Administrative divisions
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Afghanistan:
30 provinces (velayat, singular - velayat); Badakhshan,
Badghis, Baghlan, Balkh, Bamian, Farah, Faryab, Ghazni, Ghowr, Helmand,
Herat, Jowzjan, Kabol, Kandahar, Kapisa, Konar, Kondoz, Laghman, Lowgar,
Nangarhar, Nimruz, Oruzgan, Paktia, Paktika, Parvan, Samangan, Sar-e
Pol, Takhar, Vardak, Zabol
note: there may be two new provinces of Nurestan (Nuristan) and
Khowst
Albania:
36 districts (rrethe, singular - rreth) and 1 municipality* (bashki);
Berat, Bulqize, Delvine, Devoll (Bilisht), Diber (Peshkopi), Durres,
Elbasan, Fier, Gjirokaster, Gramsh, Has (Krume), Kavaje, Kolonje (Erseke),
Korce, Kruje, Kucove, Kukes, Kurbin, Lezhe, Librazhd, Lushnje, Malesi
e Madhe (Koplik), Mallakaster (Ballsh), Mat (Burrel), Mirdite (Rreshen),
Peqin, Permet, Pogradec, Puke, Sarande, Shkoder, Skrapar (Corovode),
Tepelene, Tirane (Tirana), Tirane* (Tirana), Tropoje (Bajram Curri),
Vlore
note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative
centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in
parentheses)
Algeria:
48 provinces (wilayas, singular - wilaya); Adrar, Ain Defla, Ain Temouchent,
Alger, Annaba, Batna, Bechar, Bejaia, Biskra, Blida, Bordj Bou Arreridj,
Bouira, Boumerdes, Chlef, Constantine, Djelfa, El Bayadh, El Oued, El
Tarf, Ghardaia, Guelma, Illizi, Jijel, Khenchela, Laghouat, Mascara,
Medea, Mila, Mostaganem, M'Sila, Naama, Oran, Ouargla, Oum el Bouaghi,
Relizane, Saida, Setif, Sidi Bel Abbes, Skikda, Souk Ahras, Tamanghasset,
Tebessa, Tiaret, Tindouf, Tipaza, Tissemsilt, Tizi Ouzou, Tlemcen
American Samoa:
none (territory of the US); there are no first-order administrative
divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are three districts
and two islands* at the second order; Eastern, Manu'a, Rose Island*,
Swains Island*, Western
Andorra:
7 parishes (parroquies, singular - parroquia); Andorra la Vella, Canillo,
Encamp, La Massana, Escaldes-Engordany, Ordino, Sant Julia de Loria
Angola:
18 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Bengo, Benguela, Bie,
Cabinda, Cuando Cubango, Cuanza Norte, Cuanza Sul, Cunene, Huambo, Huila,
Luanda, Lunda Norte, Lunda Sul, Malanje, Moxico, Namibe, Uige, Zaire
Anguilla:
none (overseas territory of the UK)
Antigua and Barbuda:
6 parishes and 2 dependencies*; Barbuda*, Redonda*, Saint George, Saint
John, Saint Mary, Saint Paul, Saint Peter, Saint Philip
Argentina:
23 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia), and 1 federal district*
(distrito federal); Buenos Aires; Catamarca; Chaco; Chubut; Cordoba;
Corrientes; Distrito Federal*; Entre Rios; Formosa; Jujuy; La Pampa;
La Rioja; Mendoza; Misiones; Neuquen; Rio Negro; Salta; San Juan; San
Luis; Santa Cruz; Santa Fe; Santiago del Estero; Tierra del Fuego, Antartica
e Islas del Atlantico Sur; Tucuman
note: the US does not recognize any claims to Antarctica
Armenia:
10 provinces (marzer, singular - marz) and 1 city* (k'aghak'ner, singular
- k'aghak'); Aragatsotn, Ararat, Armavir, Geghark'unik', Kotayk', Lorri,
Shirak, Syunik', Tavush, Vayots' Dzor, Yerevan*
Aruba:
none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Australia:
6 states and 2 territories*; Australian Capital Territory*, New South
Wales, Northern Territory*, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria,
Western Australia
Austria:
9 states (bundeslaender, singular - bundesland); Burgenland, Kaernten,
Niederoesterreich, Oberoesterreich, Salzburg, Steiermark, Tirol, Vorarlberg,
Wien
Azerbaijan:
59 rayons (rayonlar; rayon - singular), 11 cities* (saharlar; sahar
- singular), 1 autonomous republic** (muxtar respublika); Abseron Rayonu,
Agcabadi Rayonu, Agdam Rayonu, Agdas Rayonu, Agstafa Rayonu, Agsu Rayonu,
Ali Bayramli Sahari*, Astara Rayonu, Baki Sahari*, Balakan Rayonu, Barda
Rayonu, Beylaqan Rayonu, Bilasuvar Rayonu, Cabrayil Rayonu, Calilabad
Rayonu, Daskasan Rayonu, Davaci Rayonu, Fuzuli Rayonu, Gadabay Rayonu,
Ganca Sahari*, Goranboy Rayonu, Goycay Rayonu, Haciqabul Rayonu, Imisli
Rayonu, Ismayilli Rayonu, Kalbacar Rayonu, Kurdamir Rayonu, Lacin Rayonu,
Lankaran Rayonu, Lankaran Sahari*, Lerik Rayonu, Masalli Rayonu, Mingacevir
Sahari*, Naftalan Sahari*, Naxcivan Muxtar Respublikasi**, Neftcala
Rayonu, Oguz Rayonu, Qabala Rayonu, Qax Rayonu, Qazax Rayonu, Qobustan
Rayonu, Quba Rayonu, Qubadli Rayonu, Qusar Rayonu, Saatli Rayonu, Sabirabad
Rayonu, Saki Rayonu, Saki Sahari*, Salyan Rayonu, Samaxi Rayonu, Samkir
Rayonu, Samux Rayonu, Siyazan Rayonu, Sumqayit Sahari*, Susa Rayonu,
Susa Sahari*, Tartar Rayonu, Tovuz Rayonu, Ucar Rayonu, Xacmaz Rayonu,
Xankandi Sahari*, Xanlar Rayonu, Xizi Rayonu, Xocali Rayonu, Xocavand
Rayonu, Yardimli Rayonu, Yevlax Rayonu, Yevlax Sahari*, Zangilan Rayonu,
Zaqatala Rayonu, Zardab Rayonu
Bahamas, The:
21 districts; Acklins and Crooked Islands, Bimini, Cat Island, Exuma,
Freeport, Fresh Creek, Governor's Harbour, Green Turtle Cay, Harbour
Island, High Rock, Inagua, Kemps Bay, Long Island, Marsh Harbour, Mayaguana,
New Providence, Nicholls Town and Berry Islands, Ragged Island, Rock
Sound, Sandy Point, San Salvador and Rum Cay
Bahrain:
12 municipalities (manatiq, singular - mintaqah); Al Hadd, Al Manamah,
Al Mintaqah al Gharbiyah, Al Mintaqah al Wusta, Al Mintaqah ash Shamaliyah,
Al Muharraq, Ar Rifa' wa al Mintaqah al Janubiyah, Jidd Hafs, Madinat
Hamad, Madinat 'Isa, Juzur Hawar, Sitrah
note: all municipalities administered from Manama
Bangladesh:
5 divisions; Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna, Rajshahi
note: there may be one additional division named Sylhet
Barbados:
11 parishes; Christ Church, Saint Andrew, Saint George, Saint James,
Saint John, Saint Joseph, Saint Lucy, Saint Michael, Saint Peter, Saint
Philip, Saint Thomas
note: the city of Bridgetown may be given parish status
Belarus:
6 voblastsi (singular - voblasts') and one municipality* (harady, singular
- horad); Brestskaya (Brest), Homyel'skaya (Homyel'), Horad Minsk*,
Hrodzyenskaya (Hrodna), Mahilyowskaya (Mahilyow), Minskaya, Vitsyebskaya
(Vitsyebsk)
note: voblasti have the administrative center name following
in parentheses
Belgium:
10 provinces (French: provinces, singular - province; Flemish: provincien,
singular - provincie); Antwerpen, Brabant Wallon, Hainaut, Liege, Limburg,
Luxembourg, Namur, Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaams Brabant, West-Vlaanderen
note: the Brussels Capital Region is not included within the
10 provinces
Belize:
6 districts; Belize, Cayo, Corozal, Orange Walk, Stann Creek, Toledo
Benin:
6 provinces; Atakora, Atlantique, Borgou, Mono, Oueme, Zou
note: six additional provinces have been reported but not confirmed;
they are Alibori, Collines, Couffo, Donga, Littoral, and Plateau; moreover,
the term "province" may have been changed to "department"
Bermuda:
9 parishes and 2 municipalities*; Devonshire, Hamilton, Hamilton*, Paget,
Pembroke, Saint George*, Saint Georges, Sandys, Smiths, Southampton,
Warwick
Bhutan:
18 districts (dzongkhag, singular and plural); Bumthang, Chhukha, Chirang,
Daga, Geylegphug, Ha, Lhuntshi, Mongar, Paro, Pemagatsel, Punakha, Samchi,
Samdrup Jongkhar, Shemgang, Tashigang, Thimphu, Tongsa, Wangdi Phodrang
Bolivia:
9 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Chuquisaca,
Cochabamba, Beni, La Paz, Oruro, Pando, Potosi, Santa Cruz, Tarija
Bosnia and Herzegovina:
there are two first-order administrative divisions - the Bosniak/Croat
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Federacija Bosna i Hercegovina)
and the Bosnian Serb-led Republika Srpska; note - Brcko in northeastern
Bosnia is a self-governing administrative unit under the sovereignty
of Bosnia and Herzegovina; it is not part of either the Federation or
Republika Srpska
Botswana:
10 districts and four town councils*; Central, Chobe, Francistown*,
Gaborone*, Ghanzi, Kgalagadi, Kgatleng, Kweneng, Lobatse*, Ngamiland,
North-East, Selebi-Pikwe*, South-East, Southern
Brazil:
26 states (estados, singular - estado) and 1 federal district* (distrito
federal); Acre, Alagoas, Amapa, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceara, Distrito Federal*,
Espirito Santo, Goias, Maranhao, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas
Gerais, Para, Paraiba, Parana, Pernambuco, Piaui, Rio de Janeiro, Rio
Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondonia, Roraima, Santa Catarina,
Sao Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins
British Virgin
Islands:
none (overseas territory of the UK)
Brunei:
4 districts (daerah-daerah, singular - daerah); Belait, Brunei and Muara,
Temburong, Tutong
Bulgaria:
9 provinces (oblasti, singular - oblast); Burgas, Grad Sofiya, Khaskovo,
Lovech, Montana, Plovdiv, Ruse, Sofiya, Varna
Burkina Faso:
30 provinces; Bam, Bazega, Bougouriba, Boulgou, Boulkiemde, Ganzourgou,
Gnagna, Gourma, Houe, Kadiogo, Kenedougou, Komoe, Kossi, Kouritenga,
Mouhoun, Namentenga, Naouri, Oubritenga, Oudalan, Passore, Poni, Sanguie,
Sanmatenga, Seno, Sissili, Soum, Sourou, Tapoa, Yatenga, Zoundweogo
note: a new electoral code was approved by the National Assembly
in January 1997; the number of administrative provinces was increased
from 30 to 45 (Bale, Bam, Banwa, Bazega, Bougouriba, Boulgou, Boulkiemde,
Comoe, Ganzourgou, Gnagna, Gourma, Houet, Ioba, Kadiogo, Kenedougou,
Komandjari, Kompienga, Kossi, Koupelogo, Kouritenga, Kourweogo, Leraba,
Loroum, Mouhoun, Nahouri, Namentenga, Nayala, Naumbiel, Oubritenga,
Oudalan, Passore, Poni, Samentenga, Sanguie, Seno, Sissili, Soum, Sourou,
Tapoa, Tuy, Yagha, Yatenga, Ziro, Zondomo, Zoundweogo), however, this
change has not yet been approved by the US Board on Geographic Names
Burma:
7 divisions* (yin-mya, singular - yin) and 7 states (pyine-mya, singular
- pyine); Chin State, Ayeyarwady*, Bago*, Kachin State, Kayin State,
