Country ranking for field: administrative divisions 1992

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This entry generally gives the numbers, designatory terms, and first-order administrative divisions as approved by the US Board on Geographic Names (BGN). Changes that have been reported but not yet acted on by the BGN are noted. Geographic names conform to spellings approved by the BGN with the exception of the omission of diacritical marks and special characters.

	World	187 sovereign nations plus 72 dependent other and miscellaneous areas
1	Croatia	102
2	Chatham Islands Cheviot Clifton Clutha Cook Dannevirke Egmont	93 counties 9 districts* and 3 town districts**; Akaroa Amuri Ashburton Bay of Islands Bruce Buller
3	Turkey	73 provinces
4	Thailand	72 provinces
5	Agusan del Norte Agusan del Sur Aklan Albay Angeles* Antique Aurora	72 provinces and 61 chartered cities*; Abra
6	Bangladesh	64 districts
7	Slovenia	62 provinces
8	Greece	52 departments
9	Vietnam	50 provinces
10	Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of	50 states and 1 district*; Alabama Alaska
11	Poland	49 provinces
12	Côte d'Ivoire	49 departments
13	Algeria	48 provinces
14	Ehime Fukui Fukuoka Fukushima Gifu Gumma Hiroshima Hokkaido Hyogo	47 prefectures; Aichi Akita Aomori Chiba
15	United Kingdom	47 counties 7 metropolitan counties 26 districts 9 regions and 3 islands areas
16	Romania	40 counties
17	Morocco	37 provinces and 5 municipalities*
18	Macedonia	34 districts
19	Guinea	33 administrative regions
20	Mexico	31 states
21	Boulgou Boulkiemde Ganzourgou Gnagna Gourma Houet Kadiogo Kenedougou	30 provinces; Bam Bazega Bougouriba
22	Afghanistan	30 provinces
23	Capital Territory* Adamawa Akwa Ibom Anambra Bauchi Benue Borno Cross	30 states and 1 territory*; Abia Abuja
24	Dominican Republic	29 provinces
25	Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick	26 counties; Carlow Cavan Clare Cork
26	Switzerland	26 cantons
27	Brazil	26 states
28	Albania	26 districts
29	Egypt	26 governorates
30	Iringa Kigoma Kilimanjaro Lindi Mara Mbeya Morogoro Mtwara Mwanza	25 regions; Arusha Dar es Salaam Dodoma
31	Chandigarh* Dadra and Nagar Haveli* Daman and Diu* Delhi* Goa Gujarat	25 states and 7 union territories; Andaman and Nicobar Islands Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar
32	Sweden	24 provinces
33	Indonesia	24 provinces
34	Iran	24 provinces
35	Peru	24 departments
36	Ukraine	24 oblasts
37	Chitipa Dedza Dowa Karonga Kasungu Lilongwe Machinga	24 districts; Blantyre Chikwawa Chiradzulu
38	Anse Boileau Anse Etoile Anse Louis Anse Royale Baie Lazare Baie Sainte	23 administrative districts; Anse aux Pins
39	Colombia	23 departments
40	Argentina	23 provinces
41	Iceland	23 counties
42	China	23 provinces
43	Gabes Gafsa Jendouba Kairouan Kasserine Kebili L'Ariana Le Kef	23 governorates; Beja Ben Arous Bizerte
44	Guatemala	22 departments
45	Togo	21 circumscriptions
46	Island Berry Islands	21 districts; Abaco Acklins Island Andros
47	Venezuela	21 states
48	Ecuador	21 provinces
49	Highlands East New Britain East Sepik Enga Gulf Madang Manus Milne	20 provinces; Central Chimbu Eastern
50	Russia	20 autonomous republics
51	Italy	20 regions
52	Hungary	19 counties
53	Kazakhstan	19 oblasts
54	Cambodia	19 provinces
55	Norway	19 provinces
56	Uruguay	19 departments
57	Paraguay	19 departments
58	Maldives	19 district
59	Mongolia	18 provinces
60	Iraq	18 provinces
61	Angola	18 provinces
62	Portugal	18 districts
63	Bhutan	18 districts
64	Honduras	18 departments
65	Spain	17 autonomous communities
66	Yemen	17 governorates
67	Somalia	16 regions
68	Germany	16 states
69	Laos	16 provinces
70	Cankuzo Cibitoke Gitega Karuzi Kayanza Kirundo Makamba Muramvya	15 provinces; Bubanza Bujumbura Bururi
71	Saudi Arabia	14 emirates
72	Baiti Boe Buada Denigomodu Ewa Ijuw Meneng Nibok Uaboe Yaren	14 districts; Aiwo Anabar Anetan Anibare
73	Cuba	14 provinces
74	Nepal	14 zones
75	Chad	14 prefectures
76	Syria	14 provinces
77	Manchester Portland Saint Andrew Saint Ann Saint Catherine Saint	14 parishes; Clarendon Hanover Kingston
78	El Salvador	14 departments
79	Central African Republic	14 prefectures
