List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area from 200,000 to 500,000 square kilometers
This is one of a series of comprehensive lists of continents, countries, and first level administrative country subdivisions such as states, provinces, and territories, as well as certain political and geographic features of substantial area.[1] Some divisions are listed twice, with one listing including territory that is excluded in the other for various reasons, including territorial disputes. Names of currently existing countries are bolded, while names of geographic features are italicized. There is intentional overlap between the lists in order to maximize ease of use.
Geographic entity | Area (km2) | Notes |
496,611 | Largest region of Mali | |
488,100 | Country in Central Asia | |
487,476 | A Scandinavian kingdom lasting from 1536 to 1814. | |
485,000 | Province of China. | |
483,510 | Largest district of Libya. The 32 districts were reorganized into 22 Sha'biyah in 2007, but Kufra appears to have retained its borders. | |
475,442 | Country in Africa. | |
475,014 | Division of the United States. Contains the states of Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky. | |
474,391 | Territory of Canada. | |
472,300 | Federal subject of Russia. | |
469,615 | Region of the United States. Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. | |
462,840 | Country in Oceania. | |
461,400 | Federal subject of Russia. | |
454,300 | Province of China. | |
450,000 | New Zealand claim to Antarctica. | |
449,964 | Country in Europe. Includes Gotland and Öland. | |
447,400 | Country in Central Asia; largest doubly landlocked country of the world. | |
446,550 | Country in Africa; excluding Western Sahara. | |
443,066 | Island in Indonesia. | |
438,317 | Country in Middle East. | |
432,000 | French claim to Antarctica; largest district of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands. | |
431,500 | Federal subject of Russia. | |
428,000 | Largest province of Kazakhstan. | |
427,368 | Second largest province of Algeria. | |
423,970 | State of the United States. | |
421,981 | Province of Indonesia, status uncertain following Indonesian declaration of intent to subdivide into smaller provinces. | |
419,061 | Subsection of islands in the Arctic Archipelago. | |
415,900 | Federal subject of Russia. | |
412,000 | Second largest province of Saudi Arabia. | |
410,700 | Federal subject of Russia. | |
406,752 | Country in South America. | |
Old Kingdom | 400,000 | The first unified Egyptian empire lasting from 2686–2134 BC. |
Middle Assyrian period | 400,000 | An ancient Middle Eastern kingdom in the Fertile Crescent, lasting from 1365–1000 BC. |
394,000 | Province of China. | |
390,757 | Country in Africa. | |
390,000(Est.) | Region in the Middle East; homeland of the Kurds | |
385,155 | Country in Europe. Includes mainland Norway (324,220 km2) and the integral overseas areas of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (60,980 km2); excludes the dependency of Bouvet Island (49 km2) and the Antarctic dependency claims of Queen Maud Land and Peter I Island (~2,500,000 km2). | |
380,838 | State of the United States. | |
377,873 | Country in Asia. Includes Ryukyu Islands (including Daitō Islands), Ogasawara Islands (Bonin Islands), Minami-Torishima (Marcus Island), Okino-Torishima and Volcano Islands (Kazan Islands); excludes the southern Kuril Islands. | |
Baltic Sea | 377,000 | Sea in Europe, bordered to the north by Sweden and Finland, to the east by Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, on the south by Poland and Germany, and on the West by Denmark. |
376,505 | Largest governorate of Egypt. | |
373,872 | Province of Canada. | |
372,889 | Largest province of South Africa. | |
Caspian Sea | 371,000 | Body of water in Central Asia variously classed as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. Between Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, and Iran. |
370,621 | Largest department of Bolivia. | |
368,852 | Largest region of Peru. | |
363,700 | Federal subject of Russia. | |
357,125 | State of Brazil. | |
357,022 | Country in Europe; before the German reunification took place on 3 October 1990, Germany consisted of the former Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, West Germany) with 248,689 km2 and the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) with 108,333 km2. | |
353,632 | Largest region of Ethiopia. | |
351,300 | Federal subject of Russia. | |
349,790 | 2nd largest district of Libya. The 32 districts were reorganized into 22 Sha'biyah in 2007, but Murzuq appears to have retained its borders. | |
348,765 | Largest state of Sudan. | |
347,190 | Largest province of Pakistan. | |
342,236 | Largest state of India. | |
342,000 | Country in Africa. | |
340,087 | State of Brazil. | |
338,145 | Country in Europe. Includes Åland. | |
332,970 | Former country in the Middle East from 1967 to 1990; now reunified into Yemen. | |
331,983 | State of Brazil. | |
331,689 | Country in Southeast Asia. | |
329,847 | Country in Southeast Asia. | |
323,941 | Country in Europe. Includes mainland Norway; excludes the integral overseas areas of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (60,980 km2), the dependency of Bouvet Island (49 km2) and the Antarctic dependency claims of Queen Maud Land and Peter I Island (~2,500,000 km2). | |
322,463 | Country in Africa. | |
316,900 | Federal subject of Russia. | |
British Isles | 315,134 | A series of islands in northern Europe. |
314,915 | State of the United States. | |
312,685 | Country in Central Europe. | |
309,500 | Country in Middle East. | |
308,144 | State of India. | |
307,713 | State of India | |
