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Overview of administrative subdivisions of states

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Afghanistan (proposé)	—	Province (ولايت wilayah)	Districts (Wuleswali)	—	—	—	—	—	—
Albanie (proposé)	—	counties qark NUTS 3	—	—	municipalities bashkia LAU	administrative unit (njësia administrative) (former urban (bashki) and rural (komunë) municipalities)	subdistricts njësi bashkiake	—	—
Algérie (proposé)	—	Wilayas (régions)	—	Daïras (arrondissements)	—	Communes Utilisez name=* pour préciser le nom et ref:ONS=* pour préciser l'identifiant unique fourni par l'ONS	—	—	—
Andorre (proposed)	—	—	—	—	Parròquies borders (communes)	Municipality borders Only used for the capital city Andorra la Vella	—	—	—
Angola (proposed)	—	Províncias (Provinces)	—	Municípios (Municipalities)	Comunas (Urban districts or Communes)	—	—	—	—
Antigua-et-Barbuda (proposed)	—	Territorial borders	—	Parishes and dependencies borders	—	—	—	—	—
Argentine (proposed)	—	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	—	—
Arménie (proposed)	—	Marz (Province) / Yerevan	Municipality / Yerevan districts	City/Town	Village	Neighbourhood	—	—	—
Australie see Aust. Tagging Guidelines	—	State/Territory borders	—	Local Government Areas (LGAs), and Unincorporated Areas borders	(ACT only) District borders	—	Locality borders	—	—
Autriche	—	State/province Bundesland NUTS 2	—	District Politischer Bezirk Gemeindekennzahl: xxx	—	Municipality Gemeinde Gemeindekennzahl: xxxyy LAU	Wiener / Grazer / ... Stadt- / Gemeindebezirk	(opt.) Stadtteile / Katastralgemeinde	—
Azerbaïdjan	—	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)	—	—	municipalities (bələdiyyələr)	—	—	—
Bahamas (proposed)	—	—	—	Central government district - New Providence only	—	Districts of the Bahamas (Local government)	—	—	—
Bahreïn (proposed)	—	Governorate	—	Municipality Example: Al Manamah, Ras Rumman etc	—	—	Neighbourhood	—	—
Bengladesh (proposed) (see also administrative divisions)	—	Division	District	Subdistrict (Upazila / Thana)	City Corporation	Municipal Corporation / Pourashava	Union	—	—
Barbade (proposed)	National Border (Island coastline)	—	—	Parishes of Barbados	—	—	Suburbs, Hamlets and Villages	Neighbourhoods, Housing Developments	—
Biélorussie (proposed)	—	Oblasts (вобласьць / область)	—	Regions (раён / район)	—	Soviets of settlement (сельсавет / cельсовет)	Suburbs (раён гораду / район города)	Municipalities (населены пункт / населённый пункт)	—
Belgique (proposed / in use) (see boundary=political for linguistic communities)	—	Regions Gewesten / Régions NUTS 1	—	Provinces NUTS 2	Administrative arrondissements Arrondissementen / Arrondissements NUTS 3	Municipalities LAU	Deelgemeenten / sections	Wijken / quartiers	—
Belize	—	Districts	—	—	Cities	Towns	Villages, Suburbs	Hamlets, Neighbourhoods	—
Bénin	—	Département	—	Commune	Arrondissement	Village/Quartier de ville	—	—	—
Bhoutan (proposed by ff5722)	—	Dzongkhag	Dungkhag	Gewog	Thromde	—	—	—	—
Bolivie (proposed / in use)	—	División administrativa de primer nivel (First-level administrative division): → Departamentos (State)	Regiones (Regions)	División administrativa de segundo nivel (Second-level administrative division): → Provincias (Provinces)	Regiones metropolitanas (Metropolitan regions)	División administrativa de tercer nivel (Third-level administrative division): → Municipios, Territorio indígena originario campesinos (Municipalities, Indigenous originary campesino territories / Native community lands)	Distritos (Districts)	Subdistritos (Subdistricts)	Organizaciones territoriales de base (Territorial base organizations): → Barrios, Junta Vecinal, Unidad Vecinal (Neighbourhoods) → Comunidad Campesina o Agraria, Sindicato Agrario o Campesino (Agricultural/Rural community, Agricultural/Rural union) → Pueblo Indígena (Indigenous community)
Bosnie-Herzégovine (proposed / in use)	—	entity entitet / eнтитет / district distrikt / дистрикт note	canton (FBiH) kanton (FBiH) / županija (FBiH) / кантон (ФБиХ)	city grad / град	muncipality općina / opština / општина	local committee mjesna zajednica / мјесна заједницa	settlement naselje / насеље	—	—
Botswana proposed	—	10 Districts (rural districts), 2 Cities, 5 Towns (urban districts)	—	Subdistricts	—	Towns and Villages	—	—	—
Brésil	Regiões (Sul, Sudeste, Centro-Oeste, Norte, Nordeste) (regions)	Unidades Federativas (Estados e Distrito Federal) (states and Federal District)	Regiões Geográficas Intermediárias (Intermediate Geographic Regions) Mesorregiões (meso-regions)	Regiões metropolitanas (metropolitan areas)	Regiões Geográficas Imediatas (Immediate Geographic Regions) 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 SubDistritos (suburbs and neighborhoods)	—
Brunéi (proposed by User:Zulfadli51)	—	Districts (daerah)	—	Mukims (subdistricts)	—	Villages (kampung or kampong), as designated by the Survey Department	—	—	—
