Standardized administrative subdivisions

Standardized Administrative Subdivisions

The primary (state/province-level) and secondary (county-level) administrative subdivisions of the countries listed below have been standardized in EMu. This list also includes the county-level suffix term, when applicable.

North America

• Bermuda: no county-level list

• Mexico: Mun. following name

• Saint-Pierre et Miquelon: no county-level list

• United States: Co. following term, exceptions:

  Alaska: name only, no suffix
  Louisiana: “Parish” following name
  Virginia: includes independent cities in addition to counties, noted as “(Independent City)” following city name
  Nevada: includes one independent city (Carson City) in addition to counties, noted as “(Independent City)” following city name

Central America

• Belize: Mun., Town, City following name

• Costa Rica: (Canton) following name

• El Salvador: Mun. following name

• Guatemala: Mun. following name

• Honduras: Mun. following name

• Nicaragua: Mun. following name

• Panama: (Distr.) following name

West Indies

• Anguilla: no county-level list

• Antigua and Barbuda: no county-level list

• Aruba: no county-level list

• Bahamas: no county-level list

• Barbados: no county-level list

• Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba: no county-level list

• Cayman Islands: no county-level list

• Cuba: Mun. following name

• Curaçao: no county-level list

• Dominica: no county-level list

• Dominican Republic: Mun following name

• Grenada: no county-level list

• Guadeloupe: Comm. following name

• Haiti: Arrondissement following name

• Jamaica: no county-level list

• Martinique: no county-level list

• Montserrat: no county-level list

• Puerto Rico: Barrio following name

• Saint Barthélemy: no county-level list

• Saint Kitts and Nevis: no county-level list

• Saint Lucia: no county-level list

• Sint Maarten: no county-level list

• Saint Martin: no county-level list

• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: no county-level list

• Turks and Caicos Islands: no county-level list

• Virgin Islands (U.K.): no county-level list

• Virgin Islands (U.S.): Subdistrict following name

South America

• Argentina: (Dept.) following name

• Bolivia: Prov. following name

• Brazil: Mun. following name

• Chile: Prov. following name

• Colombia: Mun. following name

• Ecuador: Canton following name

• Falkland Islands: no county-level list

• French Guiana: Comm. following name

• Guyana: name only

• Paraguay: (Distr.) following name

• Peru: Prov. following name

• Suriname: name only

• Trinidad and Tobago: no county-level list

• Uruguay: Mun. following name

• Venezuela: Mun. following name

Asia

• Afghanistan: (Distr.) following name

• Armenia: no county-level list

• Azerbaijan: no county-level list

• Bahrain: no county-level list

• Bangladesh: (Distr.) following name

• Bhutan: Gewog following name

• British Indian Ocean Territory: no county-level list

• Brunei: Mukim following name

• Cambodia: (Distr.) following name

• China: (Prefecture), (City) following name

• Cyprus: no county-level list

• India: (Distr.) following name

• Indonesia: (Regency) following name

• Iran: (Co.) following name

• Iraq: no county-level list

• Israel: (Subdistr.) following name

• Japan: -shi (city or branch admin), -gun (counties) after name

• Jordan: (Sub-distr.) following name

• Kazakhstan: (Distr.) following name

• Kuwait: no county-level list

• Kyrgyzstan: (Distr.) following name

• Laos: (Distr.) following name

• Lebanon: (Distr.) following name

• Malaysia: (Distr.) following name

• Maldives: no county-level list

• Mongolia: (Distr.) following name

• Myanmar: (Distr.) following name

• Nepal: (Distr.) following name

• North Korea: (Co.), (City), (Distr.) following name

• Oman: (Distr.) following name

• Pakistan: (Div.) following name

• Palestine: (Governorate) following name

• Philippines: Mun. following name

• Qatar: no county-level list

• Saudi Arabia: (Gov.) following name

• Singapore: no county-level list

• South Korea: (Co.), (City), (Distr.) following name

• Sri Lanka: (Div.) following name

• Syria: (Distr.) following name

• Taiwan: Co., Special Mun., Mun. following name

• Tajikistan: (Distr.) following name

• Thailand: (Distr.) following name

• Timor-Leste: (Subdistr.) following name

• Türkiye (formerly Turkey): (Distr.) following name

• Turkmenistan: (Distr.), (Admin. Distr.) following name

• United Arab Emirates: no county-level list

• Uzbekistan: (Distr.) following name

• Vietnam: (Distr.), (Urb. Distr.), (Isl.), (Twnshp.) following name

• Yemen: (Distr.) following name

Oceania

• American Samoa: Co. following name

• Christmas Island: no county-level list

• Cocos (Keeling) Islands: no county-level list

• Cook Islands: no county-level list

• Federated States of Micronesia: (Mun.) following name

• Fiji: (Prov.) following name

• French Polynesia: (Commune) following name

