List of terms for administrative divisions
This is a list of English and non-English terms for administrative divisions.
English
- Bailiwick
- Border
- Borough
- Canton
- City
- Commune
- State (constituent)
- County
- Department
- District
- Duchy
- Emirate
- Federal state
- State (federative)
- Governorate
- Hundred
- Metropolitan Area
- Municipality
- Parish
- Prefecture
- Province
- Region
- 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 loanwords. Terms in italics are prefixes or suffixes.
| 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) |
| amt | Norway | county (formerly; the modern term is fylke) |
| apskritis | Lithuania | county |
| anakhett | Cambodia | prefecture |
| arrondissement | Netherlands | borough, district |
| French-speaking countries | ||
| autónoma | Spanish-speaking countries | autonomous |
| autônomo, autônoma | Portuguese-speaking countries | |
| автоно́мный (avtonomny) | Russia | |
| aimag (аймаг) | Mongolia | province |
| baladiyah (baladiyat) | Arab countries | municipality |
| barangay | Philippines | village (rural) or ward |
| bairro | Brazil | neighbourhood, district |
| Portugal | ||
| Mozambique | ||
| barrio | Spanish-speaking countries | |
| бановина (banovina) | Yugoslavia | banate, province |
| bayan | Philippines | municipality |
| Bezirk | Austria | district |
| Bezirk | Switzerland | district |
| Bezirk | Germany | district |
| Bundesland | Germany (colloquial term) | federal state |
| Bundesland | Austria (colloquial term) | |
| bibhag | Bangladesh | division |
| bwrdeistref | Wales | borough county |
| canton (French) cantone (Italian) chantun (Romansh) Kanton (German) |
Switzerland | canton |
| kanton (Bosnian) | Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| castello | San Marino | municipality |
| changwat | Thailand | province |
| chef-lieu | France | chief town or 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 |
| daerah | Malay-speaking countries | district |
| provinsi | Indonesia | province |
| Daerah Istimewa | Special District, all are first level (provincial level) | |
| Daerah Khusus Ibukota | Exclusive Capital District, refers to DKI Jakarta only. | |
| dào (Mandarin) | China | circuit |
| deelgemeente | Belgium | submunicipality |
| demos (δήμος) | Greece | municipality |
| departamento | Latin America (Spanish-speaking countries) | department |
| département | French-speaking countries | department |
| desa | Indonesia | village |
| district | Suriname | district |
| distrik | Indonesia | district |
| distrito | Portugal | group of municipalities |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | municipality | |
| Philippines | district | |
| Spanish-speaking countries | ||
| distrito, distritu | Timor-Leste | 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 | ||
| etrap | Turkmenistan | district |
| freguesia | Cape Verde | civil parish |
| Portugal | ||
| fylke | Norway | county |
| gemeente | Belgium ( Flanders) | municipality |
| Netherlands | ||
| Gemeinde | Austria | municipality |
| Gemeinde | Germany | |
| Gemeinde | Italy | |
| Gemeinde | Switzerland | |
| gewog | Bhutan | block |
| gmina | Poland | commune, municipality |
| gobolka | Somalia | administrative region |
| gouvernorat | Guinea | governorate |
| grande área metropolitana | Portugal | greater metropolitan area |
| губе́рния (guberniya) | Russian Empire | governorate |
| hameau | France | hamlet |
| hanua | Papua New Guinea | village |
| iduhu | Papua New Guinea | clan |
| raj | India | empire |
| rajya | India | state |
| il or vilayet | Turkey | province |
| ilçe | Turkey | district |
| imarah | Arab countries (formerly) | emirate |
| United Arab Emirates | ||
| jamoat | Tajikistan | commune or municipality |
| járás | Hungary | district |
| Jilla | Nepal | district |
| județ | Moldova (formerly) | county |
| Romania | ||
| jurydyka | Poland | village |
| kabupaten | Indonesia | regency |
| kampung or kampong | Malay-speaking countries and Cambodia | village, hamlet, neighbourhood |
| kasselrij | Netherlands | county or burgraviate |
| kecamatan | Indonesia | district |
| kelurahan | Indonesia | (urban) village or subdistrict |
| ken | Japan | prefecture |
| khan | Cambodia | district or section |
| khett | Cambodia | province |
| khoueng | Laos | province |
| khum | Cambodia | commune |
| kilil | Ethiopia | region |
| kommun | Finland (Swedish speaking) | municipality |
| Sweden | ||
| kommune | Denmark | municipality |
| Norway | ||