Bulgarie	—	Provinces области NUTS 3	Municipalities общини) LAU	City Districts райони в София, Пловдив и Варна	Borders of mayoraltites кметства	Borders of cities, towns and villages землища	Districts and suburbs квартали и предградия	Suburb parts, neighborhoods части от квартали, махали	—
Burkina Faso (proposed)	—	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)	—	—
Burundi (proposed by Arie Scheffer)	—	Provinces	—	Communes	—	Collines	—	Sous-Collines	—
Cambodge (proposed by User:GeoMechain) See also Wikipedia	—	Provinces (ខេត្ត khaet)	—	Districts (ស្រុក srok), Sections (ខណ្ឌ khan), Municipalities (ក្រុង krong)	—	Communes (ឃុំ khum), Quarters (សង្កាត់ sangkat)	—	—	—
Cameroun	Reserved for historic constituent states	Regions, like Extrême-Nord (similar to NUTS 2)	—	Départements, like Mayo-Danay (similar to NUTS 3)	Arrondissements, like Njombe Penja	Communes, like Melong. Use name=* to indicate the name of the commune	—	Non-offical quartiers?	—
Canada Varies by province; see Canada admin level.	—	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	—
Cap-Vert proposed	—	—	—	Municipalities	—	in use, fixme	Civil parishes	—	—
Central African Republic (proposed)	—	Préfectures, like Ouham	—	Sous-préfectures, like Bouca	Communes?	Arrondisements?	Quartiers?	Sub-quartiers?	—
Tchad (proposed by Pete Masters) See also Wikipedia	—	Régions (23)	—	Départments (61)	Sous-préfectures (200)	Cantons (446)	Villages ou localités	Quartiers (subdivisions internes au village)	—
Chili	—	Regiones	—	Provincias	—	Comunas	—	—	—
Chine You'd better read China/Boundaries before editing. Maybe conflict with this table, please use that as standard	Reserved for Greater administrative region 预留为大行政区	Municipality / Province / Autonomous Region 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 (Town / Subdistrict) 乡镇级行政区（镇、街道）	Other special areas in small scale 林业局、农垦管局等小尺度特殊情况	(Administrative) Village / Community (Quarter) 行政村、社区	(Natural) Village / Group (Neibourhood) 自然村、生产队、村民小组、居民小组
	SARs / 特別行政區 (Hong Kong and Macau / 香港及澳門) (proposed by User:miklcct)	—	Hong Kong / Kowloon / New Territories 香港/九龍/新界	Districts / 區	—	—	—	—	—
			Macau / Coloane / Taipa / Cotai 澳門/路環/氹仔/路氹	Freguesias / 堂區
Colombie	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)	—
Comoros proposed	—	Les 3 îles (préfectures)	—	—	—	communes	—	—	—
Congo-Brazzaville proposed	—	Départements	in use, arrondissements ?	Districts	—	in use, fixme	in use, fixme	in use, fixme	—
Congo-Kinshasa (RDC) (proposed by clairedelune)	—	Province (26)	"Ancienne" province	Territoire / Ville	Collectivité (secteur, chefferie, cité) / Commune	Groupement / Quartier	Localité ou village (terroir) / Cellule	Subdivision interne au village / Bloc	—
Costa Rica	—	Provincia	—	Cantón	—	Distrito	—	Barrio	—
Côte d'Ivoire	—	District (example: Lagunes) ou District 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) place=municipality	Village place=village	Quartier place=neighbourhood	—
Croatie (see Upravna podjela)'	Regions Regija NUTS 2 To be tagged with boundary=statistical	counties županije NUTS 3	—	—	cities/towns or municipalities gradovi ili općine LAU	settlements naselja	city districts or local committees gradske četvrti/kotari ili mjesni odbori	local committees of Zagreb mjesni odbori Zagreba	—
Cuba (proposed by User:Ricky75, User:Carluti)	—	Provincia	—	Municipio	—	Ciudades	—	Barrios	—
Chypre / 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)	The 6 de jure Districts	The 5 districs of RoC and 6 districts of TRNC (ex LAU 1)	Municipalities & Community Clusters LAU	Municipal Quarters	Communities	Municipality Districts/ Parishes	Settlement	—
République tchèque	Cohesion Regions regiony soudržnosti NUTS 2 to be tagged with boundary=statistical	Regions kraje NUTS 3	Districts okresy (ex LAU 1) / Prague municipal districts obvody Prahy	AD MEP SO ORP / Prague administrative districts SO Prahy	AD MAMA SO POÚ	Municipalities obce LAU / Military areas vojenské újezdy	Municipal boroughs of statutory cities městské části/městské obvody	Local committees místní výbory / Local commissions místní komise	—
Danemark (proposed)	—	Regions Regioner NUTS 2	—	—	Municipalities Kommune LAU	—	Christiansø Administration	—	—
Djibouti proposed	—	Régions (إقليم)	—	Districts (ar:?)	—	Villes, villages (ar:?)	—	—	—
Dominica proposed	—	Parishes	—	in use, city ?	—	—	—	in use, quarter ?	—
République dominicaine (proposed)	—	Province (Provincia)	—	Municipality (Municipio)	—	District (Distrito municipal)	—	—	—
Équateur (proposed by Temporalista)	—	Provincia	—	Cantón	Límite Urbano (ciudades)	Parroquia	Barrio (Urbano), Comunidad (Rural)	N/A (¿sectores censales?)	—
Égypte (proposed by Metehyi)	—	Governorate (Muhafazah محافظة)	—	—	Municipal division	fixme	fixme	—	—
Salvador (proposed by AragonChristopherR17z)	—	Departamento	Distrito	Municipio	Cantón	Caserío	Barrio/Colonia	—	—
