Country
Type
Administrative divisions
First-level
Second-level
Third-level
Fourth-level
Fifth-level +
Afghanistan
Unitary
34 provinces (velaya'at )
421 districts (woleswali )
subdistricts (alaqadari )
Albania
Unitary
12 counties (qarqe )
61 municipalities (bashki )
373 units of local governance (njësite të qeverisjes vendore )
2,972 villages (fshatra )
Algeria
Unitary
58 provinces (wilayat )
553 districts (daïras )
1,541 communes (baladiyahs )
Andorra
Unitary
7 parishes (parròquies )
Angola
Unitary
18 provinces (províncias )
163 municipalities (municípios )
618 communes (comunas )
Antigua and Barbuda
Unitary
6 parishes 2 dependencies
60 major divisions
116 communities [1]
353 localities[2]
Argentina
Federal
23 provinces (provincias )
378 departments (departamentos )[a] 135 Partidos (Buenos Aires Province only)
Municipalities (municipios )[quantify ]
1 autonomous city :
Buenos Aires
15 communes (comunas )
48 neighbourhoods (barrios )
Armenia
Unitary
10 provinces (marzer )1 autonomous city
70 municipalities (hamaynkner )
Australia
Federal
6 states :
New South Wales
58 shires
wards (electoral unit)
suburbs [urban] and localities [rural]
28 councils
28 cities
8 regional councils
6 municipalities
2 unincorporated areas
Queensland
30 regions
28 shires
12 aboriginal shires
7 cities
1 town
South Australia
25 district councils
21 cities
15 councils
5 aboriginal councils
4 regional councils
2 towns
1 rural city
1 unincorporated area
Tasmania
23 municipalities
6 cities
Victoria
39 shires
33 cities
10 unincorporated areas
6 rural cities
1 borough
Western Australia
104 shires
29 cities
8 towns
2 internal territories that are self-governing:
Northern Territory
9 regional councils
wards (electoral unit)
suburbs [urban] and localities [rural]
5 unincorporated areas
3 municipalities
3 shires
2 cities
Australian Capital Territory
1 internal territory that is not self-governing:
Jervis Bay Territory
7 external territories :
Ashmore and Cartier Islands
Australian Antarctic Territory
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
(no administrative divisions; Shire of Cocos (Keeling) Islands for local government purposes)
Coral Sea Islands
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Norfolk Island
Austria
Federal
9 states (Bundesländer )
93 districts (Bezirke ),[3] [4] including 14 statutory cities (Statutarstädte )
2,078 municipalities (Gemeinden ),[5] including:
Azerbaijan
Regional
59 districts (Rayonlar ) 11 cities (Şəhərlər )
+2600 municipalities (Bələdiyyələr )
+4500 settlements (Yaşayış Məntəqələri )
1 autonomous republic (Muxtar Respublika )
7 districts (Rayonlar )1 city (Şəhər )
218 settlements (Yaşayış Məntəqələri )
The Bahamas
Unitary
32 districts
32+ town committees
New Providence
24 supervisory districts
Bahrain
Unitary
4 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt )
Bangladesh
Unitary
8 divisions (bibhag )
64 districts (zila )
491 sub-districts (upazila )[6] 12 City corporations
4,571 union councils (union parishads )[7] 327 municipal corporations (paurasabhas )
Barbados
Unitary
11 parishes
Belarus
Unitary
6 regions (oblasti or voblastsi )1 autonomous city
118 districts (raiony )
Belgium
Federal
3 regions [8]
10 provinces [9]
43 districts [10]
581 municipalities [11]
Belize
Unitary
6 districts
201 municipalities
Benin
Unitary
12 departments (départements )
77 communes (communes )
546 districts (arrondissements )
Bhutan
Unitary
20 districts (dzongkhag )
201 blocks (gewogs )61 thromdes
Bolivia
Regional
9 departments (departamentos )
112 provinces (provincias )
339 municipalities (municipios )
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Federal
2 federal entities :
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
10 cantons (kantona )
79 municipalities (općine or opštine )
local communities
Republika Srpska
64 municipalities (opštine )
local communities
1 condominium of the federal entities:
Brčko District
Botswana
Unitary
10 rural districts 7 urban districts
21 sub-districts [12]
519 villages [13]
localities
Brazil
Federal
26 states (estados )
5,568 municipalities (municípios )
1 state district (distrito estadual )
10,670 municipal districts (distritos municipais )
610 municipal subdistricts (subdistritos municipais )
1 federal district (distrito federal )
1 federal capital (capital federal )
33 administrative regions (regiões administrativas )
Brunei
Unitary
4 districts (daerah )
38 subdistricts (mukim )
villages (kampung )
Bulgaria
Unitary
28 provinces or regions (oblasti, области )
265 municipalities (obshtini, общини )
wards or quarters (rayon )
mayoralties (kmetstvo )
