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+/- boundary=administrative Description An administrative boundary Used on these elements Useful combination name=* admin_level=* See also Relation:boundary Status Undefined Tools for this tag Combinations worldwide in Australia/Oceania in Europe (list) in Asia (list) in Central America (list) in South America (list) in Africa (list)  (via overpass turbo - help)

An administrative boundary. Subdivisions of areas/territories/jurisdictions recognised by governments or other organisations for administrative purposes.

Administrative boundaries range from large groups of nation states right down to small administrative districts and suburbs, with an indication of this size/level of importance, given by the combo tag 'admin_level' which takes a value from 1 to 10 as described below.

The boundary=administrative tag is used on ways . It may also (or instead) be used on a relation grouping several ways. This works rather like coastline. Because ways have a maximum number of nodes, you are not required to loop around a whole administration with a single way to form a closed area (although this is a good idea for very small administrative areas)

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Super-national administrations

• European Union

Note: a trans-national administration is not a super-national organisation and should not be tagged admin_level=1.

National

boundary=administrative
+ admin_level=2 

marks country borders, such as the border between Austria and Germany. The names of the countries is specified through the tags left:country=*, right:country=*, if used on a linear way rather than an enclosed/area way.

There is some controversy about what is the exact meaning of country. For the sake of clarity, only political entities listed on the ISO 3166 standard are to be considered countries.

Country names in the table below are written in English.

Subnational

boundary=administrative 
+ admin_level=3 to 10

marks subnational borders. The names of the subnational entities involved is specified as with national borders, with "parish", "district", "region", "province", "state"

admin_level

admin_level=1 to 10 has been introduced in order that different borders can be rendered consistently among countries (doing this based on border_type would require knowledge of their hierarchy in each country).

10 admin_level values for specific countries

If your country is undocumented, please use the talk page or your local mailing list for discussion, and add it below.

If your country uses more than 10 administrative levels, see the next table.

