Administrative division

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 autonomas
Cantons
1st level:
Switzerland: 26 cantons
2nd level:
Bosnia and Herzegovina: 10 kantons or zupanija
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 comuna
5th level:
France: 36,679 communes
Counties
1st level:
Croatia: 22 zupanije
Estonia: 15 maakonnad
Hungary: 19 megyek
Norway: 19 fylker
Romania: 41 judete
Sweden: 21 lan
2nd level:
United Kingdom: counties
United States: 2,995 counties
Departments
1st level:
Benin: 12 departements
Bolivia: 9 departementos
Denmark: 14 amter
El Salvador: 14 departementos
Guatemala: 22 departementos
Haiti: 10 departements
Honduras: 18 departementos
Ivory Coast: 58 departements
Paraguay: 18 departementos
Uruguay: 19 departementos
2nd level:
Argentina: 376 departementos
Burkina Faso: departements
France: 100 departements
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 Lander
Brazil : 26 estados
Germany : 16 Lander
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 : municipios
Croatia : opcina
Indonesia : 73 kota
3rd level:
Pakistan : Municipalities of Pakistan
Parishes
1st level:
Andorra : 7 parroquies
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 prefectures
2nd level:
Greece : 51 nomes
Provinces
1st level:
Algeria: 48 wilayas
Angola: 18 provincias
Argentina: 23 provincias
Canada: 10 provinces
China (PRC): 22 sheng
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 regions ot
Burkina Faso : 13 regions
Chile : 13 regiones
Ethiopia : 9 kililoch
France : 25 regions
Italy : 20 regioni
Oman : 5 mintaqah
Peru : 25 regiones'''
Poland : 16 wojewodtzwo 2nd level:
Finland : 20 Liittot or Forbunder Serbia : 7 regions
Territories:
1st level :
Australia : 9 territories
Canada : 3 territories
Pakistan : 5 territories
Republic of India : 6 territories
United States : 14 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