The CIA World Factbook Edition 2006 Government

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Administrative divisions was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 2006 edition carries it in 236 entries, in its Government section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

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World

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World

272 nations, dependent areas, and other entities

Africa

57 entries

Algeria

48 provinces (wilayat, 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 5 town councils*;

  • Central,
  • Francistown*,
  • Gaborone*,
  • Ghanzi,
  • Jwaneng*,
  • Kgalagadi,
  • Kgatleng,
  • Kweneng,
  • Lobatse*,
  • Northeast,
  • Northwest,
  • 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,
  • Nahouri,
  • Namentenga,
  • Nayala,
  • Noumbiel,
  • Oubritenga,
  • Oudalan,
  • Passore,
  • Poni,
  • Sanguie,
  • Sanmatenga,
  • Seno,
  • Sissili,
  • Soum,
  • Sourou,
  • Tapoa,
  • Tuy,
  • Yagha,
  • Yatenga,
  • Ziro,
  • Zondoma,
  • Zoundweogo

Burundi

17 provinces;

  • Bubanza,
  • Bujumbura Mairie,
  • Bujumbura Rurale,
  • 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 and 4 municipalities*;

  • Grande Comore (Njazidja),
  • Anjouan (Nzwani),
  • Domoni*,
  • Fomboni*,
  • Moheli (Mwali),
  • Moroni*,
  • Moutsamoudou*

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

  • 10 provinces (provinces, singular - province) and 1 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

  • 10 regions (regions, singular - region) and 1 commune*;
  • Bouenza, Brazzaville*, Cuvette, Cuvette-Ouest, Kouilou, Lekoumou, Likouala, Niari, Plateaux, Pool, Sangha

Cote d'Ivoire

19 regions;

  • Agneby,
  • Bafing,
  • Bas-Sassandra,
  • Denguele,
  • Dix-Huit Montagnes,
  • Fromager,
  • Haut-Sassandra,
  • Lacs,
  • Lagunes,
  • Marahoue,
  • Moyen-Cavally,
  • Moyen-Comoe,
  • N'zi-Comoe,
  • Savanes,
  • Sud-Bandama,
  • Sud-Comoe,
  • Vallee du Bandama,
  • Worodougou,
  • Zanzan

Djibouti

6 districts (cercles, singular - cercle);

  • Ali Sabieh,
  • Arta,
  • Dikhil,
  • Djibouti,
  • Obock,
  • Tadjourah

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, As Suways, Ash Sharqiyah, 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 (zobatat, singular - zoba);

  • Anseba,
  • Debub (Southern),
  • Debubawi K'eyih Bahri (Southern Red Sea),
  • Gash Barka,
  • Ma'akel (Central),
  • Semenawi Keyih Bahri (Northern Red Sea)

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,
  • Mohale's Hoek,
  • Mokhotlong,
  • Qacha's Nek,
  • Quthing,
  • Thaba-Tseka

Liberia

15 counties;

  • Bomi,
  • Bong,
  • Gbarpolu,
  • 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

15 regions;

  • Grand Casablanca,
  • Chaouia-Ouardigha,
  • Doukkala-Abda,
  • Fes-Boulemane,
  • Gharb-Chrarda-Beni Hssen,
  • Guelmim-Es Smara,
  • Laayoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra,
  • Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz,
  • Meknes-Tafilalet,
  • Oriental,
  • Rabat-Sale-Zemmour-Zaer,
  • Souss-Massa-Draa,
  • Tadla-Azilal,
  • Tanger-Tetouan,
  • Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate

note: Morocco claims the territory of Western Sahara, the political status of which is considered undetermined by the US Government; portions of the regions Guelmim-Es Smara and Laayoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra as claimed by Morocco lie within Western Sahara; Morocco claims another region, Oued Eddahab-Lagouira, which falls entirely within Western Sahara

Mozambique

  • 10 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia), 1 city (cidade)*;
  • Cabo Delgado, Gaza, Inhambane, Manica, Maputo, Cidade de Maputo*, Nampula, Niassa, Sofala, Tete, Zambezia

Namibia

13 regions;

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

Niger

8 regions (regions, singular - region) includes 1 capital district* (communite urbaine);

  • Agadez,
  • Diffa,
  • Dosso,
  • Maradi,
  • Niamey*,
  • Tahoua,
  • Tillaberi,
  • Zinder

Nigeria

36 states and 1 territory*;

