List of subnational entities

The table below indicates the types and, where known, numbers of administrative divisions currently (as of 2007) used by countries and their major dependent territories. It is ordered alphabetically by country name in English.

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Numbers of divisions 

To simplify maintaining the table, numbers of divisions are only specified where a country has around thirty or fewer instances; for example, as of 2007, the twelve qarku (counties) of Albania. For numbers greater than thirty, the number rounded down to the nearest ten (or, in the case of thousands, the nearest hundred) is given, suffixed by a plus sign "+"; for example, the "300+" komuna (communes) of Albania. More precise figures should be found in the articles linked by the table.

Terms in italics 

Terms in italics are terms in languages other than English. They should be in plural form, followed by a footnote or footnotes indicating the generally accepted English equivalent or translation. Known alternative spellings are given in brackets following a term.

Terms in brackets 

Entries in standard brackets either indicate that the term used is informal or that its use is yet to be confirmed. An English term in square brackets indicates that the local name for the term is not yet known or confirmed; when confirmed, it is replaced by the local name in italics.

Footnote letters ( ^{c d m p r} ) 

These indicate, respectively, five common types of administrative division in English: capitals; districts; municipalities; provinces; and regions. Other English terms appear among the numbered footnotes.

British overseas territories and crown dependencies 

Where these have administrative divisions, they are listed as if separate countries.

