Country Type Administrative divisions First-level Second-level Third-level Fourth-level Fifth-level + Afghanistan Unitary 34 provinces (velaya'at ) 421 districts (woleswali ) subdistricts (alaqadari ) Albania Unitary 12 counties (qarqe 61 municipalities (bashki 373 units of local governance (njësite të qeverisjes vendore 2,972 villages (fshatra Algeria Unitary 58 provinces ( wilayat 553 districts (daïras ) 1,541 communes (baladiyahs ) Andorra Unitary 7 parishes (parròquies ) Angola Unitary 18 provinces (províncias ) 163 municipalities (municípios ) 618 communes (comunas ) villages (aldeias ) Antigua and Barbuda Unitary 6 parishes 60 major divisions 116 communities [ 1] 353 localities [ 2] 2 dependencies Argentina Federal 23 provinces (provincias 378 departments (departamentos ) [ a] 1,298 municipalities (municipios )[ quantify ] 135 Partidos [ b] localities (localidades ) 1 autonomous city : Buenos Aires 15 communes (comunas ) 48 neighbourhoods (barrios ) Armenia Unitary 10 provinces (marzer ) 70 municipalities (hamaynkner ) 1 autonomous city : Yerevan 12 districts Australia Federal 6 states : New South Wales 58 shires wards (electoral unit) suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] 28 cities 28 councils 8 regional councils 6 municipalities 2 unincorporated areas Queensland 30 regions 28 shires 12 Aboriginal shires 7 cities 1 town South Australia 25 district councils 21 cities 15 councils 5 Aboriginal councils 4 regional councils 2 towns 1 rural city 1 unincorporated area Tasmania 23 municipalities 6 cities Victoria 39 shires 33 cities 10 unincorporated areas 6 rural cities 1 borough Western Australia 104 shires 29 cities 8 towns 2 internal territories that are self-governing: Australian Capital Territory Northern Territory 9 regional councils wards (electoral unit) suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] 5 unincorporated areas 3 municipalities 3 shires 2 cities 1 internal territory that is not self-governing: Jervis Bay Territory 7 external territories : Ashmore and Cartier Islands Australian Antarctic Territory [ c] Christmas Island 1 shire Cocos (Keeling) Islands 1 shire Coral Sea Islands Heard Island and McDonald Islands Norfolk Island Austria Federal 9 states (Bundesländer ) 93 districts (Bezirke ) [ d] [ e] [ f] 2,078 municipalities (Gemeinden ) [ g] [ h] Azerbaijan Regional 60 districts (rayonlar ) +2600 municipalities (bələdiyyələr ) +4500 settlements (yaşayış məntəqələri ) 10 cities (şəhərlər) 1 autonomous republic (Muxtar Respublika ): Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic 7 districts (rayonlar ) 218 settlements (yaşayış məntəqələri ) 1 city (səhər ) The Bahamas Unitary 32 districts 32+ town committees New Providence 24 supervisory districts Bahrain Unitary 4 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt ) Bangladesh Unitary 8 divisions (bibhag ) 64 districts (zila ) 495 sub-districts (upazila ) [ 3] 12 City corporations 4,596 union councils (union parishads ) [ 3] 327 municipal corporations (paurasabhas ) Barbados Unitary 11 parishes Belarus Unitary 6 regions ( oblasti or voblastsi ) 118 districts ( raiony ) 1 autonomous city : Minsk Belgium Federal 3 communities (Dutch : gemeenschappen ; French : communautés ; German : Gemeinschaften ) [ i] 3 regions (Dutch : gewesten ; French : régions ; German : Regionen ): Brussels 43 arrondissements Dutch : arrondissementen ;French : arrondissements ;German : Arrondisements ) 581 municipalities Dutch : gemeenten ;French : communes ;German : Gemeinden ) Flanders Wallonia 10 provinces [ j] Dutch : provincies ;French : provinces ;German : Provinzen ) Belize Unitary 6 districts 201 municipalities Benin Unitary 12 departments (départements ) 77 communes (communes ) 546 districts (arrondissements ) Bhutan Unitary 20 districts (dzongkhag ) 201 blocks (gewogs ) 61 thromdes Bolivia Regional 9 departments (departamentos ) 112 provinces (provincias ) 339 municipalities (municipios ) Bosnia and Herzegovina Federal 2 federal entities : Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 cantons (kantona ) 79 municipalities (općine or opštine ) local communities Republika Srpska [ k] 64 municipalities (opštine ) local communities 1 condominium of the federal entities: Brčko District Botswana Unitary 10 rural districts 21 sub-districts [ l] 519 villages [ 4] localities 7 urban districts Brazil Federal 26 states (estados 5,568 municipalities (municípios 10,722 districts (distritos 610 subdistricts (subdistritos 1 state district (distrito estadual 1 federal district (distrito federal 35 administrative regions (regiões administrativas Brunei Unitary 4 districts (daerah ) 38 subdistricts (mukim ) villages (kampung ) Bulgaria Unitary 28 provinces or regions (oblasti, области ) 265 municipalities (obshtini, общини ) wards or quarters (rayon ) mayoralties (kmetstvo ) settlements (naseleno