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The table below indicates the types and, where known, numbers of administrative divisions currently (as of 2007) used by countries and their major dependent territories. It is ordered alphabetically by country name in English.

Notes

Numbers of divisions 

To simplify maintaining the table, numbers of divisions are only specified where a country has around thirty or fewer instances; for example, as of 2007, the twelve qarku (counties) of Albania. For numbers greater than thirty, the number rounded down to the nearest ten (or, in the case of thousands, the nearest hundred) is given, suffixed by a plus sign "+"; for example, the "300+" komuna (communes) of Albania. More precise figures should be found in the articles linked by the table.

Terms in italics 

Terms in italics are terms in languages other than English. They should be in plural form, followed by a footnote or footnotes indicating the generally accepted English equivalent or translation. Known alternative spellings are given in brackets following a term.

Terms in brackets 

Entries in standard brackets either indicate that the term used is informal or that its use is yet to be confirmed. An English term in square brackets indicates that the local name for the term is not yet known or confirmed; when confirmed, it is replaced by the local name in italics.

Footnote letters ( ^{c d m p r} ) 

These indicate, respectively, five common types of administrative division in English: capitals; districts; municipalities; provinces; and regions. Other English terms appear among the numbered footnotes.

British overseas territories and crown dependencies 

Where these have administrative divisions, they are listed as if separate countries.

