Tag:boundary=administrative

boundary = administrative
Description
An administrative boundary recognised by governments for administrative purposes.
Group: Boundaries
Used on these elements
Requires
Relation:boundary
Useful combination
name=* admin_level=*
See also
Relation:boundary
Status: de facto
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An administrative boundary. Subdivisions of areas/territories/jurisdictions recognised by governments 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 tag 'admin_level' which takes a value from 1 to 11 as described below.

The boundary=administrative tag is used on relations grouping several ways that enclose the administrative area. 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).

This tag is also often duplicated on the ways that build the relation, but such tagging is optional and may be safely skipped.

Many administrative boundaries are currently tagged also with place=*.

Locating the administrative boundary

When mapping administrative boundaries, beware of the special cases mentioned in this section.

Administrative boundary in case of disputes

Main article: Disputed territories

With regard to boundary conflicts, please note:

• OSM follows On the Ground Rule. Boundaries recorded in OpenStreetMap are the ones that are the most widely internationally recognised and that best meet realities on the ground, generally meaning physical control. In areas without clearly defined borders, the line is approximate.
• It does not mean that OSM community considers specific invasions/wars/whatever that resulted in border change as good/desirable/welcome/wrong. OSM community attempts to map world as it exists, not as it should exist.
• In some cases borders may overlap without making it an incorrect tagging. It may be result of agreement between countries to administer area together or to mark areas not controlled by any country, with both claiming it. In some countries, subnational boundaries overlap in complex ways in reality, so data consumers and quality assurance tools should not assume that an administrative boundary is a subarea of only one administrative boundary.

Administrative boundary at sea

Main article: Tag:boundary=maritime

Administrative boundaries should only include:

• land;
• internal waters, and;
• territorial sea (often, but not always, 12 nautical miles wide).

Administrative boundary relations should never contain international waters. See boundary=maritime for how to map maritime zones of coastal states.

Whether territorial sea and internal waters are included in subnational administrative divisions, varies per country.

Administrative boundary formed by a river or road

Sometimes borders and rivers/roads (or other linear objects) are tagged together on one object or their nodes are glued together. It is often undesirable and problematic, as a user modifying a river or road after its geometry changes may easily also modify the border.

A border should be glued with other elements only if they are defined in such a way that if the river changes its course, the element will also change. For example, if an administrative boundary is defined by the current course of a river, then gluing would be OK. But it is really rare, and usually river-defined borders are defined by something like "the course of a river in the year 1995". This would mean that if the river's shape changed, the shape of the border would not. Moreover, gluing a boundary to a waterway=river way implies that the boundary is defined by the river's thalweg (or whatever channel the way follows), which is sometimes incorrect.

Avoiding accidental modifications

In addition to avoiding "gluing" boundaries to other elements, accidental modifications to boundaries can be further reduced through filters in editing programs.

iD

To hide boundaries in the iD editor, select the 'Map Data' icon (or use the shortcut 'U') to bring up the Map Data side-menu. Then, from the Map Features section in the side-menu, deselect 'Boundaries'.

JOSM

To hide boundaries in JOSM, refer to the official help documentation.

Super-national administrations

• United Nations
• European Union
• Caribbean Community
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations
• African Union
• Commonwealth of Independent States
• Commonwealth of Nations

Note: a trans-national administration is not a super-national organisation and should not be tagged admin_level=1. ^{[ citation needed ]}

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. There also exist some dependent territories and special areas of geographical interest which do have their own ISO 3166-1 code but aren't a country. Two places that do not have codes assigned by ISO are considered countries: Kosovo and Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.

Country names in the table below are written in English.

Sub-national

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).

Besides administrative boundaries, the admin_level=* tag may also be used on features tagged with government=*. The admin_level=* values described below also apply to the capital=* and heritage=* tags.

Rendering

admin_level	Example rendering		admin_level	Example rendering		admin_level	Example rendering
1	(not rendered)		5			9
2			6			10
3			7			11	(not rendered)
4			8			12	(not rendered)

admin_level=* Country specific values

When using admin_levels please refer to and apply the correct admin_level=* tag based on the values in the tables below,

There are two tables; one for countries using admin_level 3–10 and one for admin_level 3–11. If your country uses administrative levels 3 through 11, see the next table.

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

Table 1: Countries using admin_level 3–10

(Edit this wiki table)