settlements (naseleno myasto )
Burkina Faso
Unitary
13 regions (régions )
45 provinces
325 departments (départements )[14]
Burundi
Unitary
18 provinces
119 communes
2,639 collines
Cambodia
Unitary
24 provinces (khaet )1 autonomous municipality (reachtheani ; lit. 'capital')
162 districts (srok )27 municipalities (krong )14 sections (khan )
1,646 communes and quarters (khum and sangkat )
villages (phum )
Cameroon
Unitary
10 regions (régions )
58 departments (départements )
360 communes , or districts (arrondissements )
Canada
Federal
10 provinces :
Alberta
264 municipalities
8 Metis settlements
63 counties/municipal districts
403 hamlets
7 improvement districts [15]
6 specialized municipalities
3 special areas
British Columbia
27 regional districts 1 unincorporated area
162 municipalities 160 electoral areas [16]
Manitoba
98 rural municipalities unincorporated areas[17] [18]
37 municipalities 2 local government districts
New Brunswick
15 counties (comtés )[19]
152 parishes (paroisses )[19]
104 municipalities (municipalités )
Newfoundland and Labrador
(unincorporated )[20]
277 municipalities
Nova Scotia
18 counties :
3 regional municipalities
9 county municipalities
38 municipalities
6 historic counties administered by district municipalities
12 district municipalities
Ontario
173 single-tier municipalities [21]
8 regional municipalities
241 lower-tier municipalities 46 local services boards
22 counties
10 districts [22]
Prince Edward Island
3 counties [23]
14 parishes [23]
70 townships [23]
63 municipalities
Quebec
87 regional county municipalities (municipalités régionale de comté ) (RCM/MRC )
17 territories equivalent to a regional county municipality (territoires équivalents ) (TE):
1,108 municipalities (municipalités )
45 boroughs (arrondissements ) (only in 8 municipalities)
Saskatchewan
786 municipalities 70 First Nations 2 unincorporated areas
3 territories :
Northwest Territories
5 regions [24]
24 municipalities
Nunavut
3 regions [25]
25 municipalities
Yukon
(unorganized )
8 municipalities
Cape Verde
Unitary
22 councils or municipalities (concelhos , also referred to as municípios )
32 parishes (freguesias )
Central African Republic
Unitary
20 prefectures (préfectures )
1 autonomous commune
72 sub-prefectures (sous-préfectures )
Chad
Unitary
23 regions (régions )
67 departments (départements )[26]
340 sub-prefectures (sous-préfectures )
Chile
Regional
16 regions (regiones )
56 provinces (provincias )
346 communes (comunas )
neighborhood units (unidades vecinales) [27]
China , People's Republic of
Regional
23 provinces (shěng ) (including Taiwan Province , which is claimed but not administered)5 autonomous regions (zìzhìqū )4 municipalities (zhíxiáshì )
280+ prefecture-level cities (dìjíshī )17 prefectures (dìqū )30 autonomous prefectures (zìzhìzhōu )
1,400+ counties (xiàn )110+ autonomous counties (zìzhìxiàn )850+ county-level districts ((shìxiá)qū )1 special district (tèqū )370+ county-level cities (xiànjíshì )1 forestry district (línqū )
19,500+ towns (zhèn )14,600+ townships (xiāng ) 1,000+ ethnic townships (mínzúxiāng )6,100+ subdistricts (jiēbàn or jiēdàobànshìchù )11 district public offices (qūgōngsuǒ ) then
Urban areas:(residential) communities (shèqū ) or neighbourhoods (jūmínqū )
Rural areas: villages (cūnjí ), village areas or village groups.[28]
2 special administrative regions (tèbié xíngzhèngqū ), Hong Kong and Macao
18 districts (Hong Kong only)
Colombia
Unitary
32 departments (departamentos )
1,102 municipalities (municipios )
Rural areas: 2,000+ corregimientos (towns)
veredas
Urban areas: communes (comunas )
neighbourhoods (barrios )
1 Capital District (Distrito Capital )
20 localities (localidades )
Comoros
Federal
3 autonomous islands (+1 claimed) (îles autonomes )
16 prefectures (préfectures )
54 communes
318 villes or villages
Democratic Republic of the Congo , Democratic Republic of the[b]
Unitary
25 provinces 1 Capital City
145 territories 33 cities
264 chiefdoms 470 sectors 313 communes
6,070 groupings 2,401 quarters
Republic of the Congo , Republic of the[c]
Unitary
12 departments
80+ districts
communes
Costa Rica
Unitary
7 provinces (provincias )
82 cantons (cantones )
450+ districts
Croatia
Unitary
20 counties (županije )
128 towns (gradovi )
428 municipalities (općine )
4,117+ local communities [hr ] (mjesnih odbora ) (gradske četvrti [Zagreb], gradski kotari [Split])
6,700+ settlements (naselja )
Cuba
Unitary
15 provinces (provincias )1 special municipality (municipio especial )
160+ municipalities (municipios )
Cyprus
Unitary
6 districts (eparchies )
610 communities
Czech Republic
Unitary