  • Abia,
  • Adamawa,
  • Akwa Ibom,
  • Anambra,
  • Bauchi,
  • Bayelsa,
  • Benue,
  • Borno,
  • Cross River,
  • Delta,
  • Ebonyi,
  • Edo,
  • Ekiti,
  • Enugu,
  • Federal Capital Territory*,
  • 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 provinces (in French - provinces, singular - province; in Kinyarwanda - prefigintara for singular and plural);
  • 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

11 regions (regions, singular - region);

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

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

25 states (wilayat, singular - wilayah);

  • A'ali an Nil (Upper Nile),
  • Al Bahr al Ahmar (Red Sea),
  • Al Buhayrat (Lakes),
  • Al Jazirah (El Gezira),
  • Al Khartum (Khartoum),
  • Al Qadarif (Gedaref),
  • Al Wahdah (Unity),
  • An Nil al Abyad (White Nile),
  • An Nil al Azraq (Blue Nile),
  • Ash Shamaliyah (Northern),
  • Bahr al Jabal (Bahr al Jabal),
  • Gharb al Istiwa'iyah (Western Equatoria),
  • Gharb Bahr al Ghazal (Western Bahr al Ghazal),
  • Gharb Darfur (Western Darfur),
  • Janub Darfur (Southern Darfur),
  • Janub Kurdufan (Southern Kordofan),
  • Junqali (Jonglei),
  • Kassala (Kassala),
  • Nahr an Nil (Nile),
  • Shamal Bahr al Ghazal (Northern Bahr al Ghazal),
  • Shamal Darfur (Northern Darfur),
  • Shamal Kurdufan (Northern Kordofan),
  • Sharq al Istiwa'iyah (Eastern Equatoria),
  • Sinnar (Sinnar),
  • Warab (Warab)

Tanzania

26 regions;

  • Arusha,
  • Dar es Salaam,
  • Dodoma,
  • Iringa,
  • Kagera,
  • Kigoma,
  • Kilimanjaro,
  • Lindi,
  • Manyara,
  • 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);

  • Centrale,
  • Kara,
  • Maritime,
  • Plateaux,
  • Savanes

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

note: as of a July 2005, 13 new districts were reportedly added bringing the total up to 69; the new districts are Amolatar, Amuria, Budaka, Butaleja, Ibanda, Kaabong, Kabingo, Kaliro, Kiruhura, Koboko, Manafwa, Mityana, Nakaseke; a total of nine more districts are in the process of being added

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 three districts named Ile Crozet, Iles Kerguelen, 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

8 regions;

  • Austurland,
  • Hofudhborgarsvaedhi,
  • Nordhurland Eystra,
  • Nordhurland Vestra,
  • Sudhurland,
  • Sudhurnes,
  • Vestfirdhir,
  • Vesturland

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

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

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

Bangladesh

6 divisions;

  • Barisal,
  • Chittagong,
  • Dhaka,
  • Khulna,
  • Rajshahi,
  • 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)

provinces:
Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang; (see note on Taiwan)
autonomous regions:
  • Guangxi,
  • Nei Mongol,
  • Ningxia,
  • Xinjiang,
  • Xizang (Tibet)
municipalities:
  • Beijing,
  • Chongqing,
  • Shanghai,
  • Tianjin

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)

regions:
  • Guria,
  • Imereti,
  • Kakheti,
  • Kvemo Kartli,
  • Mtskheta-Mtianeti,
  • Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti,
  • Samegrelo and Zemo Svaneti,
  • Samtskhe-Javakheti,
  • Shida Kartli
cities:
  • Chiat'ura,
  • Gori,
  • K'ut'aisi,
  • P'ot'i,
  • Rust'avi,
  • Tbilisi,
  • Tqibuli,
  • Tsqaltubo,
  • Zugdidi
autonomous republics:
Abkhazia or Ap'khazet'is Avtonomiuri Respublika (Sokhumi), Ajaria or Acharis Avtonomiuri Respublika (Bat'umi)

note: the administrative centers of the two 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,
  • Puducherry*,
  • Punjab,
  • Rajasthan,
  • Sikkim,
  • Tamil Nadu,
  • Tripura,
  • Uttar Pradesh,
  • Uttaranchal,
  • West Bengal

Japan

47 prefectures;

  • Aichi,
  • Akita,
  • Aomori,
  • Chiba,
  • Ehime,
  • Fukui,
  • Fukuoka,
  • Fukushima,
  • Gifu,
  • Gunma,
  • 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 (Baykonur, formerly Leninsk); in 2004, a new agreement extended the lease to 2050

