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48 provinces (wilayas, singular-wilaya);

• Adrar,
• Ain Defla,
• Ain Temouchent,
• Alger,
• Annaba,
• Batna,
• Bechar,
• Bejaia,
• Biskra,
• Blida,
• Bordj Bou Arreridj,
• Bouira,
• Boumerdes,
• Chlef,
• Constantine,
• Djelfa,
• El Bayadh,
• El Oued,
• El Tarf,
• Ghardaia,
• Guelma,
• Illizi,
• Jijel,
• Khenchela,
• Laghouat,
• Mascara,
• Medea,
• Mila,
• Mostaganem,
• M'Sila,
• Naama,
• Oran,
• Ouargla,
• Oum el Bouaghi,
• Relizane,
• Saida,
• Setif,
• Sidi Bel Abbes,
• Skikda,
• Souk Ahras,
• Tamanghasset,
• Tebessa,
• Tiaret,
• Tindouf,
• Tipaza,
• Tissemsilt,
• Tizi Ouzou,
• Tlemcen

• 18 provinces (provincias, singular-provincia);
• Bengo, Benguela, Bie, Cabinda, Cuando Cubango, Cuanza Norte, Cuanza Sul, Cunene, Huambo, Huila, Luanda, Lunda Norte, Lunda Sul, Malanje, Moxico, Namibe, Uige, Zaire

6 departments;

• Atakora,
• Atlantique,
• Borgou,
• Mono,
• Oueme,
• Zou

10 districts and four town councils*;

• Central,
• Chobe,
• Francistown*,
• Gaborone*,
• Ghanzi,
• Kgalagadi,
• Kgatleng,
• Kweneng,
• Lobatse*,
• Ngamiland,
• North-East,
• Selebi-Phikwe*,
• South-East,
• Southern

30 provinces;

• Bam,
• Bazega,
• Bougouriba,
• Boulgou,
• Boulkiemde,
• Ganzourgou,
• Gnagna,
• Gourma,
• Houe,
• Kadiogo,
• Kenedougou,
• Komoe,
• Kossi,
• Kouritenga,
• Mouhoun,
• Namentenga,
• Naouri,
• Oubritenga,
• Oudalan,
• Passore,
• Poni,
• Sanguie,
• Sanmatenga,
• Seno,
• Sissili,
• Soum,
• Sourou,
• Tapoa,
• Yatenga,
• Zoundweogo

note: there may be a new administrative structure of 45 provinces (Bale, Bam, Banwa, Bazega, Bougouriba, Boulgou, Boulkiemde, Comoe, Ganzourgou, Gnagna, Gourma, Houet, Ioba, Kadiogo, Kenedougou, Komandjari, Kompienga, Kossi, Koupelogo, Kouritenga, Kourweogo, Leraba, Loroum, Mouhoun, Nahouri, Namentenga, Nayala, Naumbiel, Oubritenga, Oudalan, Passore, Poni, Samentenga, Sanguie, Seno, Sissili, Soum, Sourou, Tapoa, Tuy, Yagha, Yatenga, Ziro, Zondomo, Zoundweogo)

15 provinces;

• Bubanza,
• Bujumbura,
• Bururi,
• Cankuzo,
• Cibitoke,
• Gitega,
• Karuzi,
• Kayanza,
• Kirundo,
• Makamba,
• Muramvya,
• Muyinga,
• Ngozi,
• Rutana,
• Ruyigi

• 14 districts (concelhos, singular-concelho);
• Boa Vista, Brava, Fogo, Maio, Paul, Praia, Porto Novo, Ribeira Grande, Sal, Santa Catarina, Santa Cruz, Sao Nicolau, Sao Vicente, Tarrafal

note: there may be a new administrative structure of 16 districts (Boa Vista, Brava, Maio, Mosteiros, Paul, Praia, Porto Novo, Ribeira Grande, Sal, Santa Catarina, Santa Cruz, Sao Domingos, Sao Nicolau, Sao Filipe, Sao Vicente, Tarrafa)

10 provinces;

• Adamaoua,
• Centre,
• Est,
• Extreme-Nord,
• Littoral,
• Nord,
• Nord-Ouest,
• Ouest,
• Sud,
• Sud-Ouest

• 14 prefectures (prefectures, singular-prefecture), 2 economic prefectures* (prefectures economiques, singular-prefecture economique), and 1 commune**;
• Bamingui-Bangoran, Bangui**, Basse-Kotto, Gribingui*, Haute-Kotto, Haute-Sangha, Haut-Mbomou, Kemo-Gribingui, Lobaye, Mbomou, Nana-Mambere, Ombella-Mpoko, Ouaka, Ouham, Ouham-Pende, Sangha*, Vakaga

• 14 prefectures (prefectures, singular-prefecture);
• Batha, Biltine, Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti, Chari-Baguirmi, Guera, Kanem, Lac, Logone Occidental, Logone Oriental, Mayo-Kebbi, Moyen-Chari, Ouaddai, Salamat, Tandjile

three islands; Grande Comore (Njazidja), Anjouan (Nzwani), and Moheli (Mwali)

note: there are also four municipalities named Domoni, Fomboni, Moroni, and Mutsamudu

• 10 provinces (provinces, singular-province) and one city* (ville);
• Bandundu, Bas-Congo, Equateur, Kasai-Occidental, Kasai-Oriental, Katanga, Kinshasa*, Maniema, Nord-Kivu, Orientale, Sud-Kivu

9 regions (regions, singular-region) and 1 commune*;

• Bouenza,
• Brazzaville*,
• Cuvette,
• Kouilou,
• Lekoumou,
• Likouala,
• Niari,
• Plateaux,
• Pool,
• Sangha

50 departments (departements, singular-departement);