13 regions (kraje )
76 districts (okresy ) /
205 municipalities with extended competence (3rd level municipalities) (obce s rozšířenou působností )
393 municipalities with commissioned local authority (2nd level municipalities) (obce s pověřeným obecním úřadem )
6,254 1st level municipalities (obce )
4 military training areas (vojenské újezdy ) special status
Capital City of Prague (Hlavní město Praha )
10 districts (obvody ) judicial only
22 administrative districts (správní obvody )
57 municipal districts (městské části )
112 cadastral communities (katastrální území )
Denmark , Kingdom of
Regional
1 senior member of the Kingdom:
Denmark
5 regions (regioner )
98 municipalities (kommuner )
2 self-governing territories within the Kingdom:
Faroe Islands
7 regions (sýsla )[29]
29 municipalities (kommunur )[30]
Greenland
5 municipalities (kommuner )
Northeast Greenland National Park
Djibouti
Unitary
6 regions (régions )
15 districts [31]
6 arrondissements (within Djibouti City )
Dominica
Unitary
10 parishes
Dominican Republic
Unitary
31 provinces (provincias )
1 National District (Distrito Nacional )
158 municipalities (municipios )
40+ municipal districts (distritos municipales )
East Timor [32]
Unitary
13 municipalities (Municípios )
1 special administrative region (região administrativa especial )
65 administrative posts (postos administrativos )
442 sucos (villages, village areas, or village groups)
Ecuador
Unitary
24 provinces (provincias )
221 cantons (cantones )
1,000+ parishes (parroquias )
Egypt
Unitary
27 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt )
271 marakiz or aqsam
4,617+ villages or districts
sheyakha or residential districts
El Salvador
Unitary
14 departments (departamentos )
262 municipalities (municipios )
Equatorial Guinea
Unitary
8 provinces (provincias )
32 districts (distritos )
Eritrea
Unitary
6 regions (zoba )
58 districts
Communes (Kebabis)
Villages and towns
Estonia [d]
Unitary
15 counties (maakonnad )
15 towns (linnad )
Districts (linnaosad )[citation needed ]
Subdistricts (asumid )[citation needed ]
64 parishes (vallad )
Quarters (kandid )
32 towns (linnad ) 12 boroughs (alevid ) 188 alevikud [33] 4,455 villages (külad )
Eswatini
Unitary
4 regions (tifundza )
50+ tinkhundla [34]
360+ imiphakatsi [35]
Ethiopia
Federal
12 regions (kililoch )
2 chartered cities (astedader akababiwach )
68 zones (zonoch )
600+ districts (woreda )
kebeles (neighbourhoods or wards)
Fiji
Unitary
4 divisions
14 provinces
+ 50 districts
1 dependency
Finland
Regional
18 regions (maakuntaa )
70+ subregions (seutukuntaa )
317 municipalities (kuntaa ) [36]
1 autonomous region (Åland) (itsehallinnollinen maakunta )
16 municipalities (kommuner (kuntaa) )
France
Regional
18 regions (régions ), including 5 overseas regions (French Guiana , Guadeloupe , Martinique , Mayotte , and Réunion )
101 departments (départements ) + the Metropolis of Lyon
332 arrondissements
2,054 cantons (electoral constituencies)
12,159 intercommunalities
35,357 communes
(The 3 communes of Paris , Lyon , and Marseilles are further subdivided into municipal arrondissements .)
1 state private property, located overseas, under the direct authority of the French government: Clipperton Island
5 overseas collectivities (collectivités d'outre-mer ):
French Polynesia [37]
5 administrative subdivisions (subdivisions administratives )
40+ communes
Saint-Barthélemy
2 parishes
40 quarters
Saint-Martin
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
2 communes
Wallis and Futuna
3 traditional kingdoms (royaumes coutumiers )
3 districts (Uvea only)
1 sui generis collectivity (collectivité sui generis ):
New Caledonia
3 provinces
30+ communes
1 overseas territory (territoire d'outre-mer ):
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
5 districts
Gabon
Unitary
9 provinces
49 departments (départements )
152 cantons, 52 communes, 29 arrondissements
Gambia
Unitary
5 regions 1 city
8 Local Government Areas
43 districts
Georgia
Regional
10 regions (mkhare ) (portions administered as the partially recognized country of South Ossetia )
Adjara , autonomous republic
Abkhazia , an autonomous republic administered as a partially recognized country
5 cities (k'alak'i )
67 communities (temi )
Germany
Federal
16 states (Länder )[38]
Baden-Württemberg Bavaria Hesse North Rhine-Westphalia
19 administrative districts (Regierungsbezirke )
3 special regional associations (Kommunalverbände besonderer Art )[39]
294 rural districts (Landkreise or Kreise )
1281 municipal associations (Gemeindeverbände )[40]
10907 municipalities (Gemeinden ), including
