recursal/Fanatic-Fandom huggingface dataset:
Bangkok Metropolitan Administration

From the Wikipedia page [1]

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (Thai: กรุงเทพมหานคร; RTGS: Krung Thep Maha Nakhon) (BMA) is the local government of Bangkok (also called Krung Thep Maha Nakhon in Thai), which includes the capital of the Kingdom of Thailand. The government is composed of two branches: the executive (or the Governor of Bangkok) and the legislative (or Bangkok Metropolitan Council). The administration's roles are to formulate and implement policies to manage Bangkok. Its purview includes transport services, urban planning, waste management, housing, roads and highways, security services, and the environment.

According to the Thailand Future Foundation, Bangkok employs a workforce of 97,000, including 3,200 municipal officers in Bangkok city, 200 in the city Law Enforcement Department, and 3,000 in district offices.

Since 1973 the city was administered by a single executive appointed by the cabinet from city civil servants. However soon it was determined that the executive office should a popularly elected office instead. The passage of the Bangkok Metropolis Administrative Organisation Act, BE 2518 (1975) (Thai: พระราชบัญญัติระเบียบบริหารราชการกรุงเทพมหานคร พ.ศ. 2518), created the Bangkok Metropolis to replace Bangkok Province and created an elected governor with a four-year term.

The first election for the office was held on the 10 August 1975. Thamnoon Thien-ngern was elected as the first Governor of Bangkok. Conflicts between the governor and the Bangkok Metropolitan Council, however, became so fierce that Thanin Kraivichien, the Prime Minister of Thailand removed him and reinstated the appointment system. Elections resumed with the passing of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration Act, BE 2528 (1985). Elections were held on 14 November 1985.
Aukštelkiai elderate

From the Lithuanian and Estonian Wikipedia pages.

Aukštelkai vald (in the Lithuanian Aukštelkų seniūnija ) is the 2nd level administrative unit ( rural municipality ) in the territory of Radviliškis District in Lithuania .

The area of ​​the municipality is 99 km². As of 2011, there were 1,581 people living there. The center of the municipality is Aukštelkai village, the address of the municipality is Žalioji g. 1.

In 2009 m. 4 elderships were founded:

* Arimaičiai eldership (209 inhabitants): Seduna, Arimaičiai, Nile;
* Aukštaplaukių seniūnaitija (1162 inhabitants): Aukštelkai, Gražioniai, Mažaičiai, Sriaukėnai, \*Liaudiškiai, Rukaičiai, Lobsters, Bones, Blinds;
* Birjočų seniūnaitija (68 peoples): Eibariškiai, Birjočiai, Girona;
* Kalnelis Grazionys eldership (463 inhabitants): Kalnelis Gražionys, Rupliškis.
Auce Municipality

From the English Wikipedia page [1]

Auce Municipality (Latvian: Auces novads) is a municipality in Zemgale, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Bēne parish, Lielauce parish, Ukri parish, Vītiņi parish, Īle parish and Auce town with its countryside territory the administrative centre being Auce.

More information on the Latvian Wikipedia page [2]
Arusha Rural District

From the Wikipedia page [1]

Arusha Rural District (or Arusha District Council) is one of the six districts of the Arusha Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Longido District, to the east by Meru District, to the south by Kilimanjaro Region, to the west by Monduli District, and it surrounds Arusha City.
Aschersleben-Stassfurt

From the Wikipedia page [1]

**Aschersleben-Staßfurt** was a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany until 2007. It was bounded by (from the northeast and clockwise) the districts of Schönebeck, Bernburg, Mansfelder Land, Quedlinburg and Bördekreis.

The two districts of Aschersleben and Staßfurt were merged in 1994 in order to form the new district of Aschersleben-Staßfurt. As part of the reform of 2007 the district was disbanded and the area is now part of the Salzlandkreis district except Falkenstein which now is part of the Harz district.
Arrondissement

Based upon the Wikipedia page [1].

Arrondissement (/əˈrɒndɪsmənt/; French: [aʁɔ̃dismɑ̃]) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, certain other Francophone countries, and the Netherlands.

* France see Arrondissements of France
* Belgium see Arrondissements of Belgium
* Haiti see Arrondissements of Haiti
* Switzerland Subdivisions of the canton of Bern include districts since 2010, which are called arrondissements administratifs in French.
* Netherlands In the Netherlands an arrondissement is a judicial jurisdiction, comprising a number of communes.
* Nations of Africa Most nations in Africa which had been colonised by the French have retained the arrondissement administrative structure.
Barbados

Fromt he longer Wikipedia page [1]

Barbados (/bɑːrˈbeɪdɒs/ or /-doʊs/) is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of North America. It is 34 kilometres (21 miles) in length and up to 23 km (14 mi) in width, covering an area of 432 km2 (167 sq mi). It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 km (62 mi) east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, Barbados is east of the Windwards, part of the Lesser Antilles, roughly at 13°N of the equator. It is about 168 km (104 mi) east of both the countries of Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and 180 km (110 mi) south-east of Martinique and 400 km (250 mi) north-east of Trinidad and Tobago. Barbados is outside the principal Atlantic hurricane belt. Its capital and largest city is Bridgetown.