Country (admin_level=2)	admin_level=*
	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Afghanistan (proposed)	N/A	Province (ولايت wilayat)	Districts (Wuleswali)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Albania (proposed)	N/A	NUTS-2 regions of Albania (non-administrative regions, only for statistical usages)	N/A	counties (qark)	municipalities (bashkia)	administrative unit (njësia administrative) (former urban (bashki) and rural (komunë) municipalities)	subdistricts (njësi bashkiake)	N/A
Algeria (proposed)	N/A	Wilayas borders (departements and / or provinces).	N/A	Daïras borders (group of municipalities or districts).	N/A	Communes borders (municipalities). Use name=* to indicate the name of the commune, and ref:ONS=* to indicate the unique identifier given by ONS.	N/A	N/A
Andorra (proposed)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Parròquies borders (communes)	Municipality borders Only used for the capital city Andorra la Vella.	N/A	N/A
Angola (proposed)	N/A	Províncias (Provinces)	N/A	Municípios (Municipalities)	Comunas (Urban districts or Communes)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Antigua and Barbuda (proposed)	N/A	Parishes and dependencies borders	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Argentina (proposed)	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	N/A
Armenia (proposed)	N/A	Marz(Province) / Yerevan	Municipality / Yerevan districts	City/Town	Village	Neighbourhood	N/A	N/A
Australia see Aust. Tagging Guidelines	N/A	State/Territory Borders	N/A	Local Government (Shire/Council) Border	(ACT only) District Border	N/A	Locality Border	N/A
Austria	N/A	Bundesland (NUTS-2)	N/A	Politischer Bezirk Gemeindekennzahl: xxx	N/A	Gemeinde Gemeindekennzahl: xxxyy LAU-2	Wiener / Grazer / ... Stadt- / Gemeindebezirk	(opt.) Stadtteile
Azerbaijan	disputed territory - unrecognized state (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic)	Economic Regions (Economic Regions) non-administrative regions, only for statistical usages Autonomous republic (Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic)	regions (rayons) and cities with authority of republic level (şəhərlər)	N/A	N/A	municipalities (bələdiyyələr)	N/A	N/A
Bahamas (proposed)	N/A	N/A	N/A	Central government district - New Providence only	N/A	Districts of the Bahamas (Local government)	N/A	N/A
Bahrain (proposed)	N/A	Governorate	N/A	Municipality Example: Al Manamah, Ras Rumman etc	N/A	N/A	neighbourhood	N/A
Bangladesh (proposed) (see also administrative divisions)	Division	N/A	District	Subdistrict (Upazila / Thana)	City Corporation	Municipal Corporation / Pourashava	Union	N/A
Barbados (proposed)	National Border (Island coastline)	N/A	N/A	Parishes of Barbados	N/A	N/A	Suburbs, Hamlets and Villages	Neighbourhoods, Housing Developments
Belarus (proposed)	N/A	Oblasts (вобласьць / область)	N/A	Regions (раён / район)	N/A	Soviets of settlement (сельсавет / cельсовет)	Suburbs (раён гораду / район города)	Municipalities (населены пункт / населённый пункт)
Belgium (proposed / in use) (see boundary=political for linguistic communities)	N/A	Regions (NUTS1)	N/A	Provinces (NUTS2)	Administrative arrondissements (NUTS3)	Municipalities	Deelgemeenten / sections	Wijken / quartiers
Belize	N/A	Districts	N/A	N/A	Cities	Towns	Villages	Hamlets, Suburbs, Neighbourhoods
Benin	N/A	Département	N/A	Commune	Arrondissement	Village/Quartier de ville	N/A	N/A
Bhutan (proposed by ff5722)	N/A	Dzongkhag	Dungkhag	Gewog	Thromde	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bosnia and Herzegovina (proposed / in use)	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 / local committee	naselje / насеље / settlement	N/A
Brazil	Regiões (Sul, Sudeste, Centro-Oeste, Norte, Nordeste) (regions)	Unidades Federativas (Estados e Distrito Federal) (states and Federal District)	Mesorregiões (meso-regions)	Regiões metropolitanas (metropolitan areas)	Microrregiões (micro-regions)	Municípios e regiões administrativas do Distrito Federal (municipalities and administrative regions of the Federal District)	Distritos e Sub-Prefeituras (districts)	Bairros e Sub-Distritos (suburbs and neighborhoods)
Brunei (proposed by User:Zulfadli51)	N/A	Districts (daerah)	N/A	Mukims (subdistricts)	N/A	Villages (kampung or kampong), as designated by the Survey Department	N/A	N/A
Bulgaria	Regions NUTS level 1 (Статистически зони, ниво 1, Евростат)	Planning Regions NUTS 2 (Райони за планиране, ниво 2, Евростат)	N/A	Regions (Области)	Мunicipalities (Общини)	Borders of city, town, village (кметства, землища, райони)	Districts and suburbs (Квартали и предградия)	Suburb parts, neighborhoods (Части от квартали, махали)
Burkina Faso (proposed)	N/A	Régions	Provinces	Départements/Communes	Arrondissements (only in the 2 cities of Ouagadougou, and Bobo Dioulasso)	Towns or villages (excluding their surrounding rural areas)	Urban sectors (only in cities, and in the capital town of other urban municipalities)	N/A
Burundi (proposed by Arie Scheffer)	N/A	Provinces	N/A	Communes	N/A	Collines	N/A	Sous-Collines
Cambodia (proposed by User:GeoMechain) See also Wikipedia	N/A	Provinces (ខេត្ត khaet)	N/A	Districts (ស្រុក srok), Sections (ខណ្ឌ khan), Municipalities (ក្រុង krong)	N/A	Communes (ឃុំ khum), Quarters (សង្កាត់ sangkat)	N/A	N/A
Canada Varies by province; see Canada admin level.	N/A	Provinces & territories	Major divisions (only some provinces)	Regional municipalities & single-tier municipalities	Boroughs/arrondissements of some cities	Lower-tier municipalities in rural areas; Districts/communities within cities	Localities/wards; some cities call this level 'neighbourhoods'	Neighbourhoods; or subdivisions of neighbourhoods for cities that use level 9 for neighbourhoods
Cameroon	Reserved for historic constituent states	Regions, like Extrême-Nord (similar to NUTS2)	N/A	Départements, like Mayo-Danay (similar to NUTS3)	Arrondissements, like Njombe Penja	Communes, like Melong. Use name=* to indicate the name of the commune.	N/A	Non-offical quartiers?
Central African Republic (proposed)	N/A	Préfectures, like Ouham	N/A	Sous-préfectures, like Bouca	Communes?	Arrondisements?	Quartiers?	Sub-quartiers?
Chad (proposed by Pete Masters) See also Wikipedia	N/A	Régions (23)	N/A	Départments (61)	Sous-préfectures (200)	Cantons (446)	Villages ou localités	Quartiers (subdivisions internes au village)
Colombia	Administrative Region of planning / Región Administrativa de Planificación.	Department / Departamento.	Province / Provincia.	Municipality / Municipio.	Urban / Urbano: city / ciudad. Rural / Rural: township / corregimiento / área no municipalizada / isla.	Urban / Urbano: locality or commune / localidad o comuna. Rural / Rural: village / vereda.	Urban / Urbano: neighbourhood (For Bogota, this is UPZs) / barrio (Para Bogotá, son las UPZs). Rural | Rural: N/A.	N/A (For Bogota, these are the neighbourhoods / Para Bogotá, son los barrios).