• Abengourou,
• Abidjan,
• Aboisso,
• Adzope,
• Agboville,
• Agnibilekrou,
• Bangolo,
• Beoumi,
• Biankouma,
• Bondoukou,
• Bongouanou,
• Bouafle,
• Bouake,
• Bouna,
• Boundiali,
• Dabakala,
• Daloa,
• Danane,
• Daoukro,
• Dimbokro,
• Divo,
• Duekoue,
• Ferkessedougou,
• Gagnoa,
• Grand-Lahou,
• Guiglo,
• Issia,
• Katiola,
• Korhogo,
• Lakota,
• Man,
• Mankono,
• Mbahiakro,
• Odienne,
• Oume,
• Sakassou,
• San-Pedro,
• Sassandra,
• Seguela,
• Sinfra,
• Soubre,
• Tabou,
• Tanda,
• Tingrela,
• Tiassale,
• Touba,
• Toumodi,
• Vavoua,
• Yamoussoukro,
• Zuenoula

note: Cote d'Ivoire may have a new administrative structure consisting of 56 departments; the following additional departments have been reported but not yet confirmed by the US Board on Geographic Names (BGN); Adiake', Ale'pe', Dabon, Grand Bassam, Jacqueville, Tiebussan

5 districts (cercles, singular-cercle);

• 'Ali Sabih,
• Dikhil,
• Djibouti,
• Obock,
• Tadjoura

• 26 governorates (muhafazat, singular-muhafazah);
• Ad Daqahliyah, Al Bahr al Ahmar, Al Buhayrah, Al Fayyum, Al Gharbiyah, Al Iskandariyah, Al Isma'iliyah, Al Jizah, Al Minufiyah, Al Minya, Al Qahirah, Al Qalyubiyah, Al Wadi al Jadid, Ash Sharqiyah, As Suways, Aswan, Asyut, Bani Suwayf, Bur Sa'id, Dumyat, Janub Sina', Kafr ash Shaykh, Matruh, Qina, Shamal Sina', Suhaj

7 provinces (provincias, singular-provincia);

• Annobon,
• Bioko Norte,
• Bioko Sur,
• Centro Sur,
• Kie-Ntem,
• Litoral,
• Wele-Nzas

8 provinces (singular-awraja);

• Akele Guzay,
• Barka,
• Denkel,
• Hamasen,
• Sahil,
• Semhar,
• Senhit,
• Seraye

note: in May 1995 the National Assembly adopted a resolution stating that the administrative structure of Eritrea, which had been established by former colonial powers, would consist of only six provinces when the new constitution, then being drafted, would go into effect some time in 1998; the new provinces, the names of which had not been recommended by the US Board on Geographic Names for recognition by the US government, pending acceptable definition of the

boundaries, were:

• Anseba, Debub, Debubawi Keyih Bahri, Gash-Barka, Maakel, and Semanawi Keyih Bahri;
• more recently, it has been reported that these provinces have been redesignated regions and renamed Southern Red Sea, Northern Red Sea, Anseba, Gash-Barka, Southern, and Central

4 districts;

• Hhohho,
• Lubombo,
• Manzini,
• Shiselweni

• 9 ethnically-based administrative regions (astedader akababiwach, singular - astedader akababi) and 1 federal capital*: Addis Ababa*;
• Afar;
• Amhara;
• Benishangul/Gumaz;
• Gambela;
• Harar;
• Oromia;
• Somali;
• Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples;
• Tigray

9 provinces;

• Estuaire,
• Haut-Ogooue,
• Moyen-Ogooue,
• Ngounie,
• Nyanga,
• Ogooue-Ivindo,
• Ogooue-Lolo,
• Ogooue-Maritime,
• Woleu-Ntem

5 divisions and 1 city*;

• Banjul*,
• Lower River,
• MacCarthy Island,
• North Bank,
• Upper River,
• Western

note: it has been reported but not verified that the name of the MacCarthy Island division has been changed to Central River

10 regions;

• Ashanti,
• Brong-Ahafo,
• Central,
• Eastern,
• Greater Accra,
• Northern,
• Upper East,
• Upper West,
• Volta,
• Western

• 33 prefectures (prefectures, singular-prefecture) and 1 national capital* (capitale d'etat);
• Beyla, Boffa, Boke, Conakry*, Coyah, Dabola, Dalaba, Dinguiraye, Dubreka, Faranah, Forecariah, Fria, Gaoual, Gueckedou, Kankan, Kerouane, Kindia, Kissidougou, Koubia, Koundara, Kouroussa, Labe, Lelouma, Lola, Macenta, Mali, Mamou, Mandiana, Nzerekore, Pita, Siguiri, Telimele, Tougue, Yomou

note: the 33 prefectures may have been reorganized into four new first-order administrative divisions called administrative regions (regions administrative, singular-region administrative) named Guinee-Forestiere, Guinee-Maritime, Haute-Guinee, and Moyenne-Guinee

9 regions (regioes, singular-regiao);

• Bafata,
• Biombo,
• Bissau,
• Bolama,
• Cacheu,
• Gabu,
• Oio,
• Quinara,
• Tombali

note: Bolama is reported to be renamed Bolama/Bijagos

7 provinces and 1 area*;

• Central,
• Coast,
• Eastern,
• Nairobi Area*,
• North Eastern,
• Nyanza,
• Rift Valley,
• Western

10 districts;

• Berea,
• Butha-Buthe,
• Leribe,
• Mafeteng,
• Maseru,
• Mohale's Hoek,
• Mokhotlong,
• Qacha's Nek,
• Quthing,
• Thaba-Tseka

13 counties;

• Bomi,
• Bong,
• Grand Bassa,
• Grand Cape Mount,
• Grand Gedeh,
• Grand Kru,
• Lofa,
• Margibi,
• Maryland,
• Montserrado,
• Nimba,
• River Cess,
• Sinoe

• 25 municipalities (baladiyah, singular-baladiyat);
• Ajdabiya, Al 'Aziziyah, Al Fatih, Al Jabal al Akhdar, Al Jufrah, Al Khums, Al Kufrah, An Nuqat al Khams, Ash Shati', Awbari, Az Zawiyah, Banghazi, Darnah, Ghadamis, Gharyan, Misratah, Murzuq, Sabha, Sawfajjin, Surt, Tarabulus, Tarhunah, Tubruq, Yafran, Zlitan

note: the 25 municipalities may have been replaced by 1,500 communes in 1992

6 provinces (faritany);

• Antananarivo,
• Antsiranana,
• Fianarantsoa,
• Mahajanga,
• Toamasina,
• Toliary

24 districts;

• Blantyre,
• Chikwawa,
• Chiradzulu,
• Chitipa,
• Dedza,
• Dowa,
• Karonga,
• Kasungu,
• Lilongwe,
• Machinga (Kasupe),
• Mangochi,
• Mchinji,
• Mulanje,
• Mwanza,
• Mzimba,
• Ntcheu,
• Nkhata Bay,
• Nkhotakota,
• Nsanje,
• Ntchisi,
• Rumphi,
• Salima,
• Thyolo,
• Zomba