This wiki table can be edited here

	admin_level=
Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Afghanistan (proposed)	N/A	national border	N/A	Province (ولايت wilayat)		Districts (Wuleswali)				N/A
Azerbaijan (proposed)	N/A	national border	disputed territory - unrecognized state (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic)	autonomous republic (Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic)	regions (rayons) and cities with authority of republic level (şəhərlər)			municipalities (bələdiyyələr)
Albania (proposed)	N/A	national border	N/A	N/A	N/A	counties (Qark)	districts (Rreth)	municipalities (Kommuna / Bashkia)	Njësi Bashkiake / Subdistricts	N/A
Algeria (proposed)	N/A	border around Algeria	N/A	Wilaya borders (departement)	N/A	Daïra borders (group of municipalities)	Communes borders (Municipalities)	N/A	N/A
Argentina (proposed)	N/A	Border	N/A	Province / Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires	Departamento / partido	Distrito (Mendoza Province, Entre Ríos Province), Pedanías (Córdoba Province)	Municipio (except for Buenos Aires Province, Mendoza, La Rioja and San Juan, where municipio is the same as departmento or partido)	Villages, City, town	Barrio
Aruba (proposed)	N/A	Same as island coastline	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Districts (Municipalities) known as GAC regions	N/A
Australia (proposed)	N/A	border around Australia	N/A	State and Territory border	N/A	Shire/Council Border	Region Border (eg Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Toowoomba, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast)	Postcode border (used for GIS and census)	Suburb and Locality border (If larger than ABS boundary)	Suburb and Locality border (ABS boundaries)
Austria (proposed)	N/A	national border	N/A	Bundesland NUTS2	(Region NUTS3)	Politischer Bezirk Gemeindekennzahl: xxx	N/A	Gemeinde Gemeindekennzahl: xxxyy	Wiener / Grazer / ... Stadt- / Gemeindebezirk	(opt.) Stadtteile
Bahrain (proposed)	N/A	National borders	N/A	Governorate	N/A	Municipality Example: Al Manamah, Ras Rumman etc	N/A	N/A	neighbourhood	N/A
Bolivia (proposed 51114u9)	N/A	National border / Frontera nacional	N/A	State border / Departamentos	N/A	Provinces / Provincias	Commonwealth of Municipalities / Mancomunidad de municipios	Municipalities / Municipios o Territorios Indígena Originario Campesinos	Commune / Subalcaldías o Comunas	Neighborhoods / Barrios
Bosnia and Herzegovina (proposed / in use)	N/A	granica države граница државе national border	N/A	entitet / eнтитет / entity distrikt / дистрикт / district napomena / напомена / note	kanton (FBiH) / županija (FBiH) / кантон (ФБиХ) / canton (FBiH)	grad / град / city	općina / opština / општина / muncipality	mjesna zajednica / мјесна заједницa / locality combinations	naselje / насеље / localities	N/A
Belarus (proposed)	N/A	Border around Belarus	N/A	Region (область) border	N/A	Region (район) border	Soviet of settlement (cельсовет) border	Municipal (населённый пункт) border	Suburb (район города) border	Suburb (микрорайон и т.п.) border
Belgium (proposed / in use)	N/A	national border	(see boundary=political for linguistic communities)	regions (NUTS1)	N/A	provinces (NUTS2)	administrative arrondissements (NUTS3)	municipality	deelgemeenten / sections	N/A
Brazil (proposed / in use)	N/A	national border fronteira nacional	regions Fronteira de Regiões (Sul, Sudeste...)	state border fronteira de estado	Mesorregiões	Metropolitan areas Regiões Metropolitanas	Microrregiões	municipality border divisa municipal	district borders Fronteira de Distritos	suburb borders Fronteira de Bairros
Bulgaria	N/A	National Borders	N/A	Planning Regions NUTS 2 (Райони за планиране /за Евростат/)	N/A	Regions (Области)	N/A	Мunicipalities (Общини)	N/A	Borders of city, town, village (Кметства / землища)
Burkina Faso (proposed) (see also: Wikiproject)	N/A	National border	N/A	Régions	Provinces	Départements	N/A	Municipalités	N/A	N/A
Burundi (proposed by Arie Scheffer) (see also: Boundaries)	N/A	National border	N/A	Provinces	N/A	Communes	N/A	Collines	N/A	N/A
Canada (proposed) (See also: subdivisions)	N/A	national border	N/A	provinces	administrative regions (Quebec)	regional municipalities (Ontario's York Region, Peel, Quebec's MRCs, British Columbia's Regional Districts, etc.) and counties	N/A	townships, cities, villages, etc. (Montreal)	arrondissements (Plateau Mont-Royal)	neighborhoods (Mile-end)
Cameroon	N/A	border around Cameroon	N/A	boundary of the "Regions" like Extrême-Nord (similar to NUTS2)	N/A	boundaries of the "Départements" like Mayo-Danay (similar to NUTS3)	boundary of "arrondissements" like Njombe Penja	boundary of communes like Melong. Use name=* to indicate the name of the commune.	N/A	Non-offical : quartiers
the Central African Republic	N/A	border around Central African Republic	N/A	Préfectures like Ouham	N/A	Sous-préfectures like Bouca	N/A	N/A	N/A	Non-official : quartiers