Guinée Équatoriale (proposed by johanemilsson)	Regiones (Insular Region and Continental Region)	Provincias	—	Districts	—	—	—	—	—
Érithrée proposed	—	Régions (ti:ዞባ, ar:إقليم)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Estonie (proposed)	—	—	—	Countys maakonnad (ex LAU 1)	Municipalities vallad, omavalitsuslikud linnad LAU	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	—
Swaziland (proposed by Adrian Frith)	—	Tifundza (regions)	—	Tinkhundla (constituencies)	—	Imiphakatsi (chiefdoms)	—	—	—
Éthiopie (proposed by Ukundji)	—	Administrative States (9)	Zones (68+2)	Woreda (550+6)	—	Kebele	—	villages (Gots)	—
Fidji proposed	—	Divisions	—	Provinces	—	—	—	—	—
Finlande (proposed by Boozeman, augmented by Skela)	Main areas Pääalueet NUTS 1 Manner-Suomi	Regions Maakunnat NUTS 3 Uusimaa	—	—	Sub-regions Seutukunnat (ex LAU 1) Helsingin seutukunta	Municipalities Kunnat / Kaupungit LAU 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 NUTS 2 and ISO3166-2)	Circonscription départementale (replacing a splitted former department, for the préfecture of Rhône, still used by NUTS 3 and ISO3166-2)	Départements (similar to NUTS 3 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 LAU 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 subdivided at level 11 into micro-quartiers in some densely populated cities.	—
	French Polynesia	—	—	Administrative subdivisions (ISLV, IDV, Marquises, Tuamotu-Gambiers, Australes)	—	Communes (unitaires ou groupées)	Communes associées	Districts, quartiers, ou ile (for info, non administrative)
Gabon (proposed by johanemilsson)	—	Provinces	—	Departments	—	—	—	—	—
Gambie (proposed by kalc 7 May 2017)	—	Regions (Divisions)	LGAs	Districts	—	—	—	—	—
Géorgie (Details - Administrative Divisions of Georgia)	Borders of the disputed territories (Abkhazia/Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, South Ossetia/Samachablo)	Borders of autonomous republics, regions and Tbilisi (as a region itself)	—	Borders of municipalities	—	Cities limits	—	Borders of cities' administrative districts	—
new levels: Allemagne see also Grenzen in Deutschland and Diskussionsseite / discussion page	—	Federal states Bundesland NUTS 1	State-districts Regierungsbezirk NUTS 2	Districts Landkreis / Kreis / kreisfreie Stadt NUTS 3	Amts Samtgemeinde, Verwaltungsgemeinschaft LAU 1	Municipalities, Towns / City-districts Stadt, Gemeinde LAU	Parts of a municipality with parish councils / self government Stadtbezirk / Gemeindeteil mit Selbstverwaltung	Parts of a municipality without ... Stadtteil / Gemeindeteil ohne Selbstverwaltung / Gemarkung	subdivision of Gemarkung Flur
Ghana (proposed)	—	Region	—	District	—	Town/Village	—	Neighborhood/Borrow	—
Grèce (in use)	Autonomous monastic state of Mount Athos αυτόνομη μοναστική πολιτεία Αγίου Όρους	Decentralized administrations Αποκεντρωμένες διοικήσεις	Regions Περιφέρειες NUTS 2	Regional units Περιφερειακές ενότητες NUTS 3	Municipalities Δήμοι	Municipal units Δημοτικές ενότητες	Municipal communes Δημοτικές κοινότητες LAU	—	—
Grenada proposed	—	—	—	Parriches (6) / Dependency (1)	—	—	—	—	—
Guatemala (proposed by Esteban Ortiz 21 June 2009	—	State border (Departamentos)	—	Municipal border (Municipios)	—	City and town border (Zonas)	—	—	—
Guernesey (Bailliage) (in use)	—	Islands with separate jurisdictions: Guernsey (incl. Herm and Jethou), Alderney, Sark (incl. Brecqhou)	—	—	—	Parishes	Subdivisions of Vale (Vingtaine de l'Epine and Clos du Valle)	Cantons (St. Peter Port)	—
Guinée (proposed / used)	—	Region	—	Prefectures	—	Sub-prefectures (Communes)	Villages / Towns	Quartiers (Neighbourhoods)	—
Guinea-Bissau proposed	Bissau Autonomous Sector (Sector autónomo de Bissau) / Provinces (provincias)	Regions (regiões)	—	Sectors (sectores)	—	—	—	—	—
Guyana proposed	—	Regions	—	Neighbourhood Democratic Councils	—	Districts ?	—	Quarters/Neighbourhoods ?	—
Haïti (Republic of) (proposed by Vsandre 15 January 2010	—	State border (Départements) (Layer 1)	Districts (Arrondissements)	Search-And-Rescue sectors (temporary)	—	City and town border (communes) (Layer 2)	—	Suburbs (sections) (Layer 3)	—
Holy See (Vatican City) proposed	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Honduras (proposed by Antonio Locandro 11 March 2014)	—	Departamentos (State Border)	—	Municipios (Municipal Border)	—	Aldeas (Admin level border which encompass several towns / cities)	Ciudades (Cities)	Barrios y Colonias (Neighborhoods)	—
Hongrie (proposed / used)	—	Groups of Regions Statisztikai nagyrégiók NUTS 1 Statistical unit	Regions Tervezési-statisztikai régiók NUTS 2 Statistical unit	Counties / capital city Megyék / főváros NUTS 3	Districts Járások (ex LAU 1)	Settlements Települések LAU	Boroughs Kerületek	Suburbs Városrészek	—
Islande	—	—	Regions Landshlutar	Municipalities Sveitarfélög LAU	—	—	Districts Hverfi	Neighbourhoods Hverfahlutar	—
