Standardized administrative subdivisions

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]