8 regions (regions, singular-region);

• Gao,
• Kayes,
• Kidal,
• Koulikoro,
• Mopti,
• Segou,
• Sikasso,
• Tombouctou

12 regions (regions, singular-region);

• Adrar,
• Assaba,
• Brakna,
• Dakhlet Nouadhibou,
• Gorgol,
• Guidimaka,
• Hodh ech Chargui,
• Hodh el Gharbi,
• Inchiri,
• Tagant,
• Tiris Zemmour,
• Trarza

note: there may be a new capital district of Nouakchott

9 districts and 3 dependencies*;

• Agalega Islands*,
• Black River,
• Cargados Carajos*,
• Flacq,
• Grand Port,
• Moka,
• Pamplemousses,
• Plaines Wilhems,
• Port Louis,
• Riviere du Rempart,
• Rodrigues*,
• Savanne

none (territorial collectivity of France)

37 provinces and 2 wilayas*;

• Agadir,
• Al Hoceima,
• Azilal,
• Beni Mellal,
• Ben Slimane,
• Boulemane,
• Casablanca*,
• Chaouen,
• El Jadida,
• El Kelaa des Srarhna,
• Er Rachidia,
• Essaouira,
• Fes,
• Figuig,
• Guelmim,
• Ifrane,
• Kenitra,
• Khemisset,
• Khenifra,
• Khouribga,
• Laayoune,
• Larache,
• Marrakech,
• Meknes,
• Nador,
• Ouarzazate,
• Oujda,
• Rabat-Sale*,
• Safi,
• Settat,
• Sidi Kacem,
• Tanger,
• Tan-Tan,
• Taounate,
• Taroudannt,
• Tata,
• Taza,
• Tetouan,
• Tiznit

note: three additional provinces of Ad Dakhla (Oued Eddahab), Boujdour, and Es Smara as well as parts of Tan-Tan and Laayoune fall within Moroccan-claimed Western Sahara; decentralization/regionalization law passed by the legislature in March 1997 creating many new provinces/regions; specific details and scope of the reorganization not yet available

10 provinces (provincias, singular-provincia);

• Cabo Delgado,
• Gaza,
• Inhambane,
• Manica,
• Maputo,
• Nampula,
• Niassa,
• Sofala,
• Tete,
• Zambezia

13 regions;

• Caprivi,
• Erongo,
• Hardap,
• Karas,
• Khomas,
• Kunene,
• Ohangwena,
• Okavango,
• Omaheke,
• Omusati,
• Oshana,
• Oshikoto,
• Otjozondjupa

• 7 departments (departements, singular-departement), and 1 capital district* (capitale district);
• Agadez, Diffa, Dosso, Maradi, Niamey*, Tahoua, Tillaberi, Zinder

30 states and 1 territory*;

• Abia,
• Abuja Federal Capital Territory*,
• Adamawa,
• Akwa Ibom,
• Anambra,
• Bauchi,
• Benue,
• Borno,
• Cross River,
• Delta,
• Edo,
• Enugu,
• Imo,
• Jigawa,
• Kaduna,
• Kano,
• Katsina,
• Kebbi,
• Kogi,
• Kwara,
• Lagos,
• Niger,
• Ogun,
• Ondo,
• Osun,
• Oyo,
• Plateau,
• Rivers,
• Sokoto,
• Taraba,
• Yobe

note: the government has announced the creation of six additional states named Bayelsa, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Gombe, Nassarawa, and Zamfara as part of the process of transition to a civilian government

none (overseas department of France); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US government, but there are four arrondissements, 24 communes, and 47 cantons

• 12 prefectures (prefectures, singular-prefecture in French; plural - NA, singular-prefegitura in Kinyarwanda);
• Butare, Byumba, Cyangugu, Gikongoro, Gisenyi, Gitarama, Kibungo, Kibuye, Kigali, Kigaliville, Umutara, Ruhengeri

1 administrative area and 2 dependencies*;

• Ascension*,
• Saint Helena,
• Tristan da Cunha*

2 districts (concelhos, singular-concelho); Principe, Sao Tome

10 regions (regions, singular-region);

• Dakar,
• Diourbel,
• Fatick,
• Kaolack,
• Kolda,
• Louga,
• Saint-Louis,
• Tambacounda,
• Thies,
• Ziguinchor

23 administrative districts;

• Anse aux Pins,
• Anse Boileau,
• Anse Etoile,
• Anse Louis,
• Anse Royale,
• Baie Lazare,
• Baie Sainte Anne,
• Beau Vallon,
• Bel Air,
• Bel Ombre,
• Cascade,
• Glacis,
• Grand' Anse (on Mahe Island),
• Grand' Anse (on Praslin Island),
• La Digue,
• La Riviere Anglaise,
• Mont Buxton,
• Mont Fleuri,
• Plaisance,
• Pointe La Rue,
• Port Glaud,
• Saint Louis,
• Takamaka

3 provinces and 1 area*;

• Eastern,
• Northern,
• Southern,
• Western*

• 18 regions (plural-NA, singular-gobolka);
• Awdal, Bakool, Banaadir, Bari, Bay, Galguduud, Gedo, Hiiraan, Jubbada Dhexe, Jubbada Hoose, Mudug, Nugaal, Sanaag, Shabeellaha Dhexe, Shabeellaha Hoose, Sool, Togdheer, Woqooyi Galbeed

9 provinces;

• Eastern Cape,
• Free State,
• Gauteng,
• KwaZulu-Natal,
• Mpumalanga,
• North-West,
• Northern Cape,
• Northern Province,
• Western Cape

• 26 states (wilayat, singular-wilayat or wilayah*);
• A'ali an Nil, Al Bahr al Ahmar, Al Buhayrat, Al Jazirah, Al Khartum, Al Qadarif, Al Wahdah, An Nil al Abyad, An Nil al Azraq, Ash Shamaliyah*, Bahr al Jabal, Gharb al Istiwa'iyah, Gharb Bahr al Ghazal, Gharb Darfur, Gharb Kurdufan, Janub Darfur, Janub Kurdufan, Junqali, Kassala, Nahr an Nil, Shamal Bahr al Ghazal, Shamal Darfur, Shamal Kurdufan, Sharq al Istiwa'iyah, Sinnar, Warab

