Islands
  Gibraltar
  Montserrat 3 parishes
  Pitcairn Islands
  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 6 districts
  United States 50 states

567 tribal entities
  1 federal districtcap
1 incorporated territory: Palmyra Atoll ( United States US Minor Outlying Islands)

3,142 counties and county-equivalents (including 41 independent cities) Municipalities and minor civil divisions (including cities, plantations, towns, townships, villages, etc.): 35,930 municipal bodies

(Note that municipalities and cities can exist in multiple counties.)

4 unincorporated organized territories:
  Guam 19 villages [156]
  Northern Mariana Islands 4 municipalities
  Puerto Rico 78 municipalitiesm 900+ barrios [8]
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; 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)
  Uruguay 19 departamentosdep 112 municipiosm
  Uzbekistan 12 viloyatlar
1 respublikaa
Tashkentcap
174 tumanlardis
120 shaharlarci
  Vanuatu 6 provinces municipalities, local councils
  Vatican City None
  Venezuela 23 estadoss 335 municipiosm 1136 parroquiaspa
dependencias federales  [157]
  Caracascap
  Vietnam 58 tỉnh
69 thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh
51 thị xã
595 huyện
8 đảo
693 thị trấn
1100+ phường
10000+
5 thành phố trực thuộc trung ương 49 quận 1400+ phường
  Yemen 21 muhāfazātg
Sana'a Citycap
333 districtsdis 2210+ [subdistricts]sd 38,284 [villages]  [32]
  Zambia 10 provinces 89 districts
  Zimbabwe 8 provinces
2 cities
59 districts 1,200 municipalities