Colombia	N/A	Frontera Nacional	Región	Departamento	Provincia	Municipio	Urbano: ciudad Rural: corregimiento	Urbano: localidad / comuna Rural: vereda	Urbano: barrio Rural: N/A	N/A
Costa Rica	N/A	Frontera Nacional		Provincia		Cantón		Distrito
Chile	N/A	Fronteras	N/A	Regiones	N/A	Provincias	N/A	Comunas	N/A	N/A
Croatia (see Upravna podjela)	N/A	national border (HR: državna granica)	N/A	N/A	borders of statistical regions (HR: statističke regije) (Slavonija, Dalmacija,...)	county borders - (HR: županije)	municipality borders (Hr: općine ili gradovi)	borders of settlements (Hr: naselja)	borders of suburbs (Hr: granice gradskih četvrti ili kotareva)	borders of suburb parts (Hr: granice kvartova ili mjesnih odbora)
China (proposed by User:Esperanza	N/A	national border	N/A	Provinces / 省级行政区	Prefectures / 地级行政区	County / 县级行政区	N/A	Township / 乡级行政区	N/A	Village / 村级自治组织
Cuba (proposed by User:Ricky75 User:Carluti	N/A	Frontera Nacional		Provincia		Municipio		Ciudades		Barrios
Cyprus / Κύπρος / Kıbrıs (first draft proposal) Cyprus is divided into 4 de facto partitions: Republic of Cyprus Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus UK Sovereign base area UN buffer zone	N/A	TRNC border with all others (not technically a country border but has passport control, barriers, soldiers etc.) left:state=Republic of Cyprus left:state=UN buffer zone left:state=UK Sovereign base area right:state=Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus UN border with all others (UN area should also be marked military=danger_area where applicable)	N/A	SBA border with RoC	N/A	the borders of the 6 districts left district (el:)Λάρνακα, en:Larnaca right district (el:)Λεμεσός, en:Limassol	N/A	municipalities	N/A	N/A
Czech Republic	N/A	NUTS 1 Stát (Groups of states)	N/A	NUTS 2 Region (Groups of Regions)	N/A	NUTS 3 Kraj (Region)	LAU 1 Okres (District)	LAU 2 Obec (Town/Village)	N/A	Katastrální území (Cadastral place)
Denmark (proposed)	N/A	Landegrænser (National Borders)	N/A	Regioner (Regions - Administrative unit)	N/A	N/A	Kommune (Muncipiality)	By (Town)	Bydel (Suburb)	Sogn (Parish)
Dominican Republic (proposed)	N/A	National Borders	Region	Geographic Region	Sub-Region	Province	-	Municipality	District	-
Ecuador (proposed by Temporalista)	N/A	Límite Nacional (National Borders)	N/A	Provincia	N/A	Cantón	Límite Urbano (ciudades)	Parroquia Urbana	Barrio (Urbano), Comunidad (Rural)	N/A (¿sectores censales?)
Egypt (proposed by Metehyi)	N/A	National Borders (حدود مصر الدولية)	Governorate (Mouhafazah محافظة)	fixme	fixme	fixme	fixme	fixme	fixme	fixme
Equatorial Guinea (proposal by johanemilsson)	N/A	National Borders	Regiones (Insular Region and Continental Region)	Provincias		Districts
Estonia (proposal by imapi)	N/A	National Borders	N/A	N/A	N/A	Countys (Maakond)	N/A	municipalities (Omavalitsused vallad/linnad)	villages (Külad)	suburbs (Linnaosad)
Ethiopia (proposal by alexm)	N/A	National Borders	N/A	Administrative States (9)	N/A	Zones (68+2)	N/A	Woreda (550+6)	Subcities	Kebele
Finland (proposal by Boozeman, augmented by Skela)	N/A	National Borders	Main areas (Pääalueet, NUTS 1): Manner-Suomi	Provinces (AVIn toimialueet (ent. läänit), NUTS 2): Etelä-Suomi	N/A	Regions (Maakunnat, NUTS 3): Uusimaa	Sub-regions (Seutukunnat, LAU 1): Helsingin seutukunta	municipalities (Kunnat / Kaupungit, LAU 2, for ref=*, see Väestörekisterikeskus, kuntaluettelo): Helsinki	villages (kylät), Kaupunginosien suuralueet (Helsinki; Espoo, Vantaa ...)	suburbs (Kaupunginosat): Kulosaari
France see also Tracer les limites administratives	N/A	border around France	N/A	boundary of the "Regions" like Auvergne (similar to NUTS2)	N/A	boundaries of the "Départements" like Aude (similar to NUTS3)	boundary of "arrondissements" : subdivision of departements around a "sous-préfecture. (Note: previously used for EPCI, which are now outside the admin_level scheme)	boundary of communes like Paris, Montpellier, Perpignan. Use name=* to indicate the name of the commune, and ref:INSEE=* to indicate the unique identifier given by INSEE (COG).	boundary of "Arrondissement municipal" (in Paris, Lyon, Marseille only)	Used for the local democracy : quartiers
French Polynesia (proposal by Karto)	N/A	territory	main archipelago (Society Islands)	Subdivision (ex. Leeward Islands or Tuamotu-Gambier)	archipelago that are part of a subdivision (ex. Tuamotu)	subarchipelago (ex. Palliser Islands)	group of communes that share a same main Island (ex. communes of Tahiti)	boundary of communes (ex. Mo’orea - Mai’ao, ’Ārue, etc.)	boundary of districts	used for quartiers, villages
Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Gabon (proposal by johanemilsson)	N/A	National Borders		Provinces		Departments
Georgia see also Administrative Divisions of Georgia	N/A	National Borders	Disputed territories - partially recognized states (Abkhazia and South Ossetia)	regions (მხარე) including the Ajaran Autonomous Republic (ავტონომიური რესპუბლიკა)	N/A	districts (რაიონი)	N/A	N/A	City Raions in Tbilisi and Batumi	N/A