Kayah State, Magway*, Mandalay*, Mon State, Rakhine State, Sagaing*,
Shan State, Tanintharyi*, Yangon*
Burundi:
15 provinces; Bubanza, Bujumbura, Bururi, Cankuzo, Cibitoke, Gitega,
Karuzi, Kayanza, Kirundo, Makamba, Muramvya, Muyinga, Ngozi, Rutana,
Ruyigi
note: there may be a new province named Mwaro
Cambodia:
20 provinces (khett, singular and plural) and 3 municipalities* (krong,
singular and plural); Banteay Mean Cheay, Batdambang, Kampong Cham,
Kampong Chhnang, Kampong Spoe, Kampong Thum, Kampot, Kandal, Kaoh Kong,
Keb*, Krachen, Mondol Kiri, Otdar Mean Cheay, Phnum Penh*, Pouthisat,
Preah Seihanu* (Sihanoukville), Preah Vihear, Prey Veng, Rotanah Kiri,
Siem Reab, Stoeng Treng, Svay Rieng, Takev
note: there may be a new municipality called Pailin
Cameroon:
10 provinces; Adamaoua, Centre, Est, Extreme-Nord, Littoral, Nord, Nord-Ouest,
Ouest, Sud, Sud-Ouest
Canada:
10 provinces and 3 territories*; Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba,
New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories*, Nova Scotia, Nunavut*,
Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon Territory*
Cape Verde:
14 districts (concelhos, singular - concelho); Boa Vista, Brava, Fogo,
Maio, Paul, Praia, Porto Novo, Ribeira Grande, Sal, Santa Catarina,
Santa Cruz, Sao Nicolau, Sao Vicente, Tarrafal
note: there may be a new administrative structure of 16 districts
(Boa Vista, Brava, Maio, Mosteiros, Paul, Praia, Porto Novo, Ribeira
Grande, Sal, Santa Catarina, Santa Cruz, Sao Domingos, Sao Nicolau,
Sao Filipe, Sao Vicente, Tarrafal)
Cayman Islands:
8 districts; Creek, Eastern, Midland, South Town, Spot Bay, Stake Bay,
West End, Western
Central African
Republic:
14 prefectures (prefectures, singular - prefecture), 2 economic prefectures*
(prefectures economiques, singular - prefecture economique), and 1 commune**;
Bamingui-Bangoran, Bangui**, Basse-Kotto, Gribingui*, Haute-Kotto, Haute-Sangha,
Haut-Mbomou, Kemo-Gribingui, Lobaye, Mbomou, Nana-Mambere, Ombella-Mpoko,
Ouaka, Ouham, Ouham-Pende, Sangha*, Vakaga
Chad:
14 prefectures (prefectures, singular - prefecture); Batha, Biltine,
Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti, Chari-Baguirmi, Guera, Kanem, Lac, Logone Occidental,
Logone Oriental, Mayo-Kebbi, Moyen-Chari, Ouaddai, Salamat, Tandjile
Chile:
13 regions (regiones, singular - region); Aisen del General Carlos Ibanez
del Campo, Antofagasta, Araucania, Atacama, Bio-Bio, Coquimbo, Libertador
General Bernardo O'Higgins, Los Lagos, Magallanes y de la Antartica
Chilena, Maule, Region Metropolitana (Santiago), Tarapaca, Valparaiso
note: the US does not recognize claims to Antarctica
China:
23 provinces (sheng, singular and plural), 5 autonomous regions* (zizhiqu,
singular and plural), and 4 municipalities** (shi, singular and plural);
Anhui, Beijing**, Chongqing**, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi*, Guizhou,
Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi,
Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol*, Ningxia*, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong,
Shanghai**, Shanxi, Sichuan, Tianjin**, Xinjiang*, Xizang* (Tibet),
Yunnan, Zhejiang
note: China considers Taiwan its 23rd province; see separate
entries for the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau
Christmas Island:
none (territory of Australia)
Cocos (Keeling)
Islands:
none (territory of Australia)
Colombia:
32 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento) and 1 capital
district* (distrito capital); Amazonas, Antioquia, Arauca, Atlantico,
Bolivar, Boyaca, Caldas, Caqueta, Casanare, Cauca, Cesar, Choco, Cordoba,
Cundinamarca, Guainia, Guaviare, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta,
Narino, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindio, Risaralda, San Andres
y Providencia, Distrito Capital de Santa fe de Bogota*, Santander, Sucre,
Tolima, Valle del Cauca, Vaupes, Vichada
Comoros:
three islands; Grande Comore (Njazidja), Anjouan (Nzwani), and Moheli
(Mwali)
note: there are also four municipalities named Domoni, Fomboni,
Moroni, and Moutsamoudou
Congo, Democratic
Republic of the:
10 provinces (provinces, singular - province) and one city* (ville);
Bandundu, Bas-Congo, Equateur, Kasai-Occidental, Kasai-Oriental, Katanga,
Kinshasa*, Maniema, Nord-Kivu, Orientale, Sud-Kivu
Congo, Republic
of the:
9 regions (regions, singular - region) and 1 commune*; Bouenza, Brazzaville*,
Cuvette, Kouilou, Lekoumou, Likouala, Niari, Plateaux, Pool, Sangha
Cook Islands:
none
Costa Rica:
7 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Alajuela, Cartago, Guanacaste,
Heredia, Limon, Puntarenas, San Jose
Cote d'Ivoire:
50 departments (departements, singular - departement); Abengourou, Abidjan,
Aboisso, Adzope, Agboville, Agnibilekrou, Bangolo, Beoumi, Biankouma,
Bondoukou, Bongouanou, Bouafle, Bouake, Bouna, Boundiali, Dabakala,
Daloa, Danane, Daoukro, Dimbokro, Divo, Duekoue, Ferkessedougou, Gagnoa,
Grand-Lahou, Guiglo, Issia, Katiola, Korhogo, Lakota, Man, Mankono,
Mbahiakro, Odienne, Oume, Sakassou, San-Pedro, Sassandra, Seguela, Sinfra,
Soubre, Tabou, Tanda, Tingrela, Tiassale, Touba, Toumodi, Vavoua, Yamoussoukro,
Zuenoula
note: Cote d'Ivoire may have a new administrative structure consisting
of 58 departments; the following additional departments have been reported
but not yet confirmed by the US Board on Geographic Names (BGN); Adiake',
Ale'pe', Dabon, Grand Bassam, Jacqueville, Tiebissou, Toulepleu, Bocanda
Croatia:
20 counties (zupanije, zupanija - singular), 1 city (grad -singular)*:
Bjelovarsko-Bilogorska Zupanija, Brodsko-Posavska Zupanija, Dubrovacko-Neretvanska
Zupanija, Istarska Zupanija, Karlovacka Zupanija, Koprivnicko-Krizevacka
Zupanija, Krapinsko-Zagorska Zupanija, Licko-Senjska Zupanija, Medimurska
Zupanija, Osjecko-Baranjska Zupanija, Pozesko-Slavonska Zupanija, Primorsko-Goranska
Zupanija, Sibensko-Kninska Zupanija, Sisacko-Moslavacka Zupanija, Splitsko-Dalmatinska
Zupanija, Varazdinska Zupanija, Viroviticko-Podravska Zupanija, Vukovarsko-Srijemska
Zupanija, Zadarska Zupanija, Zagreb*, Zagrebacka Zupanija
Cuba:
14 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 special municipality*
(municipio especial); Camaguey, Ciego de Avila, Cienfuegos, Ciudad de
La Habana, Granma, Guantanamo, Holguin, Isla de la Juventud*, La Habana,
Las Tunas, Matanzas, Pinar del Rio, Sancti Spiritus, Santiago de Cuba,
Villa Clara
Cyprus:
6 districts; Famagusta, Kyrenia, Larnaca, Limassol, Nicosia, Paphos;
note - Turkish Cypriot area's administrative divisions include Kyrenia,
all but a small part of Famagusta, and small parts of Lefkosa (Nicosia)
and Larnaca
Czech Republic:
73 districts (okresi, singular - okres) and 4 municipalities* (mesta,
singular - mesto); Benesov, Beroun, Blansko, Breclav, Brno*, Brno-Venkov,
Bruntal, Ceske Budejovice, Ceska Lipa, Cesky Krumlov, Cheb, Chomutov,
Chrudim, Decin, Domazlice, Frydek-Mistek, Havlickuv Brod, Hodonin, Hradec
Kralove, Jablonec nad Nisou, Jesenik, Jicin, Jihlava, Jindrichuv Hradec,
Karlovy Vary, Karvina, Kladno, Klatovy, Kolin, Kromeriz, Kutna Hora,
Liberec, Litomerice, Louny, Melnik, Mlada Boleslav, Most, Nachod, Novy
Jicin, Nymburk, Olomouc, Opava, Ostrava*, Pardubice, Pelhrimov, Pisek,
Plzen*, Plzen-Jih, Plzen-Sever, Prachatice, Praha*, Praha-Vychod, Praha
Zapad, Prerov, Pribram, Prostejov, Rakovnik, Rokycany, Rychnov nad Kneznou,
Semily, Sokolov, Strakonice, Sumperk, Svitavy, Tabor, Tachov, Teplice,
Trebic, Trutnov, Uherske Hradiste, Usti nad Labem, Usti nad Orlici,
Vsetin, Vyskov, Zdar nad Sazavou, Zlin, Znojmo
Denmark:
metropolitan Denmark - 14 counties (amter, singular - amt) and 2 kommunes*;
Arhus, Bornholm, Fredericksberg*, Frederiksborg, Fyn, Kobenhavn, Kobenhavns*,
Nordjylland, Ribe, Ringkobing, Roskilde, Sonderjylland, Storstrom, Vejle,
Vestsjalland, Viborg
note: in addition there are 275 local kommunes not considered
first-order administrative units; see separate entries for the Faroe
Islands and Greenland, which are part of the Kingdom of Denmark and
are self-governing administrative divisions
Djibouti:
5 districts (cercles, singular - cercle); 'Ali Sabih, Dikhil, Djibouti,
Obock, Tadjoura
Dominica:
10 parishes; Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint John, Saint
Joseph, Saint Luke, Saint Mark, Saint Patrick, Saint Paul, Saint Peter
Dominican Republic:
29 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 district* (distrito);
Azua, Baoruco, Barahona, Dajabon, Distrito Nacional*, Duarte, Elias
Pina, El Seibo, Espaillat, Hato Mayor, Independencia, La Altagracia,
La Romana, La Vega, Maria Trinidad Sanchez, Monsenor Nouel, Monte Cristi,
Monte Plata, Pedernales, Peravia, Puerto Plata, Salcedo, Samana, Sanchez
Ramirez, San Cristobal, San Juan, San Pedro de Macoris, Santiago, Santiago
Rodriguez, Valverde
Ecuador:
22 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Azuay, Bolivar, Canar,
Carchi, Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, El Oro, Esmeraldas, Galapagos, Guayas,
Imbabura, Loja, Los Rios, Manabi, Morona-Santiago, Napo, Orellana, Pastaza,
Pichincha, Sucumbios, Tungurahua, Zamora-Chinchipe
Egypt:
26 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah); Ad Daqahliyah, Al
Bahr al Ahmar, Al Buhayrah, Al Fayyum, Al Gharbiyah, Al Iskandariyah,
Al Isma'iliyah, Al Jizah, Al Minufiyah, Al Minya, Al Qahirah, Al Qalyubiyah,
Al Wadi al Jadid, Ash Sharqiyah, As Suways, Aswan, Asyut, Bani Suwayf,
Bur Sa'id, Dumyat, Janub Sina', Kafr ash Shaykh, Matruh, Qina, Shamal
Sina', Suhaj
El Salvador:
14 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Ahuachapan,
Cabanas, Chalatenango, Cuscatlan, La Libertad, La Paz, La Union, Morazan,
San Miguel, San Salvador, Santa Ana, San Vicente, Sonsonate, Usulutan
Equatorial Guinea:
