List of administrative division name changes explained

This is a list of administrative divisions whose names were officially changed at one or more points in history. It does not include gradual changes in spelling.

Argentina

• Eva Perón → La Pampa (1955)
• Presidente Perón → Chaco (1955)

Australia

• Swan River Colony → Western Australia (1832)
• Van Diemen's Land → Tasmania (1856)
• North Australia → Northern Territory (1931)
• Central Australia → Northern Territory (1931)
• Federal Capital Territory → Australian Capital Territory (1938)

Brazil

• Guaporé → Rondônia (1946)
• Rio Branco → Roraima (1946)

Canada

• Acadia → Nova Scotia
• Isle Saint-Jean → Prince Edward Island
• Lower Canada → Canada West → Ontario
• Newfoundland → Newfoundland and Labrador (2001)
• Red River Colony → Manitoba
• Province of Quebec → Upper Canada → Canada East → Quebec

Czechia

• Budějovický kraj → Jihočeský kraj (2001)
• Jihlavský kraj → Vysočina (2001) → Kraj Vysočina (2011)
• Brněnský kraj → Jihomoravský kraj (2001)
• Ostravský kraj → Moravskoslezský kraj (2001)^[1]

Hong Kong

• Castle Peak → Tuen Mun

India

• Madras State → Tamil Nadu (1969) ^[2]
• Mysore State → Karnataka (1973) ^[3]
• Orissa → Odisha (2009) ^[4]

Indonesia

• Daerah Istimewa Aceh → Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (2002) ^{[5] [6]}
• Irian Jaya → Papua (2002) ^[7]
• Irian Jaya Barat → Papua Barat (2007)
• Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam → Aceh (2009)

Ireland

• King's County → County Offaly (1922)
• Queen's County → County Laois (1922)
• County Donegal → County Tirconaill (1922) → County Donegal (1927)

Kazakhstan

• South Kazakhstan Region → Turkistan Region (2018)

Mozambique

• Lourenço Marques Province → Maputo Province (1976)
• Moçambique Province → Nampula Province (1975)

Pakistan

• North-West Frontier Province → Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (2010)

Philippines

• Compostela Valley → Davao de Oro (2019)^{[8] [9]}
• North Cotabato → Cotabato (1984)^[10]

Serbia

• Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (1944–1968) → Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (1968–1990)
• Autonomous Region of Kosovo and Metohija (1945–1963) → Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija (1963–1968) → Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo (1968–1990) → Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija (1990–present)

South Africa

• Natal → KwaZulu/Natal (27 April 1994) → KwaZulu-Natal (4 February 1997)
• Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging → Gauteng (3 July 1995)
• Orange Free State → Free State (3 July 1995)
• Eastern Transvaal → Mpumalanga (20 September 1995)
• Northern Transvaal → Northern Province (20 September 1995) → Limpopo (11 July 2003)
• North-West → North West (4 February 1997)

South Korea

• Sabi → Soburi → Buyeo
• Tamra → Cheju → Jeju

Sweden

• Kopparberg County → Dalarna County (1997)

Thailand

• Khukhan province → Sisaket province (1938)^[11]
• Krung Kao province → Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province (1919)^[12]
• Sawankhalok province → Sukhothai province (1939)^[13]

United States

• Rhode Island and Providence Plantations → Rhode Island (30 November 2020)

References

1. https://www.czso.cz/documents/10180/20541263/1804111043.pdf/fa893df8-9745-44ff-bf35-000a059a9bd5?version=1.0
2. http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/history/history.htm The State Legislature – Origin a
3. http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/kar/history.htm Kamat's Potpourri: A Brief History of Karnataka
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20110811133537/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-10-24/india/28078168_1_udisa-odia-hindi-and-orissa Times of India: Orissa is now Odisha
5. http://www.statoids.com/uid.html Indonesia Provinces
6. Web site: INDONESIA Population and Administrative Divisions . https://web.archive.org/web/20070614193129/http://www.pcgn.org.uk/Indonesia-%20Population%26AdminDivs-%202003.pdf . 2007-06-14 . www.pcgn.org.uk.
7. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1740526.stm BBC News | ASIA-PACIFIC | Behind Irian Jaya's name change
8. News: Compostela Valley is now Davao de Oro . Fenequito . Armando Jr. . 9 December 2019 . . 20 July 2024 . Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation . . https://web.archive.org/web/20211202160423/https://mb.com.ph/2019/12/09/compostela-valley-is-now-davao-de-oro/ . 2 December 2021 . live .
9. News: Residents vote for renaming of Compostela valley to Davao de Oro . Regalado . Edith . 9 December 2019 . 20 July 2024 . live . 18 October 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231018140034/https://www.philstar.com/nation/2019/12/09/1975404/residents-vote-renaming-compostela-valley-davao-de-oro . . . Philippine Star Printing Co., Inc. .
10. An Act Changing the Name of the Province of North Cotabato to Cotabato . 7 March 1984 . 660 . Batas Pambansa .
11. Royal Gazette. 55. ก. 658–666. th:พระราชกฤษฎีกาเปลี่ยนนามจังหวัดและอำเภอบางแห่ง พุทธศักราช ๒๔๘๑. http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2481/A/658.PDF. https://web.archive.org/web/20111108064242/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2481/A/658.PDF. dead. November 8, 2011. 1938-11-14. th.
12. Royal Gazette. 35. ก. 24–27. th:ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง เปลี่ยนนามมณฑลกรุงเก่าและจังหวัดกรุงเก่า. http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2461/A/412.PDF. https://web.archive.org/web/20080409015020/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2461/A/412.PDF. dead. April 9, 2008. 1919-03-23. th.
13. Royal Gazette. 56. ก. 351–353. th:พระราชกฤษฎีกาเปลี่ยนนามจังหวัดและอำเภอบางแห่ง พุทธศักราช ๒๔๘๒. http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2482/A/351.PDF. https://web.archive.org/web/20080409015152/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2482/A/351.PDF. dead. April 9, 2008. 1939-04-17. Thai.

See also

• List of city name changes