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This is a list of all types of place names separated by country. Please explain all the place names that a country use (city, town, county, province, state, prefecture, etc. when applicable).

Some suggestions to enrich the descriptions for placenames of each country:

  • Official status:
    • Mention if a type of place is official status in the country or not. (e.g., in some countries, "city" is an official, government-sanctioned status, in others it's just arbitrary usage of the word)
    • Say if there's an official term prefered instead of "city" or "town". (like "municipality")
    • Say if an English speaker would usually use terms like "town"/"city" regardless of the words that the native speakers use.
  • Usage/sources
    • Feel free to provide external links and/or links to Wikipedia as sources.
    • Link to current categories that Wiktionary uses.
    • Link to categories that Wikipedia uses.
  • Languages:
    • Mention both the placename in English and the official language of the country (as in city/ciudad).
  • Comprehensiveness:
    • Mention all types of placename, down to the smallest ones such as "village" or "borough".
    • Mention any obscure types of placenames like "region" or "macroregion" (which could maybe be a group of cities, a group of states, etc., depending on the country).
    • Mention former types of placenames, i.e. that a country does not have anymore.
    • Explain the capitals that the country has, such as capitals of states/provinces and say if the capital of the country is the capital of the state too.
  • Appeal/illustration:
    • Add some map or image if you'd like!

This list can be used when deciding names of categories and formatting definitions.

Note: See #Brazil for example. Once more countries are created here, remove this line.

See also Template:place, the template used to generate definitions of place names.

Wikipedia categories

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List of countries

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Abhkazia

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Afghanistan

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Albania

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Algeria

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Andorra

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  • 7 parishes (parròquies)
  • Some parishes are subdivided into quarters (quarts)
  • One parish (Canillo) subdivided into 10 veïnats

Angola

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Antigua and Barbuda

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  • Divided into six parishes and two dependencies

Argentina

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Armenia

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Australia

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  • 6 states, 3 federal territories, 7 external territories
  • 547 local government areas (LGAs), which can either be cities, boroughs shires, or unorganised areas. These are subdivided into localities (rural) and suburbs (urban).

Azerbaijan

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Bahamas

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Bahrain

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Bangladesh

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Barbados

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Belarus

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Belgium

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Belize

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  • 6 districts
  • Districts subdivided into constituencies

Benin

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Bhutan

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  • Divided into 20 dzongkhags, or districts
  • Each district is subdivided into gewogs, or groups of villages
  • Gewogs are subdivided into chewogs for elections and thromdes "municipalities" for administration

Bolivia

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Botswana

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Brazil

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The 26 states + the Federal District of Brazil.

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Brunei

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Bulgaria

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Burkina Faso

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Burundi

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Cambodia

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Cameroon

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Canada

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Divided into 10 provinces and 3 territories. Further subdivisions vary depending on the province or territory.

  • Alberta: 74 municipal districts, 19 cities, 105 towns, 80 villages, and 51 summer villages
  • British Columbia: 28 regional districts, subdivided into 52 cities, 50 district municipalities, 1 Indian government district, 1 island municipality, 1 mountain resort municipality, 1 resort municipality, 14 towns, 42 villages and 312 Indian reserves
  • Manitoba: 97 rural municipalities, 10 cities, 25 towns and 2 villages

Cape Verde

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Central African Republic

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Chad

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Chile

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China

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Colombia

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Comoros

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Republic of the Congo

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Costa Rica

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Croatia

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Cuba

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  • Formerly six large historical provinces (provincias)
  • Currently 15 provinces and one special municipality (Isla de la Juventud)
  • Provinces subdivided into municipalities (municipios)

Cyprus

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Czech Republic

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Denmark

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Djibouti

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Dominica

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Dominican Republic

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East Timor

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Ecuador

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Egypt

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El Salvador

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Equatorial Guinea

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Eritrea

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Estonia

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Eswatini

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Ethiopia

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Fiji

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Finland

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Finland has, according to a Wikipedia article,

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France

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  • 19 regions (région): 13 are in Metropolitan France and 6 are overseas
  • 96 departments (département)
  • The departments are subdivided into:
    • 320 arrondissements (non-governing)
    • 1,995 cantons (non-governing)
    • 34,826 communes, either cities, towns or villages