7 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Annobon, Bioko Norte,
Bioko Sur, Centro Sur, Kie-Ntem, Litoral, Wele-Nzas
Eritrea:
8 provinces (singular - awraja); Akale Guzay, Barka, Denkel, Hamasen,
Sahil, Semhar, Senhit, Seraye
note: in May 1995 the National Assembly adopted a resolution
stating that the administrative structure of Eritrea, which had been
established by former colonial powers, would consist of only six provinces
when the new constitution, then being drafted, became effective in 1997;
the new provinces, the names of which had not been recommended by the
US Board on Geographic Names for recognition by the US Government, pending
acceptable definition of the boundaries, were: Anseba, Debub, Debubawi
Keyih Bahri, Gash-Barka, Maakel, and Semanawi Keyih Bahri; more recently,
it has been reported that these provinces have been redesignated regions
and renamed Southern Red Sea, Northern Red Sea, Anseba, Gash-Barka,
Southern, and Central
Estonia:
15 counties (maakonnad, singular - maakond): Harjumaa (Tallinn), Hiiumaa
(Kardla), Ida-Virumaa (Johvi), Jarvamaa (Paide), Jogevamaa (Jogeva),
Laanemaa (Haapsalu), Laane-Virumaa (Rakvere), Parnumaa (Parnu), Polvamaa
(Polva), Raplamaa (Rapla), Saaremaa (Kuessaare), Tartumaa (Tartu), Valgamaa
(Valga), Viljandimaa (Viljandi), Vorumaa (Voru)
note: counties have the administrative center name following
in parentheses
Ethiopia:
9 ethnically-based administrative regions (astedader akababiwach, singular
- astedader akabibi) and 2 chartered cities*: Addis Ababa*; Afar; Amhara,
Benishangul/Gumaz; Dire Dawa*; Gambela; Harar; Oromia; Somali; Southern
Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region; Tigray
Falkland Islands
(Islas Malvinas):
none (overseas territory of the UK; also claimed by Argentina)
Faroe Islands:
none (part of the Kingdom of Denmark; self-governing overseas administrative
division of Denmark)
Fiji:
4 divisions and 1 dependency*; Central, Eastern, Northern, Rotuma*,
Western
Finland:
6 provinces (laanit, singular - laani); Aland, Etela-Suomen Laani, Ita-Suomen
Laani, Lansi-Suomen Laani, Lappi, Oulun Laani
France:
22 regions (regions, singular - region); Alsace, Aquitaine, Auvergne,
Basse-Normandie, Bourgogne, Bretagne, Centre, Champagne-Ardenne, Corse,
Franche-Comte, Haute-Normandie, Ile-de-France, Languedoc-Roussillon,
Limousin, Lorraine, Midi-Pyrenees, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Pays de la Loire,
Picardie, Poitou-Charentes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Rhone-Alpes
note: metropolitan France is divided into 22 regions (including
the "territorial collectivity" of Corse or Corsica) and is subdivided
into 96 departments; see separate entries for the overseas departments
(French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion) and the overseas territorial
collectivities (Mayotte, Saint Pierre and Miquelon)
French Guiana:
none (overseas department of France)
French Polynesia:
none (overseas territory of France); there are no first-order administrative
divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 5 archipelagic
divisions named Archipel des Marquises, Archipel des Tuamotu, Archipel
des Tubuai, Iles du Vent, and Iles Sous-le-Vent
note: Clipperton Island is administered by France from French
Polynesia
French Southern
and Antarctic Lands:
none (overseas territory of France); there are no first-order administrative
divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 3 districts
named Ile Crozet, Iles Kerguelen, and Iles Saint-Paul et Amsterdam;
excludes "Adelie Land" claim in Antarctica that is not recognized by
the US
Gabon:
9 provinces; Estuaire, Haut-Ogooue, Moyen-Ogooue, Ngounie, Nyanga, Ogooue-Ivindo,
Ogooue-Lolo, Ogooue-Maritime, Woleu-Ntem
Gambia, The:
5 divisions and 1 city*; Banjul*, Lower River, Central River, North
Bank, Upper River, Western
Georgia:
53 rayons (raionebi, singular - raioni), 9 cities* (k'alak'ebi, singular
- k'alak'i), and 2 autonomous republics** (avtomnoy respubliki, singular
- avtom respublika); Abashis, Abkhazia or Ap'khazet'is Avtonomiuri Respublika**
(Sokhumi), Adigenis, Ajaria or Acharis Avtonomiuri Respublika** (Bat'umi),
Akhalgoris, Akhalk'alak'is, Akhalts'ikhis, Akhmetis, Ambrolauris, Aspindzis,
Baghdat'is, Bolnisis, Borjomis, Chiat'ura*, Ch'khorotsqus, Ch'okhatauris,
Dedop'listsqaros, Dmanisis, Dushet'is, Gardabanis, Gori*, Goris, Gurjaanis,
Javis, K'arelis, Kaspis, Kharagaulis, Khashuris, Khobis, Khonis, K'ut'aisi*,
Lagodekhis, Lanch'khut'is, Lentekhis, Marneulis, Martvilis, Mestiis,
Mts'khet'is, Ninotsmindis, Onis, Ozurget'is, P'ot'i*, Qazbegis, Qvarlis,
Rust'avi*, Sach'kheris, Sagarejos, Samtrediis, Senakis, Sighnaghis,
T'bilisi*, T'elavis, T'erjolis, T'et'ritsqaros, T'ianet'is, Tqibuli*,
Ts'ageris, Tsalenjikhis, Tsalkis, Tsqaltubo*, Vanis, Zestap'onis, Zugdidi*,
Zugdidis
note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative
centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in
parentheses)
Germany:
16 states (Laender, singular - Land); Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bayern, Berlin,
Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hessen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen,
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt,
Schleswig-Holstein, Thueringen
Ghana:
10 regions; Ashanti, Brong-Ahafo, Central, Eastern, Greater Accra, Northern,
Upper East, Upper West, Volta, Western
Gibraltar:
none (overseas territory of the UK)
Greece:
51 prefectures (nomoi, singular - nomos)and 1 autonomous region*; Ayion
Oros* (Mt. Athos), Aitolia kai Akarnania, Akhaia, Argolis, Arkadhia,
Arta, Attiki, Dhodhekanisos, Drama, Evritania, Evros, Evvoia, Florina,
Fokis, Fthiotis, Grevena, Ilia, Imathia, Ioannina, Irakleion, Kardhitsa,
Kastoria, Kavala, Kefallinia, Kerkyra, Khalkidhiki, Khania, Khios, Kikladhes,
Kilkis, Korinthia, Kozani, Lakonia, Larisa, Lasithi, Lesvos, Levkas,
Magnisia, Messinia, Pella, Pieria, Preveza, Rethimni, Rodhopi, Samos,
Serrai, Thesprotia, Thessaloniki, Trikala, Voiotia, Xanthi, Zakinthos
Greenland:
3 districts (landsdele); Avannaa (Nordgronland), Tunu (Ostgronland),
Kitaa (Vestgronland)
Grenada:
6 parishes and 1 dependency*; Carriacou and Petit Martinique*, Saint
Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint John, Saint Mark, Saint Patrick
Guadeloupe:
none (overseas department of France)
Guam:
none (territory of the US)
Guatemala:
22 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Alta Verapaz,
Baja Verapaz, Chimaltenango, Chiquimula, El Progreso, Escuintla, Guatemala,
Huehuetenango, Izabal, Jalapa, Jutiapa, Peten, Quetzaltenango, Quiche,
Retalhuleu, Sacatepequez, San Marcos, Santa Rosa, Solola, Suchitepequez,
Totonicapan, Zacapa
Guernsey:
none (British crown dependency)
Guinea:
4 administrative regions (regions administrative, singular - region
administrative) and 1 special zone (zone speciale)*; Conakry*, Guinee,
Guinee-Forestiere, Haute-Guinee, Moyen-Guinee
Guinea-Bissau:
9 regions (regioes, singular - regiao); Bafata, Biombo, Bissau, Bolama,
Cacheu, Gabu, Oio, Quinara, Tombali
note: Bolama may have been renamed Bolama/Bijagos
Guyana:
10 regions; Barima-Waini, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Demerara-Mahaica, East Berbice-Corentyne,
Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, Mahaica-Berbice, Pomeroon-Supenaam,
Potaro-Siparuni, Upper Demerara-Berbice, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo
Haiti:
9 departments (departements, singular - departement); Artibonite, Centre,
Grand'Anse, Nord, Nord-Est, Nord-Ouest, Ouest, Sud, Sud-Est
Honduras:
18 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Atlantida,
Choluteca, Colon, Comayagua, Copan, Cortes, El Paraiso, Francisco Morazan,
Gracias a Dios, Intibuca, Islas de la Bahia, La Paz, Lempira, Ocotepeque,
Olancho, Santa Barbara, Valle, Yoro
Hong Kong:
none (special administrative region of China)
Hungary:
19 counties (megyek, singular - megye), 20 urban counties* (singular
- megyei varos), and 1 capital city** (fovaros); Bacs-Kiskun, Baranya,
Bekes, Bekescsaba*, Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen, Budapest**, Csongrad, Debrecen*,
Dunaujvaros*, Eger*, Fejer, Gyor*, Gyor-Moson-Sopron, Hajdu-Bihar, Heves,
Hodmezovasarhely*, Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok, Kaposvar*, Kecskemet*, Komarom-Esztergom,
Miskolc*, Nagykanizsa*, Nograd, Nyiregyhaza*, Pecs*, Pest, Somogy, Sopron*,
Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg, Szeged*, Szekesfehervar*, Szolnok*, Szombathely*,
Tatabanya*, Tolna, Vas, Veszprem, Veszprem*, Zala, Zalaegerszeg*
Iceland:
23 counties (syslar, singular - sysla) and 14 independent towns* (kaupstadhir,
singular - kaupstadhur); Akranes*, Akureyri*, Arnessysla, Austur-Bardhastrandarsysla,
Austur-Hunavatnssysla, Austur-Skaftafellssysla, Borgarfjardharsysla,
Dalasysla, Eyjafjardharsysla, Gullbringusysla, Hafnarfjordhur*, Husavik*,
Isafjordhur*, Keflavik*, Kjosarsysla, Kopavogur*, Myrasysla, Neskaupstadhur*,
Nordhur-Isafjardharsysla, Nordhur-Mulasys-la, Nordhur-Thingeyjarsysla,
Olafsfjordhur*, Rangarvallasysla, Reykjavik*, Saudharkrokur*, Seydhisfjordhur*,
Siglufjordhur*, Skagafjardharsysla, Snaefellsnes-og Hnappadalssysla,
Strandasysla, Sudhur-Mulasysla, Sudhur-Thingeyjarsysla, Vesttmannaeyjar*,
Vestur-Bardhastrandarsysla, Vestur-Hunavatnssysla, Vestur-Isafjardharsysla,
Vestur-Skaftafellssysla
India:
25 states and 7 union territories*; Andaman and Nicobar Islands*, Andhra
Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh*, Dadra and Nagar
Haveli*, Daman and Diu*, Delhi*, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh,
Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep*, Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Pondicherry*,
Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West
Bengal