***To be replaced by regions effective January 1, 2020

REF

  1. ^ Including 2 departments of disputed sovereignty in Tierra del Fuego Province: Antártida Argentina (in the Antarctica), and Islas del Atlántico Sur (which includes the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)
  2. ^ a b c development committees
  3. ^ a b rural communes
  4. ^ neighborhood councils
  5. ^ municipal committees
  6. ^ neighborhood delegations
  7. ^ neighborhood committees
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k neighbourhoods.
  9. ^ Not counting the Australian Antarctic Territory.
  10. ^ Consisting of shires, boroughs, cities, rural cities, towns, district councils, community government councils, municipalities, community development trusts, and aboriginal councils. Jervis Bay Territory and all 6 of Australia's external territories (not counting the Australian Antarctic Territory), are not divided into second-level administrative subdivisions. The suburbs of Canberra are not considered to be administrative subdivisions of any level.
  11. ^ The districts of Vienna are not considered to be administrative subdivisions of any level.
  12. ^ Including 8 districts ( Jabrayil, Kalbajar, Lachin, Qubadli, Shusha, Khojaly, Khojavend, and Zangilan) and 2 cities ( Shusha and Khankendi) under complete control of the de facto independent state of   Artsakh. 7 districts and 1 city form the   Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (not an administrative subdivision unit).
  13. ^ "Upazilla List". Bangladesh National Portal.
  14. ^ Dutch : Gewesten; French: Régions or German: Regionen.
  15. ^ Dutch: Provincies; French: Provinces or German: Provinzen. The Brussels-Capital Region is not divided into provinces.
  16. ^ Dutch: Arrondissementen; French: Arrondissements or German: Arrondissements.
  17. ^ Dutch: Gemeenten; French: Communes or German: Gemeinden.
  18. ^ Chobe District and all six of Botswana's urban districts are not divided into second-level administrative subdivisions.
  19. ^ Consisting of urban and rural communes.
  20. ^ Also referred to as communes.
  21. ^ Consisting of territories, regions, districts, counties, and regional municipalities.
  22. ^ Also referred to as municípios.
  23. ^ The districts of N'Djamena are not considered to administrative subdivisions of any level.
  24. ^ special districts.
  25. ^ forestry district.
  26. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o towns.
  27. ^ a b c d townships.
  28. ^ ethnic townships.
  29. ^ or jiēdàobànshìchù.
  30. ^ "district public offices".
  31. ^ (residential) communities.
  32. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s villages, village areas or village groups.
  33. ^ either zìráncūnjí ("natural" villages) or xíngzhèngcūnjí (bureaucratic villages, i.e. created for administrative convenience).
  34. ^ special administrative regions.
  35. ^ Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Kinshasa.
  36. ^ also known as Congo-Brazzaville.
  37. ^ Also known as the Ivory Coast.
  38. ^ municipalities with extended competence (3rd level municipalities)
  39. ^ municipalities with commissioned local authority (2nd level municipalities)
  40. ^ 1st level municipalities
  41. ^ military proving grounds
  42. ^ administrative districts
  43. ^ a b municipal districts
  44. ^ cadastral communities
  45. ^ or Danish:syssel.
  46. ^ "Húsar fara undir Klaksvík". KVF.fo (in Faroese). 25 February 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  47. ^ or [townships].
  48. ^ Due to be replaced by [communes] [1]
  49. ^ Timor-Leste.
  50. ^ Estonia's linnad (towns) and vallad (parishes) are known collectively as omavalitsused (municipalities).
  51. ^ a b c quarters.
  52. ^ a b c d boroughs.
  53. ^ Small boroughs
  54. ^ constituencies
  55. ^ Chiefdoms
  56. ^ a b c wards.
  57. ^ subregions.
  58. ^ consisting of kaupungit (urban communes) and kunnat (communes).
  59. ^ The département (department) and commune (municipality) of Paris are unified into a single territorial collectivity.
  60. ^ The 3 communes (municipalities) of Paris, Lyon and Marseilles are further subdivided into arrondissements municipaux ( municipal arrondissements), not to be confused with the arrondissements (districts) subdividing each département (department).
  61. ^ a collectivité d'outre-mer (overseas collectivity).
  62. ^ also known as a pays d'outre-mer (overseas country).
  63. ^ kingdoms.
  64. ^ a b c territories.
  65. ^ a territoire d'outre-mer (overseas territory).
  66. ^ or, informally, Bundesländer (federal states).
  67. ^ a b administrative districts.
  68. ^ including 3 Kommunalverbände besonderer Art (special regional associations): Region Hannover, Regionalverband Saarbrücken and Städteregion Aachen
  69. ^ municipal associations. usually in rural areas and known by various names in different states, e.g. Amt, Samtgemeinde, Verbandsgemeinde and Verwaltungsgemeinschaft
  70. ^ a b rural districts.
  71. ^ a b cities (urban districts).
  72. ^ a b c d sectors.
  73. ^ sections communales (communal sections).
  74. ^ http://www.goidirectory.gov.in/district.php
  75. ^ regencies.
  76. ^ formerly kotamadya (municipalities).
  77. ^ sometimes translated as "shires" or "counties".
  78. ^ a b c "ביאור סמלי החלוקות הגאוגרפיות".{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status ( link)
  79. ^ "רשימת היישובים לפי מעמד מוניציפאלי" (PDF).{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status ( link)
  80. ^ "הרשויות המקומיות בישראל 2017". www.cbs.gov.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  81. ^ "רשימת המועצות האזוריות | ברוכים הבאים לאתר המועצות האיזוריות" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  82. ^ fractions
  83. ^ todōfuken : to (metropolis, viz. Tokyo) + (territory, viz. Hokkaidō) + fu (2 urban prefectures, viz. Kyoto and Osaka) + ken (43 prefectures)
  84. ^ shichōsonku : shi (city) + chō (town) + son (village) + ku (wards, boroughs)
  85. ^ The city has a special status because it is currently being leased to Russia with Baikonur Cosmodrome until the year 2050
  86. ^ a b c d localities.
  87. ^ rural communities or rural districts.
  88. ^ or muong.
  89. ^ "Territorial administration of Lebanon". Localiban. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  90. ^ "district municipalities".
  91. ^ "city municipalities".
  92. ^ elderships, elderates.
  93. ^ French; alternatively German:Kantone.
  94. ^ "Cartes du Luxembourg".
  95. ^ French; alternatively German:Gemeinden.
  96. ^ Luxembourgish; alternatively French:quartiers, German:Stadtvierteln.
  97. ^ "Le Mali compte désormais dix régions". 23 January 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  98. ^ a b circles.
  99. ^ or communes.
  100. ^ or wilaya'at.
  101. ^ a b c d or moughataas.
  102. ^ municipalities.
  103. ^ Old Royal Capital.
  104. ^ some disputed; see Regions of Morocco.
  105. ^ a b Nakale, Albertina (9 August 2013). "President divides Kavango into two". New Era. archived via allafrica.com. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. {{ cite news}}: External link in |publisher= ( help)
  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. ^ a b or partidos.
  108. ^ or probinsya.
  109. ^ or malayang siyudad; cities independent from province, classified as either "highly urbanized" or "independent component" cities.
  110. ^ or munisipalidad; municipality not under any provincial authority.
  111. ^ or bahaging siyudad; cities under provincial supervision ("component cities").
  112. ^ or munisipalidad; regular municipalities under provincial supervision.
  113. ^ or barrios.
  114. ^ voivodeships.
  115. ^ consisting of 300+ powiat ziemski (rural counties) and 60+ powiat grodzki (urban counties) or miasta na prawach powiatu ("cities of county right").
  116. ^ or municípios.
  117. ^ federal subjects, grouped into 7 federal districts
  118. ^ a b Including Republic of Crimea which is annexed territory of Ukraine
  119. ^ Including Sevastopol which is annexed territory of Ukraine
  120. ^ Annexed from Ukraine in 2014 by the Russian Federation
  121. ^ sing. akarere.
  122. ^ or French:secteurs administratifs (administrative sectors).
  123. ^ or French:cellules (cells).
  124. ^ Mestská a obecná štatistika SR Archived 2007-10-27 at the Wayback Machine
  125. ^ "cadastral areas".
  126. ^ Some provinces are divided in districts called comarcas
  127. ^ Ceuta and Melilla
  128. ^ minor sovereign places in North Africa
  129. ^ ?"resorts".
  130. ^ County councils
  131. ^ ( 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.
  132. ^ French; alternatively German:Ämter, (Amts)bezirke, Italian:distretti or Romansh:districts. This level of subdivisions is not present in all cantons.
  133. ^ French; alternatively German:Gemeinden, Italian:comuni or Romansh:vischnancas.
  134. ^ or manatuq.
  135. ^ city councils.
  136. ^ Mwakyusa, Alvar (4 February 2016). "Songwe is new region - with four districts". Daily News. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  137. ^ Changwat is a province
  138. ^ PAO - Provincial Administrative Organisation
  139. ^ Amphoe is a district
  140. ^ Tambon is a subdistrict
  141. ^ Thesaban nakhon is a City-municipality
  142. ^ Thesaban mueang is a Town-municipality
  143. ^ Thesaban tambon is a Subdistrict-municipality
  144. ^ City of Pattaya is a Special local government
  145. ^ Muban is a village
  146. ^ SAO/TAO - Subdistrict Administrative Organization
  147. ^ Chumchon is a Community Association
  148. ^ BMA - Bangkok Metropolitan Administration
  149. ^ Khet is a district in Bangkok
  150. ^ Kwaeng is a subdistrict in Bangkok
  151. ^ urban districts.
  152. ^ "cities with special status".
  153. ^ emirates.
  154. ^ not all of England is parished - see unparished area.
  155. ^ a b a bailiwick.
  156. ^ also known as municipalities.
  157. ^ federal dependencies.