myasto ) Burkina Faso Unitary 13 regions (régions ) 45 provinces 325 departments (départements ) [ m] Burundi Unitary 18 provinces 119 communes 2,639 collines [ n] Cambodia Unitary 24 provinces (khaet ) 162 districts (srok ) 1,646 communes and quarters (khum and sangkat ) villages (phum ) 27 municipalities (krong ) 1 autonomous municipality (reachtheani ): [ o] Phnom Penh 14 sections (khan ) Cameroon Unitary 10 regions (régions ) 58 departments (départements ) 360 communes , or districts (arrondissements ) Canada Federal 10 provinces : Alberta 264 municipalities 8 Metis settlements 63 counties 403 hamlets 7 improvement districts [ p] 6 specialized municipalities 3 special areas British Columbia 27 regional districts 162 municipalities 160 electoral areas [ 5] 1 unincorporated area Manitoba 98 rural municipalities 37 municipalities 2 local government districts unincorporated areas [ q] [ r] New Brunswick 15 counties (comtés ) [ s] 152 parishes (paroisses ) 104 municipalities (municipalités ) Newfoundland and Labrador (unincorporated ) [ t] 277 municipalities Nova Scotia 18 counties : 3 regional municipalities 9 county municipalities 38 municipalities 6 historic counties administered by district municipalities 12 district municipalities Ontario 173 single-tier municipalities [ u] 8 regional municipalities 241 lower-tier municipalities 46 local services boards 22 counties 10 districts [ v] Prince Edward Island 3 counties [ w] 14 parishes 70 townships 63 municipalities Quebec 87 regional county municipalities (municipalités régionale de comté ) (RCM/MRC ) 17 territories equivalent to a regional county municipality (territoires équivalents ) (TE):
1,108 municipalities (municipalités ) 45 boroughs (arrondissements ) [ x] Saskatchewan 296 rural municipalities 478 municipalities 2 unincorporated areas: 3 territories : Northwest Territories 5 regions [ y] 24 municipalities Nunavut 3 regions [ z] 25 municipalities Yukon ( unorganized ) 8 municipalities 3,406 Indian reserves [ 6] Cape Verde Unitary 22 councils or municipalities (concelhos [ aa] ) 32 parishes (freguesias ) Central African Republic Unitary 20 prefectures (préfectures ) 84 sub-prefectures (sous-préfectures ) 198 communes 1 autonomous commune (commune autonome ): Bangui 4 sub-prefectures (sous-préfectures ) 8 urban districts (arrondissements ) 16 groups (groupements ) 205 neighbourhoods (quartiers ) 2 communes Chad Unitary 23 regions (régions ) 67 departments (départements ) [ ab] 340 sub-prefectures (sous-préfectures ) Chile Regional 16 regions (regiones ) 56 provinces (provincias ) 346 communes (comunas ) neighborhood units (unidades vecinales ) [ ac] China , People's Republic of Regional 23 provinces (shěng ) [ ad] 280+ prefecture-level cities (dìjíshī ) 17 prefectures (dìqū )
30 autonomous prefectures (zìzhìzhōu )
1,400+ counties (xiàn ) 110+ autonomous counties (zìzhìxiàn ) 850+ county-level districts ((shìxiá)qū ) 1 special district (tèqū ) 370+ county-level cities (xiànjíshì ) 1 forestry district (línqū ) 19,500+ towns (zhèn ) 14,600+ townships (xiāng ) ethnic townships (mínzúxiāng ) 6,100+ subdistricts (jiēbàn or jiēdàobànshìchù ) 11 district public offices (qūgōngsuǒ ) Urban areas:(residential) communities (shèqū ) or neighbourhoods (jūmínqū )
Rural areas: villages (cūnjí ), village areas or village groups [ ae]
5 autonomous regions (zìzhìqū ) 4 municipalities (zhíxiáshì ) 2 special administrative regions (tèbié xíngzhèngqū ): Hong Kong 18 districts Macau Colombia Unitary 32 departments (departamentos ) 1,102 municipalities (municipios ) 2,000+ corregimientos (towns) veredas communes (comunas ) neighbourhoods (barrios ) 1 Capital District (Distrito Capital ): Bogotá 20 localities (localidades ) Comoros Federal 3 autonomous islands (îles autonomes ) [ af] 16 prefectures (préfectures ) 54 communes 318 villes or villages Congo, Democratic Republic of the [ ag] Unitary 25 provinces 145 territories 33 cities
264 chiefdoms 470 sectors
313 communes
6,070 groupings 2,401 quarters
1 Capital City : Kinshasa Congo, Republic of the [ ah] Unitary 12 departments 80+ districts communes Costa Rica Unitary 7 provinces (provincias ) 84 cantons (cantones ) 492 districts (distritos ) special cities (ciudades especiales ) Urban: asentamiento, caserío, ciudad, localidad barrio, poblado 24 indigenous territories Croatia Unitary 20 counties (županije ) 128 towns (gradovi ) 4,117+ local communities [ hr ] mjesnih odbora ) (gradske četvrti [Zagreb], gradski kotari [Split]) 6,700+ settlements (naselja ) 428 municipalities (općine ) Cuba Unitary 15 provinces (provincias ) 160+ municipalities (municipios ) 1 special municipality (municipio especial ): Isla de la Juventud Cyprus Unitary 6 districts (eparchies ) [ ai] 610 communities Czech Republic Unitary 13 regions (kraje ) 76 districts (okresy ) 393 municipalities with commissioned local authority [ aj] (obce s pověřeným obecním úřadem ) 6,254 1st level municipalities (obce ) 205 municipalities with extended competence [ ak] (obce s rozšířenou působností ) 4 military training areas (vojenské újezdy ) 1 capital city: Capital City of Prague (Hlavní město Praha ) 10 districts (obvody ) [ al] 57 municipal districts (městské části ) 112 cadastral communities (katastrální území ) 22 administrative districts (správní obvody ) Denmark , Kingdom of Regional Denmark 5 regions (regioner ) 98 municipalities (kommuner ) 2 autonomous territories : Faroe Islands 7 regions Faroese : sýsla ;Danish : syssel ) 29 municipalities (kommunur ) [ 7] Greenland 5 municipalities (kommuner ) 1 national parkGreenlandic : Kalaallit Nunaanni nuna eqqissisimatitaq ;Danish : Nationalpark ): Northeast Greenland National Park Djibouti Unitary 6 regions (régions ) 15 sub-prefectures [ am] 6 arrondissements [ an] Dominica Unitary 10 parishes Dominican Republic Unitary 31 provinces (provincias ) 158 municipalities (municipios ) 40+ municipal districts (distritos municipales ) 1 National District (Distrito Nacional ): Distrito Nacional Ecuador Unitary 24 provinces (provincias ) 221 cantons (cantones ) 1,000+ parishes (parroquias ) Egypt Unitary 27 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt ) 351 municipal divisions : 177 kism 4,617+ villages or districts (qura or ahya ) residential districts (sheyakha) 162 markaz 9 new cities 3 police-administered areas El Salvador Unitary 14 departments (departamentos ) 262 municipalities (municipios ) Equatorial Guinea Unitary 8 provinces (provincias ) 32 districts (distritos ) Eritrea Unitary 6 regions (zoba ) 58 districts communes (kebabis) villages and towns Estonia [ ao]
Unitary 15 counties (maakonnad ) 15 towns (linnad ) districts (linnaosad )[ citation needed ] Subdistricts (asumid )[ citation needed ] 64 parishes (vallad ) quarters (kandid ) 32 towns (linnad ) 12 boroughs (alevid ) 188 small boroughs (alevikud ) 4,455 villages (külad ) Eswatini Unitary 4 regions (tifundza ) 50+ constituencies (tinkhundla ) 360+ chiefdoms (imiphakatsi ) Ethiopia Federal 12 regions (kililoch ) 68 zones (zonoch ) 600+ districts (woreda ) 16,000+ wards (kebele ) 2 chartered cities (astedader akababiwach ) Fiji Unitary 4 divisions 14 provinces + 50 districts 1 dependency : Rotuma 7 districts Finland Regional 18 regions (maakuntaa ) 70+ subregions (seutukuntaa ) 293 municipalities (kuntaa ) [ ap] 1 autonomous region (itsehallinnollinen maakunta ): Åland 16 municipalities (kommuner (kuntaa) ) France Regional 18 regions (régions ) [ aq] 101 departments (départements ) 332 arrondissements 2,054 cantons (electoral constituencies) 12,159 intercommunalities 35,357 communes [ ar] Metropolis of Lyon 5 overseas collectivities (collectivités d'outre-mer ): French Polynesia [ as] 5 administrative subdivisions (subdivisions administratives ) 40+ communes Saint-Barthélemy 2 parishes 40 quarters Saint-Martin Saint-Pierre and Miquelon 2 communes Wallis and Futuna 3 traditional kingdoms (royaumes coutumiers ) 3 districts [ at] 1 sui generis collectivity (collectivité sui generis ): New Caledonia 3 provinces 30+ communes 1 overseas territory (territoire d'outre-mer ): French Southern and Antarctic Lands [ au] 5 districts 1 state private property under the direct authority of the French government : Clipperton Island Gabon Unitary 9 provinces 49 departments (départements ) 152 cantons 52 communes 29 arrondissements Gambia Unitary 5 regions 8 Local Government Areas 43 districts 1 city Georgia Regional 9 regions (mkhare ) 69 municipalities (munitsip’alit’et’ebi ): 64 communities (temi )
5 cities (k'alak'i )
1,000s+ administrative units (administ’ratsiuli erteulebi )? rural communities (sasoplo temebi )
10,000s+ populated places/settlements (dasakhlebuli p’unkt’ebi )? townlets (kalakebi )dabebi )soplebi )
2 autonomous republics : Abkhazia Adjara 1 area without a constitutionally defined status: [ av] South Ossetia [ aw] 1 city with special status: Tbilisi 10 districts (raions ) Germany Federal 16 states (Länder ): [ ax] Baden-Württemberg Bavaria Hesse North Rhine-Westphalia 19 administrative districts (Regierungsbezirke ) 3 special regional associations (Kommunalverbände besonderer Art ) [ ay] 294 rural districts (Landkreise or Kreise )
1281 municipal associations (Gemeindeverbände ) [ az] 10907 municipalities (Gemeinden ), including
1951 towns (Städte ) 386 market towns (Märkte ) (only in Bavaria) Brandenburg Lower Saxony Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Rhineland-Palatinate Saarland Saxony Saxony-Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein Thuringia
