# List of administrative divisions by country
## Administrative divisions by country
### Legend

* The "Type" column indicates a federation (which includes lower-level units that exercise some sovereignty), unitary state (where the highest-level entity is the only sovereign), or regional state (unitary with substantial delegation of power)
* Terms in italics are terms in languages other than English, in plural form (except languages that take the singular form with numbers, such as Hungarian).
* Square brackets indicate a term that has not yet been confirmed.
The table below indicates the types and, where known, numbers of administrative divisions used by countries and their major dependent territories:

### Member and observer states of the United Nations

| Country | Type | Administrative divisions | Administrative divisions | Administrative divisions | Administrative divisions | Administrative divisions |
| Country | Type | First-level | Second-level | Third-level | Fourth-level | Fifth-level+ |
| Afghanistan | Unitary | 34 provinces (velaya'at) | 421 districts (woleswali) | subdistricts (alaqadari) | | |
| Albania | Unitary | 12 counties (qarqe) | 61 municipalities (bashki) | 373 units of local governance (njësite të qeverisjes vendore) | 2,972 villages (fshatra) | |
| Algeria | Unitary | 58 provinces (wilayat) | 553 districts (daïras) | 1,541 communes (baladiyahs) | | |
| Andorra | Unitary | 7 parishes (parròquies) | | | | |
| Angola | Unitary | 18 provinces (províncias) | 163 municipalities (municípios) | 618 communes (comunas) | villages (aldeias) | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Unitary | 6 parishes | 60 major divisions | 116 communities | 353 localities | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Unitary | 2 dependencies | 60 major divisions | 116 communities | 353 localities | |
| Argentina | Federal | 23 provinces (provincias) | 378 departments (departamentos) | 1,298 municipalities (municipios) | | |
| Argentina | Federal | 23 provinces (provincias) | 135 Partidos | localities (localidades) | | |
| 1 autonomous city: |||||
| Argentina | Federal | Buenos Aires | 15 communes (comunas) | 48 neighbourhoods (barrios) | | |
| Armenia | Unitary | 10 provinces (marzer) | 70 municipalities (hamaynkner) | | | |
| 1 autonomous city: |||||
| Armenia | Unitary | Yerevan | 12 districts | | | |
| Australia | Federal | 6 states: | 6 states: | 6 states: | 6 states: | 6 states: |
| Australia | Federal | New South Wales | 58 shires | wards (electoral unit) | suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] | |
| Australia | Federal | New South Wales | 28 cities | wards (electoral unit) | suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] | |
| Australia | Federal | New South Wales | 28 councils | wards (electoral unit) | suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] | |
| Australia | Federal | New South Wales | 8 regional councils | wards (electoral unit) | suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] | |
| Australia | Federal | New South Wales | 6 municipalities | wards (electoral unit) | suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] | |
| Australia | Federal | New South Wales | 2 unincorporated areas | wards (electoral unit) | suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] | |
| Australia | Federal | Queensland | 30 regions | wards (electoral unit) | suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] | |
| Australia | Federal | Queensland | 28 shires | wards (electoral unit) | suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] | |
| Australia | Federal | Queensland | 12 Aboriginal shires | wards (electoral unit) | suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] | |
| Australia | Federal | Queensland | 7 cities | wards (electoral unit) | suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] | |
| Australia | Federal | Queensland | 1 town | wards (electoral unit) | suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] | |
| Australia | Federal | South Australia | 25 district councils | wards (electoral unit) | suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] | |
| Australia | Federal | South Australia | 21 cities | wards (electoral unit) | suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] | |
| Australia | Federal | South Australia | 15 councils | wards (electoral unit) | suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] | |
| Australia | Federal | South Australia | 5 Aboriginal councils | wards (electoral unit) | suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] | |
| Australia | Federal | South Australia | 4 regional councils | wards (electoral unit) | suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] | |
| Australia | Federal | South Australia | 2 towns | wards (electoral unit) | suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] | |
| Australia | Federal | South Australia | 1 rural city | wards (electoral unit) | suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] | |
| Australia | Federal | South Australia | 1 unincorporated area | wards (electoral unit) | suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] | |
| Australia | Federal | Tasmania | 23 municipalities | wards (electoral unit) | suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] | |
| Australia | Federal | Tasmania | 6 cities | wards (electoral unit) | suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] | |
| Australia | Federal | Victoria | 39 shires | wards (electoral unit) | suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] | |
| Australia | Federal | Victoria | 33 cities | wards (electoral unit) | suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] | |
| Australia | Federal | Victoria | 10 unincorporated areas | wards (electoral unit) | suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] | |
| Australia | Federal | Victoria | 6 rural cities | wards (electoral unit) | suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] | |
| Australia | Federal | Victoria | 1 borough | wards (electoral unit) | suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] | |
| Australia | Federal | Western Australia | 104 shires | wards (electoral unit) | suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] | |
| Australia | Federal | Western Australia | 29 cities | wards (electoral unit) | suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] | |
| Australia | Federal | Western Australia | 8 towns | wards (electoral unit) | suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] | |
| 2 internal territories that are self-governing: |||||
| Australia | Federal | Australian Capital Territory | | | | |
| Australia | Federal | Northern Territory | 9 regional councils | wards (electoral unit) | suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] | |
| Australia | Federal | Northern Territory | 5 unincorporated areas | wards (electoral unit) | suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] | |
| Australia | Federal | Northern Territory | 3 municipalities | wards (electoral unit) | suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] | |
| Australia | Federal | Northern Territory | 3 shires | wards (electoral unit) | suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] | |
| Australia | Federal | Northern Territory | 2 cities | wards (electoral unit) | suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] | |
| 1 internal territory that is not self-governing: |||||
| Australia | Federal | Jervis Bay Territory | | | | |
| 7 external territories: |||||
| Australia | Federal | Ashmore and Cartier Islands | | | | |
| Australia | Federal | Australian Antarctic Territory | | | | |
| Australia | Federal | Christmas Island | 1 shire | | | |
| Australia | Federal | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 1 shire | | | |
| Australia | Federal | Coral Sea Islands | | | | |
| Australia | Federal | Heard Island and McDonald Islands | | | | |
| Australia | Federal | Norfolk Island | | | | |
| Austria | Federal | 9 states (Bundesländer) | 93 districts (Bezirke) | 2,078 municipalities (Gemeinden) | | |
| Azerbaijan | Regional | 60 districts (rayonlar) | +2600 municipalities (bələdiyyələr) | +4500 settlements (yaşayış məntəqələri) | | |
| Azerbaijan | Regional | 10 cities (şəhərlər) | +2600 municipalities (bələdiyyələr) | +4500 settlements (yaşayış məntəqələri) | | |
| 1 autonomous republic (Muxtar Respublika): |||||
| Azerbaijan | Regional | Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic | 7 districts (rayonlar) | 218 settlements (yaşayış məntəqələri) | | |
| Azerbaijan | Regional | Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic | 1 city (səhər) | 218 settlements (yaşayış məntəqələri) | | |
| The Bahamas | Unitary | 32 districts | 32+ town committees | | | |
| The Bahamas | Unitary | New Providence | 24 supervisory districts | | | |
| Bahrain | Unitary | 4 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt) | | | | |
| Bangladesh | Unitary | 8 divisions (bibhag) | 64 districts (zila) | 495 sub-districts (upazila) 12 City corporations | 4,596 union councils (union parishads) 327 municipal corporations (paurasabhas) | |
| Barbados | Unitary | 11 parishes | | | | |
| Belarus | Unitary | 6 regions (oblasti or voblastsi) | 118 districts (raiony) | | | |
| 1 autonomous city: |||||
| Belarus | Unitary | Minsk | | | | |
| Belgium | Federal | 3 communities (Dutch: gemeenschappen; French: communautés; German: Gemeinschaften) | 3 communities (Dutch: gemeenschappen; French: communautés; German: Gemeinschaften) | 3 communities (Dutch: gemeenschappen; French: communautés; German: Gemeinschaften) | 3 communities (Dutch: gemeenschappen; French: communautés; German: Gemeinschaften) | 3 communities (Dutch: gemeenschappen; French: communautés; German: Gemeinschaften) |
| 3 regions (Dutch: gewesten; French: régions; German: Regionen): |||||
| Belgium | Federal | Brussels | Brussels | 43 arrondissements (Dutch: arrondissementen; French: arrondissements; German: Arrondisements) | 581 municipalities (Dutch: gemeenten; French: communes; German: Gemeinden) | |
