Name |
Countries |
English equivalents
|
amphoe |
Thailand |
district
|
Amt |
Germany |
county (formerly; the modern term is kreis, which means literally "circle")
|
amt |
Denmark |
county (replaced with regions in 2007)
|
amt |
Norway |
county (formerly; the modern term is fylke)
|
apskritis |
Lithuania |
county
|
anakhett |
Cambodia |
prefecture
|
arrondissement |
Netherlands
|
borough, district
|
French-speaking countries
|
autónoma |
Spanish-speaking countries
|
autonomous
|
autônomo, autônoma |
Portuguese-speaking countries
|
автоно́мный (avtonomny) |
Russia
|
aimag (аймаг) |
Mongolia |
province
|
baladiyah (baladiyat) |
Arab countries |
municipality
|
barangay |
Philippines |
village (rural) or ward
|
bairro |
Brazil
|
neighbourhood, district
|
Portugal
|
Mozambique
|
barrio |
Spanish-speaking countries
|
бановина (banovina)
|
Yugoslavia
|
banate, province
|
bayan
|
Philippines
|
municipality
|
Bezirk |
Austria |
district
|
Bezirk |
Switzerland |
district
|
Bezirk |
Germany |
district
|
Bundesland |
Germany (colloquial term)
|
federal state
|
Bundesland |
Austria (colloquial term)
|
bibhag |
Bangladesh |
division
|
bwrdeistref |
Wales |
borough county
|
canton (French) cantone (Italian) chantun (Romansh) Kanton (German) |
Switzerland
|
canton
|
kanton (Bosnian)
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
castello |
San Marino |
municipality
|
changwat |
Thailand |
province
|
chef-lieu |
France |
chief town or city
|
comarca |
Portuguese-speaking countries (judicial system)
|
county
|
Spanish-speaking countries
|
comuna |
Angola |
division of município
|
comuna |
Spanish-speaking countries |
commune
|
comună |
Romania |
rural commune
|
comune |
Italy |
municipality
|
comunidad |
Spain |
community
|
comunidade intermunicipal |
Portugal |
intermunicipal community
|
comunidade urbana |
Portugal |
urban community
|
concelho |
Cape Verde
|
municipality; synonym of município
|
Portugal
|
corregimiento |
Panama |
subdivision of a distrito
|
daerah
|
Malay-speaking countries
|
district
|
provinsi
|
Indonesia |
province
|
Daerah Istimewa |
Special District, all are first level (provincial level)
|
Daerah Khusus Ibukota |
Exclusive Capital District, refers to DKI Jakarta only.
|
dào (Mandarin) |
People's Republic of China |
circuit
|
deelgemeente |
Belgium |
submunicipality
|
demos (δήμος) |
Greece |
municipality
|
departamento |
Latin America (Spanish-speaking countries) |
department
|
département |
French-speaking countries |
department
|
desa |
Indonesia |
village
|
district |
Suriname |
district
|
distrik |
Indonesia |
district
|
distrito |
Portugal |
group of municipalities
|
São Tomé and Príncipe |
municipality
|
Philippines
|
district
|
Spanish-speaking countries
|
distrito, distritu |
Timor-Leste |
municipality
|
distrito federal |
Brazil |
federal district
|
dō |
Japan
|
circuit
|
do |
North Korea
|
South Korea
|
dombon |
Cambodia |
area or region
|
dzongkhag |
Bhutan |
district
|
estado |
Brazil
|
federal state
|
Mexico
|
Venezuela
|
etrap
|
Turkmenistan
|
district
|
freguesia |
Cape Verde
|
civil parish
|
Portugal
|
fylke |
Norway |
county
|
gemeente |
Belgium ( Flanders)
|
municipality
|
Netherlands
|
Gemeinde |
Austria |
municipality
|
Gemeinde |
Germany
|
Gemeinde |
Italy
|
Gemeinde |
Switzerland
|
gewog |
Bhutan |
block
|
gmina |
Poland |
commune, municipality
|
gobolka |
