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isyen magyar հայերեն interlingua bahasa indonesia ido íslenska italiano 日本語 ქართული 한국어 کٲشُر кыргызча lietuvių latviešu македонски bahasa melayu नेपाली nederlands norsk bokmål polski پنجابی português runa simi română русский سنڌي srpskohrvatski српскохрватски simple english chishona shqip српски srpski svenska kiswahili తెలుగు тоҷикӣ ไทย toki pona türkçe татарча tatarça українська اردو oʻzbekcha ўзбекча tiếng việt 吴语 閩南語 bân lâm gí 粵語 中文 edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia territorial entity for administration purposes for administrative division in the sense of a company department see division business political division redirects here for division into political factions see political polarization administrative entity redirects here for the executive departments see government agency part of the politics series basic forms of government list of forms list of countries source of power democracy rule by many demarchy direct economic guided liberal representative social socialist others oligarchy rule by few anocracy aristocracy broligarchy corporatocracy gerontocracy imagocracy kleptocracy kritarchy matriarchy meritocracy particracy patriarchy plutocracy stratocracy technocracy theocracy autocracy rule by one autocratic legalism despotism dictatorship military tyranny anarchy rule by none anarchism free association stateless power ideology monarchy republic socio political ideologies absolute communist constitutional directorial legalist presidential parliamentary semi parliamentary semi presidential authoritarian libertarian socio economic ideologies anarchism colonialism communism despotism distributism fascism feudalism islamism socialism totalitarianism inverted tribalism religious secular state religion secular state separation of church and state state atheism global local geo cultural ideologies city state intergovernmental organisation national government world government nationalism internationalism globalism power structure unitarism unitary state empire principality branches unified state power fusion of powers separation of powers client state associated state dependent territory dominion protectorate puppet state puppet monarch satellite state self governing colony tributary state buffer state vassal state viceroyalty federalism confederation devolution federation superstate supranational union international relations small power middle power regional power emerging power great power superpower related administrative division centralized government democratic backsliding democracy indices democratic transition democratisation politics portal v t e part of a series on politics outline index category primary topics outline of political science index of politics articles politics by country politics by subdivision political economy political history political history of the world political philosophy systems anarchy city state collective leadership confessional democracy dictatorship directorial federacy feudalism hybrid regime meritocracy monarchy parliamentary presidential republic semi parliamentary semi presidential theocracy academic disciplines political science political scientists international relations theory comparative politics election science political analysis political theory policy studies political psychology political sociology public administration bureaucracy street level technocracy adhocracy service public civil policy public policy doctrine domestic policy foreign policy civil society public interest government branches separation of powers legislature executive judiciary election commission related topics sovereignty polity state country biology and political orientation critique of political economy political censorship political organisations theories of political behavior subseries electoral systems elections voting unitarism federalism government forms governance ideology culture political campaigning political parties politics portal v t e administrative divisions 1 also administrative units 2 3 4 administrative regions 5 subnational entities or constituent states as well as many similar generic terms are geographical areas into which a particular independent sovereign state is divided such a unit usually has an administrative authority with the power to take administrative or policy decisions for its area 3 administrative divisions are often used as polygons in geospatial analysis 6 description edit usually sovereign states have several levels of administrative division common names for the principal largest administrative divisions include states subnational states rather than sovereign states provinces lands oblasts and regions these in turn are often subdivided into smaller administrative units known by names such as comarcas raions or districts which are further subdivided into municipalities communes or communities constituting the smallest units of subdivision the local governments some administrative division names such as departments cantons prefectures counties or governorates can be used for principal second level or third level divisions the levels of administrative divisions and their structure largely varies by country and sometimes within a single country usually the smaller the country is by area or population the fewer levels of administrative divisions it has for example vatican city does not have any administrative subdivisions and monaco has only one level both are city states while such countries as france and pakistan have five levels each the united states is composed of states possessions territories and a federal district each with varying numbers of subdivisions the principal administrative division of a country is sometimes called the first level or first order administrative division or first administrative level its next subdivision might be called second level administrative division or second administrative level and so on 1 4 7 an alternative terminology is provided by the nomenclature of territorial units for statistics which terms the principal division as the second level or nuts 2 communities united in a federation under a federal government are more specifically known as federated states a federated state may be referred to as a province region canton land governorate oblast emirate or country 8 9 10 administrative units that are not federated or confederated but enjoy a greater degree of autonomy or self government than other territories within the same country can be considered autonomous regions or de facto constituent states of that country this relationship is by some authors called a federacy or asymmetric federalism 11 an example is the autonomous republic of karakalpakstan within uzbekistan 12 examples edit world map showing first level divisions for every country world map showing global administrative unit layers second level subdivisions terminology edit due to variations in their use worldwide consistency in the translation of terms from non english to english is sometimes difficult to maintain in many of the following terms originating from british cultural influence areas of relatively low mean population density might bear a title of an entity one would expect to be either larger or smaller there is no fixed rule for all politics is