| Belgium | Federal | Flanders Wallonia | 10 provinces (Dutch: provincies; French: provinces; German: Provinzen) | 43 arrondissements (Dutch: arrondissementen; French: arrondissements; German: Arrondisements) | 581 municipalities (Dutch: gemeenten; French: communes; German: Gemeinden) | |
| Belize | Unitary | 6 districts | 201 municipalities | | | |
| Benin | Unitary | 12 departments (départements) | 77 communes (communes) | 546 districts (arrondissements) | | |
| Bhutan | Unitary | 20 districts (dzongkhag) | 201 blocks (gewogs) | | | |
| Bhutan | Unitary | 20 districts (dzongkhag) | 61 thromdes | | | |
| Bolivia | Regional | 9 departments (departamentos) | 112 provinces (provincias) | 339 municipalities (municipios) | | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Federal | 2 federal entities: | 2 federal entities: | 2 federal entities: | 2 federal entities: | 2 federal entities: |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Federal | Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10 cantons (kantona) | 79 municipalities (općine or opštine) | local communities | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Federal | Republika Srpska | 64 municipalities (opštine) | local communities | | |
| 1 condominium of the federal entities: |||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Federal | Brčko District | | | | |
| Botswana | Unitary | 10 rural districts | 21 sub-districts | 519 villages | localities | |
| Botswana | Unitary | 7 urban districts | 21 sub-districts | 519 villages | localities | |
| Brazil | Federal | 26 states (estados) | 5,568 municipalities (municípios) | 10,722 districts (distritos) | 610 subdistricts (subdistritos) | |
| Brazil | Federal | 26 states (estados) | 1 state district (distrito estadual) | | | |
| Brazil | Federal | 1 federal district (distrito federal) | 35 administrative regions (regiões administrativas) | | | |
| Brunei | Unitary | 4 districts (daerah) | 38 subdistricts (mukim) | villages (kampung) | | |
| Bulgaria | Unitary | 28 provinces or regions (oblasti, области) | 265 municipalities (obshtini, общини) | wards or quarters (rayon) | mayoralties (kmetstvo) | settlements (naseleno myasto) |
| Burkina Faso | Unitary | 13 regions (régions) | 45 provinces | 325 departments (départements) | | |
| Burundi | Unitary | 18 provinces | 119 communes | 2,639 collines | | |
| Cambodia | Unitary | 24 provinces (khaet) | 162 districts (srok) | 1,646 communes and quarters (khum and sangkat) | villages (phum) | |
| Cambodia | Unitary | 24 provinces (khaet) | 27 municipalities (krong) | 1,646 communes and quarters (khum and sangkat) | villages (phum) | |
| Cambodia | Unitary | Phnom Penh | 14 sections (khan) | 1,646 communes and quarters (khum and sangkat) | villages (phum) | |
| Cameroon | Unitary | 10 regions (régions) | 58 departments (départements) | 360 communes, or districts (arrondissements) | | |
| Canada | Federal | 10 provinces: | 10 provinces: | 10 provinces: | 10 provinces: | 10 provinces: |
| Canada | Federal | Alberta | 264 municipalities | 264 municipalities | 264 municipalities | 264 municipalities |
| 8 Metis settlements ||||
| Canada | Federal | Alberta | 63 counties | 403 hamlets | | |
| Canada | Federal | Alberta | 7 improvement districts | 403 hamlets | | |
| Canada | Federal | Alberta | 6 specialized municipalities | 403 hamlets | | |
| Canada | Federal | Alberta | 3 special areas | 403 hamlets | | |
| Canada | Federal | British Columbia | 27 regional districts | 162 municipalities 160 electoral areas | | |
| Canada | Federal | British Columbia | 1 unincorporated area | 162 municipalities 160 electoral areas | | |
| Canada | Federal | Manitoba | 98 rural municipalities | 37 municipalities 2 local government districts | | |
| Canada | Federal | Manitoba | unincorporated areas | 37 municipalities 2 local government districts | | |
| Canada | Federal | New Brunswick | 15 counties (comtés) | 152 parishes (paroisses) | 104 municipalities (municipalités) | |
| Canada | Federal | Newfoundland and Labrador | (unincorporated) | 277 municipalities | | |
| Canada | Federal | Nova Scotia | 18 counties: | 18 counties: | 18 counties: | 18 counties: |
| 3 regional municipalities ||||
| Canada | Federal | Nova Scotia | 9 county municipalities | 9 county municipalities | 38 municipalities | |
| Canada | Federal | Nova Scotia | 6 historic counties administered by district municipalities | 12 district municipalities | 38 municipalities | |
| Canada | Federal | Ontario | 173 single-tier municipalities | 173 single-tier municipalities | 173 single-tier municipalities | 173 single-tier municipalities |
| Canada | Federal | Ontario | 8 regional municipalities | 241 lower-tier municipalities 46 local services boards | | |
| Canada | Federal | Ontario | 22 counties | 241 lower-tier municipalities 46 local services boards | | |
| Canada | Federal | Ontario | 10 districts | 241 lower-tier municipalities 46 local services boards | | |
| Canada | Federal | Prince Edward Island | 3 counties | 14 parishes | 70 townships | 63 municipalities |
| Canada | Federal | Quebec | 87 regional county municipalities (municipalités régionale de comté) (RCM/MRC) 17 territories equivalent to a regional county municipality (territoires équivalents) (TE): 5 TEs coextensive (or nearly coextensive) with an urban agglomeration (agglomérations) 9 cities (cités/villes) independent of any RCM 3 other equivalent territories: Jamésie Eeyou Istchee Kativik | 1,108 municipalities (municipalités) | 45 boroughs (arrondissements) | |
| Canada | Federal | Saskatchewan | 296 rural municipalities | 478 municipalities | | |
| Canada | Federal | Saskatchewan | 2 unincorporated areas: Northern Saskatchewan Administration District Prince Albert National Park | 478 municipalities | | |
| 3 territories: |||||
| Canada | Federal | Northwest Territories | 5 regions | 24 municipalities | | |
| Canada | Federal | Nunavut | 3 regions | 25 municipalities | | |
| Canada | Federal | Yukon | (unorganized) | 8 municipalities | | |
| 3,406 Indian reserves |||||
| Cape Verde | Unitary | 22 councils or municipalities (concelhos) | 32 parishes (freguesias) | | | |
| Central African Republic | Unitary | 20 prefectures (préfectures) | 84 sub-prefectures (sous-préfectures) | 198 communes | | |
| 1 autonomous commune (commune autonome): |||||
| Central African Republic | Unitary | Bangui | 4 sub-prefectures (sous-préfectures) | 8 urban districts (arrondissements) | 16 groups (groupements) | 205 neighbourhoods (quartiers) |
| Central African Republic | Unitary | Bangui | 4 sub-prefectures (sous-préfectures) | 2 communes | 16 groups (groupements) | 205 neighbourhoods (quartiers) |
| Chad | Unitary | 23 regions (régions) | 67 departments (départements) | 340 sub-prefectures (sous-préfectures) | | |
| Chile | Regional | 16 regions (regiones) | 56 provinces (provincias) | 346 communes (comunas) | neighborhood units (unidades vecinales) | |
| China, People's Republic of | Regional | 23 provinces (shěng) | 280+ prefecture-level cities (dìjíshī) 17 prefectures (dìqū) 30 autonomous prefectures (zìzhìzhōu) | 1,400+ counties (xiàn) 110+ autonomous counties (zìzhìxiàn) 850+ county-level districts ((shìxiá)qū) 1 special district (tèqū) 370+ county-level cities (xiànjíshì) 1 forestry district (línqū) | 19,500+ towns (zhèn) 14,600+ townships (xiāng) 1,000+ ethnic townships (mínzúxiāng) 6,100+ subdistricts (jiēbàn or jiēdàobànshìchù) 11 district public offices (qūgōngsuǒ) Urban areas: (residential) communities (shèqū) or neighbourhoods (jūmínqū) Rural areas: villages (cūnjí), village areas or village groups | |
| China, People's Republic of | Regional | 5 autonomous regions (zìzhìqū) | 280+ prefecture-level cities (dìjíshī) 17 prefectures (dìqū) 30 autonomous prefectures (zìzhìzhōu) | 1,400+ counties (xiàn) 110+ autonomous counties (zìzhìxiàn) 850+ county-level districts ((shìxiá)qū) 1 special district (tèqū) 370+ county-level cities (xiànjíshì) 1 forestry district (línqū) | 19,500+ towns (zhèn) 14,600+ townships (xiāng) 1,000+ ethnic townships (mínzúxiāng) 6,100+ subdistricts (jiēbàn or jiēdàobànshìchù) 11 district public offices (qūgōngsuǒ) Urban areas: (residential) communities (shèqū) or neighbourhoods (jūmínqū) Rural areas: villages (cūnjí), village areas or village groups | |
| China, People's Republic of | Regional | 4 municipalities (zhíxiáshì) | 280+ prefecture-level cities (dìjíshī) 17 prefectures (dìqū) 30 autonomous prefectures (zìzhìzhōu) | 1,400+ counties (xiàn) 110+ autonomous counties (zìzhìxiàn) 850+ county-level districts ((shìxiá)qū) 1 special district (tèqū) 370+ county-level cities (xiànjíshì) 1 forestry district (línqū) | 19,500+ towns (zhèn) 14,600+ townships (xiāng) 1,000+ ethnic townships (mínzúxiāng) 6,100+ subdistricts (jiēbàn or jiēdàobànshìchù) 11 district public offices (qūgōngsuǒ) Urban areas: (residential) communities (shèqū) or neighbourhoods (jūmínqū) Rural areas: villages (cūnjí), village areas or village groups | |
| 2 special administrative regions (tèbié xíngzhèngqū): |||||
| China, People's Republic of | Regional | Hong Kong | 18 districts | | | |
| China, People's Republic of | Regional | Macau | | | | |
| Colombia | Unitary | 32 departments (departamentos) | 1,102 municipalities (municipios) | 2,000+ corregimientos (towns) | veredas | |
| Colombia | Unitary | 32 departments (departamentos) | 1,102 municipalities (municipios) | communes (comunas) | neighbourhoods (barrios) | |
| Colombia | Unitary | Bogotá | 20 localities (localidades) | 20 localities (localidades) | | neighbourhoods (barrios) |
| Comoros | Federal | 3 autonomous islands(îles autonomes) | 16 prefectures (préfectures) | 54 communes | 318 villes or villages | |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | Unitary | 25 provinces | 145 territories 33 cities | 264 chiefdoms 470 sectors 313 communes | 6,070 groupings 2,401 quarters | |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | Unitary | 1 Capital City: | 145 territories 33 cities | 264 chiefdoms 470 sectors 313 communes | 6,070 groupings 2,401 quarters | |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | Unitary | Kinshasa | 145 territories 33 cities | 264 chiefdoms 470 sectors 313 communes | 6,070 groupings 2,401 quarters | |
