Matrix of country subdivisions

Matrix of country subdivisions

The following is a matrix of the primary country subdivisions. It shows which types of entities, e.g. province, exist in which countries and at what level.

To keep the matrix as compact as possible and to illustrate distribution, countries are represented by ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code, followed by the number of units present.

Not included in the matrix are federal districts, capital districts, interstate compacts, or other special-purpose districts that exist in AR, BR, DO, MX, NG, US.

A country may have more than one entity at the same level; for example, some countries have states and territories at the first level. On the other hand, some countries may have the same entity occupy in some cases more than one level.

Designator First-level Second-level Third-level Fourth-level Fifth level+
State
sets:13		 AT:9, AU:6, BR:26, DE:16, IN:28, MM:7, MX:31, MY:13, NG:36, PW:16, SD:26, VE:23, US:50
Region
sets:		 CL:13, DK:5* ET:9, IT:20, OM:5, PE:25, FR:22
Territory
sets:3		 AU:9, CA:3, IN:6
Province
sets:24		 AO:18, AR:23, BF:45, CA:10, CN:22, CR:7, DO:31, DZ:48, EC:22, GA:9, ID:33, IR:30, KE:7, KG:7, MN:, NL: 12, PA:9, TW:2, ZA:9 BO: , ES: 50, OM:, PE:180, IT:107
Prefecture
sets:4		 CF:14, JP:48, TD:14 GR:51
Governorate
sets:8		 EG:26, IQ:18, KW:6, LB:6, OM:3, SY:14, TN:24, YM:19
Department
sets:12		 BJ:12, BO:9, CI:58, CO:32, GT:22, HN:18, HT:10, PY:18, SV:14 AR:376, BF:, FR:100
County
sets:		 EE:15, HR:21, HU: 19, LV:26, NO:19, SE:21, RO:41 US:2995
Canton
sets:6		 CH:26, CR:81, EC: , LU:12, BA:10 FR:4000
Parish
sets:11		 AD:7, AG:6, BB:11, DM:10, GD:6, JE:12, KN:14, MS: , VC:6 US:64 EC:
District
sets:10		 BZ:6, LU:3 AF:, BD:64, CH:159, DE:439, IN:598 KE: , LB:25, MY: , NP:76, PA:, PY: PE:1747
Municipality
sets: 10		 LY:25, MN:1 BR: , EE: , HN:, NL:467, , NO:431, RO:265, RS:200, SE:, SI:193, MX:2445 CH:2900
Commune
sets:		 RO:2686
Borough
sets:		 US:27, MX:16
Neighbourhood
sets:2		 AR: NL:11,000
Sub-municipality
sets:1		 NL:27
Quarters
sets:1		 NL:2,400
Autonomous community
sets:1		 ES:17
Comarcas
sets:1		 ES

* effective from 2007


v · d · eTypes of administrative country subdivisions
Smallcaps indicate a type used by ten or more countries.
Current English terms

Alpine resort · Area (Insular area · Local government area · Special area · Urban (urbanized) area) · Bailiwick · Banner (Autonomous banner) · Block · Borough (County borough · Metropolitan borough) · Canton · Capital (Federal capital) · Circle · Circuit · City (Autonomous city · Chartered city · Independent city · Rural city) · Colony · Commune · Community (Autonomous community · Residential community) · Condominium · Constituency · County (Administrative county · Autonomous county · Metropolitan county) · Department · District (Autonomous district · Capital district · City district · Federal district · Metropolitan district · Municipal district · Subdistrict · Regional district) · Division (Cadastral division) · Duchy · Eldership · Federal dependency · Governorate · Hamlet · Municipality (Direct-controlled municipality · District municipality · Regional municipality · Regional county municipality · Rural municipality · Specialized municipality) · Neighbourhood · Parish (Civil parish) · Periphery · Prefecture (Autonomous prefecture · Subprefecture · Super-prefecture) · Principality (Co-principality) · Protectorate · Province (Autonomous province) · Quarter · Regency · Region (Autonomous region · Capital region · Special administrative region) · Republic (Autonomous republic) · Reservation (Reserve) · Riding · Sector · Shire · State · Suzerainty · Territory (Capital territory · Dependent territory · National territory · Union Territory) · Unit (Autonomous territorial unit · Local administrative unit) · Town · Townland · Township (Civil township) · Village (Summer village) · Ward
Current non-English
and loanword terms

Amt · Arrondissement · Bairro · Bakhsh · Baladiyah · Barangay · Bezirk / Regierungsbezirk · Comarca · Comune · Daïra · Deme · Frazione · Freguesia · Gmina · Gemeinde · İl · Județ · Kelurahan · Kommun · Località · Mahalle · Megye · Muban · Nome · Oblast · Okrug (Autonomous okrug) · Ostān · Poblacion · Powiat · Purok · Raion · Ranchería · Shabiyah · Shahr · Shahrestān · Sitio · Sýsla · Taluka · Tehsil · Vingtaine · Voivodeship · Wilayah · Woreda
Defunct and historical
English terms
Defunct and historical
non-English terms

Commote · Heerlijkheid · Katepanikion · Liwa · Naucrary · Pagus · Pargana · Plasă · Satrapy · Theme · Subah
See also: Census division · Electoral division · Political division · Arabic terms for country subdivisions · French terms for country subdivisions · Spanish terms for country subdivisions · Table of administrative divisions by country

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