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Administrative divisions was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 2003 edition carries it in 235 entries, in its Government section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

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World

268 nations, dependent areas, other, and miscellaneous entries

Africa

57 entries

Algeria

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

Angola

  • 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

Benin

12 departments;

  • Alibori,
  • Atakora,
  • Atlantique,
  • Borgou,
  • Collines,
  • Kouffo,
  • Donga,
  • Littoral,
  • Mono,
  • Oueme,
  • Plateau,
  • Zou

Botswana

9 districts and four town councils*;

  • Central,
  • Francistown*,
  • Gaborone*,
  • Ghanzi,
  • Kgalagadi,
  • Kgatleng,
  • Kweneng,
  • Lobatse*,
  • Northwest,
  • Northeast,
  • Selebi-Pikwe*,
  • Southeast,
  • Southern

Burkina Faso

45 provinces;

  • Bale,
  • Bam,
  • Banwa,
  • Bazega,
  • Bougouriba,
  • Boulgou,
  • Boulkiemde,
  • Comoe,
  • Ganzourgou,
  • Gnagna,
  • Gourma,
  • Houet,
  • Ioba,
  • Kadiogo,
  • Kenedougou,
  • Komondjari,
  • Kompienga,
  • Kossi,
  • Koulpelogo,
  • Kouritenga,
  • Kourweogo,
  • Leraba,
  • Loroum,
  • Mouhoun,
  • Namentenga,
  • Nahouri,
  • Nayala,
  • Noumbiel,
  • Oubritenga,
  • Oudalan,
  • Passore,
  • Poni,
  • Sanguie,
  • Sanmatenga,
  • Seno,
  • Sissili,
  • Soum,
  • Sourou,
  • Tapoa,
  • Tuy,
  • Yagha,
  • Yatenga,
  • Ziro,
  • Zondoma,
  • Zoundweogo

Burundi

16 provinces;

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

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

  • 17 municipalities (concelhos, singular - concelho);
  • Boa Vista, Brava, Maio, Mosteiros, Paul, Praia, Porto Novo, Ribeira Grande, Sal, Santa Catarina, Santa Cruz, Sao Domingos, Sao Filipe, Sao Miguel, Sao Nicolau, Sao Vicente, Tarrafal

Cameroon

10 provinces;

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

Central African Republic

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

Chad

  • 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

note: instead of 14 prefectures, there may be a new administrative structure of 28 departments (departments, singular - department), and 1 city*; Assongha, Baguirmi, Bahr El Gazal, Bahr Koh, Batha Oriental, Batha Occidental, Biltine, Borkou, Dababa, Ennedi, Guera, Hadjer Lamis, Kabia, Kanem, Lac, Lac Iro, Logone Occidental, Logone Oriental, Mandoul, Mayo-Boneye, Mayo-Dallah, Monts de Lam, N'Djamena*, Ouaddai, Salamat, Sila, Tandjile Oriental, Tandjile Occidental, Tibesti

Comoros

  • 3 islands;
  • Grande Comore (Njazidja), Anjouan (Nzwani), and Moheli (Mwali);
  • note - there are also four municipalities named Domoni, Fomboni, Moroni, and Moutsamoudou

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • 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

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

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

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

Cote d'Ivoire

58 departments (departements, singular - departement);

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

Djibouti

5 districts (cercles, singular - cercle);

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

Egypt

  • 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

Equatorial Guinea

7 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia);

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

Eritrea

6 regions (regions, singular - region);

  • Central,
  • Anelba,
  • Southern Red Sea,
  • Northern Red Sea,
  • Southern,
  • Gash-Barka

Swaziland now Eswatini

4 districts;

  • Hhohho,
  • Lubombo,
  • Manzini,
  • Shiselweni

Ethiopia

  • 9 ethnically-based states (kililoch, singular - kilil) and 2 self-governing administrations* (astedaderoch, singular - astedader);
  • Adis Abeba* (Addis Ababa), Afar, Amara (Amhara), Binshangul Gumuz, Dire Dawa*, Gambela Hizboch (Gambela Peoples), Hareri Hizb (Harari People), Oromiya (Oromia), Sumale (Somali), Tigray, Ye Debub Biheroch Bihereseboch na Hizboch (Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples)

Gabon

9 provinces;

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

Gambia, The now The Gambia

5 divisions and 1 city*;

  • Banjul*,
  • Central River,
  • Lower River,
  • North Bank,
  • Upper River,
  • Western

Ghana

10 regions;

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

Guinea

  • 33 prefectures and 1 special zone (zone special)*;
  • 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

Guinea-Bissau

  • 9 regions (regioes, singular - regiao);
  • Bafata, Biombo, Bissau, Bolama, Cacheu, Gabu, Oio, Quinara, Tombali;
  • note - Bolama may have been renamed Bolama/Bijagos

Kenya

7 provinces and 1 area*;

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

Lesotho

10 districts;

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

Liberia

15 counties;

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

Libya

  • 25 municipalities (baladiyat, singular - baladiyah);
  • 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 13 regions

Madagascar

6 provinces (faritany);

  • Antananarivo,
  • Antsiranana,
  • Fianarantsoa,
  • Mahajanga,
  • Toamasina,
  • Toliara

Malawi

27 districts;

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

Mali

8 regions (regions, singular - region);

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

Mauritania

  • 12 regions (regions, singular - region) and 1 capital district*;
  • Adrar, Assaba, Brakna, Dakhlet Nouadhibou, Gorgol, Guidimaka, Hodh Ech Chargui, Hodh El Gharbi, Inchiri, Nouakchott*, Tagant, Tiris Zemmour, Trarza

Mauritius

9 districts and 3 dependencies*;

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

Mayotte

none (territorial collectivity of France)

Morocco

  • 37 provinces and 2 wilayas*;
  • Agadir, Al Hoceima, Azilal, Beni Mellal, Ben Slimane, Boulemane, Casablanca*, Chaouen, El Jadida, El Kelaa des Sraghna, 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;
  • 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

note: as part of a 1997 decentralization/regionalization law passed by the legislature 16 new regions (provided below) were created although full details and scope of the reorganization are limited : Casablanca, Chaouia-Ourdigha, Doukkala-Abda, Fes-Boulmane, Gharb-Chrarda-Beni Hssen, Guelmim-Es Smara, Laayoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra, Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz, Meknes-Tafilalet, Oriental, Oued Eddahab-Lagouira, Rabat-Sale-Zemmour-Zaer, Souss-Massa-Draa, Tadla-Azilal, Tangier-Tetouan, Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate

Mozambique

10 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia), 1 city*;

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

Namibia

13 regions;

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

Niger

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

Nigeria

36 states and 1 territory*;

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

Reunion

none (overseas department of France); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 4 arrondissements, 24 communes, and 47 cantons

Rwanda

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

Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

1 administrative area and 2 dependencies*;

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

Sao Tome and Principe

2 provinces; Principe, Sao Tome

note: Principe has had self-government since 29 April 1995

Senegal

10 regions (regions, singular - region);

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

note: there may be another region called Matam

Seychelles

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),
  • Grand' Anse (on Praslin),
  • La Digue,
  • La Riviere Anglaise,
  • Mont Buxton,
  • Mont Fleuri,
  • Plaisance,
  • Pointe La Rue,
  • Port Glaud,
  • Saint Louis,
  • Takamaka

Sierra Leone

3 provinces and 1 area*;

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

Somalia

  • 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

South Africa

9 provinces;

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

Sudan

26 states (wilayat, singular - 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

Tanzania

25 regions;

  • Arusha,
  • Dar es Salaam,
  • Dodoma,
  • Iringa,
  • Kagera,
  • 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

Togo

5 regions (regions, singular - region);

  • De La Kara,
  • Des Plateaux,
  • Des Savanes,
  • Centrale,
  • Maritime

Tunisia

24 governorates;

  • Ariana (Aryanah),
  • Beja (Bajah),
  • Ben Arous (Bin 'Arus),
  • Bizerte (Banzart),
  • Gabes (Qabis),
  • Gafsa (Qafsah),
  • Jendouba (Jundubah),
  • Kairouan (Al Qayrawan),
  • Kasserine (Al Qasrayn),
  • Kebili (Qibili),
  • Kef (Al Kaf),
  • Mahdia (Al Mahdiyah),
  • Manouba (Manubah),
  • Medenine (Madanin),
  • Monastir (Al Munastir),
  • Nabeul (Nabul),
  • Sfax (Safaqis),
  • Sidi Bou Zid (Sidi Bu Zayd),
  • Siliana (Silyanah),
  • Sousse (Susah),
  • Tataouine (Tatawin),
  • Tozeur (Tawzar),
  • Tunis,
  • Zaghouan (Zaghwan)

Uganda

56 districts;

  • Adjumani,
  • Apac,
  • Arua,
  • Bugiri,
  • Bundibugyo,
  • Bushenyi,
  • Busia,
  • Gulu,
  • Hoima,
  • Iganga,
  • Jinja,
  • Kabale,
  • Kabarole,
  • Kaberamaido,
  • Kalangala,
  • Kampala,
  • Kamuli,
  • Kamwenge,
  • Kanungu,
  • Kapchorwa,
  • Kasese,
  • Katakwi,
  • Kayunga,
  • Kibale,
  • Kiboga,
  • Kisoro,
  • Kitgum,
  • Kotido,
  • Kumi,
  • Kyenjojo,
  • Lira,
  • Luwero,
  • Masaka,
  • Masindi,
  • Mayuge,
  • Mbale,
  • Mbarara,
  • Moroto,
  • Moyo,
  • Mpigi,
  • Mubende,
  • Mukono,
  • Nakapiripirit,
  • Nakasongola,
  • Nebbi,
  • Ntungamo,
  • Pader,
  • Pallisa,
  • Rakai,
  • Rukungiri,
  • Sembabule,
  • Sironko,
  • Soroti,
  • Tororo,
  • Wakiso,
  • Yumbe