103 cities (urban districts) (Kreisfreie Städte or Stadtkreise ) Bremen 2 cities (Städte ) 7 boroughs (Stadtbezirke ) 32 quarters (Stadtteile ) 113 neighbourhoods (Ortsteile ) Berlin 12 boroughs (Bezirke ) 97 neighbourhoods (Ortsteile ) Hamburg 7 boroughs (Bezirke ) 104 quarters (Stadtteile ) 181 neighbourhoods (Ortsteile ) Ghana Unitary 16 regions 216 districts Communities tema 8 municipal districts zones 3 metropolitan districts submetropolitan districts Greece Regional 7 decentralized administrations (apokentroménes dioikíseis ) 13 administrative regions (peripheries ) 74 regional units (perifereiakés enótites ) 332 municipalities (dímoi )
1 autonomous monastic state (aftonomi monastiki politeia ): Agio Oros Grenada Unitary 6 parishes 1 dependency : Carriacou and Petite Martinique Guatemala Unitary 22 departments (departamentos ) 332 municipalities (municipios ) Guinea Unitary 8 regions (régions ) 33 prefectures (préfectures ) 330+ sub-prefectures (sous-préfectures ) districts 5 communes sectors (secteurs ) Guinea-Bissau Unitary 8 regions (regiões ) 39 sectors (setores ) sections (secções ) populated places (locais povoados ): towns (cidades )
villages (aldeias )
localities (localidades )
settlements (povoações )
communities (comunidades )
1 autonomous sector (sector autónomo ): Bissau Guyana Unitary 10 regions 64 neighborhood councils Haiti Unitary 10 departments (départements ) 42 arrondissements 144 communes 571 communal sections (sections communales ) 10,180 villages Honduras Unitary 18 departments (departamentos ) 298 municipalities (municipios ) 3,731 villages (aldeas ) Hungary Unitary 19 counties (vármegye ) 174 districts (járás ) 3,154 cities and towns (városok ) 1 autonomous city : Budapest 23 districts (kerület) 1 non-district Iceland Unitary 8 regions (svæði ) 64 municipalities (sveitarfélög ) India Federal 28 states 103 divisions 788 districts/revenue districts (zile ) [ 9] sub-divisions/revenue divisions 6057 subdistricts (tahsīl or mandal ) [ ba] community development blocks/tribal development blocks [ bb] revenue villages [ bc] 255 municipal corporations (nagar nigam ) wards 8 union territories 1,897 municipal councils /municipalities (nagar pālikā ) 2,437 town councils (nagar pañcāyat ) 665 district councils (zilla parishad ) 6,711 block councils (panchayat samiti ) [ bd] 255,219 village councils (grām pañcāyat ) [ be] Indonesia Regional 38 provinces (provinsi ) [ bf] 416 regencies (kabupaten ) 7,266 districts (kecamatan/distrik/kapanewon/kemantren ) 83,467 villages (kelurahan/desa ) 98 cities (kota ) Iran Unitary 31 provinces (ostanha ) 467 counties (shahrestan ) districts ( bakhsh ) rural districts (dehestan ) cities (shahr ) Iraq Federal 19 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt ) [ bg] 120 districts (aqḍyat ) 300+ subdistricts (naḥiyat ) villages (qaryat )[ citation needed ] Ireland Unitary 26 counties (contaetha ) 89 municipal districts (ceantair bardasacha ) 4 borough districts (ceantair buirge 2 metropolitan districts (ceantair cathracha ) 3,440 electoral divisions (toghroinn ceantair ) 51,430 townlands (bailte ) 3 cities (cathracha ) 2 combined cities and counties 18,641 small areas (ceantair beaga ) Israel Regional 6 districts (meḥozot ) [ 10] 15 sub-districts (nafot ) [ 10] 52 natural regions [ 10] 255 local authority units (reshut mekomiot ) 77 cities (arim ) [ 11] 124 local councils (moaṣot mekomiot ) [ 12] 54 regional councils (moaṣot azoriot ) [ 13]
populated places (mekomot me'uchlasim )on urban local authorities:chalukot pnimiyot )mechozot )shkhunot )yishuvim kahilti'im )yishuvim musdi'im )kibbutzum )moshavim )moshavim shitufiim )yishuvim kifri'im )
Judea and Samaria Area [ bh] Italy Regional 20 regions (regioni ): 15 ordinary regions (regioni ordinarie ): Abruzzo Apulia Basilicata Calabria Campania Emilia-Romagna Lazio Liguria Lombardy Marche Molise Piedmont Tuscany Umbria Veneto 80 provinces (province ) 2 autonomous provinces (province autonome ) 4 regional decentralization entities (enti di decentramento regionale ) 14 metropolitan cities (città metropolitane ) 7,998 communes (comuni ) 37,000+ fractions (frazioni ) and circumscriptions (circoscrizioni )[ citation needed ] 5 autonomous regions (regioni autonome ): Friuli-Venezia Giulia Sardinia Sicily Trentino-South Tyrol Aosta Valley Ivory Coast Unitary 14 autonomous districts (districts autonomes ) 31 regions (régions ) 108 departments (départements ) 510 sub-prefectures (sous-préfectures ) 8,000+ villages 1 unincorporated area Jamaica Unitary 14 parishes Japan Regional 47 prefectures (ken ) [ bi] 792 Cities (shi ) 307 districts (gun ) 18 subprefectures (shichō ) 23 special wards (tokubetsu-ku ) 1,719 municipalities (shichōsonku ) ōaza aza chō chōme Jordan Unitary 12 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt ) 52 Districts (Alwia'a) 89 Subdistricts (Nahiya) qurah Kazakhstan Regional 17 regions (oblys )qala )Baikonur [ bj] 319 raions (awdan )oblıstıq qala kent awıl aymaq Kenya Regional 47 counties (kaunti ) 262 sub-counties (kaunti ndogo ) 2,400+ locations (mtaa ) Cities, Municipalities and Towns vijiji ) Kiribati [ bk] Unitary None Kuwait Unitary 6 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt ) 132 areas (manāṭiq ) Kyrgyzstan Unitary 7 regions (oblus )2 independent cities (šaar (keneš) ) 44 districts (rayon )14 towns (gorkeneš ) rural communities or rural districts (ayyl aymagy ) Laos Unitary 17 provinces (khoueng )1 prefecture 140+ districts (muang or muong ) villages (baan ) Latvia Unitary 36 municipalities (novadi )7 republic cities (Republikas pilsētas ) 71 cities/towns (pilsētas )512 parishes (pagasti ) Lebanon Unitary 9 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt ) [ 17] 26 districts (qaḍya ) 1,030 municipalities Lesotho Unitary 10 districts 80+ constituencies 120+ community councils Liberia Unitary 15 counties 60+ districts Libya Unitary 22 districts (sha'biyat ) 99 baladiyat Liechtenstein Unitary 11 municipalities (Gemeinden ) Lithuania Unitary 10 counties (apskritys ) 60 municipalities (savivaldybės ) 500+ elderships (seniūnijos ) sub-eldership (seniūnaitija ) Luxembourg Unitary 12 cantons [ bl] 102 communes [ 18] [ bm] 24 quarters [ bn] Madagascar Unitary 23 regions (faritra ) 114 districts (distrika ) 1,579 communes (kaominina )fokontany )[ citation needed ] Malawi Unitary 3 regions 28 districts 130+ traditional authorities 60+ subchiefdoms Malaysia Federal 13 states (negeri )3 federal territories (wilayah persekutuan ) 155 local government areas Maldives Unitary 17 atolls 189 islands Mali Unitary 19 régions 1 capital district 40+ cercles (circles ) 1,400+ arrondissements 700+ communes Malta Unitary 5 regions (reġjuni ) 68 local councils (kunsilli lokali ) Marshall Islands Unitary 24 municipalities Mauritania Regional 15 regions ( wilayat Nouakchott spans 3 regions 44 departments [ 19] or moughataas 216 communes (some of which are consolidated with departments) Mauritius Unitary Rodrigues 14 zones 120+ villages, 4 Towns 173 localities Mauritius 9 districts 2 outer islands with no government (+2 claimed) Mexico Federal 31 states (estados ) 2,458 municipalities (municipios ) A few municipalities are further divided into boroughs , some incompletely. 1 autonomous city, Mexico City (Ciudad de México ) 16 boroughs (demarcaciones territoriales Federated States of Micronesia Federal 4 states 70+ municipalities Moldova Regional 32 districts or raions (Romanian : raioane 3 municipalities (municipii ): Chișinău , Bălți , and Tighina autonomous territorial units : Gagauzia and Left Bank of the Dniester (claimed but administered as the unrecognized independent country of Transnistria )
10 municipalities (municipii ) 50 cities [ citation needed ] [ citation needed ] Romanian : sate [ citation needed ] [ citation needed ]
Monaco Unitary 1 municipality 3 quarters 10 wards Mongolia Unitary 21 provinces (aimags ) 331 districts (sum ) 1,538 bags [ citation needed ] 1 capital city, Ulaanbaatar 9 districts (düüregs ) 173 subdistricts (khoroos ) Montenegro Unitary 25 municipalities (opštine 1,256 naselja [ citation needed ] Morocco Unitary 12 regions (3 containing parts of occupied Western Sahara ) 13 prefectures provinces circles[ citation needed ] rural communes[ citation needed ] communes urbaines arrondissements [ citation needed ] Mozambique Unitary 11 provinces (provincias ) 128 districts (distritos ) 405 administrative posts (postos ) [urban districts][ citation needed ] localidades )[ citation needed ] Myanmar Unitary 7 States 67 Districts 330 Townships 70,838 Villages 7 Regions 1 Union Territory 5 Self-Administered Zones 1 Self-Administered Division Namibia Unitary 14 regions [ 20] 121 constituencies [ 20] cities towns villages Nauru Unitary 14 districts Nepal Federal 7 provinces (Pradesh ) 77 districts (jilla ) 6 metropolitan cities (mahānagarpālikā )11 sub-metropolitan cities (upa-mahānagarpālikā )276 municipalities (nagarpālikā ) 486 rural municipalities (gāunpālikā )
6743 wards (wadā ) Netherlands , Kingdom of the Regional 4 constituent countries (landen ): Netherlands 12 provinces (provincies ) 342 municipalities (gemeenten ) urban districts (deelgemeenten ) 3 public bodies (openbare lichamen ) (Caribbean Netherlands region)
