List_of_subnational_entities

The table below indicates the types and, where known, numbers of administrative country subdivisions currently (as of 2007) 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 2007, the twelve qarku (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.

British overseas territories and crown dependencies 

Where these have administrative divisions, they are listed as if separate countries.

See also

• Country subdivision
• List of terms for country subdivisions
• List of capitals serving as administrative divisions by country
• List of autonomous areas by country
• List of the most populous country subdivisions
• Matrix of country subdivisions

   

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Table

Country	Administrative divisions
	First-level	Second-level	Third-level	Fourth-level and smaller
Afghanistan	30+ velaya\'at p	360+ woleswali d
Albania	12 qarku or prefekturat (prefectures).	30+ rrethe d	300+ komuna  60+ bashkia m	(3000+ lokaliteteve ?)
Algeria	48 wilayas p	553 daïras	1,541 baladiyahs of Algeria
For Åland, see Finland below.
For American Samoa, see United States below.
Andorra	7 parròquies	(52 ?[localities]   -) quarts  veïnats  villages
Anguilla	14 districts
Angola	18 províncias p	150+ municípios city councilsm
Antigua and Barbuda	6 parishes 2 dependencies
Argentina	22 provincias p	370+ departamentos	municipios or partidos.m	localidades d
	Buenos Aires Province	partidos parts or municipalities.
	Buenos Airesc		15 comunas	40+ barrios
Armenia	10 marzer or gavaṙ.p Yerevanc
For Aruba, see Netherlands below.
Australia	6 states 10 territories	700+ Local Government Areasconsisting of shires, boroughs, cities, rural cities, towns, district councils, community government councils, municipalities, community development trusts and an aboriginal council.
Austria	9 Bundesländer	80+ Politische Bezirke d 15 Statutarstädte	2300+ Gemeinden m	7800+ Katastralgemeinden "cadastral municipalities".
Azerbaijan		59 rayonlar d	11 şəhərlər
	1 muxtar respublika	7 rayonlar d	1 şəhər
Bahamas	31 districts New Providence
Bahrain	5 muhāfazāt
Bangladesh	6 bibhag	64 zilla d	474 upozilla d
Barbados	11 parishes
Belarus	6 voblastsi p Minskc	110+ rayony d
Belgium	3 gewesten Dutch/Flemish; alternatively French:régions or German:Regionen.r	10 provincies Dutch/Flemish; alternatively French:provinces or German:Provinzen.p	43 arrondissements d	580+ gemeenten Dutch/Flemish; alternatively French:communes or German:Gemeinden.m
Belize	6 districts	31 constituencies
Bermuda	9 parishes 2 municipalities
Benin	12 départements	70+ communes	arrondissements	[villages]  [city districts] d
Bhutan	20 dzongkhag d	200+ gewog
Bolivia	9 departamentos	100 provincias p	327 municipios or municipios (municipalities).	1000+ cantones
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Fed. of Bosnia & Herzegovina	10 kantoni	70+ opčine m
	Republika Srpska	7 [regions]	60+ opčine m
	Brčko District
Botswana	9 districts	subdistricts
Brazil	26 estados  Brasíliac	5 560+ municípios m
Brunei	4 daerah-daerah d	38 mukim p	kampong
Bulgaria	28 oblasti p	260+ obshtini m
Burkina Faso	(13 régions)	40+ provinces	350+ communes
Burundi	17 provinces	120+ communes d	2600+ collines lit. "hills"
Cambodia	20 khêt p 4 krong	180+ srok d	khum	khan  then sangkat
Cameroon	10 provinces	50+ départements	310+ arrondissements	[subdistricts]
Canada	10 provinces:
	Alberta	19 census divisions	sections townships ranges
	British Columbia	27 regional districts 1 region	(land districts)
	Manitoba	23 census divisions	sections townships ranges
	New Brunswick	15 counties	parishes
	Newfoundland and Labrador	10 census divisions	(districts)
	Nova Scotia	18 counties