Western Sahara

none (under de facto control of Morocco)

Zambia

9 provinces;

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

Zimbabwe

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

Antarctic Region

1 entry

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

  • 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

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

3 districts (landsdele);

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

note: there are 18 municipalities in Greenland

Iceland

23 counties (syslur, 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

note: there may be four other counties

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

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

Armenia

11 provinces (marzer, singular - marz);

  • Aragatsotn,
  • Ararat,
  • Armavir,
  • Geghark'unik',
  • Kotayk',
  • Lorri,
  • Shirak,
  • Syunik',
  • Tavush,
  • Vayots' Dzor,
  • Yerevan

Azerbaijan

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

Bangladesh

  • 5 divisions;
  • Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna, Rajshahi;
  • note - there may be one additional division named Sylhet

Bhutan

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

note: there may be two new districts named Gasa and Yangtse

China

  • 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 entries for the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau

Georgia

  • 9 regions, (mkharebi, singular - mkhare), 9 cities* (k'alak'ebi, singular - k'alak'i), and 2 autonomous republics** (avtomnoy respubliki, singular - avtom respublika);
  • Abkhazia or Ap'khazet'is Avtonomiuri Respublika** (Sokhumi), Ajaria or Acharis Avtonomiuri Respublika** (Bat'umi), Chiat'ura*, Gori*, Guria, Imereti, Kakheti, K'ut'aisi*, Kvemo Kartli, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, P'ot'i*, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, Rust'avi*, Samegrelo and Zemo Svaneti, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Shida Kartli, T'bilisi*, Tqibuli*, Tsqaltubo*, Zugdidi*

note: the administrative centers of the 2 autonomous republics are shown in parentheses

India

28 states and 7 union territories*;

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

Japan

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

Kazakhstan

  • 14 provinces (oblystar, singular - oblys) and 3 cities* (qala, singular - qalasy);
  • Almaty Oblysy, Almaty Qalasy*, Aqmola Oblysy (Astana), Aqtobe Oblysy, Astana Qalasy*, Atyrau Oblysy, Batys Qazaqstan Oblysy (Oral), Bayqongyr Qalasy*, Mangghystau Oblysy (Aqtau), Ongtustik Qazaqstan Oblysy (Shymkent), Pavlodar Oblysy, Qaraghandy Oblysy, Qostanay Oblysy, Qyzylorda Oblysy, Shyghys Qazaqstan Oblysy (Oskemen), Soltustik Qazaqstan Oblysy (Petropavlovsk), Zhambyl Oblysy (Taraz)

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 Baykonur space launch facilities and the city of Bayqongyr (Baykonyr, formerly Leninsk)

Korea, North now North Korea

9 provinces (do, singular and plural) and 4 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),
  • Najin Sonbong-si*,
  • Namp'o-si* (Namp'o City),
  • P'yongan-bukto (North P'yongan Province),
  • P'yongan-namdo (South P'yongan Province),
  • P'yongyang-si* (Pyongyang City),
  • Yanggang-do (Yanggang Province)

Korea, South now South Korea

  • 9 provinces (do, singular and plural) and 7 metropolitan 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*, Ulsan-gwangyoksi*

Kyrgyzstan

  • 7 provinces (oblastlar, singular - oblasty) and 1 city* (shaar);
  • Batken Oblasty, 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)

Maldives

  • 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

Mongolia

  • 21 provinces (aymguud, singular - aymag) and 1 municipality* (singular - hot);
  • Arhangay, Bayanhongor, Bayan-Olgiy, Bulgan, Darhan Uul, Dornod, Dornogovi, Dundgovi, Dzavhan, Govi-Altay, Govi-Sumber, Hentiy, Hovd, Hovsgol, Omnogovi, Orhon, Ovorhangay, Selenge, Suhbaatar, Tov, Ulaanbaatar*, Uvs

Nepal

14 zones (anchal, singular and plural);

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

Pakistan

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

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

Russia

49 oblasts (oblastey, singular - oblast), 21 republics* (respublik, singular - 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)*, Kaluzhskaya, 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 (Moscow)****, Murmanskaya, Nenetskiy (Nar'yan-Mar)**, Nizhegorodskaya, Novgorodskaya, Novosibirskaya, Omskaya, Orenburgskaya, Orlovskaya (Orel), Penzenskaya, Permskaya, Komi-Permyatskiy (Kudymkar)**, Primorskiy (Vladivostok)***, Pskovskaya, Rostovskaya, Ryazanskaya, Sakha (Yakutiya)*, Sakhalinskaya (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk), Samarskaya, Sankt-Peterburg (Saint Petersburg)****, Saratovskaya, Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya [North Ossetia] (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: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses)

Sri Lanka

  • 8 provinces;
  • Central, North Central, North Eastern, North Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern, Uva, Western;
  • note - North Eastern province may have been divided in two - Northern and Eastern

Tajikistan

  • 2 provinces (viloyatho, singular - viloyat) and 1 autonomous province* (viloyati mukhtor);
  • Viloyati Mukhtori Kuhistoni Badakhshon* (Khorugh), Viloyati Khatlon (Qurghonteppa), Viloyati Sughd (Khujand)

note: the administrative center name follows in parentheses

Turkmenistan

5 provinces (welayatlar, singular - welayat): Ahal Welayaty (Ashgabat), Balkan Welayaty (Balkanabat), Dashoguz Welayaty, Lebap Welayaty (Turkmenabat), Mary Welayaty

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

Uzbekistan

  • 12 provinces (viloyatlar, singular - viloyat), 1 autonomous republic* (respublika), and 1 city** (shahar);
  • Andijon Viloyati, Buxoro Viloyati, Farg'ona Viloyati, Jizzax Viloyati, Namangan Viloyati, Navoiy Viloyati, Qashqadaryo Viloyati (Qarshi), Qaraqalpog'iston Respublikasi* (Nukus), Samarqand Viloyati, Sirdaryo Viloyati (Guliston), Surxondaryo Viloyati (Termiz), Toshkent Shahri**, Toshkent Viloyati, Xorazm Viloyati (Urganch)

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

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

none (overseas territory of the UK)

Antigua and Barbuda

6 parishes and 2 dependencies*;

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

Aruba

none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

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,
  • Nichollstown and Berry Islands,
  • Ragged Island,
  • Rock Sound,
  • Sandy Point,
  • San Salvador and Rum Cay

Barbados

  • 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

Belize

6 districts;

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

British Virgin Islands

none (overseas territory of the UK)

Cayman Islands

8 districts;

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

Costa Rica

7 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia);

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

Cuba

  • 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

Dominica

10 parishes;

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

Dominican Republic

  • 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

El Salvador

  • 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

Grenada

6 parishes and 1 dependency*;

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

Guadeloupe

none (overseas department of France)

Guatemala

  • 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

Haiti

9 departments (departements, singular - departement);

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

Honduras

  • 18 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento);
  • 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

Jamaica

14 parishes;

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

Martinique

none (overseas department of France)

Montserrat

3 parishes;

  • Saint Anthony,
  • Saint Georges,
  • Saint Peter

Netherlands Antilles

none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)

note: each island has its own government

Nicaragua

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

Panama

  • 9 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 territory* (comarca);
  • Bocas del Toro, Chiriqui, Cocle, Colon, Darien, Herrera, Los Santos, Panama, San Blas*, and Veraguas

Puerto Rico

none (commonwealth associated with the US); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 78 municipalities (municipios, singular - municipio) at the second order; Adjuntas, Aguada, Aguadilla, Aguas Buenas, Aibonito, Anasco, Arecibo, Arroyo, Barceloneta, Barranquitas, Bayamon, Cabo Rojo, Caguas, Camuy, Canovanas, Carolina, Catano, Cayey, Ceiba, Ciales, Cidra, Coamo, Comerio, Corozal, Culebra, Dorado, Fajardo, Florida, Guanica, Guayama, Guayanilla, Guaynabo, Gurabo, Hatillo, Hormigueros, Humacao, Isabela, Jayuya, Juana Diaz, Juncos, Lajas, Lares, Las Marias, Las Piedras, Loiza, Luquillo, Manati, Maricao, Maunabo, Mayaguez, Moca, Morovis, Naguabo, Naranjito, Orocovis, Patillas, Penuelas, Ponce, Quebradillas, Rincon, Rio Grande, Sabana Grande, Salinas, San German, San Juan, San Lorenzo, San Sebastian, Santa Isabel, Toa Alta, Toa Baja, Trujillo Alto, Utuado, Vega Alta, Vega Baja, Vieques, Villalba, Yabucoa, Yauco

Saint Kitts and Nevis

14 parishes;

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

Saint Lucia

11 quarters;

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

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

6 parishes;

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

Trinidad and Tobago

  • 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

Turks and Caicos Islands

none (overseas territory of the UK)

Virgin Islands

  • none (territory of the US);
  • there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are three islands at the second order;
  • Saint Croix, Saint John, Saint Thomas

Europe

46 entries

Albania

12 counties (qarqe, singular - qark);

  • Qarku i Beratit,
  • Qarku i Dibres,
  • Qarku i Durresit,
  • Qarku i Elbasanit,
  • Qarku i Fierit,
  • Qarku i Gjirokastres,
  • Qarku i Korces,
  • Qarku i Kukesit,
  • Qarku i Lezhes,
  • Qarku i Shkodres,
  • Qarku i Tiranes,
  • Qarku i Vlores

Andorra

7 parishes (parroquies, singular - parroquia);

  • Andorra la Vella,
  • Canillo,
  • Encamp,
  • La Massana,
  • Escaldes-Engordany,
  • Ordino,
  • Sant Julia de Loria