## Administrative divisions

Barbados is divided into 11 parishes:

* Christ Church
* Saint Andrew
* Saint George
* Saint James
* Saint John
* Saint Joseph
* Saint Lucy
* Saint Michael
* Saint Peter
* Saint Philip
* Saint Thomas

See also Parishes of Barbados
Arrondissements of the Vaucluse department

From the Wikipedia page [1]

The 3 arrondissements of the Vaucluse department are:

* Arrondissement of Apt, (subprefecture: Apt) with 57 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 128,793 in 2016.
* Arrondissement of Avignon, (prefecture of the Vaucluse department: Avignon) with 17 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 214,340 in 2016.
* Arrondissement of Carpentras, (subprefecture: Carpentras) with 77 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 215,881 in 2016.

In 1800 the arrondissements of Avignon, Apt, Carpentras and Orange were established. The arrondissement of Orange was disbanded in 1926. Cavaillon replaced Apt as subprefecture in 1926, which was reverted in 1933.

The borders of the arrondissements of Vaucluse were modified in January 2017:

* one commune from the arrondissement of Apt to the arrondissement of Avignon
* two communes from the arrondissement of Avignon to the arrondissement of Apt
* 21 communes from the arrondissement of Avignon to the arrondissement of Carpentras
* two communes from the arrondissement of Carpentras to the arrondissement of Avignon
Baden-Baden

From the Wikipedia page [1]

Baden-Baden is a spa town located in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwestern Germany. It lies at the northwestern border of the Black Forest mountain range on the small river Oos, just 10 km (6 mi) east of the Rhine, the border line to France, and about 40 km (25 mi) northeast of Strasbourg, France.
Bad Homburg vor der Höhe

From the Wikipedia page [1]

Bad Homburg vor der Höhe is the district town of the Hochtaunuskreis, Hesse, Germany, on the southern slope of the Taunus mountains. Bad Homburg is part of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area. The town's formal name is Bad Homburg vor der Höhe (translated as "Bad Homburg before the Height") to distinguish it from other places named Homburg. The name is abbreviated as Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe. It is known best for its medically used mineral waters and spa (hence the prefix Bad, meaning "bath"), and for its casino.

Presently, Bad Homburg is again one of the wealthiest towns in Germany (with the Hochtaunuskreis and the Landkreis Starnberg regularly competing for the title of the wealthiest district in Germany). As of 2004, the town's marketing slogan is Champagnerluft und Tradition (Champagne air and tradition).
Administrative divisions of Haiti

From the Wikipedia page [1]

The administrative divisions of Haiti (Haitian Creole: divizyon administratif Ayiti) are concerned with the institutional and territorial organization of Haitian territory. There are many administrative divisions which may have political (local government), electoral (districts), or administrative (decentralized services of the state) objectives.

## Administrative divisions

As of 22 July 2015, Haiti is divided into the following:

* 10 departments.
* The departments are subdivided into 42 arrondissements.
* The arrondissements are subdivided into 144 communes.
* The communes are subdivided into 65 quarters.
* The quarters are subdivided into 571 communal sections.

Geographically, the departments are the largest territorial divisions, regrouping into arrondissements (districts) and communes (municipalities). The Arrondissement, encompasses a number of communes. While the Commune is composed of the city, neighborhoods and communal sections are basic territorial subdivisions. Quarters are neighborhoods whose status remain vague, and an ill-defined territory.
Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria

From the longer Wikipedia page [1]

The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (NES), also known as Rojava, is a de facto autonomous region in northeastern Syria. It consists of self-governing sub-regions in the areas of Afrin, Jazira, Euphrates, Raqqa, Tabqa, Manbij and Deir Ez-Zor. The region gained its de facto autonomy in 2012 in the context of the ongoing Rojava conflict and the wider Syrian Civil War, in which its official military force, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), has taken part.

While entertaining some foreign relations, the region is not officially recognized as autonomous by the government of Syria or any international state or organization.

## Administrative divisions

Article 8 of the 2014 constitution stipulates that "All Cantons in the autonomous regions are founded on the principle of local self-government. Cantons may freely elect their representatives and representative bodies, and may pursue their rights insofar as it does not contravene the articles of the Charter."

The cantons were later reorganized into regions with subordinate cantons/provinces, areas, districts and communes. The first communal elections in the region were held on 22 September 2017. 12,421 candidates competed for around 3,700 communal positions during the elections, which were organized by the region's High Electoral Commission. Elections for the councils of the Jazira Region, Euphrates Region and Afrin Region were held in December 2017.[15] Most of Afrin Region was occupied by Turkish-led forces in early 2018, though the administrative division continued to operate from Tell Rifaat which is under joint YPG-Syrian Army control.

On 6 September 2018, during a meeting of the Syrian Democratic Council in Ayn Issa, a new name for the region was adopted, the "Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria", encompassing the Euphrates, Afrin, and Jazira regions as well as the local civil councils in the regions of Raqqa, Manbij, Tabqa, and Deir ez-Zor. During the meeting, a 70-member "General Council for the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria" was formed.

See also Regions of North and East Syria
Baleysky District

From the Wikipedia page [1]

Baleysky District (Russian: Балейский район) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty-one in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the southern central part of the krai, and borders Nerchinsky District in the north, Shelopuginsky District in the east, Borzinsky District in the south, and with Olovyanninsky District in the west. The area of the district is 5,000 square kilometers (1,900 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Baley
Atarib District

From the Wikipedia page [1]

Atarib District (Arabic: منطقة الأتارب‎, translit. manṭiqat al-Atārib) is a district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. Administrative centre is the city of Atarib.

