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This is a list of [[english language|English]] and non-English terms for [[administrative division]]s.

==English==
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* [[Bailiwick]]
* [[Border]]
* [[Borough]]
* [[canton (administrative division)|Canton]]
* [[City]]
* [[Commune (administrative division)|Commune]]
* [[Administrative division|State (constituent)]]
* [[County]]
* [[Department (administrative division)|Department]]
* [[District]]
* [[Duchy]]
* [[Emirate]]
* [[Federal state]]
* [[Federated state|State (federative)]]
* [[Governorate]]
* [[Hundred (county division)|Hundred]]
* [[Metropolitan Area]]
* [[Municipality]]
* [[Parish (administrative division)|Parish]]
* [[Prefecture]]
* [[Province]]
* [[Region#Administrative regions|Region]]
* [[Regency (Indonesia)|Regency]]
* [[Rural district]]
* [[Shire]]
* [[Subdistrict]]
* Subdivision
* [[Subprefecture]]
* [[Town]]
* [[Township]]
* [[Village]]
* [[Viceroyalty]]
* [[Voivodeship]]
}}

==Non-English==
This is an alphabetical list of native non-English terms for administrative divisions; some, such as ''arrondissement'' and ''okrug'', have become English [[loanword]]s. Terms in italics are prefixes or suffixes.

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{| class="wikitable sortable"
!width="150px"| Name !!width="260px"| Countries !!width="120px"| English equivalents
|-
| [[amphoe]] || {{THA}} || district
|-
| [[Amt (administrative division)|Amt]] || {{DEU}} || county (formerly; the modern term is ''kreis'', which means literally "circle")
|-
| [[Amt (administrative division)|amt]] || {{DEN}} || county (replaced with regions in 2007)
|-
| [[Amt (administrative division)|amt]] || {{NOR}} || county (formerly; the modern term is ''fylke'')
|-
| [[apskritis]] || {{LTU}} || county
|-
| [[anakhett]] || {{CAM}} || prefecture
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[arrondissement]] || {{NED}}
| rowspan="2" | borough, district
|-
| [[File:Flag of La Francophonie.svg|border|22px]] [[Francophonie|French-speaking countries]]
|-
|''autónoma''||[[File:Flag of the Hispanicity.svg|border|22px]] [[Hispanicity|Spanish-speaking countries]]
| rowspan="3" | autonomous 
|-
|''autônomo, autônoma''||[[File:Flag CPLP.svg|border|22px]] [[Community of Portuguese Language Countries|Portuguese-speaking countries]]
|-
|''автоно́мный (avtonomny)''|| {{RUS}}
|-
| [[aimag]] (аймаг)|| {{MNG}} || province
|-
| [[baladiyah]] (''baladiyat'') || [[File:Flag of the Arab League.svg|22px]] [[Arab world|Arab countries]] || municipality
|-
| [[barangay]] || {{PHI}} || village (rural) or ward
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[bairro]] || {{BRA}}
| rowspan="4" | neighbourhood, district
|-
| {{POR}}
|-
| {{MOZ}}
|-
| [[barrio]] || [[File:Flag of the Hispanicity.svg|border|22px]] [[Hispanicity|Spanish-speaking countries]]
|-
|бановина (banovina)
|[[File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1992–2003).svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Yugoslavia]]
|[[Ban (title)|banate]], province
|-
|[[Municipalities of the Philippines|bayan]]
|{{PHI}}
|municipality
|-
| [[Districts of Austria|Bezirk]] || {{AUT}} || district
|-
| [[Districts of Switzerland|Bezirk]] || {{SUI}} || district
|-
| [[:de:Bezirk (Bayern)|Bezirk]] || {{DEU}} || district