| kota | Indonesia | chartered city |
| кожуун (kozhuun) | Russia ( Tyva Republic) | rural council |
| край (krai) | Russia | region |
| kraj | Czech Republic | region |
| Slovakia | ||
| Kreis | Germany | district |
| krom | Cambodia | group |
| krong | Cambodia | municipality |
| ku | Japan | ward |
| kunta | Finland | municipality |
| lääni | Finland | province |
| lalawigan | Philippines | province |
| län | Sweden | county |
| Land | Austria (official term) | state |
| Land | Germany (official term) | state |
| lieu-dit | France | place name |
| linn | Estonia | town or city |
| lugar | Cape Verde | division of zona in Cape Verde |
| Portugal | hamlet | |
| lungsod | Philippines | city |
| maakond | Estonia | county |
| մարզ (marz) | Armenia | province or region |
| maḥoz | Israel | district |
| mancomunidad | Spain | association of municipalities, commonwealth |
| merindad | Medieval Spain | county |
| mesorregião | Brazil | mesoregion (division of estado) |
| minṭaqah (minṭaqat) | Arab countries | province, region |
| microrregião | Brazil | microregion (division of mesorregião, group of municípios) |
| მხარე (mkhare) | Georgia | region |
| muban | Thailand | village |
| muḥafaẓah (muḥafaẓat) | Arab countries | governorate |
| mukim | Malay-speaking countries | subdistrict, subdivision of subdistrict, survey district |
| 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 |
| obec | Czech Republic | municipality |
| Slovakia | ||
| область (oblast) | Countries formerly in the Soviet Union or Yugoslavia | 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 |
| panchayati raj | India | village council |
| paróquia | Portugal | parish (religious division) |
| Cape Verde | ||
| parroquia | Spain ( Galicia) | parish |
| Andorra | ||
| pedanía | Spain | county |
| Περιφέρειες (periféreia) | Greece | periphery |
| phum | Cambodia | village |
| phumpheak | Cambodia | zone |
| pilseta | Latvia | town/city |
| povit | Ukraine | county |
| powiat | Poland | county |
| pradesh | India | state of India |
| Nepal | province of Nepal | |
| probinsya | Philippines | province |
| provinsi | Indonesia | province |
| provincia | Spanish-speaking countries | province |
| Italy | ||
| província | Portugal (formerly) | province |
| Angola | ||
| São Tomé and Príncipe | ||
| prowincja | Poland | province |
| purok | Philippines | district or zone |
| raion | Russia | district |
| Moldova | ||
| Ukraine | ||
| 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 |
| şäher | Turkmenistan | capital city district |
| sangkat | Cambodia | commune or quarter |
| sector | Guinea-Bissau | sector (municipality) |
| sector autónomo | Guinea-Bissau | autonomous sector (municipality) |
| сельсовет (selsoviet) | Russia | rural council |
| shěng/shêng | China Taiwan |
province |
| shì/shih | China Taiwan |
city |
| sitio | district or zone | |
| շրջան (shrjan) | Republic of Artsakh | province or region |
| hromada | Ukraine | municipality |
| srŏk | Cambodia | district |
| sum | Mongolia | district |
| subdistrito, subdistritu | Timor-Leste | administrative post |
| subregião | Portugal | subregion |
| suco, suku | Timor-Leste | division of administrative post |
| -stan | Central Asian countries | land (denotes high level of autonomy) |
| sýsla | Faroe Islands | district |
| Iceland | ||
| tambon | Thailand | subdistrict |
| thesaban | Thailand | municipality |
| tỉnh | Vietnam | province |
| todōfuken | Japan | prefectural level divisions (collectively) |
| tuman | Uzbekistan | district |
| ulus | Russia ( Sakha Republic) | district |
| upazila | Bangladesh | subdistrict |
| union parishad | Bangladesh | council or constituency |
| mouza | Bangladesh | mouza |
| gram/gaon | Bangladesh | village |
| Ward | Bangladesh | ward |
| vald | Estonia | parish, rural municipality |
| vármegye | Hungary | county |
| вилоят (viloyat) | Tajikistan | region |
| Uzbekistan | ||
| во́лость (volost) | Russia | district |
| wojewodztwo | Poland | voivodeship |
| waterschap | Netherlands | water board |
| welaýaty | Turkmenistan | region |
| wilayah | Arab countries | province, territory |
| Malaysia | ||
| xiàn/hsien | China Taiwan |
county |
| země | Czech Republic | land (historical) |
| zona | Cape Verde | zone (division of freguesia) |
| ziemia | Poland | land |
| Zillah | Pakistan | district |
| Bangladesh | ||
| India | ||
| župa | Slovakia | county (historical) |
| 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
- List of administrative divisions by country