Germany see also Grenzen in Deutschland	N/A	national border Deutsche Außengrenze	N/A	federal states border Bundesland NUTS 1	state-district border Regierungsbezirk NUTS 2	county borders Landkreis / Kreis / kreisfreie Stadt / Stadtkreis NUTS 3	amt Amtsgemeinde, Verwaltungs- gemeinschaft LAU 1 (aka NUTS 4)	Towns, Municipalities / City-districts Stadt, Gemeinde LAU 2 (aka NUTS 5)	Parts of a municipality with parish councils / self government Stadtbezirk / Gemeindeteil mit Selbstverwaltung	Parts of a municipality without ... Stadtteil / Gemeindeteil ohne Selbstverwaltung
Germany:	Umgestellt Dez. 2008 / levels changed Dec. 2008 (siehe Diskussionsseite / see discussion page), see also the proposal with 11 values in next table below
Greece (Proposed)	N/A	Εθνικά Σύνορα	N/A	Περιφέρειες	N/A	Όρια Νομών (Καλλικρατικές "περιφερειακές ενότητες")	Όρια Καλλικρατικών Δήμων Αθήνας, Θεσσαλονίκης.	Όρια Δήμων (Καλλικράτης)-Εκτός Αθήνας Θεσσαλονίκης, που για πρακτικούς λόγους μένουν οι πρώην δήμοι.	N/A	Όρια Οικισμών (Δήμων, Κοινοτήτων προ Καποδίστρια)
Guatemala (Proposed) --Esteban Ortiz 21 June 2009 (UTC)	N/A	National border (Frontera nacional)	N/A	State border (Departamentos)	N/A	Municipal border (Municipios)	N/A	City and town border (Zonas)	N/A	N/A
Haiti (Proposed) Vsandre 16:19, 15 January 2010 (UTC)	N/A	National border	N/A	State border (Départements) Layer 1	Districts (Arrondissements)	Search-And-Rescue sectors (temporary)	N/A	City and town border (communes) Layer 2	N/A	Suburbs (sections) Layer 3
Hungary (proposed)	N/A	Országhatár (national border)	N/A	Országrészek (Groups of Regions, NUTS 1)	Régiók (Regions, NUTS 2)	Megyék / főváros (Counties / capital city, NUTS 3)	Kistérségek (LAU 1)	Települések (LAU 2)	Kerületek (Districts)	N/A
Iceland	Efnahags- lögsaga - Exclusive Economic Zone	Landhelgi - Territorial waters	N/A	Kjördæmi - Constituencies	N/A	Sveitarfélög - Municipalities	N/A	Borgar- og bæjarmörk - City and town borders	N/A	Hverfi (Suburb)
India (proposal by Planemad, see also administrative divisions)	N/A	National Border	Division	State	District	Subdistrict (Tehsil / Mandal / Taluk)	Metropolitan Area	Municipal Corporation / Municipality / City Council	Civic Zone	Village/Civic Ward
Indonesia	N/A	National Border	N/A	Province	City / Regency (Kotamadya / Kabupaten)	Subdistrict (Kecamatan)	Village (Kelurahan / Desa)	Community Group (Rukun Warga)	Neighborhood Unit (Rukun Tetangga)
Iraq (proposal by johanemilsson)	N/A	National Borders	Iraqi Kurdistan (Arbil, Duhok, Sulaymaniyah) region	governorates (muḥāfażah)		districts (or qadhas)			Administrative districts in Baghdad
Iran	N/A	National Border	N/A	Province (استان/Ostan)	N/A	Counties (شهرستان/Sharestan)	District (بخش/Bakhsh)	City (شهر/ Shahr), municipality or rural agglomeration (دهستان/ Dehestan)	Village	Neighborhood Unit
Ireland	N/A	Republic/NI Border	N/A	Reserved for compatibility with UK states (eg Northern Ireland)	Province	County	Adminstrative County, County City	Borough & Town council, Dublin Postal Districts		Townland
the Isle of Man	N/A	Limits of Manx territorial waters	N/A	N/A	N/A	Sheedings	N/A	Parish / Village / Town	N/A	N/A
Israel	N/A	National border	N/A	מחוז (en: district)	נפה (en: sub-district)	אזור טבעי (en: natural region)	מטרופולין (en: metropolitan area)	עיריות ,מועצות אזוריות,מועצות מקומיות (cities / regional councils / local councils)	N/A	שכונות
Italy (as discussed on the Italian Mailing list Vol 16, Issue 27, Dieterdreist)	N/A	per i confini nazionali (en: national borders)	N/A	per i confini regionali (en: boundary of regions)	N/A	per i confini provinciali (en: boundary of provinces)	N/A	per i confini comunali (en: boundary of municipalities)	N/A	per le circoscrizioni (dove sono rimaste) o per le località (en: boundary of districts)
Japan (copied from Japan tagging#Boundary)	N/A	border around Japan (Not really applicable)	N/A	Region border (or reserved for state border - 道州制)	N/A	Prefecture border	N/A	Municipal border (Cities, Towns, Villages, Special wards of Tokyo, Wards of cities designated by government ordinance 政令指定都市 , Wards designated by local ordinance - 地域自治区 )	N/A	Suburb and Hamlet border - 町名・街区
Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Latvia (proposed)	N/A	National Borders	N/A	N/A	N/A	Countys (Novadi), Cities (Republikas nozīmes pilsētas)	Towns (Pilsētas)	Parish (Pagasti)	Villages (Ciemi)	Suburbs (Priekšpilsētas)
Lebanon (proposal by Metehyi source [1])	N/A	National Borders	Governorate (Mouhafazah محافظة)	Qadaa (also known as Caza قضاء ج. أقضية)	Federation of Municiplalities (إتحاد بلديات)	Municipality (بلدية)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Lesotho (proposal by Adrian Frith)	N/A	National border	N/A	Districts	N/A	Constitutencies	N/A	Community councils	N/A	N/A