Inde (see also administrative divisions)	—	State	District	Subdistrict (Tehsil / Mandal / Taluk)	Metropolitan Area	Municipal Corporation / Municipality / City Council	Civic Zone	Village/Civic Ward	—
Indonésie	—	Province (Provinsi / Daerah Istimewa / Daerah Khusus)	City / Regency (Kota / Kota Administrasi / Kabupaten / Kabupaten Administrasi / Kotamadya)	District (Kecamatan / Distrik / Kapanewon / Kemantren )	Village (Kelurahan / Desa / Gampong / Kampung / Pekon / Nagari)	Hamlet (Dusun)	Community Group (Rukun Warga)	Neighborhood Unit (Rukun Tetangga)	—
Iran	—	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)
Irak (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	—	—
Irlande	—	Reserved for compatibility with UK states (eg Northern Ireland)	Province	County	Adminstrative County, County City	Borough & Town council, Dublin Postal Districts	Electoral Division	Townland	—
Israël Palestine	—	מחוז (כולל הגדה המערבית ורצועת עזה) District (including West Bank and Gaza Strip)	נפה תחומי A, B, C של הגדה המערבית Subdistrict Areas A, B, C of West Bank	אזור טבעי (בשטח פלסטיני: נפה) Natural Region (In Palestinian Territory: Subdistrict)	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	—
Italie (as discussed on the Italian Mailing list Vol 16, Issue 27, Dieterdreist - Updated March 9 2019 Ilbano)	—	Regions Regioni NUTS 2	—	Provinces Provincia NUTS 3	Mountain community per le comunità montane / union of municipalities le unioni di comuni	Municipalities Comuni LAU	—	Districts per le circoscrizioni (dove sono rimaste) o per le località	—
Jamaïque proposed	—	—	Counties	Parishes	—	Settlements (Cities, Towns, Villages ?)	Settlements (Villages ?, Hamlets)	—	—
Japon (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)	—
Jersey (Bailliage) (in use)	—	—	—	—	—	Parishes	Vingtaines (cueillettes in St. Ouen)	Cantons (St. Helier)	—
Jordanie	—	Governorate	—	District	Subdistrict	—	—	—	—
Kazakhstan proposed	—	Regions (облысы) / City of republican significance (Almaty, Astana, Shymkent)	—	Districts (ауданы)	—	Rural district (ауылдық округі)	—	—	—
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)	—	—	—	—	—	Island Councils (24) Example: Abemama, South Tabiteuea etc	—	—	—
Kosovo (proposed/used, proposed by MarcRKS & bardhazizi)	—	Districts Rajonet e Kosovës NUTS 3	—	Municipalities Komunat e Kosovës LAU	—	Settlements / Cadastral zones Zonat kadastrale	—	City districts and neighbourhoods Lagjjet	—
Koweït (proposed)	—	Governorates (Mouhafazah محافظة)	—	Cities / Towns	City blocks / Towns blocks	—	—	—	—
Kirghizistan (proposed)	—	Regions (облусу) / Cities of state importance (Bishkek and Osh)	—	Districts (району) / Cities of district importance (Batken, Kök-Janggak...)	—	Cities / Towns (Balykchy...)	Villages ?	—	—
Laos (proposed)	—	Provinces (Lao: ແຂວງ khoueng) or one prefecture (kampheng nakhon)	—	Districts (Lao: ເມືອງ mɯ́ang)		Sub-districts (Lao: ຕາແສງ tasseng)	—	Villages (Lao: ບ້ານ ban)	—
Lettonie (proposed)	—	—	Municipalities Novadi / Cities Valstspilsētas LAU	—	Towns Pilsētas	Rural territories Pagasti	Villages Ciemi	Suburbs Priekšpilsētas	—
Liban source [1])	—	Governorate (Mouhafazah محافظة)	Qadaa (also known as Caza قضاء ج. أقضية)	Federation of municipalities (إتحاد بلديات)	Municipality (بلدية)	منطقة عقاريّة	—	—	—
Lesotho (proposed by Adrian Frith)	—	Districts	— }}}	Constitutencies	—	Community councils	—	—	—
Libéria (proposed by Rafael Ávila Coya)	—	Counties (15)	—	Districts (90)	—	Clans (chiefdoms?)	—	—	—
Libye (proposed by Jano John Akim Franke)	—	District (Shabiya)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Liechtenstein (proposed)	—	—	—	Electoral districts Wahlkreis	—	Municipalities Gemeinde LAU	—	—	—
Lituanie	—	Counties Apskritys NUTS 3	Municipalities Savivaldybės / Rajonai LAU	Elderships Seniūnijos (ex LAU) 2	—	Cities / towns / villages Miestai / miesteliai / Kaimai	—	City/Town suburbs Miesto / miestelio dalys / miesto seniūnijos	—
Luxembourg (Grand-Duché du)	—	—	—	Cantons (region)	—	Communes communes, Gemeinden, Gemengen LAU	Sections / Villages / Neighbourhoods	—	—
Madagascar (proposed)	Faritany mizakatena (provinces)	Faritra (regions)	—	Distrika (districts)	—	Kaominina (communes)	Firaisana (arrondissements)	Fokontany (sections, communities of settlements / townships / villages)	—
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	—
Malaisie	territories (wilayah) (proposed)	negeri (states)	bahagian (divisions) Sabah & Sarawak only	daerah (districts)	daerah kecil (subdistricts)	mukim (townships)	—	kampung, taman, dll (municipalities, including townships, cities, villages, etc.)	—
Maldives (proposed)	—	Atolls / Capital (Malé)	—	—	—	Islands ?	Districts ?	—	—
Mali (proposed)	—	Régions	—	Cercles	—	Commune	—	—	—
Malte (in use)	—	—	—	Islands gżejjer NUTS 3	Regions reġjuni (ex LAU 1)	Local councils kunsilli lokali LAU	—	—	—