The district is located in the central western region of the Aleppo Governorate, sharing its west border with the Idlib Governorate. Until December 2008, it was a subdistrict of the neighboring Mount Simeon District.
Basic People's Congress (country subdivision)

From the Wikipedia page [1]

Basic People's Congress Arabic: مؤتمر شعبي أساسي‎‎ (Mu'tamar shaʿbi asāsi ) was the smallest administrative subdivision in Libya under the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2012. Geographically it corresponded approximately to the level of a township or borough.

Under Muammar Gaddafi's regime, political caucuses and committees of the Basic People's Congress operated at this level. Representatives from the Basic People's Congresses regulated operations at the higher shabiyah (district) level.

In July 2013 the shabiyat and Basic People's Congress system was replaced with a new baladiyat system of ninety-nine first-level administration subdivisions.
Bad Kissingen (district)

From the Wikipedia page [1]

Bad Kissingen is a Landkreis (district) in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the northwest and clockwise) the district Main-Kinzig and Fulda in Hesse, and the districts of Rhön-Grabfeld, Schweinfurt and Main-Spessart.

The district was established in 1972 by merging the former districts of Bad Kissingen, Bad Brückenau and Hammelburg.
Arrondissement of Saint-Pierre, Martinique

From the Wikipedia page [1]

The arrondissement of Saint-Pierre is an arrondissement of France in the Martinique department in the Martinique region. It has five cantons and eight communes.

### Cantons

The cantons of the arrondissement of Saint-Pierre are:

1. Le Carbet
2. Case-Pilote-Bellefontaine
3. Le Morne-Rouge
4. Le Prêcheur
5. Saint-Pierre
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

From the Wikipedia page [1]

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (French pronunciation: ​[ovɛʁɲ ʁon alp], Arpitan: Ôvèrgne-Rôno-Ârpes, Occitan: Auvèrnhe Ròse Aups) is a region of France created by the territorial reform of French Regions in 2014; it resulted from the merger of Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes. The new region came into effect on 1 January 2016, after the regional elections in December 2015.

The region covers an area of more than 69,711 km2 (26,916 sq mi), making it the third largest in metropolitan France, with a population of 7,695,264, second only to Île-de-France.

## Departments

* Ain
* Allier
* Ardèche
* Cantal
* Drôme
* Haute-Loire
* Haute-Savoie
* Isère
* Loire (department)
* Puy-de-Dôme
* Rhône (department)
* Savoie
Balvi

From the English Wikipedia page [1] - more information on the Latvian Wikipedia page [2]

Balvi is a town in the Latgalia region of eastern Latvia. It is the administrative seat of the region (Latvian: rajons) of the same name since 1949; prior to the occupation of Latvia it was part of the Abrene district. The name derives from the stream Bolupīte and the adjacent lake.
Bahir Dar

From the Wikipedia page [1]

Bahir Dar (Amharic: ባሕር ዳር, Baḥər Dar, "sea shore") is the former capital of Gojjam province and the current capital of the Amhara Regional State in Ethiopia. Administratively, Bahir Dar is a Special Zone. Bahir Dar is one of the leading tourist destinations in Ethiopia, with a variety of attractions in the nearby Lake Tana and Blue Nile river. The city is known for its wide avenues lined with palm trees and a variety of colorful flowers. In 2002 it was awarded the UNESCO Cities for Peace Prize for addressing the challenges of rapid urbanization.
Balkar Autonomous Okrug

From the longer Russian Wikipedia page [1]

Balkar National Okrug is one of the six districts of the Autonomous Mountain SSR . It was organized on the basis of a decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee of January 20, 1921 with the administrative center in Dolinsk (now the Nalchik region ). But the very formation of six districts within the Mountain ASSR was proclaimed at the Terek Peoples' Congress on November 19, 1920.
Arrondissements of the Rhône department

From the longer Wikipedia page [1]

The two arrondissements of the Rhône department are:

* Arrondissement of Lyon, (prefecture of the Rhône department: Lyon) with 135 communes (59 of these communes are in the Metropolis of Lyon). The population of the arrondissement was 1,585,411 in 2016.
* Arrondissement of Villefranche-sur-Saône, (subprefecture: Villefranche-sur-Saône) with 132 communes.[2] The population of the arrondissement was 250,492 in 2016.
Arrondissements of the Haute-Savoie department

From the longer Wikipedia page [1]

The 4 arrondissements of the Haute-Savoie department are:

* Arrondissement of Annecy, (prefecture of the Haute-Savoie department: Annecy) with 79 communes.[2] The population of the arrondissement was 282,319 in 2016.
* Arrondissement of Bonneville, (subprefecture: Bonneville) with 60 communes.[3] The population of the arrondissement was 186,945 in 2016.
* Arrondissement of Saint-Julien-en-Genevois, (subprefecture: Saint-Julien-en-Genevois) with 72 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 186,343 in 2016.
* Arrondissement of Thonon-les-Bains, (subprefecture: Thonon-les-Bains) with 68 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 145,809 in 2016.
Baden-Württemberg

From the Wikipedia page [1]

Baden-Württemberg (/ˈbɑːdən vɜːrtəmˌbɜːrɡ/; German pronunciation: [ˌbaːdn̩ˈvʏʁtm̩bɛʁk] is a state in Germany located in the southwest, east of the Upper Rhine that forms the border with France. It is Germany’s third largest state in terms of size and population, with an area of 35,751 square kilometres (13,804 sq mi) and 10.8 million inhabitants. The state capital and largest city is Stuttgart.