Austria

9 states (Bundeslaender, singular - Bundesland);

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

Belarus

  • 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 - when using a place name with the adjectival ending 'skaya,' the word voblasts' should be added to the place name

note: voblasti have the administrative center name following in parentheses

Belgium

  • 10 provinces (French: provinces, singular - province; Dutch: provincies, singular - provincie) and 3 regions* (French: regions; Dutch: gewesten);
  • Antwerpen, Brabant Wallon, Brussels* (Bruxelles), Flanders*, Hainaut, Liege, Limburg, Luxembourg, Namur, Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaams-Brabant, Wallonia*, West-Vlaanderen

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • there are two first-order administrative divisions and one internationally supervised district* - Brcko district (Brcko Distrikt)*, the Bosniak/Croat Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Federacija Bosna i Hercegovina) and the Bosnian Serb-led Republika Srpska;
  • note - Brcko district is in northeastern Bosnia and is an administrative unit under the sovereignty of Bosnia and Herzegovina;
  • the district remains under international supervision

Bulgaria

  • 28 provinces (oblasti, singular - oblast);
  • Blagoevgrad, Burgas, Dobrich, Gabrovo, Khaskovo, Kurdzhali, Kyustendil, Lovech, Montana, Pazardzhik, Pernik, Pleven, Plovdiv, Razgrad, Ruse, Shumen, Silistra, Sliven, Smolyan, Sofiya, Sofiya-Grad, Stara Zagora, Turgovishte, Varna, Veliko Turnovo, Vidin, Vratsa, Yambol

Croatia

20 counties (zupanije, zupanija - singular) and 1 city* (grad - singular);

  • Bjelovarsko-Bilogorska Zupanija,
  • Brodsko-Posavska Zupanija,
  • Dubrovacko-Neretvanska Zupanija,
  • Istarska Zupanija,
  • Karlovacka Zupanija,
  • Koprivnicko-Krizevacka Zupanija,
  • Krapinsko-Zagorska Zupanija,
  • Licko-Senjska Zupanija,
  • Medimurska Zupanija,
  • Osjecko-Baranjska Zupanija,
  • Pozesko-Slavonska Zupanija,
  • Primorsko-Goranska Zupanija,
  • Sibensko-Kninska Zupanija,
  • Sisacko-Moslavacka Zupanija,
  • Splitsko-Dalmatinska Zupanija,
  • Varazdinska Zupanija,
  • Viroviticko-Podravska Zupanija,
  • Vukovarsko-Srijemska Zupanija,
  • Zadarska Zupanija,
  • Zagreb*,
  • Zagrebacka Zupanija

Czech Republic now Czechia

  • 13 regions (kraje, singular - kraj) and 1 capital city* (hlavni mesto);
  • Jihocesky Kraj, Jihomoravsky Kraj, Karlovarsky Kraj, Kralovehradecky Kraj, Liberecky Kraj, Moravskoslezsky Kraj, Olomoucky Kraj, Pardubicky Kraj, Plzensky Kraj, Praha*, Stredocesky Kraj, Ustecky Kraj, Vysocina, Zlinsky Kraj

Denmark

  • metropolitan Denmark - 14 counties (amter, singular - amt) and 2 boroughs* (amtskommuner, singular - amtskomunes);
  • Arhus, Bornholm, Fredericksberg*, Frederiksborg, Fyn, Kobenhavn, Kobenhavns*, Nordjylland, Ribe, Ringkobing, Roskilde, Sonderjylland, Storstrom, Vejle, Vestsjalland, Viborg

note: see separate entries for the Faroe Islands and Greenland, which are part of the Kingdom of Denmark and are self-governing overseas administrative divisions

Estonia

15 counties (maakonnad, singular - maakond): Harjumaa (Tallinn), Hiiumaa (Kardla), Ida-Virumaa (Johvi), Jarvamaa (Paide), Jogevamaa (Jogeva), Laanemaa (Haapsalu), Laane-Virumaa (Rakvere), Parnumaa (Parnu), Polvamaa (Polva), Raplamaa (Rapla), Saaremaa (Kuressaare), Tartumaa (Tartu), Valgamaa (Valga), Viljandimaa (Viljandi), Vorumaa (Voru)

note: counties have the administrative center name following in parentheses

Faroe Islands

  • none (part of the Kingdom of Denmark; self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark);
  • there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 49 municipalities

Finland

6 provinces (laanit, singular - laani);

  • Aland,
  • Etela-Suomen Laani,
  • Ita-Suomen Laani,
  • Lansi-Suomen Laani,
  • Lappi,
  • Oulun Laani

France

22 regions (regions, singular - region);

  • Alsace,
  • Aquitaine,
  • Auvergne,
  • Basse-Normandie,
  • Bourgogne,
  • Bretagne,
  • Centre,
  • Champagne-Ardenne,
  • Corse,
  • Franche-Comte,
  • Haute-Normandie,
  • Ile-de-France,
  • Languedoc-Roussillon,
  • Limousin,
  • Lorraine,
  • Midi-Pyrenees,
  • Nord-Pas-de-Calais,
  • Pays de la Loire,
  • Picardie,
  • Poitou-Charentes,
  • Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur,
  • Rhone-Alpes

note: metropolitan France is divided into 22 regions (including the "territorial collectivity" of Corse or Corsica) and is subdivided into 96 departments; see separate entries for the overseas departments (French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion) and the overseas territorial collectivities (Mayotte, Saint Pierre and Miquelon)

Germany

16 states (Laender, singular - Land);

  • Baden-Wuerttemberg,
  • Bayern,
  • Berlin,
  • Brandenburg,
  • Bremen,
  • Hamburg,
  • Hessen,
  • Mecklenburg-Vorpommern,
  • Niedersachsen,
  • Nordrhein-Westfalen,
  • Rheinland-Pfalz,
  • Saarland,
  • Sachsen,
  • Sachsen-Anhalt,
  • Schleswig-Holstein,
  • Thueringen

Gibraltar

none (overseas territory of the UK)

Greece

51 prefectures (nomoi, singular - nomos)and 1 autonomous region*;

  • Agion Oros* (Mt. Athos),
  • Achaia,
  • Aitolia kai Akarmania,
  • Argolis,
  • Arkadia,
  • Arta,
  • Attiki,
  • Chalkidiki,
  • Chanion,
  • Chios,
  • Dodekanisos,
  • Drama,
  • Evros,
  • Evrytania,
  • Evvoia,
  • Florina,
  • Fokidos,
  • Fthiotis,
  • Grevena,
  • Ileia,
  • Imathia,
  • Ioannina,
  • Irakleion,
  • Karditsa,
  • Kastoria,
  • Kavala,
  • Kefallinia,
  • Kerkyra,
  • Kilkis,
  • Korinthia,
  • Kozani,
  • Kyklades,
  • Lakonia,
  • Larisa,
  • Lasithi,
  • Lefkas,
  • Lesvos,
  • Magnisia,
  • Messinia,
  • Pella,
  • Pieria,
  • Preveza,
  • Rethynnis,
  • Rodopi,
  • Samos,
  • Serrai,
  • Thesprotia,
  • Thessaloniki,
  • Trikala,
  • Voiotia,
  • Xanthi,
  • Zakynthos

Guernsey

none (British crown dependency); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 10 parishes including Saint Peter Port, Saint Sampson, Vale, Castel, Saint Saviour, Saint Pierre du Bois, Torteval, Forest, Saint Martin, Saint Andrew

Holy See (Vatican City)

none

Hungary

19 counties (megyek, singular - megye), 20 urban counties* (singular - megyei varos), and 1 capital city** (fovaros);

  • Bacs-Kiskun,
  • Baranya,
  • Bekes,
  • Bekescsaba*,
  • Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen,
  • Budapest**,
  • Csongrad,
  • Debrecen*,
  • Dunaujvaros*,
  • Eger*,
  • Fejer,
  • Gyor*,
  • Gyor-Moson-Sopron,
  • Hajdu-Bihar,
  • Heves,
  • Hodmezovasarhely*,
  • Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok,
  • Kaposvar*,
  • Kecskemet*,
  • Komarom-Esztergom,
  • Miskolc*,
  • Nagykanizsa*,
  • Nograd,
  • Nyiregyhaza*,
  • Pecs*,
  • Pest,
  • Somogy,
  • Sopron*,
  • Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg,
  • Szeged*,
  • Szekesfehervar*,
  • Szolnok*,
  • Szombathely*,
  • Tatabanya*,
  • Tolna,
  • Vas,
  • Veszprem,
  • Veszprem*,
  • Zala,
  • Zalaegerszeg*

Ireland

26 counties;

  • Carlow,
  • Cavan,
  • Clare,
  • Cork,
  • Donegal,
  • Dublin,
  • Galway,
  • Kerry,
  • Kildare,
  • Kilkenny,
  • Laois,
  • Leitrim,
  • Limerick,
  • Longford,
  • Louth,
  • Mayo,
  • Meath,
  • Monaghan,
  • Offaly,
  • Roscommon,
  • Sligo,
  • Tipperary,
  • Waterford,
  • Westmeath,
  • Wexford,
  • Wicklow

note: Cavan, Donegal, and Monaghan are part of Ulster Province

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 24 local authorities each with its own elections

Italy

  • 20 regions (regioni, singular - regione);
  • Abruzzi, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Liguria, Lombardia, Marche, Molise, Piemonte, Puglia, Sardegna, Sicilia, Toscana, Trentino-Alto Adige, Umbria, Valle d'Aosta, Veneto

Jersey

none (British crown dependency)

