Standardized administrative subdivisions

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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

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