|-
| [[States of Germany|Bundesland]] || {{DEU}} (colloquial term)
| rowspan="2" | federal state
|-
| [[States of Austria|Bundesland]] || {{AUT}} (colloquial term)
|-
| [[Divisions of Bangladesh|bibhag]] || {{BAN}} || division
|-
| [[bwrdeistref]] || {{WAL}} || borough county
|-
| canton ([[French Language|French]])<br>cantone ([[Italian Language|Italian]])<br>chantun ([[Romansh Language|Romansh]])<br>Kanton ([[German Language|German]]) || {{SUI}}
| rowspan="2" | canton
|-
|kanton ([[Bosnian language|Bosnian]])
| {{BIH}}
|-
| [[Municipalities of San Marino|castello]] || {{SMR}} || municipality
|-
| [[changwat]] || {{THA}} || province
|-
| [[chef-lieu]] || {{FRA}} || chief town or city
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[comarca]] || [[File:Flag CPLP.svg|border|22px]] [[Community of Portuguese Language Countries|Portuguese-speaking countries]] (judicial system)
| rowspan="2" | county
|-
| [[File:Flag of the Hispanicity.svg|border|22px]] [[Hispanicity|Spanish-speaking countries]]
|-
| [[comuna]] || {{AGO}} || division of [[Municipalities of Angola|município]]
|-
| [[comuna]] || [[File:Flag of the Hispanicity.svg|border|22px]] [[Hispanicity|Spanish-speaking countries]] || commune
|-
| [[Communes of Romania|comună]] || {{ROM}} || rural commune
|-
| [[comune]] || {{ITA}} || municipality
|-
| [[Autonomous Community|comunidad]] || {{ESP}} || community
|-
| [[Administrative divisions of Portugal|comunidade intermunicipal]] || {{POR}} || intermunicipal community
|-
| [[Administrative divisions of Portugal|comunidade urbana]] || {{POR}} || urban community
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[concelho]] || {{CPV}}
| rowspan="2" | municipality; synonym of [[Municipalities of Portugal|município]]
|-
| {{POR}}
|-
| [[Corregimientos of Panama|corregimiento]] || {{PAN}} || subdivision of a [[Districts of Panama|distrito]]
|-
|[[daerah]]
|[[Malay world|Malay-speaking countries]]
|district
|-
| [[Provinces of Indonesia|provinsi]]
| rowspan="3" | {{IDN}} || province
|-
| Daerah Istimewa || Special District, all are first level (provincial level)
|-
| Daerah Khusus Ibukota || Exclusive Capital District, refers to DKI [[Jakarta]] only.
|-
| [[Dao (political)|dào]] (Mandarin)|| {{PRC}} || circuit
|-
| [[deelgemeente]] || {{BEL}} || submunicipality
|-
| [[deme|demos]] (δήμος)|| {{GRE}}  || municipality
|-
| [[departamento]] || [[File:Flag of the Hispanicity.svg|border|22px]] [[Latin America]] (Spanish-speaking countries) || department
|-
| [[département]] || [[File:Flag of La Francophonie.svg|border|22px]] [[Francophonie|French-speaking countries]] || department
|-
| [[Village (Indonesia)|desa]] || {{INA}} || village
|-
| [[Districts of Suriname|district]] || {{SUR}} || district
|-
| [[Districts of Indonesia|distrik]] || {{INA}} || district
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[District|distrito]] || {{POR}} || group of municipalities
|-
| {{STP}} || municipality
|-
| {{PHI}}
| rowspan="2" | district
|-
| [[File:Flag of the Hispanicity.svg|border|22px]] [[Hispanicity|Spanish-speaking countries]]
|-
| [[Districts of East Timor|distrito]], [[Districts of East Timor|distritu]] || {{ETM}}|| municipality
|-
| [[Federal District (Brazil)|distrito federal]] || {{BRA}} ||federal district
|-
