Special administrative region

A special administrative region, special region, or special administrative area is a designation for types of administrative division in China, North Korea, Indonesia, South Sudan, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam.

Current

China ^[1]

• Special administrative regions of China
  • Hong Kong
  • Macau
• Wolong National Nature Reserve

Indonesia

• Special Region of Jakarta
• Special Region of Yogyakarta
• Aceh

North Korea ^[2]

• Sinuiju Special Administrative Region

South Sudan

• Abyei Special Administrative Area (condominium simultaneously administered by the Republic of South Sudan and the Republic of the Sudan)
• Greater Pibor Special Administrative Area:
• Ruweng Special Administrative Area

Timor-Leste ^[3]

• Oecusse

Vietnam

• Special administrative region (Vietnam)

Planned

Bhutan ^[4]

• Gelephu Special Administrative Region (Gelephu Mindfulness City)

Russia ^[5]

• Oktyabrsky Island Special Administrative Region
• Russky Island Special Economic Zone

References

1. "Figure 1.1 Geographic regions of China | UNICEF".
2. "North Korea - Nuclear Weapons, Military Preparedness, and Social Insurance | Britannica".
3. "Law no. 3/2014 of 18 June Creates the Special Administrative Region of Oecusse and establishes the Special Zone of Social Market Economy" (PDF). laohamutuk.org. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
4. "Bhutan King announces mega Gelephu city project along Indo-Bhutan border". 17 December 2023.
5. "Совет Федерации одобрил законы о САР на островах Русский в Приморье и Октябрьский в Калининградской области". 28 July 2018.