1951 towns (Städte )
386 market towns (Märkte ) (only in Bavaria)
Brandenburg Lower Saxony Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Rhineland-Palatinate Saarland Saxony Saxony-Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein Thuringia
103 cities (urban districts) (Kreisfreie Städte or Stadtkreise )
Bremen
2 cities (Städte ):
Bremen (city) Bremerhaven
7 boroughs (Stadtbezirke )
32 quarters (Stadtteile )
113 neighbourhoods (Ortsteile )
Berlin
12 boroughs (Bezirke )
97 neighbourhoods (Ortsteile )
Hamburg
7 boroughs (Bezirke )
104 quarters (Stadtteile )
181 neighbourhoods (Ortsteile )
Ghana
Unitary
16 regions
216 districts
Communities tema
8 municipal districts
zones
3 metropolitan districts
submetropolitan districts
Greece
Regional
7 decentralized administrations (apokentroménes dioikíseis )
13 administrative regions (peripheries )
74 regional units (perifereiakés enótites )
332 municipalities (dímoi )
1 autonomous monastic state (aftonomi monastiki politeia ): Agio Oros
Grenada
Unitary
6 parishes 1 dependency
Guatemala
Unitary
22 departments (departamentos )
332 municipalities (municipios )
Guinea
Unitary
8 regions (régions )
33 prefectures (préfectures )
330+ sub-prefectures (sous-préfectures )
[districts]
[sectors]
5 communes
Guinea-Bissau
Unitary
8 regions (regiões )
1 autonomous sector (sector autónomo )
39 sectors (setores )
Guyana
Unitary
10 regions
64 neighborhood councils
Haiti
Unitary
10 departments (départements )
42 arrondissements
144 communes
571 communal sections (sections communales )
Honduras
Unitary
18 departments (departamentos )
298 municipalities (municipios )
3,731 aldeas
Hungary
Unitary
19 counties (vármegye )
174 districts (járás )
3,154 cities and towns (városok )
1 autonomous city
23 boroughs (kerület) 1 non-borough
Iceland
Unitary
8 regions (svæði )
64 municipalities (sveitarfélög )
India
Federal
28 states
8 union territories
102 divisions
766 districts (zile )[41]
5924 subdistricts (tahsīl or mandal )
Local governments:
Urban local governance ;
Single tier system of government.
Rural local governance ;
3 tier system of government.
Urban Local Bodies:
Rural Local Bodies (Panchayati Raj Institutions ):
Indonesia
Regional
38 provinces (provinsi ) including 9 special regions (daerah istimewa )
416 regencies (kabupaten )
98 cities (kota , formerly kotamadya )
7,266 districts (kecamatan , distrik , kapanewon , kemantren )
83,467 villages (kelurahan , desa )
Iran
Unitary
31 provinces (ostanha )
467 counties (shahrestan )
districts (bakhsh )
rural districts (dehestan ) cities (shahr )
Iraq
Federal
19 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt ), including 4 governorates in the autonomous Kurdistan Region (counting Halabja )
120 districts (aqḍyat )
300+ subdistricts (naḥiyat )
villages (qaryat )[citation needed ]
Ireland
Unitary
26 counties (contaetha )3 cities (cathracha )
2 cities and counties
2 metropolitan districts (ceantair cathracha )4 borough districts (ceantair buirge )89 municipal districts (ceantair bardasacha )
3,440 electoral divisions (toghroinn ceantair )
18,641 small areas (ceantair beaga ) 51,430 townlands (bailte )
Israel
Regional
6 districts (meḥozot )[42]
Judea and Samaria Area
15 sub-districts (nafot )[42]
52 natural regions[42]
77 cities (arim )[43]
124 local councils (moaṣot mekomiot )[44]
54 regional councils (moaṣot azoriot )[45]
Italy
Regional
15 regions (regioni )
5 autonomous regions with special statute (regioni autonome a statuto speciale)
80 provinces (province )
2 autonomous provinces (province autonome )
7,998 communes (comuni )
37,000+ fractions (frazioni ) and circumscriptions (circoscrizioni )[citation needed ]
Ivory Coast
Unitary
14 autonomous districts (districts autonomes )
31 regions (régions )
108 departments (départements ) 1 unincorporated area
510 sub-prefectures (sous-préfectures )
Jamaica
Unitary
14 parishes
Japan
Regional
47 prefectural divisions (todōfuken )
1 metropolis (to , viz. Tokyo )
1 territory (dō , viz. Hokkaidō )
2 urban prefectures (fu , viz. Kyoto and Osaka )
43 prefectures (ken )
792 Cities (shi )307 districts (gun )18 subprefectures (shichō )23 special wards (tokubetsu-ku )
1,700+ municipalities (shichōsonku )
cities (shi )
towns (chō )
villages (son )
wards (ku )
ōaza , aza , chō , chōme
Jordan
Unitary
12 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt )
52 Districts (Alwia'a)
89 Subdistricts (Nahiya)
qurah
Kazakhstan
Regional
17 regions (oblys ) 3 cities with region rights (qala ) Baikonur [46]
319 raions (awdan )oblıstıq qala
kent
awıl aymaq
Kenya
Regional
47 counties (kaunti )
262 sub-counties (kaunti ndogo )
