This is a list of English and non-English terms for administrative divisions.
English
Non-English This is an alphabetical list of native non-English terms for administrative divisions; some, such as arrondissement and okrug, have become English loanwords. Terms in italics are prefixes or suffixes.
Name Countries English equivalents amphoe district Amt county (formerly; the modern term is kreis, which means literally "circle") amt county (replaced with regions in 2007) amt county (formerly; the modern term is fylke) apskritis county anakhett prefecture arrondissement borough, district French-speaking countriesautónoma Spanish-speaking countries autonomous autônomo, autônoma Portuguese-speaking countriesавтоно́мный (avtonomny) aimag (аймаг) province baladiyah (baladiyat) Arab countries municipality barangay village (rural) or ward bairro neighbourhood, district barrio Spanish-speaking countriesбановина (banovina) Yugoslaviabanate, provincebayanmunicipality Bezirk district Bezirk district Bezirk district Bundesland (colloquial term) federal state Bundesland (colloquial term) bibhag division bwrdeistref borough county canton (French)cantone (Italian)chantun (Romansh)Kanton (German) cantonkanton (Bosnian) castello municipality changwat province chef-lieu chief town or city comarca Portuguese-speaking countries (judicial system) county Spanish-speaking countries comuna division of município comuna Spanish-speaking countries commune comună rural commune comune municipality comunidad community comunidade intermunicipal intermunicipal community comunidade urbana urban community concelho municipality; synonym of município corregimiento subdivision of a distritodaerahMalay-speaking countriesdistrict provinsi province Daerah Istimewa Special District, all are first level (provincial level) Daerah Khusus Ibukota Exclusive Capital District, refers to DKI Jakarta only. dào (Mandarin) circuit deelgemeente submunicipality demos (δήμος) municipality departamento Latin America (Spanish-speaking countries) department département French-speaking countries department desa village district district distrik district distrito group of municipalities municipality district Spanish-speaking countries distrito, distritu municipality distrito federal federal district dō circuit do North Korea dombon area or region dzongkhag district estado federal state etrapdistrict freguesia civil parish fylke county gemeente ( Flanders) municipality Gemeinde municipality Gemeinde Gemeinde Gemeinde gewog block gmina commune, municipality gobolka administrative region gouvernorat governorate grande área metropolitana greater metropolitan area губе́рния (guberniya) Russian Empire governorate hameau hamlet hanua village iduhu clan raj empire rajya state il or vilayet province ilçe district imarah Arab countries (formerly) emirate jamoatcommune or municipality járás district Jilla district județ (formerly) county jurydyka village kabupaten regencykampung or kampongMalay-speaking countries and Cambodiavillage, hamlet, neighbourhood kasselrij county or burgraviate kecamatan district kelurahan (urban) village or subdistrict ken prefecture khan district or section khett province khoueng province khum commune kilil region kommun (Swedish speaking) municipality kommune municipality kota chartered city кожуун (kozhuun) ( Tyva Republic) rural council край (krai) region kraj region Kreis district krom group krong municipality ku ward kunta municipality lääni province lalawigan province län county Land (official term) state Land (official term) state lieu-dit place name linn town or city lugar division of zona in Cape Verde hamlet lungsod city maakond countyմարզ (marz)province or region maḥoz district mancomunidad association of municipalities, commonwealth merindad Medieval Spain county mesorregião mesoregion (division of estado) minṭaqah (minṭaqat) Arab countries province, region microrregião microregion (division of mesorregião, group of municípios)მხარე (mkhare)region muban village muḥafaẓah (muḥafaẓat) Arab countries governoratemukimMalay-speaking countriessubdistrict, subdivision of subdistrict, survey district municipalidad Latin America (Spanish-speaking countries) municipality municipio Spanish-speaking countries municipality Portuguese-speaking countries nafa subdistrict negeri state nomos prefecture novads municipality (amalgamated urban areas without town rights) NUTS Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics obec municipality область (oblast) Countries formerly in the Soviet Union or Yugoslavia province, region община (obshtina) municipality okres district okrug district opština municipality ostan (ostan-e) province pagasts parishpanchayati rajvillage council paróquia parish (religious division) parroquia ( Galicia) parish pedanía county Περιφέρειες (periféreia) periphery phum village phumpheak zone pilseta town/city povit county powiat county pradesh state of Indiaprovince of Nepal probinsya province provinsi province provincia Spanish-speaking countries province província (formerly) province prowincja provincepurokdistrict or zone raion district rajons district região group of estados; also macrorregião region região autónoma autonomous region regierungsbezirk district region region regione regionşähercapital city district sangkat commune or quarter sector sector (municipality) sector autónomo autonomous sector (municipality) сельсовет (selsoviet) rural council shěng/shêng province shì/shih city sitio district or zoneշրջան (shrjan) Republic of Artsakhprovince or regionhromadamunicipality srŏk district sum district subdistrito, subdistritu administrative post subregião subregion suco, suku division of administrative post -stan Central Asian countries land (denotes high level of autonomy) sýsla district tambon subdistrict thesaban municipality tỉnh province todōfuken prefectural level divisions (collectively)tumandistrict ulus ( Sakha Republic) district upazila subdistrict union parishad council or constituency mouza mouza gram/gaon village Ward ward vald parish, rural municipality vármegye countyвилоят (viloyat)region во́лость (volost) district wojewodztwo voivodeship waterschap water boardwelaýatyregion wilayah Arab countries province, territory xiàn/hsien county země land (historical) zona zone (division of freguesia) ziemia land Zillah district župa county (historical) županija (Croatian speaking) county maahaanam (Tamil speaking)province maavattam (Tamil speaking)district pirathesam/koattam (Tamil speaking)division palaatha (Sinhala speaking)province dhisthrikaya (Sinhala speaking)district kottahsha (Sinhala speaking)division
See also Administrative division Census division Census-designated place - statistical territorial subdivisions in the United States List of administrative divisions by country