Table

Country	Administrative divisions
	First-level	Second-level	Third-level	Fourth-level and smaller
Afghanistan	30+ velaya'at p	360+ woleswali d
Albania	12 qarku 830	30+ rrethe d	300+ komuna 7 60+ bashkia m	(3000+ lokaliteteve 13?)
Algeria	48 wilayas p	553 daïras 5	1,541 baladiyahs of Algeria  7
For Åland, see Finland below.
For American Samoa, see United States below.
Andorra	7 parròquies 15	(52 ?[localities] 13  -) quarts 17 veïnats 14 villages
Anguilla	14 districts
Angola	18 províncias p	150+ municípios 31m
Antigua and Barbuda	6 parishes 2 dependencies
Argentina	22 provincias p	370+ departamentos 9	municipios 32m	localidades d
	Buenos Aires Province	partidos 33
	Buenos Airesc1		15 comunas 7	40+ barrios 14
Armenia	10 marzer 34p Yerevanc
For Aruba, see Netherlands below.
Australia	6 states 10 territories	700+ Local Government Areas35
Austria	9 Bundesländer 21	80+ Politische Bezirke d 15 Statutarstädte 6	2300+ Gemeinden m7	7800+ Katastralgemeinden 36
Azerbaijan		59 rayonlar d	11 şəhərlər 6
	1 muxtar respublika 1	7 rayonlar d	1 şəhər 6
Bahamas	31 districts New Providence
Bahrain	5 muhāfazāt 12
Bangladesh	6 bibhag 10	64 zilla d	474 upozilla d
Barbados	11 parishes
Belarus	6 voblastsi p Minskc	110+ rayony d
Belgium	3 gewesten 37r	10 provincies 38p	43 arrondissements d	580+ gemeenten 39m
Belize	6 districts	31 constituencies
Bermuda	9 parishes 2 municipalities
Benin	12 départements 9	70+ communes	arrondissements	[villages] 28 [city districts] d
Bhutan	20 dzongkhag d	200+ gewog 228
Bolivia	9 departamentos 9	112 provincias p	314 municipios 1940	1384 cantones 4
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Fed. of Bosnia & Herzegovina	10 kantoni 4	70+ opčine m
	Republika Srpska	7 [regions]	60+ opčine m
	Brčko District
Botswana	9 districts	subdistricts 22
Brazil	26 estados 21 Brasíliac	5 560+ municípios m
Brunei	4 daerah-daerah d	38 mukim p	kampong 28
Bulgaria	28 oblasti p	260+ obshtini m7
Burkina Faso	(13 régions)	40+ provinces	350+ communes 7
Burundi	17 provinces	120+ communes 7d	2600+ collines 41
Cambodia	20 khêt p 4 krong 1	180+ srok d	khum 7	khan 19 then sangkat 17
Cameroon	10 provinces	50+ départements 9	310+ arrondissements	[subdistricts] 22
Canada	10 provinces:
	Alberta	Counties and municipal districts towns cities
	British Columbia	27 regional districts 1 region	(land districts)
	Manitoba	23 census divisions	sections townships ranges
	New Brunswick	15 counties	parishes
	Newfoundland and Labrador	10 census divisions	(districts)
	Nova Scotia	18 counties
	Ontario	census divisions42 107 electoral ridings	boroughs etc.43
	Prince Edward Island	3 counties	lots royalties
	Quebec	90+ comtés 8 3 communautés urbaines 44	municipalités 45	arrondissements 3
	Saskatchewan	18 census divisions	sections townships ranges
	3 territories:
	Northwest Territories	2? regions
	Nunavut	3? regions
	Yukon
Cape Verde	22 concelhos 846	30+ freguesias 15
Cayman Islands	8 districts
Central African Republic	16 préfectures 16 Banguic1	60+ sous-préfectures 23	170+ communes
Chad	18 régions r	40+ départements 9	sub-prefectures	communautés rurales 18
	including N'Djamenac	10 arrondissements	communes
Chile	15 regiones r	50+ provincias p	320+ comunas m
China (PRC)	"province" level: 22 shěng p 5 zìzhìqū 1 4 zhíxiáshì m	"prefecture" level: 280+ dìjíshī 6 17 dìqū 16 30 zìzhìzhōu 1	"county" level: 1400+ xiàn 8 110+ zìzhìxiàn 1 850+ (shìxiá)qū d 2 tèqū 47 370+ xiànjíshì 6 1 línqū 48	"township" level: 19500+ zhèn 26 14600+ xiāng 27 1000+ mínzúxiāng 49 6100+ jiēbàn 5022 11 qūgōngsuǒ 51 then Urban areas: shèqū 52 or jūmínqū 14 Rural areas: cūnjí 2853
	Inner Mongolia54	3 méng 55	40+ qí 56 3 zìzhìqí 1	180+ sūmù 27 1 mínzúsūm 49 then urban and rural divisions as above.
	2 tèbiéxíngzhèngqū 57 :
	Hong Kong	18 districts
	Macau	2 concelhos d	5 freguesias 15
For the Republic of China, see Taiwan below.
Colombia	32 departamentos 9 Bogotác	1100+ municipios m	2000+ corregimientos 26
Comoros	3 [autonomous islands] 1
DR of the Congo58	10 provinces Kinshasac	territoires (districts) 25
		mairies 59 :
		[cities]	communes	quartiers 1714
		territoriale 60 :
				[towns] then quartiers 1714 cheffries 20 then villages