Korea, North now North Korea

9 provinces (do, singular and plural) and 4 municipalities (si, singular and plural)

provinces:
  • Chagang-do (Chagang),
  • Hamgyong-bukto (North Hamgyong),
  • Hamgyong-namdo (South Hamgyong),
  • Hwanghae-bukto (North Hwanghae),
  • Hwanghae-namdo (South Hwanghae),
  • Kangwon-do (Kangwon),
  • P'yongan-bukto (North P'yongan),
  • P'yongan-namdo (South P'yongan),
  • Yanggang-do (Yanggang)
municipalites:
  • Kaesong-si (Kaesong),
  • Najin Sonbong-si (Najin),
  • Namp'o-si (Namp'o),
  • P'yongyang-si (Pyongyang)

Korea, South now South Korea

9 provinces (do, singular and plural) and 7 metropolitan cities (gwangyoksi, singular and plural)

provinces:
  • Cheju-do,
  • Cholla-bukto (North Cholla),
  • Cholla-namdo (South Cholla),
  • Ch'ungch'ong-bukto (North Ch'ungch'ong),
  • Ch'ungch'ong-namdo (South Ch'ungch'ong),
  • Kangwon-do,
  • Kyonggi-do,
  • Kyongsang-bukto (North Kyongsang),
  • Kyongsang-namdo (South Kyongsang)
metropolitan cities:
  • Inch'on-gwangyoksi (Inch'on),
  • Kwangju-gwangyoksi (Kwangju),
  • Pusan-gwangyoksi (Pusan),
  • Soul-t'ukpyolsi (Seoul),
  • Taegu-gwangyoksi (Taegu),
  • Taejon-gwangyoksi (Taejon),
  • Ulsan-gwangyoksi (Ulsan)

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 the capital city*;
  • Alifu, Baa, Dhaalu, Faafu, Gaafu Alifu, Gaafu Dhaalu, Gnaviyani, Haa Alifu, Haa Dhaalu, Kaafu, Laamu, Lhaviyani, Maale* (Male), 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, Govisumber, 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 consists of two administrative entities: Azad Kashmir and Northern Areas

Russia

48 oblasts (oblastey, singular - oblast), 21 republics (respublik, singular - respublika), 9 autonomous okrugs (avtonomnykh okrugov, singular - avtonomnyy okrug), 7 krays (krayev, singular - kray), 2 federal cities (singular - gorod), and 1 autonomous oblast (avtonomnaya oblast')

oblasts:
  • Amur (Blagoveshchensk),
  • Arkhangel'sk,
  • Astrakhan',
  • Belgorod,
  • Bryansk,
  • Chelyabinsk,
  • Chita,
  • Irkutsk,
  • Ivanovo,
  • Kaliningrad,
  • Kaluga,
  • Kamchatka (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy),
  • Kemerovo,
  • Kirov,
  • Kostroma,
  • Kurgan,
  • Kursk,
  • Leningrad,
  • Lipetsk,
  • Magadan,
  • Moscow,
  • Murmansk,
  • Nizhniy Novgorod,
  • Novgorod,
  • Novosibirsk,
  • Omsk,
  • Orenburg,
  • Orel,
  • Penza,
  • Pskov,
  • Rostov,
  • Ryazan',
  • Sakhalin (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk),
  • Samara,
  • Saratov,
  • Smolensk,
  • Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg),
  • Tambov,
  • Tomsk,
  • Tula,
  • Tver',
  • Tyumen',
  • Ul'yanovsk,
  • Vladimir,
  • Volgograd,
  • Vologda,
  • Voronezh,
  • Yaroslavl'
republics:
  • Adygeya (Maykop),
  • Altay (Gorno-Altaysk),
  • Bashkortostan (Ufa),
  • Buryatiya (Ulan-Ude),
  • Chechnya (Groznyy),
  • Chuvashiya (Cheboksary),
  • Dagestan (Makhachkala),
  • Ingushetiya (Magas),
  • Kabardino-Balkariya (Nal'chik),
  • Kalmykiya (Elista),
  • Karachayevo-Cherkesiya (Cherkessk),
  • Kareliya (Petrozavodsk),
  • Khakasiya (Abakan),
  • Komi (Syktyvkar),
  • Mariy-El (Yoshkar-Ola),
  • Mordoviya (Saransk),
  • North Ossetia (Vladikavkaz),
  • Sakha [Yakutiya] (Yakutsk),
  • Tatarstan (Kazan'),
  • Tyva (Kyzyl),
  • Udmurtiya (Izhevsk)
autonomous okrugs:
  • Aga Buryat (Aginskoye),
  • Chukotka (Anadyr'),
  • Evenk (Tura),
  • Khanty-Mansi,
  • Koryak (Palana),
  • Nenets (Nar'yan-Mar),
  • Taymyr [Dolgano-Nenets] (Dudinka),
  • Ust'-Orda Buryat (Ust'-Ordynskiy),
  • Yamalo-Nenets (Salekhard)
krays:
  • Altay (Barnaul),
  • Khabarovsk,
  • Krasnodar,
  • Krasnoyarsk,
  • Permskiy,
  • Primorskiy (Vladivostok),
  • Stavropol'
federal cities:
Moscow (Moskva), Saint Petersburg (Sankt-Peterburg)
autonomous oblast:
Yevrey [Jewish] (Birobidzhan)

