Administrative division is a term for an administrative region within a country that is created for the purposes of managing of land and the affairs of people. The area typically has a local government with a certain degree of autonomy, and is on a level below that of the sovereign state.

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Autonomous communities 

 1st level:
 Spain: 17 comunidad autónomas

Cantons 

 1st level:
 Switzerland: 26 cantons

 2nd level:
 Bosnia and Herzegovina: 10 kantons or županija
 Costa Rica: 81 cantones
 Ecuador:   cantones
 Luxembourg: 12 cantons

 4th level:
 France: 4,039 cantons

Comarcas (regions)

 1st level:
 Panama: 9 comarcas

Communes 

 2nd level:
 Romania: 2,686  comună

 5th level:
 France: 36,679 communes

Counties 

 1st level:
 Croatia: 22 županije
 Estonia: 15 maakonnad
 Hungary:  19 megyék
 Norway: 19  fylker
 Romania: 41 judeţe
 Sweden: 21 län

 2nd level:
 United Kingdom:  counties
 United States: 2,995 counties

Departments 

 1st level:
 Benin: 12 départements
 Bolivia: 9 departementos
 Denmark: 14 amter
 El Salvador: 14 departementos
 Guatemala: 22 departementos
 Haiti: 10 départements
 Honduras: 18 departementos
 Ivory Coast: 58 départements
 Paraguay: 18 departementos
 Uruguay: 19 departementos

 2nd level:
 Argentina: 376 departementos
 Burkina Faso: départements
 France: 100 départements
 Indonesia: 268 kabupaten

Districts 

 1st level:
 Belize: 6 districts
 Luxembourg: 3 districts

 2nd level:
 Afghanistan: districts
 Austria: 100 Bezirke
 Bangladesh: 64 zila
 Germany: 22 Regierungsbezirke
 Kenya:   wilaya
 Lebanon: 25 districts
 Malaysia: 3 wilayah persekutuan
 Nepal: 76 districts
 Pakistan: 147 districts
 Panama:  distritos
 Paraguay:  distritos
 Switzerland: 159 districts

 3rd level:
 Peru: 1,747 distritos

States 

 1st level:
 Australia : 6 states
 Austria : 9 Länder
 Brazil : 26 estados
 Germany : 16 Länder
 India : 27 states
 Malaysia : 13 negeri
 Mexico : 31 estados
 Myanmar : 7 chiu
 Nigeria : 36 states
 Palau : 16 'states
 Sudan : 26 wilayat
 United States : 50 states
 Venezuela : 23 estados

Governorates 

 1st level:
 Egypt : 27 muhafazat
 Iraq : 18 muhafazat
 Kuwait : 6 muhafazat
 Lebanon : 6 muhafazat
 Oman : 4 muhafazat
 Palestine : 16 muhafazat
 Syria : 14 muhafazat
 Tunisia : 24 wilayas
 Yemen : 19 muhafazat

Municipalities 

 1st level:
 Libya : 22 shabiyat
 Mongolia : 1 hot
 Republic of China : 2 municipalities

 2nd level:
 Angola : munícipios
 Croatia : općina
 Indonesia : 73 kota

 3rd level:
 Pakistan : Municipalities of Pakistan

Parishes 

 1st level:
 Andorra : 7 parròquies
 Antigua and Barbuda : 6 parishes
 Barbados : 11 parishes
 Dominica: parishes
 Grenada : 6 parishes
 Jersey : 12 parishes
 Montserrat :   parishes
 Nevis : 14 parishes
 Grenadines : 6  parishes

 2nd level:
 Louisiana : 64 parishes

Prefectures 

 1st level:
 Japan : 47 prefectures
 Central African Republic : 14 préfectures

 2nd level:
 Greece : 51 nomes

Provinces 

 1st level:
 Algeria: 48 wilayas
 Angola: 18 províncias
 Argentina: 23 provincias
 Canada: 10 provinces
 China (PRC): 22 shěng
 China (ROC): 2 provinces
 Congo: 11 provinces
 Costa Rica: 7 provincias
 Dominican Republic: 31 provincias
 Gabon: 9 provinces
 Indonesia: 33 propinsi and special territories
 Iran: 30 ostan
 Kenya: 7 mkoa
 Kyrgyzstan: 7 oblastar
 Mongolia:  aymguud
 Netherlands:  12 provincies
 Pakistan: 4 provinces
 South Africa: 9 provinces

 2nd level: 
 Belgium: 10 provincies or provinces
 Bolivia:   provincias
 Burkina Faso: 45 provinces
 Spain:  50 provincias
 Italy: 107 provinces
 Oman:  wilayat
 Peru: 180 provincias

Regions 

 1st level :
 Belgium : 3 Gewesten or régions ot 
 Burkina Faso : 13 régions
 Chile : 13 regiones
 Ethiopia : 9 kililoch
 France : 25 régions
 Italy : 20 regioni
 Oman : 5 mintaqah
 Peru : 25 regiones'''
 Poland : 16 wojewodtzwo 2nd level:
 Finland : 20 Liittot or Förbunder Serbia :  7 regions

 Territories 

 1st level:
 Australia : 9 territories
 Canada : 3 territoires
 Pakistan : 5 territories
 Republic of India : 6 territories

 Compare 
 Country (a national or supra-national entity)
 Empire (a supra-national entity)
 State (a national or supra-national entity)

 Related pages 

 ISO 3166-2 Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions — Part 2''

References

Other websites 
 United Nations' Second Administrative Level Boundaries (SALB) dataset