| Congo, Republic of the | Unitary | 12 departments | 80+ districts | communes | | |
| Costa Rica | Unitary | 7 provinces (provincias) | 84 cantons (cantones) | 492 districts (distritos) 3 special cities (ciudades especiales) | Urban: asentamiento, caserío, ciudad, localidad Rural: barrio, poblado | |
| Costa Rica | Unitary | 7 provinces (provincias) | 24 indigenous territories | 492 districts (distritos) 3 special cities (ciudades especiales) | Urban: asentamiento, caserío, ciudad, localidad Rural: barrio, poblado | |
| Croatia | Unitary | 20 counties (županije) | 128 towns (gradovi) | 4,117+ local communities [hr] (mjesnih odbora) (gradske četvrti [Zagreb], gradski kotari [Split]) | 6,700+ settlements (naselja) | |
| Croatia | Unitary | 20 counties (županije) | 428 municipalities (općine) | 4,117+ local communities [hr] (mjesnih odbora) (gradske četvrti [Zagreb], gradski kotari [Split]) | 6,700+ settlements (naselja) | |
| Cuba | Unitary | 15 provinces (provincias) | 160+ municipalities (municipios) | | | |
| Cuba | Unitary | 1 special municipality (municipio especial): | 160+ municipalities (municipios) | | | |
| Cuba | Unitary | Isla de la Juventud | 160+ municipalities (municipios) | | | |
| Cyprus | Unitary | 6 districts (eparchies) | 610 communities | | | |
| Czech Republic | Unitary | 13 regions (kraje) | 76 districts (okresy) | 393 municipalities with commissioned local authority (obce s pověřeným obecním úřadem) | 6,254 1st level municipalities (obce) | |
| Czech Republic | Unitary | 13 regions (kraje) | 205 municipalities with extended competence (obce s rozšířenou působností) | 393 municipalities with commissioned local authority (obce s pověřeným obecním úřadem) | 4 military training areas (vojenské újezdy) | |
| 1 capital city: |||||
| Czech Republic | Unitary | Capital City of Prague (Hlavní město Praha) | 10 districts (obvody) | 57 municipal districts (městské části) | 112 cadastral communities (katastrální území) | |
| Czech Republic | Unitary | Capital City of Prague (Hlavní město Praha) | 22 administrative districts (správní obvody) | 57 municipal districts (městské části) | 112 cadastral communities (katastrální území) | |
| Denmark, Kingdom of | Regional | Denmark | 5 regions (regioner) | 98 municipalities (kommuner) | | |
| 2 autonomous territories: |||||
| Denmark, Kingdom of | Regional | Faroe Islands | 7 regions (Faroese: sýsla; Danish: syssel) | 29 municipalities (kommunur) | | |
| Denmark, Kingdom of | Regional | Greenland | 5 municipalities (kommuner) | | | |
| 1 national park (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaanni nuna eqqissisimatitaq; Danish: Nationalpark): ||||
| Denmark, Kingdom of | Regional | Greenland | Northeast Greenland National Park | | | |
| Djibouti | Unitary | 6 regions (régions) | 15 sub-prefectures | | | |
| Djibouti | Unitary | 6 regions (régions) | 6 arrondissements | | | |
| Dominica | Unitary | 10 parishes | | | | |
| Dominican Republic | Unitary | 31 provinces (provincias) | 158 municipalities (municipios) | 40+ municipal districts (distritos municipales) | | |
| Dominican Republic | Unitary | 1 National District (Distrito Nacional): | 158 municipalities (municipios) | 40+ municipal districts (distritos municipales) | | |
| Dominican Republic | Unitary | Distrito Nacional | 158 municipalities (municipios) | 40+ municipal districts (distritos municipales) | | |
| Ecuador | Unitary | 24 provinces (provincias) | 221 cantons (cantones) | 1,000+ parishes (parroquias) | | |
| Egypt | Unitary | 27 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt) | 351 municipal divisions: | 351 municipal divisions: | 351 municipal divisions: | 351 municipal divisions: |
| Egypt | Unitary | 27 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt) | 177 kism | 4,617+ villages or districts (qura or ahya) | residential districts (sheyakha) | |
| Egypt | Unitary | 27 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt) | 162 markaz | 4,617+ villages or districts (qura or ahya) | residential districts (sheyakha) | |
| Egypt | Unitary | 27 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt) | 9 new cities | 4,617+ villages or districts (qura or ahya) | residential districts (sheyakha) | |
| Egypt | Unitary | 27 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt) | 3 police-administered areas | 4,617+ villages or districts (qura or ahya) | residential districts (sheyakha) | |
| El Salvador | Unitary | 14 departments (departamentos) | 262 municipalities (municipios) | | | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Unitary | 8 provinces (provincias) | 32 districts (distritos) | | | |
| Eritrea | Unitary | 6 regions (zoba) | 58 districts | communes (kebabis) | villages and towns | |
| Estonia | Unitary | 15 counties (maakonnad) | 15 towns (linnad) | districts (linnaosad) | Subdistricts (asumid) | |
| Estonia | Unitary | 15 counties (maakonnad) | 64 parishes (vallad) | quarters (kandid) | 32 towns (linnad) | |
| Estonia | Unitary | 15 counties (maakonnad) | 64 parishes (vallad) | quarters (kandid) | 12 boroughs (alevid) | |
| Estonia | Unitary | 15 counties (maakonnad) | 64 parishes (vallad) | quarters (kandid) | 188 small boroughs (alevikud) | |
| Estonia | Unitary | 15 counties (maakonnad) | 64 parishes (vallad) | quarters (kandid) | 4,455 villages (külad) | |
| Eswatini | Unitary | 4 regions (tifundza) | 50+ constituencies (tinkhundla) | 360+ chiefdoms (imiphakatsi) | | |
| Ethiopia | Federal | 12 regions (kililoch) | 68 zones (zonoch) | 600+ districts (woreda) | 16,000+ wards (kebele) | |
| Ethiopia | Federal | 2 chartered cities (astedader akababiwach) | 68 zones (zonoch) | 600+ districts (woreda) | 16,000+ wards (kebele) | |
| Fiji | Unitary | 4 divisions | 14 provinces | + 50 districts | | |
| 1 dependency: |||||
| Fiji | Unitary | Rotuma | 7 districts | | | |
| Finland | Regional | 18 regions (maakuntaa) | 70+ subregions (seutukuntaa) | 293 municipalities (kuntaa) | | |
| 1 autonomous region (itsehallinnollinen maakunta): |||||
| Finland | Regional | Åland | 16 municipalities (kommuner (kuntaa)) | | | |
| France | Regional | 18 regions (régions) | 101 departments (départements) | 332 arrondissements | 2,054 cantons (electoral constituencies) | 2,054 cantons (electoral constituencies) |
| France | Regional | 18 regions (régions) | 101 departments (départements) | 332 arrondissements | 12,159 intercommunalities | 35,357 communes |
| France | Regional | 18 regions (régions) | Metropolis of Lyon | 332 arrondissements | 12,159 intercommunalities | 35,357 communes |
| 5 overseas collectivities (collectivités d'outre-mer): |||||
| France | Regional | French Polynesia | 5 administrative subdivisions (subdivisions administratives) | 40+ communes | | |
| France | Regional | Saint-Barthélemy | 2 parishes | 40 quarters | | |
| France | Regional | Saint-Martin | | | | |
| France | Regional | Saint-Pierre and Miquelon | 2 communes | | | |
| France | Regional | Wallis and Futuna | 3 traditional kingdoms (royaumes coutumiers) | 3 districts | | |
| 1 sui generis collectivity (collectivité sui generis): |||||
| France | Regional | New Caledonia | 3 provinces | 30+ communes | | |
| 1 overseas territory (territoire d'outre-mer): |||||
| France | Regional | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | 5 districts | | | |
| 1 state private property under the direct authority of the French government: |||||
| France | Regional | Clipperton Island | | | | |
| Gabon | Unitary | 9 provinces | 49 departments (départements) | 152 cantons | | |
| Gabon | Unitary | 9 provinces | 49 departments (départements) | 52 communes | | |
| Gabon | Unitary | 9 provinces | 49 departments (départements) | 29 arrondissements | | |
| Gambia | Unitary | 5 regions | 8 Local Government Areas | 43 districts | | |
| Gambia | Unitary | 1 city | 8 Local Government Areas | 43 districts | | |
| Georgia | Regional | 9 regions (mkhare) | 69 municipalities (munitsip’alit’et’ebi): 64 communities (temi) 5 cities (k'alak'i) | 1,000s+ administrative units (administ’ratsiuli erteulebi) ? rural communities (sasoplo temebi) | 10,000s+ populated places/settlements (dasakhlebuli p’unkt’ebi) ? townlets (kalakebi) ? urban-type settlements (dabebi) ? villages (soplebi) | |
| Georgia | Regional | 2 autonomous republics: | 69 municipalities (munitsip’alit’et’ebi): 64 communities (temi) 5 cities (k'alak'i) | 1,000s+ administrative units (administ’ratsiuli erteulebi) ? rural communities (sasoplo temebi) | 10,000s+ populated places/settlements (dasakhlebuli p’unkt’ebi) ? townlets (kalakebi) ? urban-type settlements (dabebi) ? villages (soplebi) | |
| Georgia | Regional | Abkhazia | 69 municipalities (munitsip’alit’et’ebi): 64 communities (temi) 5 cities (k'alak'i) | 1,000s+ administrative units (administ’ratsiuli erteulebi) ? rural communities (sasoplo temebi) | 10,000s+ populated places/settlements (dasakhlebuli p’unkt’ebi) ? townlets (kalakebi) ? urban-type settlements (dabebi) ? villages (soplebi) | |
| Georgia | Regional | Adjara | 69 municipalities (munitsip’alit’et’ebi): 64 communities (temi) 5 cities (k'alak'i) | 1,000s+ administrative units (administ’ratsiuli erteulebi) ? rural communities (sasoplo temebi) | 10,000s+ populated places/settlements (dasakhlebuli p’unkt’ebi) ? townlets (kalakebi) ? urban-type settlements (dabebi) ? villages (soplebi) | |
| Georgia | Regional | 1 area without a constitutionally defined status: | 69 municipalities (munitsip’alit’et’ebi): 64 communities (temi) 5 cities (k'alak'i) | 1,000s+ administrative units (administ’ratsiuli erteulebi) ? rural communities (sasoplo temebi) | 10,000s+ populated places/settlements (dasakhlebuli p’unkt’ebi) ? townlets (kalakebi) ? urban-type settlements (dabebi) ? villages (soplebi) | |
