List of terms for country subdivisions

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This is a list of English-language terms for country subdivisions.

See also Census-designated place for the statistical territorial subdivisions in the United States.

This is an alphabetical list of native non-English terms for country subdivisions; some, such as arrondissement and okrug, have become English loanwords. Terms in italics are prefixes or suffixes.

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Name	Countries	English equivalents
ambacht	Netherlands	county
amphoe	Thailand	district
amt	Denmark Germany	county
apskritis	Lithuania	county
arrondissement	French-speaking countries Netherlands	borough district
autónoma	Spanish-speaking countries	autonomous
autônomo	Portuguese-speaking countries	autonomous
avtonomny	Russia	autonomous
aimag	Mongolia	province
baladiyah (baladiyat)	Arab countries	municipality
barangay	Philippines	village (rural) or ward
bairro	Brazil Portugal Mozambique	neighbourhood district
barrio	Spanish-speaking countries	neighbourhood district
bezirk	Austria	district
binh	Vietnam	province
Bundesland	Germany	federal state
bwrdeistref	Wales	borough county
changwat	Thailand	province
comarca	Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries	region
comuna	Spanish-speaking countries	commune
comunidad	Spain	community
deelgemeente	Belgium	submunicipality
departamento	Latin America	department
département	French-speaking countries	department
distrito	Spanish-speaking countries	district
do (Korean) dào (Mandarin) dō (Japanese)	Korea (North and South) China Japan	province circuit
dzongkhag	Bhutan	district
estado	Mexico Venezuela	federal state
imarah	United Arab Emirates also formerly used by other Arab countries	emirate
fylke	Norway	county
Gemeinde	German-speaking countries and areas	municipality
gewog	Bhutan	block
gmina	Poland	commune municipality
gobolka	Somalia
gouvernorat	Guinea	governorate
guberniya	Russian Empire	governorate
judeţ	Romania Moldova (formerly)	county
jurydyka	Poland	village
Kanton	Switzerland (German-speaking)	canton
kaza	Turkey	district
ken	Japan	prefecture
khett	Cambodia	province
khoueng	Laos	province
kilil	Ethiopia	region
kommun	Sweden	municipality
kozhuun	Russia^[1]	district
krai	Russia	region
kraj	Czech Republic Slovakia	region
Kreis	Germany	district
Län (Swedish) Lääni (Finnish)	Sweden Finland	county (Sweden) province (Finland)
maakond	Estonia	county
megye	Hungary	county
mahoz	Israel	district
merindad	Medieval Spain	county
mintaqah (mintaqat)	Arab countries	province region
muhafazah (muhafazat)	Arab countries	governorate
municipalidad	Latin America	municipality
municipio município	Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries	municipality
nafa	Israel	subdistrict
negeri	Malaysia	federal state
nomos	Greece	prefecture
oblast oblast'	Slavic countries	province region
okres	Czech Republic Slovakia	district
okrug	Russia	district
opština	Montenegro Serbia
ostan (ostan-e)	Iran	province
parroquia	Spain^[2] Andorra	parish
pedanía	Spain	county
powiat	Poland	county
pradesh	India	province
propinsi	Indonesia	province
provincia	Italian and Spanish-speaking countries	province
prowincja	Poland	province
quang	Vietnam	province
raion	Russian-speaking countries Moldova	district
respublika	Russia	republic
selsoviet	Russia	rural district
sum	Mongolia	district
sýsla	Iceland Faroe Islands	district
tinh	Vietnam
todōfuken	Japan	prefecture
ulus	Russia^[3]	district
vogtei	Germany	bailiwick
wojewodztwo	Poland	voivodeship
volost	Russia, Russian Empire
wilayah velayah	Arab countries Turkey	province
ziemia	Poland	land
zupanija	Croatia	county