Latvia

26 counties (singular - rajons) and 7 municipalities*: Aizkraukles Rajons, Aluksnes Rajons, Balvu Rajons, Bauskas Rajons, Cesu Rajons, Daugavpils*, Daugavpils Rajons, Dobeles Rajons, Gulbenes Rajons, Jekabpils Rajons, Jelgava*, Jelgavas Rajons, Jurmala*, Kraslavas Rajons, Kuldigas Rajons, Liepaja*, Liepajas Rajons, Limbazu Rajons, Ludzas Rajons, Madonas Rajons, Ogres Rajons, Preilu Rajons, Rezekne*, Rezeknes Rajons, Riga*, Rigas Rajons, Saldus Rajons, Talsu Rajons, Tukuma Rajons, Valkas Rajons, Valmieras Rajons, Ventspils*, Ventspils Rajons

Liechtenstein

11 communes (Gemeinden, singular - Gemeinde);

  • Balzers,
  • Eschen,
  • Gamprin,
  • Mauren,
  • Planken,
  • Ruggell,
  • Schaan,
  • Schellenberg,
  • Triesen,
  • Triesenberg,
  • Vaduz

Lithuania

10 counties (apskritys, singular - apskritis);

  • Alytaus,
  • Kauno,
  • Klaipedos,
  • Marijampoles,
  • Panevezio,
  • Siauliu,
  • Taurages,
  • Telsiu,
  • Utenos,
  • Vilniaus

Luxembourg

3 districts;

  • Diekirch,
  • Grevenmacher,
  • Luxembourg

Malta

none (administered directly from Valletta); note - Local Councils carry out administrative orders

Moldova

  • 9 counties (judetele, singular - judetul), 1 municipality* (municipiul), 1 autonomous territorial unit** (unitate teritoriala autonoma), and 1 territorial unit*** (unitate teritoriala);
  • Balti, Cahul, Chisinau, Chisinau*, Edinet, Gagauzia**, Lapusna, Orhei, Soroca, Stinga Nistrului***, Tighina, Ungheni

Monaco

  • none;
  • there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are four quarters (quartiers, singular - quartier);
  • Fontvieille, La Condamine, Monaco-Ville, Monte-Carlo

Netherlands

  • 12 provinces (provincies, singular - provincie);
  • Drenthe, Flevoland, Friesland, Gelderland, Groningen, Limburg, Noord-Brabant, Noord-Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland, Zuid-Holland

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia

123 municipalities (opstini, singular - opstina);

  • Aracinovo,
  • Bac,
  • Belcista,
  • Berovo,
  • Bistrica,
  • Bitola,
  • Blatec,
  • Bogdanci,
  • Bogomila,
  • Bogovinje,
  • Bosilovo,
  • Brvenica,
  • Cair (Skopje),
  • Capari,
  • Caska,
  • Cegrane,
  • Centar (Skopje),
  • Centar Zupa,
  • Cesinovo,
  • Cucer-Sandevo,
  • Debar,
  • Delcevo,
  • Delogozdi,
  • Demir Hisar,
  • Demir Kapija,
  • Dobrusevo,
  • Dolna Banjica,
  • Dolneni,
  • Dorce Petrov (Skopje),
  • Drugovo,
  • Dzepciste,
  • Gazi Baba (Skopje),
  • Gevgelija,
  • Gostivar,
  • Gradsko,
  • Ilinden,
  • Izvor,
  • Jegunovce,
  • Kamenjane,
  • Karbinci,
  • Karpos (Skopje),
  • Kavadarci,
  • Kicevo,
  • Kisela Voda (Skopje),
  • Klecevce,
  • Kocani,
  • Konce,
  • Kondovo,
  • Konopiste,
  • Kosel,
  • Kratovo,
  • Kriva Palanka,
  • Krivogastani,
  • Krusevo,
  • Kuklis,
  • Kukurecani,
  • Kumanovo,
  • Labunista,
  • Lipkovo,
  • Lozovo,
  • Lukovo,
  • Makedonska Kamenica,
  • Makedonski Brod,
  • Mavrovi Anovi,
  • Meseista,
  • Miravci,
  • Mogila,
  • Murtino,
  • Negotino,
  • Negotino-Polosko,
  • Novaci,
  • Novo Selo,
  • Oblesevo,
  • Ohrid,
  • Orasac,
  • Orizari,
  • Oslomej,
  • Pehcevo,
  • Petrovec,
  • Plasnica,
  • Podares,
  • Prilep,
  • Probistip,
  • Radovis,
  • Rankovce,
  • Resen,
  • Rosoman,
  • Rostusa,
  • Samokov,
  • Saraj,
  • Sipkovica,
  • Sopiste,
  • Sopotnica,
  • Srbinovo,
  • Star Dojran,
  • Staravina,
  • Staro Nagoricane,
  • Stip,
  • Struga,
  • Strumica,
  • Studenicani,
  • Suto Orizari (Skopje),
  • Sveti Nikole,
  • Tearce,
  • Tetovo,
  • Topolcani,
  • Valandovo,
  • Vasilevo,
  • Velesta,
  • Veles,
  • Vevcani,
  • Vinica,
  • Vitoliste,
  • Vranestica,
  • Vrapciste,
  • Vratnica,
  • Vrutok,
  • Zajas,
  • Zelenikovo,
  • Zeleno,
  • Zitose,
  • Zletovo,
  • Zrnovci

note: the seven municipalities followed by Skopje in parentheses collectively constitute "greater Skopje"

Norway

19 provinces (fylker, singular - fylke);

  • Akershus,
  • Aust-Agder,
  • Buskerud,
  • Finnmark,
  • Hedmark,
  • Hordaland,
  • More og Romsdal,
  • Nordland,
  • Nord-Trondelag,
  • Oppland,
  • Oslo,
  • Ostfold,
  • Rogaland,
  • Sogn og Fjordane,
  • Sor-Trondelag,
  • Telemark,
  • Troms,
  • Vest-Agder,
  • Vestfold

Poland

  • 16 provinces (wojewodztwa, singular - wojewodztwo);
  • Dolnoslaskie, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Lodzkie, Lubelskie, Lubuskie, Malopolskie, Mazowieckie, Opolskie, Podkarpackie, Podlaskie, Pomorskie, Slaskie, Swietokrzyskie, Warminsko-Mazurskie, Wielkopolskie, Zachodniopomorskie

Portugal

  • 18 districts (distritos, singular - distrito) and 2 autonomous regions* (regioes autonomas, singular - regiao autonoma);
  • Aveiro, Acores (Azores)*, Beja, Braga, Braganca, Castelo Branco, Coimbra, Evora, Faro, Guarda, Leiria, Lisboa, Madeira*, Portalegre, Porto, Santarem, Setubal, Viana do Castelo, Vila Real, Viseu

Romania

  • 41 counties (judete, singular - judet) and 1 municipality* (municipiu);
  • Alba, Arad, Arges, Bacau, Bihor, Bistrita-Nasaud, Botosani, Braila, Brasov, Bucuresti*, Buzau, Calarasi, Caras-Severin, Cluj, Constanta, Covasna, Dimbovita, Dolj, Galati, Gorj, Giurgiu, Harghita, Hunedoara, Ialomita, Iasi, Ilfov, Maramures, Mehedinti, Mures, Neamt, Olt, Prahova, Salaj, Satu Mare, Sibiu, Suceava, Teleorman, Timis, Tulcea, Vaslui, Vilcea, Vrancea

San Marino

  • 9 municipalities (castelli, singular - castello);
  • Acquaviva, Borgo Maggiore, Chiesanuova, Domagnano, Faetano, Fiorentino, Monte Giardino, San Marino, Serravalle

Serbia and Montenegro

  • 2 republics (republike, singular - republika);
  • and 2 nominally autonomous provinces* (autonomn pokrajine, singular - autonomna pokrajina);
  • Kosovo*, Montenegro, Serbia, Vojvodina*

Slovakia

8 regions (kraje, singular - kraj);

  • Banskobystricky,
  • Bratislavsky,
  • Kosicky,
  • Nitriansky,
  • Presovsky,
  • Trenciansky,
  • Trnavsky,
  • Zilinsky

Slovenia

182 municipalities (obcine, singular - obcina) and 11 urban municipalities* (mestne obcine , singular - mestna obcina ) Ajdovscina, Beltinci, Benedikt, Bistrica ob Sotli, Bled, Bloke, Bohinj, Borovnica, Bovec, Braslovce, Brda, Brezice, Brezovica, Cankova, Celje*, Cerklje na Gorenjskem, Cerknica, Cerkno, Cerkvenjak, Crensovci, Crna na Koroskem, Crnomelj, Destrnik, Divaca, Dobje, Dobrepolje, Dobrna, Dobrova-Horjul-Polhov Gradec, Dobrovnik-Dobronak, Dolenjske Toplice, Dol pri Ljubljani, Domzale, Dornava, Dravograd, Duplek, Gorenja Vas-Poljane, Gorisnica, Gornja Radgona, Gornji Grad, Gornji Petrovci, Grad, Grosuplje, Hajdina, Hoce-Slivnica, Hodos-Hodos, Horjul, Hrastnik, Hrpelje-Kozina, Idrija, Ig, Ilirska Bistrica, Ivancna Gorica, Izola-Isola, Jesenice, Jezersko, Jursinci, Kamnik, Kanal, Kidricevo, Kobarid, Kobilje, Kocevje, Komen, Komenda, Koper-Capodistria*, Kostel, Kozje, Kranj*, Kranjska Gora, Krizevci, Krsko, Kungota, Kuzma, Lasko, Lenart, Lendava-Lendva, Litija, Ljubljana*, Ljubno, Ljutomer, Logatec, Loska Dolina, Loski Potok, Lovrenc na Pohorju, Luce, Lukovica, Majsperk, Maribor*, Markovci, Medvode, Menges, Metlika, Mezica, Miklavz na Dravskem Polju, Miren-Kostanjevica, Mirna Pec, Mislinja, Moravce, Moravske Toplice, Mozirje, Murska Sobota*, Muta, Naklo, Nazarje, Nova Gorica*, Novo Mesto*, Odranci, Oplotnica, Ormoz, Osilnica, Pesnica, Piran-Pirano, Pivka, Podcetrtek, Podlehnik, Podvelka, Polzela, Postojna, Prebold, Preddvor, Prevalje, Ptuj*, Puconci, Race-Fram, Radece, Radenci, Radlje ob Dravi, Radovljica, Ravne na Koroskem, Razkrizje, Ribnica, Ribnica na Pohorju, Rogasovci, Rogaska Slatina, Rogatec, Ruse, Salovci, Selnica ob Dravi, Semic, Sempeter-Vrtojba, Sencur, Sentilj, Sentjernej, Sentjur pri Celju, Sevnica, Sezana, Skocjan, Skofja Loka, Skofljica, Slovenj Gradec*, Slovenska Bistrica, Slovenske Konjice, Smarje pri Jelsah, Smartno ob Paki, Smartno pri Litiji, Sodrazica, Solcava, Sostanj, Starse, Store, Sveta Ana, Sveti Andraz v Slovenskih Goricah, Sveti Jurij, Tabor, Tisina, Tolmin, Trbovlje, Trebnje, Trnovska Vas, Trzic, Trzin, Turnisce, Velenje*, Velika Polana, Velike Lasce, Verzej, Videm, Vipava, Vitanje, Vodice, Vojnik, Vransko, Vrhnika, Vuzenica, Zagorje ob Savi, Zalec, Zavrc, Zelezniki, Zetale, Ziri, Zirovnica, Zuzemberk, Zrece