2,400+ locations (mtaa )
Cities, Municipalities and Towns villages (vijiji )
Kiribati [e]
Unitary
None
Kuwait
Unitary
6 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt )
132 areas (manāṭiq )
Kyrgyzstan
Unitary
7 regions (oblus )2 independent cities (šaar (keneš) )
44 districts (rayon )14 towns (gorkeneš )
rural communities or rural districts (ayyl aymagy )
Laos
Unitary
17 provinces (khoueng )1 prefecture
140+ districts (muang or muong )
villages (baan )
Latvia
Unitary
36 municipalities (novadi )7 republic cities (Republikas pilsētas )
Lebanon
Unitary
9 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt )[47]
26 districts (qaḍya )
Lesotho
Unitary
10 districts
80+ constituencies
120+ community councils
Liberia
Unitary
15 counties
60+ districts
Libya
Unitary
22 districts (sha'biyat )
99 baladiyat
Liechtenstein
Unitary
11 municipalities (Gemeinden )
Lithuania
Unitary
10 counties (apskritys )
60 municipalities (savivaldybės )
500+ elderships (seniūnijos )
sub-eldership (seniūnaitija )
Luxembourg
Unitary
12 cantons [48]
102 communes [49] [50]
24 quarters [51]
Madagascar
Unitary
22 regions (faritra )
114 districts
1,579 communes (kaominina ) and 17,485 villages (fokontany )[citation needed ]
Malawi
Unitary
3 regions
28 districts
130+ traditional authorities
60+ subchiefdoms
Malaysia
Federal
13 states (negeri )3 federal territories (wilayah persekutuan )
17 divisions (bahagian )(Only in Sabah and Sarawak ) 160 districts (daerah/jajahan )
1,000+ subdistricts (mukim )8,000+ villages (kampung ) 21 presint
Maldives
Unitary
17 atolls 4 cities
189 islands
Mali
Unitary
10 régions 1 capital district
40+ cercles (circles )
1,400+ arrondissements
700+ communes
Malta
Unitary
5 regions (reġjuni )
68 local councils (kunsilli lokali )
Marshall Islands
Unitary
24 municipalities
Mauritania
Regional
15 regions (wilayat ); capital city of Nouakchott spans 3 regions
44 departments [52] or moughataas
216 communes (some of which are consolidated with departments)
Mauritius
Unitary
Rodrigues
14 zones
120+ villages, 4 Towns 173 localities
Mauritius
9 districts
2 outer islands with no government (+2 claimed)
Mexico
Federal
31 states (estados )
2,458 municipalities (municipios )
A few municipalities are further divided into boroughs , some incompletely.
1 autonomous city, Mexico City (Ciudad de México )
16 boroughs (demarcaciones territoriales )
Federated States of Micronesia
Federal
4 states
70+ municipalities
Moldova
Regional
32 districts or raions (Romanian : raioane )
3 municipalities (municipii ): Chișinău , Bălți , and Tighina
2 autonomous territorial units : Gagauzia and Left Bank of the Dniester (claimed but administered as the unrecognized independent country of Transnistria )
10 municipalities (municipii )
50 cities [citation needed ]
60+ city localities[citation needed ]
660+ villages (Romanian : sate )[citation needed ]
880+ village localities[citation needed ]
Monaco
Unitary
1 municipality
3 quarters
10 wards
Mongolia
Unitary
21 provinces (aimags )
331 districts (sum )
1,538 bags [citation needed ]
1 capital city, Ulaanbaatar
9 districts (düüregs )
173 subdistricts (khoroos )
Montenegro
Unitary
25 municipalities (opštine )
1,256 naselja [citation needed ]
Morocco
Unitary
12 regions (3 containing parts of occupied Western Sahara )
13 prefectures 62 provinces
circles[citation needed ]
rural communes[citation needed ]
communes urbaines arrondissements [citation needed ]
Mozambique
Unitary
11 provinces (provincias )
128 districts (distritos )
405 administrative posts (postos )
[urban districts][citation needed ] localities (localidades )[citation needed ]
Myanmar
Unitary
7 States
67 Districts
330 Townships
70,838 Villages
7 Regions
1 Union Territory
5 Self-Administered Zones
1 Self-Administered Division
Namibia
Unitary
14 regions [53]
121 constituencies [53]
cities towns villages settlements
Nauru
Unitary
14 districts
Nepal
Federal
7 provinces (Pradesh )
77 districts (jilla )
6 metropolitan cities (mahānagarpālikā )11 sub-metropolitan cities (upa-mahānagarpālikā )276 municipalities (nagarpālikā )
486 rural municipalities (gāunpālikā )
6743 wards (wadā )
Netherlands , Kingdom of the
Regional
4 constituent countries (landen ):
Netherlands
12 provinces (provincies )
344 municipalities (gemeenten )
urban districts (deelgemeenten )
3 public bodies (openbare lichamen )
(Caribbean Netherlands region)
Bonaire
2 towns, neighbourhoods[54]
Sint Eustatius
neighbourhoods[55]
Saba
4 villages[56]
Aruba
8 regions[57]
Curaçao
2 districts and 1 special city [58]
10 areas[59]
4 town quarters
Sint Maarten
8 administrative units[60]
New Zealand
