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Types of First-Level Subdivisions of the World

How are the countries of the world divided administratively? Try to name the types of administrative divisions as many as you can!
Source: this quiz, ISO website and citypopulation.de
Palestine, Niue, Cook Islands are counted as countries in this quiz
Uninhabited regions not included
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Afghanistan
34
Province
 
 
Albania
12
County
 
 
Algeria
58
Province
 
 
Andorra
7
Parish
 
 
Angola
18
Province
 
 
Antigua and Barbuda
2
Dependency
6
Parish
 
 
Argentina
1
City
23
Province
 
 
Armenia
1
City
10(+6)
Region
 
 
Australia
3
Overseas Territory
6
State
3
Territory
 
 
Austria
9
State
 
 
Azerbaijan
11
Municipality
66
Rayon
1
Autonomous Republic
 
 
Bahamas
31
District
1
Island
 
 
Bahrain
4
Governorate
 
 
Bangladesh
8
Division
 
 
Barbados
11
Parish
 
 
Belarus
1
City
6
Oblast
 
 
Belgium
3
Region
 
 
Belize
6
District
 
 
Benin
12
Department
 
 
Bhutan
20
District
 
 
Bolivia
9
Department
 
 
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1
Special District
2
Entity
 
 
Botswana
2
City
10
District
4
Town
1
Township
 
 
Brazil
1
Federal District
26
State
 
 
Brunei
4
District
 
 
Bulgaria
28
District
 
 
Burkina Faso
17
Region
 
 
Burundi
18
Province
 
 
Cambodia
1
Autonomous Municipality
24
Province
 
 
Cameroon
10
Region
 
 
Canada
10
Province
3
Territory
 
 
Cape Verde
22
Municipality
 
 
Central African Republic
1
Commune
2
Economic Prefecture
14
Prefecture
 
 
Chad
23
Province
 
 
Chile
16
Region
 
 
China
5
Autonomous Region
4
Municipality
22(+1)
Province
2
Special Administrative Region
 
 
Colombia
32
Department
1
Capital District
 
 
Comoros
3
Island
 
 
Cook Islands
10
Council
5
District
 
 
Costa Rica
7
Province
 
 
Croatia
1
City
20
County
 
 
Cuba
1
Special Municipality
15
Province
 
 
Cyprus
5(+1)
District
 
 
Czech Republic
13
Region
1
Capital City
 
 
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1
City
25
Province
 
 
Denmark
2
Country
5
Region
 
 
Djibouti
1
City
5
Region
 
 
Dominica
10
Parish
 
 
Dominican Republic
1
District
31
Province
 
 
East Timor
12
Municipality
1
Special Administrative Region
 
 
Ecuador
24
Province
 
 
Egypt
27
Governorate
 
 
El Salvador
14
Department
 
 
Equatorial Guinea
8
Province
 
 
Eritrea
6
Region
 
 
Estonia
15
County
 
 
Eswatini
4
Region
 
 
Ethiopia
2
Administration
12
Regional State
 
 
Federated States of Micronesia
4
State
 
 
Fiji
1
Dependency
4
Division
 
 
Finland
19
Region
 
 
France
13
Metropolitan Region
2
Overseas Collectivity
5
Overseas Region
1
Special Collectivity
3
Territory
 
 
Gabon
9
Province
 
 
Gambia
1
City
5
Division
 
 
Georgia
1(+1)
Autonomous Republic
1
City
9
Region
 
 
Germany
16
Land
 
 
Ghana
16
Region
 
 
Greece
7
Administrative Region
1
Self-governed Part
Grenada
1
Dependency
6
Parish
 
 
Guatemala
22
Department
 
 
Guinea
7
Administrative Region
1
Governorate
 
 
Guinea-Bissau
1
Autonomous Sector
8
Region
 
 
Guyana
10
Region
 
 
Haiti
10
Department
 
 
Honduras
18
Department
 
 
Hungary
19
County
1
Capital City
 
 
Iceland
61
Municipality
 
 
India
28
State
8
Union Territory
 
 
Indonesia
1
Capital District
35
Province
1
Special Autonomous Province
1
Special Region
 