25 regions;

• Arusha,
• Dar es Salaam,
• Dodoma,
• Iringa,
• Kigoma,
• Kilimanjaro,
• Lindi,
• Mara,
• Mbeya,
• Morogoro,
• Mtwara,
• Mwanza,
• Pemba North,
• Pemba South,
• Pwani,
• Rukwa,
• Ruvuma,
• Shinyanga,
• Singida,
• Tabora,
• Tanga,
• Zanzibar Central/South,
• Zanzibar North,
• Zanzibar Urban/West,
• Ziwa Magharibi

note: although some recent maps have referred to Ziwa Magharibi as Kagera, the US Board on Geographic Names has not approved the change

• 21 circumscriptions (circonscriptions, singular-circonscription);
• Amlame, Aneho, Atakpame, Badou, Bafilo, Bassar, Dapaong, Kande, Kara, Kpalime, Lome, Niamtougou, Notse, Pagouda, Sansanne-Mango, Sokode, Sotouboua, Tabligbo, Tchamba, Tsevie, Vogan

note: the 21 units may have become second-order administrative divisions with the imposition of a new first-order level of five prefectures (singular - prefecture) named De La Kara, Des Plateaux, Des Savanes, Du Centre, and Maritime

23 governorates;

• Beja,
• Ben Arous,
• Bizerte,
• Gabes,
• Gafsa,
• Jendouba,
• Kairouan,
• Kasserine,
• Kebili,
• L'Ariana,
• Le Kef,
• Mahdia,
• Medenine,
• Monastir,
• Nabeul,
• Sfax,
• Sidi Bou Zid,
• Siliana,
• Sousse,
• Tataouine,
• Tozeur,
• Tunis,
• Zaghouan

39 districts;

• Apac,
• Arua,
• Bundibugyo,
• Bushenyi,
• Gulu,
• Hoima,
• Iganga,
• Jinja,
• Kabale,
• Kabarole,
• Kalangala,
• Kampala,
• Kamuli,
• Kapchorwa,
• Kasese,
• Kibale,
• Kiboga,
• Kisoro,
• Kitgum,
• Kotido,
• Kumi,
• Lira,
• Luwero,
• Masaka,
• Masindi,
• Mbale,
• Mbarara,
• Moroto,
• Moyo,
• Mpigi,
• Mubende,
• Mukono,
• Nebbi,
• Ntungamo,
• Pallisa,
• Rakai,
• Rukungiri,
• Soroti,
• Tororo

none (under de facto control of Morocco)

9 provinces;

• Central,
• Copperbelt,
• Eastern,
• Luapula,
• Lusaka,
• Northern,
• North-Western,
• Southern,
• Western

• 8 provinces and 2 cities* with provincial status;
• Bulawayo*, Harare*, Manicaland, Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East, Mashonaland West, Masvingo, Matabeleland North, Matabeleland South, Midlands

• none (overseas territory of France);
• there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 3 districts named Ile Crozet, Iles Kerguelen, and Iles Saint-Paul et Amsterdam;
• excludes "Adelie Land" claim in Antarctica that is not recognized by the US

3 districts (landsdele);

• Avannaa (Nordgronland),
• Tunu (Ostgronland),
• Kitaa (Vestgronland)

23 counties (syslar, singular-sysla) and 14 independent towns* (kaupstadhir, singular-kaupstadhur);

• Akranes*,
• Akureyri*,
• Arnessysla,
• Austur-Bardhastrandarsysla,
• Austur-Hunavatnssysla,
• Austur-Skaftafellssysla,
• Borgarfjardharsysla,
• Dalasysla,
• Eyjafjardharsysla,
• Gullbringusysla,
• Hafnarfjordhur*,
• Husavik*,
• Isafjordhur*,
• Keflavik*,
• Kjosarsysla,
• Kopavogur*,
• Myrasysla,
• Neskaupstadhur*,
• Nordhur-Isafjardharsysla,
• Nordhur-Mulasys-la,
• Nordhur-Thingeyjarsysla,
• Olafsfjordhur*,
• Rangarvallasysla,
• Reykjavik*,
• Saudharkrokur*,
• Seydhisfjordhur*,
• Siglufjordhur*,
• Skagafjardharsysla,
• Snaefellsnes-og Hnappadalssysla,
• Strandasysla,
• Sudhur-Mulasysla,
• Sudhur-Thingeyjarsysla,
• Vesttmannaeyjar*,
• Vestur-Bardhastrandarsysla,
• Vestur-Hunavatnssysla,
• Vestur-Isafjardharsysla,
• Vestur-Skaftafellssysla

• 30 provinces (velayat, singular-velayat);
• Badakhshan, Badghis, Baghlan, Balkh, Bamian, Farah, Faryab, Ghazni, Ghowr, Helmand, Herat, Jowzjan, Kabol, Kandahar, Kapisa, Konar, Kondoz, Laghman, Lowgar, Nangarhar, Nimruz, Oruzgan, Paktia, Paktika, Parvan, Samangan, Sar-e Pol, Takhar, Vardak, Zabol

note: there may be two new provinces of Nurestan (Nuristan) and Khowst

• 10 provinces (marzer, singular-marz) and 1 city* (k'aghak'ner, singular - k'aghak');
• Aragatsotn, Ararat, Armavir, Geghark'unik', Kotayk', Lorri, Shirak, Syunik', Tavush, Vayots' Dzor, Yerevan*

59 rayons (rayonlar; rayon-singular), 11 cities* (saharlar; sahar - singular), 1 autonomous republic** (muxtar respublika);

