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Area (Country Subdivision) Information

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In addition to its other uses, the word "area" may refer to any of the following types of country subdivisions:

· · Types 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 · İl · Judeţ · Kommun · Località · Mahalle · Megye · Nome · Oblast · Okrug (Autonomous okrug) · Ostān · Powiat · Raion · Ranchería · Shabiyah · Shahr · Shahrestān · Sýsla · Taluka · Tehsil · Vingtaine · Voivodeship · Wilayah · Woreda
Defunct and historical English terms

Agency · Barony · Burgh · Diocese · Exarchate · Free imperial city · Hide · Hundred · Imperial Circle · March · Praetorian prefecture · Presidency · Residency · Rural district · Sanitary district · Tithing · Urban district · Viscountcy (Viscounty)
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 · · ·

Categories: Types of country subdivisions

 

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