 
Iran
31
Province
 
 
Iraq
15
Governorate
1
Region
 
 
Ireland
26
County
 
 
Israel
6(+1)
District
 
 
Italy
15
Region
 
 
Ivory Coast
2
Autonomous District
12
District
 
 
Jamaica
14
Parish
 
 
Japan
1
Metropolitan Prefecture
43
Prefecture
1
Regional Prefecture
2
Urban Prefecture
 
 
Jordan
12
Governorate
 
 
Kazakhstan
4
City
17
Region
 
 
Kenya
47
County
 
 
Kosovo
7
District
 
 
Kuwait
6
Governorate
 
 
Kyrgyzstan
2
City
7
Region
 
 
Laos
1
Prefecture
17
Province
 
 
Latvia
7
City
36
Municipality
 
 
Lebanon
8
Governorate
 
 
Lesotho
10
District
 
 
Liberia
15
County
 
 
Libya
22
Popularate
 
 
Liechtenstein
11
Commune
 
 
Lithuania
10
County
 
 
Luxembourg
12
Canton
 
 
Madagascar
23
Region
 
 
Malawi
3
Region
 
 
Malaysia
3
Federal Territory
13
State
 
 
Maldives
17
Administrative Atoll
4
City
 
 
Mali
1
District
10
Region
 
 
Malta
6
Region
 
 
Marshall Islands
24
Municipality
 
 
Mauritania
15
Region
 
 
Mauritius
3
Dependency
9
District
 
 
Mexico
1
Federal Entity
31
State
 
 
Moldova
1
Autonomous Territorial Unit
3
City
32
District
(1)
Territorial Unit
 
 
Monaco
17
Quarter
 
 
Mongolia
1
Capital City
21
Province
 
 
Montenegro
25
Municipality
 
 
Morocco
10(+2)
Region
 
 
Mozambique
1
City
10
Province
 
 
Myanmar
1
Division
7
Region
7
State
1
Union Territory
5
Zone
 
 
Namibia
14
Region
 
 
Nauru
14
District
 
 
Nepal
7
Province
 
 
Netherlands
3
Country
12
Province
3
Special Municipality
 
 
New Zealand
1
Dependent territory
16
Region
1
Special Island Authority
 
 
Nicaragua
15
Department
2
Autonomous Region
 
 
Niger
7
Region
1
Urban Community
 
 
Nigeria
36
State
1
Capital Territory
 
 
Niue
14
Village
 
 
North Korea
1
Capital City
9
Province
2
Metropolitan City
1
Special City
 
 
North Macedonia
1
City
80
Municipality
 
 
Norway
11
County
1
Arctic Region
 
 
Oman
11
Governorate
 
 
Pakistan
2
Administrative Territory
1
Federal Capital Territory
4
Province
 
 
Palau
16
State
 
 
Palestine
11(+5)
Governorate
Panama
10
Province
4
Indigenous Region
 
 
Papua New Guinea
1
District
20
Province
1
Autonomous Region
 
 
Paraguay
17
Department
1
Capital
 
 
Peru
1
Municipality
25
Region
1
Province
 
 
Philippines
(1)
Autonomous Region
17
Region
 
 
Poland
16
Voivodship
 
 
Portugal
18
District
2
Autonomous Region
 
 
Qatar
8
Municipality
 
 
Republic of the Congo
12
Department
 
 
Romania
41
Department
1
Municipality
 
 
Russia
1
Autonomous Oblast
4
Autonomous Okrug
(1)
Autonomous Republic
2(+1)
City
9
Krai
46(+2)
Oblast
21(+2)
Republic
 