80	Ethiopia	14 administrative regions
81	Anne Sandy Point Saint George Basseterre Saint George Gingerland Saint	14 parishs; Christ Church Nichola Town Saint
82	Cabo Verde	14 districts
83	Malaysia	13 states
84	Chile	13 regions
85	Mount Grand Gedeh Grand Kru Lofa Margibi Maryland Montserrado Nimba	13 counties; Bomi Bong Grand Bassa Cape
86	Assaba Brakna Dakhlet Nouadhibou Gorgol Guidimaka Hodh ech Chargui	12 regions(regions singular - region); Adrar
87	Finland	12 provinces
88	Bahrain	12 districts
89	The Netherlands	12 provinces
90	Saint George Saint James Saint John Saint Joseph Saint Lucy Saint	11 parishes; Christ Church Saint Andrew
91	Liechtenstein	11 communes
92	Uzbekistan	11 oblasts
93	Banks/Torres Efate Epi Malakula Paama Pentecote Santo/Malo Shepherd	11 island councils; Ambrym Aoba/Maewo
94	Dauphin Dennery Gros-Islet Laborie Micoud Praslin Soufriere	11 quarters; Anse-la-Raye Castries Choiseul
95	Western Samoa	11 districts; A`ana Aiga-i-le-Tai Atua; Fa`asaleleaga Gaga`emauga Gagaifomauga Palauli Satupa`itea Tuamasaga; Va`a-o-Fonoti Vaisigano
96	Mafeteng Maseru Mohale's Hoek Mokhotlong Qacha's Nek Quthing	10 districts; Berea Butha-Buthe Leribe
97	Mozambique	10 provinces
98	Zaire	10 regions
99	Karamoja Nile North Buganda Northern South Buganda Southern Western	10 provinces; Busoga Central Eastern
100	Extreme-Nord Littoral Nord Nord-Ouest Ouest Sud Sud-Ouest	10 provinces; Adamaoua Centre Est
101	George Saint John Saint Joseph Saint Luke Saint Mark Saint Patrick	10 parishes; Saint Andrew Saint David Saint
102	Senegal	10 regions
103	British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland Northwest	10 provinces and 2 territories*; Alberta
104	Eastern Greater Accra Northern Upper East Upper West Volta Western	10 regions; Ashanti Brong-Ahafo Central
105	Rwanda	10 prefectures
106	Demerara-Mahaica East Berbice-Corentyne Essequibo Islands-West Demerara	10 regions; Barima-Waini Cuyuni-Mazaruni
107	Suriname	10 districts
108	Bulgaria	9 provinces
109	Luapula Lusaka Northern North-Western Southern Western	9 provinces; Central Copperbelt Eastern
110	South Korea	9 provinces
111	San Marino	9 municipalities
112	Moyen-Ogooue Ngounie Nyanga Ogooue-Ivindo Ogooue-Lolo Ogooue-Maritime	9 provinces; Estuaire Haut-Ogooue
113	Sudan	9 states
114	Guinea-Bissau	9 regions
115	Austria	9 states
116	Bolivia	9 departments
117	Haiti	9 departments
118	Congo	9 regions
119	Nicaragua	9 administrative regions encompassing 17 departments
120	North Korea	9 provinces
121	Belgium	9 provinces
122	Hamilton Hamilton* Paget Pembroke Saint George* Saint George's Sandys	9 parishes and 2 municipalities*; Devonshire
123	Panama	9 provinces
124	Islands* Black River Cargados Carajos* Flacq Grand Port Moka	9 districts and 3 dependencies*; Agalega
125	Arima* Caroni Mayaro Nariva Port-of-Spain* Saint Andrew Saint David	8 counties 3 municipalities* and 1 ward**;
126	Mashonaland East Mashonaland West Masvingo	8 provinces; Manicaland Mashonaland Central
127	Mali	8 regions
128	Jordan	8 governorates
129	Town Spot Bay Stake Bay West End Western	8 districts; Creek Eastern Midland South
130	Eastern Nairobi Area* North Eastern Nyanza Rift Valley Western	7 provinces and 1 area*; Central Coast
131	United Arab Emirates	7 emirates
132	Equatorial Guinea	7 provinces
133	Andorra	7 parishes
134	Costa Rica	7 provinces
135	Honiara* Isabel Makira Malaita Temotu Western	7 provinces and 1 town*; Central Guadalcanal
136	Myanmar	7 divisions*
137	Niger	7 departments
138	Belarus	6 oblasts
139	Israel	6 districts
140	Kyrgyzstan	6 oblasts
141	Walk Stann Creek Toledo	6 districts; Belize Cayo Corozal Orange
142	Mono Oueme Zou	6 provinces; Atakora Atlantique Borgou
143	Limassol Nicosia Paphos	6 districts; Famagusta Kyrenia Larnaca
144	Little Martinique* Saint Andrew Saint David Saint George Saint John	6 parishes and 1 dependency*; Carriacou and
145	Andrew Saint David Saint George Saint Patrick	6 parishes; Charlotte Grenadines Saint
146	Capital Territory* New South Wales Northern Territory* Queensland South	6 states and 2 territories*; Australian
147	Madagascar	6 provinces