Îles Marshall (proposed)	—	chains (of islands)	—	—	—	Atolls (municipalities	—	—	—
Mauritanie (proposed)	—	Régions (Wilayah)	—	Départements (Moughataa)	—	Arrondissement	Communes	—	—
Mauritius (proposed)	Outer territories (Rodriques, Agaléga, Saint Brandon)	Districts	—	Cities (Vacoas-Phoenix, Quatre Bornes, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Curepipe)	—	Villages ?	—	Hamlets ?	—
Mexique (proposed by OSM México) (source: [2])	—	State borders	—	Municipal borders	—	City / Town limits	District limits / Delegaciones	City sectors / Colonias	—
Micronesia (proposed)	—	States	—	—	—	Municipalities	—	—	—
Moldavie (Republic of Moldova) (proposed by Moldovan_Merkator, Anatolie Golovco, Oleg_MD / in use)	Disputed territory - unrecognized state (Transnistria )	- 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)	—
Monaco (proposed)	—	—	—	—	—	Commune	—	Quartiers administratifs	—
Mongolie (in use) (see administrative divisions)	—	Provinces and capital city хот, аймаг / ᠬᠣᠲᠠ , ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭ 21 aimags + the capital Ulaanbaatar (22 in total). Use ISO3166-2=* (MN-1, MN-035 to MN-073) and ref=* for the 3-digit national code (011, 021 … 085).	—	Soums and districts сум, дүүрэг / ᠰᠤᠮᠤ , ᠳᠡᠭᠦᠷᠭᠡ 330 soums + the 9 districts of Ulaanbaatar (339 in total). ref=* = 5-digit national code (01116 = Songinokhairkhan), which is the 3-digit aimag code plus two digits.	—	Bags and khoroos баг, хороо / ᠪᠠᠭ , ᠬᠣᠷᠢᠶ᠎ᠠ Smallest administrative unit: about 1,640 bags (rural) + 204 khoroos (Ulaanbaatar). ref=* = 7-digit national code (0111651), which is the 5-digit soum code plus two digits. Not yet mapped in OSM (September 2026).	(Neighbourhoods (хороолол), housing estates (хотхон) and villages (тосгон) are not administrative units and have no governor or legal boundary; map them as place=neighbourhood, place=quarter or place=village instead of a boundary relation.)	—	—
Monténégro (proposed)	—	—	—	Municipalities opštine / општине (ex LAU 1)	—	Settlements naselja / насеља LAU	—	—	—
Maroc	N/A	Regions (Wilayah) (ولاية) (جهات المغرب)	Prefectures (العمالات) Provinces (الأقاليم)	N/A	N/A	Urban Communes (Municipalities) (البلديات) (الجماعات الحضرية)	Préfectures d'Arrondissements (عمالات المقاطعات) (only in Casablanca)	Arrondissements (المقاطعات) (only in Casablanca, Rabat, Tanger, Marrakesh, Fez and Salé)	Quartiers (الأحياء)
				Cercles (الدائرة)	Caïdats (القيادة)	Rural Communes (الجماعات القروية)	N/A	N/A
Mozambique (proposed)	Regions // Regiões (Norte, Centro, Sul) Currently not in use	Provinces OR Capital Maputo // Províncias OU Cidade de Maputo	Districts OR Province Capital Cities // Distritos OU Cidades Capitais Provinciais	Administrative Post // Posto Administrativo	—	Neighbourhoods // Bairros	Blocks // Quarteirões Currently not in use	—	—
Birmanie (proposed) (see Administrative divisions of Myanmar)	De facto independent areas (e.g. Wa state)	States, regions, union territory ပြည်နယ်, တိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ပြည်တောင်စုနယ်မြေ	Cities (Yangon, Naypyitaw, Mandalay), self-administered divisions, special regions မြို့တော်, ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရတိုင်း, အထူးဒေသ	Districts, self-administered zones ခရိုင်, ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ် ချုပ်ခွင့်ရဒေသ	Townships မြို့နယ်	Towns, Subtownships မြို့ , မြို့နယ်ခွဲ	Wards, Village tracts ရပ်ကွက်, ကျေးရွာအုပ်စု	Blocks, Villages အပိုင်း, ကျေးရွာ	—
Namibie (proposed)	—	Regions	—	Constituencies	—	Municipalities	—	—	—
Nauru (proposed)	—	Electoral Constituencies	—	Districts	—	—	—	—	—
Népal	Development Regions Not in current use (in use before 2015)	Provinces	Zones Not in current use (in use before 2015)	Districts	Municipalities 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))	Wards	Tole	—
Netherlands (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	—	—	—	Municipalities gemeenten LAU Only in European Netherlands), e.g. Amsterdam, Schiermonnikoog	—	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
Nouvelle-Zélande (in use)	—	Regions (Canterbury, Bay of Plenty, Auckland, Gisborne etc.) governed by a regional council or unitary authority, and the Chatham Islands Territory	—	Districts and Cities governed by a territorial authority (Dunedin City, Kapiti Coast District etc.)	—	Local boards (Auckland) and community boards (elsewhere) (Note: wards are electoral constituencies for the territorial authority council and have no adminsitrative function)	—	—	—
Nicaragua (proposed)	—	Departamentos, such as Chontales and RAACS	—	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)	—	Régions	—	Départements	—	Communes	—	—	—
Nigéria (proposed)	Geopolitical zones (6)	States (36) + the federal capital territory	—	Local Government Areas (774)	—	Wards (10 to 15 for each LGA - They are like councils)	—	—	—
