Standardized administrative subdivisions

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The primary (state/province-level) and secondary (county-level) administrative subdivisions of the following countries have been standardized. This list also includes the county-level suffix term, when applicable. Asterisks indicate regions that have not yet been thoroughly addressed.

North America*

  • 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 in addition to counties (Carson City), noted as “Carson City (Independent City)”


  • Mexico: Mun. following name
  • [Bermuda: no county-level list]
  • [Saint-Pierre et Miquelon: no county-level list]


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: October 2023]

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