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Largest 50 subdivisions by area
This is a 'list of the 50 largest
country subdivisions by area' (including surface water) in square kilometres.
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Sakha Republic,
Russia (3,103,200)
#State of
Western Australia,
Australia (2,645,615)
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Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (2,339,700)
#Territory of
Greenland,
Denmark (2,166,086)
#Territory of
Nunavut,
Canada (2,093,190)
#State of
Queensland, Australia (1,852,642)
#State of
Alaska,
United States (1,717,854)
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Xinjiang Autonomous Region,
People's Republic of China (1,660,000)
#State of
Amazonas,
Brazil (1,570,947)
#Province of
Quebec, Canada (1,542,056)
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Northern Territory, Australia (1,420,968)
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Northwest Territories, Canada (1,346,106)
#State of
Pará, Brazil (1,253,164)
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Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China (1,228,400)
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Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China (1,183,000)
#Province of
Ontario, Canada (1,076,395)
#State of
South Australia, Australia (1,043,514)
#Province of
British Columbia, Canada (948,596)
#State of
Mato Grosso, Brazil (906,807)
#State of
New South Wales, Australia (809,444)
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Khabarovsk Krai, Russia (788,600)
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Irkutsk Oblast (full), Russia (767,900)
[1]
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Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia (750,300
[2]
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Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia (737,700)
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Qinghai Province, People's Republic of China (721,000)
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Mintaqah of
Ash Sharqiyah,
Saudi Arabia (710,000)
#State of
Texas, United States (696,241)
#Province of
Alberta, Canada (661,848)
#Province of
Saskatchewan, Canada (651,036)
#Province of
Manitoba, Canada (647,797)
#Department of
Agadez,
Niger (634,209)
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Tamanghasset Wilaya,
Algeria (619,360)
[3]
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Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region,
Chad (600,350)
#State of
Minas Gerais, Brazil (586,528)
#State of
Bahia, Brazil (564 273)
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Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia (523,100)
#Province of
Orientale,
Democratic Republic of the Congo (503,239)
[The current constitution of DR Congo, ratified in 2006, will split Orientale into four new provinces no later than February 2009.]
#Province of
Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo (496,871)
[The 2006 DR Congo constitution also provides for Katanga to be split into four new provinces.]
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Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China (485,000)
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Yukon Territory, Canada (482,443)
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Shabiyah of
Al Kufrah,
Libya (479,160)
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Magadan Oblast, Russia (461,400)
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Heilongjiang Province, People's Republic of China (460,000)
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Gansu Province, People's Republic of China (454,000)
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Adrar Wilaya, Algeria (443,782)
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Chita Oblast (full), Russia (431,500
[4]
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Qaraghandy Province,
Kazakhstan (428,000)
#Province of
Papua,
Indonesia (421,981)
[5]
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Komi Republic, Russia (415,900)
#Mintaqah of
Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia (412,000)
Notes
1. This is the full area for the Irkutsk Oblast, including that of the Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug. If that area was subtracted, then the figure would drop down to 745,762 square kilometers.
2. The Tyumen Oblast contains the Khanty-Mansi and the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrugs, but all three are considered to be federal subjects of Russia. The total area for the oblast (with autonomous okrugs included) is 1,433,270 km².
3. These figures cannot be verified by their Wikipedia page.
4. This is the full area for Chita Oblast, including that of Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug. If that area was subtracted, then the figure would drop down to 412,188 square kilometers.
5. The province originally covered the entire western half of New Guinea, but in 2003, the western portion of the province, on the Bird's Head Peninsula, was declared by Jakarta to be a separate province named West Irian Jaya. The legality of this separation has been disputed as it appears to conflict with a law giving Special Autonomy status to Papua in the year 2000. The status of West Irian Jaya province is not yet resolved as of early 2006.
See also
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List of the most populous country subdivisions
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Statoid
References
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World-gazetteer.com