| Georgia | Regional | South Ossetia | 69 municipalities (munitsip’alit’et’ebi): 64 communities (temi) 5 cities (k'alak'i) | 1,000s+ administrative units (administ’ratsiuli erteulebi) ? rural communities (sasoplo temebi) | 10,000s+ populated places/settlements (dasakhlebuli p’unkt’ebi) ? townlets (kalakebi) ? urban-type settlements (dabebi) ? villages (soplebi) | |
| 1 city with special status: |||||
| Georgia | Regional | Tbilisi | 10 districts (raions) | | | |
| Germany | Federal | 16 states (Länder): | 16 states (Länder): | 16 states (Länder): | 16 states (Länder): | 16 states (Länder): |
| Germany | Federal | Baden-Württemberg Bavaria Hesse North Rhine-Westphalia | 19 administrative districts (Regierungsbezirke) | 3 special regional associations (Kommunalverbände besonderer Art) 294 rural districts (Landkreise or Kreise) | 1281 municipal associations (Gemeindeverbände) 10907 municipalities (Gemeinden), including 1951 towns (Städte) 386 market towns (Märkte) (only in Bavaria) | |
| Germany | Federal | Brandenburg Lower Saxony Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Rhineland-Palatinate Saarland Saxony Saxony-Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein Thuringia | Brandenburg Lower Saxony Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Rhineland-Palatinate Saarland Saxony Saxony-Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein Thuringia | 103 cities (urban districts) (Kreisfreie Städte or Stadtkreise) | 103 cities (urban districts) (Kreisfreie Städte or Stadtkreise) | |
| Germany | Federal | Bremen | 2 cities (Städte) | 7 boroughs (Stadtbezirke) | 32 quarters (Stadtteile) | 113 neighbourhoods (Ortsteile) |
| Germany | Federal | Berlin | 12 boroughs (Bezirke) | 97 neighbourhoods (Ortsteile) | | |
| Germany | Federal | Hamburg | 7 boroughs (Bezirke) | 104 quarters (Stadtteile) | 181 neighbourhoods (Ortsteile) | |
| Ghana | Unitary | 16 regions | 216 districts | Communities tema | | |
| Ghana | Unitary | 16 regions | 8 municipal districts | zones | | |
| Ghana | Unitary | 16 regions | 3 metropolitan districts | submetropolitan districts | | |
| Greece | Regional | 7 decentralized administrations (apokentroménes dioikíseis) | 13 administrative regions (peripheries) | 74 regional units (perifereiakés enótites) | 332 municipalities (dímoi) | |
| 1 autonomous monastic state (aftonomi monastiki politeia): |||||
| Greece | Regional | Agio Oros | | | | |
| Grenada | Unitary | 6 parishes | | | | |
| 1 dependency: |||||
| Grenada | Unitary | Carriacou and Petite Martinique | | | | |
| Guatemala | Unitary | 22 departments (departamentos) | 332 municipalities (municipios) | | | |
| Guinea | Unitary | 8 regions (régions) | 33 prefectures (préfectures) | 330+ sub-prefectures (sous-préfectures) | districts | |
| Guinea | Unitary | 8 regions (régions) | 5 communes | 330+ sub-prefectures (sous-préfectures) | districts | |
| Guinea | Unitary | 8 regions (régions) | 5 communes | 330+ sub-prefectures (sous-préfectures) | sectors (secteurs) | |
| Guinea-Bissau | Unitary | 8 regions (regiões) | 39 sectors (setores) | sections (secções) | populated places (locais povoados): towns (cidades) villages (aldeias) localities (localidades) settlements (povoações) communities (comunidades) | |
| Guinea-Bissau | Unitary | 1 autonomous sector (sector autónomo): | 39 sectors (setores) | sections (secções) | populated places (locais povoados): towns (cidades) villages (aldeias) localities (localidades) settlements (povoações) communities (comunidades) | |
| Guinea-Bissau | Unitary | Bissau | 39 sectors (setores) | sections (secções) | populated places (locais povoados): towns (cidades) villages (aldeias) localities (localidades) settlements (povoações) communities (comunidades) | |
| Guyana | Unitary | 10 regions | 64 neighborhood councils | | | |
| Haiti | Unitary | 10 departments (départements) | 42 arrondissements | 144 communes | 571 communal sections (sections communales) | 10,180 villages |
| Honduras | Unitary | 18 departments (departamentos) | 298 municipalities (municipios) | 3,731 villages (aldeas) | | |
| Hungary | Unitary | 19 counties (vármegye) | 174 districts (járás) | 3,154 cities and towns (városok) | | |
| 1 autonomous city: |||||
| Hungary | Unitary | Budapest | 23 districts (kerület) | | | |
| Hungary | Unitary | Budapest | 1 non-district | | | |
| Iceland | Unitary | 8 regions (svæði) | 64 municipalities (sveitarfélög) | | | |
| India | Federal | 28 states | 103 divisions | 788 districts/revenue districts (zile) | sub-divisions/revenue divisions | 6057 subdistricts (tahsīl or mandal) |
| India | Federal | 28 states | 103 divisions | 788 districts/revenue districts (zile) | sub-divisions/revenue divisions | community development blocks/tribal development blocks |
| India | Federal | 28 states | 103 divisions | 788 districts/revenue districts (zile) | sub-divisions/revenue divisions | revenue villages |
| India | Federal | 28 states | 103 divisions | 788 districts/revenue districts (zile) | 255 municipal corporations (nagar nigam) | wards |
| India | Federal | 8 union territories | 103 divisions | 788 districts/revenue districts (zile) | 255 municipal corporations (nagar nigam) | wards |
| India | Federal | 8 union territories | 103 divisions | 788 districts/revenue districts (zile) | 1,897 municipal councils/municipalities (nagar pālikā) | wards |
| India | Federal | 8 union territories | 103 divisions | 788 districts/revenue districts (zile) | 2,437 town councils (nagar pañcāyat) | wards |
| India | Federal | 8 union territories | 103 divisions | 788 districts/revenue districts (zile) | 665 district councils (zilla parishad) | 6,711 block councils (panchayat samiti) |
| India | Federal | 8 union territories | 103 divisions | 788 districts/revenue districts (zile) | 665 district councils (zilla parishad) | 255,219 village councils (grām pañcāyat) |
| Indonesia | Regional | 38 provinces (provinsi) | 416 regencies (kabupaten) | 7,266 districts (kecamatan/distrik/kapanewon/kemantren) | 83,467 villages (kelurahan/desa) | |
| Indonesia | Regional | 38 provinces (provinsi) | 98 cities (kota) | 7,266 districts (kecamatan/distrik/kapanewon/kemantren) | 83,467 villages (kelurahan/desa) | |
| Iran | Unitary | 31 provinces (ostanha) | 467 counties (shahrestan) | districts (bakhsh) | rural districts (dehestan) | |
| Iran | Unitary | 31 provinces (ostanha) | 467 counties (shahrestan) | districts (bakhsh) | cities (shahr) | |
| Iraq | Federal | 19 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt) | 120 districts (aqḍyat) | 300+ subdistricts (naḥiyat) | villages (qaryat) | |
| Ireland | Unitary | 26 counties (contaetha) | 89 municipal districts (ceantair bardasacha) 4 borough districts (ceantair buirge 2 metropolitan districts (ceantair cathracha) | 3,440 electoral divisions (toghroinn ceantair) | 51,430 townlands (bailte) | |
| Ireland | Unitary | 3 cities (cathracha) | 89 municipal districts (ceantair bardasacha) 4 borough districts (ceantair buirge 2 metropolitan districts (ceantair cathracha) | 3,440 electoral divisions (toghroinn ceantair) | 51,430 townlands (bailte) | |
| Ireland | Unitary | 2 combined cities and counties | 89 municipal districts (ceantair bardasacha) 4 borough districts (ceantair buirge 2 metropolitan districts (ceantair cathracha) | 3,440 electoral divisions (toghroinn ceantair) | 18,641 small areas (ceantair beaga) | |
| Israel | Regional | 6 districts (meḥozot) | 15 sub-districts (nafot) | 52 natural regions | 255 local authority units (reshut mekomiot) 77 cities (arim) 124 local councils (moaṣot mekomiot) 54 regional councils (moaṣot azoriot) | populated places (mekomot me'uchlasim) on urban local authorities: * internal municipal divisions (chalukot pnimiyot) * municipal districts (mechozot) * neighborhoods (shkhunot) on rural local authorities: * community settlements (yishuvim kahilti'im) * institutional localities (yishuvim musdi'im) * farm clusters (kibbutzum) * farm settlements (moshavim) * collective farm villages (moshavim shitufiim) * rural localities (yishuvim kifri'im) |
| Israel | Regional | Judea and Samaria Area | 15 sub-districts (nafot) | 52 natural regions | 255 local authority units (reshut mekomiot) 77 cities (arim) 124 local councils (moaṣot mekomiot) 54 regional councils (moaṣot azoriot) | populated places (mekomot me'uchlasim) on urban local authorities: * internal municipal divisions (chalukot pnimiyot) * municipal districts (mechozot) * neighborhoods (shkhunot) on rural local authorities: * community settlements (yishuvim kahilti'im) * institutional localities (yishuvim musdi'im) * farm clusters (kibbutzum) * farm settlements (moshavim) * collective farm villages (moshavim shitufiim) * rural localities (yishuvim kifri'im) |
| Italy | Regional | 20 regions (regioni): | 20 regions (regioni): | 20 regions (regioni): | 20 regions (regioni): | 20 regions (regioni): |
| 15 ordinary regions (regioni ordinarie): |||||
| Italy | Regional | Abruzzo Apulia Basilicata Calabria Campania Emilia-Romagna Lazio Liguria Lombardy Marche Molise Piedmont Tuscany Umbria Veneto | 80 provinces (province) 2 autonomous provinces (province autonome) 4 regional decentralization entities (enti di decentramento regionale) 14 metropolitan cities (città metropolitane) | 7,998 communes (comuni) | 37,000+ fractions (frazioni) and circumscriptions (circoscrizioni) | |
| Italy | Regional | 5 autonomous regions (regioni autonome): | 80 provinces (province) 2 autonomous provinces (province autonome) 4 regional decentralization entities (enti di decentramento regionale) 14 metropolitan cities (città metropolitane) | 7,998 communes (comuni) | 37,000+ fractions (frazioni) and circumscriptions (circoscrizioni) | |
| Italy | Regional | Friuli-Venezia Giulia Sardinia Sicily Trentino-South Tyrol | 80 provinces (province) 2 autonomous provinces (province autonome) 4 regional decentralization entities (enti di decentramento regionale) 14 metropolitan cities (città metropolitane) | 7,998 communes (comuni) | 37,000+ fractions (frazioni) and circumscriptions (circoscrizioni) | |
| Italy | Regional | Aosta Valley | Aosta Valley | 7,998 communes (comuni) | 37,000+ fractions (frazioni) and circumscriptions (circoscrizioni) | |
