List of terms for administrative divisions
This is a list of English and non-English terms for administrative divisions.
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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.
Name | Countries | English equivalents |
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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) | banate, province | |
bezirk | district | |
bundesland | federal state | |
bundesland | ||
bibhag | division | |
bwrdeistref | 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 | submunicipality | |
demos | municipality | |
departamento | department | |
département | department | |
desa | village | |
district | district | |
distrik | district | |
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 | district | |
kelurahan | (urban) village or subdistrict | |
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 | district | |
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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