Republic of the Congo61	10 régions r	80+ [districts] d	communes
	Brazzavillec	7 arrondissements
Costa Rica	7 provincias p	80+ cantons	450+ [districts] d
Côte d'Ivoire62	19 régions r	50+ départements 9	180+ sous-préfectures 23
Croatia	20 županije 8 Zagrebc	127 gradovi 26 429 općine m
Cuba	14 provincias p Havanac	160+ municipios m
Cyprus	6 eparchies d
Czech Republic	14 kraje r	77 okresy d63 3 statutární města 6	města, obce m64	katastrální území 65
	Praguec	15? obvody d
Denmark	5 regioner r	90+ kommuner m
	Faroe Islands1	7 sýsla 66r	30+ kommunur m7
	Greenland1	3 amter 8 (or lansdele p)	18 kommuner m67
Djibouti	5 régions r	(15 districts d)68
	Djibouti Cityc	6 arrondissements
Dominica	10 parishes
Dominican Republic	31 provincias p Distrito Nacionald	110+ municipios m 40+ distritos municipales d	secciones 19
East Timor69	13 [districts] d	60+ [subdistricts] 22	(sulos, sucos 28)
Ecuador	24 provincias p	210+ cantones 4	1000+ parròquias 15
Egypt	27 muhāfazāt 12	markazes
El Salvador	14 departamentos 9	260+ municipios m
For England, see United Kingdom below.
Equatorial Guinea	7 provincias p
Eritrea	6 zoba r	districts d
Estonia70	15 maakonnad 8	30+ linnad 26	linnaosad d	asumid
		190+ vallad 157	alevikud 3 külad 28
Ethiopia	9 kililoch r21 2 astedader akababiwach 6	(zones?) 12 rasgez akababiwach 1	600+ woreda (wereda)d	kebeles 1429
For the Faroe Islands, see Denmark above.
Fiji	4 divisions 1 dependency	15 provinces
Finland	6 läänit p	20 maakunnat r	70+ seutukunnat 24	430+ kunnat m71
	Åland1	16 kommuner (kunnat) m
France	(25 régions r Corsica72) 90+ départements 9	320+ arrondissements	3800+ cantons	36000+ communes
	French Guiana73	2 arrondissements	19 cantons	22 communes
	French Polynesia7475	5 subdivisions administratives		40+ communes
	Southern/Antarctic Lands7625	4 [districts] d
	Guadeloupe73	2 arrondissements	30+ communes	40+ cantons
	Martinique73	4 arrondissements	30+ communes	40+ cantons
	Mayotte7477		17 communes
	New Caledonia	3 provinces	30+ communes
	Réunion73	4 arrondissements	20+ communes	40+ cantons
	St. Pierre and Miquelon74	2 communes
	Wallis and Futuna74	3 royaumes coutumiers 78	3 [districts] d
Gabon	9 provinces	30+ départements 9
Gambia	5 divisions Banjulc	30+ districts
Georgia	9 mkhare p 2 avt'onomiuri resp'ublik'a 1 Tbilisic	53 raioni d 6 sak'alak'o t'erit'oria 6
Germany	16 Länder 7921	22 Regierungsbezirke 8	430+ Kreise d then Ämter 80	12300+ Gemeinden m
Ghana	10 regions	120+ districts
		8 municipal districts	zones
		3 metropolitan districts	submetropolitan districts
Greece	13 periphereies and 1 aftonomi monastiki politeia 1	54 nomoi, Mount Athos	140+ eparchia (abolished in 2006) p	270+ demoi m then [localities] 13 ([communes] 7?) (3rd level administration entities)
For Greenland, see Denmark above.
Grenada	6 parishes 2 dependencies
For Guam, see United States below.
Guatemala	22 departamentos 9	332 municipios m
Guernsey81	10 parishes
Guinea	8 régions r	33 préfectures 16	330+ sous-préfectures 23	[districts] d [sectors] 20
		Conakryc	5 communes
Guinea-Bissau	8 regiões r 1 sector autónomo 1	30+ ?setores 20
Guyana	10 regions	27 neighborhood councils
Haiti	10 départements 9	30+ arrondissements d	communes	sections 82
Honduras	18 departamentos 9	290+ municipios m
Hungary	19 megyék 23 megyei jogú város 8 Budapestc	160+ subregions
Iceland	79 sveitarfélög m
India	28 states 7 territories	600+ districts	tehsils (tahsils, tahasils), taluks (talukas) 8	blocks
Indonesia	33 provinsi 83p 5 daerah istimewa 1 Jakartac	340+ kabupaten 84 90+ kota 685	kecamatan 22	desa, kelurahan 28
Iran	30 ostanha p	310+ shahrestan 8	bakhsh d
Iraq	18 muhāfazāt 12p	? aqdyat d86	?nahiyat 8?	?qaryat 28
Ireland	29 counties8 and 5 cities.6	5 boroughs3 and 75 towns.26
For Northern Ireland, see United Kingdom below.
Isle of Man	6 sheadings	17 parishes
Israel	6 mehozot d	15 nafot 22	(50+? [natural regions]?)
Italy	15 regioni r 5 regioni autonome 1)	100+ province p (then circondari d	8100+ comuni 7m	frazioni 11
Jamaica	14 parishes
Japan	47 todōfuken 101687	28 shichō 23 15 seirei shitei toshi 6	1800+ shichōsonku m88	ōaza, aza, chō, chōme
Jersey81	12 parishes	vingtaines, cueillettes
Jordan	12 muhāfazāt 12	50+ nahia
Kazakhstan	14 oblıstar p 3 qalalar