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: in 1998 the Government of Sri Lanka proposed a merger of the former Northern and Eastern provinces; while this merger was never ratified, the Government treats North Eastern Province as a de facto singular administrative unit

Tajikistan

  • 2 provinces (viloyatho, singular - viloyat) and 1 autonomous province* (viloyati mukhtor);
  • Viloyati Khatlon (Qurghonteppa), Viloyati Mukhtori Kuhistoni Badakhshon* [Gorno-Badakhshan] (Khorugh), 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), Qoraqalpog'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

31 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 district* (distrito);

  • Azua,
  • Baoruco,
  • Barahona,
  • Dajabon,
  • Distrito Nacional*,
  • Duarte,
  • El Seibo,
  • Elias Pina,
  • 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,
  • San Cristobal,
  • San Jose de Ocoa,
  • San Juan,
  • San Pedro de Macoris,
  • Sanchez Ramirez,
  • Santiago,
  • Santiago Rodriguez,
  • Santo Domingo,
  • Valverde

El Salvador

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

10 departments (departements, singular - departement);

  • Artibonite,
  • Centre,
  • Grand 'Anse,
  • Nippes,
  • 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

note: for local government purposes, Kingston and Saint Andrew were amalgamated in 1923 into the present single corporate body known as the Kingston and Saint Andrew Corporation

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*(Kuna Yala), and Veraguas

Puerto Rico

none (territory of the US with commonwealth status); 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

9 regional corporations, 2 city corporations, 3 borough corporations, 1 ward

regional corporations:
  • Couva/Tabaquite/Talparo,
  • Diego Martin,
  • Mayaro/Rio Claro,
  • Penal/Debe,
  • Princes Town,
  • Sangre Grande,
  • San Juan/Laventille,
  • Siparia,
  • Tunapuna/Piarco
city corporations:
Port-of-Spain, San Fernando
borough corporations:
  • Arima,
  • Chaguanas,
  • Point Fortin
ward:
Tobago

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

47 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,
  • Escaldes-Engordany,
  • La Massana,
  • Ordino,
  • Sant Julia de Loria

Austria

  • 9 states (Bundeslaender, singular - Bundesland);
  • Burgenland, Kaernten (Carinthia), Niederoesterreich, Oberoesterreich, Salzburg, Steiermark (Styria), Tirol, Vorarlberg, Wien (Vienna)

Belarus

6 provinces (voblastsi, singular - voblasts') and 1 municipality* (horad);

  • Brest,
  • Homyel',
  • Horad Minsk*,
  • Hrodna,
  • Mahilyow,
  • Minsk,
  • Vitsyebsk

note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers

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

note: as a result of the 1993 constitutional revision that furthered devolution into a federal state, there are now three levels of government (federal, regional, and linguistic community) with a complex division of responsibilities

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • 2 first-order administrative divisions and 1 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 (Prague)*, Stredocesky Kraj, Ustecky Kraj, Vysocina, Zlinsky Kraj

Denmark

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

note: as a result of an extensive 2005 local government reform, with 2006 being a transition year, 275 municipalities will be merged to 99 by 1 January 2007, and the 14 counties will be reorganized into five regions

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, Miquelon)

Germany

  • 13 states (Laender, singular - Land) and 3 free states* (Freistaaten, singular - Freistaat);
  • 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*;

  • Achaia,
  • Agion Oros* (Mt. Athos),
  • Aitolia kai Akarnania,
  • 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 Castel, Forest, Saint Andrew, Saint Martin, Saint Peter Port, Saint Pierre du Bois, Saint Sampson, Saint Saviour, Torteval, Vale

Holy See (Vatican City)

none

Hungary

19 counties (megyek, singular - megye), 22 urban counties (singular - megyei varos), and 1 capital city (fovaros)

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

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

Isle of Man

none; 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

  • 15 regions (regioni, singular - regione) and 5 autonomous regions* (regioni autonome, singular - regione autonoma);
  • Abruzzo, 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