	Ontario	census divisions7 districts, 1 district municipality, 1 metropolitan municipality, 9 regional municipalities, 9 united counties.	boroughs etc.cities, municipalities, municipal townships, separate towns, towns, villages.
	Prince Edward Island	3 counties	lots royalties
	Quebec	90+ comtés  3 communautés urbaines "urban communities" (metropolitan municipalities).	municipalités [regional county] municipalities.	arrondissements
	Saskatchewan	18 census divisions	sections townships ranges
	3 territories:
	Northwest Territories	2? regions
	Nunavut	3? regions
	Yukon
Cape Verde	22 concelhos or municípios (municipalities).	30+ freguesias
Cayman Islands	8 districts
Central African Republic	16 préfectures  Banguic	60+ sous-préfectures	170+ communes
Chad	18 régions r	40+ départements	sub-prefectures	communautés rurales
	including N\'Djamenac	10 arrondissements	communes
Chile	15 regiones r	50+ provincias p	320+ comunas m
China (PRC)	"province" level: 22 shěng p 5 zìzhìqū  4 zhíxiáshì m	"prefecture" level: 280+ dìjíshī  17 dìqū  30 zìzhìzhōu	"county" level: 1400+ xiàn  110+ zìzhìxiàn  850+ (shìxiá)qū d 2 tèqū special districts. 370+ xiànjíshì  1 línqū forestry district.	"township" level: 19500+ zhèn  14600+ xiāng  1000+ mínzúxiāng ethnic townships. 6100+ jiēbàn or jiēdàobànshìchù. 11 qūgōngsuǒ "district public offices". then Urban areas: shèqū (residential) communities. or jūmínqū  Rural areas: cūnjí either zìráncūnjí ("natural" villages) or xíngzhèngcūnjí (bureaucratic villages, i.e. created for administrative convenience).
	Inner Mongoliaone of the five zìzhìqū (autonomous regions).	3 méng "leagues"; Mongolian:chuulghan.	40+ qí banners. 3 zìzhìqí	180+ sūmù  1 mínzúsūm  then urban and rural divisions as above.
	2 tèbiéxíngzhèngqū special administrative regions. :
	Hong Kong	18 [districts]	[municipal councils]
	Macau	2 concelhos d	5 freguesias
For the Republic of China, see Taiwan below.
Colombia	32 departamentos  Bogotác	1100+ municipios m	2000+ corregimientos
Comoros	3 [autonomous islands]
DR of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Kinshasa.	10 provinces Kinshasac	territoires (districts)
		mairies urban areas. :
		[cities]	communes	quartiers
		territoriale rural areas. :
				[towns] then quartiers  cheffries  then villages
Republic of the Congoalso known as Congo-Brazzaville.	10 régions r	80+ [districts] d	communes
	Brazzavillec	7 arrondissements
Costa Rica	7 provincias p	80+ cantons	450+ [districts] d
Côte d\'IvoireAlso known as the Ivory Coast.	19 régions r	50+ départements	180+ sous-préfectures
Croatia	20 županije  Zagrebc	127 gradovi  429 općine m
Cuba	14 provincias p Havanac	160+ municipios m
Cyprus	6 eparchies d
Czech Republic	14 kraje r	77 okresy dbut see [1] 3 statutární města	města, obce mměsta (sing. město) translates as "cities" or "towns"; obce (sing. obec) as "municipalities" or "communes".	katastrální území "cadastral areas".
	Praguec	15? obvody d
Denmark	5 regioner r	90+ kommuner m
	Faroe Islands	7 sýsla or Danish:syssel.r	30+ kommunur m
	Greenland	3 amter  (or lansdele p)	18 kommuner mor [townships].
Djibouti	5 régions r	(15 districts d)Due to be replaced by [communes] [2]
	Djibouti Cityc	6 arrondissements
Dominica	10 parishes
Dominican Republic	31 provincias p Distrito Nacionald	110+ municipios m 40+ distritos municipales d	secciones
East TimorTimor-Leste.	13 [districts] d	60+ [subdistricts]	(sulos, sucos )
Ecuador	22 provincias p	210+ cantones	1000+ parròquias
Egypt	27 muhāfazāt	markazes
El Salvador	14 departamentos	260+ municipios m
For England, see United Kingdom below.
Equatorial Guinea	7 provincias p
Eritrea	6 zoba r	districts d
EstoniaEstonia\'s linnad (towns) and vallad (parishes) are known collectively as omavalitsus (municipalities).	15 maakonnad	30+ linnad	linnaosad d