Baden-Württemberg is divided into thirty-five districts (Landkreise) and nine independent cities (Stadtkreise), both grouped into the four Administrative Districts (*Regierungsbezirke*) of Freiburg, Karlsruhe, Stuttgart, and Tübingen.
Aubignan

From the Wikipedia page [1]

Aubignan (Aubinhan in Occitan) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. A stone's throw from Beaumes-de-Venise and the famous Côtes du Rhône vineyards, Aubignan is, itself, locally renown not only for the production of wine but of young vines and vine grafts.
Bale Zone

From the Wikipedia page [1]

Bale (Oromo: Baale) is one of the zones in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Bale is named for the former Sultanate of Bale, which was in approximately the same area.

Bale is bordered on the south by the Ganale Dorya River which separates it from Guji, on the west by the West Arsi Zone, on the north by Arsi, on the northeast by the Shebelle River which separates it from West Hararghe and East Hararghe, and on the east by the Somali Region.
Bad Säckingen

From the English [1] and German [2] Wikipedia pages

Bad Säckingen is a rural town in the administrative district of Waldshut in the state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is famous as the "Trumpeteer's City" because of the book Der Trompeter von Säckingen ("The Trumpeter of Säckingen"), a famous 19th-century novel by German author Joseph Victor von Scheffel.

In Bad Säckingen the local council is elected according to the procedure of the unreal choice of place. The number of municipal councils may change due to overhang mandates . The council in Bad Säckingen has 24 members after the last election (2009: 25). The municipal election on May 25, 2014 resulted in the following official final result. The municipal council consists of the elected honorary local councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council.
Aşgabat

From the Wikipedia page [1]

Ashgabat (Turkmen: Aşgabat, pronounced [ɑʃʁɑˈbɑt]; Russian: Ашхабад, tr. Ashkhabad, IPA: [ɐʂxɐˈbat]) — named Poltoratsk (Russian: Полтора́цк, IPA: [pəltɐˈratsk]) between 1919 and 1927, is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan in Central Asia, situated between the Karakum Desert and the Kopet Dag mountain range.

The city was founded in 1881, and made the capital of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic in 1924. Much of the city was destroyed by the 1948 Ashgabat earthquake but has since seen extensive renovation under President Niyazov's urban renewal project. The Karakum Canal runs through the city, carrying waters from the Amu Darya from east to west.

As of January 5, 2018, Ashgabat includes four boroughs (uly etraplar):

* Bagtyýarlyk etraby (formerly President Niyazov, Lenin District, expanded to include former Ruhabat District plus new territory)
* Berkararlyk etraby (formerly Azatlyk, Sovetskiy District)
* Büzmeýin etraby (formerly Abadan District, expanded to include former Arçabil and Çandybil Districts)
* Köpetdag etraby (formerly Proletarskiy District)

This is a reduction from the previous number of boroughs. Arçabil and Çandybil boroughs were merged on February 4, 2015, and the new etrap, named Arçabil, was in turn renamed Büzmeýin in January 2018. At that time the Abadan borough of Ashgabat, created in 2013 by annexing the town of Abadan and surrounding villages to Abadan's south, was abolished and its territory was merged into the newly renamed Büzmeýin borough. The former Ruhabat borough was abolished at the same time and its territory absorbed by Bagtyýarlyk borough.
Arrondissement of Fort-de-France

From the Wikiedpa pagep [1]

The arrondissement of Fort-de-France is an arrondissement of France in the Martinique department in the Martinique region. It has 16 cantons and four communes.

## Composition

### Cantons

The cantons of the arrondissement of Fort-de-France are:

1. Fort-de-France 1st Canton
2. Fort-de-France 2nd Canton
3. Fort-de-France 3rd Canton
4. Fort-de-France 4th Canton
5. Fort-de-France 5th Canton
6. Fort-de-France 6th Canton
7. Fort-de-France 7th Canton
8. Fort-de-France 8th Canton
9. Fort-de-France 9th Canton
10. Fort-de-France 10th Canton
11. Le Lamentin 1st Canton Sud-Bourg
12. Le Lamentin 2nd Canton Nord
13. Le Lamentin 3rd Canton Est
14. Saint-Joseph
15. Schœlcher 1st Canton
16. Schœlcher 2nd Canton

### Communes

The communes of the arrondissement of Fort-de-France, and their INSEE codes, are:
Arrondissements of the Hérault department

From the longer Wikipedia page [1]

The 3 arrondissements of the Hérault department are:

* Arrondissement of Béziers, (subprefecture: Béziers) with 153 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 309,800 in 2016.
* Arrondissement of Lodève, (subprefecture: Lodève) with 122 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 138,746 in 2016.
* Arrondissement of Montpellier, (prefecture of the Hérault department: Montpellier) with 67 communes.[2] The population of the arrondissement was 683,935 in 2016.
Armyansk Municipality

From the Wikipedia page [1]

Armyansk City Municipality (Russian: Армянский горсовет, Ukrainian: Армянська міськрада, Crimean Tatar: Ermeni Bazar şeer şurası) is an administrative territorial entity of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Population: 24,415 (2014 Census).