Costa Rica	-	Provincia	-	Cantón	-	Distrito	-	Barrio
Chile	N/A	Regiones	N/A	Provincias	N/A	Comunas	N/A	N/A
Croatia (see Upravna podjela)'	N/A	N/A	N/A	counties (hr: županije)	cities/towns or municipalities (hr: gradovi ili općine)	settlements (hr: naselja)	city districts or local committees (hr: gradske četvrti/kotari ili mjesni odbori)	local committees of Zagreb (hr: mjesni odbori Zagreba)
China You'd better read Project China and place:CN before editing. Maybe conflict with this table, please use that as standard	N/A	Provinces / 省级行政区	Prefectures / 地级行政区	County / 县级行政区	State-level new areas and other special areas in large scale/ 国家级新区、国家级高新区、非行政区界等大尺度特殊情况	Township / 乡级行政区 Town / 镇 Subdistrict / 街道	Other special areas in small scale/ admin_level=7所下辖的类乡级行政区界及乡级行政区和村级之间的管辖机构界等小尺度特殊情况	Village / 村级自治组织 Neighbourhood community / 社区
	SARs / 特别行政区界线 (Hong Kong and Macau) (proposed by User:miklcct)	N/A	Hong Kong / Kowloon / New Territories	Districts	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
			Macau / Coloane / Taipa / Cotai	Freguesias
Country	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Cuba (proposed by User:Ricky75, User:Carluti)	N/A	Provincia	N/A	Municipio	N/A	Ciudades	N/A	Barrios
Cyprus / Κύπρος / Kıbrıs	De facto partitions: Republic of Cyprus (RoC) Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) (de-facto a country border hence has passport control, barriers, soldiers etc.) UN buffer zone (should also be marked military=danger_area where applicable)	N/A	The 6 districts (e.g. left district (el:)Λάρνακα, en:Larnaca; right district (el:)Λεμεσός, en:Limassol)	N/A	Municipalities	Communities	Municipality Quarters / Parishes	Settlement
Czech Republic	N/A	Statistic regions (NUTS 2)	N/A	Regions (kraj) (NUTS 3)	Districts (okres) (LAU 1)	Towns / villages (obec) (LAU 2)	N/A	Cadastral places (katastrální území)
Congo-Kinshasa (DRC) (proposed by clairedelune)	N/A	Province (26)	"Ancienne" province	Territoire / Ville	Collectivité (secteur, chefferie, cité) / Commune	Groupement / Quartier	Localité ou village (terroir) / Cellule	Subdivision interne au village / Bloc
Denmark (proposed)	N/A	Regioner (regions - administrative unit)	N/A	N/A	Kommune (municipalities)	N/A	Christiansø Administration (administration)	N/A
Dominican Republic (proposed)	N/A	Province (Provincia)	N/A	Municipality (Municipio)	N/A	District (Distrito municipal)	N/A	N/A
Ecuador (proposed by Temporalista)	N/A	Provincia	N/A	Cantón	Límite Urbano (ciudades)	Parroquia Urbana	Barrio (Urbano), Comunidad (Rural)	N/A (¿sectores censales?)
Egypt (proposed by Metehyi)	Governorate (Mouhafazah محافظة)	fixme	fixme	fixme	fixme	fixme	fixme	fixme
El Salvador (proposed by AragonChristopherR17z)	fixme	Departamento	Distrito	Municipio	Cantón	Caserío	Barrio/Colonia	fixme
Equatorial Guinea (proposed by johanemilsson)	Regiones (Insular Region and Continental Region)	Provincias	N/A	Districts	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Estonia (proposed)	N/A	N/A	N/A	Countys (maakonnad)	Municipalities (vallad, omavalitsuslikud linnad)	Tallinn and Kohtla-Järve (as settlement units)	Settlement units (asustusüksused: külad, alevikud, alevid, vallasisesed linnad), city districts (linnaosad, in Tallinn and Kohtla-Järve)	Subdistricts (asumid, in Tallinn)
Country	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ethiopia (proposed by Ukundji)	N/A	Administrative States (9)	Zones (68+2)	Woreda (550+6)	N/A	Kebele	N/A	villages (Gots)
Finland (proposed by Boozeman, augmented by Skela)	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/kunnanosien suuralueet (Helsinki; Espoo, Vantaa ...)	City/municipal districts(kaupunginosat/kunnanosat): Kulosaari
France (in use)	Territorial areas (non purely administrative: one for Metropolitan France including Corsica, and one for each overseas departement) Overseas collectivities	Régions (note: 7 régions have replaced the 16 former régions still used by NUTS2 and ISO3166-2)	Circonscription départementale (replacing a splitted former department, for the préfecture of Rhône, still used by NUTS3 and ISO3166-2)	Départements (similar to NUTS3 and ISO3166-2), including the new department of Rhône (a sous-préfecture) The Métropole de Lyon (also a sous-préfecture)	Arrondissements (subdivision of departements around a sous-préfecture) (note: previously used for EPCI, which are now outside the admin_level scheme)	Communes Use name=* to indicate the name of the commune, and ref:INSEE=* to indicate the unique identifier given by INSEE (COG).	Arrondissements municipaux (in Paris, Lyon, Marseille only), or communes associées and communes déléguées (in partially merged communes).	Quartiers (used for the local democracy). May also be subvidided at level 11 into micro-quartiers in some densely populated cities.
• French Polynesia	The overseas collectivity	N/A	N/A	Administratrive subdivisions (ISLV, IDV, Marquises, Tuamotu-Gambiers, Australes)	N/A	Communes (unitaires ou groupées)	Communes associées	District
Gabon (proposed by johanemilsson)	N/A	Provinces	N/A	Departments	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Gambia (proposed by kalc 7 May 2017)	N/A	Regions (Divisions)	LGAs	Districts
Georgia (see also Administrative Divisions of Georgia)	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	federal states border (Bundesland) (NUTS 1)	state-district border (Regierungsbezirk) (NUTS 2)	county borders (Landkreis / Kreis / kreisfreie Stadt / Stadtkreis) (NUTS 3)	amt (Amtsgemeinde, Verwaltungsgemeinschaft) (LAU 1)	Towns, Municipalities / City-districts (Stadt, Gemeinde) (LAU 2)	Parts of a municipality with parish councils / self government (Stadtbezirk / Gemeindeteil mit Selbstverwaltung)	Parts of a municipality without ... (Stadtteil / Gemeindeteil ohne Selbstverwaltung)
	Umgestellt Dez. 2008 / levels changed Dec. 2008 (siehe Diskussionsseite / see discussion page), see also the proposal with 11 values in next table below
Ghana (proposed)	N/A	Region	N/A	District	N/A	Town/Village	N/A	Neighborhood/Borrow
Guinea - Guinée (proposed / used)	N/A	Region	N/A	Prefectures	N/A	Sub-prefectures (Communes)	Villages / Towns	Quartiers (Neighbourhoods)
Greece (proposed)	Όρια Αυτόνομης Μοναστικής Πολιτείας Αγίου Όρους	Όρια Αποκεντρωμένων Διοικήσεων	Όρια Περιφερειών (NUTS 2)	Όρια Περιφερειακών ενοτήτων (NUTS 3)	Όρια Δήμων	Όρια Δημοτικών ενοτήτων	Όρια κοινοτήτων, πρώην διαμερισμάτων (LAU)	N/A
Guatemala (proposed --Esteban Ortiz 21 June 2009 (UTC))	N/A	State border (Departamentos)	N/A	Municipal border (Municipios)	N/A	City and town border (Zonas)	N/A	N/A