32 raions (raioane, singular - raionul), 3 municipalities (municipiul), 1 autonomous territorial unit (unitatea teritoriala autonoma), and 1 territorial unit (unitatea teritoriala)

raions:
  • Anenii Noi,
  • Basarabeasca,
  • Briceni,
  • Cahul,
  • Cantemir,
  • Calarasi,
  • Causeni,
  • Cimislia,
  • Criuleni,
  • Donduseni,
  • Drochia,
  • Dubasari,
  • Edinet,
  • Falesti,
  • Floresti,
  • Glodeni,
  • Hincesti,
  • Ialoveni,
  • Leova,
  • Nisporeni,
  • Ocnita,
  • Orhei,
  • Rezina,
  • Riscani,
  • Singerei,
  • Soldanesti,
  • Soroca,
  • Stefan-Voda,
  • Straseni,
  • Taraclia,
  • Telenesti,
  • Ungheni
municipalities:
  • Balti,
  • Bender,
  • Chisinau
autonomous territorial unit:
Gagauzia
territorial unit:
Stinga Nistrului

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

Montenegro

  • 21 municipalities (opstini, singular - opstina);
  • Andrijevia, Bar, Berane, Bijelo Polje, Budva, Cetinje, Danilovgrad, Herceg Novi, Kolasin, Kotor, Mojkovac, Niksic, Plav, Pluzine, Pljevlja, Podgornica, Rozaje, Savnik, Tivat, Ulcinj, Zabljak

Netherlands

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

Macedonia now North Macedonia

85 municipalities (opstini, singular - opstina);

  • Aerodrom (Skopje),
  • Aracinovo,
  • Berovo,
  • Bitola,
  • Bogdanci,
  • Bogovinje,
  • Bosilovo,
  • Brvenica,
  • Butel (Skopje),
  • Cair (Skopje),
  • Caska,
  • Centar (Skopje),
  • Centar Zupa,
  • Cesinovo,
  • Cucer-Sandevo,
  • Debar,
  • Debartsa,
  • Delcevo,
  • Demir Hisar,
  • Demir Kapija,
  • Dojran,
  • Dolneni,
  • Drugovo,
  • Gazi Baba (Skopje),
  • Gevgelija,
  • Gjorce Petrov (Skopje),
  • Gostivar,
  • Gradsko,
  • Ilinden,
  • Jegunovce,
  • Karbinci,
  • Karpos (Skopje),
  • Kavadarci,
  • Kicevo,
  • Kisela Voda (Skopje),
  • Kocani,
  • Konce,
  • Kratovo,
  • Kriva Palanka,
  • Krivogastani,
  • Krusevo,
  • Kumanovo,
  • Lipkovo,
  • Lozovo,
  • Makedonska Kamenica,
  • Makedonski Brod,
  • Mavrovo i Rastusa,
  • Mogila,
  • Negotino,
  • Novaci,
  • Novo Selo,
  • Ohrid,
  • Oslomej,
  • Pehcevo,
  • Petrovec,
  • Plasnica,
  • Prilep,
  • Probistip,
  • Radovis,
  • Rankovce,
  • Resen,
  • Rosoman,
  • Saraj (Skopje),
  • Skopje,
  • Sopiste,
  • Staro Nagoricane,
  • Stip,
  • Struga,
  • Strumica,
  • Studenicani,
  • Suto Orizari (Skopje),
  • Sveti Nikole,
  • Tearce,
  • Tetovo,
  • Valandovo,
  • Vasilevo,
  • Veles,
  • Vevcani,
  • Vinica,
  • Vranestica,
  • Vrapciste,
  • Zajas,
  • Zelenikovo,
  • Zelino,
  • Zrnovci

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

Norway

19 counties (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 (Bucharest)*, 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, Montegiardino, San Marino Citta, Serravalle

Serbia

29 districts (okrugov; singular - okrug), 1 capital city*

Serbia Proper:
  • Belgrad*,
  • Bor,
  • Branicevo,
  • Jablanica,
  • Kolubara,
  • Macva,
  • Moravica,
  • Nisava,
  • Pcinja,
  • Pirot,
  • Podunavlje,
  • Pomoravlje,
  • Rasina,
  • Raska,
  • Sumadija,
  • Toplica,
  • Zajecar,
  • Zlatibor
Vojvodina Autonomous Province:
  • Central Banat,
  • North Backa,
  • North Banat,
  • South Backa,
  • South Banat,
  • Srem,
  • West Backa
Kosovo and Metojia Autonomous Province:
  • Kosovo,
  • Kosovska-Mitrovica,
  • Kosovo-Pomoravlje,
  • Pec,
  • Prizren