Regional
Realm of New Zealand :
New Zealand
11 non-unitary regions
13 cities 53 districts
wards (electoral unit)
suburbs [urban] and localities [rural]
1 special territorial authority :
5 unitary authorities
3 outlying islands :
Ross Dependency
1 self-administering territory :
Tokelau
3 island councils
2 states in free-association :
Cook Islands
10 island councils
districts
tapere
Niue
14 villages
Nicaragua
Regional
15 departments (departamentos )2 autonomous regions (regiones autónomas )
153 municipalities (municipios )
Niger
Unitary
7 régions Capital district, Niamey Urban Community
63 départements
communes, cantons, and groupements [quantify ]
Nigeria
Federal
36 states 1 Federal Capital Territory
774 Local Government Areas
8813 Wards
North Korea
Unitary
9 provinces (do )4 special cities
150+ cities, counties, workers' districts (in some counties), districts, and wards
towns (in counties), neighborhoods (in cities), villages (rural)[citation needed ]
North Macedonia
Unitary
8 statistical regions
80 municipalities (opštini )
Norway
Regional
14 counties (fylker ) 14 county municipalities (fylkeskommuner )
354 primary municipalities (kommuner )3 hundreds (herader )
Capital city of Oslo
15 boroughs (bydeler ) 2 non-boroughs (Marka and Sentrum )
2 integral overseas areas : Svalbard , Jan Mayen
3 dependencies : Peter I Island , Bouvet Island , Queen Maud Land
Oman
Unitary
11 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt )
61 provinces (wilayat )
Pakistan
Federal
4 provinces 2 autonomous territories
38 divisions
168 districts
596 Tehsils
Almost 6,000 Union Councils
1 federal capital territory
5 zones
27 union councils
Palau
Unitary
16 states
town council(s)[61]
village hall(s)[62] [63]
traditional villages[64]
Palestine
Unitary
16 governorates
121 municipal councils[65]
355 village councils[65]
local councils (East Jerusalem )[65]
Panama
Unitary
10 provinces (provincias )
68 districts (distritos )
587 corregimientos (corregimientos )
2 corregimiento-level indigenous regions (comarcas indígenas )
4 indigenous regions (comarcas indígenas )
11 districts
79 corregimientos
Papua New Guinea
Regional
20 provinces 1 autonomous region 1 National Capital District
districts
Local-Level Government areas
Paraguay
Unitary
17 departments (departamentos )Asunción , the capital district (distrito capital )
262 districts (distritos )
Peru
Regional
26 regional level circumscriptions (gobiernos regionales )(provisional , de facto )
196 provinces (provincias )[66]
1,869 districts (distritos )[66]
2,645 populated centers
Philippines
Regional
15 regions (rehiyong pampangasiwaan )
Bangsamoro , an autonomous region (awtonomong rehiyon )
82 provinces (lalawigan or probinsya )
107 component cities (bahaging lungsod )1,488 municipalities (bayan or munisipalidad )
42,027 barangays (formerly barrios), some grouped into districts
22 independent cities (17 Highly Urbanized Cities and 5 Independent Component Cities)
Metro Manila , the National Capital Region (pambansang punong rehiyon )
16 Highly Urbanized Cities
Pateros , an independent municipality
Poland
Unitary
16 voivodeships (provinces)
314 land counties (powiat ziemski )
2,478 municipalities (gminy of 3 types)
40,740 sołectwa (rural)dzielnice or osiedla (urban)[citation needed ]
66 city counties (powiat grodzki )
Portugal
Regional
18 districts (distritos )2 autonomous regions (regiões autónomas )
308 municipalities (concelhos or municípios )
3,091 parishes (freguesias )
localities (localidades )[citation needed ]
Qatar
Unitary
8 municipalities (baladiya'at )
98 Zones
Romania
Unitary
41 counties (județe )
320 cities and towns (orașe (including 103 major cities , municipii )2,856 communes (divided into 12,955 villages, sate [citation needed ] )
1 autonomous municipality
6 sectors
Russia
Federal
89 federal subjects: [67] [68]
48 oblasts [69] 24 republics [70] 4 autonomous okrugs 9 krais (territories )1 autonomous oblast
2,027 districts 561 cities and towns of federal subject significance
416 Towns of district significance 767 urban-type settlements of district significance 15,002 selsoviets and equivalents
3 federal cities [71]
Moscow
12 administrative okrugs
125 districts (raions )
Settlements (poseleniy )[citation needed ]
St. Petersburg
18 districts (raions )
81 okrugs
Sevastopol [72]
4 districts (raions )
9 municipal okrugs and the Town of Inkerman[citation needed ]
Rwanda
Unitary
5 provinces (intara )
30 districts (uturere , singular akarere ) municipalities (umujyi )[citation needed ]
410+ sectors (imirenge )
9,100+ cells (utugari , singular akagali )
14,000+ villages (imidugudu , singular umuduguduakagari )