Bonaire 2 towns, neighbourhoods [ 21] Sint Eustatius neighbourhoods [ 22] Saba 4 villages [ 23] Aruba 8 regions [ 24] Curaçao 2 districts and 1 special city [ 25] 10 areas [ 26] 4 town quarters Sint Maarten 8 administrative units [ 27] New Zealand Regional Realm of New Zealand : New Zealand 11 non-unitary regions 13 cities wards (electoral unit) suburbs [urban] and localities [rural] 1 special territorial authority : 5 unitary authorities 3 outlying islands : Ross Dependency [ bo] 1 self-administering territory : Tokelau 3 island councils 2 states in free-association : Cook Islands 10 island councils districts tapere Niue 14 villages Nicaragua Regional 15 departments (departamentos )2 autonomous regions (regiones autónomas ) 153 municipalities (municipios ) Niger Unitary 7 régions Niamey Urban Community 63 départements communes, cantons, and groupements [ quantify ] Nigeria Federal 36 states 1 Federal Capital Territory 774 Local Government Areas 8813 Wards North Korea Unitary 9 provinces (do )4 special cities 150+ cities, counties, workers' districts (in some counties), districts, and wards towns (in counties), neighborhoods (in cities), villages (rural)[ citation needed ] North Macedonia Unitary 8 statistical regions 80 municipalities (opštini ) Norway Regional 14 counties (fylker ) 354 primary municipalities (kommuner )3 hundreds (herader ) 14 county municipalities (fylkeskommuner ) 1 combined municipality and county: Oslo 15 boroughs (bydeler ) 2 non-boroughs [ bp] 2 integral overseas areas : Jan Mayen Svalbard 3 dependencies : Bouvet Island Peter I Island [ bq] Queen Maud Land [ br] Oman Unitary 11 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt ) 61 provinces ( wilayat Pakistan Federal 4 provinces 38 divisions 168 districts 596 Tehsils Almost 6,000 Union Councils 1 federal capital territory 5 zones 27 union councils Palau Unitary 16 states town council(s) [ 28] village hall(s) [ 29] [ 30]
traditional villages [ 31]
Palestine Unitary 16 governorates 121 municipal councils [ 32] 355 village councils [ 32]
local councils (East Jerusalem ) [ 32] Panama Unitary 10 provinces (provincias ) 68 districts (distritos ) 587 corregimientos (corregimientos ) 2 corregimiento-level indigenous regions (comarcas indígenas )
populated places (lugares poblados ) 4 indigenous regions (comarcas indígenas ) 11 districts 79 corregimientos Papua New Guinea Regional 20 provinces 1 autonomous region 1 National Capital District districts Local-Level Government areas Paraguay Unitary 17 departments (departamentos )Asunción , the capital district (distrito capital ) 262 districts (distritos ) Peru Regional 26 regional level circumscriptions gobiernos regionales )(provisional , de facto ) 196 provinces (provincias ) [ 33] 1,869 districts (distritos ) [ 33] 2,645 populated centers Philippines Regional 16 regions (rehiyong pampangasiwaan ) Bangsamoro , an autonomous region (awtonomong rehiyon )
82 provinces (lalawigan probinsya 107 component cities (bahaging lungsod )1,488 municipalities (bayan munisipalidad 42,027 barangays (formerly barrios), some grouped into districts 22 independent cities (17 Highly Urbanized Cities and 5 Independent Component Cities) Metro Manila , the National Capital Region (pambansang punong rehiyon ) 16 Highly Urbanized Cities Pateros , an independent municipality
Poland Unitary 16 voivodeships (provinces) 314 land counties (powiat ziemski ) 2,478 municipalities ( gminy of 3 types) 40,740 sołectwa (rural)dzielnice or osiedla (urban)[ citation needed ] 66 city counties (powiat grodzki ) Portugal Regional 18 districts (distritos )2 autonomous regions (regiões autónomas ) 308 municipalities ( concelhos municípios 3,091 parishes (freguesias localities (localidades [ citation needed ] Qatar Unitary 8 municipalities (baladiya'at ) 98 Zones Romania Unitary 41 counties (județe 320 cities and towns (orașe 103 major cities , municipii 2,856 communes (divided into 12,955 villages, sate [ citation needed ] 1 autonomous municipality 6 sectors Russia Federal 89 federal subjects: [ bs] [ bt] 48 oblasts [ bu] 24 republics [ bv] 4 autonomous okrugs 9 krais (territories )1 autonomous oblast 2,027 districts 561 cities and towns of federal subject significance 416 Towns of district significance 767 urban-type settlements of district significance 15,002 selsoviets and equivalents 3 federal cities [ bw] Moscow 12 administrative okrugs 125 districts (raions ) Settlements (poseleniy )[ citation needed ] St. Petersburg 18 districts (raions ) 81 okrugs Sevastopol [ bx] 4 districts (raions ) 9 municipal okrugs and the Town of Inkerman[ citation needed ] Rwanda Unitary 5 provinces (intara ) 30 districts (uturere , singular akarere )umujyi )[ citation needed ] 410+ sectors (imirenge ) 9,100+ cells (utugari , singular akagali ) 14,000+ villages ( imidugudu , singular umuduguduakagari ) Saint Kitts and Nevis Federal 2 islands: Saint Kitts 14 parishes Nevis Saint Lucia Unitary 10 districts (formerly 12 quarters) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Unitary 6 parishes Samoa Unitary 11 districts (itūmālō San Marino Unitary 9 castelli ("castles") São Tomé and Príncipe Regional 6 districts Autonomous Region of Príncipe Saudi Arabia Unitary 13 regions (manaṭiq ) 150 governorates (muḥafaẓat ) 1541 subdistricts (marakiz )[ citation needed ] Senegal Unitary 14 regions 46 departments 133 arrondissements communes [ citation needed ] Serbia Regional 29 districts (okruga )1 autonomous city 1 autonomous province (+1 claimed ) [ by] 150 municipalities (opština )24 cities (grada ) Seychelles Unitary 