The list below is of terms for contemporary administrative country subdivisions. It is alphabetical by term in English (the headings) then by term as translated, transliterated or used as equivalent in any language.
Notes
- Terms in italics are terms in languages other than English.
- Where more than one country uses the same term, they are listed alphabetically by name in English.
- The terms listed are meant to be in singular form, but are noted or queried as plural where this is known or thought to be the case.
- A term in brackets indicates either that its use is informal or is yet to be confirmed.
- Terms that are also used in other contexts, such as "city", "constituency", "region", "republic" etc, are only included here if they are used to identify administrative divisions by the country or countries listed.
- A quicklink to this page may be provided locally by invoking the template {{LTCACS}}.
See also
banner
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qí (pl.?)
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China
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block
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block
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India
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gewog
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Bhutan
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borough
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alevik
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Estonia
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arrondissement
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Canada
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borough
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Australia
Canada
England
United States
Wales[1]
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bwrdeistref sirol
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Wales[1]
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delegación
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Mexico
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gu, ku (pl.?)
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Japan
South Korea
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canton
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canton
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Costa Rica
France
Luxembourg
Switzerland[2]
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cantone
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Bolivia
Ecuador
Switzerland
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chantun
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Switzerland
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Kanton, kanton
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Luxembourg
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Kantone
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Switzerland[3]
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cell
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utugari (pl.?)
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Rwanda
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circle
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cercle
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Mali
Morocco
Switzerland
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circoli (pl.)
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Switzerland
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daïrah
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Algeria
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Kreis
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Switzerland
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city
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astedader akabibi
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Ethiopia
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chikhalsi (pl.?)
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North Korea
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city
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Australia
Canada
New Zealand
United States
Wales
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dìjíshī
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China
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dina
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Wales
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gorod
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Russia[4]
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gwangyeoksi (pl.?)
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South Korea
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k'alak'i (pl.?)
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Georgia
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kaupstaðir (pl.?)
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Iceland
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kota (pl.?)
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Indonesia
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kreisfreie Städt
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Germany
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lielpilsēta
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Latvia
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lungsod (pl.?)
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Philippines
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misto zi spetsial'nym statusom [5]
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Ukraine
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municipiu (pl.?)
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Moldova
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oraş
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Romania
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qala
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Kazakhstan
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sahar
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Azerbaijan
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šaar (keneš) (pl.?)
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Kyrgyzstan
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serei shitei toshi [6] (pl.?)
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Japan
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shi, shih (pl.?)
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Japan
Taiwan
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si (pl.?)
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North Korea
South Korea
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siyudad (pl.?)
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Philippines
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Stadtkreise
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Germany
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statutární město
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Czech Republic
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Statutarstadt
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Austria
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thành phố (pl.?)
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Vietnam
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xiànjíshì
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China
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collectivity
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collectivité
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France[7]
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commune
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castello
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San Marino
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commune
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Burundi
Benin
Central African Republic
DR of the Congo[8]
Congo[9]
France
Guinea
Haiti
Luxembourg
Monaco
Morocco[10]
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comuna
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Argentina
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comună
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Romania
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comune
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Italy
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Gemeinde
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Austria
Germany
Luxembourg
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gmina
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Poland
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khum (pl.?)
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Cambodia
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kaupunki (pl.)
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Finland[11]
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kommune
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Faroe Islands
Norway
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komuna (pl.)
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Albania
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kunta (pl.)
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Finland[12]
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kwaeng
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Thailand[13]
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obshtina
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Bulgaria
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opčina, občina
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Slovenia
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tambon
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Thailand
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vald
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Estonia[14]
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aiyl okmotus (pl.?)
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Kyrgyzstan[15]
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chumchon
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Thailand
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communauté
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Canada[16]
Chad[17]
France[18]
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shèqū (pl.?)
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China
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constituency
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constituency
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Namibia
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county
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amt
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Denmark[19]
Greenland
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apskritis
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Lithuania
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comté
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Canada
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concelho
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Cape Verde
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condae, contae
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Ireland
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county
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Canada
England
Liberia
Uganda
United States
Wales
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fylke
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Norway
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gun, kun (pl.?)
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North Korea
South Korea
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hsien (pl.?)
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Taiwan
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judeţ
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Romania
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län (pl.?)
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Sweden
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maakond
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Estonia
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megye
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Hungary
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megyei jogú város
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Hungary
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powiat
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Poland
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qadaa', qadaa
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Iraq
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qark
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Albania
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quartier
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St. Lucia
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Regierungsbezirk
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Germany
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sharestan (pl.?)