note: there may be 45 more municipalities

Spain

  • 19 autonomous communities (comunidades autonomas, singular - comunidad autonoma);
  • Andalucia, Aragon, Asturias, Baleares (Balearic Islands), Ceuta, Canarias (Canary Islands), Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y Leon, Cataluna, Communidad Valencian, Extremadura, Galicia, La Rioja, Madrid, Melilla, Murcia, Navarra, Pais Vasco (Basque Country)

note: three small Spanish possessions are located off the coast of Morocco: Islas Chafarinas, Penon de Alhucemas, and Penon de Velez de la Gomera; Ceuta and Melilla gained limited autonomous status in 1994

Sweden

21 counties (lan, singular and plural);

  • Blekinge,
  • Dalarnas,
  • Gavleborgs,
  • Gotlands,
  • Hallands,
  • Jamtlands,
  • Jonkopings,
  • Kalmar,
  • Kronobergs,
  • Norrbottens,
  • Orebro,
  • Ostergotlands,
  • Skane,
  • Sodermanlands,
  • Stockholms,
  • Uppsala,
  • Varmlands,
  • Vasterbottens,
  • Vasternorrlands,
  • Vastmanlands,
  • Vastra Gotalands

Switzerland

  • 26 cantons (cantons, singular - canton in French; cantoni, singular - cantone in Italian; kantone, singular - kanton in German);
  • Aargau, Appenzell Ausser-Rhoden, Appenzell Inner-Rhoden, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Fribourg, Geneve, Glarus, Graubunden, Jura, Luzern, Neuchatel, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Sankt Gallen, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, Thurgau, Ticino, Uri, Valais, Vaud, Zug, Zurich

Ukraine

24 oblasti (singular - oblast'), 1 autonomous republic* (avtomnaya respublika), and 2 municipalities (mista, singular - misto) with oblast status**; Cherkas'ka (Cherkasy), Chernihivs'ka (Chernihiv), Chernivets'ka (Chernivtsi), Dnipropetrovs'ka (Dnipropetrovs'k), Donets'ka (Donets'k), Ivano-Frankivs'ka (Ivano-Frankivs'k), Kharkivs'ka (Kharkiv), Khersons'ka (Kherson), Khmel'nyts'ka (Khmel'nyts'kyy), Kirovohrads'ka (Kirovohrad), Kyyiv**, Kyyivs'ka (Kiev), Luhans'ka (Luhans'k), L'vivs'ka (L'viv), Mykolayivs'ka (Mykolayiv), Odes'ka (Odesa), Poltavs'ka (Poltava), Avtonomna Respublika Krym* (Simferopol'), Rivnens'ka (Rivne), Sevastopol'**, Sums'ka (Sumy), Ternopil's'ka (Ternopil'), Vinnyts'ka (Vinnytsya), Volyns'ka (Luts'k), Zakarpats'ka (Uzhhorod), Zaporiz'ka (Zaporizhzhya), Zhytomyrs'ka (Zhytomyr); note - when using a place name with an adjectival ending "s'ka" or "z'ka," the word Oblast' should be added to the place name

note: oblasts have the administrative center name following in parentheses

United Kingdom

England - 47 boroughs, 36 counties*, 29 London boroughs**, 12 cities and boroughs***, 10 districts****, 12 cities*****, 3 royal boroughs******; Barking and Dagenham**, Barnet**, Barnsley, Bath and North East Somerset****, Bedfordshire*, Bexley**, Birmingham***, Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool, Bolton, Bournemouth, Bracknell Forest, Bradford***, Brent**, Brighton and Hove, City of Bristol*****, Bromley**, Buckinghamshire*, Bury, Calderdale, Cambridgeshire*, Camden**, Cheshire*, Cornwall*, Coventry***, Croydon**, Cumbria*, Darlington, Derby*****, Derbyshire*, Devon*, Doncaster, Dorset*, Dudley, Durham*, Ealing**, East Riding of Yorkshire****, East Sussex*, Enfield**, Essex*, Gateshead, Gloucestershire*, Greenwich**, Hackney**, Halton, Hammersmith and Fulham**, Hampshire*, Haringey**, Harrow**, Hartlepool, Havering**, Herefordshire*, Hertfordshire*, Hillingdon**, Hounslow**, Isle of Wight*, Islington**, Kensington and Chelsea******, Kent*, City of Kingston upon Hull*****, Kingston upon Thames******, Kirklees, Knowsley, Lambeth**, Lancashire*, Leeds***, Leicester*****, Leicestershire*, Lewisham**, Lincolnshire*, Liverpool***, City of London*****, Luton, Manchester***, Medway, Merton**, Middlesbrough, Milton Keynes, Newcastle upon Tyne***, Newham**, Norfolk*, Northamptonshire*, North East Lincolnshire****, North Lincolnshire****, North Somerset****, North Tyneside, Northumberland*, North Yorkshire*, Nottingham*****, Nottinghamshire*, Oldham, Oxfordshire*, Peterborough*****, Plymouth*****, Poole, Portsmouth*****, Reading, Redbridge**, Redcar and Cleveland, Richmond upon Thames**, Rochdale, Rotherham, Rutland****, Salford***, Shropshire*, Sandwell, Sefton, Sheffield***, Slough, Solihull, Somerset*, Southampton*****, Southend-on-Sea, South Gloucestershire****, South Tyneside, Southwark**, Staffordshire*, St. Helens, Stockport, Stockton-on-Tees, Stoke-on-Trent*****, Suffolk*, Sunderland***, Surrey*, Sutton**, Swindon, Tameside, Telford and Wrekin****, Thurrock, Torbay, Tower Hamlets**, Trafford, Wakefield***, Walsall, Waltham Forest**, Wandsworth**, Warrington, Warwickshire*, West Berkshire****, Westminster***, West Sussex*, Wigan, Wiltshire*, Windsor and Maidenhead******, Wirral, Wokingham****, Wolverhampton, Worcestershire*, York*****; Northern Ireland - 24 districts, 2 cities*, 6 counties**; Antrim, County Antrim**, Ards, Armagh, County Armagh**, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Banbridge, Belfast*, Carrickfergus, Castlereagh, Coleraine, Cookstown, Craigavon, Down, County Down**, Dungannon, Fermanagh, County Fermanagh**, Larne, Limavady, Lisburn, County Londonderry**, Derry*, Magherafelt, Moyle, Newry and Mourne, Newtownabbey, North Down, Omagh, Strabane, County Tyrone**; Scotland - 32 council areas; Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, The Scottish Borders, Clackmannanshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Dundee City, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Lothian, East Renfrewshire, City of Edinburgh, Falkirk, Fife, Glasgow City, Highland, Inverclyde, Midlothian, Moray, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Orkney Islands, Perth and Kinross, Renfrewshire, Shetland Islands, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, Stirling, West Dunbartonshire, Eilean Siar (Western Isles), West Lothian; Wales - 11 county boroughs, 9 counties*, 2 cities and counties**; Isle of Anglesey*, Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff**, Ceredigion*, Carmarthenshire*, Conwy, Denbighshire*, Flintshire*, Gwynedd, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire*, Neath Port Talbot, Newport, Pembrokeshire*, Powys*, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Swansea**, Torfaen, The Vale of Glamorgan*, Wrexham

Middle East

15 entries

Bahrain

  • 12 municipalities (manatiq, singular - mintaqah);
  • Al Hadd, Al Manamah, Al Mintaqah al Gharbiyah, Al Mintaqah al Wusta, Al Mintaqah ash Shamaliyah, Al Muharraq, Ar Rifa' wa al Mintaqah al Janubiyah, Jidd Hafs, Madinat Hamad, Madinat 'Isa, Juzur Hawar, Sitrah

note: all municipalities administered from Manama

Cyprus

  • 6 districts;
  • Famagusta, Kyrenia, Larnaca, Limassol, Nicosia, Paphos;
  • note - Turkish Cypriot area's administrative divisions include Kyrenia, all but a small part of Famagusta, and small parts of Lefkosa (Nicosia) and Larnaca