It is one of the smallest regions of the republic, located on the Isthmus of Perekop and is the main part of the peninsula that connects to mainland Ukraine.

Within the framework of administrative divisions of Russia, Armyansk is, together with a number of rural localities, incorporated separately as the **town of republican significance of Armyansk**—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of republican significance of Armyansk is incorporated as **Armyansk Urban Okrug**.

Within the framework of administrative divisions of Ukraine, Armyansk is incorporated as the **town of republican significance of Armyansk**. Ukraine does not have municipal divisions different from the administrative ones: local government in Ukraine is part of the state governmental hierarchy.
Bagʻdod District

From the Wikipedia page [1]

Bagʻdod District (Uzbek: Bagʻdod tumani) is a tuman (district) of Fergana Region in Uzbekistan. The capital lies at Bagʻdod.

From the Uzbek Wikipedia page [2]

Bagʻdod district is a district of Fergana region. It was founded on September 29, 1926. It was annexed to Uchkuprik district on December 24, 1962. It was reorganized on December 31, 1964. It borders with Altiyarik, Rishtan, Uchkuprik and Buvayda districts of the region. The area is 0.33 thousand km². The population is 208.7 thousand people (as of October 1, 2018). Bagʻdod district has 1 town (Bagʻdod) and 10 rural communities (Amirabad, Dormoncha, Zafarabad, Pakhtaabad, Samarkand, Ultarma, Matkulobod, Tinchlik, Chuvalanchi, Qaraqchitol). The center is the town of Bagʻdod.
Badajoz

From the Wikipedia page [1]

Badajoz (Spanish pronunciation: [baðaˈxoθ]; formerly written Badajos in English) is the capital of the Province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. It is situated close to the Portuguese border, on the left bank of the river Guadiana.

Badajoz was the birthplace of the statesman Manuel de Godoy, the duke of Alcudia (1767–1851). Many of the provincial administration buildings are located in Badajoz, as well as the government buildings of the municipal administration. Politically, Badajoz belongs to the Spanish Congress Electoral District of Badajoz, which is the largest electoral district about of 52 districts in the Spanish Congress of Deputies in terms of geographical area and includes a significant part of the Extremadura region. The electoral district was first contested in modern times in the 1977 General Election.
Bad Doberan (district)

From the Wikipedia page [1]

Bad Doberan (German pronunciation: [baːt dobəˈʁaːn]) is a former district in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It was named after its largest town, Bad Doberan, the German Bad meaning spa. The district surrounded the City of Rostock, bordering the Baltic Sea in the north as well as the former districts of Nordvorpommern, Güstrow and Nordwestmecklenburg. The district was disbanded at the district reform of September 2011. Its territory has been part of the district of Rostock since.
Autonomous oblasts of the Soviet Union

From the Wikipedia page [1]

Autonomous oblasts of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics were administrative units created for a number of smaller nations, which were given autonomy within the fifteen republics of the USSR.

## Azerbaijan SSR

* Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (now Nagorno-Karabakh)

## Georgian SSR

* South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast (now South Ossetia)

## Russian SFSR

While the Constitution of the RSFSR specified that the autonomous oblasts are subordinated to the krais, this clause was removed in the December 15, 1990 revision, when it was specified that the autonomous oblasts were to be directly subordinated to the Russian SFSR. In June 1991, five autonomous oblasts existed within the RSFSR, four of which were elevated to the status of the republic on July 3, 1991:

* Adyghe Autonomous Oblast (now Republic of Adygea)
* Gorno-Altai Autonomous Oblast (now Altai Republic)
* Jewish Autonomous Oblast (independent from Khabarovsk Krai since 1991)
* Karachay–Cherkess Autonomous Oblast (now the Karachay–Cherkess Republic)
* Khakassian Autonomous Oblast (now Republic of Khakassia)

Other autonomous oblasts also existed at earlier points of the Soviet history:

* Chechen Autonomous Oblast (1922–1934; now Chechen Republic)
* Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Oblast (1934–1936; turned into the Chechen-Ingush ASSR)
* Cherkess Autonomous Oblast (Cherkess National District 1926-1928; Cherkess AO 1928-1957; later merged into Karachay–Cherkess AO)
* Chuvash Autonomous Oblast (1920–1925; now Chuvash Republic)
* Ingush Autonomous Oblast (1924–1936; now Republic of Ingushetia)
* Kabardino-Balkar Autonomous Oblast (1921–1936; now Kabardino-Balkar Republic)
* Kalmyk Autonomous Oblast (1920–1935; now Republic of Kalmykia)
* Kara-Kyrgyz Autonomous Oblast (1924–1926; renamed Kyrgyz Autonomous Oblast in 1924, became an autonomous republic in 1926 (Kyrgyz ASSR), a full union republic in 1936 (Kyrgyz SSR), and now the independent state of the Kyrgyzstan)
* Komi-Zyryan Autonomous Oblast (1922–1929; now Komi Republic)
* Mari Autonomous Oblast (1920–1936; now Mari El Republic)
* North Ossetian Autonomous Oblast (1924–1936; now Republic of North Ossetia–Alania)
* Tuvan Autonomous Oblast (1944–1961; now Tuva Republic)
* Udmurt Autonomous Oblast (1920–1934; now Udmurt Republic)
* Karakalpak Autonomous Oblast (1925–1932; until 1930 within the Kazakh Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, 1930-32 under direct jurisdictions of the RSFSR, 1932-36 an autonomous SSR within the RSFSR; from 1936 belongs to the Uzbek SSR; now called Karakalpakstan)

## Tajik SSR

* Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (now Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region)

## Ukrainian SSR

* Moldavian Autonomous Oblast (1924; became an autonomous republic (Moldavian ASSR) only months after its formation, a union republic (Moldavian SSR) in 1940, and now the independent Moldova)
Balvi District

Balvi District (Latvian: Balvu rajons) was an administrative division of Latvia, located in Latgale region, in the country's east. It was organized into two cities and nineteen parishes, each with a local government authority. The main city in the district is Balvi.