Haiti (Republic of) (proposed --Vsandre 16:19, 15 January 2010 (UTC))	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)
Honduras (proposed --Antonio Locandro 11 March 2014)	N/A	Departamentos (State Border)	N/A	Municipios (Municipal Border)	N/A	Aldeas (Admin level border which encompass several towns / cities)	Ciudades (Cities)	Barrios y Colonias (Neighborhoods)
Hungary (proposed / used)	N/A	Országrészek (Groups of Regions, NUTS 1)	Régiók (Regions, NUTS 2)	Megyék / főváros (Counties / capital city, NUTS 3)	Járások (LAU 1)	Települések (LAU 2)	Kerületek (Districts)	N/A
Country	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Iceland	N/A	N/A	Landshlutar - Regions	Sveitarfélög - Municipalities	N/A	N/A	Hverfi - Districts	Hverfahlutar - Neighbourhoods
India (see also administrative divisions)	Division	State	District	Subdistrict (Tehsil / Mandal / Taluk)	Metropolitan Area	Municipal Corporation / Municipality / City Council	Civic Zone	Village/Civic Ward
Indonesia	N/A	Province	City / Regency (Kotamadya / Kabupaten)	Subdistrict (Kecamatan)	Village (Kelurahan / Desa)	Hamlet (Dusun)	Community Group (Rukun Warga)	Neighborhood Unit (Rukun Tetangga)
Iraq (proposed by johanemilsson, modified Øukasz	Iraqi Kurdistan (Arbil, Duhok, Sulaymaniyah) region	governorates (muḥāfażah)		districts (qadha)	subdistricts (nahya)	boroughs (hay) in urban and counties (mukataa) in rural areas	neighbourhoods (mahalla) in urban and villages (qarya) in rural areas
Ireland	N/A	Reserved for compatibility with UK states (eg Northern Ireland)	Province	County	Adminstrative County, County City	Borough & Town council, Dublin Postal Districts	Electoral Division	Townland
Isle of Man	N/A	N/A	N/A	Sheedings	N/A	Parish / Village / Town	N/A	N/A
Israel Palestine	N/A	מחוז (כולל הגדה המערבית ורצועת עזה) District (including West Bank and Gaza Strip)	נפה תחומי A, B, C של הגדה המערבית Sub-district Areas A, B, C of West Bank	אזור טבעי (בשטח פלסטיני: נפה) Natural Region (In Palestinian Territory: Sub-district)	מטרופולין Metropolitan area	עיר, מועצה מקומית, מועצה אזורית בשטחים הפלסטיניים: עירייה רמה א' או ב' City, Local council, Regional council In Palestinian Territory: Muncipality (grade 1, 2)	תחת עיר ומועצה מקומית: רובע תחת מועצה אזורית: יישוב בשטחים הפלסטיניים: עירייה רמה ג' או ד' Under city and local council: Borough Under regional council: Village In Palestinian Territory: Muncipality (grade 3, 4)	שכונה Neighborhood
Italy (as discussed on the Italian Mailing list Vol 16, Issue 27, Dieterdreist - Updated March 9 2019 Ilbano)	N/A	per i confini regionali (en: boundary of regions)	N/A	per i confini provinciali (en: boundary of provinces)	per le comunità montane (en: mountain community) o le unioni di comuni (en: union of municipalities)	per i confini comunali (en: boundary of municipalities)	N/A	per le circoscrizioni (dove sono rimaste) o per le località (en: boundary of districts)
Côte d'Ivoire	N/A	district (example: Lagunes) où disctrict autonome (example: Abidjan) place=state (not place=district)	region (example: Agnéby-Tiassa) place=region	département (example: Département Sikensi) place=province	sous-préfecture (example: Sous-prefecture Bingerville) place=county	commune (example: Yopougon)	village place=village	quartier
Japan (copied from Japan tagging#Boundary)	Reserved for state border - 道州制)	Prefecture border	Sub Prefecture border (振興局・支庁 in Hokkaido)	County (郡)	Municipal border (Cities, Towns, Villages, Special wards of Tokyo)	Suburb; Wards of cities designated by government ordinance 政令指定都市 , Wards designated by local ordinance - 地域自治区	Quarter; Major Neighbourhood - 大字 (大字の下に字がある地域の場合のみ使用、それ以外はneighbourhood)	Neighbourhood ; Minor Neighbourhood - 町, 字, 丁, 丁目 (字名が「大字-字」の2段階になってない場合は、すべてこちら)
Jordan	N/A	governorate	N/A	district	subdistrict	N/A	N/A	N/A
Kenya (proposed)	Provinces (old system and retained in new system for local region reference)	Counties (new system)	Districts (old system)	Subcounties - also called constituencies. (new system)	Local authorities & Divisions cities, municipalities, towns and counties (not to be confused with national counties admin_level=4).	Wards (new system). Mostly identical to Locations.	Locations (old system). Mostly identical to Wards.	Villages (new system) & Sublocations (old system)
Kiribati (proposed)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Island Councils (24) Example: Abemama, South Tabiteuea etc	N/A	N/A
Kosovo (proposed/used, proposed by MarcRKS & bardhazizi)	N/A	Districts (Rajonet e Kosovës) ?	N/A	Municipalities (Komunat e Kosovës)	N/A	Settlements / Cadastral zones (Zonat kadastrale)	N/A	City districts and neighbourhoods (Lagjjet)
Laos (proposed)	N/A	Provinces (Lao: ແຂວງ khoueng) or one prefecture (kampheng nakhon)	N/A	Districts (Lao: ເມືອງ mɯ́ang)	Villages (Lao: ບ້ານ ban)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Latvia (proposed)	N/A	N/A	N/A	Municipalities (Novadi), Cities (Valstspilsētas)	Towns (Pilsētas)	Rural territories (Pagasti)	Villages (Ciemi)	Suburbs (Priekšpilsētas)
Lebanon source [1])	N/A	Governorate (Mouhafazah محافظة)	Qadaa (also known as Caza قضاء ج. أقضية)	Federation of municiplalities (إتحاد بلديات)	Municipality (بلدية)	منطقة عقاريّة	N/A	N/A
Lesotho (proposed by Adrian Frith)	N/A	Districts	N/A	Constitutencies	N/A	Community councils	N/A	N/A
Liberia (proposed by Rafael Ávila Coya)	N/A	Counties (15)	N/A	Districts (90)	N/A	Clans (chiefdoms?)	N/A	N/A
Libya (proposed by Jano John Akim Franke)	N/A	district (Shabiya)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Country	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Lithuania	N/A	Counties (Apskritys)	Municipalities (Savivaldybės / Rajonai)	Elderships (Seniūnijos)	N/A	Miestai / miesteliai / Kaimai (Cities / towns / villages)	N/A	City/Town suburbs (Miesto / miestelio dalys / miesto seniūnijos)
Luxembourg	N/A	N/A	N/A	Cantons (region)	N/A	Communes	Sections / Villages / Neighbourhoods	N/A
Madagascar (proposed)	Faritany mizakatena (provinces)	Faritra (regions)	N/A	Distrika (districts)	N/A	Kaominina (communes)	Firaisana (arrondissements)	Fokontany (sections, communities of settlements / townships / villages)
Malaysia	territories (wilayah) (proposed)	negeri (states)	bahagian (divisions) Sabah & Sarawak only	daerah (districts)	daerah kecil (subdistricts)	mukim (townships)	N/A	kampung, taman, dll (municipalities, including townships, cities, villages, etc.)