Somalia |
administrative region
|
gouvernorat |
Guinea |
governorate
|
grande área metropolitana |
Portugal |
greater metropolitan area
|
губе́рния (guberniya) |
Russian Empire |
governorate
|
hameau |
France |
hamlet
|
hanua |
Papua New Guinea |
village
|
iduhu |
Papua New Guinea |
clan
|
raj |
India |
empire
|
rajya |
India |
state
|
il or vilayet |
Turkey |
province
|
ilçe |
Turkey |
district
|
imarah |
Arab countries (formerly)
|
emirate
|
United Arab Emirates
|
jamoat
|
Tajikistan
|
commune or municipality
|
járás |
Hungary |
district
|
Jilla |
Nepal |
district
|
județ |
Moldova (formerly)
|
county
|
Romania
|
jurydyka |
Poland |
village
|
kabupaten |
Indonesia |
regency
|
kampung or kampong
|
Malay-speaking countries and Cambodia
|
village, hamlet, neighbourhood
|
kasselrij |
Netherlands |
county or burgraviate
|
kecamatan |
Indonesia |
district
|
kelurahan |
Indonesia |
(urban) village or subdistrict
|
ken |
Japan |
prefecture
|
khan |
Cambodia |
district or section
|
khett |
Cambodia |
province
|
khoueng |
Laos |
province
|
khum |
Cambodia |
commune
|
kilil |
Ethiopia |
region
|
kommun |
Finland (Swedish speaking)
|
municipality
|
Sweden
|
kommune |
Denmark
|
municipality
|
Norway
|
kota |
Indonesia |
chartered city
|
кожуун (kozhuun) |
Russia ( Tyva Republic) |
rural council
|
край (krai) |
Russia |
region
|
kraj |
Czech Republic
|
region
|
Slovakia
|
Kreis |
Germany |
district
|
krom |
Cambodia |
group
|
krong |
Cambodia |
municipality
|
ku |
Japan |
ward
|
kunta |
Finland |
municipality
|
lääni |
Finland |
province
|
lalawigan |
Philippines |
province
|
län |
Sweden |
county
|
Land |
Austria (official term) |
state
|
Land |
Germany (official term) |
state
|
lieu-dit |
France |
place name
|
linn |
Estonia |
town or city
|
lugar |
Cape Verde |
division of zona in Cape Verde
|
Portugal |
hamlet
|
lungsod |
Philippines |
city
|
maakond |
Estonia |
county
|
մարզ (marz)
|
Armenia
|
province or region
|
mahoz |
Israel |
district
|
mancomunidad |
Spain |
association of municipalities, commonwealth
|
merindad |
Medieval Spain |
county
|
mesorregião |
Brazil |
mesoregion (division of estado)
|
mintaqah (mintaqat) |
Arab countries |
province, region
|
microrregião |
Brazil |
microregion (division of mesorregião, group of municípios)
|
მხარე (mkhare)
|
Georgia
|
region
|
muban |
Thailand |
village
|
muhafazah (muhafazat) |
Arab countries |
governorate
|
mukim
|
Malay-speaking countries
|
subdistrict, subdivision of subdistrict, survey district
|
municipalidad |
Latin America (Spanish-speaking countries) |
municipality
|
municipio |
Spanish-speaking countries
|
municipality
|
Portuguese-speaking countries
|
nafa |
Israel |
subdistrict
|
negeri |
Malaysia |
state
|
nomos |
Greece |
prefecture
|
novads |
Latvia |
municipality (amalgamated urban areas without town rights)
|
NUTS |
Europe |
Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics
|
obec |
Czech Republic
|
municipality
|
Slovakia
|
область (oblast) |
Countries formerly in the Soviet Union or Yugoslavia |
province, region
|
община (obshtina) |
Bulgaria |
municipality
|
okres |
Czech Republic
|
district
|
Slovakia
|
okrug |
Serbia
|
district
|
Russia
|
opština |
Republika Srpska
|
municipality
|
Montenegro
|
Serbia
|
ostan (ostan-e) |
Iran |
province
|
pagasts |
Latvia |
parish
|
panchayati raj
|
India
|
village council
|
paróquia |