• Abseron Rayonu,
• Agcabadi Rayonu,
• Agdam Rayonu,
• Agdas Rayonu,
• Agstafa Rayonu,
• Agsu Rayonu,
• Ali Bayramli Sahari*,
• Astara Rayonu,
• Baki Sahari*,
• Balakan Rayonu,
• Barda Rayonu,
• Beylaqan Rayonu,
• Bilasuvar Rayonu,
• Cabrayil Rayonu,
• Calilabad Rayonu,
• Daskasan Rayonu,
• Davaci Rayonu,
• Fuzuli Rayonu,
• Gadabay Rayonu,
• Ganca Sahari*,
• Goranboy Rayonu,
• Goycay Rayonu,
• Haciqabul Rayonu,
• Imisli Rayonu,
• Ismayilli Rayonu,
• Kalbacar Rayonu,
• Kurdamir Rayonu,
• Lacin Rayonu,
• Lankaran Rayonu,
• Lankaran Sahari*,
• Lerik Rayonu,
• Masalli Rayonu,
• Mingacevir Sahari*,
• Naftalan Sahari*,
• Naxcivan Muxtar Respublikasi**,
• Neftcala Rayonu,
• Oguz Rayonu,
• Qabala Rayonu,
• Qax Rayonu,
• Qazax Rayonu,
• Qobustan Rayonu,
• Quba Rayonu,
• Qubadli Rayonu,
• Qusar Rayonu,
• Saatli Rayonu,
• Sabirabad Rayonu,
• Saki Rayonu,
• Saki Sahari*,
• Salyan Rayonu,
• Samaxi Rayonu,
• Samkir Rayonu,
• Samux Rayonu,
• Siyazan Rayonu,
• Sumqayit Sahari*,
• Susa Rayonu,
• Susa Sahari*,
• Tartar Rayonu,
• Tovuz Rayonu,
• Ucar Rayonu,
• Xacmaz Rayonu,
• Xankandi Sahari*,
• Xanlar Rayonu,
• Xizi Rayonu,
• Xocali Rayonu,
• Xocavand Rayonu,
• Yardimli Rayonu,
• Yevlax Rayonu,
• Yevlax Sahari*,
• Zangilan Rayonu,
• Zaqatala Rayonu,
• Zardab Rayonu

4 divisions;

• Chittagong,
• Dhaka,
• Khulna,
• Rajshahi

note: there may be two new divisions named Barisal and Sylhet

• 18 districts (dzongkhag, singular and plural);
• Bumthang, Chhukha, Chirang, Daga, Geylegphug, Ha, Lhuntshi, Mongar, Paro, Pemagatsel, Punakha, Samchi, Samdrup Jongkhar, Shemgang, Tashigang, Thimphu, Tongsa, Wangdi Phodrang

• 23 provinces (sheng, singular and plural), 5 autonomous regions* (zizhiqu, singular and plural), and 4 municipalities** (shi, singular and plural);
• Anhui, Beijing**, Chongqing**, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi*, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol*, Ningxia*, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanghai**, Shanxi, Sichuan, Tianjin**, Xinjiang*, Xizang* (Tibet), Yunnan, Zhejiang

note: China considers Taiwan its 23rd province; see separate entry for the special administrative region of Hong Kong

53 rayons (raionebi, singular-raioni), 9 cities* (k'alak'ebi, singular - k'alak'i), and 2 autonomous republics** (avtomnoy respubliki, singular - avtom respublika);

• Abashis,
• Abkhazia or Ap'khazet'is Avtonomiuri Respublika** (Sokhumi),
• Adigenis,
• Ajaria or Acharis Avtonomiuri Respublika** (Bat'umi),
• Akhalgoris,
• Akhalk'alak'is,
• Akhalts'ikhis,
• Akhmetis,
• Ambrolauris,
• Aspindzis,
• Baghdat'is,
• Bolnisis,
• Borjomis,
• Chiat'ura*,
• Ch'khorotsqus,
• Ch'okhatauris,
• Dedop'listsqaros,
• Dmanisis,
• Dushet'is,
• Gardabanis,
• Gori*,
• Goris,
• Gurjaanis,
• Javis,
• K'arelis,
• Kaspis,
• Kharagaulis,
• Khashuris,
• Khobis,
• Khonis,
• K'ut'aisi*,
• Lagodekhis,
• Lanch'khut'is,
• Lentekhis,
• Marneulis,
• Martvilis,
• Mestiis,
• Mts'khet'is,
• Ninotsmindis,
• Onis,
• Ozurget'is,
• P'ot'i*,
• Qazbegis,
• Qvarlis,
• Rust'avi*,
• Sach'kheris,
• Sagarejos,
• Samtrediis,
• Senakis,
• Sighnaghis,
• T'bilisi*,
• T'elavis,
• T'erjolis,
• T'et'ritsqaros,
• T'ianet'is,
• Tqibuli*,
• Ts'ageris,
• Tsalenjikhis,
• Tsalkis,
• Tsqaltubo*,
• Vanis,
• Zestap'onis,
• Zugdidi*,
• Zugdidis

note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses)

25 states and 7 union territories*;

• Andaman and Nicobar Islands*,
• Andhra Pradesh,
• Arunachal Pradesh,
• Assam,
• Bihar,
• Chandigarh*,
• Dadra and Nagar Haveli*,
• Daman and Diu*,
• Delhi*,
• Goa,
• Gujarat,
• Haryana,
• Himachal Pradesh,
• Jammu and Kashmir,
• Karnataka,
• Kerala,
• Lakshadweep*,
• Madhya Pradesh,
• Maharashtra,
• Manipur,
• Meghalaya,
• Mizoram,
• Nagaland,
• Orissa,
• Pondicherry*,
• Punjab,
• Rajasthan,
• Sikkim,
• Tamil Nadu,
• Tripura,
• Uttar Pradesh,
• West Bengal

47 prefectures;

• Aichi,
• Akita,
• Aomori,
• Chiba,
• Ehime,
• Fukui,
• Fukuoka,
• Fukushima,
• Gifu,
• Gumma,
• Hiroshima,
• Hokkaido,
• Hyogo,
• Ibaraki,
• Ishikawa,
• Iwate,
• Kagawa,
• Kagoshima,
• Kanagawa,
• Kochi,
• Kumamoto,
• Kyoto,
• Mie,
• Miyagi,
• Miyazaki,
• Nagano,
• Nagasaki,
• Nara,
• Niigata,
• Oita,
• Okayama,
• Okinawa,
• Osaka,
• Saga,
• Saitama,
• Shiga,
• Shimane,
• Shizuoka,
• Tochigi,
• Tokushima,
• Tokyo,
• Tottori,
• Toyama,
• Wakayama,
• Yamagata,
• Yamaguchi,
• Yamanashi

14 oblystar (singular-oblys) and 1 city (qalalar, singular-qala)*;