local as is perhaps well demonstrated by their relative lack of systemic order in the realm of self government any of these can and does occur along a stretch of road which for the most part is passing through rural unsettled countryside since the terms are administrative political divisions of the local regional government their exact relationship and definitions are subject to home rule considerations tradition as well as state statute law and local governmental administrative definition and control in british cultural legacy some territorial entities began with fairly expansive counties which encompass an appreciably large area but were divided over time into a number of smaller entities within those entities are the large and small cities or towns which may or may not be the county seat some of the world s larger cities culturally if not officially span several counties and those crossing state or provincial boundaries have much in common culturally as well but are rarely incorporated within the same municipal government many sister cities share a water boundary which quite often serves as a border of both cities and counties for example cambridge and boston massachusetts appear to the casual traveler as one large city while locally they each are quite culturally different and occupy different counties list edit for a more comprehensive list see list of terms for administrative divisions amt area arrondissement autonomous community banner barangay barony bailiwick capital city canton cantref circle county community constituency department diocese district division duchy federal subject governorate hundred kampong kingdom legal entity local council municipality regional regional county rural oblast okrug parish parts prefecture principality province public body regency region raion republic riding shire state special administrative region territory theme voivodeship urban or rural regions edit general terms for these incorporated places include municipality settlement locality and populated place borough burgh or boro city hamlet local service district shire town township village ward indigenous edit tribe indian reservation indian reserve band ranchería see also edit gadm a high resolution database of country administrative areas iso 3166 2 specifically codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions part 2 list of administrative division name changes list of etymologies of administrative divisions list of administrative divisions by country references edit 1 2 administrative divisions the world factbook central intelligence agency archived from the original on 2021 03 25 retrieved 2021 03 26 general maps geospatial location information for a better world united nations archived from the original on 2021 04 10 retrieved 2021 03 26 1 2 02003r1059 20191113 eur lex article 3 1 archived from the original on 2021 05 21 retrieved 2021 03 25 1 2 global administrative unit layers gaul geonetwork fao archived from the original on 24 september 2015 oecd glossary of statistical terms administrative regions definition oecd statistics august 26 2004 archived from the original on 2021 08 27 retrieved 2021 08 27 al jawarneh isam mashhour luca foschini paolo bellavista january 2023 polygon simplification for the efficient approximate analytics of georeferenced big data sensors 23 19 second administrative level boundaries geospatial information section statistics division united nations unsalb org archived from the original on 2021 04 04 retrieved 2021 03 26 bird richard m 2009 overview constituent units risk lengthy dependency on federal aid forum of federations archived from the original on 2010 12 18 retrieved 2009 11 01 the australian national dictionary fourth edition pg 1395 2004 canberra isbn 978 0 19 551771 2 california archived 2015 05 04 at the wayback machine encyclopædia britannica accessed 2009 11 01 stepan alfred 1999 federalism and democracy beyond the u s model journal of democracy 10 4 19 34 doi 10 1353 jod 1999 0072 s2cid 201765897 international covenant on civil and political rights archived 2017 10 10 at the wayback machine p 5 united nations human rights committee accessed 2009 11 01 external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to territorial entities world administrative divisions salb archived 2014 01 15 at the wayback machine second administrative level url link inactive boundaries salb programme of the united nations statoids an international convention with standardized two letter based multi level summaries of administrative divisions worldwide e g gh ah as represents adansi south ae in the accra home ah region of ghana gh v t e designations for types of administrative division english terms common english terms area insular area local government area special area unincorporated area unorganized area borough county borough metropolitan borough canton half canton capital federal capital imperial capital city autonomous city charter city independent city incorporated city imperial city free imperial city royal free city community autonomous community residential community county administrative county autonomous county consolidated city county county seat county town metropolitan county non metropolitan county regional county municipality viscounty country overseas country department overseas department district capital district city district congressional district electoral district federal district indian government district land district local government district metropolitan district non metropolitan district military district municipal district police district regional district rural district sanitary district service district educational service district local service district school district intermediate school district special district in the us urban district division census division police division subdivision of india indian reserve reservation indian reservation united states indian reserve canada municipality city municipality county municipality direct controlled municipality district municipality neutral municipality regional municipality resort municipality mountain resort municipality rural municipality specialized municipality prefecture autonomous prefecture subprefecture super prefecture praetorian prefecture province autonomous province overseas province roman province region administrative region special administrative region autonomous region capital region national capital region mesoregion microregion overseas region subregion state quasi state city state federal state free state sovereign state territory capital territory federal capital territory national capital territory dependent territory federal territory incorporated territory organized incorporated territory overseas territory union territory town census town market town township charter township civil township paper township survey township urban township unit regional unit zone economic zone exclusive economic zone free economic zone special economic zone exclusion zone military exclusion zone free speech zone neutral zone self administered zone trade zone free trade zone other english terms current alpine resort bailiwick banner autonomous block cadastre circle circuit colony commune condominium constituency duchy district eldership emirate enclave and exclave federal depen...