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

  • 17 autonomous communities (comunidades autonomas, singular - comunidad autonoma)and 2 autonomous cities* (ciudades autonomas, singular - ciudad autonoma);
  • Andalucia, Aragon, Asturias, Baleares (Balearic Islands), Ceuta*, Canarias (Canary Islands), Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y Leon, Cataluna, Comunidad Valenciana, Extremadura, Galicia, La Rioja, Madrid, Melilla*, Murcia, Navarra, Pais Vasco (Basque Country)

note: the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla plus three small islands of Islas Chafarinas, Penon de Alhucemas, and Penon de Velez de la Gomera, administered directly by the Spanish central government, are all located along the coast of Morocco and are collectively referred to as Places of Sovereignty (Plazas de Soberania)

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 provinces (oblasti, singular - oblast'), 1 autonomous republic* (avtonomna respublika), and 2 municipalities (mista, singular - misto) with oblast status**;
  • Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Chernivtsi, Crimea or Avtonomna Respublika Krym* (Simferopol'), Dnipropetrovs'k, Donets'k, Ivano-Frankivs'k, Kharkiv, Kherson, Khmel'nyts'kyy, Kirovohrad, Kyiv**, Kyiv, Luhans'k, L'viv, Mykolayiv, Odesa, Poltava, Rivne, Sevastopol'**, Sumy, Ternopil', Vinnytsya, Volyn' (Luts'k), Zakarpattya (Uzhhorod), Zaporizhzhya, Zhytomyr

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

Middle East

15 entries

Bahrain

5 governorates;

  • Asamah,
  • Janubiyah,
  • Muharraq,
  • Shamaliyah,
  • Wasat

note: each governorate administered by an appointed governor

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 Lefkosia (Nicosia) and Larnaca

Iran

  • 30 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-e Janubi, Khorasan-e Razavi, Khorasan-e Shemali, Khuzestan, Kohgiluyeh 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

6 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah);

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

Lebanon

8 governorates (mohafazat, singular - mohafazah);

  • Aakkar,
  • Baalbek-Hermel,
  • Beyrouth,
  • Beqaa,
  • Liban-Nord,
  • Liban-Sud,
  • Mont-Liban,
  • Nabatiye

Oman

5 regions (manatiq, singular - mintaqat) and 4 governorates* (muhafazat, singular - muhafazat) Ad Dakhiliyah, Al Batinah, Al Buraymi*, Al Wusta, Ash Sharqiyah, Az Zahirah, Masqat*, Musandam*, Zufar (Dhofar)*

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,
  • Afyonkarahisar,
  • 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,
  • Icel (Mersin),
  • Igdir,
  • Isparta,
  • Istanbul,
  • Izmir,
  • Kahramanmaras,
  • Karabuk,
  • Karaman,
  • Kars,
  • Kastamonu,
  • Kayseri,
  • Kilis,
  • Kirikkale,
  • Kirklareli,
  • Kirsehir,
  • Kocaeli,
  • Konya,
  • Kutahya,
  • Malatya,
  • Manisa,
  • Mardin,
  • 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 (Quwayn)

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: for electoral and administrative purposes, the capital city of Sanaa is treated as an additional governorate

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 lands of France); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are five archipelagic divisions named Archipel des Marquises, Archipel des Tuamotu, Archipel des Tubuai, Iles du Vent, 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 and 1 territory*;

  • Auckland,
  • Bay of Plenty,
  • Canterbury,
  • Chatham Islands*,
  • Gisborne,
  • Hawke's Bay,
  • Manawatu-Wanganui,
  • Marlborough,
  • Nelson,
  • Northland,
  • Otago,
  • Southland,
  • Taranaki,
  • Tasman,
  • Waikato,
  • 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,
  • Hatohobei,
  • Kayangel,
  • Koror,
  • Melekeok,
  • Ngaraard,
  • Ngarchelong,
  • Ngardmau,
  • Ngatpang,
  • Ngchesar,
  • Ngeremlengui,
  • Ngiwal,
  • Peleliu,
  • Sonsorol

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,
  • Guadalcanal,
  • Honiara*,
  • Isabel,
  • Makira,
  • Malaita,
  • Rennell and 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);

  • Beni,
  • Chuquisaca,
  • Cochabamba,
  • 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, 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