Libya (proposal by Jano John Akim Franke)	N/A	National border	N/A	district (Shabiya)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Lithuania	N/A	National Borders	N/A	Counties (Apskritys)	Municipalities (Savivaldybės/Rajonai)	Elderships (Seniūnijos)	N/A	Miestai	Sub-Elderships (seniūnaitijos)	Suburbs (Miesto dalys) (In 5 biggest Lithuanian cities)
Luxembourg (proposal by User:Loll78)	N/A	National Borders	N/A	Districts (state)	Cantons (region)	Communes (county)	N/A	Cities/Villages (city/town/village)	Quarters of City (suburb)
Macedonia (proposal by User:borces source [2])	N/A	National Borders	N/A	Статистички Региони (Statistical regions)	-	Град Скопје (City of Skopje)	Општини (Municipalities )	Град/Село (city / town / village)	Населби (suburb)	Маало / Локалитет (neighbourhood / locality)
Madagascar (as proposed in project page)	N/A	border around Madagascar (Not really applicable)	N/A	Faritra (regions)	N/A	Distrika (districts)	N/A	Kaominina (communes)	N/A	Fokontany (no translation)
Malaysia	N/A	sempadan negara (national border)	N/A	negeri (states)	bahagian (divisions) *Sabah & Sarawak only	daerah (districts)	N/A	mukim (counties)	N/A	PBT, kampung, taman, dll (municipalities, including townships, cities, villages, etc.)
Mexico	N/A	national border	N/A	state borders	N/A	municipal border	N/A	city/town limit	district limits / delegaciones	city sectors / colonias
Moldova (Moldova Republic of) (proposed)	N/A	the country border	disputed territory - unrecognized state (Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (Republica Moldovenească Nistreană))	autonomous regions (Gagauzia and Autonomous Territorial Unit with a Special Status Transnistria (Unitatea teritorială autonomă cu statut juridic special Transnistria)	N/A	region (ro:Raion ru:Район), cities with status of municipius (ro:Municipiu) - Administrative borders	sectors (Sectorul Сектора) of Kishinev	cities without status of municipiu, communes	townships, cities, villages, etc.	borders of suburbs, localities
Morocco (proposed) (See: subdivisions)	N/A	national border	N/A	regions (جهات المغرب)	N/A	provinces, prefectures (الأقاليم والعمالات)	districts (الإداري)	Urban and rural municipalities (الجماعات الحضرية,القروية)	N/A	N/A
New Zealand (in use) --Sdk 18 December 2012 (UTC)	N/A	National border of the state of New Zealand - not including Ross Dependency, Niue, Tokelau or Cook Islands	N/A	Regions (Canterbury, Bay of Plenty, Auckland, Gisborne etc.) governed by a regional council or unitary authority, and the Chatham Islands Territory.	N/A	Districts and Cities governed by a territorial authority (Dunedin City, Kapiti Coast District etc.)	N/A	Local boards in Auckland	N/A	N/A
Nicaragua (Proposed) --Jorisbens 22 May 2012 (UTC)	N/A	national boundaries	N/A	Departamentos, such as Chontales and RAAS	N/A	N/A	N/A	Municipios, such as Managua and Nueva Guinea	Distritos, such as Distrito I and Talolinga	Comargas, such as El Avispero and El Almacen
Nigeria (proposed)	N/A	National borders	N/A	States (36) + the federal capital territory	N/A	Local Government Areas (774)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Norway (proposed)	N/A	National borders	N/A	County (Fylke) (19) (1) Example: Rogaland, Hordaland	N/A	N/A	Muncipiality (Kommue) (430) Example: Stavanger, Sandnes etc	N/A	Bydel Example: Røa, Våland, Minde etc	N/A
Paraguay	N/A	national border frontera nacional	natural regions regiones naturales	states departamentos	N/A	N/A	N/A	municipal, city limits municipalidades / distritos	N/A	suburb and locality barrios y compañias rurales
Peru	N/A	National border Frontera nacional	N/A	States, Departments Departamentos	N/A	Regions, Provinces Provincias	N/A	Counties, Districts Distritos	N/A	suburb and locality Centros Poblados, Caserío, Anexo, Comunidad Nativa, etc
the Philippines (first proposed by Ianlopez1115, revised by Seav, now in use)	N/A	National Border	Regions	Provinces	Sangguniang Panlalawigan (Provincial Council) districts (if any)	Cities and Municipalities / Towns	Sangguniang Panlungsod / Bayan (City/Town Council) districts (if any)	Other administrative districts (if any)	Zones (if any)	Barangays
Poland Rogal 12:37, 04 September 2012 (UTC)	N/A	The Republic of Poland	N/A	województwa (voivodships, priovinces, regions)	N/A	powiaty (counties) - some cities have county status - in OSM their borders have both relations - one as a city and second as a county	gminy (municipalities) - some cities have municipality status - in OSM their borders have both relations - one as a city and second as a municipality	Towns and cities	City districts	sołectwa) - for simplicity consider this as a villages and hamlets. Beware that sometimes "sołectwo" can be part of a city district, not a village.
Portugal see also Traçar os limites administrativos	N/A	Fronteira Portuguesa	N/A	"Regiões"	N/A	Distritos	Concelho	Freguesias	Aldeias	Bairro
