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Top 50 Largest Country First-Level Subdivisions by Area

Can you name the 50 largest country first-level subdivisions by area?
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Last updated: September 22, 2021
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First submittedSeptember 14, 2021
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Country
Area (km²)
Subdivision
Russia
3,083,523
Sakha Republic
Australia
2,645,615
Western Australia
Russia
2,339,700
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Denmark
2,166,086
Greenland
Canada
2,038,722
Nunavut
Australia
1,851,856
Queensland
United States
1,717,854
Alaska
China
1,664,897
Xinjiang Uyghur
Brazil
1,570,745
Amazonas
Canada
1,542,056
Quebec
Australia
1,419,630
Northern Territory
Canada
1,346,106
Northwest Territories
Brazil
1,253,164
Pará
China
1,228,400
Tibet
China
1,183,000
Inner Mongolia
Canada
1,076,395
Ontario
Australia
1,044,353
South Australia
Canada
944,735
British Columbia
Brazil
906,807
Mato Grosso
Australia
809,952
New South Wales
Russia
788,600
Khabarovsk Krai
Russia
767,900
Irkutsk Oblast
Russia
750,300
Yamalo-Nenets
Autonomous Okrug
Russia
737,700
Chukotka
Autonomous Okrug
China
721,000
Qinghai
Country
Area (km²)
Subdivision
United States
696,241
Texas
Saudi Arabia
672,522
Eastern Province
Niger
667,799
Agadez Region
Canada
661,848
Alberta
Canada
651,900
Saskatchewan
Canada
649,950
Manitoba
Russia
587,400
Arkhangelsk Oblast
Brazil
586,522
Minas Gerais
Brazil
564,273
Bahia
Algeria
556,200
Tamanrasset
Russia
534,800
Khanty-Mansi
Autonomous Okrug
Mali
496,611
Tombouctou
China
485,000
Sichuan
Canada
482,443
Yukon
Libya
479,160
Kufra
Russia
472,300
Kamchatka Krai
Russia
461,400
Magadan Oblast
China
460,000
Heilongjiang
China
454,000
Gansu
Egypt
440,098
New Valley Governorate
Russia
431,500
Zabaykalsky Krai
Kazakhstan
427,982
Karagandy Region
Algeria
424,948
Adrar
United States
423,967
California
Russia
415,900
Komi Republic
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Level 65
Sep 14, 2021
Good quiz!
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Level 46
Sep 14, 2021
Thank you!
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Level 74
Sep 19, 2021
Seconded
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Level 66
Sep 19, 2021
This was a great and fun quiz to take! Just a small correction, Kufra subdivision is not in Algeria, it is located in Libya.
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Level 46
Sep 19, 2021
Fixed, thank you.
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Level 75
Sep 19, 2021
Timbuktu for Tombouctou? That's the more common Latinization, I think.
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Level 76
Sep 19, 2021
Same comment
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Level 46
Sep 19, 2021
It's now accepted.
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Level 76
Sep 19, 2021
Can you accept Karaganda as well?
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Level 46
Sep 22, 2021
It's accepted now.
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Level 62
Sep 19, 2021
How could I forget the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug?
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Level 87
Sep 20, 2021
I know Canada is ridiculously big, but I still would have never guessed the Yukon is bigger than Nevada, much less California - gotta love the distortion of map projections.
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Level 39
Apr 28, 2023
yukon's size is heavily increased on mercator projection maps. It is pretty clearly much bigger than both california and nevada on a world map. The closer an area is to the equator, the smaller it seems on a world map compared to its actual size. Yukon is therefore one of the most heavily distorted subdivisions in the world and appears much larger than it actually is.
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Level 88
Sep 21, 2021
Nice quiz! Got the biggest 20, plus 17 other smaller regions, but plenty of room for improvement.

I missed Arkhangelsk because I didn't type the H; I always spell it that way and it is accepted on other quizzes. I'll try to remember the correct spelling moving forward, but in case I forget, would you consider accepting "Arkangelsk", without the H?

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Level 46
Sep 22, 2021
It's accepted without the 'H' now.