Iran

  • 28 provinces (ostanha, singular - ostan);
  • Ardabil, Azarbayjan-e Gharbi, Azarbayjan-e Sharqi, Bushehr, Chahar Mahall va Bakhtiari, Esfahan, Fars, Gilan, Golestan, Hamadan, Hormozgan, Ilam, Kerman, Kermanshah, Khorasan, Khuzestan, Kohkiluyeh va Buyer Ahmad, Kordestan, Lorestan, Markazi, Mazandaran, Qazvin, Qom, Semnan, Sistan va Baluchestan, Tehran, Yazd, Zanjan

Iraq

  • 18 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah);
  • Al Anbar, Al Basrah, Al Muthanna, Al Qadisiyah, An Najaf, Arbil, As Sulaymaniyah, At Ta'mim, Babil, Baghdad, Dahuk, Dhi Qar, Diyala, Karbala', Maysan, Ninawa, Salah ad Din, Wasit

Israel

6 districts (mehozot, singular - mehoz);

  • Central,
  • Haifa,
  • Jerusalem,
  • Northern,
  • Southern,
  • Tel Aviv

Jordan

  • 12 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah);
  • Ajlun, Al 'Aqabah, Al Balqa', Al Karak, Al Mafraq, 'Amman, At Tafilah, Az Zarqa', Irbid, Jarash, Ma'an, Madaba

Kuwait

5 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah);

  • Al Ahmadi,
  • Al Farwaniyah,
  • Al 'Asimah,
  • Al Jahra',
  • Hawalli

Lebanon

6 governorates (mohafazat, singular - mohafazah);

  • Beyrouth,
  • Beqaa,
  • Liban-Nord,
  • Liban-Sud,
  • Mont-Liban,
  • Nabatiye

Oman

  • 6 regions (mintaqat, singular - mintaqah) and 2 governorates* (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah) Ad Dakhiliyah, Al Batinah, Al Wusta, Ash Sharqiyah, Az Zahirah, Masqat, Musandam*, Zufar*;
  • note - the US Embassy in Oman reports that Masqat is a governorate, but this has not been confirmed by the US Board on Geographic Names (BGN)

Qatar

  • 10 municipalities (baladiyat, singular - baladiyah);
  • Ad Dawhah, Al Ghuwayriyah, Al Jumayliyah, Al Khawr, Al Wakrah, Ar Rayyan, Jarayan al Batinah, Madinat ash Shamal, Umm Sa'id, Umm Salal

Saudi Arabia

  • 13 provinces (mintaqat, singular - mintaqah);
  • Al Bahah, Al Hudud ash Shamaliyah, Al Jawf, Al Madinah, Al Qasim, Ar Riyad, Ash Sharqiyah (Eastern Province), 'Asir, Ha'il, Jizan, Makkah, Najran, Tabuk

Syria

  • 14 provinces (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah);
  • Al Hasakah, Al Ladhiqiyah, Al Qunaytirah, Ar Raqqah, As Suwayda', Dar'a, Dayr az Zawr, Dimashq, Halab, Hamah, Hims, Idlib, Rif Dimashq, Tartus

Turkey now Turkiye

81 provinces (iller, singular - il);

  • Adana,
  • Adiyaman,
  • Afyon,
  • Agri,
  • Aksaray,
  • Amasya,
  • Ankara,
  • Antalya,
  • Ardahan,
  • Artvin,
  • Aydin,
  • Balikesir,
  • Bartin,
  • Batman,
  • Bayburt,
  • Bilecik,
  • Bingol,
  • Bitlis,
  • Bolu,
  • Burdur,
  • Bursa,
  • Canakkale,
  • Cankiri,
  • Corum,
  • Denizli,
  • Diyarbakir,
  • Duzce,
  • Edirne,
  • Elazig,
  • Erzincan,
  • Erzurum,
  • Eskisehir,
  • Gaziantep,
  • Giresun,
  • Gumushane,
  • Hakkari,
  • Hatay,
  • Igdir,
  • Isparta,
  • Istanbul,
  • Izmir,
  • Kahramanmaras,
  • Karabuk,
  • Karaman,
  • Kars,
  • Kastamonu,
  • Kayseri,
  • Kilis,
  • Kirikkale,
  • Kirklareli,
  • Kirsehir,
  • Kocaeli,
  • Konya,
  • Kutahya,
  • Malatya,
  • Manisa,
  • Mardin,
  • Mersin,
  • Mugla,
  • Mus,
  • Nevsehir,
  • Nigde,
  • Ordu,
  • Osmaniye,
  • Rize,
  • Sakarya,
  • Samsun,
  • Sanliurfa,
  • Siirt,
  • Sinop,
  • Sirnak,
  • Sivas,
  • Tekirdag,
  • Tokat,
  • Trabzon,
  • Tunceli,
  • Usak,
  • Van,
  • Yalova,
  • Yozgat,
  • Zonguldak

United Arab Emirates

7 emirates (imarat, singular - imarah);

  • Abu Zaby (Abu Dhabi),
  • 'Ajman,
  • Al Fujayrah,
  • Ash Shariqah (Sharjah),
  • Dubayy (Dubai),
  • Ra's al Khaymah,
  • Umm al Qaywayn

Yemen

  • 19 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah);
  • Abyan, 'Adan, Ad Dali', Al Bayda', Al Hudaydah, Al Jawf, Al Mahrah, Al Mahwit, 'Amran, Dhamar, Hadramawt, Hajjah, Ibb, Lahij, Ma'rib, Sa'dah, San'a', Shabwah, Ta'izz

note: there may be one additional governorate of the capital city of Sanaa

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

9 parishes and 2 municipalities*;

  • Devonshire,
  • Hamilton,
  • Hamilton*,
  • Paget,
  • Pembroke,
  • Saint George*,
  • Saint George's,
  • Sandys,
  • Smith's,
  • Southampton,
  • Warwick

Canada

10 provinces and 3 territories*;

  • Alberta,
  • British Columbia,
  • Manitoba,
  • New Brunswick,
  • Newfoundland and Labrador,
  • Northwest Territories*,
  • Nova Scotia,
  • Nunavut*,
  • Ontario,
  • Prince Edward Island,
  • Quebec,
  • Saskatchewan,
  • Yukon Territory*

Mexico

  • 31 states (estados, singular - estado) and 1 federal district* (distrito federal);
  • Aguascalientes, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Colima, Distrito Federal*, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan de Ocampo, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro de Arteaga, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz-Llave, Yucatan, Zacatecas

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

  • none (territorial collectivity of France);
  • note - there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are two communes - Saint Pierre, Miquelon at the second order

United States

50 states and 1 district*;

  • Alabama,
  • Alaska,
  • Arizona,
  • Arkansas,
  • California,
  • Colorado,
  • Connecticut,
  • Delaware,
  • District of Columbia*,
  • Florida,
  • Georgia,
  • Hawaii,
  • Idaho,
  • Illinois,
  • Indiana,
  • Iowa,
  • Kansas,
  • Kentucky,
  • Louisiana,
  • Maine,
  • Maryland,
  • Massachusetts,
  • Michigan,
  • Minnesota,
  • Mississippi,
  • Missouri,
  • Montana,
  • Nebraska,
  • Nevada,
  • New Hampshire,
  • New Jersey,
  • New Mexico,
  • New York,
  • North Carolina,
  • North Dakota,
  • Ohio,
  • Oklahoma,
  • Oregon,
  • Pennsylvania,
  • Rhode Island,
  • South Carolina,
  • South Dakota,
  • Tennessee,
  • Texas,
  • Utah,
  • Vermont,
  • Virginia,
  • Washington,
  • West Virginia,
  • Wisconsin,
  • Wyoming

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

  • none (territory of the US);
  • there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are three districts and two islands* at the second order;
  • Eastern, Manu'a, Rose Island*, Swains Island*, Western

Australia

6 states and 2 territories*;

  • Australian Capital Territory*,
  • New South Wales,
  • Northern Territory*,
  • Queensland,
  • South Australia,
  • Tasmania,
  • Victoria,
  • Western Australia

Cook Islands

none

Fiji

4 divisions and 1 dependency*;

  • Central,
  • Eastern,
  • Northern,
  • Rotuma*,
  • Western

French Polynesia

none (overseas territory of France); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 5 archipelagic divisions named Archipel des Marquises, Archipel des Tuamotu, Archipel des Tubuai, Iles du Vent, and Iles Sous-le-Vent

note: Clipperton Island is administered by France from French Polynesia

Guam

none (territory of the US)

Kiribati

  • 3 units;
  • Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, Phoenix Islands;
  • note - in addition, there are 6 districts (Banaba, Central Gilberts, Line Islands, Northern Gilberts, Southern Gilberts, Tarawa) and 21 island councils - one for each of the inhabited islands (Abaiang, Abemama, Aranuka, Arorae, Banaba, Beru, Butaritari, Kanton, Kiritimati, Kuria, Maiana, Makin, Marakei, Nikunau, Nonouti, Onotoa, Tabiteuea, Tabuaeran, Tamana, Tarawa, Teraina)

Marshall Islands

33 municipalities;

  • Ailinginae,
  • Ailinglaplap,
  • Ailuk,
  • Arno,
  • Aur,
  • Bikar,
  • Bikini,
  • Bokak,
  • Ebon,
  • Enewetak,
  • Erikub,
  • Jabat,
  • Jaluit,
  • Jemo,
  • Kili,
  • Kwajalein,
  • Lae,
  • Lib,
  • Likiep,
  • Majuro,
  • Maloelap,
  • Mejit,
  • Mili,
  • Namorik,
  • Namu,
  • Rongelap,
  • Rongrik,
  • Toke,
  • Ujae,
  • Ujelang,
  • Utirik,
  • Wotho,
  • Wotje

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

4 states;

