Template:Types of country subdivision
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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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Terms in bold are terms used (in English and/or translation) by ten or more countries, i.e. there are at least ten distinct entries under their headings in List of terms for contemporary administrative country subdivisions. "Capital" is by definition commonly used.