		190+ vallad	alevikud  külad
Ethiopia	9 kililoch r 2 astedader akababiwach	(zones?) 12 rasgez akababiwach	600+ woreda (wereda)d	kebeles
For the Faroe Islands, see Denmark above.
Fiji	4 divisions 1 dependency	15 provinces
Finland	6 läänit p	20 maakunnat r	70+ seutukunnat	430+ kunnat mconsisting of kaupungit (urban communes) and kunnat (rural communes).
	Åland	16 kommuner (kunnat) m
France	(25 régions r Corsicaa collectivité territoriale (territorial collectivity).) 90+ départements	320+ arrondissements	3800+ cantons	36000+ communes
	French Guianaa département d\'outre-mer (overseas department) and région d\'outre-mer (overseas region).	2 arrondissements	19 cantons	22 communes
	French Polynesiaa collectivité d\'outre-mer (overseas collectivity).also known as a pays d\'outre-mer (overseas country).	5 subdivisions administratives		40+ communes
	Southern/Antarctic Landsa territoire d\'outre-mer (overseas territory).	4 [districts] d
	Guadeloupe	3 arrondissements	30+ communes	40+ cantons
	Martinique	4 arrondissements	30+ communes	40+ cantons
	Mayottealso known as a collectivité départementale (departmental collectivity).		17 communes
	New Caledonia	3 provinces	30+ communes
	Réunion	4 arrondissements	20+ communes	40+ cantons
	St. Pierre and Miquelon	2 communes
	Wallis and Futuna	3 royaumes coutumiers kingdoms.	3 [districts] d
Gabon	9 provinces	30+ départements
Gambia	5 divisions Banjulc	30+ districts
Georgia	9 mkhare p 2 avt\'onomiuri resp\'ublik\'a  Tbilisic	53 raioni d 6 sak\'alak\'o t\'erit\'oria
Germany	16 Länder or, informally, Bundesländer.	22 Regierungsbezirke	430+ Kreise d then Ämter "offices".	12300+ Gemeinden m
Ghana	10 regions	120+ districts
		8 municipal districts	zones
		3 metropolitan districts	submetropolitan districts
Greece	13 periphereies	54 nomoi  1 aftonomi monastiki politeia	140+ eparchia (abolished in 2006) p	270+ demoi m then [localities]  ([communes] ?)
For Greenland, see Denmark above.
Grenada	6 parishes 2 dependencies
For Guam, see United States below.
Guatemala	22 departamentos	municipios m
Guernseya bailiwick.	10 parishes
Guinea	8 régions r	33 préfectures	330+ sous-préfectures	[districts] d [sectors]
		Conakryc	5 communes
Guinea-Bissau	8 regiões r 1 sector autónomo	30+ ?setores
Guyana	10 regions	27 neighborhood councils
Haiti	10 départements	30+ arrondissements d	communes	sections sections communales (communal sections).
Honduras	18 departamentos	290+ municipios m
Hungary	19 megyék 23 megyei jogú város  Budapestc	160+ subregions
Iceland	8 landsvæði r	23 sýslur  8 kaupstaðir  7 bæir  ?5 [other]	100+ sveitarfélög m
India	28 states 7 territories	600+ districts	tehsils (tahsils, tahasils), taluks (talukas)	blocks
Indonesia	33 provinsi or propinsi-propinsi, sing. propinsi.p 3 daerah istimewa  Jakartac	340+ kabupaten 90+ kota formerly kotamadya (municipalities).	kecamatan	desa, kelurahan
Iran	30 ostanha p	310+ shahrestan	bakhsh d
Iraq	18 muhāfazāt p	? aqdyat dsometimes translated as "shires" or "counties".	?nahiyat ?	?qaryat
Republic of Ireland	26 contaetha (counties)
For Northern Ireland, see United Kingdom below.
Isle of Man	6 sheadings	17 parishes
Israel	6 mehozot d	15 nafot	(50+? [natural regions]?)
Italy	15 regioni r 5 regioni autonome )	100+ province p (then circondari d	8100+ comuni m	frazioni
Jamaica	14 parishes
Japan	47 todōfuken todōfuken : to (metropolis, viz. Tokyo) + dō (territory, viz. Hokkaidō) + fu (2 urban prefectures, viz. Kyoto and Osaka) + ken (43 prefectures)	28 shichō  15 seirei shitei toshi	1800+ shichōsonku mshichōsonku : shi (city) + chō (town) + son (village) + ku (wards, boroughs)	ōaza, aza, chō, chōme
Jersey	12 parishes	vingtaines, cueillettes
Jordan	12 muhāfazāt	50+ nahia