Indonesia:
23 provinces (propinsi-propinsi, singular - propinsi), 2 special regions*
(daerah-daerah istimewa, singular - daerah istimewa), and 1 special
capital city district** (daerah khusus ibukota); Aceh*, Bali, Bengkulu,
Irian Jaya, Jakarta Raya**, Jambi, Jawa Barat, Jawa Tengah, Jawa Timur,
Kalimantan Barat, Kalimantan Selatan, Kalimantan Tengah, Kalimantan
Timur, Lampung, Maluku, Nusa Tenggara Barat, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Riau,
Sulawesi Selatan, Sulawesi Tengah, Sulawesi Tenggara, Sulawesi Utara,
Sumatera Barat, Sumatera Selatan, Sumatera Utara, Yogyakarta*; note
- there may be a new province named Maluku Utara
note: following the 30 August 1999 provincial referendum for
independence which was overwhelmingly approved by the people of Timor
Timur and the October 1999 concurrence of Indonesia's national legislature,
the name East Timor was adopted as a provisional name for the political
entity formerly known as Propinsi Timor Timur until such time as the
entity's independent status is formally established
Iran:
28 provinces (ostanha, singular - ostan); Ardabil, Azarbayjan-e Gharbi,
Azarbayjan-e Sharqi, Bushehr, Chahar Mahall va Bakhtiari, Esfahan, Fars,
Gilan, Golestan, Hamadan, Hormozgan, Ilam, Kerman, Kermanshahan, Khorasan,
Khuzestan, Kohkiluyeh va Buyer Ahmadi, Kordestan, Lorestan, Markazi,
Mazandaran, Qom, Qazvin, Semnan, Sistan va Baluchestan, Tehran, Yazd,
Zanjan
Iraq:
18 provinces (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah); Al Anbar, Al Basrah,
Al Muthanna, Al Qadisiyah, An Najaf, Arbil, As Sulaymaniyah, At Ta'mim,
Babil, Baghdad, Dahuk, Dhi Qar, Diyala, Karbala', Maysan, Ninawa, Salah
ad Din, Wasit
Ireland:
26 counties; Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Donegal, Dublin, Galway, Kerry,
Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Leitrim, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Mayo,
Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Waterford, Westmeath,
Wexford, Wicklow
Israel:
6 districts (mehozot, singular - mehoz); Central, Haifa, Jerusalem,
Northern, Southern, Tel Aviv
Italy:
20 regions (regioni, singular - regione); Abruzzi, Basilicata, Calabria,
Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Liguria, Lombardia,
Marche, Molise, Piemonte, Puglia, Sardegna, Sicilia, Toscana, Trentino-Alto
Adige, Umbria, Valle d'Aosta, Veneto
Jamaica:
14 parishes; Clarendon, Hanover, Kingston, Manchester, Portland, Saint
Andrew, Saint Ann, Saint Catherine, Saint Elizabeth, Saint James, Saint
Mary, Saint Thomas, Trelawny, Westmoreland
Japan:
47 prefectures; Aichi, Akita, Aomori, Chiba, Ehime, Fukui, Fukuoka,
Fukushima, Gifu, Gumma, Hiroshima, Hokkaido, Hyogo, Ibaraki, Ishikawa,
Iwate, Kagawa, Kagoshima, Kanagawa, Kochi, Kumamoto, Kyoto, Mie, Miyagi,
Miyazaki, Nagano, Nagasaki, Nara, Niigata, Oita, Okayama, Okinawa, Osaka,
Saga, Saitama, Shiga, Shimane, Shizuoka, Tochigi, Tokushima, Tokyo,
Tottori, Toyama, Wakayama, Yamagata, Yamaguchi, Yamanashi
Jersey:
none (British crown dependency)
Jordan:
12 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah); Ajlun, Al 'Aqabah,
Al Balqa', Al Karak, Al Mafraq, 'Amman, At Tafilah, Az Zarqa', Irbid,
Jarash, Ma'an, Madaba
Kazakhstan:
14 oblystar (singular - oblysy) and 3 cities (qala, singular - qalasy)*;
Almaty, Almaty*, Aqmola (Astana), Aqtobe, Astana*, Atyrau, Batys Qazaqstan
(Oral), Bayqongyr*, Mangghystau (Aqtau; formerly Shevchenko), Ongtustik
Qazaqstan (Shymkent), Pavlodar, Qaraghandy, Qostanay, Qyzylorda, Shyghys
Qazaqstan (Oskemen; formerly Ust'-Kamenogorsk), Soltustik Qazaqstan
(Petropavl), Zhambyl (Taraz; formerly Dzhambul)
note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative
centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in
parentheses); in 1995 the Governments of Kazakhstan and Russia entered
into an agreement whereby Russia would lease for a period of 20 years
an area of 6,000 sq km enclosing the Bayqongyr (Baykonur) space launch
facilities and the city of Bayqongyr (formerly Leninsk)
Kenya:
7 provinces and 1 area*; Central, Coast, Eastern, Nairobi Area*, North
Eastern, Nyanza, Rift Valley, Western
Kiribati:
3 units; Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, Phoenix Islands
note: in addition, there are 6 districts (Banaba, Central Gilberts,
Line Islands, Northern Gilberts, Southern Gilberts, Tarawa) and 21 island
councils - one for each of the inhabited islands (Abaiang, Abemama,
Aranuka, Arorae, Banaba, Beru, Butaritari, Kanton, Kiritimati, Kuria,
Maiana, Makin, Marakei, Nikunau, Nonouti, Onotoa, Tabiteuea, Tabuaeran,
Tamana, Tarawa, Teraina)
Korea, North:
9 provinces (do, singular and plural) and 3 special cities* (si, singular
and plural); Chagang-do (Chagang Province), Hamgyong-bukto (North Hamgyong
Province), Hamgyong-namdo (South Hamgyong Province), Hwanghae-bukto
(North Hwanghae Province), Hwanghae-namdo (South Hwanghae Province),
Kaesong-si* (Kaesong City), Kangwon-do (Kangwon Province), Namp'o-si*
(Namp'o City), P'yongan-bukto (North P'yongan Province), P'yongan-namdo
(South P'yongan Province), P'yongyang-si* (P'yongyang City), Yanggang-do
(Yanggang Province)
Korea, South:
9 provinces (do, singular and plural) and 6 special cities* (gwangyoksi,
singular and plural); Cheju-do, Cholla-bukto, Cholla-namdo, Ch'ungch'ong-bukto,
Ch'ungch'ong-namdo, Inch'on-gwangyoksi*, Kangwon-do, Kwangju-gwangyoksi*,
Kyonggi-do, Kyongsang-bukto, Kyongsang-namdo, Pusan-gwangyoksi*, Soul-t'ukpyolsi*,
Taegu-gwangyoksi*, Taejon-gwangyoksi*
Kuwait:
5 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah); Al Ahmadi, Al Farwaniyah,
Al 'Asimah, Al Jahra', Hawalli
Kyrgyzstan:
6 oblastlar (singular - oblast) and 1 city* (singular - shaar); Bishkek
Shaary*, Chuy Oblasty (Bishkek), Jalal-Abad Oblasty, Naryn Oblasty,
Osh Oblasty, Talas Oblasty, Ysyk-Kol Oblasty (Karakol)
note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative
centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in
parentheses)
Laos:
16 provinces (khoueng, singular and plural), 1 municipality* (kampheng
nakhon, singular and plural), and 1 special zone** (khetphiset, singular
and plural); Attapu, Bokeo, Bolikhamxai, Champasak, Houaphan, Khammouan,
Louangnamtha, Louangphabang, Oudomxai, Phongsali, Salavan, Savannakhet,
Viangchan*, Viangchan, Xaignabouli, Xaisomboun**, Xekong, Xiangkhoang
Latvia:
26 counties (singular - rajons) and 7 municipalities*: Aizkraukles Rajons,
Aluksnes Rajons, Balvu Rajons, Bauskas Rajons, Cesu Rajons, Daugavpils*,
Daugavpils Rajons, Dobeles Rajons, Gulbenes Rajons, Jekabpils Rajons,
Jelgava*, Jelgavas Rajons, Jurmala*, Kraslavas Rajons, Kuldigas Rajons,
Leipaja*, Liepajas Rajons, Limbazu Rajons, Ludzas Rajons, Madonas Rajons,
Ogres Rajons, Preilu Rajons, Rezekne*, Rezeknes Rajons, Riga*, Rigas
Rajons, Saldus Rajons, Talsu Rajons, Tukuma Rajons, Valkas Rajons, Valmieras
Rajons, Ventspils*, Ventspils Rajons
Lebanon:
5 governorates (mohafazat, singular - mohafazah); Beyrouth, Ech Chimal,
Ej Jnoub, El Bekaa, Jabal Loubnane
Lesotho:
10 districts; Berea, Butha-Buthe, Leribe, Mafeteng, Maseru, Mohales
Hoek, Mokhotlong, Qacha's Nek, Quthing, Thaba-Tseka
Liberia:
13 counties; Bomi, Bong, Grand Bassa, Grand Cape Mount, Grand Gedeh,
Grand Kru, Lofa, Margibi, Maryland, Montserrado, Nimba, River Cess,
Sinoe
Libya:
25 municipalities (baladiyat, singular - baladiyah); Ajdabiya, Al 'Aziziyah,
Al Fatih, Al Jabal al Akhdar, Al Jufrah, Al Khums, Al Kufrah, An Nuqat
al Khams, Ash Shati', Awbari, Az Zawiyah, Banghazi, Darnah, Ghadamis,
Gharyan, Misratah, Murzuq, Sabha, Sawfajjin, Surt, Tarabulus, Tarhunah,
Tubruq, Yafran, Zlitan
note: the 25 municipalities may have been replaced by 13 regions
Liechtenstein:
11 communes (Gemeinden, singular - Gemeinde); Balzers, Eschen, Gamprin,
Mauren, Planken, Ruggell, Schaan, Schellenberg, Triesen, Triesenberg,
Vaduz
Lithuania:
44 regions (rajonai, singular - rajonas) and 11 municipalities*: Akmenes
Rajonas, Alytaus Rajonas, Alytus*, Anyksciu Rajonas, Birstonas*, Birzu
Rajonas, Druskininkai*, Ignalinos Rajonas, Jonavos Rajonas, Joniskio
Rajonas, Jurbarko Rajonas, Kaisiadoriu Rajonas, Kaunas*, Kauno Rajonas,
Kedainiu Rajonas, Kelmes Rajonas, Klaipeda*, Klaipedos Rajonas, Kretingos
Rajonas, Kupiskio Rajonas, Lazdiju Rajonas, Marijampole*, Marijampoles
Rajonas, Mazeikiu Rajonas, Moletu Rajonas, Neringa* Pakruojo Rajonas,
Palanga*, Panevezio Rajonas, Panevezys*, Pasvalio Rajonas, Plunges Rajonas,
Prienu Rajonas, Radviliskio Rajonas, Raseiniu Rajonas, Rokiskio Rajonas,
Sakiu Rajonas, Salcininku Rajonas, Siauliai*, Siauliu Rajonas, Silales
Rajonas, Silutes Rajonas, Sirvintu Rajonas, Skuodo Rajonas, Svencioniu
Rajonas, Taurages Rajonas, Telsiu Rajonas, Traku Rajonas, Ukmerges Rajonas,
Utenos Rajonas, Varenos Rajonas, Vilkaviskio Rajonas, Vilniaus Rajonas,
Vilnius*, Zarasu Rajonas
Luxembourg:
3 districts; Diekirch, Grevenmacher, Luxembourg
Macau:
none (special administrative region of China)
Macedonia, The
Former Yugoslav Republic of:
34 counties (opstini, singular - opstina) Berovo, Bitola, Brod, Debar,
Delcevo, Gevgelija, Gostivar, Kavadarci, Kicevo, Kocani, Kratovo, Kriva
Palanka, Krusevo, Kumanovo, Murgasevo, Negotino, Ohrid, Prilep, Probistip,
Radovis, Resen, Skopje-Centar, Skopje-Cair, Skopje-Karpos, Skopje-Kisela
Voda, Skopje-Gazi Baba, Stip, Struga, Strumica, Sveti Nikole, Tetovo,
Titov Veles, Valandovo, Vinica
note: in September 1996, the Macedonian Assembly passed legislation
changing the territorial division of the country; names of the 123 new
municipalities are as follows: Aracinovo, Bac, Belcista, Berovo, Bistrica,
Bitola, Blatec, Bo Lukovo, Bogdanci, Bogomila, Bogovinje, Bosilovo,
Brvenica, Cair (Skopje), Capari, Caska, Cegrane, Centar Zupa, Cesinovo,
Cucer-Sandevo, Debar, Delcevo, Delogozdi, Demir Hisar, Demir Kapija,