148	Redonda* Saint George Saint John Saint Mary Saint Paul Saint Peter	6 parishes and 2 dependencies; Barbuda
149	MacCarthy Island North Bank Upper River Western	5 divisions and 1 city; Banjul Lower River
150	Djibouti	5 districts
151	Lebanon	5 governorates
152	Kuwait	5 governorates
153	Capital Territory** North-West Frontier Punjab Sindh; note - the	4 provinces 1 territory* and 1 capital territory*; Balochistan Federally Administered Tribal Areas Islamabad
154	Shiselweni	4 districts; Hhohho Lubombo Manzini
155	Transvaal; there are 10 homelands not recognized by the US - 4 independent	4 provinces; Cape Natal Orange Free State
156	Federated States of Micronesia	4 states; Kosrae Pohnpei Chuuk Yap
157	Monaco	4 quarters
158	Eastern Northern Rotuma* Western	4 divisions and 1 dependency*; Central
159	Brunei	4 districts
160	Turkmenistan	4 oblasts
161	Phoenix Islands; note - a new administrative structure of 6 districts	3 units; Gilbert Islands Line Islands
162	Tajikistan	3 oblasts
163	Saint Peter	3 parishes; Saint Anthony Saint Georges
164	Greenland	3 municipalities
165	Luxembourg	3 districts; Diekirch Grevenmacher Luxembourg
166	Macau	2 districts
167	Georgia	2 autonomous republics
168	São Tomé and Príncipe	2 districts
169	Serbia and Montenegro	2 provinces
170	Ascension* Saint Helena Tristan da Cunha*	1 administrative area and 2 dependencies*;
171	Azerbaijan	1 autonomous republic
172	Turks and Caicos Islands	none
173	Wallis and Futuna	none
174	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	none
175	American Samoa	none
176	Taiwan	the authorities in Taipei claim to be the government of all China; in keeping with that claim the central administrative divisions include 2 provinces
177	Aruba	none
178	Anguilla	none
179	Cook Islands	none
180	Armenia	none - all rayons are under direct republic jurisdiction
181	Comoros	three islands; Njazidja Nzwani and Mwali formerly Grand Comore Anjouan and Moheli respectively; note - there are also four municipalities named Domoni Fomboni Moroni and Mutsamudu
182	Western Sahara	none
183	Bosnia and Herzegovina	NA
184	British Virgin Islands	none
185	U.S. Virgin Islands	none
186	Cocos Islands	none
187	Christmas Island	none
188	Tokelau	none
189	Tonga	three island groups; Ha`apai Tongatapu Vava`u
190	Tuvalu	none
191	Martinique	none
192	Northern Southern	Western Area and 3 provinces; Eastern
193	Denmark	metropolitan Denmark - 14 counties
194	Niue	none
195	Hong Kong	none
196	Isle of Man	none
197	Jersey	none
198	Oman	there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government but there are 3 governorates
199	Northern Mariana Islands	none
200	Norfolk Island	none
201	Latvia	none - all districts are under direct republic jurisdiction
202	Guernsey	none
203	New Caledonia	none
204	Netherlands Antilles	none
205	Oos Damaraland Gobabis Grootfontein Hereroland Oos Hereroland Wes	the former administrative structure of 26 districts has been abolished and 14 temporary regions are still being determined; note - the 26 districts were Bethanien Boesmanland Caprivi
206	Moldova	previously divided into 40 rayons; now to be divided into 7-9 larger districts at some future point
207	Malta	none
208	Mayotte	none
209	Pitcairn Islands	none
210	Guam	none
211	Estonia	none - all districts are under direct republic jurisdiction
212	France	metropolitan France - 22 regions
213	Sabaragamuwa Southern Uva and Western and 24 districts - Amparai	the administrative structure now includes 9 provinces - Central Eastern North North Central North Western
214	Falkland Islands	none
215	Faroe Islands	none
216	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	none
217	Singapore	none
218	Marshall Islands	none
219	French Guiana	none
220	Puerto Rico	none
221	French Polynesia	none
222	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	none
223	Saint-Pierre and Miquelon	none
224	Gibraltar	none
225	Réunion	none
226	Guadeloupe	none
227	Qatar	there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government but there are 9 municipalities
228	Lithuania	none - all rayons are under direct republic jurisdiction

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