Kazakhstan	14 oblıstar p 3 qalalar	319 awdandar d oblıstıq qalalar	kentter	awıl aymaqtar
Kenya	7 mkoa p Nairobic	40 districts d [3]	260+ tarafa	1000+ mtaa  then kijiji
Kiribati
North Korea	9 do p 3 [SARs]  2 chikhalsi	150+ kun (gun)  si  kuyŏk  ku (gu) and chigu d 1 t\'ŭkkŭpsi	tong  ri  rodongjagu d
South Korea	9 do p 1 teukbyeol jachido	si  gun (kun)	gu (ku) d eup	dong  ri
	6 gwangyeoksi	gu (ku) d gun (kun)	dong  eup  myeon	ri
	Seoulc	gu (ku) d	dong
Kuwait	6 muhāfazāt
Kyrgyzstan	7 oblasttar p 2 šaarlar (keneš)	40+ rayonlar d 14 gorkeneš	aiyl okmotus
Laos	16 khoueng p Vientianec	140+ muang or muong.d	baan
Latvia	26 apriņķi or rajoni.d 7 lielpilsētas	72 pilsētas  7 novad m	470+ pagast m
Lebanon	6 muhāfazāt	26 qadya d
Lesotho	10 districts	wards
Liberia	15 counties	60+ districts
Libya	(4 [provinces] p?) 32 sha\'biyat m
Liechtenstein	11 Gemeinden m
Lithuania	10 apskritys	60 rajono savivaldybė "district municipalities".m 8 savivaldybės m 8 miesto savivaldybė "city municipalities".m	500+ seniūnijos elderships, elderates.
Luxembourg	3 [districts]	12 cantons French; alternatively German:Kantone.	110+ communes French; alternatively German:Gemeinden.m	24 quartierën Luxembourgish; alternatively French:quartiers, German:Stadtvierteln.
Republic of Macedonia	(8 ?regioni r) 80+ opštini m
Madagascar	6 faritanin\' mizakatena	22 faritra r	?departemanta  or 110+ ?fivondronana or fivondronampokontany.	1200+ ?firaisana or firaisampokontany. or ?kaominina  then 11000+ ?fokontany
Malawi	3 regions	27 districts	(130+ ["traditional authorities"])	(60+ ["subchiefdoms"])
Malaysia	13 negeri 3 wilayah persekutuan federal territories.	[divisions] in Sabah and Sarawak states. 130+ daerah in Kelantan:jajahan.d
Maldives	20 [atolls]also known as [districts]. Maléc
Mali	8 régions Bamakoc	40+ cercles	1400+ arrondissements or communes.
Malta	68 kunsilli lokali (local councils)m
Marshall Islands		30+ municipalities
Mauritania	12 régions or wilaya\'at.r Nouakchottc	50+ départements or moughataas.
Mauritius	9 districts 2 dependencies 1 region	(5 cities)
Mexico	31 estados	2400+ municipios m
	Mexico Cityc	16 delegaciones
Micronesia	4 states	70+ municipalities
Moldova	32 raioane d 3 municipiu  1 unitate teritorială autonomă  1 unitatea teritorială	15 [municipalities] m 50 [cities]  60+ [city localities]  660+ [villages]  880+ [village localities]
Monaco	1 commune	10 quartiers
Mongolia	21 aimguud p	331 sumd	1600+ Bags
	1 khot m	9 düüregs d	121 khoroos
Montserrat	3 parishes
Montenegro	21 opštine m
Morocco	16 [regions] r some disputed; see Regions of Morocco.	16 prefectures  40+ [provinces] p	cercles	communes rurales
				[municipalities] m communes urbaines  arrondissements
Mozambique	10 provincias p Maputoc	120+ distritos d	[urban districts] d localidades
Myanmar	7 taing or yin. 7 pyi-neh	60+ kayaing d	[townships]	[towns]  [wards]  [villages]
Namibia	13 regions	100+ constituencies
Nauru	14 districts
Nepal	5 vikas kshetra r	14 anchal	75 [districts] d	[villages]
Netherlands	12 provincies p	443 gemeenten m
	Aruba
	Netherlands Antilles	5 eilandgebieden r
New Zealand	12 regions 4 unitary authorities	50+ districts 15 cities 1 special territorial authority
	Cook Islands
	Niue
	Tokelau	3 autonomous communities
Nicaragua	15 departamentos  2 regiones autónomas	150+ municipios m
Niger	7 départements  Niameyc	30+ arrondissements	communes
Nigeria	36 states Abujac	770+ Local Government Areas
For Northern Ireland, see United Kingdom below.
For the Northern Mariana Islands, see United States below.
Norway	19 fylker	430+ kommuner m
	Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Oman	5 minţaqat r 3 muhāfazāt	60+ wilaya\'at p
Pakistan	4 provinces 1 territory Islamabadc 2 administered territoriesthe Azad Kashmir and