List of administrative division name changes

This is a list of administrative divisions whose names were officially changed at one or more points in history. It does not include gradual changes in spelling.

Argentina

• Eva Perón → La Pampa (1955)
• Presidente Perón → Chaco (1955)

Australia

• Swan River Colony → Western Australia (1832)
• Van Diemen's Land → Tasmania (1856)
• North Australia → Northern Territory (1931)
• Central Australia → Northern Territory (1931)
• Federal Capital Territory → Australian Capital Territory (1938)

Brazil

• Guaporé → Rondônia (1946)
• Rio Branco → Roraima (1946)

Canada

• Acadia → Nova Scotia
• Isle Saint-Jean → Prince Edward Island
• Upper Canada → Canada West → Ontario
• Newfoundland → Newfoundland and Labrador (2001)
• Red River Colony → Manitoba
• Province of Quebec → Lower Canada → Canada East → Quebec

Czechia

• Budějovický kraj → Jihočeský kraj (2001)
• Jihlavský kraj → Vysočina (2001) → Kraj Vysočina (2011)
• Brněnský kraj → Jihomoravský kraj (2001)
• Ostravský kraj → Moravskoslezský kraj (2001) ^[1]

France

• Centre → Centre-Val de Loire (2015)

Hong Kong

• Castle Peak → Tuen Mun

India

• Madras State → Tamil Nadu (1969) ^[2]
• Mysore State → Karnataka (1973) ^[3]
• Orissa → Odisha (2009) ^[4]

Indonesia

• Daerah Istimewa Aceh → Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (2002) → Aceh (2009) ^{[5] [6]}
• Irian Jaya → Papua (2002) ^[7]
• Irian Jaya Barat → Papua Barat (2007)

Ireland

• King's County → County Offaly (1922)
• Queen's County → County Laois (1922)
• County Donegal → County Tirconaill (1922) → County Donegal (1927)

Kazakhstan

• South Kazakhstan Region → Turkistan Region (2018)

Mozambique

• Lourenço Marques Province → Maputo Province (1976)
• Moçambique Province → Nampula Province (1975)

Pakistan

• North-West Frontier Province → Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (2010)

Philippines

• Compostela Valley → Davao de Oro (2019) ^{[8] [9]}
• North Cotabato → Cotabato (1984) ^[10]

Serbia

• Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (1944–1968) → Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (1968–1990)
• Autonomous Region of Kosovo and Metohija (1945–1963) → Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija (1963–1968) → Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo (1968–1990) → Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija (1990–present)

South Africa

• Natal → KwaZulu/Natal (27 April 1994) → KwaZulu-Natal (4 February 1997)
• Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging → Gauteng (3 July 1995)
• Orange Free State → Free State (3 July 1995)
• Eastern Transvaal → Mpumalanga (20 September 1995)
• Northern Transvaal → Northern Province (20 September 1995) → Limpopo (11 July 2003)
• North-West → North West (4 February 1997)

South Korea

• Sabi → Soburi → Buyeo
• Tamra → Cheju → Jeju

Sweden

• Kopparberg County → Dalarna County (1997)

Thailand

• Khukhan province → Sisaket province (1938) ^[11]
• Krung Kao province → Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province (1919) ^[12]
• Sawankhalok province → Sukhothai province (1939) ^[13]

United States

• Rhode Island and Providence Plantations → Rhode Island (30 November 2020)

References

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5. "Indonesia Provinces". statoids.com. Retrieved 2025-11-18.
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8. Fenequito, Armando Jr. (9 December 2019). "Compostela Valley is now Davao de Oro". Manila Bulletin . Intramuros, Manila: Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation. Archived from the original on 2 December 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
9. Regalado, Edith (9 December 2019). "Residents vote for renaming of Compostela valley to Davao de Oro". The Philippine Star . San Dionisio, Parañaque: Philippine Star Printing Co., Inc. Archived from the original on 18 October 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
10. An Act Changing the Name of the Province of North Cotabato to Cotabato (Batas Pambansa 660). 7 March 1984.
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See also

• List of city name changes