• Almaty Qalasy*,
• Almaty Oblysy,
• Aqmola Oblysy (Astana),
• Aqtobe Oblysy,
• Atyrau Oblysy,
• Batys Qazaqstan Oblysy (Oral),
• Mangghystau Oblysy (Aqtau; formerly Gur'yev),
• Ongtustik Qazaqstan Oblysy (Shymkent),
• Pavlodar Oblysy,
• Qaraghandy Oblysy,
• Qostanay Oblysy,
• Qyzylorda Oblysy,
• Shyghys Qazaqstan Oblysy (Oskemen; formerly Ust'-Kamenogorsk),
• Soltustik Qazaqstan Oblysy (Petropavl),
• Zhambyl Oblysy (Taraz; formerly Dzhambul)

note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses); in 1995 the governments of Kazakhstan and Russia entered into an agreement whereby Russia would lease for a period of 20 years an area of 6,000 sq km enclosing the Bayqongyr (Baykonur) space launch facilities and the city of Bayqongyr (Leninsk)

9 provinces (do, singular and plural) and 3 special cities* (si, singular and plural);

• Chagang-do (Chagang Province),
• Hamgyong-bukto (North Hamgyong Province),
• Hamgyong-namdo (South Hamgyong Province),
• Hwanghae-bukto (North Hwanghae Province),
• Hwanghae-namdo (South Hwanghae Province),
• Kaesong-si* (Kaesong City),
• Kangwon-do (Kangwon Province),
• Namp'o-si* (Namp'o City),
• P'yongan-bukto (North P'yongan Province),
• P'yongan-namdo (South P'yongan Province),
• P'yongyang-si* (P'yongyang City),
• Yanggang-do (Yanggang Province)

• 9 provinces (do, singular and plural) and 6 special cities* (gwangyoksi, singular and plural);
• Cheju-do, Cholla-bukto, Cholla-namdo, Ch'ungch'ong-bukto, Ch'ungch'ong-namdo, Inch'on-gwangyoksi*, Kangwon-do, Kwangju-gwangyoksi*, Kyonggi-do, Kyongsang-bukto, Kyongsang-namdo, Pusan-gwangyoksi*, Soul-t'ukpyolsi*, Taegu-gwangyoksi*, Taejon-gwangyoksi*

• 6 oblasttar (singular-oblast) and 1 city* (singular-shaar);
• Bishkek Shaary*, Chuy Oblasty (Bishkek), Jalal-Abad Oblasty, Naryn Oblasty, Osh Oblasty, Talas Oblasty, Ysyk-Kol Oblasty (Karakol)

note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses)

• 19 atolls (atholhu, singular and plural) and 1 other first-order administrative division*;
• Alifu, Baa, Dhaalu, Faafu, Gaafu Alifu, Gaafu Dhaalu, Gnaviyani, Haa Alifu, Haa Dhaalu, Kaafu, Laamu, Lhaviyani, Maale*, Meemu, Noonu, Raa, Seenu, Shaviyani, Thaa, Vaavu

• 18 provinces (aymguud, singular-aymag) and 3 municipalities* (hotuud, singular-hot);
• Arhangay, Bayanhongor, Bayan-Olgiy, Bulgan, Darhan*, Dornod, Dornogovi, Dundgovi, Dzavhan, Erdenet*, Govi-Altay, Hentiy, Hovd, Hovsgol, Omnogovi, Ovorhangay, Selenge, Suhbaatar, Tov, Ulaanbaatar*, Uvs

14 zones (anchal, singular and plural);

• Bagmati,
• Bheri,
• Dhawalagiri,
• Gandaki,
• Janakpur,
• Karnali,
• Kosi,
• Lumbini,
• Mahakali,
• Mechi,
• Narayani,
• Rapti,
• Sagarmatha,
• Seti

• 4 provinces, 1 territory*, and 1 capital territory**;
• Balochistan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas*, Islamabad Capital Territory**, North-West Frontier, Punjab, Sindh

note: the Pakistani-administered portion of the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region includes Azad Kashmir and the Northern Areas

oblasts (oblastey, singular-oblast'), 21 autonomous republics* (avtonomnyk respublik, singular-avtonomnaya respublika), 10 autonomous okrugs**(avtonomnykh okrugov, singular-avtonomnyy okrug), 6 krays*** (krayev, singular-kray), 2 federal cities (singular-gorod)****, and 1 autonomous oblast*****(avtonomnaya oblast'); Adygeya (Maykop)*, Aginskiy Buryatskiy (Aginskoye)**, Altay (Gorno-Altaysk)*, Altayskiy (Barnaul)***, Amurskaya (Blagoveshchensk), Arkhangel'skaya, Astrakhanskaya, Bashkortostan (Ufa)*, Belgorodskaya, Bryanskaya, Buryatiya (Ulan-Ude)*, Chechnya (Groznyy)*, Chelyabinskaya, Chitinskaya, Chukotskiy (Anadyr')**, Chuvashiya (Cheboksary)*, Dagestan (Makhachkala)*, Evenkiyskiy (Tura)**, Ingushetiya (Nazran')*, Irkutskaya, Ivanovskaya, Kabardino-Balkariya (Nal'chik)*, Kaliningradskaya, Kalmykiya (Elista)*, Kaluzkskaya, Kamchatskaya (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy), Karachayevo-Cherkesiya (Cherkessk)*, Kareliya (Petrozavodsk)*, Kemerovskaya, Khabarovskiy***, Khakasiya (Abakan)*, Khanty-Mansiyskiy (Khanty-Mansiysk)**, Kirovskaya, Komi (Syktyvkar)*, Koryakskiy (Palana)**, Kostromskaya, Krasnodarskiy***, Krasnoyarskiy***, Kurganskaya, Kurskaya, Leningradskaya, Lipetskaya, Magadanskaya, Mariy-El (Yoshkar-Ola)*, Mordoviya (Saransk)*, Moskovskaya, Moskva****, Murmanskaya, Nenetskiy (Nar'yan-Mar)**, Nizhegorodskaya, Novgorodskaya, Novosibirskaya, Omskaya, Orenburgskaya, Orlovskaya (Orel), Penzenskaya, Permskaya, Komi-Permyatskiy (Kudymkar)**, Primorskiy (Vladivostok)***, Pskovskaya, Rostovskaya, Ryazanskaya, Sakha (Yakutsk)*, Sakhalinskaya (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk), Samarskaya, Sankt-Peterburg****, Saratovskaya, Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya (Vladikavkaz)*, Smolenskaya, Stavropol'skiy***, Sverdlovskaya (Yekaterinburg), Tambovskaya, Tatarstan (Kazan')*, Taymyrskiy (Dudinka)**, Tomskaya, Tul'skaya, Tverskaya, Tyumenskaya, Tyva (Kyzyl)*, Udmurtiya (Izhevsk)*, Ul'yanovskaya, Ust'-Ordynskiy Buryatskiy (Ust'-Ordynskiy)**, Vladimirskaya, Volgogradskaya, Vologodskaya, Voronezhskaya, Yamalo-Nenetskiy (Salekhard)**, Yaroslavskaya, Yevreyskaya*****; note-when using a place name with an adjectival ending 'skaya' or 'skiy,' the word Oblast' or Avonomnyy Okrug or Kray should be added to the place name

