Canton (country subdivision)
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A canton is a territorial subdivision of a country, e.g., region or state. The word is derived from the Latin canto "section of a country."
Cantons exist in the following countries:
- Cantons of Bosnia and Herzegovina: a subdivision of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Canada: Canadian French for "township".
- Cantons of Costa Rica
- Cantons of Ecuador: subdivisions below the provinces of Ecuador
- Cantons of France: a subdivision of arrondissements and departments of France, grouping several municipalities (communes)
- Cantons of Luxembourg: a subdivision of the districts of Luxembourg
- Cantons of Switzerland: each a state within Switzerland
- subdivisions of vingtaines in Jersey.
- In the Ottoman Empire, a "kaza" was a district within a province, sometimes called a canton.
In 1873, Cantonalists took over the city of Cartagena, Spain, a haven for the Spanish Navy, and declared the city independent.
Contemporary
Arrondissement •
Bailiwick •
Banner • Autonomous banner •
Block •
Borough • County borough • Metropolitan borough •
Capital • Federal capital •
Canton •
Census division • Census geographic unit • Census metropolitan area • Census subdivision •
Circle •
Circuit •
City • Autonomous city • Independent city •
Colony •
Commune •
Community • Autonomous community • Residential community •
Constituency •
County • Administrative county • Autonomous county • Metropolitan county •
Council •
Croft •
Department •
Dependency •
District • Autonomous district • Capital district • City district • Federal district • Metropolitan district • Municipal district • National capital district • Special capital district •
Division •
Duchy •
Governorate •
Hamlet •
Insular area •
Local administrative unit •
Local government area •
Municipality • Regional municipality • Regional county municipality • Rural municipality •
Neighbourhood •
Oblast •
Okrug •
Parish • Civil parish •
Periphery •
Prefecture • Autonomous prefecture •
Province • Autonomous province •
Regency •
Region • Autonomous region • Capital region • Special administrative region •
Republic • Autonomous republic •
Ranchería • Reservation • Reserve •
Shire •
State •
Subdistrict •
Subprefecture •
Territory • Autonomous territorial unit • Capital territory • Federal capital territory • National territory • National capital territory •
Town •
Townland •
Township • Civil township •
Urban (urbanized) area •
Village •
Vingtaine •
Voivodeship •
Ward
Historical
Agency • Barony • Burgh • Cantref • Commote • Hundred • Imperial Circle • Imperial Free City • Imperial province • Presidency • Residency • Rural district • Sanitary district (rural • urban) • Urban district
Boldface indicates a type used by ten or more countries; loanwords in italics.
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