Portugal
|
parish (religious division)
|
Cape Verde
|
parroquia |
Spain ( Galicia)
|
parish
|
Andorra
|
pedanía |
Spain |
county
|
Περιφέρειες (periféreia) |
Greece |
periphery
|
phum |
Cambodia |
village
|
phumpheak |
Cambodia |
zone
|
pilseta |
Latvia |
town/city
|
povit |
Ukraine |
county
|
powiat |
Poland |
county
|
pradesh |
India |
state of India
|
Nepal
|
province of Nepal
|
probinsya |
Philippines |
province
|
provinsi |
Indonesia |
province
|
provincia |
Spanish-speaking countries
|
province
|
Italy
|
província |
Portugal (formerly)
|
province
|
Angola
|
São Tomé and Príncipe
|
prowincja |
Poland |
province
|
purok
|
Philippines
|
district or zone
|
raion |
Russia
|
district
|
Moldova
|
Ukraine
|
rajons |
Latvia |
district
|
região |
Brazil |
group of estados; also macrorregião
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
region
|
Portugal
|
região autónoma |
Portugal
|
autonomous region
|
São Tomé and Príncipe
|
regierungsbezirk |
Germany |
district
|
region |
Denmark |
region
|
regione |
Italy |
region
|
şäher
|
Turkmenistan
|
capital city district
|
sangkat |
Cambodia |
commune or quarter
|
sector |
Guinea-Bissau |
sector (municipality)
|
sector autónomo |
Guinea-Bissau |
autonomous sector (municipality)
|
сельсовет (selsoviet) |
Russia |
rural council
|
sheng/shêng |
People's Republic of China Taiwan |
province
|
shi/shih |
People's Republic of China Taiwan |
city
|
sitio |
Philippines
|
district or zone
|
շրջան (shrjan)
|
Republic of Artsakh
|
province or region
|
hromada
|
Ukraine
|
municipality
|
srŏk |
Cambodia |
district
|
sum |
Mongolia |
district
|
subdistrito, subdistritu |
Timor-Leste |
subdistrict (submunicipality)
|
subregião |
Portugal |
subregion
|
suco, suku |
Timor-Leste |
division of submunicipality
|
-stan |
Central Asian countries |
land (denotes high level of autonomy)
|
sýsla |
Faroe Islands
|
district
|
Iceland
|
tambon |
Thailand |
subdistrict
|
thesaban |
Thailand |
municipality
|
tỉnh |
Vietnam |
province
|
todōfuken |
Japan |
prefectural level divisions (collectively)
|
tuman
|
Uzbekistan
|
district
|
ulus |
Russia ( Sakha Republic) |
district
|
upazila |
Bangladesh |
subdistrict
|
union parishad |
Bangladesh |
council or constituency
|
mouza |
Bangladesh |
mouza
|
gram/gaon |
Bangladesh |
village
|
Ward |
Bangladesh |
ward
|
vald |
Estonia |
parish, rural municipality
|
vármegye |
Hungary |
county
|
вилоят (viloyat)
|
Tajikistan
|
region
|
Uzbekistan
|
во́лость (volost) |
Russia |
district
|
wojewodztwo |
Poland |
voivodeship
|
waterschap |
Netherlands |
water board
|
welaýaty
|
Turkmenistan
|
region
|
wilayah |
Arab countries
|
province, territory
|
Malaysia
|
xian/hsien |
People's Republic of China Taiwan |
county
|
země |
Czech Republic |
land (historical)
|
zona |
Cape Verde |
zone (division of freguesia)
|
ziemia |
Poland |
land
|
Zillah |
Pakistan
|
district
|
Bangladesh
|
India
|
župa |
Slovakia |
county (historical)
|
županija |
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croatian speaking)
|
county
|
Croatia
|
maahaanam |
Sri Lanka (Tamil speaking) |
province
|
maavattam |
Sri Lanka (Tamil speaking) |
district
|
pirathesam/koattam |
Sri Lanka (Tamil speaking) |
division
|
palaatha |
Sri Lanka (Sinhala speaking) |
province
|
dhisthrikaya |
Sri Lanka (Sinhala speaking) |
district
|
kottahsha |
Sri Lanka (Sinhala speaking) |
division
|