List of terms for administrative divisions

This is a list of English and non-English terms for administrative divisions.

English

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Flexbox	"Flex columns"	No	Yes	{{Flex columns}}	–	–
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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.

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

See also

• Administrative division
• Census division
  • Census-designated place - statistical territorial subdivisions in the United States