Administrative division
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Administrative division is a generic term for an administrative region within a country — on an arbitrary level below that of the sovereign state — typically with a local government encompassing multiple municipalities, counties, or provinces with a certain degree of autonomy.
Administrative divisions in a narrow sense could also refer to administrative entities in Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Myamar and formerly Pakistan and British India. See Division (country subdivision). While division alone could also refer to military units, the qualifier "administrative" brings it into another context.
In contexts of statistical ranking and comparability, the term statoid is sometimes used.
Administrative divisions are conceptually separate from dependent areas, in that the former are included in the core or mainland of the respective state.
Administrative divisions are distinguished from political divisions, as the former are entirely contained within a sovereign state.
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[edit] Examples
[edit] Terms used in English-speaking countries
- Area
- Barangay (Philippines)
- Urban
- County
- Despotate (not subnational)
- District
- Division (country subdivision)
- Duchy (partial subnational)
- Empire (not subnational)
- Kingdom
- Local council
- Municipality
- Parish
- Prefecture
- Principality (partial subnational)
- Province
- Region
- Republic (partial subnational)
- Indigenous:
- Electoral district (constituency):
- State (sub-national)
- Subdivision
- Territory
[edit] Native terms
See: List of terms for country subdivisions
Translation into English sometimes is difficult.
[edit] Compare:
- Country (a national or supra-national entity)
- Empire (a supra-national entity)
- State (a national or supra-national entity)
[edit] See also
- ISO 3166-2 Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions — Part 2
- List of terms for country subdivisions
- List of subnational entities by country
- List of subnational name etymologies
- List of the most populous country subdivisions
- List of the largest country subdivisions by area
- Lists of unofficial regions by country
- Table of administrative country subdivisions by country
[edit] External link
Contemporary
Arrondissement · Bailiwick · Banner · Autonomous banner · Barangay · Bairro · Barrio · Block · Borough · County borough · Metropolitan borough · Capital · Federal capital · Canton · Census division · Census geographic unit · Census metropolitan area · Census subdivision · Circle · Circuit · City · Autonomous city · Independent city · Co-Principality · Colony · Commonwealth · Commune · Community · Autonomous community · Residential community · Condiminium · Constituency · County · Administrative county · Autonomous county · Metropolitan county · Council · Croft · Department · Dependency · Federal dependency · District · Autonomous district · Capital district · City district · Federal district · Metropolitan district · Municipal district · Division · Duchy · Freguesia · Governorate · Hamlet · Insular area · Judeţ · Local administrative unit · Local government area · Municipality · District municipality · Regional municipality · Regional county municipality · Rural municipality · Neighbourhood · Oblast · Okrug · Parish · Civil parish · Periphery · Prefecture · Autonomous prefecture · Principality · Protectorate · Province · Autonomous province · Quarter · Regency · Region · Autonomous region · Capital region ·National capital region · Special administrative region · Republic · Autonomous republic · Ranchería · Reservation · Reserve · Shire · State · Subdistrict · Subprefecture · Suzerainty · Territory · Autonomous territorial unit · Capital territory · National territory · Town · Townland · Township · Civil township · Urban (urbanized) area · Village · Vingtaine · Voivodeship · Ward
Historical
Agency · Barony · Burgh · Cantref · Commote · Hundred · Imperial Circle · Imperial Free City · Imperial province · Presidency · Residency · Riding · Rural district · Sanitary district (rural · urban) · Urban district
Boldface indicates a type used by ten or more countries; loanwords in italics.