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Country	Administrative divisions
	First-level	Second-level	Third-level	Fourth-level and smaller
Afghanistan	30+ velaya'at p	360+ woleswali d
Albania	12 qarku [8][30]	30+ rrethe d	300+ komuna [7] 60+ bashkia m	(3000+ lokaliteteve [13]?)
Algeria	48 wilayas p	553 daïras [5]	1,541 baladiyahs of Algeria  [7]
For Åland, see Finland below.
For American Samoa, see United States below.
Andorra	7 parròquies [15]	(52 ?[localities] [13]  -) quarts [17] veïnats [14] villages
Anguilla	14 districts
Angola	18 províncias p	150+ municípios [31]m
Antigua and Barbuda	6 parishes 2 dependencies
Argentina	22 provincias p	370+ departamentos [9]	municipios [32]m	localidades d
	Buenos Aires Province	partidos [33]
	Buenos Airesc[1]		15 comunas [7]	40+ barrios [14]
Armenia	10 marzer [34]p Yerevanc
For Aruba, see Netherlands below.
Australia	6 states 10 territories	700+ Local Government Areas[35]
Austria	9 Bundesländer [21]	80+ Politische Bezirke d 15 Statutarstädte [6]	2300+ Gemeinden m[7]	7800+ Katastralgemeinden [36]
Azerbaijan		59 rayonlar d	11 şəhərlər [6]
	1 muxtar respublika [1]	7 rayonlar d	1 şəhər [6]
Bahamas	31 districts New Providence
Bahrain	5 muhāfazāt [12]
Bangladesh	6 bibhag [10]	64 zilla d	474 upozilla d
Barbados	11 parishes
Belarus	6 voblastsi p Minskc	110+ rayony d
Belgium	3 gewesten [37]r	10 provincies [38]p	43 arrondissements d	580+ gemeenten [39]m
Belize	6 districts	31 constituencies
Bermuda	9 parishes 2 municipalities
Benin	12 départements [9]	70+ communes	arrondissements	[villages] [28] [city districts] d
Bhutan	20 dzongkhag d	200+ gewog [2][28]
Bolivia	9 departamentos [9]	100 provincias p	327 municipios [19][40]	1000+ cantones [4]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Fed. of Bosnia & Herzegovina	10 kantoni [4]	70+ opčine m
	Republika Srpska	7 [regions]	60+ opčine m
	Brčko District
Botswana	9 districts	subdistricts [22]
Brazil	26 estados [21] Brasíliac	5 560+ municípios m
Brunei	4 daerah-daerah d	38 mukim p	kampong [28]
Bulgaria	28 oblasti p	260+ obshtini m[7]
Burkina Faso	(13 régions)	40+ provinces	350+ communes [7]
Burundi	17 provinces	120+ communes [7]d	2600+ collines [41]
Cambodia	20 khêt p 4 krong [1]	180+ srok d	khum [7]	khan [19] then sangkat [17]
Cameroon	10 provinces	50+ départements [9]	310+ arrondissements	[subdistricts] [22]
Canada	10 provinces:
	Alberta	Counties and municipal districts towns cities
	British Columbia	27 regional districts 1 region	(land districts)
	Manitoba	23 census divisions	sections townships ranges
	New Brunswick	15 counties	parishes
	Newfoundland and Labrador	10 census divisions	(districts)
	Nova Scotia	18 counties
	Ontario	census divisions[42] 107 electoral ridings	boroughs etc.[43]
	Prince Edward Island	3 counties	lots royalties
	Quebec	90+ comtés [8] 3 communautés urbaines [44]	municipalités [45]	arrondissements [3]
	Saskatchewan	18 census divisions	sections townships ranges
	3 territories:
	Northwest Territories	2? regions
	Nunavut	3? regions
	Yukon
Cape Verde	22 concelhos [8][46]	30+ freguesias [15]
Cayman Islands	8 districts
Central African Republic	16 préfectures [16] Banguic[1]	60+ sous-préfectures [23]	170+ communes
Chad	18 régions r	40+ départements [9]	sub-prefectures	communautés rurales [18]
	including N'Djamenac	10 arrondissements	communes
Chile	15 regiones r	50+ provincias p	320+ comunas m
China (PRC)	"province" level: 22 shěng p 5 zìzhìqū [1] 4 zhíxiáshì m	"prefecture" level: 280+ dìjíshī [6] 17 dìqū [16] 30 zìzhìzhōu [1]	"county" level: 1400+ xiàn [8] 110+ zìzhìxiàn [1] 850+ (shìxiá)qū d 2 tèqū [47] 370+ xiànjíshì [6] 1 línqū [48]	"township" level: 19500+ zhèn [26] 14600+ xiāng [27] 1000+ mínzúxiāng [49] 6100+ jiēbàn [50][22] 11 qūgōngsuǒ [51] then Urban areas: shèqū [52] or jūmínqū [14] Rural areas: cūnjí [28][53]
	Inner Mongolia[54]	3 méng [55]	40+ qí [56] 3 zìzhìqí [1]	180+ sūmù [27] 1 mínzúsūm [49] then urban and rural divisions as above.
	2 tèbiéxíngzhèngqū [57] :
	Hong Kong	18 districts
	Macau	2 concelhos d	5 freguesias [15]
For the Republic of China, see Taiwan below.
Colombia	32 departamentos [9] Bogotác	1100+ municipios m	2000+ corregimientos [26]
Comoros	3 [autonomous islands] [1]
DR of the Congo[58]	10 provinces Kinshasac	territoires (districts) [25]
		mairies [59] :
		[cities]	communes	quartiers [17][14]
		territoriale [60] :
				[towns] then quartiers [17][14] cheffries [20] then villages
Republic of the Congo[61]	10 régions r	80+ [districts] d	communes
	Brazzavillec	7 arrondissements
Costa Rica	7 provincias p	80+ cantons	450+ [districts] d
Côte d'Ivoire[62]	19 régions r	50+ départements [9]	180+ sous-préfectures [23]