Djepiste, Dobrusevo, Dolna Banjica, Dolneni, Drugovo, Gazi Baba (Skopje),
Gevgelija, Gjorce Petrov (Skopje), Gostivar, Gradsko, Ilinden, Izvor,
Jegunovce, Kamenjane, Karbinci, Karpos (Skopje), Kadarci, Kicevo, Kisela
Voda (Skopje), Klecevce, Kocani, Konce, Kondovo, Konopiste, Kosel, Kratovo,
Kriva Orasac, Kriva Palanka, Krivogastani, Krusevo, Kuklis, Kukurecani,
Kumanovo, Labunista, Lipkovo, Lozovo, Lukovo, Mak. Brod, Mak. Kamenica,
Mavrovi Anovi, Meseista, Miravci, Mogila, Murtino, Negotino, Novaci,
Novo Selo, Oblesevo, Ohrid, Opstina Centar (Skopje), Orasac, Orizari,
Oslomej, Pehcevo, Petrovec, Plasnia, Podares, Prilep, Probistip, Radovis,
Rakovce, Resen, Rosoman, Rostusha, Samokov, Saraj, Sipkovica, Sopiste,
Sopotnika, Srbinovo, Star Dojran, Staro Nagoricane, Stip, Stravina,
Struga, Strumica, Studenicani, Suto Orizari (Skopje), Sveti Nikole,
Tearce, Tetovo, Topolcani, Valandovo, Vasilevo, Veleista, Veles, Vevcani,
Vinica, Vitoliste, Vranestica, Vrapciste, Vratnica Vrutok, Zajas, Zelenikovo,
Zileno, Zitose, Zletovo, Zrnovci
Madagascar:
6 provinces (faritany); Antananarivo, Antsiranana, Fianarantsoa, Mahajanga,
Toamasina, Toliara
Malawi:
24 districts; Blantyre, Chikwawa, Chiradzulu, Chitipa, Dedza, Dowa,
Karonga, Kasungu, Lilongwe, Machinga (Kasupe), Mangochi, Mchinji, Mulanje,
Mwanza, Mzimba, Ntcheu, Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota, Nsanje, Ntchisi, Rumphi,
Salima, Thyolo, Zomba
note: there may be three new districts named Balaka, Likoma,
and Phalombe
Malaysia:
13 states (negeri-negeri, singular - negeri) and 2 federal territories*
(wilayah-wilayah persekutuan, singular - wilayah persekutuan); Johor,
Kedah, Kelantan, Labuan*, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, Perlis,
Pulau Pinang, Sabah, Sarawak, Selangor, Terengganu, Wilayah Persekutuan*
note: the city of Kuala Lumpur is located within the federal
territory of Wilayah Persekutuan; the terms therefore are not interchangeable
Maldives:
19 atolls (atholhu, singular and plural) and 1 other first-order administrative
division*; Alifu, Baa, Dhaalu, Faafu, Gaafu Alifu, Gaafu Dhaalu, Gnaviyani,
Haa Alifu, Haa Dhaalu, Kaafu, Laamu, Lhaviyani, Maale*, Meemu, Noonu,
Raa, Seenu, Shaviyani, Thaa, Vaavu
Mali:
8 regions (regions, singular - region); Gao, Kayes, Kidal, Koulikoro,
Mopti, Segou, Sikasso, Tombouctou
Malta:
none (administered directly from Valletta)
Man, Isle of:
there are 24 local authorities each with its own elections
Marshall Islands:
33 municipalities; Ailinginae, Ailinglaplap, Ailuk, Arno, Aur, Bikar,
Bikini, Bokak, Ebon, Enewetak, Erikub, Jabat, Jaluit, Jemo, Kili, Kwajalein,
Lae, Lib, Likiep, Majuro, Maloelap, Mejit, Mili, Namorik, Namu, Rongelap,
Rongrik, Toke, Ujae, Ujelang, Utirik, Wotho, Wotje
Martinique:
none (overseas department of France)
Mauritania:
12 regions (regions, singular - region) and 1 capital district*; Adrar,
Assaba, Brakna, Dakhlet Nouadhibou, Gorgol, Guidimaka, Hodh Ech Chargui,
Hodh El Gharbi, Inchiri, Nouakchott*, Tagant, Tiris Zemmour, Trarza
Mauritius:
9 districts and 3 dependencies*; Agalega Islands*, Black River, Cargados
Carajos Shoals*, Flacq, Grand Port, Moka, Pamplemousses, Plaines Wilhems,
Port Louis, Riviere du Rempart, Rodrigues*, Savanne
Mayotte:
none (territorial collectivity of France)
Mexico:
31 states (estados, singular - estado) and 1 federal district* (distrito
federal); Aguascalientes, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Campeche,
Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Colima, Distrito Federal*,
Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan de
Ocampo, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro de Arteaga,
Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas,
Tlaxcala, Veracruz-Llave, Yucatan, Zacatecas
Micronesia, Federated
States of:
4 states; Chuuk (Truk), Kosrae, Pohnpei, Yap
Moldova:
10 juletule (singular - juletul) 1 municipality* 1 autonomous territorial
unit**; Balti, Cahul, Chisinau, Chisinau*, Dubasari, Edinet, Gagauzia**,
Lapusna, Orhei, Soroca, Tighina, Ungheni
Monaco:
none; there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by
the US Government, but there are four quarters (quartiers, singular
- quartier); Fontvieille, La Condamine, Monaco-Ville, Monte-Carlo
Mongolia:
18 provinces (aymguud, singular - aymag) and 3 municipalities* (hotuud,
singular - hot); Arhangay, Bayanhongor, Bayan-Olgiy, Bulgan, Darhan*,
Dornod, Dornogovi, Dundgovi, Dzavhan, Erdenet*, Govi-Altay, Hentiy,
Hovd, Hovsgol, Omnogovi, Ovorhangay, Selenge, Suhbaatar, Tov, Ulaanbaatar*,
Uvs
Montserrat:
3 parishes; Saint Anthony, Saint Georges, Saint Peter's
Morocco:
37 provinces and 2 wilayas*; Agadir, Al Hoceima, Azilal, Beni Mellal,
Ben Slimane, Boulemane, Casablanca*, Chaouen, El Jadida, El Kelaa des
Srarhna, Er Rachidia, Essaouira, Fes, Figuig, Guelmim, Ifrane, Kenitra,
Khemisset, Khenifra, Khouribga, Laayoune, Larache, Marrakech, Meknes,
Nador, Ouarzazate, Oujda, Rabat-Sale*, Safi, Settat, Sidi Kacem, Tanger,
Tan-Tan, Taounate, Taroudannt, Tata, Taza, Tetouan, Tiznit
note: three additional provinces of Ad Dakhla (Oued Eddahab),
Boujdour, and Es Smara as well as parts of Tan-Tan and Laayoune fall
within Moroccan-claimed Western Sahara; decentralization/regionalization
law passed by the legislature in March 1997 creating many new provinces/regions;
specific details and scope of the reorganization not yet available
Mozambique:
10 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Cabo Delgado, Gaza,
Inhambane, Manica, Maputo, Nampula, Niassa, Sofala, Tete, Zambezia
Namibia:
13 regions; Caprivi, Erongo, Hardap, Karas, Khomas, Kunene, Ohangwena,
Okavango, Omaheke, Omusati, Oshana, Oshikoto, Otjozondjupa
Nauru:
14 districts; Aiwo, Anabar, Anetan, Anibare, Baiti, Boe, Buada, Denigomodu,
Ewa, Ijuw, Meneng, Nibok, Uaboe, Yaren
Nepal:
14 zones (anchal, singular and plural); Bagmati, Bheri, Dhawalagiri,
Gandaki, Janakpur, Karnali, Kosi, Lumbini, Mahakali, Mechi, Narayani,
Rapti, Sagarmatha, Seti
Netherlands:
12 provinces (provincien, singular - provincie); Drenthe, Flevoland,
Friesland, Gelderland, Groningen, Limburg, Noord-Brabant, Noord-Holland,
Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland, Zuid-Holland
Netherlands Antilles:
none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
note: each island has its own government
New Caledonia:
none (overseas territory of France); there are no first-order administrative
divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 3 provinces
named Iles Loyaute, Nord, and Sud
New Zealand:
93 counties, 9 districts*, and 3 town districts**; Akaroa, Amuri, Ashburton,
Bay of Islands, Bruce, Buller, Chatham Islands, Cheviot, Clifton, Clutha,
Cook, Dannevirke, Egmont, Eketahuna, Ellesmere, Eltham, Eyre, Featherston,
Franklin, Golden Bay, Great Barrier Island, Grey, Hauraki Plains, Hawera*,
Hawke's Bay, Heathcote, Hikurangi**, Hobson, Hokianga, Horowhenua, Hurunui,
Hutt, Inangahua, Inglewood, Kaikoura, Kairanga, Kiwitea, Lake, Mackenzie,
Malvern, Manaia**, Manawatu, Mangonui, Maniototo, Marlborough, Masterton,
Matamata, Mount Herbert, Ohinemuri, Opotiki, Oroua, Otamatea, Otorohanga*,
Oxford, Pahiatua, Paparua, Patea, Piako, Pohangina, Raglan, Rangiora*,
Rangitikei, Rodney, Rotorua*, Runanga, Saint Kilda, Silverpeaks, Southland,
Stewart Island, Stratford, Strathallan, Taranaki, Taumarunui, Taupo,
Tauranga, Thames-Coromandel*, Tuapeka, Vincent, Waiapu, Waiheke, Waihemo,
Waikato, Waikohu, Waimairi, Waimarino, Waimate, Waimate West, Waimea,
Waipa, Waipawa*, Waipukurau*, Wairarapa South, Wairewa, Wairoa, Waitaki,
Waitomo*, Waitotara, Wallace, Wanganui, Waverley**, Westland, Whakatane*,
Whangarei, Whangaroa, Woodville
note: there may be a new administrative structure of 16 regions
(Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Canterbury, Gisborne, Hawke's Bay, Marlborough,
Nelson, Northland, Otago, Southland, Taranaki, Tasman, Waikato, Wanganui-Manawatu,
Wellington, West Coast) that are subdivided into 57 districts and 16
cities* (Ashburton, Auckland*, Banks Peninsula, Buller, Carterton, Central
Hawke's Bay, Central Otago, Christchurch*, Clutha, Dunedin*, Far North,
Franklin, Gisborne, Gore, Grey, Hamilton*, Hastings, Hauraki, Horowhenua,
Hurunui, Hutt*, Invercargill*, Kaikoura, Kaipara, Kapiti Coast, Kawerau,
Mackenzie, Manawatu, Manukau*, Marlborough, Masterton, Matamata Piako,
Napier*, Nelson*, New Plymouth, North Shore*, Opotiki, Otorohanga, Palmerston
North*, Papakura*, Porirua*, Queenstown Lakes, Rangitikei, Rodney, Rotorua,
Ruapehu, Selwyn, Southland, South Taranaki, South Waikato, South Wairarapa,
Stratford, Tararua, Tasman, Taupo, Tauranga, Thames Coromandel, Timaru,
Upper Hutt*, Waikato, Waimakariri, Waimate, Waipa, Wairoa, Waitakere*,
Waitaki, Waitomo, Wanganui, Wellington*, Western Bay of Plenty, Westland,
Whakatane, Whangarei)
Nicaragua:
15 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento), 2 autonomous
regions* (regiones autonomistas, singular - region autonomista); Boaco,
Carazo, Chinandega, Chontales, Esteli, Granada, Jinotega, Leon, Madriz,
Managua, Masaya, Matagalpa, Nueva Segovia, Rio San Juan, Rivas, Atlantico
Norte*, Atlantico Sur*
Niger:
7 departments (departements, singular - departement), and 1 capital
district* (capitale district); Agadez, Diffa, Dosso, Maradi, Niamey*,
Tahoua, Tillaberi, Zinder
Nigeria:
36 states and 1 territory*; Abia, Abuja Federal Capital Territory*,
Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River,
Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano,
Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nassarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun,
Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara
Niue:
none; note - there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined
by the US Government, but there are 14 villages each with its own village
council whose members are elected and serve three-year terms
Norfolk Island:
none (territory of Australia)
Northern Mariana
Islands:
none (commonwealth in political union with the US); there are no first-order
administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there
are four municipalities at the second order; Northern Islands, Rota,
Saipan, Tinian
Norway:
19 provinces (fylker, singular - fylke); Akershus, Aust-Agder, Buskerud,
Finnmark, Hedmark, Hordaland, More og Romsdal, Nordland, Nord-Trondelag,
Oppland, Oslo, Ostfold, Rogaland, Sogn og Fjordane, Sor-Trondelag, Telemark,
Troms, Vest-Agder, Vestfold
Oman:
6 regions (mintaqat, singular - mintaqah) and 2 governorates* (muhafazat,
singular - muhafazah) Ad Dakhiliyah, Al Batinah, Al Wusta, Ash Sharqiyah,
Az Zahirah, Masqat, Musandam*, Zufar*; note - the US Embassy in Oman
says that Masqat is a governorate
Pakistan:
4 provinces, 1 territory*, and 1 capital territory**; Balochistan, Federally
Administered Tribal Areas*, Islamabad Capital Territory**, North-West
Frontier, Punjab, Sindh
note: the Pakistani-administered portion of the disputed Jammu
and Kashmir region includes Azad Kashmir and the Northern Areas
Palau:
18 states; Aimeliik, Airai, Angaur, Hatobohei, Kayangel, Koror, Melekeok,
Ngaraard, Ngarchelong, Ngardmau, Ngatpang, Ngchesar, Ngeremlengui, Ngiwal,
Palau Island, Peleliu, Sonsoral, Tobi
Panama:
9 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 2 territories* (comarca);
Bocas del Toro, Chiriqui, Cocle, Colon, Darien, Herrera, Los Santos,
Ngobe-Bugle*, Panama, San Blas*, and Veraguas
Papua New Guinea:
20 provinces; Bougainville, Central, Chimbu, Eastern Highlands, East
New Britain, East Sepik, Enga, Gulf, Madang, Manus, Milne Bay, Morobe,
National Capital, New Ireland, Northern, Sandaun, Southern Highlands,
Western, Western Highlands, West New Britain
Paraguay:
17 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento) and one capital
city; Alto Paraguay, Alto Parana, Amambay, Asuncion (city), Boqueron,
Caaguazu, Caazapa, Canindeyu, Central, Concepcion, Cordillera, Guaira,
Itapua, Misiones, Neembucu, Paraguari, Presidente Hayes, San Pedro
Peru:
24 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento) and 1 constitutional
province* (provincia constitucional); Amazonas, Ancash, Apurimac, Arequipa,
Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Callao*, Cusco, Huancavelica, Huanuco, Ica, Junin,
La Libertad, Lambayeque, Lima, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Moquegua, Pasco,
Piura, Puno, San Martin, Tacna, Tumbes, Ucayali
note: the 1979 constitution mandated the creation of regions
(regiones, singular - region) to function eventually as autonomous economic
and administrative entities; so far, 12 regions have been constituted
from 23 of the 24 departments - Amazonas (from Loreto), Andres Avelino
Caceres (from Huanuco, Pasco, Junin), Arequipa (from Arequipa), Chavin
(from Ancash), Grau (from Tumbes, Piura), Inca (from Cusco, Madre de
Dios, Apurimac), La Libertad (from La Libertad), Los Libertadores-Huari
(from Ica, Ayacucho, Huancavelica), Mariategui (from Moquegua, Tacna,
Puno), Nor Oriental del Maranon (from Lambayeque, Cajamarca, Amazonas),
San Martin (from San Martin), Ucayali (from Ucayali); formation of another
region has been delayed by the reluctance of the constitutional province
of Callao to merge with the department of Lima; because of inadequate
funding from the central government and organizational and political
difficulties, the regions have yet to assume major responsibilities;
the 1993 constitution retains the regions but limits their authority;
the 1993 constitution also reaffirms the roles of departmental and municipal
governments
Philippines:
73 provinces and 61 chartered cities*; Abra, Agusan del Norte, Agusan
del Sur, Aklan, Albay, Angeles*, Antique, Aurora, Bacolod*, Bago*, Baguio*,
Bais*, Basilan, Basilan City*, Bataan, Batanes, Batangas, Batangas City*,
Benguet, Bohol, Bukidnon, Bulacan, Butuan*, Cabanatuan*, Cadiz*, Cagayan,
Cagayan de Oro*, Calbayog*, Caloocan*, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur,
Camiguin, Canlaon*, Capiz, Catanduanes, Cavite, Cavite City*, Cebu,
Cebu City*, Cotabato*, Dagupan*, Danao*, Dapitan*, Davao City* Davao,
Davao del Sur, Davao Oriental, Dipolog*, Dumaguete*, Eastern Samar,
General Santos*, Gingoog*, Ifugao, Iligan*, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur,
Iloilo, Iloilo City*, Iriga*, Isabela, Kalinga-Apayao, La Carlota*,
Laguna, Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, Laoag*, Lapu-Lapu*, La Union,
Legaspi*, Leyte, Lipa*, Lucena*, Maguindanao, Mandaue*, Manila*, Marawi*,
Marinduque, Masbate, Mindoro Occidental, Mindoro Oriental, Misamis Occidental,
Misamis Oriental, Mountain, Naga*, Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental,
North Cotabato, Northern Samar, Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya, Olongapo*,
Ormoc*, Oroquieta*, Ozamis*, Pagadian*, Palawan, Palayan*, Pampanga,
Pangasinan, Pasay*, Puerto Princesa*, Quezon, Quezon City*, Quirino,
Rizal, Romblon, Roxas*, Samar, San Carlos* (in Negros Occidental), San
Carlos* (in Pangasinan), San Jose*, San Pablo*, Silay*, Siquijor, Sorsogon,
South Cotabato, Southern Leyte, Sultan Kudarat, Sulu, Surigao*, Surigao
del Norte, Surigao del Sur, Tacloban*, Tagaytay*, Tagbilaran*, Tangub*,
Tarlac, Tawitawi, Toledo*, Trece Martires*, Zambales, Zamboanga*, Zamboanga
del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur
Pitcairn Islands:
none (overseas territory of the UK)
Poland:
16 provinces (wojewodztwa, singular - wojewodztwo); Dolnoslaskie, Kujawsko-Pomorskie,
Lodzkie, Lubelskie, Lubuskie, Malopolskie, Mazowieckie, Opolskie, Podkarpackie,
Podlaskie, Pomorskie, Slaskie, Swietokrzyskie, Warminsko-Mazurskie,
Wielkopolskie, Zachodniopomorskie
Portugal:
18 districts (distritos, singular - distrito) and 2 autonomous regions*
(regioes autonomas, singular - regiao autonoma); Aveiro, Acores (Azores)*,
Beja, Braga, Braganca, Castelo Branco, Coimbra, Evora, Faro, Guarda,
Leiria, Lisboa, Madeira*, Portalegre, Porto, Santarem, Setubal, Viana
do Castelo, Vila Real, Viseu
Puerto Rico:
none (commonwealth associated with the US); there are no first-order
administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there
are 78 municipalities (municipios, singular - municipio) at the second
order; Adjuntas, Aguada, Aguadilla, Aguas Buenas, Aibonito, Anasco,
Arecibo, Arroyo, Barceloneta, Barranquitas, Bayamon, Cabo Rojo, Caguas,
Camuy, Canovanas, Carolina, Catano, Cayey, Ceiba, Ciales, Cidra, Coamo,
Comerio, Corozal, Culebra, Dorado, Fajardo, Florida, Guanica, Guayama,
Guayanilla, Guaynabo, Gurabo, Hatillo, Hormigueros, Humacao, Isabela,
Jayuya, Juana Diaz, Juncos, Lajas, Lares, Las Marias, Las Piedras, Loiza,
Luquillo, Manati, Maricao, Maunabo, Mayaguez, Moca, Morovis, Naguabo,
Naranjito, Orocovis, Patillas, Penuelas, Ponce, Quebradillas, Rincon,
Rio Grande, Sabana Grande, Salinas, San German, San Juan, San Lorenzo,
San Sebastian, Santa Isabel, Toa Alta, Toa Baja, Trujillo Alto, Utuado,
Vega Alta, Vega Baja, Vieques, Villalba, Yabucoa, Yauco
Qatar:
9 municipalities (baladiyat, singular - baladiyah); Ad Dawhah, Al Ghuwayriyah,
Al Jumayliyah, Al Khawr, Al Wakrah, Ar Rayyan, Jarayan al Batinah, Madinat
ash Shamal, Umm Salal
Reunion:
none (overseas department of France); there are no first-order administrative
divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are four arrondissements,
24 communes, and 47 cantons
Romania:
40 counties (judete, singular - judet) and 1 municipality* (municipiu);
Alba, Arad, Arges, Bacau, Bihor, Bistrita-Nasaud, Botosani, Braila,
Brasov, Bucuresti*, Buzau, Calarasi, Caras-Severin, Cluj, Constanta,
Covasna, Dimbovita, Dolj, Galati, Gorj, Giurgiu, Harghita, Hunedoara,
Ialomita, Iasi, Maramures, Mehedinti, Mures, Neamt, Olt, Prahova, Salaj,
Satu Mare, Sibiu, Suceava, Teleorman, Timis, Tulcea, Vaslui, Vilcea,
Vrancea
Russia:
49 oblasts (oblastey, singular - oblast), 21 republics* (respublik,
singular - respublika), 10 autonomous okrugs**(avtonomnykh okrugov,
singular - avtonomnyy okrug), 6 krays*** (krayev, singular - kray),
2 federal cities (singular - gorod)****, and 1 autonomous oblast*****(avtonomnaya
oblast'); Adygeya (Maykop)*, Aginskiy Buryatskiy (Aginskoye)**, Altay
(Gorno-Altaysk)*, Altayskiy (Barnaul)***, Amurskaya (Blagoveshchensk),
Arkhangel'skaya, Astrakhanskaya, Bashkortostan (Ufa)*, Belgorodskaya,
Bryanskaya, Buryatiya (Ulan-Ude)*, Chechnya (Groznyy)*, Chelyabinskaya,
Chitinskaya, Chukotskiy (Anadyr')**, Chuvashiya (Cheboksary)*, Dagestan
(Makhachkala)*, Evenkiyskiy (Tura)**, Ingushetiya (Nazran')*, Irkutskaya,
Ivanovskaya, Kabardino-Balkariya (Nal'chik)*, Kaliningradskaya, Kalmykiya
(Elista)*, Kaluzhskaya, Kamchatskaya (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy), Karachayevo-Cherkesiya
(Cherkessk)*, Kareliya (Petrozavodsk)*, Kemerovskaya, Khabarovskiy***,
Khakasiya (Abakan)*, Khanty-Mansiyskiy (Khanty-Mansiysk)**, Kirovskaya,
Komi (Syktyvkar)*, Koryakskiy (Palana)**, Kostromskaya, Krasnodarskiy***,
Krasnoyarskiy***, Kurganskaya, Kurskaya, Leningradskaya, Lipetskaya,
Magadanskaya, Mariy-El (Yoshkar-Ola)*, Mordoviya (Saransk)*, Moskovskaya,
Moskva (Moscow)****, Murmanskaya, Nenetskiy (Nar'yan-Mar)**, Nizhegorodskaya,
Novgorodskaya, Novosibirskaya, Omskaya, Orenburgskaya, Orlovskaya (Orel),
Penzenskaya, Permskaya, Komi-Permyatskiy (Kudymkar)**, Primorskiy (Vladivostok)***,
Pskovskaya, Rostovskaya, Ryazanskaya, Sakha (Yakutsk)*, Sakhalinskaya
(Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk), Samarskaya, Sankt-Peterburg (Saint Petersburg)****,
Saratovskaya, Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya (Vladikavkaz)*, Smolenskaya,
