This is a list of English and non-English terms for administrative divisions.
This is an alphabetical list of native non-English terms for administrative divisions; some, such as arrondissement and okrug, have become English loanwords. Terms in italics are prefixes or suffixes.
| Name | Countries | English equivalents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| district | |||
| county (formerly; the modern term is kreis, which means literally "circle") | |||
| county (replaced with regions in 2007) | |||
| county (formerly; the modern term is fylke) | |||
| county | |||
| prefecture | |||
| borough, district | |||
| French-speaking countries | |||
| autónoma | Spanish-speaking countries | autonomous | |
| autônomo, autônoma | Portuguese-speaking countries | ||
| автоно́мный (avtonomny) | |||
| province | |||
| baladiyah (baladiyat) | municipality | ||
| village (rural) or ward | |||
| neighbourhood, district | |||
| Spanish-speaking countries | |||
| бановина (banovina) | Yugoslavia | banate, province | |
| bayan | municipality | ||
| district | |||
| district | |||
| district | |||
| (colloquial term) | federal state | ||
| (colloquial term) | |||
| division | |||
| borough county | |||
| canton (French) cantone (Italian) chantun (Romansh) kanton (German) | canton | ||
| kanton (Bosnian) | |||
| municipality | |||
| province | |||
| chief town or city | |||
| Portuguese-speaking countries (judicial system) | county | ||
| Spanish-speaking countries | |||
| division of município | |||
| commune | |||
| rural commune | |||
| municipality | |||
| community | |||
| intermunicipal community | |||
| urban community | |||
| municipality; synonym of município | |||
| subdivision of a distrito | |||
| daerah | Malay-speaking countries | district | |
| provinsi | province | ||
| Daerah Istimewa | Special District, all are first level (provincial level) | ||
| Daerah Khusus Ibukota | Exclusive Capital District, refers to DKI Jakarta only. | ||
| dào (Mandarin) | China | circuit | |
| submunicipality | |||
| municipality | |||
| Latin America (Spanish-speaking countries) | department | ||
| department | |||
| village | |||
| district | |||
| district | |||
| group of municipalities | |||
| municipality | |||
| district | |||
| Spanish-speaking countries | |||
| municipality | |||
| federal district | |||
| circuit | |||
| area or region | |||
| district | |||
| federal state | |||
| etrap | district | ||
| civil parish | |||
| county | |||
| (Flanders) | municipality | ||
| municipality | |||
| block | |||
| commune, municipality | |||
| administrative region | |||
| governorate | |||
| greater metropolitan area | |||
| губе́рния (guberniya) | governorate | ||
| hamlet | |||
| village | |||
| clan | |||
| empire | |||
| state | |||
| province | |||
| district | |||
| Arab countries (formerly) | emirate | ||
| jamoat | commune or municipality | ||
| district | |||
| district | |||
| (formerly) | county | ||
| village | |||
| regency | |||
| kampung or kampong | Malay-speaking countries and Cambodia | village, hamlet, neighbourhood | |
| county or burgraviate | |||
| district | |||
| (urban) village or subdistrict | |||
| prefecture | |||
| district or section | |||
| province | |||
| province | |||
| commune | |||
| region | |||
| (Swedish speaking) | municipality | ||
| municipality | |||
| chartered city | |||
| кожуун (kozhuun) | (Tyva Republic) | rural council | |
| край (krai) | region | ||
| region | |||
| district | |||
| group | |||
| municipality | |||
| ward | |||
| municipality | |||
| province | |||
| province | |||
| county | |||
| (official term) | state | ||
| (official term) | state | ||
| place name | |||
| town or city | |||
| lugar | division of zona in Cape Verde | ||
| hamlet | |||
| city | |||
| county | |||
| մարզ (marz) | province or region | ||
| district | |||
| association of municipalities, commonwealth | |||
| county | |||
| mesoregion (division of estado) | |||
| mintaqah (mintaqat) | province, region | ||
| microregion (division of mesorregião, group of municípios) | |||
| მხარე (mkhare) | region | ||
| village | |||
| muhafazah (muhafazat) | governorate | ||
| mukim | Malay-speaking countries | subdistrict, subdivision of subdistrict, survey district | |
| Latin America (Spanish-speaking countries) | municipality | ||
| Spanish-speaking countries | municipality | ||
| Portuguese-speaking countries | |||
| subdistrict | |||
| state | |||
| prefecture | |||
| municipality (amalgamated urban areas without town rights) | |||
| Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics | |||
| municipality | |||
| область (oblast) | Countries formerly in the Soviet Union or Yugoslavia | province, region | |
| община (obshtina) | municipality | ||
| district | |||
| district | |||
| municipality | |||
| ostan (ostan-e) | province | ||
| parish | |||
| panchayati raj | village council | ||
| parish (religious division) | |||
| (Galicia) | parish | ||
| county | |||
| Περιφέρειες (periféreia) | periphery | ||
| village | |||
| zone | |||
| town/city | |||
| county | |||
| county | |||
| state of India | |||
| province of Nepal | |||
| province | |||
| province | |||
| Spanish-speaking countries | province | ||
| (formerly) | province | ||
| province | |||
| purok | district or zone | ||
| district | |||
| district | |||
| group of estados; also macrorregião | |||
| region | |||
| autonomous region | |||
| district | |||
| region | |||
| region | |||
| şäher | capital city district | ||
| commune or quarter | |||
| sector (municipality) | |||
| autonomous sector (municipality) | |||
| сельсовет (selsoviet) | rural council | ||
| province | |||
| city | |||
| district or zone | |||
| շրջան (shrjan) | Republic of Artsakh | province or region | |
| hromada | municipality | ||
| district | |||
| district | |||
| subdistrict (submunicipality) | |||
| subregion | |||
| division of submunicipality | |||
| -stan | Central Asian countries | land (denotes high level of autonomy) | |
| district | |||
| subdistrict | |||
| municipality | |||
| province | |||
| prefectural level divisions (collectively) | |||
| tuman | district | ||
| (Sakha Republic) | district | ||
| subdistrict | |||
| council or constituency | |||
| mouza | |||
| village | |||
| ward | |||
| parish, rural municipality | |||
| county | |||
| вилоят (viloyat) | region | ||
| во́лость (volost) | district | ||
| voivodeship | |||
| water board | |||
| welaýaty | region | ||
| Arab countries | province, territory | ||
| county | |||
| land (historical) | |||
| zona | zone (division of freguesia) | ||
| land | |||
| district | |||
| county (historical) | |||
| (Croatian speaking) | county | ||
| (Tamil speaking) | province | ||
| (Tamil speaking) | district | ||
| (Tamil speaking) | division | ||
| (Sinhala speaking) | province | ||
| (Sinhala speaking) | district | ||
| (Sinhala speaking) | division | ||