Corée du Nord (proposed)	—	Province (도), Capital city (직할시), Special city (특별시)	—	County (군), City (시)	Ward (구역)	Town (읍), Village (리), Neighbourhood (동), Workers' district (로동자구)	—	—	—
North Macedonia (proposed by User:borces) (see also mk:Административна поделба на Македонија)	—	Statistical regions Статистички Региони NUTS 3	—	City of Skopje Град Скопје	Municipalities Општини LAU	city / town / village Град/Село	suburb Населби	neighbourhood / locality Маало / Локалитет	—
Norvège (proposed)	—	County Fylke (19) NUTS 3 Examples: Rogaland, Hordaland	—	—	Muncipiality Kommue (430) LAU Examples: Stavanger, Sandnes	—	Bydel Examples: Røa, Våland, Minde	—	—
Oman (proposed)	—	Governorate محافظة	—	Provinces ولاية	—	Villages/Towns قرية أو مدينة	—	Blocks/Subdivisons of Villages and Towns مجمع او تقسيمات قرى/مدن	—
Pakistan (proposed)	—	Province صوبہ	Division ڈویژن	District ضلع	Subdistrict تحصیل	Metropolitan Corporation بلدیہ عظمیٰ	Union Council یونین کونسل	—	—
Palaos (proposed)	—	States	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Panama	—	Provincias (puede ser comarca)	Regiones Indígenas	Distritos / Municipios	—	Corregimientos	Comunidad (rural) Localidad (urbana)	Barrios Barriada	—
Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée (proposed)	Regions	Provinces / Autonomous Region of Bougainville / National Capital District	Districts	Urban and Rural LLG (Local-level governments)	in use, fixme	—	in use, fixme	—	—
Paraguay	natural regions regiones naturales	states departamentos	—	—	—	municipal, city limits municipalidades / distritos	—	suburb and locality barrios y compañias rurales	—
Pérou	—	States, Departments Departamentos	—	Regions, Provinces Provincias	—	Counties, Districts Distritos	—	suburb and locality Centros Poblados, Caserío, Anexo, Comunidad Nativa, etc	—
new levels Philippines 10-admin level proposal is replaced by 11-admin_level, with sitios and puroks taking admin_level=11	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
Pologne	Macroregions makroregiony NUTS 1 To be tagged with boundary=statistical	voivodships, provinces, regions województwa NUTS 2 Details in Polish	—	Counties powiaty Some cities have county status - in OSM their borders have both relations - one as a city and second as a county. Details in Polish	Municipalities gminy LAU 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
Portugal (Project page)	—	Autonomous Regions Regiões autónomas NUTS 2 ?	—	Districts Distritos	Municipalities Municípios LAU	Civil parishes Freguesias (ex LAU 2)	—	—	—
Qatar (proposed)	—	Municipalities (baladiyah مدينة)	—	—	—	—	—	Districts	—
Roumanie (România) (proposed)	—	Macroregions Macroregiuni NUTS 1 or other divisions of equivalent size if they will ever be used in administration To be tagged with boundary=statistical	Regions Regiuni NUTS 2 same as above	Counties Judeţe / 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 LAU / Bucharest's sectors	Villages, administrative parts of cities / municipalities	Neighbourhoods	—
Russie (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	—	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)
Rwanda (proposed)	—	Provinces / Kigali City	—	Districts	Chefferies ?	In use: Municipalities ?	In use: Villages ? Hamlets ?	—	—
Saint-Christophe-et-Niévès (proposed)	—	St Kitts / Nevis	—	Parishes	—	—	—	—	—
Sainte-Lucie (proposed by Pierrick Blaise)	—	Districts	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Saint Vincent (proposed)	—	—	—	Parishes	—	—	—	—	—
Samoa (proposed)	—	Borders of 11 Traditional Political Districts	—	Borders of 51 Electoral Constituencies	—	Boundaries of 343+ Villages	—	—	—
Saint-Marin (proposed)	—	—	—	—	—	Municipalities castelli]]	—	—	—
Sao Tome and Principe (proposed)	—	Autonomous Region of Príncipe	—	Districts	Municipalities ?	—	—	—	—
Arabie Saoudite (proposed)	—	Regions (منطقة)	—	Governorate (محافظة)	—	—	Municipalities (بلدية)	Districts (حي)	—
Sénégal (proposed)	—	boundary of the "Regions" like Saint-Louis, Matam...	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	—
Serbie (agreed) (see Administrative division or Statistical regions for possible future division)	—	Autonomous provinces аутономне покрајине (also Serbia - North and Serbia - South NUTS 1 regions)	Regions региони NUTS 2	Administrative districts управни окрузи (areas области) NUTS 3	Cities градови	Municipalities and urban municipalities општине и градске општине LAU	Settlements насеља (ex LAU 2)	Local communities месне заједнице	—
Seychelles (proposed)	—	Groups of Districts (Greater Victoria, Rural Mahé, Praslin, La Digue, Outer Islands)	—	Districts (eg Bel Air)	—	—	—	—	—
Sierra Leone (proposed by IndoFio)	—	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)	—	—	—	—
Singapour (proposed)	—	—	Region	Planning Areas	Subzones	—	—	—	—