| Ivory Coast | Unitary | 14 autonomous districts (districts autonomes) | 31 regions (régions) | 108 departments (départements) | 510 sub-prefectures (sous-préfectures) | 8,000+ villages |
| Ivory Coast | Unitary | 14 autonomous districts (districts autonomes) | 31 regions (régions) | 1 unincorporated area | 510 sub-prefectures (sous-préfectures) | 8,000+ villages |
| Jamaica | Unitary | 14 parishes | | | | |
| Japan | Regional | 47 prefectures (ken) | 792 Cities (shi) 307 districts (gun) 18 subprefectures (shichō) 23 special wards (tokubetsu-ku) | 1,719 municipalities (shichōsonku) | ōaza aza chō chōme | |
| Jordan | Unitary | 12 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt) | 52 Districts (Alwia'a) | 89 Subdistricts (Nahiya) | qurah | |
| Kazakhstan | Regional | 17 regions (oblys) 3 cities with region rights (qala) Baikonur | 319 raions (awdan) oblıstıq qala | kent | awıl aymaq | |
| Kenya | Regional | 47 counties (kaunti) | 262 sub-counties (kaunti ndogo) | 2,400+ locations (mtaa) | Cities, Municipalities and Towns villages (vijiji) | |
| Kiribati | Unitary | None | | | | |
| Kuwait | Unitary | 6 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt) | 132 areas (manāṭiq) | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | Unitary | 7 regions (oblus) 2 independent cities (šaar (keneš)) | 44 districts (rayon) 14 towns (gorkeneš) | rural communities or rural districts (ayyl aymagy) | | |
| Laos | Unitary | 17 provinces (khoueng) 1 prefecture | 140+ districts (muang or muong) | villages (baan) | | |
| Latvia | Unitary | 36 municipalities (novadi) 7 republic cities (Republikas pilsētas) | 71 cities/towns (pilsētas) 512 parishes (pagasti) | | | |
| Lebanon | Unitary | 9 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt) | 26 districts (qaḍya) | 1,030 municipalities | | |
| Lesotho | Unitary | 10 districts | 80+ constituencies | 120+ community councils | | |
| Liberia | Unitary | 15 counties | 60+ districts | | | |
| Libya | Unitary | 22 districts (sha'biyat) | 99 baladiyat | | | |
| Liechtenstein | Unitary | 11 municipalities (Gemeinden) | | | | |
| Lithuania | Unitary | 10 counties (apskritys) | 60 municipalities (savivaldybės) | 500+ elderships (seniūnijos) | sub-eldership (seniūnaitija) | |
| Luxembourg | Unitary | 12 cantons | 102 communes | 24 quarters | | |
| Madagascar | Unitary | 23 regions (faritra) | 114 districts (distrika) | 1,579 communes (kaominina) 17,485 villages (fokontany) | | |
| Malawi | Unitary | 3 regions | 28 districts | 130+ traditional authorities | 60+ subchiefdoms | |
| Malaysia | Federal | 13 states (negeri) 3 federal territories (wilayah persekutuan) | 155 local government areas | | | |
| Maldives | Unitary | 17 atolls 4 cities | 189 islands | | | |
| Mali | Unitary | 19 régions 1 capital district | 40+ cercles (circles) | 1,400+ arrondissements | 700+ communes | |
| Malta | Unitary | 5 regions (reġjuni) | 68 local councils (kunsilli lokali) | | | |
| Marshall Islands | Unitary | 24 municipalities | | | | |
| Mauritania | Regional | 15 regions (wilayat); capital city of Nouakchott spans 3 regions | 44 departments or moughataas | 216 communes (some of which are consolidated with departments) | | |
| Mauritius | Unitary | Rodrigues | 14 zones | 120+ villages, 4 Towns 173 localities | | |
| Mauritius | Unitary | Mauritius | 9 districts | 120+ villages, 4 Towns 173 localities | | |
| Mauritius | Unitary | 2 outer islands with no government (+2 claimed) | | 120+ villages, 4 Towns 173 localities | | |
| Mexico | Federal | 31 states (estados) | 2,458 municipalities (municipios) | A few municipalities are further divided into boroughs, some incompletely. | | |
| Mexico | Federal | 1 autonomous city, Mexico City (Ciudad de México) | 16 boroughs (demarcaciones territoriales) | | | |
| Federated States of Micronesia | Federal | 4 states | 70+ municipalities | | | |
| Moldova | Regional | 32 districts or raions (Romanian: raioane) 3 municipalities (municipii): Chișinău, Bălți, and Tighina 2 autonomous territorial units: Gagauzia and Left Bank of the Dniester (claimed but administered as the unrecognized independent country of Transnistria) | 10 municipalities (municipii) 50 cities 60+ city localities 660+ villages (Romanian: sate) 880+ village localities | | | |
| Monaco | Unitary | 1 municipality | 3 quarters | 10 wards | | |
| Mongolia | Unitary | 21 provinces (aimags) | 331 districts (sum) | 1,538 bags | | |
| Mongolia | Unitary | 1 capital city, Ulaanbaatar | 9 districts (düüregs) | 173 subdistricts (khoroos) | | |
| Montenegro | Unitary | 25 municipalities (opštine) | 1,256 naselja | | | |
| Morocco | Unitary | 12 regions (3 containing parts of occupied Western Sahara) | 13 prefectures 62 provinces | circles | rural communes | |
| Morocco | Unitary | 12 regions (3 containing parts of occupied Western Sahara) | 13 prefectures 62 provinces | | communes urbaines arrondissements | |
| Mozambique | Unitary | 11 provinces (provincias) | 128 districts (distritos) | 405 administrative posts (postos) | [urban districts] localities (localidades) | |
| Myanmar | Unitary | 7 States | 67 Districts | 330 Townships | 3,183 Wards 13,602 Village tracts | 70,838 Villages |
| Myanmar | Unitary | 7 Regions | 67 Districts | 330 Townships | 3,183 Wards 13,602 Village tracts | 70,838 Villages |
| Myanmar | Unitary | 1 Union Territory | 67 Districts | 330 Townships | 3,183 Wards 13,602 Village tracts | 70,838 Villages |
| 70,838 Villages ||
| 70,838 Villages ||
| Namibia | Unitary | 14 regions | 121 constituencies | cities towns villages settlements | | |
| Nauru | Unitary | 14 districts | | | | |
| Nepal | Federal | 7 provinces (Pradesh) | 77 districts (jilla) | 6 metropolitan cities (mahānagarpālikā) 11 sub-metropolitan cities (upa-mahānagarpālikā) 276 municipalities (nagarpālikā) 486 rural municipalities (gāunpālikā) | 6743 wards (wadā) | |
| Netherlands, Kingdom of the | Regional | 4 constituent countries (landen): | 4 constituent countries (landen): | 4 constituent countries (landen): | 4 constituent countries (landen): | 4 constituent countries (landen): |
| Netherlands, Kingdom of the | Regional | Netherlands | 12 provinces (provincies) | 342 municipalities (gemeenten) | urban districts (deelgemeenten) | |
| Netherlands, Kingdom of the | Regional | Netherlands | 3 public bodies (openbare lichamen) (Caribbean Netherlands region) | Bonaire | 2 towns, neighbourhoods | |
| Netherlands, Kingdom of the | Regional | Netherlands | 3 public bodies (openbare lichamen) (Caribbean Netherlands region) | Sint Eustatius | neighbourhoods | |
| Netherlands, Kingdom of the | Regional | Netherlands | 3 public bodies (openbare lichamen) (Caribbean Netherlands region) | Saba | 4 villages | |
| Netherlands, Kingdom of the | Regional | Aruba | 8 regions | | | |
| Netherlands, Kingdom of the | Regional | Curaçao | 2 districts and 1 special city | 10 areas | 4 town quarters | |
| Netherlands, Kingdom of the | Regional | Sint Maarten | 8 administrative units | | | |
| New Zealand | Regional | Realm of New Zealand: | Realm of New Zealand: | Realm of New Zealand: | Realm of New Zealand: | Realm of New Zealand: |
| New Zealand | Regional | New Zealand | 11 non-unitary regions | 13 cities 53 districts | wards (electoral unit) | suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] |
| New Zealand | Regional | New Zealand | 1 special territorial authority: Chatham Islands | 1 special territorial authority: Chatham Islands | | |
| New Zealand | Regional | New Zealand | 5 unitary authorities | 5 unitary authorities | | |
| New Zealand | Regional | New Zealand | 3 outlying islands: Kermadec Islands Subantarctic Islands Three Kings Islands | 3 outlying islands: Kermadec Islands Subantarctic Islands Three Kings Islands | | |
| New Zealand | Regional | Ross Dependency | | | | |
| 1 self-administering territory: |||||
| New Zealand | Regional | Tokelau | 3 island councils | | | |
| 2 states in free-association: |||||
| New Zealand | Regional | Cook Islands | 10 island councils | districts | tapere | |
| New Zealand | Regional | Niue | 14 villages | | | |
| Nicaragua | Regional | 15 departments (departamentos) 2 autonomous regions (regiones autónomas) | 153 municipalities (municipios) | | | |
| Niger | Unitary | 7 régions Capital district, Niamey Urban Community | 63 départements | communes, cantons, and groupements | | |
| Nigeria | Federal | 36 states 1 Federal Capital Territory | 774 Local Government Areas | 8813 Wards | | |
| North Korea | Unitary | 9 provinces (do) 4 special cities | 150+ cities, counties, workers' districts (in some counties), districts, and wards | towns (in counties), neighborhoods (in cities), villages (rural) | | |
| North Macedonia | Unitary | 8 statistical regions | 80 municipalities (opštini) | | | |
| Norway | Regional | 14 counties (fylker) | 354 primary municipalities (kommuner) 3 hundreds (herader) | | | |
| Norway | Regional | 14 county municipalities (fylkeskommuner) | 354 primary municipalities (kommuner) 3 hundreds (herader) | | | |
| 1 combined municipality and county: |||||
| Norway | Regional | Oslo | 15 boroughs (bydeler) | | | |
| Norway | Regional | Oslo | 2 non-boroughs | | | |
| 2 integral overseas areas: |||||
| Norway | Regional | Jan Mayen | | | | |
| Norway | Regional | Svalbard | | | | |
| 3 dependencies: |||||
| Norway | Regional | Bouvet Island | | | | |
| Norway | Regional | Peter I Island | | | | |
| Norway | Regional | Queen Maud Land | | | | |
| Oman | Unitary | 11 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt) | 61 provinces (wilayat) | | | |
| Pakistan | Federal | 4 provinces 2 autonomous territories | 38 divisions | 168 districts | 596 Tehsils | Almost 6,000 Union Councils |
| Pakistan | Federal | 1 federal capital territory | 5 zones | 27 union councils | | |
| Palau | Unitary | 16 states | town council(s) village hall(s) traditional villages | | | |
| Palestine | Unitary | 16 governorates | 121 municipal councils 355 village councils | local councils (East Jerusalem) | | |