note: the autonomous republics of Chechnya and Ingushetiya were formerly the autonomous republic of Checheno-Ingushetia (the boundary between Chechnya and Ingushetia has yet to be determined); the cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg are federal cities; administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses)

8 provinces;

• Central,
• North Central,
• North Eastern,
• North Western,
• Sabaragamuwa,
• Southern,
• Uva,
• Western

• 2 oblasts (viloyatho, singular-viloyat) and one autonomous oblast* (viloyati avtonomii);
• Viloyati Avtonomii Badakhshoni Kuni* (Khorugh-formerly Khorog), Viloyati Khatlon (Qurghonteppa-formerly Kurgan-Tyube), Viloyati Leninobod (Khujand-formerly Leninabad)

note: the administrative center name follows in parentheses

5 welayatlar (singular-welayat): Ahal Welayaty (Ashgabat), Balkan Welayaty (Nebitdag), Dashhowuz Welayaty (formerly Tashauz), Lebap Welayaty (Charjew), Mary Welayaty

note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses)

• 12 wiloyatlar (singular-wiloyat), 1 autonomous republic* (respublikasi), and 1 city** (shahri);
• Andijon Wiloyati, Bukhoro Wiloyati, Jizzakh Wiloyati, Farghona Wiloyati, Qoraqalpoghiston* (Nukus), Qashqadaryo Wiloyati (Qarshi), Khorazm Wiloyati (Urganch), Namangan Wiloyati, Nawoiy Wiloyati, Samarqand Wiloyati, Sirdaryo Wiloyati (Guliston), Surkhondaryo Wiloyati (Termiz), Toshkent Shahri**, Toshkent Wiloyati

note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses)

none (dependent territory of the UK)

6 parishes and 2 dependencies*;

• Barbuda*,
• Redonda*,
• Saint George,
• Saint John,
• Saint Mary,
• Saint Paul,
• Saint Peter,
• Saint Philip

none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)

21 districts;

• Acklins and Crooked Islands,
• Bimini,
• Cat Island,
• Exuma,
• Freeport,
• Fresh Creek,
• Governor's Harbour,
• Green Turtle Cay,
• Harbour Island,
• High Rock,
• Inagua,
• Kemps Bay,
• Long Island,
• Marsh Harbour,
• Mayaguana,
• New Providence,
• Nicholls Town and Berry Islands,
• Ragged Island,
• Rock Sound,
• Sandy Point,
• San Salvador and Rum Cay

11 parishes;

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

note: the city of Bridgetown may be given parish status

6 districts;

• Belize,
• Cayo,
• Corozal,
• Orange Walk,
• Stann Creek,
• Toledo

none (dependent territory of the UK)

8 districts;

• Creek,
• Eastern,
• Midland,
• South Town,
• Spot Bay,
• Stake Bay,
• West End,
• Western

7 provinces (provincias, singular-provincia);

• Alajuela,
• Cartago,
• Guanacaste,
• Heredia,
• Limon,
• Puntarenas,
• San Jose

• 14 provinces (provincias, singular-provincia) and 1 special municipality* (municipio especial);
• Camaguey, Ciego de Avila, Cienfuegos, Ciudad de La Habana, Granma, Guantanamo, Holguin, Isla de la Juventud*, La Habana, Las Tunas, Matanzas, Pinar del Rio, Sancti Spiritus, Santiago de Cuba, Villa Clara

10 parishes;

• Saint Andrew,
• Saint David,
• Saint George,
• Saint John,
• Saint Joseph,
• Saint Luke,
• Saint Mark,
• Saint Patrick,
• Saint Paul,
• Saint Peter

• 29 provinces (provincias, singular-provincia) and 1 district* (distrito);
• Azua, Baoruco, Barahona, Dajabon, Distrito Nacional*, Duarte, Elias Pina, El Seibo, Espaillat, Hato Mayor, Independencia, La Altagracia, La Romana, La Vega, Maria Trinidad Sanchez, Monsenor Nouel, Monte Cristi, Monte Plata, Pedernales, Peravia, Puerto Plata, Salcedo, Samana, Sanchez Ramirez, San Cristobal, San Juan, San Pedro de Macoris, Santiago, Santiago Rodriguez, Valverde

• 14 departments (departamentos, singular-departamento);
• Ahuachapan, Cabanas, Chalatenango, Cuscatlan, La Libertad, La Paz, La Union, Morazan, San Miguel, San Salvador, Santa Ana, San Vicente, Sonsonate, Usulutan

6 parishes and 1 dependency*;

• Carriacou and Petit Martinique*,
• Saint Andrew,
• Saint David,
• Saint George,
• Saint John,
• Saint Mark,
• Saint Patrick

none (overseas department of France)

• 22 departments (departamentos, singular-departamento);
• Alta Verapaz, Baja Verapaz, Chimaltenango, Chiquimula, El Progreso, Escuintla, Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Izabal, Jalapa, Jutiapa, Peten, Quetzaltenango, Quiche, Retalhuleu, Sacatepequez, San Marcos, Santa Rosa, Solola, Suchitepequez, Totonicapan, Zacapa

9 departments, (departements, singular-departement);

• Artibonite,
• Centre,
• Grand'Anse,
• Nord,
• Nord-Est,
• Nord-Ouest,
• Ouest,
• Sud,
• Sud-Est