26 districts Sierra Leone Unitary 4 provinces 14 districts 149 chiefdoms Singapore Unitary 5 districts 31 constituencies 93 wards 1 Central Business District Slovakia Unitary 8 regions (kraje ) 79 districts (okresy ) 2,891 municipalities ( obcí ) of which 141 are cities or towns (mestá ) [ 34] cadastraal areas (katastrálne územia )[ citation needed ] Slovenia Unitary 212 municipalities (občine ) Solomon Islands Regional 9 provinces Honiara , the capital territory Somalia Federal 6 states 18 regions (gobolada ) 75 districts South Africa Regional 9 provinces 44 district municipalities 205 local municipalities 4,468 wards 8 metropolitan municipalities South Korea Regional 1 Special City (teukbyeolsi ) Autonomous districts ( jachigu ) Neighborhoods (dong )Towns (eup )myeon )
Rural villages (ri , fifth level) Urban villages (tong , fifth level)
Hamlets (ban , sixth level)[ citation needed ]
6 Metropolitan Cities (gwangyeoksi ) 75 cities (si )77 counties (gun ) 6 provinces (do ) Districts(non-administrative) (ilbangu, haengjeonggu ) 2 Special Self-Governing Provinces(multi-leveled) (teukbyeol jachido (dacheungje)) 1 Special Self-Governing Province(single-leveled) (teukbyeol jachido (dancheungje)) 2cities(non-administrative) (haengjeongsi ) 1 Special Self-Governing City (teukbyeol jachisi ) South Sudan Federal 10 States 183 counties 540 Payams 2,500 Bomas Spain Regional 17 autonomous communities (comunidades autónomas ) 50 provinces (provincias ) 477 comarcas 8,129 municipalities (municipios ) 2 autonomous municipalities, Ceuta and Melilla , North African coast 3 places of sovereignty ( plazas de soberanía Sri Lanka Regional 9 provinces 25 districts 331 divisions 14,015 Grama Niladhari Sudan Federal 18 states ( wilayat 86 districts Suriname Unitary 10 districts (districten ) 62 resorts (ressorten ) Sweden Unitary 21 counties (län )20 county councils (landsting ) 290 municipalities (kommuner ) 2,523 registration districts Switzerland Federal 26 cantons [ bz] 137 districts [ citation needed ] 2,131 municipalities or communes [ 35] (varies by canton) Syria Unitary 14 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt ) 60 districts (mintaqah ) subdistricts (nawaḥi )[ citation needed ] villages[ citation needed ] Tajikistan Regional 3 regions (viloyatho )Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province Dushanbe , capital city 60+ 60+ districts (nohiya , formerly raion )[ dubious – discuss ] [ 36] hukumati )[ citation needed ] 368 village communes (jamoats ) [ 36] 65 towns [ 36] 4223 villages[ citation needed ]
Tanzania Regional 31 regions (mikoa ), [ 37] including Zanzibar , a semi-autonomous region spanning five regions 120+ districts ( wilayat divisions[ citation needed ] [wards] [villages] Thailand Unitary 76 provinces (changwat ) 878 districts (amphoe ) 7,255 subdistricts (tambons ) 74,944 villages (muban ) Community associations (chum-chon )
Municipalities ( thesaban ) of 3 types take some responsibilities of districts and subdistricts [ ca] Pattaya special administrative area
Bangkok special administrative area 50 districts (khet ) 180 subdistricts (kwaeng ) Timor-Leste [ cb] Unitary 13 municipalities (municípios , munisípiu ) 65 administrative posts (postos administrativos ) 442 villages (sucos ) 2,336 communities (aldeias ) 1 special administrative region (região administrativa especial ): Oecusse Togo Unitary 5 régions 30 préfectures Tonga Unitary 5 provinces 23 districts Trinidad and Tobago Regional 7 regionsTobago ) Tunisia Unitary 24 provinces ( Wilayah ) 264 delegations ( Mutamadiyat ) 350 municipalities ( Baladiyah ) [ 38] 2073 sectors (Imadats ) [ 39] Turkey Unitary 81 provinces (il ) 403 districts (ilçe ) 403 district capitals 388 towns (belde )18,260 villages ( köy )
32,244 neighborhoods ( mahalle ) (not in villages) 30 metropolitan municipalities (consolidated province-municipalities) 519 consolidated district-municipalities Turkmenistan Unitary 5 regions ( welaýatlar ) (also known as provinces) 37 districts (etraplar ) 7 cities with district status
? Ashgabat , the capital city-region 4 boroughs or districts (uly etraplar ) (as of 2018) Tuvalu Unitary 9 districts Uganda Unitary 135 districts 1 city 167 counties 1,496 subcounties 10,717 parishes [ 40] Ukraine Regional 24 oblasts (regions) [ cc] 2 cities with special status [ cd] 1 autonomous republic [ ce] 136 raions (districts) 1469 hromadas (communities) [ 41] 7567 starosta okruhs (elderships) [ 42] United Arab Emirates Federal 7 emirates (imarat ) Regions, sectors, and municipalities Local districts Local communities United Kingdom Regional 4 constituent countries : 1 constituent country without devolution: England Greater London City of London 25 wards 32 London boroughs (including 1 city ) areas 10,449 parishes [ 43] with some unparished areas 6 metropolitan counties (covered by combined authorities ) 36 metropolitan boroughs (a.k.a. metropolitan districts) 21 two-tier non-metropolitan counties 164 non-metropolitan districts Berkshire (non-governing, non-metropolitan) 6 non-metropolitan districts (de facto unitary authorities) 56 unitary authorities Isles of Scilly (sui generis )