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Federal
Saint Kitts
14 parishes
Nevis
Saint Lucia
Unitary
10 districts (formerly 12 quarters)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Unitary
6 parishes
Samoa
Unitary
11 districts (itūmālō )
San Marino
Unitary
9 castelli ("castles")
São Tomé and Príncipe
Regional
6 districts Autonomous Region of Príncipe
Saudi Arabia
Unitary
13 regions (manaṭiq )
150 governorates (muḥafaẓat )
1541 subdistricts (marakiz )[citation needed ]
Senegal
Unitary
14 regions
46 departments
133 arrondissements
communes [citation needed ]
Serbia
Regional
150 municipalities (opština )24 cities (grada )
Seychelles
Unitary
26 districts
Sierra Leone
Unitary
4 provinces 1 area
14 districts
149 chiefdoms
Singapore
Unitary
5 districts
31 constituencies
93 wards
1 Central Business District
Slovakia
Unitary
8 regions (kraje )
79 districts (okresy )
2,891 municipalities (obcí ) of which 141 are cities or towns (mestá )[73]
cadastraal areas (katastrálne územia )[citation needed ]
Slovenia
Unitary
212 municipalities (občine )
Solomon Islands
Regional
9 provinces Honiara , the capital territory
Somalia
Federal
6 states
18 regions (gobolada )
75 districts
South Africa
Regional
9 provinces
44 district municipalities
205 local municipalities
4,468 wards
8 metropolitan municipalities
South Korea
Regional
6 provinces (do )
75 cities (si )77 counties (gun )
Districts (gu )
Neighborhoods (dong )
Towns (eup )
Townships (myeon )
Rural villages (ri , fifth level)
Hamlets (ban , sixth level)[citation needed ]
6 Metropolitan Cities (gwangyeoksi )
Autonomous districts (gu, jachigu ) 5 counties
Neighborhoods (dong )
Towns (eup )
Townships (myeon )
Rural villages (ri )
3 Special Self-Governing Provinces (teukbyeol jachido )
2 si
Neighborhoods (dong )
Towns (eup )
Townships (myeon )
1 Special Self-Governing City (teukbyeol jachisi )
1 Special City (teukbyeolsi )
25 districts (gu )
Neighborhoods (dong )
South Sudan
Federal
10 States 2 Administrative Areas 1 Area with Special Administrative Status
183 counties
540 Payams
2,500 Bomas
Spain
Regional
17 autonomous communities (comunidades autónomas )
50 provinces (provincias )
477 comarcas
8,129 municipalities (municipios )
2 autonomous municipalities, Ceuta and Melilla , North African coast
3 places of sovereignty (plazas de soberanía )
Sri Lanka
Regional
9 provinces
25 districts
320+ divisions
Sudan
Federal
18 states (wilayat )
86 districts
Suriname
Unitary
10 districts (districten )
62 resorts (ressorten )
Sweden
Unitary
21 counties (län )20 county councils (landsting )
290 municipalities (kommuner )
2,523 registration districts
Switzerland
Federal
26 cantons [74]
137 districts [citation needed ] (not in all cantons, names vary)
2,131 municipalities or communes [75] (varies by canton)
Syria
Unitary
14 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt )
60 districts (mintaqah )
subdistricts (nawaḥi )[citation needed ]
villages[citation needed ]
Tajikistan
Regional
3 regions (viloyatho )Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province Dushanbe , capital city
60+ 60+ districts (nohiya , formerly raion )[dubious – discuss ] 18 cities[76] 2 city councils (hukumati )[citation needed ]
368 village communes (jamoats )[76]
65 towns[76]
4223 villages[citation needed ]
Tanzania
Regional
31 regions (mikoa ),[77] including Zanzibar , a semi-autonomous region spanning five regions
120+ districts (wilayat )
divisions[citation needed ]
[wards]
[villages]
Thailand
Unitary
76 provinces (changwat )
878 districts (amphoe )
7,255 subdistricts (tambons )
74,944 villages (muban )
Community associations (chum-chon )
Municipalities (thesaban ) of 3 types take some responsibilities of districts and subdistricts[f]
Pattaya special administrative area
Bangkok special administrative area
50 districts (khet )
180 subdistricts (kwaeng )
Togo
Unitary
5 régions
30 préfectures
Tonga
Unitary
5 provinces
23 districts
Trinidad and Tobago
Regional
7 regions 5 boroughs 2 cities 1 ward (Tobago )
Tunisia
Unitary
24 governorates (wilayat )
264 delegations or districts (mutamadiyat )
municipalities (shaykhats )[78] [quantify ]
2073 sectors (imadats )[79]
Turkey
Unitary
81 provinces (il )
403 districts (ilçe )
403 district capitals
388 towns (belde )
18,260 villages (köy )
32,244 neighborhoods (mahalle ) (not in villages)
30 metropolitan municipalities (consolidated province-municipalities)
519 consolidated district-municipalities
Turkmenistan
Unitary
5 regions (welaýatlar ) (also known as provinces)
37 districts (etraplar )
7 cities with district status
?