Stavropol'skiy***, Sverdlovskaya (Yekaterinburg), Tambovskaya, Tatarstan
(Kazan')*, Taymyrskiy (Dudinka)**, Tomskaya, Tul'skaya, Tverskaya, Tyumenskaya,
Tyva (Kyzyl)*, Udmurtiya (Izhevsk)*, Ul'yanovskaya, Ust'-Ordynskiy Buryatskiy
(Ust'-Ordynskiy)**, Vladimirskaya, Volgogradskaya, Vologodskaya, Voronezhskaya,
Yamalo-Nenetskiy (Salekhard)**, Yaroslavskaya, Yevreyskaya*****; note
- when using a place name with an adjectival ending 'skaya' or 'skiy,'
the word Oblast' or Avonomnyy Okrug or Kray should be added to the place
name
note: the autonomous republics of Chechnya and Ingushetiya were
formerly the autonomous republic of Checheno-Ingushetia (the boundary
between Chechnya and Ingushetia has yet to be determined); administrative
divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions
have the administrative center name following in parentheses)
Rwanda:
12 prefectures (in French - prefectures, singular - prefecture; in Kinyarwanda
- plural - NA, singular - prefegitura); Butare, Byumba, Cyangugu, Gikongoro,
Gisenyi, Gitarama, Kibungo, Kibuye, Kigali, Kigali-ville, Umutara, Ruhengeri
Saint Helena:
1 administrative area and 2 dependencies*; Ascension*, Saint Helena,
Tristan da Cunha*
Saint Kitts and
Nevis:
14 parishes; Christ Church Nichola Town, Saint Anne Sandy Point, Saint
George Basseterre, Saint George Gingerland, Saint James Windward, Saint
John Capisterre, Saint John Figtree, Saint Mary Cayon, Saint Paul Capisterre,
Saint Paul Charlestown, Saint Peter Basseterre, Saint Thomas Lowland,
Saint Thomas Middle Island, Trinity Palmetto Point
Saint Lucia:
11 quarters; Anse-la-Raye, Castries, Choiseul, Dauphin, Dennery, Gros
Islet, Laborie, Micoud, Praslin, Soufriere, Vieux Fort
Saint Pierre
and Miquelon:
none (territorial collectivity of France)
note: there are no first-order administrative divisions approved
by the US Government, but there are two communes - Saint Pierre, Miquelon
Saint Vincent
and the Grenadines:
6 parishes; Charlotte, Grenadines, Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint
George, Saint Patrick
Samoa:
11 districts; A'ana, Aiga-i-le-Tai, Atua, Fa'asaleleaga, Gaga'emauga,
Gagaifomauga, Palauli, Satupa'itea, Tuamasaga, Va'a-o-Fonoti, Vaisigano
San Marino:
9 municipalities (castelli, singular - castello); Acquaviva, Borgo Maggiore,
Chiesanuova, Domagnano, Faetano, Fiorentino, Monte Giardino, San Marino,
Serravalle
Sao Tome and
Principe:
2 provinces; Principe, Sao Tome
note: Principe has had self-government since 29 April 1995
Saudi Arabia:
13 provinces (mintaqat, singular - mintaqah); Al Bahah, Al Hudud ash
Shamaliyah, Al Jawf, Al Madinah, Al Qasim, Ar Riyad, Ash Sharqiyah (Eastern
Province), 'Asir, Ha'il, Jizan, Makkah, Najran, Tabuk
Senegal:
10 regions (regions, singular - region); Dakar, Diourbel, Fatick, Kaolack,
Kolda, Louga, Saint-Louis, Tambacounda, Thies, Ziguinchor
Serbia and Montenegro:
2 republics (republike, singular - republika); and 2 nominally autonomous
provinces* (autonomn pokrajine, singular - autonomna pokrajina); Kosovo*,
Montenegro, Serbia, Vojvodina*
Seychelles:
23 administrative districts; Anse aux Pins, Anse Boileau, Anse Etoile,
Anse Louis, Anse Royale, Baie Lazare, Baie Sainte Anne, Beau Vallon,
Bel Air, Bel Ombre, Cascade, Glacis, Grand' Anse (on Mahe), Grand' Anse
(on Praslin), La Digue, La Riviere Anglaise, Mont Buxton, Mont Fleuri,
Plaisance, Pointe La Rue, Port Glaud, Saint Louis, Takamaka
Sierra Leone:
3 provinces and 1 area*; Eastern, Northern, Southern, Western*
Singapore:
none
Slovakia:
8 regions (kraje, singular - kraj); Banskobystricky, Bratislavsky, Kosicky,
Nitriansky, Presovsky, Trenciansky, Trnavsky, Zilinsky
Slovenia:
136 municipalities (obcine, singular - obcina) and 11 urban municipalities*
(obcine mestne, singular - obcina mestna) Ajdovscina, Beltinci, Bled,
Bohinj, Borovnica, Bovec, Brda, Brezice, Brezovica, Cankova-Tisina,
Celje*, Cerklje na Gorenjskem, Cerknica, Cerkno, Crensovci, Crna na
Koroskem, Crnomelj, Destrnik-Trnovska Vas, Divaca, Dobrepolje, Dobrova-Horjul-Polhov
Gradec, Dol pri Ljubljani, Domzale, Dornava, Dravograd, Duplek, Gorenja
Vas-Poljane, Gorisnica, Gornja Radgona, Gornji Grad, Gornji Petrovci,
Grosuplje, Hodos Salovci, Hrastnik, Hrpelje-Kozina, Idrija, Ig, Ilirska
Bistrica, Ivancna Gorica, Izola, Jesenice, Jursinci, Kamnik, Kanal,
Kidricevo, Kobarid, Kobilje, Kocevje, Komen, Koper*, Kozje, Kranj*,
Kranjska Gora, Krsko, Kungota, Kuzma, Lasko, Lenart, Lendava, Litija,
Ljubljana*, Ljubno, Ljutomer, Logatec, Loska Dolina, Loski Potok, Luce,
Lukovica, Majsperk, Maribor*, Medvode, Menges, Metlika, Mezica, Miren-Kostanjevica,
Mislinja, Moravce, Moravske Toplice, Mozirje, Murska Sobota*, Muta,
Naklo, Nazarje, Nova Gorica*, Novo Mesto*, Odranci, Ormoz, Osilnica,
Pesnica, Piran, Pivka, Podcetrtek, Podvelka-Ribnica, Postojna, Preddvor,
Ptuj*, Puconci, Race-Fram, Radece, Radenci, Radlje ob Dravi, Radovljica,
Ravne-Prevalje, Ribnica, Rogasevci, Rogaska Slatina, Rogatec, Ruse,
Semic, Sencur, Sentilj, Sentjernej, Sentjur pri Celju, Sevnica, Sezana,
Skocjan, Skofja Loka, Skofljica, Slovenj Gradec*, Slovenska Bistrica,
Slovenske Konjice, Smarje pri Jelsah, Smartno ob Paki, Sostanj, Starse,
Store, Sveti Jurij, Tolmin, Trbovlje, Trebnje, Trzic, Turnisce, Velenje*,
Velike Lasce, Videm, Vipava, Vitanje, Vodice, Vojnik, Vrhnika, Vuzenica,
Zagorje ob Savi, Zalec, Zavrc, Zelezniki, Ziri, Zrece
Solomon Islands:
7 provinces and 1 town*; Central, Guadalcanal, Honiara*, Isabel, Makira,
Malaita, Temotu, Western
note: there may be two new provinces of Choiseul (Lauru) and
Rennell/Bellona and the administrative unit of Honiara may have been
abolished
Somalia:
18 regions (plural - NA, singular - gobolka); Awdal, Bakool, Banaadir,
Bari, Bay, Galguduud, Gedo, Hiiraan, Jubbada Dhexe, Jubbada Hoose, Mudug,
Nugaal, Sanaag, Shabeellaha Dhexe, Shabeellaha Hoose, Sool, Togdheer,
Woqooyi Galbeed
South Africa:
9 provinces; Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga,
North-West, Northern Cape, Northern Province, Western Cape
Spain:
17 autonomous communities (comunidades autonomas, singular - comunidad
autonoma); Andalucia, Aragon, Asturias, Baleares (Balearic Islands),
Canarias (Canary Islands), Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y
Leon, Cataluna, Communidad Valencian, Extremadura, Galicia, La Rioja,
Madrid, Murcia, Navarra, Pais Vasco (Basque Country)
note: there are five places of sovereignty on and off the coast
of Morocco: Ceuta and Melilla are administered as autonomous communities;
Islas Chafarinas, Penon de Alhucemas, and Penon de Velez de la Gomera
are under direct Spanish administration
Sri Lanka:
8 provinces; Central, North Central, North Eastern, North Western, Sabaragamuwa,
Southern, Uva, Western
note: North Eastern province may have been divided in two - Northern
and Eastern
Sudan:
26 states (wilayat, singular - wilayah); A'ali an Nil, Al Bahr al Ahmar,
Al Buhayrat, Al Jazirah, Al Khartum, Al Qadarif, Al Wahdah, An Nil al
Abyad, An Nil al Azraq, Ash Shamaliyah, Bahr al Jabal, Gharb al Istiwa'iyah,
Gharb Bahr al Ghazal, Gharb Darfur, Gharb Kurdufan, Janub Darfur, Janub
Kurdufan, Junqali, Kassala, Nahr an Nil, Shamal Bahr al Ghazal, Shamal
Darfur, Shamal Kurdufan, Sharq al Istiwa'iyah, Sinnar, Warab
Suriname:
10 districts (distrikten, singular - distrikt); Brokopondo, Commewijne,
Coronie, Marowijne, Nickerie, Para, Paramaribo, Saramacca, Sipaliwini,
Wanica
Swaziland:
4 districts; Hhohho, Lubombo, Manzini, Shiselweni
Sweden:
21 counties (lan, singular and plural); Blekinge, Dalarnas, Gavleborgs,
Gotlands, Hallands, Jamtlands, Jonkopings, Kalmar, Kronobergs, Norrbottens,
Orebro, Ostergotlands, Skane, Sodermanlands, Stockholms, Uppsala, Varmlands,
Vasterbottens, Vasternorrlands, Vastmanlands, Vastra Gotalands
Switzerland:
26 cantons (cantons, singular - canton in French; cantoni, singular
- cantone in Italian; kantone, singular - kanton in German); Aargau,
Ausser-Rhoden, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Fribourg, Geneve,
Glarus, Graubunden, Inner-Rhoden, Jura, Luzern, Neuchatel, Nidwalden,
Obwalden, Sankt Gallen, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, Thurgau, Ticino,
Uri, Valais, Vaud, Zug, Zurich
Syria:
14 provinces (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah); Al Hasakah, Al Ladhiqiyah,
Al Qunaytirah, Ar Raqqah, As Suwayda', Dar'a, Dayr az Zawr, Dimashq,
Halab, Hamah, Hims, Idlib, Rif Dimashq, Tartus
Tajikistan:
2 oblasts (viloyatho, singular - viloyat) and one autonomous oblast*
(viloyati mukhtori); Viloyati Mukhtori Kuhistoni Badakhshoni* (Khorugh
- formerly Khorog), Viloyati Khatlon (Qurghonteppa - formerly Kurgan-Tyube),
Viloyati Leninobod (Khujand - formerly Leninabad)
note: the administrative center name follows in parentheses
Tanzania:
25 regions; Arusha, Dar es Salaam, Dodoma, Iringa, Kigoma, Kilimanjaro,
Lindi, Mara, Mbeya, Morogoro, Mtwara, Mwanza, Pemba North, Pemba South,
Pwani, Rukwa, Ruvuma, Shinyanga, Singida, Tabora, Tanga, Zanzibar Central/South,
Zanzibar North, Zanzibar Urban/West, Ziwa Magharibi
note: Ziwa Magharibi may have been renamed Kagera
Thailand:
76 provinces (changwat, singular and plural); Amnat Charoen, Ang Thong,
Buriram, Chachoengsao, Chai Nat, Chaiyaphum, Chanthaburi, Chiang Mai,
Chiang Rai, Chon Buri, Chumphon, Kalasin, Kamphaeng Phet, Kanchanaburi,
Khon Kaen, Krabi, Krung Thep Mahanakhon (Bangkok), Lampang, Lamphun,
Loei, Lop Buri, Mae Hong Son, Maha Sarakham, Mukdahan, Nakhon Nayok,
Nakhon Pathom, Nakhon Phanom, Nakhon Ratchasima, Nakhon Sawan, Nakhon
Si Thammarat, Nan, Narathiwat, Nong Bua Lamphu, Nong Khai, Nonthaburi,
Pathum Thani, Pattani, Phangnga, Phatthalung, Phayao, Phetchabun, Phetchaburi,
Phichit, Phitsanulok, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Phrae, Phuket, Prachin
Buri, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Ranong, Ratchaburi, Rayong, Roi Et, Sa Kaeo,