  • Chuuk (Truk),
  • Kosrae (Kosaie),
  • Pohnpei (Ponape),
  • Yap

Nauru

14 districts;

  • Aiwo,
  • Anabar,
  • Anetan,
  • Anibare,
  • Baiti,
  • Boe,
  • Buada,
  • Denigomodu,
  • Ewa,
  • Ijuw,
  • Meneng,
  • Nibok,
  • Uaboe,
  • Yaren

New Caledonia

none (overseas territory of France); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 3 provinces named Iles Loyaute, Nord, and Sud

New Zealand

16 regions;

  • Auckland,
  • Bay of Plenty,
  • Canterbury,
  • Gisborne,
  • Hawke's Bay,
  • Marlborough,
  • Nelson,
  • Northland,
  • Otago,
  • Southland,
  • Taranaki,
  • Tasman,
  • Waikato,
  • Manawatu-Wanganui,
  • Wellington,
  • West Coast

Niue

none; note - there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 14 villages at the second order

Norfolk Island

none (territory of Australia)

Northern Mariana Islands

  • none (commonwealth in political union with the US);
  • there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are four municipalities at the second order;
  • Northern Islands, Rota, Saipan, Tinian

Palau

16 states;

  • Aimeliik,
  • Airai,
  • Angaur,
  • Hatobohei,
  • Kayangel,
  • Koror,
  • Melekeok,
  • Ngaraard,
  • Ngarchelong,
  • Ngardmau,
  • Ngatpang,
  • Ngchesar,
  • Ngeremlengui,
  • Ngiwal,
  • Peleliu,
  • Sonsoral

Papua New Guinea

20 provinces;

  • Bougainville,
  • Central,
  • Chimbu,
  • Eastern Highlands,
  • East New Britain,
  • East Sepik,
  • Enga,
  • Gulf,
  • Madang,
  • Manus,
  • Milne Bay,
  • Morobe,
  • National Capital,
  • New Ireland,
  • Northern,
  • Sandaun,
  • Southern Highlands,
  • Western,
  • Western Highlands,
  • West New Britain

Pitcairn Islands

none (overseas territory of the UK)

Samoa

11 districts;

  • A'ana,
  • Aiga-i-le-Tai,
  • Atua,
  • Fa'asaleleaga,
  • Gaga'emauga,
  • Gagaifomauga,
  • Palauli,
  • Satupa'itea,
  • Tuamasaga,
  • Va'a-o-Fonoti,
  • Vaisigano

Solomon Islands

9 provinces and 1 capital territory*;

  • Central,
  • Choiseul (Lauru),
  • Guadalcanal,
  • Honiara*,
  • Isabel,
  • Makira,
  • Malaita,
  • Rennell/Bellona,
  • Temotu,
  • Western

Tokelau

none (territory of New Zealand)

Tonga

3 island groups;

  • Ha'apai,
  • Tongatapu,
  • Vava'u

Tuvalu

none

Vanuatu

6 provinces;

  • Malampa,
  • Penama,
  • Sanma,
  • Shefa,
  • Tafea,
  • Torba

Wallis and Futuna

none (overseas territory of France); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are three kingdoms at the second order named Alo, Sigave, Wallis

South America

14 entries

Argentina

  • 23 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia), and 1 autonomous city* (distrito federal);
  • Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Capital Federal*, Catamarca, Chaco, Chubut, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Neuquen, Rio Negro, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Tierra del Fuego - Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur, Tucuman

note: the US does not recognize any claims to Antarctica

Bolivia

9 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento);

  • Chuquisaca,
  • Cochabamba,
  • Beni,
  • La Paz,
  • Oruro,
  • Pando,
  • Potosi,
  • Santa Cruz,
  • Tarija

Brazil

  • 26 states (estados, singular - estado) and 1 federal district* (distrito federal);
  • Acre, Alagoas, Amapa, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceara, Distrito Federal*, Espirito Santo, Goias, Maranhao, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Para, Paraiba, Parana, Pernambuco, Piaui, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondonia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins

Chile

  • 13 regions (regiones, singular - region);
  • Aisen del General Carlos Ibanez del Campo, Antofagasta, Araucania, Atacama, Bio-Bio, Coquimbo, Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins, Los Lagos, Magallanes y de la Antartica Chilena, Maule, Region Metropolitana (Santiago), Tarapaca, Valparaiso

note: the US does not recognize claims to Antarctica

Colombia

  • 32 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento) and 1 capital district* (distrito capital);
  • Amazonas, Antioquia, Arauca, Atlantico, Distrito Capital de Bogota*, Bolivar, Boyaca, Caldas, Caqueta, Casanare, Cauca, Cesar, Choco, Cordoba, Cundinamarca, Guainia, Guaviare, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Narino, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindio, Risaralda, San Andres y Providencia, Santander, Sucre, Tolima, Valle del Cauca, Vaupes, Vichada

Ecuador

  • 22 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia);
  • Azuay, Bolivar, Canar, Carchi, Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, El Oro, Esmeraldas, Galapagos, Guayas, Imbabura, Loja, Los Rios, Manabi, Morona-Santiago, Napo, Orellana, Pastaza, Pichincha, Sucumbios, Tungurahua, Zamora-Chinchipe

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

none (overseas territory of the UK; also claimed by Argentina)

French Guiana

none (overseas department of France)

Guyana

10 regions;

  • Barima-Waini,
  • Cuyuni-Mazaruni,
  • Demerara-Mahaica,
  • East Berbice-Corentyne,
  • Essequibo Islands-West Demerara,
  • Mahaica-Berbice,
  • Pomeroon-Supenaam,
  • Potaro-Siparuni,
  • Upper Demerara-Berbice,
  • Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo

Paraguay

  • 17 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento) and 1 capital city*;
  • Alto Paraguay, Alto Parana, Amambay, Asuncion*, Boqueron, Caaguazu, Caazapa, Canindeyu, Central, Concepcion, Cordillera, Guaira, Itapua, Misiones, Neembucu, Paraguari, Presidente Hayes, San Pedro

Peru

  • 24 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento) and 1 constitutional province* (provincia constitucional);
  • Amazonas, Ancash, Apurimac, Arequipa, Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Callao*, Cusco, Huancavelica, Huanuco, Ica, Junin, La Libertad, Lambayeque, Lima, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Moquegua, Pasco, Piura, Puno, San Martin, Tacna, Tumbes, Ucayali

note: some reports indicate that the 24 departments and 1 constitutional province are now being referred to as regions; Peru is implementing a decentralization program whereby these 25 administrative divisions will begin to exercise greater governmental authority over their territories; in November 2002, voters chose their new regional presidents and other regional leaders; the authority that the regional government will exercise has not yet been clearly defined, but it will be devolved to the regions over the course of several years

Suriname

10 districts (distrikten, singular - distrikt);

  • Brokopondo,
  • Commewijne,
  • Coronie,
  • Marowijne,
  • Nickerie,
  • Para,
  • Paramaribo,
  • Saramacca,
  • Sipaliwini,
  • Wanica

Uruguay

  • 19 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento);
  • Artigas, Canelones, Cerro Largo, Colonia, Durazno, Flores, Florida, Lavalleja, Maldonado, Montevideo, Paysandu, Rio Negro, Rivera, Rocha, Salto, San Jose, Soriano, Tacuarembo, Treinta y Tres

Venezuela

  • 23 states (estados, singular - estado), 1 federal district* (distrito federal), and 1 federal dependency** (dependencia federal);
  • Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolivar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Dependencias Federales**, Distrito Federal*, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo, Vargas, Yaracuy, Zulia

note: the federal dependency consists of 11 federally controlled island groups with a total of 72 individual islands

Southeast Asia

16 entries

Brunei

4 districts (daerah-daerah, singular - daerah);

  • Belait,
  • Brunei and Muara,
  • Temburong,
  • Tutong

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

  • 7 divisions* (taing-myar, singular - taing) and 7 states (pyi ne-myar, singular - pyi ne);
  • Chin State, Ayeyarwady*, Bago*, Kachin State, Kayin State, Kayah State, Magway*, Mandalay*, Mon State, Rakhine State, Sagaing*, Shan State, Tanintharyi*, Yangon*

Cambodia

  • 20 provinces (khett, singular and plural) and 4 municipalities* (krong, singular and plural);
  • Banteay Mean Cheay, Batdambang, Kampong Cham, Kampong Chhnang, Kampong Spoe, Kampong Thum, Kampot, Kandal, Kaoh Kong, Keb*, Kracheh, Mondol Kiri, Otdar Mean Cheay, Pailin*, Phnum Penh*, Pouthisat, Preah Seihanu*, Preah Vihear, Prey Veng, Rotanah Kiri, Siem Reab, Stoeng Treng, Svay Rieng, Takev

Christmas Island

none (territory of Australia)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

none (territory of Australia)

Hong Kong

none (special administrative region of China)

Indonesia

27 provinces (propinsi-propinsi, singular - propinsi), 2 special regions* (daerah-daerah istimewa, singular - daerah istimewa), and 1 special capital city district** (daerah khusus ibukota); Aceh*, Bali, Banten, Bengkulu, Gorontalo, Jakarta Raya**, Jambi, Jawa Barat, Jawa Tengah, Jawa Timur, Kalimantan Barat, Kalimantan Selatan, Kalimantan Tengah, Kalimantan Timur, Kepulauan Bangka Belitung, Lampung, Maluku, Maluku Utara, Nusa Tenggara Barat, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Papua, Riau, Sulawesi Selatan, Sulawesi Tengah, Sulawesi Tenggara, Sulawesi Utara, Sumatera Barat, Sumatera Selatan, Sumatera Utara, Yogyakarta*; note - with the implementation of decentralization on 1 January 2001, the 357 districts (regencies) have become the key administrative units responsible for providing most government services

note: following the 30 August 1999 provincial referendum for independence that was overwhelmingly approved by the people of Timor Timur and the October 1999 concurrence of Indonesia's national legislature, the name East Timor was adopted as the provisional name for the political entity formerly known as Propinsi Timor Timur; East Timor gained its formal independence on 20 May 2002

