- Special administrative region
A special administrative region, or SAR may be:
;People's Republic of China
*Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China , present-day administrative divisions set up by the People's Republic of China inHong Kong (since 1997) andMacau (since 1999);Republic of China
*Special administrative region (Republic of China) , also translated as "special administrative districts", historic administrative divisions set up by the Republic of China when it administered mainland China; North Korea
*Administrative divisions of North Korea#Special Administrative Regions :Sinŭiju Special Administrative Region (established 2002, present status unclear); Indonesia
*Aceh , Special Region of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (Special Administrative Region of Aceh)
*East Timor (formerly proposed, now a sovereign state)
*Yogyakarta , Special Region of Yogyakarta (It is the only province in Indonesia that is still formally governed by a precolonial Sultanate)
*Papua (Indonesia) (formerly proposed, currently a province); Philippines
*Cordillera Administrative Region (established in 1987)
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