# 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 |
| arrondissement | French-speaking countries | borough, district |
| autónoma | Spanish-speaking countries | autonomous |
| autônomo, autônoma | Portuguese-speaking countries | autonomous |
| автоно́мный (avtonomny) | Russia | autonomous |
| aimag (аймаг) | Mongolia | province |
| baladiyah (baladiyat) | Arab countries | municipality |
| barangay | Philippines | village (rural) or ward |
| bairro | Brazil | neighbourhood, district |
| bairro | Portugal | neighbourhood, district |
| bairro | Mozambique | neighbourhood, district |
| barrio | Spanish-speaking countries | neighbourhood, district |
| 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) | federal state |
| bibhag | Bangladesh | division |
| bwrdeistref | Wales | borough county |
| canton (French) cantone (Italian) chantun (Romansh) Kanton (German) | Switzerland | canton |
| kanton (Bosnian) | Bosnia and Herzegovina | canton |
| castello | San Marino | municipality |
| changwat | Thailand | province |
| chef-lieu | France | chief town or city |
| comarca | Portuguese-speaking countries (judicial system) | county |
| comarca | Spanish-speaking countries | county |
| 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 |
| concelho | Portugal | municipality; synonym of município |
| corregimiento | Panama | subdivision of a distrito |
| daerah | Malay-speaking countries | district |
| provinsi | Indonesia | province |
| Daerah Istimewa | Indonesia | Special District, all are first level (provincial level) |
| Daerah Khusus Ibukota | Indonesia | Exclusive Capital District, refers to DKI Jakarta only. |
| dào (Mandarin) | People's Republic of 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 |
| distrito | São Tomé and Príncipe | municipality |
| distrito | Philippines | district |
| distrito | Spanish-speaking countries | district |
| distrito, distritu | Timor-Leste | municipality |
| distrito federal | Brazil | federal district |
| dō | Japan | circuit |
| do | North Korea | circuit |
| do | South Korea | circuit |
| dombon | Cambodia | area or region |
| dzongkhag | Bhutan | district |
| estado | Brazil | federal state |
| estado | Mexico | federal state |
| estado | Venezuela | federal state |
| etrap | Turkmenistan | district |
| freguesia | Cape Verde | civil parish |
| freguesia | Portugal | civil parish |
| fylke | Norway | county |
| gemeente | Belgium ( Flanders) | municipality |
| gemeente | Netherlands | municipality |
| Gemeinde | Austria | municipality |
| Gemeinde | Germany | municipality |
| Gemeinde | Italy | municipality |
| Gemeinde | Switzerland | municipality |
| 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 |
| imarah | United Arab Emirates | emirate |
| jamoat | Tajikistan | commune or municipality |
| járás | Hungary | district |
| Jilla | Nepal | district |
| județ | Moldova (formerly) | county |
| județ | Romania | county |
| 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 |
| kommun | Sweden | municipality |
| kommune | Denmark | municipality |
| kommune | Norway | municipality |
| kota | Indonesia | chartered city |
| кожуун (kozhuun) | Russia ( Tyva Republic) | rural council |
| край (krai) | Russia | region |
| kraj | Czech Republic | region |
| kraj | Slovakia | region |
| 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 |
| lugar | Portugal | hamlet |
| lungsod | Philippines | city |
| maakond | Estonia | county |
| մարզ (marz) | Armenia | province or region |
| mahoz | Israel | district |
| mancomunidad | Spain | association of municipalities, commonwealth |
| merindad | Medieval Spain | county |
| mesorregião | Brazil | mesoregion (division of estado) |
| mintaqah (mintaqat) | Arab countries | province, region |
| microrregião | Brazil | microregion (division of mesorregião, group of municípios) |
| მხარე (mkhare) | Georgia | region |
| muban | Thailand | village |
| muhafazah (muhafazat) | 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 |
| municipio | Portuguese-speaking countries | municipality |
| 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 |
| obec | Slovakia | municipality |
| область (oblast) | Countries formerly in the Soviet Union or Yugoslavia | province, region |
| община (obshtina) | Bulgaria | municipality |
| okres | Czech Republic | district |
| okres | Slovakia | district |
| okrug | Serbia | district |
| okrug | Russia | district |
| opština | Republika Srpska | municipality |
| opština | Montenegro | municipality |
| opština | Serbia | municipality |
| ostan (ostan-e) | Iran | province |
| pagasts | Latvia | parish |
| panchayati raj | India | village council |
| paróquia | Portugal | parish (religious division) |
| paróquia | Cape Verde | parish (religious division) |
| parroquia | Spain ( Galicia) | parish |
| parroquia | Andorra | parish |
| 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 |
| pradesh | Nepal | province of Nepal |
| probinsya | Philippines | province |
| provinsi | Indonesia | province |
| provincia | Spanish-speaking countries | province |
| provincia | Italy | province |
| província | Portugal (formerly) | province |
| província | Angola | province |
| província | São Tomé and Príncipe | province |
| prowincja | Poland | province |
| purok | Philippines | district or zone |
| raion | Russia | district |
| raion | Moldova | district |
| raion | Ukraine | district |
| rajons | Latvia | district |
| região | Brazil | group of estados; also macrorregião |
| região | Guinea-Bissau | region |
| região | Portugal | region |
| região autónoma | Portugal | autonomous region |
| região autónoma | São Tomé and Príncipe | autonomous region |
| 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 |
| sheng/shêng | People's Republic of China Taiwan | province |
| shi/shih | People's Republic of China Taiwan | city |
| sitio | Philippines | 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 |
| sýsla | Iceland | district |
| 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 |
| вилоят (viloyat) | Uzbekistan | region |
| во́лость (volost) | Russia | district |
| wojewodztwo | Poland | voivodeship |
| waterschap | Netherlands | water board |
| welaýaty | Turkmenistan | region |
| wilayah | Arab countries | province, territory |
| wilayah | Malaysia | province, territory |
| xian/hsien | People's Republic of China Taiwan | county |
| země | Czech Republic | land (historical) |
| zona | Cape Verde | zone (division of freguesia) |
| ziemia | Poland | land |
| Zillah | Pakistan | district |
| Zillah | Bangladesh | district |
| Zillah | India | district |
| župa | Slovakia | county (historical) |
| županija | Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croatian speaking) | county |
| županija | Croatia | county |
| 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 |