Malawi (proposed)	Regions	Districts		Traditional authorities (rural areas), Urban administrative wards (urban centers)		SC - sub-chiefs governed under the authority of the local traditional authority. The sub-chiefdoms are used in order to create reasonably sized administrative units within large TAs. Wards - the urban equivalent of a rural traditional authority or sub-chief area. Area - Numbered administrative wards in Lilongwe city. (Malawi Atlas)	GVH	Village
Mali (proposed)	N/A	Régions	N/A	Cercles	N/A	Commune	N/A	N/A
Malta (proposed)	N/A	N/A	N/A	Islands (gżejjer) (NUTS 3)	Regions (reġjuni) (LAU 1)	Local councils (kunsilli lokali) (LAU 2)	N/A	N/A
Mauritania (proposed)	N/A	Régions (Wilayas)	N/A	Départements (Moughataa)	N/A	Arrondissement	Communes	N/A
Mexico (proposed by OSM México) (source: [2])	N/A	State borders		Municipal border		city / town limit	district limits / delegaciones	city sectors / colonias
Moldova (Republic of Moldova) (proposed by Moldovan_Merkator, Anatolie Golovco, Oleg_MD / in use)	- Disputed territory - unrecognized state (Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic )	- Autonomous regions UTA Găgauzia and ATU from the left bank of the Dniester (UAT din stînga Nistrului) - Districts (Raioane) [ex: Florești, Briceni, etc.] - Second level Municipalities (Municipiile de nivelul II) Chișinău, Bălți and Bender	- Găgăuzia Districts (Raioane) Comrat, Ceadîr-Lunga and Vulcănești Districts - Transnistria Districts (Raioane) Rîbnița, Dubăsari, Grigoriopol and Slobozia Districts - Transnistria Cities Tiraspol City Council and Bender City Council	- First level Municipalities (Municipiile de nivelul I) [ex.: Orhei, Ungheni, etc.]	- Chișinău Municipality's sectors (Sectoarele Municipiului Chișinău) [ex.: Rîșcani, Buiucani, etc.]	- Towns (Orașe) [ex.: Briceni, Glodeni, Dubăsari, etc.] - Communes (Comune) [ex.: Larga, Crocmaz, etc.] - Villages that do not form a commune (Satele care nu formează o comună) [ex.: Talmaza, Copanca, Bocani, etc.]	- The intravilane limit of villages, towns and cities (Limita intravilana a satelor, orașelor și municipiilor) [ex.: Căinari, Cricova]	- Quarters (Cartiere)
Montenegro (proposed)	N/A	N/A	N/A	municipalities (opštine / општине)	N/A	settlements (naselja / насеља)	N/A	N/A
Morocco (proposed) (See: [[3]])	N/A	Regions (Wilaya) (جهات المغرب)(ولاية)	Provinces, Prefectures (الأقاليم والعمالات)	(Districts) Cercles (الدائرة), Pashalik, Préfectures d'Arrondissements (عمالات المقاطعات)	Caïdats (القيادة), (الإداري	Urban and Rural Municipalities (الجماعات الحضرية) ,and Communes (القروية), Arrondissements (المقاطعات)	N/A	quartiers
Mozambique (proposed)	Regions // Regiões (Norte, Centro, Sul)	Provinces // Províncias	Districts OR Province Capital Cities // Distritos OU Cidades Capitais Provinciais	Administrative Post // Posto Administrativo	Headquarters of Administrative Post // Sede do Posto Administrativo	Neighbourhoods // Bairros	Blocks // Quarteirões	Group of 10 houses // Grupo das 10 casas
Myanmar (proposed) (see administrative divisions)	N/A	states, regions, union territory, self-administered zones and divisions (ပြည်နယ်, တိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ပြည်တောင်စုနယ်မြေ, ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ် ချုပ်ခွင့်ရဒေသ, ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ် ချုပ်ခွင့်ရ တိုင်း)	N/A	cities (as the only city in Myanmar, Yangon encompasses several districts)	districts (cities like Mandalay or Naypyidaw are each one district) (ခရိုင်)	townships, city-districts (မြို့နယ်)	subtownships	villages
Nepal (proposed)	Province	Development Region	Zones	Districts	Rural municipalities, Municipalities, Sub metropolitans and Metropolitans (Nepali: गाउँपालिका,नगरपालिका, उप-महानगरपालिका, महानगरपालिका )	Cities/Villages (This admin level in OSM is what the Nepal Gov. calls a "Village Development Committee" (VDC) (Nepali: गाउँ विकास समिति; gāun bikās samiti))	Ward	Tole
Netherlands, Kingdom of the (see administrative divisions of the Kingdom and administrative divisions of the Netherlands)	Countries (landen). These are Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten.	Provinces (provincies, NUTS 2, only in European Netherlands), e.g. Zeeland, Noord-Holland.	N/A	N/A	N/A	Municipalities (gemeenten, LAU 2, only in European Netherlands), e.g. Amsterdam, Schiermonnikoog.	N/A	Settlements (woonplaatsen, only in European Netherlands): non-autonomous municipal subdivisions, registered in BAG. Retain even if congruent with municipality (admin_level=8) and thus not a subdivision in the strict sense.
						Caribbean public bodies (Caribische openbare lichamen, only in Caribbean Netherlands). These are Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba. Known colloquially as special municipalities (bijzondere gemeenten).
						In Aruba (proposed): Districts (municipalities) known as GAC regions.
New Zealand (in use; see also proposal with 11 values in next table below)	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 (Auckland) and community boards (elsewhere) (Note: wards are electoral constituencies for the territorial authority council and have no adminsitrative function)	N/A	N/A
Nicaragua (proposed)	N/A	Departamentos, such as Chontales and RAACS	N/A	Municipios, such as Boaco and Juigalpa	Indigenous territories, such as Tawira and Mayagna Sauni Bu	City boundaries, such as Granada and León	Distritos, Comarcas, such as Distrito I and El Almacen	Barrios / Residenciales / Colonias, such as Villa Sandino and Bosques de Altamira
Niger (proposed)	N/A	Régions	N/A	Départements	N/A	Communes	N/A	N/A
Nigeria (proposed)	Geopolitical zones (6)	States (36) + the federal capital territory	N/A	Local Government Areas (774)	N/A	Wards (10 to 15 for each LGA - They are like councils)	N/A	N/A
North Korea (proposed)	N/A	Province (도), Capital city (직할시), Special city (특별시)	N/A	County (군), City (시)	Ward (구역)	Town (읍), Village (리), Neighbourhood (동), Workers' district (로동자구)	N/A	N/A
North Macedonia (proposed by User:borces) (see also mk:Административна поделба на Македонија)	N/A	Статистички Региони (Statistical regions)	N/A	Град Скопје (City of Skopje)	Општини (Municipalities )	Град/Село (city / town / village)	Населби (suburb)	Маало / Локалитет (neighbourhood / locality)
Norway (proposed)	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
Country	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Pakistan (proposed)	Division ڈویژن	Province صوبہ	District ضلع	Sub-district تحصیل	?	Metropolitan Corporation بلدیہ عظمیٰ	Union Council یونین کونسل	N/A
Panama	N/A	Provincias (puede ser comarca)	Regiones Indígenas	Distritos / Municipios	N/A	Corregimientos (puede ser comarca)	Comunidad (rural) Localidad (urbana)	Barrios Barriada