Romania (România) (proposal) In theory there exists another intermediary level between county and country, the regions created because "the european union demands it" by arbitrarily grouping some conties, but neither the government nor the people are using these regions	N/A	the country border	the boundaries of historical provinces (Transylvania, Moldavia ...), but I don't think they will ever be drawn, as these are not administrative boundaries any more.	Counties (Judeţe) and the Municipality of Bucharest	N/A	Municipalities (Comune), which includes the surrounding area around the city / town / village, see example	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
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Russia (Russian Federation) See RU:Key:boundary for details.	N/A	National border	Federal districts	Federal subjects	Groups of municipal districts / urban okrugs, administrative okrugs/districts of federal cities	Municipal districts of federal subjects, municipal urban okrugs	N/A	Urban and rural municipalities, municipal intra-city territories of federal cities	Administrative districts of urban okrugs and municipalities	(Under discussion: all hamlets / suburbs or only suburbs with local government offices)
		Государственная граница	Федеральные округа	Субъекты федерации	Объединения муниципальных районов / городских округов, административные округа / районы городов федерального значения	Муниципальные районы субъектов федерации, муниципальные городские округа		Городские и сельские муниципальные образования, внутригородские муниципальные территории городов федерального значения	Административные районы городских округов и поселений	(Обсуждается: все населённые пункты либо только микрорайоны с территориальными управлениями администрации)
Serbia (proposed) see Administrative division (or Statistical regions for possible future division)	N/A	national border државна граница	disputed territory - partially recognized state (Republic of Kosovo)	provinces покрајине (future NUTS1?)	reserved (NUTS2?)	districts окрузи (NUTS3?)	municipalities општине (LAU1?)	settlements насеља (LAU2?)	N/A	N/A
Senegal (proposed) see FR:WikiProject_Senegal#Fronti.C3.A8res_administratives for more information	N/A	national border	boundary of the "Regions" like Saint-Louis, Matam...	N/A	N/A	boundaries of the "Départements" see a list here	boundary of "arrondissements" : subdivision of departements; see a list here	boundary of communes like Dakar, Tambacounda, Ziguinchor...see a list here or rural communities.	boundary of "Arrondissement municipal"	Used for the local democracy : quartiers
Sierra Leone (proposed by IndoFio)	N/A	national border	N/A	borders of 3 Provinces (Eastern, Northern, and Southern) + Western Area (as described in ISO 3166-2)	borders of 12 administrative districts, 6 municipalities (including Freetown), and Western Area Rural	borders of Paramount Chiefdoms, 8 Wards in Freetown, and 4 Districts in Western Area	borders of Section Chiefdoms (Paramount Chiefdoms only)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Slovakia	N/A	national border (SK: štátna hranica)	NUTS 2 Region (Groups of Regions): (SK: oblasti: Bratislavský kraj, západné Slovensko, stredné Slovensko, východné Slovensko)	region borders (SK: hranica kraju, vyššieho územného celku)	N/A	borders of Bratislava and Košice (SK: hranice miest Bratislava a Košice)	N/A	district borders (SK: hranica okresu)	LAU 2 Obec (Town/Village), autonomous towns in Bratislava and Košice	Parts of village or city, usually Katastrálne územie (Cadastral place) (SK: katastrálne územie obce)
Slovenia (see Upravna delitev Slovenije)	N/A	national border (SL: državna meja)	NUTS 2 (West-East)	reserved for regional borders - if they are ever finalized (SL: pokrajine)	borders of statistical regions (SL: statistične regije)	N/A	... borders (SL: upravne enote)	Municipal borders (SL: občine)	N/A	Suburbs, hamlets (SL: meje naselij)
South Africa	N/A	the national border	N/A	provincial borders	N/A	district borders (borders of district municipalities and metropolitan municipalities)	N/A	municipal borders (borders of local municipalities within districts)	N/A	ward borders
South Korea (ROK) (proposal by namuori under discussion talk-ko Sep-2012)	N/A	National Border (South Korean coastline and 38th Parallel)	N/A	Regional(State) Border (Metropolitan Self-Governing Entity(MSGE) or 광역자치단체, as per 대한민국의 행정 구역 - 특별시(서울), 광역시, 도, 특별자치도(제주), 특별자치시(세종))	N/A	County Border (Basic Self-Governing Entity(BSGE) or 기초자치단체 - MSGE's Gu/Gun & Do's Si 특별시의 자치구, 광역시의 자치구/군, 도의 자치시/군)	City Within a BSGE (기초자치단체(자치시)의) -gu 구 Within a Special Self-governing province (특별자치도의) -si 시	Town Within a -si (시의) -dong 동 Within a -do (도의) -eup 읍 -myeon 면	N/A	Village (-ri, 리), -tong 통, -ga 가
South Korea (merge with above for readability)				Province (-do, 도), Metropolitan City (gwangyeok-si 광역시), Special City (Seoul)(teukbyeol-si 특별시)		County (-gun, 군), City (-si, 시), Basic Self-Governing Entity (BSGE, 기초자치단체)	District (-gu, 구). Special Self-governing Province (Jeju)(teukbyeol-jachido 특별자치도)