Gabon

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Gambia

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Georgia

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Germany

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  • 16 states (Land)
  • The area states are further subdivided into districts (Kreis)
    • Some states divide districts into Ämte, which are then divided into municipalities
  • Districts are further subdivided into municipalities (Gemeinde)

Ghana

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Greece

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Grenada

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  • Divided into 6 parishes

Guatemala

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Guinea

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Guinea-Bissau

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Guyana

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Haiti

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Honduras

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Hungary

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Iceland

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India

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Indonesia

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Iran

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Iraq

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Republic of Ireland

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Israel

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Italy

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Ivory Coast

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Jamaica

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Japan

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  • 47 prefectures (都道府県 (​todōfuken), including Tokyo, Hokkaido, and the urban prefectures (府 (​fu)) of Kyoto and Osaka)
  • 792 cities (市 (​shi), including Tokyo's special wards (特別区 (​tokubetsu-ku)), 743 towns (町 (​machi)) and 143 villages (村 (​mura))

Other subdivisions are:

Jordan

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Kazakhstan

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Kenya

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  • 8 provinces (Swahili: mkoa)
  • 47 counties (Swahili: kaunti)
  • 497 divisions (Swahili: taarafa)
  • 2,427 locations (Swahili: mtaa)

North Korea

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Note: Korean terms listed here are romanized according to the McCune-Reischauer system; the Revised Romanization (RR) is provided after the MR romanization. In case the MR and RR are the same, only one romanization is provided

  • The first-level divisions are 9 provinces (도 (道, MR: to, RR: do)) and 4 special cities (특별시 (特別市, MR: t'ŭkpyŏlsi, RR: teukbyeolsi): Pyongyang, Kaesong, Nampo and Rason)
  • The 9 provinces are divided into 27 cities (시 (市, si), excluding the 4 special cities above) and 82 counties (군 (郡, MR: kun, RR: gun))
  • The 27 cities (including the 4 special cities) are subdivided into neighborhoods 동 (洞, MR: tong, RR: dong))
  • Counties are further subdivided into towns (읍 (邑, ŭp, eup)), and villages (리 (里, ri). Some counties may also have workers' districts (로동자구 (勞動者區, rodongjagu)).

South Korea

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Kuwait

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Kyrgyzstan

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Laos

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Latvia

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Lebanon

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Lesotho

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Liberia

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Libya

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Liechtenstein

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Lithuania

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Luxembourg

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Macedonia

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Madagascar

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  • There were formerly 6 administrative provinces subdivided into 22 regions
  • The provinces were dissolved, now the 22 regions are the highest subdivision
  • Regions are subdivided into districts
  • Districts are subdivided into communes
  • Communes are subdivided into fokontany

Malawi

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  • Three regions: Central, Northern, Southern
  • Regions are subdivided into districts

Malaysia

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Maldives

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Mali

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Malta

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Marshall Islands

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Mauritania

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Mauritius

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Mexico

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  • 31 states (estados)
  • States subdivided into municipalities (municipios)
  • Mexico City is not a state or municipality, but is divided into 16 boroughs (delegaciones)

Federated States of Micronesia

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  • Divided into 4 states
  • Each state is subdivided into municipalities

Moldova

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Mongolia

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Montenegro

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Morocco

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Mozambique

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Myanmar

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Namibia

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Nauru

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  • 14 administrative districts grouped into 8 electoral constituencies
  • Districts are subdivided into villages

Nepal

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Netherlands

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  • 12 provinces (provincie)
  • Provinces subdivided into municipalities (gemeente), which are mostly administrative in nature.
  • Municipalities are subdivided into places (woonplaats), which represent individual settlements. A municipality may have only one place in it, or it may have many individual places spread across a wider area.
  • No legal distinction is made between places of different sizes or statuses. woonplaats covers anything from a tiny hamlet to a big city. A woonplaats may not even have anyone living in it (Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is one).