| [[Circuit (country subdivision)#Circuits in East Asia|dō]] || {{JPN}}
| rowspan="3" | circuit
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Provinces of Korea|do]] || {{PRK}}
|-
| {{KOR}}
|-
| [[dombon]] || {{CAM}} || area or region
|-
| [[dzongkhag]] || {{BHU}} || district
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[estado]] || {{BRA}}
| rowspan="3" | federal state
|-
| {{MEX}}
|-
| {{VEN}}
|-
|etrap
|{{TKM}}
|district
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[freguesia]] || {{CPV}}
| rowspan="2" | civil parish
|-
| {{POR}}
|-
| [[fylke]] || {{NOR}} || county
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Municipalities of Belgium|gemeente]] ||{{BEL}} ([[File:Flag of Flanders.svg|22px]] [[Flemish Community|Flanders]])
| rowspan="2" | municipality
|-
| {{NED}}
|-
| [[gemeinde (Austria)|Gemeinde]] || {{AUT}} || rowspan="4" | municipality
|-
| [[gemeinde (Germany)|Gemeinde]] || {{GER}}
|-
| [[gemeinde (South Tyrol)|Gemeinde]] || {{ITA}}
|-
| [[gemeinde (Switzerland)|Gemeinde]] || {{SUI}}
|-
| [[gewog]] || {{BHU}} || block
|-
| [[gmina]] || {{POL}} || commune, municipality
|-
| [[gobolka]] || {{SOM}} || administrative region
|-
| [[gouvernorat]] || {{GUI}} || governorate
|-
| [[Grande Área Metropolitana|grande área metropolitana]] || {{POR}} || greater metropolitan area
|-
| губе́рния ([[guberniya]]) ||[[Russian Empire]] || governorate
|-
| [[Hamlet (place)|hameau]] || {{FRA}} || hamlet
|-
| [[hiri motu|hanua]] || {{PNG}} || village
|-
| [[hiri motu|iduhu]] || {{PNG}} || clan
|-
| [[British Raj|raj]] || {{IND}} || empire
|-
|-
| [[States and union territories of India|rajya]] || {{IND}} || state
|-
| [[Provinces of Turkey|il]] or [[Provinces of Turkey|vilayet]] || {{TUR}} || province
|-
| [[ilçe]] || {{TUR}} || district
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Emirate|imarah]] || [[File:Flag of the Arab League.svg|22px]] [[Arab world|Arab countries]] (formerly)
| rowspan="2" | emirate
|-
| {{UAE}}
|-
|[[Jamoats of Tajikistan|jamoat]]
|{{TJK}}
|commune or municipality
|-
| [[Districts of Hungary|járás]] || {{HUN}} || district
|-
| [[List of districts of Nepal|Jilla]] || {{NEP}} ||district
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[județ]] || {{MDA}} (formerly)
| rowspan="2" | county
|-
| {{ROM}}
|-
| [[jurydyka]] || {{POL}} || village
|-
| [[List of regencies and cities of Indonesia|kabupaten]] || {{INA}} || regency
|-
|[[Kampong (village)|kampung]] or [[Kampong (village)|kampong]]
|[[Malay world|Malay-speaking countries]] and [[Cambodia]]
|village, hamlet, neighbourhood
|-
| [[kasselrij]] || {{NED}} || county or burgraviate
|-
| [[Districts of Indonesia|kecamatan]] || {{INA}} || district
|-
| [[Village (Indonesia)|kelurahan]] || {{INA}} || (urban) village or subdistrict
|-
| [[Prefectures of Japan|ken]] || {{JPN}} || prefecture
|-
| [[Khan (Cambodia)|khan]] || {{CAM}} || district or section
|-
| [[khett]] || {{CAM}} || province
|-
| [[khoueng]] || {{LAO}} || province
|-
| [[khum]] || {{CAM}} || commune
|-
| [[kilil]] || {{ETH}} || region
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[kommun]] || {{FIN}} (Swedish speaking)
| rowspan="2" | municipality
|-
| {{SWE}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Municipality|kommune]] || {{DEN}}
| rowspan="2" | municipality
|-
| {{NOR}}
|-