Laos

  • 16 provinces (khoueng, singular and plural), 1 municipality* (kampheng nakhon, singular and plural), and 1 special zone** (khetphiset, singular and plural);
  • Attapu, Bokeo, Bolikhamxai, Champasak, Houaphan, Khammouan, Louangnamtha, Louangphabang, Oudomxai, Phongsali, Salavan, Savannakhet, Viangchan*, Viangchan, Xaignabouli, Xaisomboun**, Xekong, Xiangkhoang

Macau

none (special administrative region of China)

Malaysia

  • 13 states (negeri-negeri, singular - negeri) and 3 federal territories* (wilayah-wilayah persekutuan, singular - wilayah persekutuan);
  • Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Labuan*, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, Perlis, Pulau Pinang, Putrajaya*, Sabah, Sarawak, Selangor, Terengganu, Wilayah Persekutuan*

note: the city of Kuala Lumpur is within the federal territory of Wilayah Persekutuan; the terms therefore are not interchangeable;

Philippines

73 provinces and 61 chartered cities*;

  • Abra,
  • Agusan del Norte,
  • Agusan del Sur,
  • Aklan,
  • Albay,
  • Angeles*,
  • Antique,
  • Aurora,
  • Bacolod*,
  • Bago*,
  • Baguio*,
  • Bais*,
  • Basilan,
  • Basilan City*,
  • Bataan,
  • Batanes,
  • Batangas,
  • Batangas City*,
  • Benguet,
  • Bohol,
  • Bukidnon,
  • Bulacan,
  • Butuan*,
  • Cabanatuan*,
  • Cadiz*,
  • Cagayan,
  • Cagayan de Oro*,
  • Calbayog*,
  • Caloocan*,
  • Camarines Norte,
  • Camarines Sur,
  • Camiguin,
  • Canlaon*,
  • Capiz,
  • Catanduanes,
  • Cavite,
  • Cavite City*,
  • Cebu,
  • Cebu City*,
  • Cotabato*,
  • Dagupan*,
  • Danao*,
  • Dapitan*,
  • Davao City*,
  • Davao del Norte,
  • Davao del Sur,
  • Davao Oriental,
  • Dipolog*,
  • Dumaguete*,
  • Eastern Samar,
  • General Santos*,
  • Gingoog*,
  • Ifugao,
  • Iligan*,
  • Ilocos Norte,
  • Ilocos Sur,
  • Iloilo,
  • Iloilo City*,
  • Iriga*,
  • Isabela,
  • Kalinga-Apayao,
  • La Carlota*,
  • Laguna,
  • Lanao del Norte,
  • Lanao del Sur,
  • Laoag*,
  • Lapu-Lapu*,
  • La Union,
  • Legaspi*,
  • Leyte,
  • Lipa*,
  • Lucena*,
  • Maguindanao,
  • Mandaue*,
  • Manila*,
  • Marawi*,
  • Marinduque,
  • Masbate,
  • Mindoro Occidental,
  • Mindoro Oriental,
  • Misamis Occidental,
  • Misamis Oriental,
  • Mountain,
  • Naga*,
  • Negros Occidental,
  • Negros Oriental,
  • North Cotabato,
  • Northern Samar,
  • Nueva Ecija,
  • Nueva Vizcaya,
  • Olongapo*,
  • Ormoc*,
  • Oroquieta*,
  • Ozamis*,
  • Pagadian*,
  • Palawan,
  • Palayan*,
  • Pampanga,
  • Pangasinan,
  • Pasay*,
  • Puerto Princesa*,
  • Quezon,
  • Quezon City*,
  • Quirino,
  • Rizal,
  • Romblon,
  • Roxas*,
  • Samar,
  • San Carlos* (in Negros Occidental),
  • San Carlos* (in Pangasinan),
  • San Jose*,
  • San Pablo*,
  • Silay*,
  • Siquijor,
  • Sorsogon,
  • South Cotabato,
  • Southern Leyte,
  • Sultan Kudarat,
  • Sulu,
  • Surigao*,
  • Surigao del Norte,
  • Surigao del Sur,
  • Tacloban*,
  • Tagaytay*,
  • Tagbilaran*,
  • Tangub*,
  • Tarlac,
  • Tawi-Tawi,
  • Toledo*,
  • Trece Martires*,
  • Zambales,
  • Zamboanga*,
  • Zamboanga del Norte,
  • Zamboanga del Sur

Singapore

none

Taiwan

  • the central administrative divisions include the provinces of Fu-chien (some 20 offshore islands of Fujian Province including Quemoy and Matsu) and Taiwan (the island of Taiwan and the Pescadores islands);
  • Taiwan is further subdivided into 16 counties (hsien, singular and plural), 5 municipalities* (shih, singular and plural), and 2 special municipalities** (chuan-shih, singular and plural);
  • Chang-hua, Chia-i, Chia-i*, Chi-lung*, Hsin-chu, Hsin-chu*, Hua-lien, I-lan, Kao-hsiung, Kao-hsiung**, Miao-li, Nan-t'ou, P'eng-hu, P'ing-tung, T'ai-chung, T'ai-chung*, T'ai-nan, T'ai-nan*, T'ai-pei, T'ai-pei**, T'ai-tung, T'ao-yuan, and Yun-lin;
  • the provincial capital is at Chung-hsing-hsin-ts'un

note: Taiwan uses the Wade-Giles system for romanization

Thailand

76 provinces (changwat, singular and plural);

  • Amnat Charoen,
  • Ang Thong,
  • Buriram,
  • Chachoengsao,
  • Chai Nat,
  • Chaiyaphum,
  • Chanthaburi,
  • Chiang Mai,
  • Chiang Rai,
  • Chon Buri,
  • Chumphon,
  • Kalasin,
  • Kamphaeng Phet,
  • Kanchanaburi,
  • Khon Kaen,
  • Krabi,
  • Krung Thep Mahanakhon (Bangkok),
  • Lampang,
  • Lamphun,
  • Loei,
  • Lop Buri,
  • Mae Hong Son,
  • Maha Sarakham,
  • Mukdahan,
  • Nakhon Nayok,
  • Nakhon Pathom,
  • Nakhon Phanom,
  • Nakhon Ratchasima,
  • Nakhon Sawan,
  • Nakhon Si Thammarat,
  • Nan,
  • Narathiwat,
  • Nong Bua Lamphu,
  • Nong Khai,
  • Nonthaburi,
  • Pathum Thani,
  • Pattani,
  • Phangnga,
  • Phatthalung,
  • Phayao,
  • Phetchabun,
  • Phetchaburi,
  • Phichit,
  • Phitsanulok,
  • Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya,
  • Phrae,
  • Phuket,
  • Prachin Buri,
  • Prachuap Khiri Khan,
  • Ranong,
  • Ratchaburi,
  • Rayong,
  • Roi Et,
  • Sa Kaeo,
  • Sakon Nakhon,
  • Samut Prakan,
  • Samut Sakhon,
  • Samut Songkhram,
  • Sara Buri,
  • Satun,
  • Sing Buri,
  • Sisaket,
  • Songkhla,
  • Sukhothai,
  • Suphan Buri,
  • Surat Thani,
  • Surin,
  • Tak,
  • Trang,
  • Trat,
  • Ubon Ratchathani,
  • Udon Thani,
  • Uthai Thani,
  • Uttaradit,
  • Yala,
  • Yasothon

East Timor now Timor-Leste

13 administrative districts;

  • Aileu,
  • Ainaro,
  • Baucau,
  • Bobonaro (Maliana),
  • Cova-Lima (Suai),
  • Dili,
  • Ermera,
  • Lautem (Los Palos),
  • Liquica,
  • Manatuto,
  • Manufahi (Same),
  • Oecussi (Ambeno),
  • Viqueque

Vietnam

58 provinces (tinh, singular and plural), and 3 municipalities* (thu do, singular and plural);

  • An Giang,
  • Bac Giang,
  • Bac Kan,
  • Bac Lieu,
  • Bac Ninh,
  • Ba Ria-Vung Tau,
  • Ben Tre,
  • Binh Dinh,
  • Binh Duong,
  • Binh Phuoc,
  • Binh Thuan,
  • Ca Mau,
  • Can Tho,
  • Cao Bang,
  • Dac Lak,
  • Da Nang,
  • Dong Nai,
  • Dong Thap,
  • Gia Lai,
  • Ha Giang,
  • Hai Duong,
  • Hai Phong*,
  • Ha Nam,
  • Ha Noi*,
  • Ha Tay,
  • Ha Tinh,
  • Hoa Binh,
  • Ho Chi Minh*,
  • Hung Yen,
  • Khanh Hoa,
  • Kien Giang,
  • Kon Tum,
  • Lai Chau,
  • Lam Dong,
  • Lang Son,
  • Lao Cai,
  • Long An,
  • Nam Dinh,
  • Nghe An,
  • Ninh Binh,
  • Ninh Thuan,
  • Phu Tho,
  • Phu Yen,
  • Quang Binh,
  • Quang Nam,
  • Quang Ngai,
  • Quang Ninh,
  • Quang Tri,
  • Soc Trang,
  • Son La,
  • Tay Ninh,
  • Thai Binh,
  • Thai Nguyen,
  • Thanh Hoa,
  • Thua Thien-Hue,
  • Tien Giang,
  • Tra Vinh,
  • Tuyen Quang,
  • Vinh Long,
  • Vinh Phuc,
  • Yen Bai

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2003, “Administrative divisions”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/administrative-divisions/2003.

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