Ashgabat , the capital city-region
4 boroughs or districts (uly etraplar ) (as of 2018)
Tuvalu
Unitary
9 districts
Uganda
Unitary
135 districts 1 city
167 counties 31 municipalities 25 city divisions
1,496 subcounties 580 town councils 89 municipal divisions/boroughs
10,717 parishes 71,213 villages[80]
Ukraine
Regional
24 oblasts (regions)[81] 2 cities with special status [82] 1 autonomous republic [83]
136 raions (districts)
1469 hromadas (communities)[84]
7567 starosta okruhs (elderships)[85]
United Arab Emirates
Federal
7 emirates (imarat )
Regions, sectors, and municipalities
Local districts
Local communities
United Kingdom
Regional
4 constituent countries :
1 constituent country without devolution:
England
Greater London
City of London
25 wards
32 London boroughs (including 1 city )
areas
10,449 parishes [86] with some unparished areas
6 metropolitan counties (covered by combined authorities )
36 metropolitan boroughs (a.k.a. metropolitan districts)
21 two-tier non-metropolitan counties
164 non-metropolitan districts
Berkshire (non-governing, non-metropolitan)
6 non-metropolitan districts (de facto unitary authorities)
56 unitary authorities
Isles of Scilly (sui generis )
3 constituent countries with devolution:
Northern Ireland
11 districts
Scotland
32 council areas
1,369 communities
Wales
22 principal areas
878 communities
3 crown dependencies :
Bailiwick of Guernsey
3 jurisdictions :
Alderney
(contiguous with non-administrative parish of St Anne)
Guernsey
10 parishes
Parish of Saint Peter Port is divided into four cantons , excluding Herm and Jethou
Sark
(contiguous with non-administrative parish of St Peter)
Isle of Man
6 sheadings
15 parishes, 9 towns and villages
Jersey
12 parishes
48 vingtaines
6 cueillettes
14 British Overseas Territories :
Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Anguilla
14 districts
Bermuda
9 parishes 2 municipalities
British Antarctic Territory
British Indian Ocean Territory
2 island groups
British Virgin Islands
5 districts
Cayman Islands
7 districts
Falkland Islands
2 constituencies
Gibraltar
7 major residential areas
70 enumeration areas[87]
Montserrat
3 parishes
Pitcairn Islands
4 islands
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
3 constituent parts :
Ascension Island
Saint Helena
8 districts
Tristan da Cunha
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
2 island groups
Turks and Caicos Islands
6 districts
United States
Federal
50 states
3,142 counties and county-equivalents [citation needed ] (19 boroughs and 11 census areas in Alaska, 64 Louisiana parishes , 41 independent cities ).[g]
Local government in the United States varies widely by state; some entities cross county and other boundaries. The US Census in 2012 counted 19,522 municipalities, 16,364 townships , 37,203 special districts, and 12,884 independent school districts which have active governments.[88] Many states use township as a governmental level between county and municipality. Most states have counties with unincorporated areas (no municipal government). Municipal governments are called cities, towns, villages, boroughs, and townships, and can form 1-3 layers of government. Many municipalities are administratively divided into boroughs, wards, districts, neighborhoods, or villages, which may or may not have an active government. The US Census defines minor civil divisions and census county divisions for top-level county divisions, many only for statistical purposes.
326 Indian reservations
1 federal district:
Washington, D.C.
4 unincorporated organized territories :
Guam
19 villages [89]
Northern Mariana Islands
4 municipalities
Puerto Rico
78 municipalities
902 barrios [90]
United States Virgin Islands
3 districts
20 subdistricts
1 unincorporated unorganized self-governing territory :
American Samoa
3 districts
15 counties
76 villages
2 unorganized atolls
United States Minor Outlying Islands :
Baker Island , Howland Island , Jarvis Island , Johnston Atoll , Kingman Reef , Midway Islands , Palmyra Atoll (incorporated), Wake Island , Navassa Island (disputed), Bajo Nuevo Bank (disputed), and Serranilla Bank (disputed)
Uruguay
Unitary
19 departments (departamentos )
125 municipalities (municipios )
Uzbekistan
Regional
12 regions (viloyatlar )
144 districts (tumanlar )[91] [92]
Citizen assembly of villages
Urban-type settlements
Cities of district subordination
Cities of regional subordination
Cities
Citizen assembly of villages
Urban-type settlement
Karakalpakstan , an autonomous republic
Cities of republican subordination
Urban-type settlements
16 districts
Village citizen assemblies
Urban-type settlements
Cities of district subordination
Tashkent , an independent city
15 districts
Urban-type settlements
Vanuatu
Unitary
6 provinces
municipalities, local councils
Vatican City
Unitary
None
Venezuela
Federal
23 states (estados )
335 municipalities (municipios )
1,136 parroquias [citation needed ]
1 capital district, Caracas
Federal dependencies of 12 island groups
Francisco de Miranda Insular Territory, directly administered remainder
Vietnam
Unitary
58 provinces (tỉnh )
82 provincial cities (thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh )53 district level towns (thị xã )523 districts (huyện ) 11 đảo
619 commune-level towns (thị trấn )1,203 wards (phường )8,198 rural communes (xã )
5 municipalities (thành phố trực thuộc trung ương )
46 boroughs (quận )
1 city within municipality (thành phố thuộc thành phố trực thuộc trung ương)
577 wards (phường )
Yemen
Unitary
21 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt )1 municipality
333 districts
2,210+ [subdistricts][citation needed ]
38,284 [villages][citation needed ]
Zambia
Unitary
10 provinces
89 districts
Zimbabwe
Unitary
10 provinces
59 districts
1,200 municipalities