3 constituent countries with devolution : Northern Ireland 11 districts Scotland 32 council areas (comhairlean ) 1,369 communities Wales 22 principal areas (prif ardaloedd ) 878 communities (cymunedau ) 3 crown dependencies : Bailiwick of Guernsey 3 jurisdictions : Alderney (contiguous with non-administrative parish of St Anne) Guernsey 10 parishes Parish of Saint Peter Port is divided into four cantons , excluding Herm and Jethou Sark (contiguous with non-administrative parish of St Peter) Isle of Man 6 sheadings 15 parishes, 9 towns and villages Jersey 12 parishes 48 vingtaines 6 cueillettes 14 British Overseas Territories : Akrotiri and Dhekelia Anguilla 14 districts Bermuda 9 parishes British Antarctic Territory [ cf] British Indian Ocean Territory 2 island groups British Virgin Islands 5 districts Cayman Islands 7 districts Falkland Islands 2 constituencies Gibraltar 7 major residential areas 70 enumeration areas [ 44] Montserrat 3 parishes Pitcairn Islands 4 islands Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 3 constituent parts : Ascension Island Saint Helena 8 districts Tristan da Cunha South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 2 island groups Turks and Caicos Islands 6 districts United States Federal 50 states : Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming 3,049 counties (including 41 independent cities ) [ cg] Local government in the United States varies widely by state; some entities cross county and other boundaries. The US Census in 2012 counted 19,522 municipalities, 16,364 townships , 37,203 special districts, and 12,884 independent school districts which have active governments. [ 45] Many states use township as a governmental level between county and municipality. Most states have counties with unincorporated areas (no municipal government). Municipal governments are called cities, towns, villages, boroughs, and townships, and can form 1-3 layers of government. Many municipalities are administratively divided into boroughs, wards, districts, neighborhoods, or villages, which may or may not have an active government. The US Census defines minor civil divisions and census county divisions for top-level county divisions, many only for statistical purposes. Alaska 19 boroughs Unorganized Borough Louisiana 64 parishes 1 federal district: Washington, D.C. 326 Indian reservations 4 unincorporated organized territories : Guam 19 villages [ ch] Northern Mariana Islands 4 municipalities Puerto Rico 78 municipalities 902 barrios [ 46] United States Virgin Islands 3 districts 20 subdistricts 1 unincorporated unorganized self-governing territory : American Samoa 3 districts 15 counties 76 villages 2 unorganized atolls United States Minor Outlying Islands : Baker Island Howland Island Jarvis Island Johnston Atoll Kingman Reef Midway Islands Palmyra Atoll [ ci] Wake Island Bajo Nuevo Bank [ cj] Navassa Island [ ck] Serranilla Bank [ cl] Uruguay Unitary 19 departments (departamentos ) 125 municipalities (municipios ) Uzbekistan Regional 12 regions ( viloyatlar ) 144 districts (tumanlar ) [ 47] [ 48] Citizen assembly of villages Urban-type settlements
Cities of regional subordination CitiesCitizen assembly of villagesUrban-type settlement
Karakalpakstan , an autonomous republic Cities of republican subordination Urban-type settlements 16 districts Village citizen assemblies Urban-type settlements
Tashkent , an independent city 15 districts Urban-type settlements Vanuatu Unitary 6 provinces municipalities, local councils Vatican City Unitary None Venezuela Federal 23 states (estados ) 335 municipalities (municipios ) 1,136 parroquias [ citation needed ] 1 capital district, Caracas Federal dependencies of 12 island groups Francisco de Miranda Insular Territory, directly administered remainder Vietnam Unitary 57 provinces (tỉnh ) 83 provincial cities (thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh )55 district level towns (thị xã )508 districts (huyện )đảo 625 commune-level towns (thị trấn )1,231 wards (phường )7,833 rural communes (xã ) neighborhoods (khu phố )hamlets (xóm , ấp )villages (làng , thôn , bản ) 6 municipalities (thành phố trực thuộc trung ương ) 50 boroughs (quận ) 2 city within municipality (thành phố thuộc thành phố trực thuộc trung ương)
531 wards (phường ) Yemen Unitary 21 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt )1 municipality 333 districts 2,210+ [subdistricts][ citation needed ] 38,284 [villages][ citation needed ] Zambia Unitary 10 provinces 89 districts Zimbabwe Unitary 10 provinces 59 districts 1,200 wards 
