List of terms for administrative divisions
This is a list of English and non-English terms for administrative divisions.
English
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 |  | district |
| Amt |  | county (formerly; the modern term is Kreis, which means literally "circle") |
| amt |  | county (replaced with regions in 2007) |
| apskritis |  | county |
| anakhett |  | prefecture |
| arrondissement |  |
borough, district |
 | ||
| autónoma |  |
autonomous |
| autônomo, autônoma | Portuguese-speaking countries | |
| автоно́мный (avtonomny) |  | |
| aimag |  | province |
| baladiyah (baladiyat) |  | municipality |
| barangay |  | village (rural) or ward |
| bairro |  |
neighbourhood, district |
 | ||
 | ||
| barrio | | |
| бановина (banovina) | .svg.png){kind=small} |
banate, province |
| Bezirk |  | district |
| Bundesland | |
federal state |
| Bundesland | | |
| Bibhag |  | division |
| bwrdeistref | .svg.png){kind=small} | borough county |
| canton (French) cantone (Italian) chantun (Romansh) kanton (German) |  |
canton |
| kanton (Bosnian) |  | |
| castello |  | municipality |
| changwat | | province |
| chef-lieu |  | chief town or city |
| comarca | Portuguese-speaking countries (judicial system) | county |
| ||
| comuna |  | division of município |
| comuna | | commune |
| comună |  | rural commune |
| comune |  | municipality |
| comunidad |  | community |
| comunidade intermunicipal | | intermunicipal community |
| comunidade urbana | | urban community |
| concelho |  |
municipality; synonym of município |
| ||
| corregimiento |  | subdivision of a distrito |
| daerah | Malay-speaking countries | district |
| propinsi |  | 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) |  | circuit |
| deelgemeente | .svg.png){kind=small} | submunicipality |
| demos |  | municipality |
| departamento | | department |
| département | | department |
| desa | | village |
| district |  | district |
| distrik | | subdistrict |
| distrito | | group of municipalities |
 | municipality | |
|
district | |
| ||
| distrito, distritu |  | municipality |
| distrito federal | | federal district |
| dō |  |
circuit |
| do |  | |
 | ||
| dombon | | area or region |
| dzongkhag |  | district |
| estado | |
federal state |
 | ||
 | ||
| etrap |  |
district |
| freguesia | |
civil parish |
| ||
| fylke |  | county |
| gemeente |  |
municipality |
| ||
| gemeinde | | municipality |
| gemeinde | | |
| gemeinde | | |
| gemeinde | | |
| gewog | | block |
| gmina |  | commune, municipality |
| gobolka |  | administrative region |
| gouvernorat |  | governorate |
| grande área metropolitana | | greater metropolitan area |
| губе́рния (guberniya) | Russian Empire | governorate |
| hameau | | hamlet |
| hanua |  | village |
| iduhu | | clan |
| Raj |  | Empire |
| Rajya | | country |
| il or vilayet |  | province |
| ilçe | | district |
| imarah | |
emirate |
 | ||
| jamoat |  |
commune or municipality |
| Jilla |  | district |
| judeţ |  |
county |
| ||
| jurydyka | | village |
| kabupaten | | regency |
| kampung or kampong | Malay-speaking countries and Cambodia | village, hamlet, neighbourhood |
| kasselrij | | county or burgraviate |
| kecamatan | | subdistrict |
| kelurahan | | village |
| ken | | prefecture |
| khan | | district or section |
| khett | | province |
| khoueng |  | province |
| khum | | commune |
| kilil |  | region |
| kommun |  |
municipality |
 | ||
| kommune | | municipality |
| kota | | chartered city |
| кожуун (kozhuun) |  | rural council |
| край (krai) | | region |
| kraj |  |
region |
 | ||
| Kreis | | district |
| krom | | group |
| krong | | municipality |
| kunta | | municipality |
| Lääni | | province |
| lalawigan | | province |
| Län | | county |