| [[List of regencies and cities of Indonesia|kota]] || {{INA}} || chartered city
|-
| кожуун ([[kozhuun]]) ||{{RUS}} ([[File:Flag of Tuva.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Tuva|Tyva Republic]]) || rural council
|-
| край ([[krai]]) ||{{RUS}} || region
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[kraj]] || {{CZE}}
| rowspan="2" | region
|-
| {{SVK}}
|-
| [[Districts of Germany|Kreis]] || {{DEU}} || district
|-
| [[Administrative divisions of Cambodia|krom]] || {{CAM}} || group
|-
| [[krong]] || {{CAM}} || municipality
|-
| [[Wards of Japan|ku]] || {{JPN}} || ward
|-
| [[List of municipalities of Finland|kunta]] || {{FIN}} || municipality
|-
| [[lääni]] || {{FIN}} || province
|-
| [[lalawigan]] || {{PHI}} || province
|-
| [[län]] || {{SWE}} || county
|-
| [[States of Austria|Land]] || {{AUT}} (official term) || state
|-
| [[States of Germany|Land]] || {{DEU}} (official term) || state
|-
| [[lieu-dit]] || {{FRA}} || place name
|-
| [[List of cities and towns in Estonia|linn]] || {{EST}} || town or city
|-
| rowspan="2" | lugar || {{CPV}} || division of ''zona'' in Cape Verde
|-
| {{POR}} || hamlet
|-
| [[lungsod]] || {{PHI}} || city
|-
| [[maakond]] || {{EST}} || county
|-
|մարզ ([[Marz (country subdivision)|marz]])
|{{ARM}}
|province or region
|-
| [[Districts of Israel|mahoz]] || {{ISR}} || district
|-
| [[mancomunidad]] || {{ESP}} || association of municipalities, commonwealth
|-
| [[merindad]] || [[File:Pendon del Reino de Castilla.svg|22px]] [[Spain in the Middle Ages|Medieval Spain]] || county
|-
| [[Mesoregion (Brazil)|mesorregião]] || {{BRA}} ||mesoregion (division of [[States of Brazil|estado]])
|-
| [[mintaqah]] (''mintaqat'') || [[File:Flag of the Arab League.svg|22px]] [[Arab world|Arab countries]] || province, region
|-
| [[Microregion (Brazil)|microrregião]] || {{BRA}} ||microregion (division of [[Mesoregion (Brazil)|mesorregião]], group of [[Municipalities of Brazil|municípios]])
|-
|მხარე ([[mkhare]])
|{{GEO}}
|region
|-
| [[muban]] || {{THA}} || village
|-
| [[muhafazah]] (''muhafazat'') || [[File:Flag of the Arab League.svg|22px]] [[Arab world|Arab countries]] || governorate
|-
|[[mukim]]
|[[Malay world|Malay-speaking countries]]
|subdistrict, subdivision of subdistrict, survey district
|-
| [[municipalidad]] || [[File:Flag of the Hispanicity.svg|border|22px]] [[Latin America]] (Spanish-speaking countries) || municipality 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[municipio]] || [[File:Flag of the Hispanicity.svg|border|22px]] [[Hispanicity|Spanish-speaking countries]]
| rowspan="2" | municipality
|-
| [[File:Flag CPLP.svg|border|22px]] [[Community of Portuguese Language Countries|Portuguese-speaking countries]]
|-
| [[Districts of Israel|nafa]] || {{ISR}} || subdistrict
|-
| [[negeri]] || {{MYS}} || state
|-
| [[Prefectures of Greece|nomos]] || {{GRE}} || prefecture
|-
| [[novads]] || {{LAT}} || municipality (amalgamated urban areas without town rights)
|-
| [[Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics|NUTS]] || {{EUR}} || Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[obec]] || {{CZE}}
| rowspan="2" | municipality
|-
| {{SVK}}
|-
| область ([[oblast]]) || Countries formerly in the [[File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Soviet Union]] or [[File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1992–2003).svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Yugoslavia]]|| province, region