Sakon Nakhon, Samut Prakan, Samut Sakhon, Samut Songkhram, Sara Buri,
Satun, Sing Buri, Sisaket, Songkhla, Sukhothai, Suphan Buri, Surat Thani,
Surin, Tak, Trang, Trat, Ubon Ratchathani, Udon Thani, Uthai Thani,
Uttaradit, Yala, Yasothon
Togo:
5 regions (regions, singular - region); De La Kara, Des Plateaux, Des
Savanes, Du Centre, Maritime
Tokelau:
none (territory of New Zealand)
Tonga:
three island groups; Ha'apai, Tongatapu, Vava'u
Trinidad and
Tobago:
8 counties, 3 municipalities*, and 1 ward**; Arima*, Caroni, Mayaro,
Nariva, Port-of-Spain*, Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint
Patrick, San Fernando*, Tobago**, Victoria
Tunisia:
23 governorates; Al Kaf, Al Mahdiyah, Al Munastir, Al Qasrayn, Al Qayrawan,
Aryanah, Bajah, Banzart, Bin 'Arus, Jundubah, Madanin, Nabul, Qabis,
Qafsah, Qibili, Safaqis, Sidi Bu Zayd, Silyanah, Susah, Tatawin, Tawzar,
Tunis, Zaghwan
Turkey:
80 provinces (iller, singular - il); Adana, Adiyaman, Afyon, Agri, Aksaray,
Amasya, Ankara, Antalya, Ardahan, Artvin, Aydin, Balikesir, Bartin,
Batman, Bayburt, Bilecik, Bingol, Bitlis, Bolu, Burdur, Bursa, Canakkale,
Cankiri, Corum, Denizli, Diyarbakir, Edirne, Elazig, Erzincan, Erzurum,
Eskisehir, Gazi Antep, Giresun, Gumushane, Hakkari, Hatay, Icel, Igdir,
Isparta, Istanbul, Izmir, Kahraman Maras, Karabuk, Karaman, Kars, Kastamonu,
Kayseri, Kilis, Kirikkale, Kirklareli, Kirsehir, Kocaeli, Konya, Kutahya,
Malatya, Manisa, Mardin, Mugla, Mus, Nevsehir, Nigde, Ordu, Osmaniye,
Rize, Sakarya, Samsun, Sanli Urfa, Siirt, Sinop, Sirnak, Sivas, Tekirdag,
Tokat, Trabzon, Tunceli, Usak, Van, Yalova, Yozgat, Zonguldak
note: Karabuk, Kilis, Osmaniye and Yalova are the four newest
provinces (there may be a fifth - Duzce); the US Board on Geographic
Names is awaiting an official Turkish administrative map for verification
of the boundaries
Turkmenistan:
5 welayatlar (singular - welayat): Ahal Welayaty (Ashgabat), Balkan
Welayaty (Nebitdag), Dashhowuz Welayaty (formerly Tashauz), Lebap Welayaty
(Charjew), Mary Welayaty
note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative
centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in
parentheses)
Turks and Caicos
Islands:
none (overseas territory of the UK)
Tuvalu:
none
Uganda:
39 districts; Apac, Arua, Bundibugyo, Bushenyi, Gulu, Hoima, Iganga,
Jinja, Kabale, Kabarole, Kalangala, Kampala, Kamuli, Kapchorwa, Kasese,
Kibale, Kiboga, Kisoro, Kitgum, Kotido, Kumi, Lira, Luwero, Masaka,
Masindi, Mbale, Mbarara, Moroto, Moyo, Mpigi, Mubende, Mukono, Nebbi,
Ntungamo, Pallisa, Rakai, Rukungiri, Soroti, Tororo
Ukraine:
24 oblasti (singular - oblast'), 1 autonomous republic* (avtomnaya respublika),
and 2 municipalities (mista, singular - misto) with oblast status**;
Cherkas'ka (Cherkasy), Chernihivs'ka (Chernihiv), Chernivets'ka (Chernivtsi),
Dnipropetrovs'ka (Dnipropetrovs'k), Donets'ka (Donets'k), Ivano-Frankivs'ka
(Ivano-Frankivs'k), Kharkivs'ka (Kharkiv), Khersons'ka (Kherson), Khmel'nyts'ka
(Khmel'nyts'kyy), Kirovohrads'ka (Kirovohrad), Kyyiv**, Kyyivs'ka (Kiev),
Luhans'ka (Luhans'k), L'vivs'ka (L'viv), Mykolayivs'ka (Mykolayiv),
Odes'ka (Odesa), Poltavs'ka (Poltava), Avtonomna Respublika Krym* (Simferopol'),
Rivnens'ka (Rivne), Sevastopol'**, Sums'ka (Sumy), Ternopil's'ka (Ternopil'),
Vinnyts'ka (Vinnytsya), Volyns'ka (Luts'k), Zakarpats'ka (Uzhhorod),
Zaporiz'ka (Zaporizhzhya), Zhytomyrs'ka (Zhytomyr)
note: oblasts have the administrative center name following in
parentheses
United Arab Emirates:
7 emirates (imarat, singular - imarah); Abu Zaby (Abu Dhabi), 'Ajman,
Al Fujayrah, Ash Shariqah (Sharjah), Dubayy (Dubai), Ra's al Khaymah,
Umm al Qaywayn
United Kingdom:
47 counties, 7 metropolitan counties, 26 districts, 9 regions, and 3
islands areas; England - 39 counties, 7 metropolitan counties*; Avon,
Bedford, Berkshire, Buckingham, Cambridge, Cheshire, Cleveland, Cornwall,
Cumbria, Derby, Devon, Dorset, Durham, East Sussex, Essex, Gloucester,
Greater London*, Greater Manchester*, Hampshire, Hereford and Worcester,
Hertford, Humberside, Isle of Wight, Kent, Lancashire, Leicester, Lincoln,
Merseyside*, Norfolk, Northampton, Northumberland, North Yorkshire,
Nottingham, Oxford, Shropshire, Somerset, South Yorkshire*, Stafford,
Suffolk, Surrey, Tyne and Wear*, Warwick, West Midlands*, West Sussex,
West Yorkshire*, Wiltshire; Northern Ireland - 26 districts; Antrim,
Ards, Armagh, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Banbridge, Belfast, Carrickfergus,
Castlereagh, Coleraine, Cookstown, Craigavon, Down, Dungannon, Fermanagh,
Larne, Limavady, Lisburn, Londonderry, Magherafelt, Moyle, Newry and
Mourne, Newtownabbey, North Down, Omagh, Strabane; Scotland - 9 regions,
3 islands areas*; Borders, Central, Dumfries and Galloway, Fife, Grampian,
Highland, Lothian, Orkney*, Shetland*, Strathclyde, Tayside, Western
Isles*; Wales - 8 counties; Clwyd, Dyfed, Gwent, Gwynedd, Mid Glamorgan,
Powys, South Glamorgan, West Glamorgan
note: England may now have 35 counties and Wales 9 counties
United States:
50 states and 1 district*; Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California,
Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia*, Florida, Georgia,
Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri,
Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New
York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah,
Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Uruguay:
19 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Artigas, Canelones,
Cerro Largo, Colonia, Durazno, Flores, Florida, Lavalleja, Maldonado,
Montevideo, Paysandu, Rio Negro, Rivera, Rocha, Salto, San Jose, Soriano,
Tacuarembo, Treinta y Tres
Uzbekistan:
12 wiloyatlar (singular - wiloyat), 1 autonomous republic* (respublikasi),
and 1 city** (shahri); Andijon Wiloyati, Bukhoro Wiloyati, Farghona
Wiloyati, Jizzakh Wiloyati, Khorazm Wiloyati (Urganch), Namangan Wiloyati,
Nawoiy Wiloyati, Qashqadaryo Wiloyati (Qarshi), Qoraqalpoghiston* (Nukus),
Samarqand Wiloyati, Sirdaryo Wiloyati (Guliston), Surkhondaryo Wiloyati
(Termiz), Toshkent Shahri**, Toshkent Wiloyati
note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative
centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in
parentheses)
Vanuatu:
6 provinces; Malampa, Penama, Sanma, Shefa, Tafea, Torba
Venezuela:
23 states (estados, singular - estado),1 federal district* (distrito
federal), and 1 federal dependency** (dependencia federal); Amazonas,
Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolivar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta
Amacuro, Dependencias Federales**, Distrito Federal*, Falcon, Guarico,
Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira,
Trujillo, Vargas, Yaracuy, Zulia
note: the federal dependency consists of 11 federally controlled
island groups with a total of 72 individual islands
Vietnam:
58 provinces (tinh, singular and plural), 3 municipalities* (thu do,
singular and plural); An Giang, Bac Giang, Bac Kan, Bac Lieu, Bac Ninh,
Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Ben Tre, Binh Dinh, Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc, Binh Thuan,
Ca Mau, Can Tho, Cao Bang, Dac Lac, Da Nang, Dong Nai, Dong Thap, Gia
Lai, Ha Giang, Hai Duong, Hai Phong*, Ha Nam, Ha Noi*, Ha Tay, Ha Tinh,
Hoa Binh, Ho Chi Minh*, Hung Yen, Khanh Hoa, Kien Giang, Kon Tum, Lai
Chau, Lam Dong, Lang Son, Lao Cai, Long An, Nam Dinh, Nghe An, Ninh
Binh, Ninh Thuan, Phu Tho, Phu Yen, Quang Binh, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai,
Quang Ninh, Quang Tri, Soc Trang, Son La, Tay Ninh, Thai Binh, Thai
Nguyen, Thanh Hoa, Thua Thien-Hue, Tien Giang, Tra Vinh, Tuyen Quang,
Vinh Long, Vinh Phuc, Yen Bai
Virgin Islands:
none (territory of the US); there are no first-order administrative
divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are three islands
at the second order; Saint Croix, Saint John, Saint Thomas
Wallis and Futuna:
none (overseas territory of France); there are no first-order administrative
divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are three kingdoms
named Wallis, Sigave, Alo
Western Sahara:
none (under de facto control of Morocco)
World:
267 nations, dependent areas, other, and miscellaneous entries
Yemen:
17 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah); Abyan, 'Adan, Al
Bayda', Al Hudaydah, Al Jawf, Al Mahrah, Al Mahwit, 'Ataq, Dhamar, Hadhramawt,
Hajjah, Ibb, Lahij, Ma'rib, Sa'dah, San'a', Ta'izz
note: there may be three new governorates - the capital city
of Sanaa, Amran, Dala'a
Zambia:
9 provinces; Central, Copperbelt, Eastern, Luapula, Lusaka, Northern,
North-Western, Southern, Western
Zimbabwe:
8 provinces and 2 cities* with provincial status; Bulawayo*, Harare*,
Manicaland, Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East, Mashonaland West,
Masvingo, Matabeleland North, Matabeleland South, Midlands
Taiwan:
since in the past the authorities claimed to be the government of all
China, the central administrative divisions include the provinces of
Fu-chien (some 20 offshore islands of Fujian Province including Quemoy
and Matsu) and Taiwan (the island of Taiwan and the Pescadores islands);
note - the more commonly referenced administrative divisions are those
of Taiwan Province - 16 counties (hsien, singular and plural), 5 municipalities*
(shih, singular and plural), and 2 special municipalities** (chuan-shih,
singular and plural); Chang-hua, Chia-i, Chia-i*, Chi-lung*, Hsin-chu,
Hsin-chu*, Hua-lien, I-lan, Kao-hsiung, Kao-hsiung**, Miao-li, Nan-t'ou,
P'eng-hu, P'ing-tung, T'ai-chung, T'ai-chung*, T'ai-nan, T'ai-nan*,
T'ai-pei, T'ai-pei**, T'ai-tung, T'ao-yuan, and Yun-lin; the provincial
capital is at Chung-hsing-hsin-ts'un
note: Taiwan uses the Wade-Giles system for romanization