| Panama | Unitary | 10 provinces (provincias) | 68 districts (distritos) | 587 corregimientos (corregimientos) 2 corregimiento-level indigenous regions (comarcas indígenas) | populated places (lugares poblados) | |
| Panama | Unitary | 4 indigenous regions (comarcas indígenas) | 11 districts | 79 corregimientos | populated places (lugares poblados) | |
| Papua New Guinea | Regional | 20 provinces 1 autonomous region 1 National Capital District | districts | Local-Level Government areas | | |
| Paraguay | Unitary | 17 departments (departamentos) Asunción, the capital district (distrito capital) | 262 districts (distritos) | | | |
| Peru | Regional | 26 regional level circumscriptions (gobiernos regionales) (provisional, de facto) 24 departments (departamentos)(constitutional) Regional Government of Callao Metropolitan Municipality of Lima | 196 provinces (provincias) | 1,869 districts (distritos) | 2,645 populated centers | |
| Philippines | Regional | 16 regions (rehiyong pampangasiwaan) Bangsamoro, an autonomous region (awtonomong rehiyon) | 82 provinces (lalawigan or probinsya) | 107 component cities (bahaging lungsod) 1,488 municipalities (bayan or munisipalidad) | 42,027 barangays (formerly barrios), some grouped into districts | |
| Philippines | Regional | Metro Manila, the National Capital Region (pambansang punong rehiyon) | 16 Highly Urbanized Cities Pateros, an independent municipality | 16 Highly Urbanized Cities Pateros, an independent municipality | | 42,027 barangays (formerly barrios), some grouped into districts |
| Poland | Unitary | 16 voivodeships (provinces) | 314 land counties (powiat ziemski) | 2,478 municipalities (gminy of 3 types) | 40,740 sołectwa (rural) dzielnice or osiedla (urban) | |
| Portugal | Regional | 18 districts (distritos) 2 autonomous regions (regiões autónomas) | 308 municipalities (concelhos or municípios) | 3,091 parishes (freguesias) | localities (localidades) | |
| Qatar | Unitary | 8 municipalities (baladiya'at) | 98 Zones | | | |
| Romania | Unitary | 41 counties (județe) | 320 cities and towns (orașe (including 103 major cities, municipii) 2,856 communes (divided into 12,955 villages, sate) | | | |
| Romania | Unitary | 1 autonomous municipality | 6 sectors | | | |
| Russia | Federal | 89 federal subjects: | 89 federal subjects: | 89 federal subjects: | 89 federal subjects: | 89 federal subjects: |
| Russia | Federal | 48 oblasts 24 republics 4 autonomous okrugs 9 krais (territories) 1 autonomous oblast | 2,027 districts 561 cities and towns of federal subject significance | 416 Towns of district significance 767 urban-type settlements of district significance 15,002 selsoviets and equivalents | | |
| 3 federal cities |||||
| Russia | Federal | Moscow | 12 administrative okrugs | 125 districts (raions) | Settlements (poseleniy) | |
| Russia | Federal | St. Petersburg | 18 districts (raions) | 81 okrugs | | |
| Russia | Federal | Sevastopol | 4 districts (raions) | 9 municipal okrugs and the Town of Inkerman | | |
| Rwanda | Unitary | 5 provinces (intara) | 30 districts (uturere, singular akarere) municipalities (umujyi) | 410+ sectors (imirenge) | 9,100+ cells (utugari, singular akagali) | 14,000+ villages (imidugudu, singular umuduguduakagari) |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Federal | 2 islands: | 2 islands: | 2 islands: | 2 islands: | 2 islands: |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Federal | Saint Kitts | 14 parishes | | | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Federal | Nevis | 14 parishes | | | |
| Saint Lucia | Unitary | 10 districts (formerly 12 quarters) | | | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Unitary | 6 parishes | | | | |
| Samoa | Unitary | 11 districts (itūmālō) | | | | |
| San Marino | Unitary | 9 castelli ("castles") | | | | |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | Regional | 6 districts Autonomous Region of Príncipe | | | | |
| Saudi Arabia | Unitary | 13 regions (manaṭiq) | 150 governorates (muḥafaẓat) | 1541 subdistricts (marakiz) | | |
| Senegal | Unitary | 14 regions | 46 departments | 133 arrondissements | communes | |
| Serbia | Regional | 29 districts (okruga) 1 autonomous city 1 autonomous province (+1 claimed) | 150 municipalities (opština) 24 cities (grada) | | | |
| Seychelles | Unitary | 26 districts | | | | |
| Sierra Leone | Unitary | 4 provinces 1 area | 14 districts | 149 chiefdoms | | |
| Singapore | Unitary | 5 districts | 31 constituencies | 93 wards | | |
| Singapore | Unitary | 5 districts | 1 Central Business District | 1 Central Business District | | |
| Slovakia | Unitary | 8 regions (kraje) | 79 districts (okresy) | 2,891 municipalities (obcí) of which 141 are cities or towns (mestá) | cadastraal areas (katastrálne územia) | |
| Slovenia | Unitary | 212 municipalities (občine) | | | | |
| Solomon Islands | Regional | 9 provinces Honiara, the capital territory | | | | |
| Somalia | Federal | 6 states | 18 regions (gobolada) | 75 districts | | |
| South Africa | Regional | 9 provinces | 44 district municipalities | 205 local municipalities | 4,468 wards | |
| South Korea | Regional | 1 Special City (teukbyeolsi) | Autonomous districts ( jachigu) 5 counties | | Neighborhoods (dong) Towns (eup) Townships (myeon) | Rural villages (ri, fifth level) Urban villages (tong, fifth level) Hamlets (ban, sixth level) |
| South Korea | Regional | 6 Metropolitan Cities (gwangyeoksi) | Autonomous districts ( jachigu) 5 counties | | Neighborhoods (dong) Towns (eup) Townships (myeon) | Rural villages (ri, fifth level) Urban villages (tong, fifth level) Hamlets (ban, sixth level) |
| South Korea | Regional | 6 Metropolitan Cities (gwangyeoksi) | 75 cities (si) 77 counties (gun) | | Neighborhoods (dong) Towns (eup) Townships (myeon) | Rural villages (ri, fifth level) Urban villages (tong, fifth level) Hamlets (ban, sixth level) |
| South Korea | Regional | 6 provinces (do) | 75 cities (si) 77 counties (gun) | Districts(non-administrative) (ilbangu, haengjeonggu) | Neighborhoods (dong) Towns (eup) Townships (myeon) | Rural villages (ri, fifth level) Urban villages (tong, fifth level) Hamlets (ban, sixth level) |
| South Korea | Regional | 2 Special Self-Governing Provinces(multi-leveled) (teukbyeol jachido(dacheungje)) | 75 cities (si) 77 counties (gun) | Districts(non-administrative) (ilbangu, haengjeonggu) | Neighborhoods (dong) Towns (eup) Townships (myeon) | Rural villages (ri, fifth level) Urban villages (tong, fifth level) Hamlets (ban, sixth level) |
| South Korea | Regional | 1 Special Self-Governing Province(single-leveled) (teukbyeol jachido(dancheungje)) | 1 Special Self-Governing Province(single-leveled) (teukbyeol jachido(dancheungje)) | 2cities(non-administrative) (haengjeongsi) | Neighborhoods (dong) Towns (eup) Townships (myeon) | Rural villages (ri, fifth level) Urban villages (tong, fifth level) Hamlets (ban, sixth level) |
| South Korea | Regional | 1 Special Self-Governing City (teukbyeol jachisi) | 1 Special Self-Governing City (teukbyeol jachisi) | | Neighborhoods (dong) Towns (eup) Townships (myeon) | Rural villages (ri, fifth level) Urban villages (tong, fifth level) Hamlets (ban, sixth level) |
| South Sudan | Federal | 10 States 2 Administrative Areas 1 Area with Special Administrative Status | 183 counties | 540 Payams | 2,500 Bomas | |
| Spain | Regional | 17 autonomous communities (comunidades autónomas) | 50 provinces (provincias) | 477 comarcas | 8,129 municipalities (municipios) | |
| Spain | Regional | 2 autonomous municipalities, Ceuta and Melilla, North African coast | | | | |
| Spain | Regional | 3 places of sovereignty (plazas de soberanía) | | | | |
| Sri Lanka | Regional | 9 provinces | 25 districts | 331 divisions | 14,015 Grama Niladhari | |
| Sudan | Federal | 18 states (wilayat) | 86 districts | | | |
| Suriname | Unitary | 10 districts (districten) | 62 resorts (ressorten) | | | |
| Sweden | Unitary | 21 counties (län) 20 county councils (landsting) | 290 municipalities (kommuner) | 2,523 registration districts | | |
| Switzerland | Federal | 26 cantons | 137 districts (not in all cantons, names vary) | 2,131 municipalities or communes (varies by canton) | | |
| Syria | Unitary | 14 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt) | 60 districts (mintaqah) | subdistricts (nawaḥi) | villages | |
| Tajikistan | Regional | 3 regions (viloyatho) Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province Dushanbe, capital city | 60+ 60+ districts (nohiya, formerly raion) 18 cities 2 city councils (hukumati) | 368 village communes (jamoats) | 65 towns 4223 villages | |
| Tanzania | Regional | 31 regions (mikoa), including Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous region spanning five regions | 120+ districts (wilayat) | divisions | [wards] | [villages] |
| Thailand | Unitary | 76 provinces (changwat) | 878 districts (amphoe) | 7,255 subdistricts (tambons) | 74,944 villages (muban) Community associations (chum-chon) | |
| Thailand | Unitary | Bangkok special administrative area | 50 districts (khet) | 180 subdistricts (kwaeng) | | |
| Timor-Leste | Unitary | 13 municipalities (municípios, munisípiu) | 65 administrative posts (postos administrativos) | 442 villages (sucos) | 2,336 communities (aldeias) | |
| Timor-Leste | Unitary | 1 special administrative region (região administrativa especial): | 65 administrative posts (postos administrativos) | 442 villages (sucos) | 2,336 communities (aldeias) | |
| Timor-Leste | Unitary | Oecusse | 65 administrative posts (postos administrativos) | 442 villages (sucos) | 2,336 communities (aldeias) | |
| Togo | Unitary | 5 régions | 30 préfectures | | | |
| Tonga | Unitary | 5 provinces | 23 districts | | | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Regional | 7 regions 5 boroughs 2 cities 1 ward (Tobago) | | | | |
| Tunisia | Unitary | 24 provinces (Wilayah) | 264 delegations (Mutamadiyat) | 350 municipalities (Baladiyah) | 2073 sectors (Imadats) | |
| Turkey | Unitary | 81 provinces (il) | 403 districts (ilçe) | 403 district capitals 388 towns (belde) 18,260 villages (köy) | 32,244 neighborhoods (mahalle) (not in villages) | |