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Iran
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sir
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Wales
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sūm
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Mongolia
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sýslur
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Iceland
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tehsil, taluk[20]
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India
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xiàn
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China
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županija
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Croatia
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department
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département
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Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Chad
Ivory Coast
France[21]
Gabon
Haiti
Mauritania
Niger
Senegal
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departamento
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Argentina
Bolivia
Colombia
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Paraguay
Uruguay
Venezuela
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dependency
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dependencia
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Venezuela[22]
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dependency
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Antigua and Barbuda
Fiji
Grenada
Mauritius
St. Helena
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district
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akarere [23]
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Rwanda
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amphoe, amphur
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Thailand
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Amt
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Switzerland
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Amtsbezirk
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Switzerland
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apriņķis
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Latvia
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arrondissement
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Belgium
Benin
Cameroon
Chad
Republic of the Congo[9]
Djibouti
France[24]
Haiti
Niger
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bakhsh (pl.?)
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Iran
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barangay, baranggay (pl.?)
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Philippines
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Bezirk
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Austria
Switzerland
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chigu (pl.?)
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North Korea
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circondari (pl.)
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Italy
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daerah
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Brunei
Malaysia
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distretto
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Switzerland
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district
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Anguilla
Bahamas
Belize
Botswana
Canada[25]
Cayman Islands
England
Gambia
Ghana
Lesotho
Malawi
Mauritius
Nauru
New Zealand
Northern Ireland
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Swaziland
Switzerland
Uganda
United States
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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distrikkaya (pl.?)
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Sri Lanka
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distrikt
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Suriname
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distrito
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Dominican Republic[26]
Mozambique
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Portugal
São Tomé and Príncipe
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dzonkhag
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Bhutan
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eparchy
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Cyprus
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?etrap (pl.?)
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Turkmenistan[27]
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gu, ku (pl.?)
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North Korea
South Korea
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huyen (pl.?), quan [28]
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Vietnam
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ilçe
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Turkey
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itūmālō (pl.?)
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Samoa
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kayaing (pl.?)
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Myanmar
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khêt
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Thailand
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Kreis
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Germany
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kreisfreie Städt
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Germany
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Landkreis
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Germany[29]
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línqū
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China
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mahoz
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Israel
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mintaqah
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Syria
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muang[30]
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Laos
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mutamadiyat (pl.?)
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Tunisia
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obvod
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Czech Republic
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okres
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Czech Republic
Slovakia
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okrug
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Serbia
Russia[31][32]
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qadaa', qadaa
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Iraq
Lebanon
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qū, shìxiáqū (pl.?)
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China
Taiwan
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qūgōngsuǒ (pl.?)
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China
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raion, rayon
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Azerbaijan
Belarus
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Russia
Ukraine
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rajons
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Latvia
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raionul
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Moldova
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rodongjagu (pl.?)
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North Korea
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rreth
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Albania
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selsoviet, selsovet
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Russia[29]
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srok (pl.)
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Cambodia
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Stadtkreise
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Germany
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tèqū (pl.)
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China
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wereda, woreda
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Ethiopia
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wilaya (pl.?)
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Tanzania
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zila, zilla, jela
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Bangladesh
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republic
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respublika
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Russia
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section
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khan (pl.?)
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Cambodia
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seccione
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Bolivia
Dominican Republic
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section
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Canada
Haiti[48]
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sector
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cheffrie
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DR of the Congo[8]
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sectoare (pl.?)
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Romania
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?setor
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Guinea-Bissau
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imirenge (pl.?)
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Rwanda
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sheading
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sheading
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Isle of Man
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shire
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qadaa', qadaa
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Iraq
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shire
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Australia
England
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state
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Bundesland
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Austria
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estado
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Brazil
Mexico
Venezuela
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kilil
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Ethiopia
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Land
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Germany
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pyi-neh (pl.?)
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Myanmar
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state
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Australia
India
Malaysia
Micronesia
Nigeria
Palau
United States
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wilayah
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Sudan
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subdistrict
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jiēdàobànshìchù, jiēbàn (pl.?)
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China
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kecamatan (pl.?)
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Indonesia
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king amphoe, king amphur
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Thailand
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nafa
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Israel
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subdistrict
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U.S. Virgin Islands
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subject
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subyekt
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Russia
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subprefecture
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shichō (pl.?)
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Japan
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sous-préfecture
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Central African Republic
Ivory Coast
Guinea
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subregion
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sous-région
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DR of the Congo[8]
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seutukunta
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Finland
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territory
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daerah istimewa (pl.?)