307,571 | Largest province of Argentina | |
301,318 | Country in Europe | |
300,600 | Second-largest province of Kazakhstan. | |
300,000 | Country in Southeast Asia. | |
296,420 | Second largest state of Sudan. | |
295,254 | State of the United States | |
295,049 | Kingdom of Romania (1881-1947) at its greater extent in between 1919 and 1940 | |
286,351 | State of the United States | |
284,710 | A Balkan country lasting from 1918 to 1992. | |
284,618 | Province of Algeria. | |
283,561 | Country in South America. Includes Galápagos Islands. | |
283,300 | Third largest province of Kazakhstan. | |
283,168 | Division of the United States. New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. | |
281,749 | State of Brazil. | |
279,252 | Second largest region of Ethiopia. | |
277,621 | State of Brazil. | |
275,068 | State of India. | |
274,000 | Country in Africa. | |
270,534 | Country in Oceania. Includes Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Island, Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Islands. Excludes Niue (260 km2), the Cook Islands (236 km2) and Tokelau (12 km2), as well as the Antarctic claim of Ross Dependency (450,000 km2). | |
269,601 | State of the United States. | |
267,668 | Country in Africa. | |
266,000 | Country in Africa; largely occupied by Morocco, some territory administered by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. | |
254,805 | State of the United States. | |
253,348 | State of the United States. | |
253,266 | State of the United States. | |
252,900 | Largest region of Mauritania. | |
251,529 | State of Brazil. | |
250,000 | Serbian medieval empire from 1346-1371. | |
248,689 | Former country in Europe from 1949 to 1990; now reunified into Germany. | |
248,209 | State of Brazil. | |
245,857 | Country in Africa. | |
245,436 | County of Alaska; largest county in the United States, and largest organized political subdivision that is not a state. | |
245,238 | Province of Indonesia. | |
244,938 | Largest state of Mexico. | |
Great Lakes | 244,100 | Lake system in North America, predominately between Canada and the United States. |
243,943 | Second largest province of Argentina. | |
242,900 | Country in Europe. Excludes the three Crown dependencies (768 km2), the 13 British overseas territories (17,027 km2) and the British Antarctic Territory (1,395,000 km2). | |
241,782 | Royal union of Kingdoms in Spain lasting from 1230–1760, also known as the Kingdom of Castile y Leon. | |
241,038 | Country in Africa. | |
238,566 | State of India. | |
238,533 | Country in Africa. | |
238,391 | Country in Central Europe. | |
238,000 | Largest state of Venezuela. | |
237,576 | State of Brazil. | |
236,800 | Country in Southeast Asia. | |
Caribbean | 234,917 | Also known as the West Indies, all the islands of the Caribbean Sea including the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles and the Lucayan Archipelago. |
227,146 | State of Australia. | |
226,000 | Province of Kazakhstan. | |
225,365 | State of the United States. | |
225,800 | The biggest of the four main islands of Japan. | |
224,686 | Third largest province of Argentina. | |
224,299 | State of Brazil. | |
224,000 | Province of Kazakhstan. | |
223,023 | Largest province of Angola. | |
222,236 | State of India. | |
221,900 | Third largest state of Sudan. | |
220,186 | Country in Asia prior to 1948; now divided into North Korea and South Korea. | |
219,887 | State of the United States. | |
218,915 | A European Kingdom lasting from 1000–1804. Measured at its apex in 1450. | |
218,887 | State of Sudan. | |
217,291 | Second-largest island in the Arctic Archipelago. | |
216,446 | State of the United States. | |
215,300 | Second largest region of Mauritania. | |
214,969 | Country in South America. | |
213,564 | Second largest department of Bolivia. | |
213,096 | State of the United States. | |
212,112 | Second largest governorate of Egypt. | |
211,980 | Province of Algeria. | |
210,000 | Province of China. | |
Great Britain | 209,331 | An island of the British Isles, the largest of that group. |
207,600 | Largest landlocked country in Europe. | |
Greater Antilles | 207,435 | An island grouping in the Caribbean. |
205,600 | Province of China. | |
205,344 | Second largest province of Pakistan. | |
203,685 | Third largest governorate of Egypt. | |
203,013 | Province of Argentina. | |
200,345 | State of the United States. |
See also
Other divisions
Smaller divisions
- 200,000+ square kilometers • 100,000 to 1,000,000 square kilometers • 50,000 to 200,000 square kilometers • 20,000 to 50,000 square kilometers
- 5,000 to 20,000 square kilometers • 1,000 to 5,000 square kilometers • 0.1 to 1,000 square kilometers • 500,000 to 1,000,000 square kilometers • 200,000 to 500,000 square kilometers • 100,000 to 200,000 square kilometers
- 50,000 to 100,000 square kilometers • 30,000 to 50,000 square kilometers • 20,000 to 30,000 square kilometers • 10,000 to 20,000 square kilometers
- 7,000 to 10,000 square kilometers • 5,000 to 7,000 square kilometers • 3,000 to 5,000 square kilometers • 1,000 to 3,000 square kilometers
- 250 to 1,000 square kilometers • 0.1 to 250 square kilometers
Other
- List of countries and dependencies by area
- List of largest empires
- List of administrative divisions by country
- Category:Ranked lists of country subdivisions
References
- References for the information provided in this table may be found in the individual articles on each body listed herein.
Information about countries by area is generally derived from the CIA World Factbook.
Information about political subdivisions by area is generally derived from Statoids.com.
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