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English

This is a list of English-language terms for country subdivisions.

★ Bailiwick ★ Borough ★ Canton ★ City ★ Commune ★ County ★ Department ★ District

★ Duchy ★ Emirate ★ Federal state ★ Municipality ★ Parish ★ Prefecture ★ Province ★ Region

★ Rural district ★ Shire ★ State ★ Subdistrict ★ Subprefecture ★ Township ★ Village ★ Voivodeship

See also Census-designated place for the statistical territorial subdivisions in the United States.

Non-English

This is an alphabetical list of native non-English terms for country subdivisions; some, such as ''arrondissement'' and ''okrug'', have become English loanwords. Terms in italics are prefixes or suffixes.

Name	Countries	English equivalents
ambacht		county
amphoe		district
amt		county
apskritis		county
arrondissement	French-speaking countries	borough district
''autónoma''	Spanish-speaking countries	''autonomous''
''autônomo''	Portuguese-speaking countries	''autonomous''
''avtonomny''		''autonomous''
aimag		province
baladiyah (''baladiyat'')	Arab countries	municipality
barangay		village (rural) or ward
bairro		neighbourhood district
barrio	Spanish-speaking countries	neighbourhood district
bezirk		district
binh		province
Bundesland	and	federal state
bwrdeistref		borough county
changwat		province
comarca	Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries	region
comuna	Spanish-speaking countries	commune
comună		rural commune
comunidad		community
deelgemeente		submunicipality
departamento	Latin America	department
département	French-speaking countries	department
distrito	Spanish-speaking countries and	district
do (Korean) dào (Mandarin) dō (Japanese)	Korea (North and South) China	province circuit
dzongkhag		district
estado		federal state
imarah		emirate
fylke		county
Gemeinde	German-speaking countries	municipality
Gemeente	Dutch-speaking countries	municipality
gewog		block
gmina		commune municipality
gobolka
gouvernorat		governorate
guberniya	Russian Empire	governorate
judeţ	(formerly)	county
jurydyka		village
Kanton	(German-speaking)	canton
kasselrij		county or burgraviate
kaza		district
ken		prefecture
khett		province
khoueng		province
kilil		region
kommun		municipality
kozhuun	[1]	district
krai		region
kraj		region
Kreis		district
lalawigan		province
Län (Swedish) Lääni (Finnish)		county (Sweden) province (Finland)
lieu-dit		hamlet
lugar		hamlet
lungsod		city
maakond		county
megye		county
mahoz		district
merindad	Medieval Spain	county
mintaqah (''mintaqat'')	Arab countries	province region
muhafazah (''muhafazat'')	Arab countries	governorate
municipalidad	Latin America	municipality
municipio município	Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries	municipality
nafa		subdistrict
negeri		federal state
nomos		prefecture
oblast oblast'	Slavic countries	province region
okres		district
okrug		district
opština
ostan (''ostan-e'')		province
parroquia	[2]	parish
pedanía		county
powiat		county
pradesh		province
probinsya		province
propinsi		province
provincia	Italian and Spanish-speaking countries	province
prowincja		province
quang		province
raion	Russian-speaking countries	district
respublika		republic
selsoviet		rural district
sum		district
sýsla		district
tinh
todōfuken		prefecture
ulus	[3]	district
vogtei		bailiwick
wojewodztwo		voivodeship
volost	, Russian Empire
voblast		province
wilayah velayah	Arab countries	province
ziemia		land
zupanija		county

Notes

1. Tyva Republic.
2. Galicia.
3. Sakha Republic.