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

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 capital district* (distrito capital), 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)

divisions:
  • Ayeyarwady,
  • Bago,
  • Magway,
  • Mandalay,
  • Sagaing,
  • Tanintharyi,
  • Yangon
states:
  • Chin State,
  • Kachin State,
  • Kayah State,
  • Kayin State,
  • Mon State,
  • Rakhine State,
  • Shan State

Cambodia

20 provinces (khaitt, singular and plural) and 4 municipalities* (krong, singular and plural)

provinces:
  • Banteay Mean Cheay,
  • Batdambang,
  • Kampong Cham,
  • Kampong Chhnang,
  • Kampong Spoe,
  • Kampong Thum,
  • Kampot,
  • Kandal,
  • Kaoh Kong,
  • Krachen,
  • Mondol Kiri,
  • Otdar Mean Cheay,
  • Pouthisat,
  • Preah Vihear,
  • Prey Veng,
  • Rotanah Kiri,
  • Siem Reab,
  • Stoeng Treng,
  • Svay Rieng,
  • Takev
municipalities:
  • Keb,
  • Pailin,
  • Phnum Penh,
  • Preah Seihanu

Christmas Island

none (territory of Australia)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

none (territory of Australia)

Hong Kong

none (special administrative region of China)

Indonesia

30 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,
  • Irian Jaya Barat,
  • Jakarta Raya**,
  • Jambi,
  • Jawa Barat,
  • Jawa Tengah,
  • Jawa Timur,
  • Kalimantan Barat,
  • Kalimantan Selatan,
  • Kalimantan Tengah,
  • Kalimantan Timur,
  • Kepulauan Bangka Belitung,
  • Kepulauan Riau,
  • Lampung,
  • Maluku,
  • Maluku Utara,
  • Nusa Tenggara Barat,
  • Nusa Tenggara Timur,
  • Papua,
  • Riau,
  • Sulawesi Barat,
  • Sulawesi Selatan,
  • Sulawesi Tengah,
  • Sulawesi Tenggara,
  • Sulawesi Utara,
  • Sumatera Barat,
  • Sumatera Selatan,
  • Sumatera Utara,
  • Yogyakarta*

note: following the implementation of decentralization beginning on 1 January 2001, the 440 districts or regencies have become the key administrative units responsible for providing most government services

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, Louangphrabang, Oudomxai, Phongsali, Salavan, Savannakhet, Viangchan (Vientiane)*, Viangchan, Xaignabouli, Xaisomboun**, Xekong, Xiangkhoang

Macau

none (special administrative region of China)

Malaysia

  • 13 states (negeri-negeri, singular - negeri) Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, Perlis, Pulau Pinang, Sabah, Sarawak, Selangor, and Terengganu;
  • and one federal territory (wilayah persekutuan) with three components, city of Kuala Lumpur, Labuan, and Putrajaya