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Spain (proposal by Ivansanchez)	N/A	National Border / Frontera nacional	(Unused) Groups of Spanish autonomous communities, equal to NUTS 1 / (No usado) Grupos de comunidades autónomas, equivale a NUTS 1	Autonomous communities / Comunidades autónomas	N/A	Provinces / Provincias (see boundary=political for insular councils)	Counties / Comarcas	Municipalities, equivalent to townships / communes / Municipios, equivalente a ayuntamientos / concejos	Districts (e.g. of Madrid), equivalent to parishes / Distritos (p. ej, en Madrid), equivalentes a parroquias civiles	Wards / Barrios
Swaziland (proposal by Adrian Frith)	N/A	National borders	N/A	Tifundza (regions)	N/A	Tinkhundla (constituencies)	N/A	Imiphakatsi (chiefdoms)	N/A	N/A
Switzerland (proposal by studerap, extened by t-i)	N/A	national borders	N/A	Cantons (de: Kantone) Example: Zurich, Berne	Administrative region or other who isn't a district (de: Verwaltungs- regionen, fr: Régions administratives).	Districts (de: Bezirke, Ämter, Zusammenschluss von Gemeinden, fr: districts) e.g. Entlebuch (Luzern), Visp - Viège (Valais). Schaffhausen and Geneva doesn't have districts.	Circle or something other between districts and municipalities.	Municipalities (de: Gemeinde, Stadt) Example: Thun (Berne), Visp - Viège (Valais), Steckborn (Thurgau)	? (de: Stadtkreis) e.g. Kreis 7 (Zürich)	Neighbourhood (de: Stadtteil, fr: quartier) e.g. Witikon (Zürich)
Sweden	N/A	National borders	Landsdel (Region) Example: Norrland, Svealand och Götaland	Län (County / NUTS3) (21) Example: Västra Götalands län, Örebro län etc	N/A	N/A	Kommun (Muncipiality / LAU2) (290) Example: Göteborg, Alingsås etc	N/A	Stadsdelsområde / Stadsdelsnämdsområde (Stockholm / Göteborg) Example: Frölunda, Skarpnäck etc	Stadsdel / Primärområde Example: Masthugget, Södermalm etc
Taiwan	N/A	border around Taiwan (de facto, 中華民國實際控制地區)	N/A	Province 省; Municipality 直轄市	District of Municipality 直轄市的區	Provintial municipality 省轄市; County 縣	District 省轄市的區	County-administered city 縣轄市; Township 鄉/鎮	Village 村/里	Neighbourhood 鄰
Tanzania (Proposal)	N/A	National borders	N/A	Region (e.g. Arusha)	District (e.g. Arumeru)	N/A	Ward (e.g. Usa River)	N/A	Village (e.g. Usa River (urban area))	N/A
Thailand Table in Thai language	N/A	Kingdom of Thailand	N/A	Province / Bangkok	N/A	District / Bangkok: Khet	N/A	Subdistrict / Bangkok: Kwaeng	N/A	Village place=village
							Municipality City place=city Municipality Town place=town Municipality Township place=? Tambon Administrative Organization (TAO) place=?			Community place=hamlet
Togo	N/A	National borders	N/A	Région	N/A	Préfecture	Commune de Lomé
Tunisia	N/A	National Borders	N/A	Borders of the 24 Governorates of Tunisia	Delegations (Districts) Borders	Imadats Borders	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Turkey See NUTS as well	N/A	the (land) border around Turkey	the Census-defined geographical regions of Turkey (which are used for administrative purposes and are well-known in the country) NUTS 1	Borders of the 81 provinces of Turkey (NUTS 3)	N/A NUTS 2	the boundary of districts (turkish ilçe)	N/A LAU 1 (aka NUTS 4)	N/A LAU 2 (aka NUTS 5) (inofficially: boundaries of villages)	N/A
Ukraine (proposed by Землемер and other ПОКА НЕ ПРИНЯТО).	N/A	national border / державний кордон / государственная граница	N/A	Crimea, Oblasts / АР Крим, області / АР Крым, области	N/A	Crimea rayons, rayons in oblasts / Райони в Криму, райони в областях / Районы в Крыму, районы в областях	Administrative rayons in cities, towns / Адміністративні райони в містах/ Административные районы в городах	Local radas in rayons in oblasts or in Crimea / Місцеві ради в районах області або в Криму (міські ради, селищні ради, сільські ради) / Местные советы в районах области или в Крыму (городские советы, поселковые советы, сельские советы)	N/A	N/A
United Kingdom	N/A	the Northern Ireland / Republic of Ireland border	N/A	the England / Scotland / Wales border	Regions of England	administrative counties / Unitary authorities, City of London	N/A	(England only) districts / London boroughs / metropolitan boroughs.	N/A	parishes / communities
the United States	N/A	national border	N/A	states	New York City	Counties, parishes in Louisiana, boroughs in Alaska and also in New York City and the Independent cities (Virginia; Baltimore, MD; Carson City, NV; St. Louis, MO)	unincorporated townships	municipalities, including cities, villages, etc. Also incorporated townships (New Jersey, Pennsylvania.)	N/A	N/A
Uruguay (proposed by Zeroth)	N/A	national border	N/A	department borders	N/A	local board limits (municipios)	N/A	city/town limit	N/A	barrios
Venezuela	N/A	Frontera nacional	N/A	Región	N/A	Estado, Distrito Capital	Distrito Metropolitano, Alcaldía Mayor	Municipio	Dependencia Federal	N/A
Vietnam (proposed by Ninomax) See this page	N/A	national border	N/A	province border	N/A	district / township border	N/A	commune / town / ward border	N/A	N/A
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11 admin_level values for specific countries