Paraguay	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	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, replaced by 11 admin_levels)	Regions	Provinces	Provincial Legislative Districts (if any)	Cities and Municipalities	City/Municipal Legislative Districts (if any)	Other administrative districts (if any) (proposed: Barangays)	Zones (if any) (proposed: Purok/Sitio)	Barangays (proposed: gated communities (i.e. subdivisions) or any other type of community which does not constitutes their own low-level local government units (i.e. old city districts, Poblacion))
Portugal (Project page)	N/A	Autonomous Regions	N/A	Districts	Municipalities	Civil parishes	N/A	N/A
	N/A	Regiões autónomas	N/A	Distritos	Concelhos	Freguesias	N/A	N/A
Romania (România) (proposed)	N/A	Macroregions (NUTS1) or other divisions of equivalent size if they will ever be used in administration	Regions (NUTS2) same as above	Counties (Judeţe) and the Municipality of Bucharest (NUTS-3) currently those are set to 4, this is intended and will be changed if and when higher levels will be implemented in administration	Metropolitan zones (or other type of inter-municipal association)	Municipalities (Comune, Orașe, Municipii) (NUTS-LAU); Bucharest's sectors	Villages, administrative parts of cities / municipalities	Neighbourhoods
Country	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Russia (Russian Federation) (details)	Federal districts	Federal subjects	Groups of municipal districts / urban okrugs, administrative okrugs / districts of federal cities	Municipal districts and okrugs of federal subjects (except federal cities), urban okrugs, including ZATO and urban okrugs with intracity division	N/A	Urban and rural municipalities, municipal intra-city territories of federal cities, districts of urban okrugs with intracity division	Districts and other administrative-territorial units of urban and municipal okrugs	(Under discussion: all hamlets / suburbs or only suburbs with local government offices)
	Федеральные округа	Субъекты федерации	Объединения муниципальных районов / городских округов, административные округа / районы городов федерального значения (ГФЗ)	Муниципальные районы и округа субъектов федерации (кроме ГФЗ), городские округа, в т.ч. ЗАТО и ГО с внутригородским делением		Городские и сельские муниципальные образования, внутригородские муниципальные образования ГФЗ, районы ГО с внутригородским делением	Районы и другие административно-территориальные единицы городских и муниципальных округов	(Обсуждается: все населённые пункты либо только микрорайоны с территориальными управлениями администрации)
Saint Lucia (proposed by Pierrick Blaise)	N/A	Districts	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
San Marino (proposed)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Municipalities (castelli)	N/A	N/A
Serbia (agreed) (see Administrative division or Statistical regions for possible future division)	N/A	autonomous provinces аутономне покрајине (future NUTS1?)	statistical regions статистички региони (NUTS2?)	districts окрузи (NUTS3?)	cities градови (NUTS3?)	municipalities општине и градске општине (LAU1?)	settlements насеља (LAU2?)	local communities месне заједнице
Senegal (proposed)	N/A	boundary of the "Regions" like Saint-Louis, Matam...	boundaries of the "Départements" see a list here	N/A	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	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	NUTS 2 Region (Groups of Regions): (SK: oblasti: Bratislavský kraj, západné Slovensko, stredné Slovensko, východné Slovensko)	NUTS 3 Kraj (region borders) (SK: hranica kraja, vyššieho územného celku)	N/A	borders of Bratislava and Košice (SK: hranice miest Bratislava a Košice)	N/A	LAU 1 Okres (district borders) (SK: hranica okresu)	LAU 2 Obec (Town/Village), autonomous towns in Bratislava and Košice	Katastrálne územie (Cadastral place) (SK: katastrálne územie obce)
Slovenia (see Regije and Upravna delitev Slovenije)	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	provincial borders	N/A	district borders (borders of district municipalities and metropolitan municipalities)	N/A - Proposed change to municipal borders (borders of local municipalities within districts) (proposed by Ian Coetzee on 4 December 2021)	municipal borders (borders of local municipalities within districts) - Proposed change to city/town borders (proposed by Ian Coetzee on 4 December 2021)	N/A - Proposed change to ward borders (proposed by Ian Coetzee on 26 November 2021)	ward borders - Proposed change to suburb borders (proposed by Ian Coetzee on 26 November 2021)
South Korea (ROK) (proposed by namuori under discussion talk-ko Sep-2012)	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, -ga 가; Within a -do (도의): -eup 읍 : -myeon 면	N/A	Village (-ri, 리), -tong 통
South Korea (merge with above for readability)	N/A	Province (-do, 도), Metropolitan City (gwangyeok-si 광역시), Special City (Seoul)(teukbyeol-si 특별시)	N/A	County (-gun, 군), City (-si, 시), Basic Self-Governing Entity (BSGE, 기초자치단체)	District (-gu, 구). Special Self-governing Province (Jeju)(teukbyeol-jachido 특별자치도)	N/A	N/A	N/A
South Sudan (proposed by clairedelune)	Historical region (3)	State (28)	(Before 2015) State (10)	County (86)	Payam (580)	Boma (2092)	Village	Village subdivision (rural) / Block (urban)
Spain (proposed) Frontera nacional.	(Unused) Groups of Spanish autonomous communities (NUTS 1).	Autonomous communities (NUTS 2).	N/A	Provinces, see boundary=political for insular councils (NUTS 3).	Judicial districts, comarcas (counties) and cuadrillas.	Municipalities, equivalent to townships, communes.	Districts (parishes).	Wards.
	(No usado) Grupos de comunidades autónomas (NUTS 1).	Comunidades autónomas (NUTS 2).		Provincias, ver boundary=political para cabildos insulares (NUTS 3).	Partidos judiciales, comarcas y cuadrillas.	Municipios, equivalentes a ayuntamientos o conceyos de Asturias y concellos de Galicia.	Distrito (Entidad colectiva de población): diputaciones, pedanías, parroquias civiles de Galicia, parroquias rurales de Asturias, hermandades, ledanías, concejos de Navarra y concejos de Álava.	Entidad singular de población: villa, lugar, aldea, caserío, poblado, barrio, urbanización.
Eswatini (proposed by Adrian Frith)	N/A	Tifundza (regions)	N/A	Tinkhundla (constituencies)	N/A	Imiphakatsi (chiefdoms)	N/A	N/A
Country	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Suriname (proposed by Pander)	N/A	Districten (districts equivalent to counties or provinces)	N/A	N/A	N/A	Ressorten (resorts approximately equivalent to municipalities)	N/A	N/A