Districts were eliminated during the administrative-territorial reform in 2009.

## List of parishes

* Baltinava parish
* Balvi
* Balvi parish
* Bērzkalne parish
* Bērzpils parish
* Briežuciems parish
* Krišjāņi parish
* Kubuli parish
* Kuprava parish
* Lazdukalns parish
* Lazduleja parish
* Medņeva parish
* Rugāji parish
* Susāji parish
* Šķilbēni parish
* Tilža parish
* Vectilža parish
* Vecumi parish
* Viļaka
* Vīksna parish
* Žīguri parish

More information on the Wikipedia page [1]
Association of Greater Manchester Authorities

From the Wikipedia page [1]

The Association of Greater Manchester Authorities (AGMA) is the local government association for Greater Manchester, a metropolitan county in North West England. It was established in 1986 as a voluntary organisation to represent the ten district councils of Greater Manchester after the Greater Manchester County Council was abolished. AGMA develops policy, lobbies government and others, and runs a range of services designed to make strategic and tangible advances in the standard of living across Greater Manchester. Its Policy and Research Unit is based in Wigan, and its European Union office in Brussels, Belgium.

The Local Government Act 1985, which abolished the metropolitan county councils of England, delegated the powers of the Greater Manchester County Council to the ten bottom-tier metropolitan district councils, but also recognised that some functions—such as public transport, fire and rescue, police, and waste disposal—required co-ordination at a strategic, metropolitan level. In this capacity, AGMA directs the strategic public and social services of Greater Manchester on behalf of the boroughs, such as the Greater Manchester County Record Office, which exhibits elements of the local history of Greater Manchester.

The Executive Board of AGMA is composed of representatives from Greater Manchester's ten metropolitan boroughs, and the Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority, the Greater Manchester Police Authority, the Greater Manchester Fire and Civil Defence Authority and the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority, who are all members by subscription. The local authorities of Blackpool, Blackburn with Darwen, Cheshire East and Warrington are associate members with representation at AGMA debates and meetings, but are excluded from voting processes.

AGMA makes representations on behalf of Greater Manchester to the government of the United Kingdom, the North West Development Agency, the European Union, business and other bodies, lobbying for investment and funding. AGMA actively pursued a formal and statutory government structure for Greater Manchester throughout the 2000s, and made a successful bid to the UK's central government to constitute Greater Manchester as a Statutory City Region. Although not abolished, AGMA was effectively superseded by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, the first authority of its kind in the United Kingdom, on 1 April 2011.
Barrios and Communes of Buenos Aires

See also: Neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires

The city of Buenos Aires is formally divided in 48 barrios (neighbourhoods), grouped into 15 comunas (communes), which are defined as "units of decentralized political and administrative management governed by designated residents"

More information on the Wikipedia page [1]
Arrondissement of Saint-Paul

The arrondissement of Saint-Paul is an arrondissement of France in the Réunion department in the Réunion region. It has five communes. In 2006 it absorbed the two communes of Le Port and La Possession from the Arrondissement of Saint-Denis, and it lost the two communes of Les Avirons and L'Étang-Salé to the Arrondissement of Saint-Pierre

More information on the Wikipedia page [1]
Austria

From the longer Wikipedia page [1]

Austria (/ˈɒstriə/ (About this soundlisten), /ˈɔːs-/;[9] German: Österreich [ˈøːstɐʁaɪ̯ç] ), officially the Republic of Austria (German: Republik Österreich, About this soundlisten (help·info)), is a landlocked East Alpine country in the southern part of Central Europe. It is composed of nine federated states (Bundesländer), one of which is Vienna, Austria's capital and its largest city. It is bordered by Germany to the northwest, Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. Austria occupies an area of 83,879 km2 (32,386 sq mi) and has a population of nearly 9 million people.

Austria is a federal republic consisting of nine states (German: Bundesländer).[14] The states are sub-divided into districts (Bezirke) and statutory cities (Statutarstädte). Districts are subdivided into municipalities (Gemeinden). Statutory Cities have the competencies otherwise granted to both districts and municipalities. Vienna is unique in that it is both a city and a state.

Austria's constituent states are not mere administrative divisions but have some legislative authority distinct from the federal government, e.g. in matters of culture, social welfare, youth and nature protection, hunting, building, and zoning ordinances. In recent years, it has been questioned whether a small country should maintain ten subnational legislatures. Consolidation of local governments has already been undertaken at the Gemeinde level for purposes of administrative efficiency and cost savings (Gemeindezusammenlegung).

See also States of Austria
Babenhausen, Hesse

From the Wikipedia page [1]

Babenhausen is a town in the Darmstadt-Dieburg district, in Hesse, Germany.