• 18 departments (departamentos, singular-departamento) plus probable Central District (Tegucigalpa);
• Atlantida, Choluteca, Colon, Comayagua, Copan, Cortes, El Paraiso, Francisco Morazan, Gracias a Dios, Intibuca, Islas de la Bahia, La Paz, Lempira, Ocotepeque, Olancho, Santa Barbara, Valle, Yoro

14 parishes;

• Clarendon,
• Hanover,
• Kingston,
• Manchester,
• Portland,
• Saint Andrew,
• Saint Ann,
• Saint Catherine,
• Saint Elizabeth,
• Saint James,
• Saint Mary,
• Saint Thomas,
• Trelawny,
• Westmoreland

none (overseas department of France)

3 parishes;

• Saint Anthony,
• Saint Georges,
• Saint Peter's

none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)

note: each island has its own government

• 15 departments (departamentos, singular-departamento), 2 autonomous regions* (regiones autonomistas, singular-region autonomista);
• Boaco, Carazo, Chinandega, Chontales, Esteli, Granada, Jinotega, Leon, Madriz, Managua, Masaya, Matagalpa, Nueva Segovia, Rio San Juan, Rivas, Atlantico Norte*, Atlantico Sur*

• 9 provinces (provincias, singular-provincia) and 2 territories* (comarca);
• Bocas del Toro, Chiriqui, Cocle, Colon, Darien, Herrera, Los Santos, Panama, San Blas*, Veraguas, and a new, as yet unnamed territory* or 'comarca' created 7 March 1997 when President PEREZ BALLADARES signed a bill designating a reserve stretched across three provinces

none (commonwealth associated with the US); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 78 municipalities

14 parishes;

• Christ Church Nichola Town,
• Saint Anne Sandy Point,
• Saint George Basseterre,
• Saint George Gingerland,
• Saint James Windward,
• Saint John Capisterre,
• Saint John Figtree,
• Saint Mary Cayon,
• Saint Paul Capisterre,
• Saint Paul Charlestown,
• Saint Peter Basseterre,
• Saint Thomas Lowland,
• Saint Thomas Middle Island,
• Trinity Palmetto Point

11 quarters;

• Anse-la-Raye,
• Castries,
• Choiseul,
• Dauphin,
• Dennery,
• Gros Islet,
• Laborie,
• Micoud,
• Praslin,
• Soufriere,
• Vieux Fort

6 parishes;

• Charlotte,
• Grenadines,
• Saint Andrew,
• Saint David,
• Saint George,
• Saint Patrick

• 8 counties, 3 municipalities*, and 1 ward**;
• Arima*, Caroni, Mayaro, Nariva, Port-of-Spain*, Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint Patrick, San Fernando*, Tobago**, Victoria

none (dependent territory of the UK)

none (territory of the US)

36 districts (rrethe, singular-rreth);

• Berat,
• Bulquize,
• Delvine,
• Devoll (Bilisht),
• Dibre (Peshkopi),
• Durres,
• Elbasan,
• Fier,
• Gjirokaster,
• Gramsh,
• Has (Krume),
• Kavaje,
• Kolonje (Erseke),
• Korce,
• Kruje,
• Kucove,
• Kukes,
• Lac,
• Lezhe,
• Librazhd,
• Lushnje,
• Malesia e Madhe (Koplik),
• Mallakaster (Ballsh),
• Mat (Burrel),
• Mirdite (Rreshen),
• Peqin,
• Permet,
• Pogradec,
• Puke,
• Sarande,
• Shkoder,
• Skrapar (Corovode),
• Tepelene,
• Tirane,
• Tropoje (Bajram Curri),
• Vlore

note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses)

7 parishes (parroquies, singular-parroquia);

• Andorra,
• Canillo,
• Encamp,
• La Massana,
• Les Escaldes,
• Ordino,
• Sant Julia de Loria

9 states (bundeslaender, singular-bundesland);

• Burgenland,
• Kaernten,
• Niederoesterreich,
• Oberoesterreich,
• Salzburg,
• Steiermark,
• Tirol,
• Vorarlberg,
• Wien

• 6 voblastsi (singular-voblasts') and one municipality* (harady, singular - horad);
• Brestskaya (Brest), Homyel'skaya (Homyel'), Horad Minsk*, Hrodzyenskaya (Hrodna), Mahilyowskaya (Mahilyow), Minskaya, Vitsyebskaya (Vitsyebsk)

note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses)

• 9 provinces (French: provinces, singular-province; Flemish: provincien, singular-provincie);
• Antwerpen, Brabant, Hainaut, Liege, Limburg, Luxembourg, Namur, Oost-Vlaanderen, West-Vlaanderen

note: constitutional reforms passed by Parliament in 1993 theoretically increased the number of provinces to 10 by splitting the province of Brabant into two new provinces, Flemish Brabant and Walloon Brabant, but this has not been confirmed by the US Government

• there are two first-order administrative divisions approved by the US Government-the Muslim/Croat Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Federacija Bosna i Hercegovina) and Republika Srpska;
• it has been reported that the Muslim/Croat Federation is comprised of 10 cantons identified by either number or name - Goradzde (5), Livno (10), Middle Bosnia (6), Neretva (7), Posavina (2), Sarajevo (9), Tuzla Podrinje (3), Una Sana (1), West Herzegovina (8), Zenica Doboj (4)

9 provinces (oblasti, singular-oblast);

• Burgas,
• Grad Sofiya,
• Khaskovo,
• Lovech,
• Montana,
• Plovdiv,
• Ruse,
• Sofiya,
• Varna

21 counties (zupanijas, zupanija-singular): Bjelovar-Bilogora, City of Zagreb, Dubrovnik-Neretva, Istra, Karlovac, Koprivnica-Krizevci, Krapina-Zagorje, Lika-Senj, Medimurje, Osijek-Baranja, Pozega-Slavonia, Primorje-Gorski Kotar, Sibenik, Sisak-Moslavina, Slavonski Brod-Posavina, Split-Dalmatia, Varazdin, Virovitica-Podravina, Vukovar-Srijem, Zadar-Knin, Zagreb

8 regions (kraje, kraj-singular);

• Jihocesky,
• Jihomoravsky,
• Praha,
• Severocesky,
• Severomoravsky,
• Stredocesky,
• Vychodocesky,
• Zapadocesky