Switzerland (proposed by studerap, extened by t-i)	N/A	Cantons (de: Kantone) Example: Aargau, Vaud	Administrative region or other who isn't a district (de: Verwaltungs­regionen, fr: Régions administratives).	Districts (de: Bezirke/Ämter, fr: districts) e.g. Entlebuch. Schaffhausen, Neuchâtel, and Geneva don't have districts.	Circles or something other between districts and municipalities.	Municipalities (de: Gemeinden/Städte, fr: communes/villes) Example: Basel, Montreux	Suburbs (de: Stadtkreise/Stadtteile, fr: secteurs) e.g. Kreis 7 (Zurich)	Quarters (de: Quartiere, fr: quartiers) e.g. Les Pâquis (Geneva)
Sweden	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 In Umeå, this is called "Stadsdel" (Backenområdet, Marieområdet)	Stadsdel / Primärområde Example: Masthugget, Södermalm etc In Umeå, this is called "Stadsdelsområde" (Backen, Umedalen, Mariehem, Marieberg)
Syria	N/A	Governorates محافظة muhafazah	Districts منطقة mintaqah	Subdistricts ناحية‎‎ nahiya	N/A	Cities, towns and villages of Subdistrict Damascus Municipalities بلدية baladiyah	N/A	Damascus neighborhoods الحي hayy
Taiwan (Rep. of China)	N/A	Municipality 直轄市; Provintial municipality 省轄市; County 縣	N/A	N/A	District 直轄市、省轄市的區	County-administered city 縣轄市; Township 鄉/鎮	Village 村/里	Neighbourhood 鄰
Tajikistan (proposed by Maailma)	N/A	Border of Province (3), Region (1) and Capital city (Sughd Province, Region of Republican Subordination, Khatlon Province, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Dushanbe)	N/A	District (e.g. Varzob, Khovaling, Murghob)	N/A	Jamoat (e.g. Sarichashma)	N/A	Deha (village) / micro rayons
Tanzania (proposed)	Zone (e.g. Northern Zone)	Region (e.g. Arusha)	District (e.g. Arumeru)	Division (e.g. Mbarika)	Ward (e.g. Usa River)	N/A	Village (in rural context) or Sub-ward/Mtaa (e.g. USA River; urban)	Shina (area of responsibility of a Mjumbe or Tencell)
Togo (proposed)	N/A	Région / Commune de Lomé (statut particulier)	Préfecture (note : la préfecture du Golfe, dans la région Maritime, couvre également Lomé)	Sous-préfecture (note : Lomé est également une sous-préfecture)	Commune (sauf Lomé)	Arrondissement municipal	Quartier	Village
Tunisia	N/A	Borders of the 24 Governorates of Tunisia	Delegations (Districts) Borders	Imadats (Sectors) Borders	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Turkey See NUTS as well	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	LAU 1 (aka NUTS 4) the boundary of districts (turkish ilçe)	LAU 2 (aka NUTS 5) boundaries of incorporated villages	boundaries of neighbourhoods and unincorporated villages	N/A	Village subdivisions (Turkish: "küme evleri")
Uganda	Borders of the regions of Uganda (which do not have any political or administrative importance)	Borders of the 112 districts of Uganda	N/A	the boundary of counties	N/A	the boundary of sub-counties	the boundary of Parishes	the boundary of Zones (in Kampala only)
Ukraine (details) The admin_level values listed here are deprecated and not recommended for use. The Ukrainian community is currently discussing a new tagging scheme.	N/A	Crimea, Oblasts, Kyiv and Sevastopol / АР Крим, області, Київ і Севастополь / АР Крым, области, Киев и Севастополь	N/A	Crimea rayons, rayons in oblasts, cities of regional significance / Райони в Криму, райони в областях, міста обласного значення / Районы в Крыму, районы в областях, города областного значения	Administrative rayons in cities and towns, united territorial communities / Адміністративні райони у містах, об'єднані територіальні громади / Административные районы в городах, объединённые территориальные громады	Local radas in rayons in Crimea and oblasts / Місцеві ради в районах Криму і областей (міські ради, селищні ради, сільські ради) / Местные советы в районах Крыма и областей (городские советы, поселковые советы, сельские советы)	Settlements per se / Власне населені пункти / Собственно населённые пункты	N/A
United Kingdom	N/A	England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland	England: Combined Authorities The former Government Regions no longer exist (and were never really "administrative" anyway)	England: Two-tier non-metropolitan counties, Metropolitan counties, Unitary authorities, City of London Scotland: council areas Wales: principal areas/awdurdodau unedol Northern Ireland: currently unmapped - local government district?? also need to consider compatibility with Ireland	N/A	England only: Metropolitan districts, non-metropolitan districts, London boroughs	N/A	England: civil parishes Scotland: community councils Wales: communities/cymunedau
United States Simplified/generalized; see United_States_admin_level and United States/Boundaries	There are semi-official and unofficial regions, see List_of_regions_of_the_United_States. These aren't "administrative regions" but geographical, possibly cultural regions; do not tag these admin_level=3.	the 50 states, three Territories, two Commonwealths and the District of Columbia	New York City (an agglomerate of multiple county equivalents), Grand_Divisions_of_Tennessee	state counties and "county equivalents," territorial municipalities	civil townships (in about one-third of states)	state municipalities: cities, towns and villages; infrequently, hamlets	wards (rare)	neighborhoods (infrequent), homeowner associations (infrequent)
Uruguay (proposed by Zeroth)	N/A	department borders	N/A	local board limits (municipios)	N/A	city / town limit	N/A	barrios
Uzbekistan (proposed by User:Uzbekistaan)	N/A	Border of Provinces (viloyat), Autonomous Republic (1) and Capital city (12 regions, Tashkent city and Karakalpakstan Republic	N/A	District (tuman), and cities of regional subordination (viloyatga bo'ysunuchi shaharlar). (e.g. Zomin tumani, Shayhontohur tumani, Andijon shahri.	N/A	cities of regional subordination (tumanga bo'sunuvchi shaharlar), urban settlements (Uzbek: shaharcha) and rural community of citizens (Uzbek: qishloq fuqarolar yig'ini, (e.g. Osmonsoy QFY, Zomin shaharchasi)	N/A	Mahalla (neighborhood), qishloq village) / kichik tumanlar (mikro rayon)
Vanuatu (proposed by Øukasz (talk) 00:17, 17 November 2018 (UTC))	N/A	Province	N/A	Area (sometimes referred to as Area Council. Municipalities of Port Vila and Luganville are their own Areas)	N/A	Ward (subdivision of Municipalities, and in some cases former Municipalities)	Community (Nakamal council) (Not typically used by the central government, but in use to further subdivide some Areas)	N/A
Vietnam (proposed by Ninomax) (see also this page)	N/A	province border : Tỉnh, thành phố trực thuộc TW	N/A	district / township border : quận, huyện, thị xã, thành phố thuộc tỉnh	N/A	commune / town / ward border : phường, xã, thị trấn	N/A	N/A
Zambia (proposed)	N/A	Provinces	Districts	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Country	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
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Table 2: Countries using admin_level 3–11