Croatia	20 županije [8] Zagrebc	127 gradovi [26] 429 općine m
Cuba	14 provincias p Havanac	160+ municipios m
Cyprus	6 eparchies d
Czech Republic	14 kraje r	77 okresy d[63] 3 statutární města [6]	města, obce m[64]	katastrální území [65]
	Praguec	15? obvody d
Denmark	5 regioner r	90+ kommuner m
	Faroe Islands[1]	7 sýsla [66]r	30+ kommunur m[7]
	Greenland[1]	3 amter [8] (or lansdele p)	18 kommuner m[67]
Djibouti	5 régions r	(15 districts d)[68]
	Djibouti Cityc	6 arrondissements
Dominica	10 parishes
Dominican Republic	31 provincias p Distrito Nacionald	110+ municipios m 40+ distritos municipales d	secciones [19]
East Timor[69]	13 [districts] d	60+ [subdistricts] [22]	(sulos, sucos [28])
Ecuador	24 provincias p	210+ cantones [4]	1000+ parròquias [15]
Egypt	27 muhāfazāt [12]	markazes
El Salvador	14 departamentos [9]	260+ municipios m
For England, see United Kingdom below.
Equatorial Guinea	7 provincias p
Eritrea	6 zoba r	districts d
Estonia[70]	15 maakonnad [8]	30+ linnad [26]	linnaosad d	asumid
		190+ vallad [15][7]	alevikud [3] külad [28]
Ethiopia	9 kililoch r[21] 2 astedader akababiwach [6]	(zones?) 12 rasgez akababiwach [1]	600+ woreda (wereda)d	kebeles [14][29]
For the Faroe Islands, see Denmark above.
Fiji	4 divisions 1 dependency	15 provinces
Finland	6 läänit p	20 maakunnat r	70+ seutukunnat [24]	430+ kunnat m[71]
	Åland[1]	16 kommuner (kunnat) m
France	(25 régions r Corsica[72]) 90+ départements [9]	320+ arrondissements	3800+ cantons	36000+ communes
	French Guiana[73]	2 arrondissements	19 cantons	22 communes
	French Polynesia[74][75]	5 subdivisions administratives		40+ communes
	Southern/Antarctic Lands[76][25]	4 [districts] d
	Guadeloupe[73]	2 arrondissements	30+ communes	40+ cantons
	Martinique[73]	4 arrondissements	30+ communes	40+ cantons
	Mayotte[74][77]		17 communes
	New Caledonia	3 provinces	30+ communes
	Réunion[73]	4 arrondissements	20+ communes	40+ cantons
	St. Pierre and Miquelon[74]	2 communes
	Wallis and Futuna[74]	3 royaumes coutumiers [78]	3 [districts] d
Gabon	9 provinces	30+ départements [9]
Gambia	5 divisions Banjulc	30+ districts
Georgia	9 mkhare p 2 avt'onomiuri resp'ublik'a [1] Tbilisic	53 raioni d 6 sak'alak'o t'erit'oria [6]
Germany	16 Länder [79][21]	22 Regierungsbezirke [8]	430+ Kreise d then Ämter [80]	12300+ Gemeinden m
Ghana	10 regions	120+ districts
		8 municipal districts	zones
		3 metropolitan districts	submetropolitan districts
Greece	13 periphereies and 1 aftonomi monastiki politeia [1]	54 nomoi, Mount Athos	140+ eparchia (abolished in 2006) p	270+ demoi m then [localities] [13] ([communes] [7]?) (3rd level administration entities)
For Greenland, see Denmark above.
Grenada	6 parishes 2 dependencies
For Guam, see United States below.
Guatemala	22 departamentos [9]	332 municipios m
Guernsey[81]	10 parishes
Guinea	8 régions r	33 préfectures [16]	330+ sous-préfectures [23]	[districts] d [sectors] [20]
		Conakryc	5 communes
Guinea-Bissau	8 regiões r 1 sector autónomo [1]	30+ ?setores [20]
Guyana	10 regions	27 neighborhood councils
Haiti	10 départements [9]	30+ arrondissements d	communes	sections [82]
Honduras	18 departamentos [9]	290+ municipios m
Hungary	19 megyék 23 megyei jogú város [8] Budapestc	160+ subregions
Iceland	79 sveitarfélög m
India	28 states 7 territories	600+ districts	tehsils (tahsils, tahasils), taluks (talukas) [8]	blocks
Indonesia	33 provinsi [83]p 5 daerah istimewa [1] Jakartac	340+ kabupaten [84] 90+ kota [6][85]	kecamatan [22]	desa, kelurahan [28]
Iran	30 ostanha p	310+ shahrestan [8]	bakhsh d
Iraq	18 muhāfazāt [12]p	? aqdyat d[86]	?nahiyat [8]?	?qaryat [28]
Republic of Ireland	29 counties[8] and 5 cities.[6]	5 boroughs[3] and 75 towns.[26]
For Northern Ireland, see United Kingdom below.
Isle of Man	6 sheadings	17 parishes
Israel	6 mehozot d	15 nafot [22]	(50+? [natural regions]?)
Italy	15 regioni r 5 regioni autonome [1])	100+ province p (then circondari d	8100+ comuni [7]m	frazioni [11]
Jamaica	14 parishes
Japan	47 todōfuken [10][16][87]	28 shichō [23] 15 seirei shitei toshi [6]	1800+ shichōsonku m[88]	ōaza, aza, chō, chōme
Jersey[81]	12 parishes	vingtaines, cueillettes
Jordan	12 muhāfazāt [12]	50+ nahia
Kazakhstan	14 oblıstar p 3 qalalar [6]	319 awdandar d oblıstıq qalalar	kentter	awıl aymaqtar
Kenya	7 mkoa p Nairobic	40 districts d [3]	260+ tarafa [10]	1000+ mtaa [13] then kijiji [28]
Kiribati
North Korea	9 do p 3 [SARs] [57] 2 chikhalsi [6]	150+ kun (gun) [8] si [6] kuyŏk [29] ku (gu) and chigu d 1 t'ŭkkŭpsi [6]	tong [14] ri [28] rodongjagu d
South Korea	9 do p 1 teukbyeol jachido [1]	si [6] gun (kun) [8]	gu (ku) d[3] eup [26]	dong [14] ri