• Guam: no county-level list

• Heard Island and McDonald Islands: no county-level list

• Kiribati: no county-level list

• Marshall Islands: (Mun.) following name

• Nauru: no county-level list

• New Caledonia: (Commune) following name

• New Zealand: Distr. Following term

• Niue: (Village) following name

• Norfolk Island: no county-level list

• Northern Mariana Islands: no county-level list

• Palau: no county-level list

• Papua New Guinea: Distr. following name

• Pitcairn Islands: no county-level list

• Samoa: no county-level list

• Solomon Islands: Ward following name

• Tokelau: no county-level list

• Tonga: (Distr.) following name

• Tuvalu: no county-level list

• United States Minor Outlying Islands: no county-level list

• Vanuatu: Area Council, Mun. following name

• Wallis and Futuna Islands: (Distr.) following name

Africa

• Algeria: (Mun.) following name

• Angola: (Mun.) following name

• Benin: (Commune) following name

• Botswana: (Sub-distr.) following name

• Burkina Faso: (Prov.) following the name

• Burundi: (Commune) following name

• Cabo Verde (formerly Cape Verde): (Parish) following name

• Cameroon: Dept. following name

• Central African Republic: (Sub-prefecture) following name

• Chad: (Dept.) following name

• Comoros: no county-level list

• Côte d'Ivoire (formerly Ivory Coast): (Region) following name

• Democratic Republic of the Congo: (Zone) following name

• Djibouti: no county-level list

• Egypt: Markaz following name

• Equatorial Guinea: (Distr.) following name

• Eritrea: (Subregion) following name

• Eswatini (formerly Swaziland): following name

• Ethiopia: (Zone) following name

• Gabon: (Dept.) following name

• Gambia: (Distr.) following name

• Ghana: (Distr.) following name

• Guinea: (Sub-prefecture) following name

• Guinea-Bissau: (Sector) following name

• Kenya: (Constituency) following name

• Lesotho: (Council) following name

• Liberia: (Distr.) following name

• Libya: no county-level list

• Madagascar: (Distr.) following name

• Malawi: no county-level list

• Mali: Cercle following name

• Mauritania: (Dept.) following name

• Mauritius: no county-level list

• Mayotte: no county-level list

• Morocco: (Prov.), (Prefecture) following name

• Mozambique: (Distr.) following name

• Namibia: (Constituency) following name

• Niger: (Dept.) following name

• Nigeria: (Local Government Area) following name

• Republic of the Congo: (Distr.) following name

• Reunion: (Commune) following name

• Rwanda: (Distr.) following name

• Saint Helena no county-level list

• São Tomé and Príncipe: no county-level list

• Seychelles: no county-level list

• Senegal: (Dept.) following name

• Sierra Leone: (Distr.) following name

• Somalia: (Distr.) following name

• South Africa: Distr. Mun./ Metro Mun. following name

• South Sudan: Co. following name

• Western Sahara: no county-level list

• Sudan: (Distr.) following name

• Tanzania: (Distr.) following name

• Togo: (Prefecture) following name

• Tunisia: (Delegation) following name

• Uganda: Co. following name

• Western Sahara: no county-level list

• Zambia: (Distr.) following name

• Zimbabwe: Distr. following name

Europe

• Russia: (Distr.) following name

• Åland: no county-level list

• Albania: (Mun.) following name

• Andorra: no county-level list

• Austria: (Distr.) and (Statutory City) following name

• Belarus: (Distr.) following name

• Belgium: (Mun.) following name

• Bosnia and Herzegovina: (Mun.) following name.

• Bulgaria: (Mun.) following name

• Croatia: (Mun.) and (City) following name

• Czech Republic: (Distr.) following name

• Denmark: (Mun.) following name

• Estonia: (Parish) and (Urb. Mun.) following name

• Faroe Islands: (Mun.) following name

• Finland: (Sub-Region) following name

• France: (Dept.) following name

• Georgia: (Mun.) and (City) following name

• Germany: (Urb. Distr.) and (Rural Distr.) following name

• Greece: (Mun.) following name

• Guernsey: no county-level list

• Hungary: (Distr.) following name

• Iceland: (Mun.) following name

• Ireland: no county-level list

• Isle of Man: Parish following name

• Italy: (Prov.) and (Metro. City) following name

• Jersey: no county-level list

• Latvia: no county-level list

• Liechtenstein: no county-level list

• Lithuania: (Distr. Mun.), (Mun.), (City Mun.) following name

• Luxembourg: (Comm.) following name

• Malta: (Local Concil) following name

• Moldova: no county-level list

• Monaco: no county-level list

• Montenegro: no county-level list

• Netherlands: (Mun.) following name

• North Macedonia: no county-level list

• Norway: (Mun.) following name

• Poland: (Co.) and (City) following name

• Portugal: Mun. following name

• Romania: (Mun.), (City), (Commune) following name

• San Marino: no county-level list

• Serbia: (Mun.), (City) following term

• Slovakia: (Distr.) following term

• Slovenia: (Mun.) following name

Updated: April 2024