Slovaquie	Groups of Regions oblasti NUTS 2/RŠÚJ 2 To be tagged with boundary=statistical	Regions samosprávne kraje NUTS 3/RŠÚJ 3	Bratislava and Košice Bratislava, Košice	Districts okresy (ex LAU 1)/RŠÚJ 4	—	Municipalities obce LAU/RŠÚJ 5	Municipal boroughs of Bratislava and Košice mestské časti Bratislavy a Košíc	Committees of town parts výbory v mestských častiach	—
Slovénie (see Regije and Upravna delitev Slovenije)	—	reserved for regional borders - if they are ever finalized pokrajine	—	—	Administrative units upravne enote (exLAU 1)	Municipalities občine LAU	—	Suburbs, hamlets meje naselij	—
Solomon Islands (proposed)	—	Provinces (9) / Capital	Wards	—	—	—	Suburbs	—	—
Somalie (proposed)	Somaliland (disputed territory)	States (6)	Regions (19)	Districts (106 on wikipedia, currently 88 in osm)	—	—	Quarters	—	—
Afrique du Sud	—	provincial borders	—	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)	—
Corée du Sud (ROK) (proposed by namuori under discussion talk-ko Sep-2012)	—	Regional(State) Border (Metropolitan Self-Governing Entity(MSGE) or 광역자치단체, as per 대한민국의 행정 구역 - 특별시(서울), 광역시, 도, 특별자치도(제주), 특별자치시(세종))	—	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	—	Village (-ri, 리), -tong 통	—
		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)	—		—
Soudan du Sud (proposed by clairedelune)	Historical region (3)	State (28)	(Before 2015) State (10)	County (86)	Payam (580)	Boma (2092)	Village	Village subdivision (rural) / Block (urban)	—
Espagne (proposed) Frontera nacional	(Unused) Groups of Spanish autonomous communities Agrupación de comunidades autónomas NUTS 1	Autonomous communities Comunidades y ciudades autónomas NUTS 2	—	Provinces Provincias See boundary=political for insular councils NUTS 3	Judicial districts, comarcas (counties) and cuadrillas	Municipalities Municipios LAU Euivalent 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.
Sri Lanka (proposed)	—	Provinces (மாகாணம்)	Districts (மாவட்டம்)	Divisions (பிரிவுகள்)	Subdivisions (கிராம சேவையாளர் பிரிவு) ?	Municipalities ?	Suburbs, Quarters, Neighbourhoods ?	—	—
Soudan (proposed)	—	States (Wilayah ولاية)	Big Cities / Regions ?	Districts (fixme, see level 8)	in use, fixme	Districts (fixme, see level 6)	Municipalities ?	in use, fixme	Suburbs, Quarters, Neighbourhood, Blocks ?
Suriname (proposed by Pander)	—	Districten (districts equivalent to counties or provinces)	—	—	—	Ressorten (resorts approximately equivalent to municipalities)	—	—	—
Suède	—	County Län NUTS 3 (21) Example: Västra Götalands län, Örebro län etc.	—	Sámi village Sameby Administers hunting/fishing in fell areas since 2020) Example: Grans sameby, Ubmeje tjeälddie	Muncipiality Kommun (290) LAU Example: Göteborg, Alingsås etc.	District / parish Distrikt previously socken Example: Anundsjö distrikt	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)	—
Suisse (proposed by studerap, extended by t-i)	—	Cantons Kantone NUTS 3 Example: Aargau, Vaud	Administrative region or other which isn't a district Verwaltungs­regionen / Régions administratives	Districts Bezirke/Ämter / districts e.g. Entlebuch Schaffhausen, Neuchâtel and Geneva don't have districts	Circles or something other between districts and municipalities	Municipalities Gemeinden/Städte / communes/villes LAU Example: Basel, Montreux	Suburbs Stadtkreise/Stadtteile / secteurs e.g. Kreis 7 (Zurich)	Quarters Quartiere / quartiers e.g. Les Pâquis (Geneva)	—
Syrie	—	Governorates محافظة muhafazah	Districts منطقة mintaqah	Subdistricts ناحية‎‎ nahiya	—	Cities, towns and villages of Subdistrict Damascus Municipalities بلدية baladiyah	—	Damascus neighborhoods الحي hayy	—
Taïwan (Rép. de Chine)	—	Municipality 直轄市; Provintial municipality 省轄市; County 縣	—	—	District 直轄市、省轄市的區	County-administered city 縣轄市; Township 鄉/鎮	Village 村/里	Neighbourhood 鄰	—
Tadjikistan (proposed by Maailma)	—	Borders of 3 Provinces (Sughd, Khatlon, Districts of Republican Subordination), 1 Region (Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region) and Capital city (Dushanbe)	—	District (e.g. Varzob, Khovaling, Murghob)	—	Jamoat (e.g. Sarichashma)	—	Deha (village) / micro rayons	—
Tanzanie (proposed)	Zone (e.g. Northern Zone)	Region (e.g. Arusha)	District (e.g. Arumeru)	Division (e.g. Mbarika)	Ward (e.g. Usa River)	—	Village (in rural context) or Sub-ward/Mtaa (e.g. USA River; urban)	Shina (area of responsibility of a Mjumbe or Tencell)	—
Thaïlande See also Thailand administrative levels	—	→ Province / จังหวัด → Bangkok / กรุงเทพมหานคร	—	→ 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
Timor-Leste (proposed)	—	Municipalities (pt:município, tet:munisípiu)	Subdistricts (pt:postos administrativos, tet:postu administrativu)	Villages (Sucos) (pt:aldeias (sucos), tet:sukus)	—	—	—	—	—
Togo (proposed)	—	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	—
Tonga (proposed)	—	Administrative divisions (to:?)	Districts (Vahe)	—	in use, fixme	—	—	—	—