New Zealand

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  • 16 regions (Maori: ngā tākiwa)
  • 13 regions and 53 districts and the Chatham Islands

Nicaragua

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  • 15 departments (departamentos) and 2 autonomous communities
  • Departments subdivided into municipalities (municipios)

Niger

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Nigeria

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  • 36 states and one federal territory around Abuja
  • 774 local government areas (LGAs)

Norway

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Oman

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Pakistan

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Palau

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Palestine

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  • 2 regions (West Bank and Gaza Strip)
  • 16 governorates (مُحَافَظَة (muḥāfaẓa): 11 in the West Bank and 5 in the Gaza Strip), including areas under Israeli control. These are subdivided into cities, towns, villages, refugee camps and neighborhoods.

Panama

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Papua New Guinea

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Paraguay

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Peru

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Philippines

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  • 17 regions (rehiyon): 16 are administrative, and 1 (Bangsamoro) is autonomous
  • 81 provinces (lalawigan or probinsiya)
  • 145 cities (lungsod or siyudad) and 1,489 municipalities (bayan or munisipalidad)
  • Certain cities are further divided into administrative districts (distrito). These divisions are non-governing, geographical units used in addresses.
    • Manila, Davao City, Iloilo City and Samal have their districts defined by law.
    • Other cities such as Quezon City or Caloocan have districts, but their boundaries are not defined in law, nonetheless these are commonly used in addressing. Those districts are usually former barangays that have been split into smaller ones.
  • 42,029 barangays

Poland

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Portugal

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Qatar

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Romania

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Russia

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Rwanda

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Saint Kitts and Lewis

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Saint Lucia

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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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Samoa

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San Marino

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  • 9 municipalities (castelli), including the capital city
  • Each municipality has a main settlement known as a capoluogo
  • Municipalities subdivided into parishes or curacies (curazie)

São Tomé and Príncipe

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Saudi Arabia

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  • Divided into 13 regions / provinces
  • Provinces are subdivided into 118 governorates (محافظة)
  • Governorates are subdivided into sub-governorates
  • Regional capitals are not part of any governorate, but are governed by municipal councils (أمانة)

Senegal

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  • 14 regions
  • Regions subdivided into departments
  • Departments subdivided into arrondissements

Serbia

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Seychelles

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Sierra Leone

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Singapore

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Slovakia

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Slovenia

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Solomon Islands

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Somalia

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South Africa

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  • 9 provinces

South Sudan

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Spain

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Sri Lanka

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Sudan

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Suriname

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Sweden

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Switzerland

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Syria

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Taiwan

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Tajikistan

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Tanzania

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Thailand

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  • 76 provinces (จังหวัด (jang-wàt)), including the special administrative region of Bangkok
  • The provinces excluding Bangkok are subdivided into 878 districts or amphoe (อำเภอ (am-pəə)).
    • Bangkok is subdivided into 50 districts (เขต (kèet)), which are then subdivided into 180 subdistricts (แขวง (kwɛ̌ɛng)).
  • The districts are further subdivided into 7,255 subdistricts or tambons (ตำบล (dtam-bon))

Togo

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Tonga

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Trinidad and Tobago

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Tunisia

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Turkey

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  • 81 provinces (il)
  • 973 districts (ilçe)
  • Districts are further subdivided into:

Turkmenistan

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Tuvalu

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  • 9 islands, with villages on each (no further subdivision)

Uganda

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Ukraine

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United Arab Emirates

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  • Divided into 7 emirates

United States

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  • 50 states, some called commonwealths in their formal names.
    Also the District of Columbia, territories, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and other entities.
  • Most states divided into counties, but Louisiana into parishes, Alaska into boroughs, and the New England states into towns, though counties exist, often used for judicial districts.
  • States have varying local-government nomenclature and relationships among the state (or equivalent), the counties (or equivalents), and the local governments
  • Native peoples are in a curious position, the tribes being principally in a treaty relationship with the federal government, sometimes having reservations. The native peoples can vote is US and state (?) elections.

Uruguay

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Uzbekistan

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Vanuatu

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Venezuela

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  • 9 administrative regions (regiones administrativas)
  • Regions subdivided into 23 states (estados), a capital district (distrito capital), and the federal dependencies (Dependencias Federales)
  • States subdivided into municipalities (municipios)
  • Municipalities subdivided into parishes (parroquias)

Vietnam

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Yemen

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Zambia

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Zimbabwe

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