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
• Lower Canada → Canada West → Ontario
• Newfoundland → Newfoundland and Labrador (2001)
• Red River Colony → Manitoba
• Province of Quebec → Upper 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]

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

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)

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) ^[8]
• Krung Kao province → Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province (1919) ^[9]
• Sawankhalok province → Sukhothai province (1939) ^[10]

United States

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

References

1. https://www.czso.cz/documents/10180/20541263/1804111043.pdf/fa893df8-9745-44ff-bf35-000a059a9bd5?version=1.0
2. The State Legislature – Origin a Archived 2010-04-13 at the Wayback Machine
3. Kamat's Potpourri: A Brief History of Karnataka
4. Times of India: Orissa is now Odisha
5. Indonesia Provinces
6. "INDONESIA | Population and Administrative Divisions" (PDF). www.pcgn.org.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-06-14.
7. BBC News | ASIA-PACIFIC | Behind Irian Jaya's name change
8. พระราชกฤษฎีกาเปลี่ยนนามจังหวัดและอำเภอบางแห่ง พุทธศักราช ๒๔๘๑ (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai). 55 (ก): 658–666. 1938-11-14. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 8, 2011.
9. ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง เปลี่ยนนามมณฑลกรุงเก่าและจังหวัดกรุงเก่า (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai). 35 (ก): 24–27. 1919-03-23. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 9, 2008.
10. พระราชกฤษฎีกาเปลี่ยนนามจังหวัดและอำเภอบางแห่ง พุทธศักราช ๒๔๘๒ (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai). 56 (ก): 351–353. 1939-04-17. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 9, 2008.

See also

• List of city name changes