Trinidad and Tobago (proposed)	—	Regional corporations / Municipalities / Ward	—	—	—	—	in use, quarters ?	—	—
Tunisie	—	Borders of the 24 Governorates of Tunisia	Delegations (Districts) Borders	Imadats (Sectors) Borders	—	—	—	—	—
Turquie See NUTS as well	Census defined geographical regions Coğrafi Bölgeler NUTS 1 (which are used for administrative purposes and are well-known in the country)	Provinces İller' (81) NUTS 3	—	Districts İlçeler LAU	Incorporated villages Beldeler (ex LAU 2)	Neighbourhoods / unincorporated villages Köyler ve Mahalleler	—	Village subdivisions Köy altı yerleşimler: çiftlik, mezra, kom, divan, oba, yayla, küme evleri	—
Turkménistan (proposed)	—	Provinces / Welayatlar / Области (e.g., Ahal)	Provincial districts / Welayatyň etraplary / Районы областей (e.g., Ak Bugday etraby)	Cities, Towns, Rural Councils / Şäherler, Şäherçeler, Geňeşler / Города, посёлки, сельсоветы (e.g., Balkanabat, Oguzhan, Bugdaýly geňeşligi)	Municipal Boroughs with mayors / Şäheryň häkimli uly etraplary / Крупные городские районы с мэром (e.g., Awaza)	Villages / Obalar / Сёла (e.g., Babaarap)	Municipal Districts / Şäheryň kiçi etraplary (etrapçalary) / Микрорайоны (e.g., Parahat 7)	Hamlets, Neighborhoods, Subdistricts / Oba ilatly punktlary, Ýaşaýyş toplumlary, Etrabyň etraplary / Хуторы, Субмикрорайоны (e.g., Üçgöz, Çoganly Ýaşaýyş Toplumy, Parahat 7/2)	—
Tuvalu (proposed)	—	—	—	—	—	Administrative atolls/islands (9 Districts)	—	—	—
Ouganda	Borders of the regions (which do not have any political or administrative importance)	Borders of the 112 districts	—	Borders of counties	—	Borders of sub-counties	Borders of Parishes	Borders 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.	—	Crimea, Oblasts, Kyiv and Sevastopol АР Крим, області, Київ і Севастополь АР Крым, области, Киев и Севастополь	—	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	—	—
Émirats arabes unis (proposed)	—	Emirates (إمارة)	Capital Abu Dhabi (أبو ظبي)	—	in use, fixme	Municipalities	—	Suburbs / Quarters / Villages ?	—
Royaume-Uni	—	England	Combined Authorities and Greater London The former Government Regions no longer exist (and were never really "administrative" anyway)	Two-tier non-metropolitan counties, Metropolitan counties, Unitary authorities, City of London	—	Metropolitan districts, non-metropolitan districts, London boroughs	—	Civil parishes	—
		Scotland	—	Council areas		—		Community councils
		Wales / Cymru		Principal areas / Awdurdodau unedol				Communities / Cymunedau
		Northern Ireland		Reserved for compatibility with counties in Ireland	Local government district		Electoral Division	Townland
États-Unis Simplified/generalized; see United_States_admin_level and United States/Boundaries	N/A. Semi-official and unofficial regions are not administrative but geographical/cultural; do not tag these with admin_level=3.	the 50 states, 5 populated territories, 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)	—	Department borders	—	Local board limits (municipios)	—	City / town limits	—	Barrios	—
Ouzbékistan (proposed by User:Uzbekistaan)	—	Borders of 12 Provinces (viloyat), 1 Autonomous Republic (Karakalpakstan Republic) and 1 Capital city (Tashkent city)	—	District (tuman) and cities of provinces subordination (viloyatga bo'ysunuchi shaharlar) (e.g. Zomin tumani, Shayhontohur tumani, Andijon shahri)	—	Cities of districts subordination (tumanga bo'sunuvchi shaharlar), urban settlements (shaharcha) and rural community of citizens (qishloq fuqarolar yig'ini) (e.g. Osmonsoy QFY, Zomin shaharchasi)	—	Neighborhood (Mahalla), village (qishloq), small districts (kichik tumanlar (mikro rayon))	—
Vanuatu (proposed by Øukasz (talk) 17 November 2018 )	—	Province	—	Area (sometimes referred to as Area Council. Municipalities of Port Vila and Luganville are their own Areas)	—	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)	—	—
Venezuela	—	First-level administrative division: → State (Estado) → Capital District (Distrito Capital) → Federal Dependencies (Dependencia Federal)	Some administrative elements in certain parts of this country: → Distrito Metropolitano → Alcaldía Mayor	Second-level administrative division: → Municipality (Municipio)	Third-level administrative division: → Parish (Parroquia)	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
Viet Nam	—	Province (tỉnh), city (thành phố)	—	Commune (phường), ward (xã), special administrative region (đặc khu)	—	—	—	—	—
Sahara occidental (proposed)	—	—	—	—	Caidats (القيادة)	Municipalities (الجماعات الحضرية)	—	—	—
Yémen (proposed)	—	Governorates (محافظة)	Aden (مدينة عدن)	Districts (مديرية)	Villages ?	—	—	—	—
Zambie (proposed)	—	Provinces	Districts	—	—	—	—	—	—
Zimbabwé (proposed)	—	Provinces	—	Districts	—	Municipalities ?	—	Suburbs / Wards ?	—
Pays (admin_level=2)	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
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