|-
| община ([[obshtina]])|| {{BGR}} || municipality
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[okres]] || {{CZE}}
| rowspan="2" | district
|-
| {{SVK}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[okrug]] || {{SRB}}
| rowspan="2" | district
|-
| {{RUS}}
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[opština]] || {{flag|Republika Srpska}}
| rowspan="3" | municipality
|-
| {{MNE}}
|-
| {{SRB}}
|-
| [[Provinces of Iran|ostan]] (''ostan-e'') || {{IRN}} || province
|-
| [[pagasts]] || {{LAT}} || parish
|-
|[[panchayati raj]]
|{{IND}}
|village council
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Freguesia|paróquia]] || {{POR}}
| rowspan="2" | parish (religious division)
|-
| {{CPV}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[parroquia]] || {{ESP}} ([[File:Flag of Galicia.svg|border|22px]] [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]])
| rowspan="2" | parish
|-
| {{AND}}
|-
| [[pedanía]] || {{ESP}} || county
|-
| Περιφέρειες ([[Peripheries of Greece|periféreia]]) ||{{GRE}} || periphery
|-
| [[phum]] || {{CAM}} || village
|-
| [[phumpheak]] || {{CAM}} || zone
|-
| [[pilseta]] || {{LAT}} || town/city
|-
| [[povit]] || {{UKR}} || county
|-
| [[powiat]] || {{POL}} || county
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[pradesh]] || {{IND}}||[[States and union territories of India|state of India]]<br>
|-
|{{NEP}}
|[[Provinces of Nepal|province of Nepal]]
|-
| [[probinsya]] || {{PHI}} || province
|-
| [[Provinces of Indonesia|provinsi]] || {{INA}} || province
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[provincia]] || [[File:Flag of the Hispanicity.svg|border|22px]] [[Hispanicity|Spanish-speaking countries]]
| rowspan="2" | province
|-
| {{ITA}}
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Province|província]] || {{POR}} (formerly)
| rowspan="3" | province
|-
| {{AGO}}
|-
| {{STP}}
|-
| [[prowincja]] || {{POL}} || province
|-
|[[purok]]
|{{PHI}}
|district or zone
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[raion]] || {{RUS}}
| rowspan="3" | district
|-
| {{MDA}}
|-
| {{UKR}}
|-
| [[rajons]] || {{LAT}} || district
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Region|região]] || {{BRA}} || group of [[States of Brazil|estados]]; also [[Regions of Brazil|macrorregião]]
|-
| {{GNB}}
| rowspan="2" | region
|-
| {{POR}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Autonomous regions of Portugal|região autónoma]] || {{POR}}
| rowspan="2" | autonomous region
|-
| {{STP}}
|-
| [[regierungsbezirk]] || {{DEU}} || district
|-
| [[region]] || {{DEN}} || region
|-
| [[Regions of Italy|regione]] || {{ITA}} || region
|-
|şäher
|{{TKM}}
|capital city district
|-
| [[sangkat]] || {{CAM}} || commune or quarter
|-
| [[Regions of Guinea-Bissau|sector]] || {{GNB}} || sector (municipality)
|-
| [[Regions of Guinea-Bissau|sector autónomo]] || {{GNB}} || | autonomous sector (municipality)
|-
| сельсовет ([[selsoviet]]) ||{{RUS}} || rural council
|-
| [[Province-level divisions of China|sheng/shêng]] || {{PRC}}<br>{{TWN}} || province
|-
| [[Prefecture-level city|shi/shih]] || {{PRC}}<br>{{TWN}} || city
|-
| [[sitio]]  ||
{{PHI}} 
| district or zone
|-
|շրջան (shrjan)