| Turkey | Unitary | 30 metropolitan municipalities (consolidated province-municipalities) | 519 consolidated district-municipalities | 519 consolidated district-municipalities | | 32,244 neighborhoods (mahalle) (not in villages) |
| Turkmenistan | Unitary | 5 regions (welaýatlar) (also known as provinces) | 37 districts (etraplar) 7 cities with district status | ? | | |
| Turkmenistan | Unitary | Ashgabat, the capital city-region | 4 boroughs or districts (uly etraplar) (as of 2018) | | | |
| Tuvalu | Unitary | 9 districts | | | | |
| Uganda | Unitary | 135 districts 1 city | 167 counties 31 municipalities 25 city divisions | 1,496 subcounties 580 town councils 89 municipal divisions/boroughs | 10,717 parishes 71,213 villages | |
| Ukraine | Regional | 24 oblasts (regions) 2 cities with special status 1 autonomous republic | 136 raions (districts) | 1469 hromadas (communities) | 7567 starosta okruhs (elderships) | |
| United Arab Emirates | Federal | 7 emirates (imarat) | Regions, sectors, and municipalities | Local districts | Local communities | |
| United Kingdom | Regional | 4 constituent countries: | 4 constituent countries: | 4 constituent countries: | 4 constituent countries: | 4 constituent countries: |
| 1 constituent country without devolution: |||||
| United Kingdom | Regional | England | Greater London | City of London | 25 wards | |
| United Kingdom | Regional | England | Greater London | 32 London boroughs (including 1 city) | areas | |
| United Kingdom | Regional | England | Greater London | 32 London boroughs (including 1 city) | 10,449 parishes with some unparished areas | |
| United Kingdom | Regional | England | 6 metropolitan counties (covered by combined authorities) | 36 metropolitan boroughs (a.k.a. metropolitan districts) | 10,449 parishes with some unparished areas | |
| United Kingdom | Regional | England | 21 two-tier non-metropolitan counties | 164 non-metropolitan districts | 10,449 parishes with some unparished areas | |
| United Kingdom | Regional | England | Berkshire (non-governing, non-metropolitan) | 6 non-metropolitan districts (de facto unitary authorities) | 10,449 parishes with some unparished areas | |
| 3 constituent countries with devolution: |||||
| United Kingdom | Regional | Northern Ireland | 11 districts | | | |
| United Kingdom | Regional | Scotland | 32 council areas (comhairlean) | 1,369 communities | | |
| United Kingdom | Regional | Wales | 22 principal areas (prif ardaloedd) | 878 communities (cymunedau) | | |
| 3 crown dependencies: |||||
| United Kingdom | Regional | Bailiwick of Guernsey | 3 jurisdictions: | 3 jurisdictions: | 3 jurisdictions: | 3 jurisdictions: |
| United Kingdom | Regional | Bailiwick of Guernsey | Alderney | (contiguous with non-administrative parish of St Anne) | | |
| United Kingdom | Regional | Bailiwick of Guernsey | Guernsey | 10 parishes | Parish of Saint Peter Port is divided into four cantons, excluding Herm and Jethou | |
| United Kingdom | Regional | Bailiwick of Guernsey | Sark | (contiguous with non-administrative parish of St Peter) | | |
| United Kingdom | Regional | Isle of Man | 6 sheadings | 15 parishes, 9 towns and villages | | |
| United Kingdom | Regional | Jersey | 12 parishes | 48 vingtaines | | |
| United Kingdom | Regional | Jersey | 12 parishes | 6 cueillettes | | |
| 14 British Overseas Territories: |||||
| United Kingdom | Regional | Akrotiri and Dhekelia | | | | |
| United Kingdom | Regional | Anguilla | 14 districts | | | |
| United Kingdom | Regional | Bermuda | 9 parishes 2 municipalities | | | |
| United Kingdom | Regional | British Antarctic Territory | | | | |
| United Kingdom | Regional | British Indian Ocean Territory | 2 island groups | | | |
| United Kingdom | Regional | British Virgin Islands | 5 districts | | | |
| United Kingdom | Regional | Cayman Islands | 7 districts | | | |
| United Kingdom | Regional | Falkland Islands | 2 constituencies | | | |
| United Kingdom | Regional | Gibraltar | 7 major residential areas | 70 enumeration areas | | |
| United Kingdom | Regional | Montserrat | 3 parishes | | | |
| United Kingdom | Regional | Pitcairn Islands | 4 islands | | | |
| United Kingdom | Regional | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 3 constituent parts: | 3 constituent parts: | 3 constituent parts: | 3 constituent parts: |
| United Kingdom | Regional | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | Ascension Island | | | |
| United Kingdom | Regional | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | Saint Helena | 8 districts | | |
| United Kingdom | Regional | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | Tristan da Cunha | | | |
| United Kingdom | Regional | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 2 island groups | | | |
| United Kingdom | Regional | Turks and Caicos Islands | 6 districts | | | |
| United States | Federal | 50 states: | 50 states: | 50 states: | 50 states: | 50 states: |
| United States | Federal | Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming | 3,049 counties (including 41 independent cities) | Local government in the United States varies widely by state; some entities cross county and other boundaries. The US Census in 2012 counted 19,522 municipalities, 16,364 townships, 37,203 special districts, and 12,884 independent school districts which have active governments. Many states use township as a governmental level between county and municipality. Most states have counties with unincorporated areas (no municipal government). Municipal governments are called cities, towns, villages, boroughs, and townships, and can form 1-3 layers of government. Many municipalities are administratively divided into boroughs, wards, districts, neighborhoods, or villages, which may or may not have an active government. The US Census defines minor civil divisions and census county divisions for top-level county divisions, many only for statistical purposes. | Local government in the United States varies widely by state; some entities cross county and other boundaries. The US Census in 2012 counted 19,522 municipalities, 16,364 townships, 37,203 special districts, and 12,884 independent school districts which have active governments. Many states use township as a governmental level between county and municipality. Most states have counties with unincorporated areas (no municipal government). Municipal governments are called cities, towns, villages, boroughs, and townships, and can form 1-3 layers of government. Many municipalities are administratively divided into boroughs, wards, districts, neighborhoods, or villages, which may or may not have an active government. The US Census defines minor civil divisions and census county divisions for top-level county divisions, many only for statistical purposes. | Local government in the United States varies widely by state; some entities cross county and other boundaries. The US Census in 2012 counted 19,522 municipalities, 16,364 townships, 37,203 special districts, and 12,884 independent school districts which have active governments. Many states use township as a governmental level between county and municipality. Most states have counties with unincorporated areas (no municipal government). Municipal governments are called cities, towns, villages, boroughs, and townships, and can form 1-3 layers of government. Many municipalities are administratively divided into boroughs, wards, districts, neighborhoods, or villages, which may or may not have an active government. The US Census defines minor civil divisions and census county divisions for top-level county divisions, many only for statistical purposes. |
| United States | Federal | Alaska | 19 boroughs | Local government in the United States varies widely by state; some entities cross county and other boundaries. The US Census in 2012 counted 19,522 municipalities, 16,364 townships, 37,203 special districts, and 12,884 independent school districts which have active governments. Many states use township as a governmental level between county and municipality. Most states have counties with unincorporated areas (no municipal government). Municipal governments are called cities, towns, villages, boroughs, and townships, and can form 1-3 layers of government. Many municipalities are administratively divided into boroughs, wards, districts, neighborhoods, or villages, which may or may not have an active government. The US Census defines minor civil divisions and census county divisions for top-level county divisions, many only for statistical purposes. | Local government in the United States varies widely by state; some entities cross county and other boundaries. The US Census in 2012 counted 19,522 municipalities, 16,364 townships, 37,203 special districts, and 12,884 independent school districts which have active governments. Many states use township as a governmental level between county and municipality. Most states have counties with unincorporated areas (no municipal government). Municipal governments are called cities, towns, villages, boroughs, and townships, and can form 1-3 layers of government. Many municipalities are administratively divided into boroughs, wards, districts, neighborhoods, or villages, which may or may not have an active government. The US Census defines minor civil divisions and census county divisions for top-level county divisions, many only for statistical purposes. | Local government in the United States varies widely by state; some entities cross county and other boundaries. The US Census in 2012 counted 19,522 municipalities, 16,364 townships, 37,203 special districts, and 12,884 independent school districts which have active governments. Many states use township as a governmental level between county and municipality. Most states have counties with unincorporated areas (no municipal government). Municipal governments are called cities, towns, villages, boroughs, and townships, and can form 1-3 layers of government. Many municipalities are administratively divided into boroughs, wards, districts, neighborhoods, or villages, which may or may not have an active government. The US Census defines minor civil divisions and census county divisions for top-level county divisions, many only for statistical purposes. |
