Subnational entity
Categories: Subnational entities | Subdivisions by country
Subnational entity is a generic term for an administrative region within a country — on an arbitrary level below that of the sovereign state — typically with a local government encompassing multiple municipalities, counties, or provinces with a certain degree of autonomy in a varying number of matters. Confusingly, in countries that are not nation states, this may well mean that some or all "subnational" entities in reality are also national entities.
Subnational entities are conceptually separate from dependent areas so that the former are included in the core or mainland of the respective state.
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Designations
Some of the designations for subnational entities are:
- Autonomous community - Autonomous communities of Spain
- Autonomous region - Political divisions of China
- Bailiwick - Channel Islands
- Bundesland - States of Austria, States of Germany
- Canton - Cantons of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cantons of Switzerland, Cantons of France
- City - Nelson, New Zealand (the only city in the country that is not part of a larger region)
- Commune - Commune in France, Comune of Italy
- Community (subdivision) - Belgium
- County - Counties of Ireland
- Department - Departments of France, Departments of Bolivia
- District
- Municipality - Municipality of China, Municipalities of Sweden
- Parish
- Periphery - Peripheries of Greece
- Prefecture - Prefectures of Japan
- Province - Provinces of Canada, Political divisions of China, Provinces of Madagascar, Provinces of the Philippines, Provinces of Spain, Provinces of Thailand
- Region - Regions of Finland, Regions of France, Regions of New Zealand
- Republic - Republics of Russia
- Shire - Shires of England
- Subprefecture
- State - U.S. state, Australian states and territories, States and territories of India
- Territory - Provinces and territories of Canada, Chatham Islands
- Voivodship - Voivodships of Poland
Terms used in english speaking countries
- Area
- Barangay (Philippines)
- Urban
- County
- Despotate (not subnational)
- District
- Division (sub-national)
- Duchy (partial subnational)
- Empire (not subnational)
- Kingdom
- Local council
- Municipality (Canada)
- also rural municipality [Manitoba]
- regional municipality [Ontario]
- regional county municipality [Quebec]
- Parish
- Prefecture (Rwanda)
- Principality (partial subnational)
- Province
- Region
- Republic (partial subnational)
- Indigenous:
- Electoral:
- State (sub-national)
- Subdivision
- Territory
Native terms
see: List of native terms for subnational entities
Translation into english sometimes is difficult.
Compare:
- Country (a national or supra-national entity)
- Empire (a supra-national entity)
- State (a national or supra-national entity)
See also
- List of terms for subnational entities
- List of subnational entities by country
- List of capitals of subnational entities
- List of subnational name etymologies
- List of the most populous subnational entities
- list of the largest subnational entities by area
| Subnational entity | ||
|---|---|---|
| Banner | Borough | Canton | Circuit | City | Commune | County | Council | Department | District | Division | Dominion | Duchy | Governorate | Hamlet | Municipality | Neighbourhood | Parish | Prefecture | Province | Region | Republic | State | Territory | Town | Township | Village | Voivodship | Community | ||
| Autonomous: | banner | city | community | county | prefecture | province | region | republic | ward | |
| Civil: | parish | township | |
| Federal: | capital | district | capital district | capital territory | |
| Local: | council | |
| Metropolitan: | borough | county | |
| National: | capital district | capital territory | |
| Rural: | council | district | municipality | |
| Urban: | district | |
| edit | See also: List of terms for subnational entities, List of subnational entities, Matrix of subnational entities | |