|[[File:Flag of Artsakh.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Republic of Artsakh]]
|province or region
|-
|[[hromada]]
|{{UKR}}
|municipality
|-
| [[srŏk]] || {{CAM}} || district
|-
| [[Sum (administrative division)|sum]] || {{MNG}} || district
|-
| [[Subdistricts of East Timor|subdistrito]], [[Subdistricts of East Timor|subdistritu]] || {{ETM}}|| subdistrict (submunicipality)
|-
| [[Administrative divisions of Portugal|subregião]] || {{POR}} || subregion
|-
| [[Sucos of East Timor|suco]], [[Sucos of East Timor|suku]] || {{ETM}}|| division of [[Subdistricts of East Timor|submunicipality]]
|-
| ''[[-stan]]'' || [[Central Asia|Central Asian countries]]|| land (denotes high level of autonomy)
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[sýsla]] || {{FRO}}
| rowspan="2" | district
|-
| {{ISL}}
|-
| [[tambon]] || {{THA}} || subdistrict
|-
| [[thesaban]] || {{THA}} || municipality
|-
| [[tỉnh]] || {{VIE}} || province
|-
| [[prefectures of Japan|todōfuken]] || {{JPN}} || prefectural level divisions (collectively)
|-
|tuman
|{{UZB}}
|district
|-
| [[Administrative divisions of the Sakha Republic|ulus]] ||{{RUS}} ([[File:Flag of Sakha.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Sakha Republic]]) || district
|-
| [[Upazilas of Bangladesh|upazila]] || {{BAN}} || subdistrict
|-
| [[Union councils of Bangladesh|union parishad]] || {{BAN}} || council or constituency
|-
| [[mouza]] || {{BAN}} ||[[mouza]]
|-
| [[Villages of Bangladesh|gram/gaon]] || {{BAN}} || village
|-
| [[Wards of Bangladesh|Ward]] || {{BAN}} || ward
|-
| [[Municipalities of Estonia|vald]] || {{EST}} || parish, rural municipality
|-
| [[Counties of Hungary|vármegye]] || {{HUN}} || county
|-
| rowspan="2" |вилоят (viloyat)
|{{TJK}}
| rowspan="2" |region
|-
|{{UZB}}
|-
| во́лость ([[volost]]) ||{{RUS}}|| district
|-
| [[wojewodztwo]] || {{POL}} || voivodeship
|-
| [[waterschap]] || {{NED}} || water board
|-
|welaýaty
|{{TKM}}
|region
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[wilayah]] || [[File:Flag of the Arab League.svg|22px]] [[Arab world|Arab countries]]
| rowspan="2" | province, territory
|-
| {{MYS}}
|-
| [[Counties of China|xian/hsien]] || {{PRC}}<br>{{TWN}} || county
|-
| [[země]] || {{CZE}} || land (historical)
|-
| zona || {{CPV}} || zone (division of [[freguesia]])
|-
| [[ziemia]] || {{POL}} || land
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Zillah (country subdivision)|Zillah]] || {{PAK}}
| rowspan="3" | district
|-
| {{BAN}}
|-
| {{IND}}
|-
| [[župa]] || {{SVK}} || county (historical)
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[županija]] || {{BIH}} (Croatian speaking)
| rowspan="2" | county
|-
| {{CRO}}
|-
| [[maahaanam]] || {{SRI}} (Tamil speaking)||province
|-
| [[maavattam]] || {{SRI}} (Tamil speaking)||district
|-
| [[pirathesam/koattam]] || {{SRI}} (Tamil speaking)||division
|-
| [[palaatha]] || {{SRI}} (Sinhala speaking)||province
|-
| [[dhisthrikaya]] || {{SRI}} (Sinhala speaking)||district
|-
| [[kottahsha]] || {{SRI}} (Sinhala speaking)||division
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[Administrative division]]
* [[Census division]]
** [[Census-designated place]] - statistical territorial subdivisions in the [[United States]]
* [[List of administrative divisions by country]]

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