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Indonesia
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krai, kray
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Russia[32]
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territoire
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DR of the Congo[8]
France
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territorial authority
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New Zealand
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territory
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Australia
Canada
India
Pakistan
United States
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unitatea teritorială
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Moldova
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wilayah persekutuan (pl.?)
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Malaysia[49]
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town
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bayan (pl.?)
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Philippines
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bæir (pl.?)
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Iceland
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chō, machi (pl.?)
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Japan
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corregimiento
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Colombia
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eup (pl.?)
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South Korea
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gorkeneš (pl.?)
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Kyrgyzstan
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gorod
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Russia
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linn
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Estonia[36]
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miasto
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Poland
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selysche mis'koho typu
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Ukraine
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town
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Australia
Canada
United States
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zhèn (pl.?)
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China
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township
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kaupstaðir
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Iceland
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mínzúsūm
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China
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mínzúxiāng (pl.?)
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China
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myeon (pl.?)
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South Korea
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sūmù
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China
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thi xa (pl.?)
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Vietnam
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township
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Canada
United States
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xiāng (pl.?)
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China
Taiwan
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zhèn (pl.?)
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Taiwan
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barangay, baranggay (pl.?)
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Philippines
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cūn
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China
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desa (pl.?)
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Indonesia
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kampong (pl.?)
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Brunei
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kelurahan (pl.?)
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Indonesia
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( kijiji ) (pl.?)
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Kenya
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külad (pl.)
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Estonia
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lǐ (pl.?)
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Taiwan
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muban
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Thailand
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qarya, qaryah
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Iraq
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ri (pl.?)
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North Korea
South Korea
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selo
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Ukraine
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son, mura
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Japan
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sulos (pl.?)
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East Timor
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village
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Canada
DR of the Congo[8]
Uganda
United States
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zìráncūn
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China
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ward
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barangay, baranggay (pl.?)
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Philippines
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kebele
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Ethiopia
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ku, gu (pl.?)
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Japan
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kuyŏk (pl.?)
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North Korea
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- ^ a b county borough.
- ^ also demi-canton ("half-canton").
- ^ also Halb-kantone ("half-canton").
- ^ also the two federalnyye goroda (federal cities; sing. federalny gorod) Moscow and St. Petersburg.
- ^ a b "city with special status", also referred to as a municipality.
- ^ "city designated by government ordinance", foreshortened to seirei shi ("government ordinance city"); also known as "designated city".
- ^ collectivité départementale (departmental collectivity: Mayotte), collectivité territoriale (territorial collectivity: Corsica), collectivité d'outre-mer (overseas collectivity: French Polynesia, Mayotte, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon and Wallis and Futuna).
- ^ a b c d e f g h Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Kinshasa.
- ^ a b c also known as Congo-Brazzaville.
- ^ consisting of communes urbaines (urban communes) and communes rurales (rural communes).
- ^ urban commune.
- ^ rural commune.
- ^ an "urban commune" found in Bangkok, equivalent to a tambon.
- ^ a b c commune, rural municipality or parish.
- ^ rural community.
- ^ communauté urbaine ("urban community", a metropolitan municipality).
- ^ communauté rurale ("rural community").
- ^ consisting of communautés urbaines (urban communities), communautés d'agglomération (agglomerated communities) and communautés de communes ("communal communities").
- ^ Until 2007; ?områder (regions) from 2007.
- ^ or tahsil, taluka.
- ^ also département d'outre-mer (overseas department).
- ^ federal dependency.
- ^ pl. uturere.
- ^ also arrondissement municipal (municipal arrondissement).
- ^ regional district.
- ^ distrito municipale (municipal district).
- ^ including ?adyndaky etrap (urban districts?).
- ^ urban districts.
- ^ a b rural district.
- ^ or muong.
- ^ also the top-level federalnyye okruga (federal districts; sing. federalny okrug) and St. Petersburg's munitsipalnyye okruga (municipal districts; sing. munitsipalnoye okrug).
- ^ a b c The Russian term is often used in English.
- ^ census division.
- ^ local council.
- ^ including Bornholm, a regionskommune (regional municipality).
- ^ a b urban municipality (town).
- ^ Also translated as "city council" [1]
- ^ rural municipality.
- ^ including rajono savivaldybė (district municipality) and miesto savivaldybė (city municipality).
- ^ or thành phố.
- ^ or ?gava.
- ^ also translated as voivodeship.
- ^ indigenous region.
- ^ island region.
- ^ special region.
- ^ also région d'outre-mer (overseas region).
- ^ development region.
- ^ section communale (communal section).
- ^ federal territory.
- ^ or village area, village group.