Administrative division
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Administrative division is a generic term for an administrative region within a country — on an arbitrary level below that of the sovereign state — typically with a local government encompassing multiple municipalities, counties, or provinces with a certain degree of autonomy.
In contexts of statistical ranking and comparability, the term statoid is sometimes used.
Administrative divisions are conceptually separate from dependent areas, in that the former are included in the core or mainland of the respective state.
Administrative divisions are distinguished from political divisions, as the former are entirely contained within a sovereign state.
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Examples
Terms used in English-speaking countries
- Area
- Barangay (Philippines)
- Urban
- County
- Despotate (not subnational)
- District
- Division (sub-national)
- Duchy (partial subnational)
- Empire (not subnational)
- Kingdom
- Local council
- Municipality
- Parish
- Prefecture
- Principality (partial subnational)
- Province
- Region
- Republic (partial subnational)
- Indigenous:
- Electoral:
- State (sub-national)
- Subdivision
- Territory
Native terms
see: List of native terms for subnational entities
Translation into English sometimes is difficult.
Compare:
- Country (a national or supra-national entity)
- Empire (a supra-national entity)
- State (a national or supra-national entity)
See also
- ISO 3166-2 Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions -- Part 2
- List of terms for subnational entities
- List of subnational entities by country
- List of capitals of subnational entities
- List of subnational name etymologies
- List of the most populous subnational entities
- List of the largest subnational entities by area
- Lists of unofficial regions by country
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