| Land | | state |
| Land | | state |
| lieu-dit | | place name |
| linn |  | town or city |
| lugar | | division of zona in Cape Verde |
| hamlet | |
| lungsod | | city |
| maakond | | county |
| մարզ (marz) |  |
province or region |
| megye |  | county |
| mahoz |  | district |
| mancomunidad | | association of municipalities, commonwealth |
| merindad |  | county |
| mesorregião | | mesoregion (division of estado) |
| mintaqah (mintaqat) | | province, region |
| microrregião | | microregion (division of mesorregião, group of municípios) |
| მხარე (mkhare) |  |
region |
| muban | | village |
| muhafazah (muhafazat) | | governorate |
| mukim | Malay-speaking countries | subdistrict, subdivision of subdistrict, survey district |
| municipalidad | | municipality |
| municipio | |
municipality |
| Portuguese-speaking countries | ||
| nafa | | subdistrict |
| negeri |  | state |
| nomos | | prefecture |
| novads |  | municipality (amalgamated urban areas without town rights) |
| NUTS |  | Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics |
| область (oblast) | Countries formerly in the  | province, region |
| община (obshtina) |  | municipality |
| okres | |
district |
| ||
| okrug |  |
district |
| ||
| opština |  |
municipality |
 | ||
| ||
| ostan (ostan-e) |  | province |
| pagasts | | parish |
| Panchayati raj | |
village council |
| paróquia | |
parish (religious division) |
| ||
| parroquia |  |
parish |
 | ||
| pedanía | | county |
| Περιφέρειες (periféreia) | | periphery |
| phum | | village |
| phumpheak | | zone |
| pilseta | | town/city |
| powiat | | county |
| pradesh | | state of India |
|
province of Nepal | |
| probinsya | | province |
| provinsi | | province |
| provincia | |
province |
| ||
| província | |
province |
| ||
| ||
| prowincja | | province |
| райо́н (raion) | Russian-speaking countries | district |
| ||
| rajons | | district |
| região | | group of estados; also macrorregião |
 |
region | |
| ||
| região autónoma | |
autonomous region |
| ||
| Regierungsbezirk | | district |
| Region | | region |
| regione | | region |
| şäher | |
capital city district |
| sangkat | | commune or quarter |
| sector | | sector (municipality) |
| sector autónomo | | autonomous sector (municipality) |
| сельсовет (selsoviet) | | rural council |
| շրջան (shrjan) |  |
province or region |
| сільрада (silrada) |  |
rural council |
| srŏk | | district |
| sum | | district |
| subdistrito, subdistritu | | subdistrict (submunicipality) |
| subregião | | subregion |
| suco, suku | | division of submunicipality |
| -stan | Central Asian countries | land (denotes high level of autonomy) |
| sýsla |  |
district |
 | ||
| tambon | | subdistrict |
| thesaban | | municipality |
| tinh |  | province |
| todōfuken | | prefectural level divisions (collectively) |
| tuman |  |
distict |
| улу́с (ulus) |  | district |
| Upazila | | Subdistrict |
| Union Parishad | | council or constituency |
| Mouza | | Mouza |
| Gram/Gaon | | village |
| Ward | | ward |
| vald | | parish, rural municipality |
| вилоят (viloyat) | |
region |
| ||
| во́лость (volost) | | district |
| wojewodztwo | | voivodeship |
| waterschap | | water board |
| welaýaty | |
region |
| wilayah | |
province, territory |
| ||
| zona | | zone (division of freguesia) |
| ziemia | | land |
| Zillah |  |
district |
| ||
| ||
| županija | |
county |
 | ||
| maahaanam |  | province |
| maavattam | | district |
| Pirathesam/koattam | | division |
| palaatha | | province |
| Dhisthrikaya | | district |
| Kottahsha | | division |
See also
- Administrative division
- Census division
- Census-designated place - statistical territorial subdivisions in the United States
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