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