| United States | Federal | Alaska | Unorganized Borough | Local government in the United States varies widely by state; some entities cross county and other boundaries. The US Census in 2012 counted 19,522 municipalities, 16,364 townships, 37,203 special districts, and 12,884 independent school districts which have active governments. Many states use township as a governmental level between county and municipality. Most states have counties with unincorporated areas (no municipal government). Municipal governments are called cities, towns, villages, boroughs, and townships, and can form 1-3 layers of government. Many municipalities are administratively divided into boroughs, wards, districts, neighborhoods, or villages, which may or may not have an active government. The US Census defines minor civil divisions and census county divisions for top-level county divisions, many only for statistical purposes. | Local government in the United States varies widely by state; some entities cross county and other boundaries. The US Census in 2012 counted 19,522 municipalities, 16,364 townships, 37,203 special districts, and 12,884 independent school districts which have active governments. Many states use township as a governmental level between county and municipality. Most states have counties with unincorporated areas (no municipal government). Municipal governments are called cities, towns, villages, boroughs, and townships, and can form 1-3 layers of government. Many municipalities are administratively divided into boroughs, wards, districts, neighborhoods, or villages, which may or may not have an active government. The US Census defines minor civil divisions and census county divisions for top-level county divisions, many only for statistical purposes. | Local government in the United States varies widely by state; some entities cross county and other boundaries. The US Census in 2012 counted 19,522 municipalities, 16,364 townships, 37,203 special districts, and 12,884 independent school districts which have active governments. Many states use township as a governmental level between county and municipality. Most states have counties with unincorporated areas (no municipal government). Municipal governments are called cities, towns, villages, boroughs, and townships, and can form 1-3 layers of government. Many municipalities are administratively divided into boroughs, wards, districts, neighborhoods, or villages, which may or may not have an active government. The US Census defines minor civil divisions and census county divisions for top-level county divisions, many only for statistical purposes. |
| United States | Federal | Louisiana | 64 parishes | Local government in the United States varies widely by state; some entities cross county and other boundaries. The US Census in 2012 counted 19,522 municipalities, 16,364 townships, 37,203 special districts, and 12,884 independent school districts which have active governments. Many states use township as a governmental level between county and municipality. Most states have counties with unincorporated areas (no municipal government). Municipal governments are called cities, towns, villages, boroughs, and townships, and can form 1-3 layers of government. Many municipalities are administratively divided into boroughs, wards, districts, neighborhoods, or villages, which may or may not have an active government. The US Census defines minor civil divisions and census county divisions for top-level county divisions, many only for statistical purposes. | Local government in the United States varies widely by state; some entities cross county and other boundaries. The US Census in 2012 counted 19,522 municipalities, 16,364 townships, 37,203 special districts, and 12,884 independent school districts which have active governments. Many states use township as a governmental level between county and municipality. Most states have counties with unincorporated areas (no municipal government). Municipal governments are called cities, towns, villages, boroughs, and townships, and can form 1-3 layers of government. Many municipalities are administratively divided into boroughs, wards, districts, neighborhoods, or villages, which may or may not have an active government. The US Census defines minor civil divisions and census county divisions for top-level county divisions, many only for statistical purposes. | Local government in the United States varies widely by state; some entities cross county and other boundaries. The US Census in 2012 counted 19,522 municipalities, 16,364 townships, 37,203 special districts, and 12,884 independent school districts which have active governments. Many states use township as a governmental level between county and municipality. Most states have counties with unincorporated areas (no municipal government). Municipal governments are called cities, towns, villages, boroughs, and townships, and can form 1-3 layers of government. Many municipalities are administratively divided into boroughs, wards, districts, neighborhoods, or villages, which may or may not have an active government. The US Census defines minor civil divisions and census county divisions for top-level county divisions, many only for statistical purposes. |
| 1 federal district: |||||
| United States | Federal | Washington, D.C. | | | | |
| United States | Federal | 326 Indian reservations | | | | |
| 4 unincorporated organized territories: |||||
| United States | Federal | Guam | 19 villages | | | |
| United States | Federal | Northern Mariana Islands | 4 municipalities | | | |
| United States | Federal | Puerto Rico | 78 municipalities | 902 barrios | | |
| United States | Federal | United States Virgin Islands | 3 districts | 20 subdistricts | | |
| 1 unincorporated unorganized self-governing territory: |||||
| United States | Federal | American Samoa | 3 districts | 15 counties | 76 villages | |
| United States | Federal | American Samoa | 2 unorganized atolls | | | |
| United States Minor Outlying Islands: |||||
| United States | Federal | Baker Island Howland Island Jarvis Island Johnston Atoll Kingman Reef Midway Islands Palmyra Atoll Wake Island Bajo Nuevo Bank Navassa Island Serranilla Bank | | | | |
| Uruguay | Unitary | 19 departments (departamentos) | 125 municipalities (municipios) | | | |
| Uzbekistan | Regional | 12 regions (viloyatlar) | 144 districts (tumanlar) | Citizen assembly of villages Urban-type settlements Cities of district subordination | | |
| Uzbekistan | Regional | 12 regions (viloyatlar) | Cities of regional subordination | Cities Citizen assembly of villages Urban-type settlement | | |
| Uzbekistan | Regional | Karakalpakstan, an autonomous republic | Cities of republican subordination | Urban-type settlements | | |
| Uzbekistan | Regional | Karakalpakstan, an autonomous republic | 16 districts | Village citizen assemblies Urban-type settlements Cities of district subordination | | |
| Uzbekistan | Regional | Tashkent, an independent city | 15 districts | Urban-type settlements | | |
| Vanuatu | Unitary | 6 provinces | municipalities, local councils | | | |
| Vatican City | Unitary | None | | | | |
| Venezuela | Federal | 23 states (estados) | 335 municipalities (municipios) | 1,136 parroquias | | |
| Venezuela | Federal | 1 capital district, Caracas | 335 municipalities (municipios) | 1,136 parroquias | | |
| Venezuela | Federal | Federal dependencies of 12 island groups | Francisco de Miranda Insular Territory, directly administered remainder | | | |
| Vietnam | Unitary | 57 provinces (tỉnh) | 83 provincial cities (thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh) 55 district level towns (thị xã) 508 districts (huyện) 11 đảo | 625 commune-level towns (thị trấn) 1,231 wards (phường) 7,833 rural communes (xã) | neighborhoods (khu phố) hamlets (xóm, ấp) villages (làng, thôn, bản) | |
| Vietnam | Unitary | 6 municipalities (thành phố trực thuộc trung ương) | 50 boroughs (quận) 2 city within municipality (thành phố thuộc thành phố trực thuộc trung ương) | 531 wards (phường) | neighborhoods (khu phố) hamlets (xóm, ấp) villages (làng, thôn, bản) | |
| Yemen | Unitary | 21 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt) 1 municipality | 333 districts | 2,210+ [subdistricts] | 38,284 [villages] | |
| Zambia | Unitary | 10 provinces | 89 districts | | | |
| Zimbabwe | Unitary | 10 provinces | 59 districts | 1,200 wards | | |

### Member states of United Nations specialized agencies

| Country | Type | Administrative divisions | Administrative divisions | Administrative divisions | Administrative divisions |
| Country | Type | First-level | Second-level | Third-level | Fourth-level+ |
| Kosovo | Unitary | 7 districts | 38 municipalities | | |

### Other states

| Country | Type | Administrative divisions | Administrative divisions | Administrative divisions | Administrative divisions |
| Country | Type | First-level | Second-level | Third-level | Fourth-level+ |
| Abkhazia | Unitary | 7 districts (araion) | 123 municipalities | | |
| South Ossetia | Unitary | 4 districts (raions) | | | |
| Taiwan (Republic of China) | Regional | 6 special municipalities (zhíxiáshì) (+12 claimed) 2 (streamlined) provinces (shěng) (+33 claimed) 1 claimed special administrative region 2 claimed areas | 13 counties (xiàn) 3 provincial cities (shì) | 170 districts (qū) 12 county-administered cities (xiànxiáshì) 40 urban townships (zhèn) 146 rural townships (xiāng) | Urban villages (lǐ) Rural villages (cūn) |
| Somaliland | Unitary | 6 regions (gobolada) | 18 districts | | |
| Northern Cyprus | Unitary | 5 ilçe | subdistricts | components, quarters | |
| Transnistria | Unitary | 5 raions 1 municipality, Tiraspol | | | |
| Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (notional, mostly occupied by Morocco) | Unitary | 4 provinces (wilayat) | 25 districts (daïras) | | |