After the revision of districts and their borders in the state of Hesse in 1974 the following villages were added to the area of the town of Babenhausen.

* Harreshausen, a small village just one km away from Babenhausen. It has its own castle. At its edge, the "Schöne Eiche" ("beautiful oak"), the mother tree of all pyramidal oaks grafted from it, a variant of the pedunculate oak (Quercus robur), appeared as a mutation about 1600.
* Hergershausen, elected as the third most beautiful village in Hesse.
* Harpertshausen
* Sickenhofen
* Langstadt
Bailiwick

A bailiwick /ˈbeɪlᵻwɪk/ is usually the area of jurisdiction of a bailiff, and once also applied to territories in which a privately appointed bailiff exercised the sheriff's functions under a royal or imperial writ. The word is now more generally used in a metaphorical sense, to indicate a sphere of authority, experience, activity, study, or interest. A bailiwick (German: “Ballei”) was also the territorial division of the Teutonic Order. Here, various “Komtur(en)” formed a Ballei province.

## See also

* Bailiwick of Guernsey
* Bailiwick of Jersey

More information on the Wikipedia page [1]
Basel

From the Wikipedia page [1]

Basel (/ˈbɑːzəl/; also Basle /bɑːl/; German pronunciation: [ˈbaːzl̩]; French: Bâle [bɑːl]; Italian: Basilea [baziˈlɛːa]) is a city in northwestern Switzerland on the river Rhine. Basel is Switzerland's third-most-populous city (after Zürich and Geneva) with about 180,000 inhabitants.

Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany. As of 2016, the Swiss Basel agglomeration was the third-largest in Switzerland, with a population of 541,000[4] in 74 municipalities in Switzerland (municipal count as of 2018).[5] The initiative Trinational Eurodistrict Basel (TEB) of 62 suburban communes including municipalities in neighboring countries, counted 829,000 inhabitants in 2007.

The official language of Basel is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local Basel German dialect.

The city is known for its many internationally renowned museums, ranging from the Kunstmuseum, the first collection of art accessible to the public in Europe (1661) and the largest museum of art in the whole of Switzerland, to the Fondation Beyeler (located in Riehen). The University of Basel, Switzerland's oldest university (founded in 1460), and the city's centuries-long commitment to humanism, have made Basel a safe haven at times of political unrest in other parts of Europe for such notable people as Erasmus of Rotterdam, the Holbein family, Friedrich Nietzsche and in the 20th century also Hermann Hesse and Karl Jaspers.

suburbs are located in the half-canton of Basel-Landschaft or the canton of Aargau. Others are even located in France and Germany.

Canton
The canton Basel-Stadt consists of three municipalities: Riehen, Bettingen, and the city Basel itself. The political structure and agencies of the city and the canton are identical.
Aveyron

From the Wikipedia page [1]

Aveyron (French pronunciation: ​[avɛʁɔ̃]; Occitan: Avairon [abajˈɾu]) is a department located in the north of the Occitanie region of southern France named after the Aveyron River.

The inhabitants of the department are known as Aveyronnais or Aveyronnaises. The inhabitants of Rodez are called Ruthénois, based on the first Celtic settlers, the rutenii.

Aveyron is the centre of a triangle formed by the cities of Toulouse, Clermont-Ferrand, and Montpellier. The department approximately follows the outline of the former province of Rouergue. It is the 5th largest department in metropolitan France in terms of area (8,735 km2 (3,373 sq mi)). Its prefecture is Rodez.
Arrondissements of the Réunion department

From the longer Wikipedia page [1]

The 4 arrondissements of the Réunion department are:

* Arrondissement of Saint-Benoît, (subprefecture: Saint-Benoît) with 6 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 126,777 in 2016.
* Arrondissement of Saint-Denis, (prefecture of the Réunion department: Saint-Denis) with 3 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 204,304 in 2016.
* Arrondissement of Saint-Paul, (subprefecture: Saint-Paul) with 5 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 214,073 in 2016.
* Arrondissement of Saint-Pierre, (subprefecture: Saint-Pierre) with 10 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 307,770 in 2016.
Bakhchysarai

From the Wikipedia page [1]

Bakhchysarai (Ukrainian: Бахчисарáй; Crimean Tatar: Bağçasaray; Russian: Бахчисарáй; Turkish: Bahçesaray; Persian: باغچه سرای‎ Bāghche Sarāy) is a city in central Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine and annexed by Russia as the Republic of Crimea. It is the administrative center of the Bakhchysarai Raion (district), as well as the former capital of the Crimean Khanate. Its main landmark is Hansaray, the only extant palace of the Crimean Khans, currently opened to tourists as a museum.
Asamankese

From the Wikipedia page [1]

Asamankese is a town in south Ghana and is the capital of West Akim Municipal District, a district in the Eastern Region of south Ghana. Asamankese has a 2013 settlement population of approximately 39,435 people. Asamankese is on the main highway to Kumasi and Accra in the interior.
Bartoszyce County

From the Wikipedia page [1]

Bartoszyce County (Polish: powiat bartoszycki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern Poland, on the border with Russia. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Bartoszyce, which lies 56 kilometres (35 mi) north of the regional capital Olsztyn. The county contains three other towns: Górowo Iławeckie, 21 km (13 mi) west of Bartoszyce, Bisztynek, 22 km (14 mi) south of Bartoszyce, and Sępopol, 14 km (9 mi) east of Bartoszyce.