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Country	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Bolivia (proposed)	N/A	Departamentos / state border	Regiones / regions	Provincias / provinces	Regiones metropolitanas / metropolitan regions	Municipios, Territorio indígena originario campesinos, Pueblos / municipalities, Indigenous-original-farmer territories, towns	Partes del municipio con autoridad, macrodistritos, comunas, juntas vecinales / parts of the municipality with authority, macro-districts, municipalities, neighborhood councils	Partes del municipio sin autoridad / parts of the municipality without authority	Organizaciones territoriales de base (OTB), Barrios, Unidad Vecinal (UV) / territorial base organizations, neighbourhoods, neighborhood unit
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	federal states border Bundesland NUTS 1	state-district border Regierungsbezirk NUTS 2	county borders Landkreis / Kreis / kreisfreie Stadt NUTS 3	amt [4] 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.
Country	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Iran	N/A	Province (استان/Ostan)	County (شهرستان/ Shahrestan)	District (بخش/Bakhsh)	• City (شهر/Shahr) • Municipality or rural agglomeration (دهستان/Dehestan)	Village (روستا/Rousta)	Urban District (منطقه شهری)	Urban Area (ناحیه شهری)	Neighborhood (محله/Mahaleh)
Mozambique (proposed)	N/A	States (Províncias)	N/A	N/A	N/A	Municipalities (Municípios)	Districts (Distritos Municipais)	Postos Administrativos	Neighbourhoods (Bairros)
Country	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Philippines	10-admin level proposal is replaced by 11-admin_level, with sitios and puroks taking admin_level=11. See old administrative levels at table above
new levels Philippines	Regions (Rehiyon)	Provinces (Lalawigan)	Provincial legislative districts	Cities/municipalities (Lungsod/bayan)	City/municipal legislative districts	Administrative districts of Manila, Iloilo City and Davao City, former barangays that remain in use for addressing purposes (e.g. in Quezon City, Caloocan)	Barangay zones	Barangay	Sitio/purok
Poland	N/A	województwa (voivodships, provinces, regions). Details in Polish	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. Details in Polish	gminy (municipalities) - some cities have municipality status - in OSM their borders have both relations - one as a city and second as a municipality. Details in Polish	cities, towns and villages. (miasta, miasteczka i wsie). Details in Polish	City districts (dzielnice)	Przysiółki - usually isolated parts of villages. Details in Polish	boundaries for neighborhoods (osiedla)
Thailand See (Thailand administrative levels)	N/A	Province / จังหวัด Bangkok / กรุงเทพมหานคร	N/A	District / อำเภอ District / เขต (in Bangkok)	Subdistrict Administrative Organization (SAO) / องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบล (อบต.) City Municipality / เทศบาลนคร Town Municipality / เทศบาลเมือง Subdistrict Municipality / เทศบาลตำบล Pattaya City / เมืองพัทยา	Subdistrict / ตำบล Subdistrict / แขวง (in Bangkok)	Khwaeng / แขวง (in municipality)	Village / หมู่บ้าน	Community / ชุมชน
Turkmenistan (proposed)	N/A	Provinces / Welayatlar / Области (e.g., Ahal)	Provincial districts / Welayatyň etraplary / Районы областей (e.g., Ak Bugday etrap)	N/A	N/A	Cities and Towns / Şäherler we Şäherçeler / Города и поселки (e.g., Ashgabat, Dashoguz, Ýölöten)	Rural Councils and Municipal Boroughs with mayors, Villages / Geňeşler we Şäheryň häkimli uly etraplary, Obalar / Сельсоветы и крупные городские районы с мэром, Села (e.g., Babarap, Köpetdag etrap)	Neighborhoods, Hamlets, Municipal Districts / Ýaşaýaş toplumlary, Oba ilatly punktlar, Şäheryň kiçi etraplary we etrapçalary / Микрорайоны, Хуторы (e.g., Parahat 7, Çoganly Ýaşaýaş Toplumy)	Subdistricts / Etrabyň etraplary / Субмикрорайоны (e.g., Parahat 7/2)
Venezuela	N/A	The main first-level administrative division in this country: Estado (State) Distrito Capital (Capital District) Dependencia Federal (Federal Dependencies)	Some administrative elements in certain parts of this country: Distrito Metropolitano Alcaldía Mayor	The main second-level administrative division in this country: Municipio (Municipality)	The main third-level administrative division in this country: Parroquia (Parish)	Cities, towns and other inhabited places: city town village hamlet	Neighborhoods in general, into which a city or town is subdivided: suburb quarter neighbourhood	Neighborhoods in general, within other neighborhoods in general: suburb quarter neighbourhood	Others minor administrative elements, or a third-level subdivision of neighborhoods
Country	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11

See also

• Relation:boundary - For grouping boundaries and marking enclaves/exclaves
• border_type=* - Marks the difference between different types of borders, such as maritime boundaries or imported borders
• capital=* - The capital of a country or administrative divisions within countries
• United States admin_level - for a more complete listing of admin_levels, some per-state
• Country code - for adding ISO 3166-1 specific country codes
• Tools by user wambacher: https://wambachers-osm.website/boundaries/ and User:Wambacher#International_Administrative_Boundaries
• SHPtoOSMBoundaries python script. If the SHP contains Administrative Boundaries and you want to transform them into OSM in order to autogenerate and join the multiple boundary relations before importing them.
• Cosmogony is a set of tools to extract, see and check administratives boundaries from OSM