Administrative division

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Administrative division is a generic term for an administrative region within a country — on an arbitrary level below that of the sovereign state — typically with a local government encompassing multiple municipalities, counties, or provinces with a certain degree of autonomy.

In contexts of statistical ranking and comparability, the term statoid is sometimes used.

Administrative divisions are conceptually separate from dependent areas, in that the former are included in the core or mainland of the respective state.

Administrative divisions are distinguished from political divisions, as the former are entirely contained within a sovereign state.

Contents

1 Examples

1.1 Terms used in English-speaking countries
1.2 Native terms

2 Compare:
3 See also
4 External link

Examples

Terms used in English-speaking countries

Native terms

See: List of terms for sub-national entities

Translation into English sometimes is difficult.

Compare:

Country (a national or supra-national entity)
Empire (a supra-national entity)
State (a national or supra-national entity)

External link

[United Nations' Second Administrative Level Boundaries (SALB) dataset]

Country subdivisions Administrative divisions - Political divisions - Census divisions - Electoral divisions
	Bailiwick \| Banner \| Block \| Borough \| Burgh \| Canton \| Circle \| Circuit \| City \| Commune \| Community \| Constituency \| County \| Council \| Croft \| Department \| District \| Division \| Duchy \| Governorate \| Hamlet \| Hundred \| Municipality \| Neighbourhood \| Parish \| Periphery \| Prefecture \| Province \| Region \| Republic \| Shire \| State \| Subdistrict \| Subprefecture \| Territory \| Town \| Township \| Village \| Voivodship \| Ward
Administrative:	county
Autonomous:	banner \| city \| community \| county \| district \| prefecture \| province \| region \| republic \| ward
Capital:	district \| region \| territory
Census:	division \| subdivision
Civil:	parish \| township
County:	borough
Federal:	capital \| dependencies \| capital district \| capital territory
Local:	administrative unit \| council \| Government Area
Metropolitan:	borough \| county \| district
National:	capital district \| capital territory \| territory
Imperial:	circle \| free city \| province
(Native) Indian:	reserve \| reservation
Regional:	municipality \| county municipality\|municipal district
Rural:	council \| district \| municipality \| sanitary district
Residential:	community
Special:	region \| administrative region \| capital district
Urban:	area (US: Urbanized Area) \| district \| sanitary district
	See also: List of terms for sub-national entities, List of subnational entities, Matrix of subnational entities