Bartoszyce County is bordered by Kętrzyn County to the east, Olsztyn County to the south, Lidzbark County to the south-west and Braniewo County to the west. It also borders Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) to the north.
Australia

From the longer Wikipedia page [1]

**Australia**, officially the **Commonwealth of Australia**, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. With an area of 7,617,930 square kilometres (2,941,300 sq mi), Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with deserts in the centre, tropical rainforests in the north-east, and mountain ranges in the south-east.
Bailiwick of Guernsey

From the Wikipedia page [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bailiwick\_of\_Guernsey

The Bailiwick of Guernsey (French: Bailliage de Guernesey) is one of three Crown dependencies.

Separated from the Dukedom and Duchy of Normandy by and under the terms of the Treaty (or Peace) of Le Goulet in 1204, the Bailiwick comprises a number of islands in the English Channel which fall into three separate sub-jurisdictions: Guernsey, Alderney and Sark.

A bailiwick is a territory administered by a Bailiff. The Bailiff of Guernsey is the civil head, and presiding officer of the States of Guernsey, but not of Alderney or Sark. He is the head of the judiciary of the Bailiwick.

The Bailiwick of Guernsey is a separate jurisdiction in itself, and is in turn also three separate sub-jurisdictions. It does not form part of, and is separate from (but is not independent of, or from) the United Kingdom.

The two Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey together make up the Channel Islands.

The Islanders have never had formal representation in the House of Commons of the British Parliament, nor in the European Parliament. Those Islanders, who were not somehow qualified and eligible in their own right to register to vote and to vote in the United Kingdom under the Representation of the People Acts as overseas voters, were excluded from the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum.

A unique constitutional position has arisen as successive British monarchs have confirmed the liberties and privileges of the Bailiwick, often referring to the so-called Constitutions of King John, a legendary document supposed to have been granted by King John in the aftermath of 1204. Governments of the Bailiwick have generally tried to avoid testing the limits of the unwritten constitution by avoiding conflict with British governments.

The Bailiwick comprises twelve Parishes, Alderney, Sark and ten on Guernsey. Each parish has a parish church from the 11th century, with strong religious control exercised initially from the French Catholic church and for the last 500 years from the English church. Over the years the religious aspect of the administration of each Parish has been reduced in favour of democratically elected Douzeniers.
Baker Island

* From the longer Wikipedia page [1]

Baker Island (previously New Nantucket) is an uninhabited atoll located just north of the equator in the central Pacific Ocean about 3,090 km (1,920 mi) southwest of Honolulu. The island lies almost halfway between Hawaii and Australia. Its nearest neighbor is Howland Island, 42 mi (68 km) to the north-northwest; both have been claimed as territories of the United States since 1857, though the United Kingdom considered them part of the British Empire between 1897 and 1936.
Administrative divisions of Kenya

From the longer Wikipedia page [1]

The subdivisions of Kenya have been in place since 2010, replacing the old system. Under the Constitution of 2010 and other reforms to Provincial Administration the country acquired a new system of Counties. The previous Provinces were scrapped and the 46 Districts, in existence since 1992, were turned into Counties with elected governments.

The counties are divided into sub-counties and a further 290 constituencies, then 1450 Wards (to coincide with the County Assembly Wards of the County Government), and Villages. The City of Nairobi, which enjoyed the status of a full administrative province, would become a County.

Under its old constitution, Kenya comprised eight provinces each headed by a Provincial Commissioner (centrally appointed by the president). The provinces (*mkoa* singular *mikoa* plural in Swahili) were subdivided into districts (*wilaya*). There were 69 districts at the 1999 census. Districts were then subdivided into 497 divisions (*taarafa*). The divisions are then subdivided into 2,427 locations (*mtaa*) and then 6,612 sublocations (*mtaa mdogo*).
Arnsberg

Fromthe Wikipedia page [1]

Arnsberg (German pronunciationˈarnsbɛrk) is a town in the Hochsauerland district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the location of the Regierungsbezirk Arnsberg's administration and one of the three local administration offices of the Hochsauerlandkreis.

## Neighbouring municipalities

* Ense
* Möhnesee
* Warstein
* Meschede
* Sundern
* Balve
* Menden

### Subdivisions

After the local government reforms of 1975 Arnsberg consists of 15 boroughs (*Ortsteile*):

* Neheim (23,448 inhabitants)
* Arnsberg (19,355 inhabitants)
* Hüsten (11,304 inhabitants)
* Oeventrop (6,713 inhabitants)
* Herdringen (4,118 inhabitants)
* Bruchhausen (3,337 inhabitants)
* Müschede (2,870 inhabitants)
* Voßwinkel (2,523 inhabitants)
* Niedereimer (2,082 inhabitants)
* Holzen (2,022 inhabitants)
* Rumbeck (1,305 inhabitants)
* Wennigloh (1,004 inhabitants)
* Bachum (959 inhabitants)
* Breitenbruch (219 inhabitants)
* Uentrop (346 inhabitants)
Bad Ems

From the Wikipedia page [1]

Bad Ems is a town in Rheinland Pfalz, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Rhein-Lahn rural district and is well known as a spa on the river Lahn. Bad Ems is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde (administrative community) Bad Ems. The town has around 9,000 inhabitants.