It is widely accepted that sensible values for admin_level run from 1 to 10. It is proposed this section be deleted

This wiki table can be edited here

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Germany:	Umstellung auf: / changed to: (siehe Diskussionsseite / see discussion page), see also the original list with 10 values in table above
new levels:  Germany see also Grenzen in Deutschland	N/A	national border Deutsche Außengrenze	N/A	federal states border Bundesland NUTS 1	state-district border Regierungsbezirk NUTS 2	county borders Landkreis / Kreis / kreisfreie Stadt NUTS 3	amt [3] Samtgemeinde, Verwaltungsgemeinschaft LAU 1 (aka NUTS 4)	Towns, Municipalities / City-districts Stadt, Gemeinde LAU 2 (aka NUTS 5)	Parts of a municipality with parish councils /self_government Stadtbezirk / Gemeindeteil mit Selbstverwaltung	Parts of a municipality without ... Stadtteil / Gemeindeteil ohne Selbstverwaltung	Neighbourhoods statistical or historical Stadtviertel etc.
Netherlands Updated as proposed in this thread.	border around the Kingdom of the Netherlands (koninkrijksgrens)	border around The Netherlands.	N/A	Provinces like Zeeland, Noord-Holland etc. (provincie) NUTS 2	Water board boundary (waterschap)	plusregio urban regions in some parts of NL	N/A	boundary for municipality (gemeente) (like Amsterdam , Schiermonnikoog)	boundaries for autonomous city districts in Amsterdam (stadsdelen) en Rotterdam (deelgemeenten)	boundaries for settlements (woonplaatsen) (non-autonomous municipal subdivisions)	boundaries for neighborhoods (wijken)

Statistics

I have created some statistics to estimate the size of the objects at the different levels. For details see the Statistics.

See also

• border_type=* may be used to give the actual name of the boundary's type.
• capital=*
• United States admin_level for a more complete listing of admin_levels, some per-state.
• Relation:boundary for tagging complex borders