 
Rwanda
1
City
4
Province
 
 
Saint Kitts and Nevis
2
State
 
 
Saint Lucia
10
District
 
 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
6
Parish
 
 
Samoa
11
District
 
 
San Marino
9
Municipality
 
 
São Tomé and Príncipe
1
Autonomous Region
6
District
 
 
Saudi Arabia
13
Region
 
 
Serbia
1(+1)
Autonomous Province
1
City
17
District
 
 
Seychelles
27
District
1
Islands
 
 
Sierra Leone
1
Area
4
Province
 
 
Singapore
5
District
 
 
Slovakia
8
Region
 
 
Slovenia
58
Unit
 
 
Solomon Islands
9
Province
1
Capital Territory
 
 
Somalia
1
Region
4(+2)
State
 
 
South Africa
9
Province
 
 
South Korea
6
Metropolitan City
6(+5)
Province
1
Special City
1
Special Self-Governing City
3
Special Self-Governing
Province
 
 
South Sudan
2
Area
10
State
 
 
Spain
2
Autonomous City
17
Autonomous Community
 
 
Sri Lanka
9
Province
 
 
Sudan
18
State
 
 
Suriname
10
District
 
 
Sweden
21
County
 
 
Switzerland
26
Canton
 
 
Syria
14(+1)
Governorate
 
 
Taiwan
3
City
13
County
6(+12)
Municipality
(2+33)
(Province)
(1)
(Special Administrative Region)
(2)
(Territory)
 
 
Tajikistan
1
Autonomous Region
2
Region
1
Capital Territory
1
District
 
 
Tanzania
31
Region
 
 
Thailand
1
Metropolitan Administration
76
Province
1
Special Administrative City
 
 
Togo
5
Region
 
 
Tonga
5
Division
 
 
Trinidad and Tobago
3
Borough
2
City
9
Region
1
Ward
 
 
Tunisia
24
Governorate
 
 
Turkey
81
Province
 
 
Turkmenistan
1
City
5
Region
 
 
Tuvalu
1
Town Council
8
Island Council
 
 
Uganda
1
City
135
District
 
 
Ukraine
1(+1)
City
23(+1)
Oblast
(1)
Autonomous Republic
 
 
United Arab Emirates
7
Emirate
 
 
United Kingdom
3
Country
1
Province
3
Crown Dependency
11
Overseas Territory
 
 
United States
1
District
50
State
5
Outlying Area
 
 
Uruguay
19
Department
 
 
Uzbekistan
1
City
12
Region
1
Republic
 
 
Vatican City
1
Municipality
 
 
Vanuatu
6
Province
 
 
Venezuela
1
Federal Dependency
1
Capital District
23(+1)
State
 
 
Vietnam
6
Municipality
28
Province
 
 
Yemen
(1)
Municipality
14(+7)
Governorate
 
 
Zambia
10
Province
 
 
Zimbabwe
10
Province
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5 Comments
ssq12
+1
Level 57
Oct 21, 2025
Australia: 海外地区是否要包括Heard Island and McDonald Islands？

Burkina Faso: 现在有17个区

Ethiopia: 现在有12个region

Iceland: 现在只有61个municipalities了

Panama: Region 指原住民吗？好像应该有6个

Trininda and Tobago: 有不少不同版本的划分 5个 Municipality 可能分为 2个 city 和 3-5个 borough，可能还有一个ward

Tuvalu和Mauritius 可能也有不同的划分法。

很多国家好像有本地语言翻译成英文对应的词有不准确的情况，要不要参考一下iso-3166的标准？

https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:CN

这里能看到他们翻译的行政区英文名标准

ZachBeth
+1
Level 73
Oct 22, 2025
Thanks for your suggestions. This quiz generally does not count uninhabited overseas territories, so Heard Island and McDonald Islands are not included. For Panama's six indigenous regions, it appears that two belong to second-level subdivisions rather than first-level. I have adopted the suggestions regarding Burkina Faso, Iceland, and Trinidad and Tobago, and made several other changes in reference to the ISO website.
pcktrsss
+1
Level 51
Oct 22, 2025
Big project啊这是
blueberryshorts
+1
Level 60
Apr 1, 2026
You should accept "Voivodeship", it's actually the correct spelling.
ZachBeth
+1
Level 73
Apr 1, 2026
Thanks. I'll fix that.
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