Philippines

79 provinces and 117 chartered cities

provinces:
  • Abra,
  • Agusan del Norte,
  • Agusan del Sur,
  • Aklan,
  • Albay,
  • Antique,
  • Apayao,
  • Aurora,
  • Basilan,
  • Bataan,
  • Batanes,
  • Batangas,
  • Biliran,
  • Benguet,
  • Bohol,
  • Bukidnon,
  • Bulacan,
  • Cagayan,
  • Camarines Norte,
  • Camarines Sur,
  • Camiguin,
  • Capiz,
  • Catanduanes,
  • Cavite,
  • Cebu,
  • Compostela,
  • Davao del Norte,
  • Davao del Sur,
  • Davao Oriental,
  • Eastern Samar,
  • Guimaras,
  • Ifugao,
  • Ilocos Norte,
  • Ilocos Sur,
  • Iloilo,
  • Isabela,
  • Kalinga,
  • Laguna,
  • Lanao del Norte,
  • Lanao del Sur,
  • La Union,
  • Leyte,
  • Maguindanao,
  • Marinduque,
  • Masbate,
  • Mindoro Occidental,
  • Mindoro Oriental,
  • Misamis Occidental,
  • Misamis Oriental,
  • Mountain Province,
  • Negros Occidental,
  • Negros Oriental,
  • North Cotabato,
  • Northern Samar,
  • Nueva Ecija,
  • Nueva Vizcaya,
  • Palawan,
  • Pampanga,
  • Pangasinan,
  • Quezon,
  • Quirino,
  • Rizal,
  • Romblon,
  • Samar,
  • Sarangani,
  • Siquijor,
  • Sorsogon,
  • South Cotabato,
  • Southern Leyte,
  • Sultan Kudarat,
  • Sulu,
  • Surigao del Norte,
  • Surigao del Sur,
  • Tarlac,
  • Tawi-Tawi,
  • Zambales,
  • Zamboanga del Norte,
  • Zamboanga del Sur,
  • Zamboanga Sibugay
chartered cities:
  • Alaminos,
  • Angeles,
  • Antipolo,
  • Bacolod,
  • Bago,
  • Baguio,
  • Bais,
  • Balanga,
  • Batangas,
  • Bayawan,
  • Bislig,
  • Butuan,
  • Cabanatuan,
  • Cadiz,
  • Cagayan de Oro,
  • Calamba,
  • Calapan,
  • Calbayog,
  • Candon,
  • Canlaon,
  • Cauayan,
  • Cavite,
  • Cebu,
  • Cotabato,
  • Dagupan,
  • Danao,
  • Dapitan,
  • Davao,
  • Digos,
  • Dipolog,
  • Dumaguete,
  • Escalante,
  • Gapan,
  • General Santos,
  • Gingoog,
  • Himamaylan,
  • Iligan,
  • Iloilo,
  • Isabela,
  • Iriga,
  • Kabankalan,
  • Kalookan,
  • Kidapawan,
  • Koronadal,
  • La Carlota,
  • Laoag,
  • Lapu-Lapu,
  • Las Pinas,
  • Legazpi,
  • Ligao,
  • Lipa,
  • Lucena,
  • Maasin,
  • Makati,
  • Malabon,
  • Malaybalay,
  • Malolos,
  • Mandaluyong,
  • Mandaue,
  • Manila,
  • Marawi,
  • Markina,
  • Masbate,
  • Muntinlupa,
  • Munoz,
  • Naga,
  • Olongapo,
  • Ormoc,
  • Oroquieta,
  • Ozamis,
  • Pagadian,
  • Palayan,
  • Panabo,
  • Paranaque,
  • Pasay,
  • Pasig,
  • Passi,
  • Puerto Princesa,
  • Quezon,
  • Roxas,
  • Sagay,
  • Samal,
  • San Carlos (in Negros Occidental),
  • San Carlos (in Pangasinan),
  • San Fernando (in La Union),
  • San Fernando (in Pampanga),
  • San Jose,
  • San Jose del Monte,
  • San Pablo,
  • Santa Rosa,
  • Santiago,
  • Silay,
  • Sipalay,
  • Sorsogon,
  • Surigao,
  • Tabaco,
  • Tacloban,
  • Tacurong,
  • Tagaytay,
  • Tagbilaran,
  • Taguig,
  • Tagum,
  • Talisay (in Cebu),
  • Talisay (in Negros Oriental),
  • Tanauan,
  • Tangub,
  • Tanjay,
  • Tarlac,
  • Toledo,
  • Tuguegarao,
  • Trece Martires,
  • Urdaneta,
  • Valencia,
  • Valenzuela,
  • Victorias,
  • Vigan,
  • Zamboanga

Singapore

none

Taiwan

  • includes central island of Taiwan plus numerous smaller islands near central island and off coast of China's Fujian Province;
  • Taiwan is divided into 18 counties (hsien, singular and plural), 5 municipalities (shih, singular and plural), and 2 special municipalities (chuan-shih, singular and plural)
counties:
Chang-hua, Chia-i, Hsin-chu, Hua-lien, I-lan, Kao-hsiung (county), Kin-men, Lien-chiang, Miao-li, Nan-t'ou, P'eng-hu, P'ing-tung, T'ai-chung, T'ai-nan, T'ai-pei (county), T'ai-tung, T'ao-yuan, and Yun-lin
municipalities:
  • Chia-i,
  • Chi-lung,
  • Hsin-chu,
  • T'ai-chung,
  • T'ai-nan
special municipalities:
Kao-hsiung city, T'ai-pei city

note: Taiwan generally uses Wade-Giles system for romanization; special municipality of Taipei adopted standard pinyin romanization for street and place names within city boundaries, other local authorities have selected a variety of romanization systems

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

59 provinces (tinh, singular and plural) and 5 municipalities (thanh pho, singular and plural)

provinces:
  • 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,
  • Cao Bang,
  • Dac Lak,
  • Dac Nong,
  • Dien Bien,
  • Dong Nai,
  • Dong Thap,
  • Gia Lai,
  • Ha Giang,
  • Ha Nam,
  • Ha Tay,
  • Ha Tinh,
  • Hai Duong,
  • Hau Giang,
  • Hoa Binh,
  • 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
municipalities:
  • Can Tho,
  • Da Nang,
  • Hai Phong,
  • Ha Noi,
  • Ho Chi Minh

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2006, “Administrative divisions”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/administrative-divisions/2006.

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