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Most Known First-Level Subdivision of Every Country In The World

Try to guess the most known subdivisions of every country in the world
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Doesn't count cardinal directions etc.(East, South-west, Central) or capital cities
Quiz by xTigeRx
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Last updated: November 17, 2023
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First submittedNovember 2, 2023
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Afghanistan
Ghor
Albania
Durrës
Algeria
Bouïra
Andorra
Encamp
Angola
Bié
Antigua And Barbuda
Saint Peter
Argentina
Santiago del Estero
Armenia
Ararat
Australia
Tasmania
Austria
Tyrol
Azerbaijan
Shaki
Bahamas
San Salvador
Bahrain
Muharraq
Bangladesh
Chittagong
Barbados
Saint Peter
Belarus
Brest
Belgium
Flanders
Belize
Belize
Benin
Littoral
Bhutan
Haa
Bolivia
Santa Cruz
Bosnia And Herzegovina
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Francistown
Brazil
Rio De Janeiro
Brunei
Brunei-Muara
Bulgaria
Montana
Burkina Faso
Sahel
Burundi
Bujumbura Mairie
Cambodia
Siem Reap
Cameroon
Adamawa
Canada
Quebec
Cape Verde
Sal
Central African Republic
Ouaka
Chad
Bahr el Gazel
Chile
Los Lagos
China
Tibet
Colombia
Amazonas
Comoros
Anjouan
Costa Rica
Limón
Croatia
Split-Dalmatia
Cuba
Santiago de Cuba
Cyprus
Paphos
Czech Republic
Moravia-Silesia
Democratic Republic Of The Congo
Équateur
Denmark
Greenland
Djibouti
Arta
Dominica
Saint Peter
Dominican Republic
Santiago
East Timor
Baucau
Ecuador
Morona-Santiago
Egypt
Alexandria
El Salvador
La Paz
Equatorial Guinea
Djibloho
Eritrea
Gash-Barka
Estonia
Laane
Eswatini
Hhohho
Ethiopia
Somali
Federated States Of Micronesia
Chuuk
Fiji
Rotuma
Finland
Lapland
France
Corsica
Gabon
Estuaire
Gambia
Lower River
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Georgia
Abkhazia
Germany
Bavaria
Ghana
Savannah
Greece
Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian
Grenada
Saint John
Guatemala
Peten
Guinea
Boké
Guinea-Bissau
Oio
Guyana
Barima-Waini
Haiti
Artibonite
Honduras
Valle
Hungary
Vas
Iceland
Akureyri
India
Uttar Pradesh
Indonesia
Bali
Iran
Sistan And Baluchestan
Iraq
Basra
Ireland
Louth
Israel
Tel Aviv
Italy
Sicily
Ivory Coast
La Mé
Jamaica
Saint Mary
Japan
Hokkaido
Jordan
Karak
Kazakhstan
Turkistan
Kiribati
Kenya
Mombasa
Kuwait
Al Asimah
Kyrgyzstan
Osh
Laos
Louangphabang
Latvia
Daugavpils
Lebanon
Mount Lebanon
Lesotho
Butha-Buthe
Liberia
Maryland
Libya
Ghat
Liechtenstein
Schaan
Lithuania
Kaunas
Luxembourg
Esch-sur-Alzette
Madagascar
Sofia
Malawi
Malaysia
Sarawak
Maldives
South Maalhosmadulu
Mali
Gao
Malta
Gozo
Marshall Islands
Lib
Mauritania
Adrar
Mauritius
Mauritius
Mexico
Baja California
Moldova
Transnistria
Monaco
Monte-Carlo
Mongolia
Dornod
Montenegro
Bar
Morocco
Oriantal
Mozambique
Gaza
Myanmar
Wa
Namibia
Zambezi
Nauru
Aiwo
Nepal
Sudurpashchim
Netherlands
Netherlands
New Zealand
New Zealand
Nicaragua
León
Niger
Agadez
Nigeria
Lagos
North Korea
Rason
North Macedonia
Čair
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Norway
Svalbard
Oman
Al Wusta
Pakistan
Gilgit-Baltistan
Palau
Angaur
Panama
Colón
Papua New Guinea
Oro
Paraguay
San Pedro
Peru
Amazonas
Philippines
Cordillera
Poland
Silesia
Portugal
Porto
Qatar
Al Shamal
Republic Of The Congo
Pointe-Noire
Romania
Cluj
Russia
Saint Petersburg
Rwanda
Saint Kitts And Nevis
Saint Kitts
Saint Lucia
Canaries
Saint Vincent And The Grenadines
Saint George
Samoa
A'ana
San Marino
Serravalle
Sao Tome And Principe
Principe
Saudi Arabia
Makkah
Senegal
Saint-Louis
Serbia
Bor
Seychelles
Saint Louis
Sierra Leone
Slovakia
Košice
Slovenia
Dol pri Ljubljani
Solomon Islands
Guadalcanal
Somalia
Somaliland
South Africa
Mpumalanga
South Korea
Busan
South Sudan
Lakes
Spain
Catalonia
Sri Lanka
Sabaragamuwa
Sudan
River Nile
Suriname
Para
Sweden
Gotland
Switzerland
Basel-Landschaft
Syria
Aleppo
Taiwan
Kaohsiung
Tajikistan
Gorno-Badakhshan
Tanzania
Dar es Salaam
Thailand
Nan
Togo
Kara
Tonga
'Eua
Trinidad And Tobago
Tobago
Tunisia
Béja
Turkey
Muş
Turkmenistan
Mary
Tuvalu
Nui
Uganda
Madi-Okollo
Ukraine
Donetsk
United Arab Emirates
Dubai
United Kingdom
England
United States
Texas
Uruguay
Florida
Uzbekistan
Samarqand
Vanuatu
Sanma
Vatican City
Venezuela
Amazonas
Vietnam
Hồ Chí Minh
Yemen
Aden
Zambia
Copperbelt
Zimbabwe
Masvingo
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Level 72
Nov 16, 2023
Why is this a yellow box quiz? To prevent someone from getting both Saint Louis..es? And all three Saint Peters?

Because that's really not a great reason when the "source" you're using for why they're the most common is not yellow box.... It's annoying to have the yellow box without any real need for it, and I'm not exactly seeing the need for it here.

Also, it's just terrible practice to not accept type-ins that are very common and used by your source quiz and not even mention that you're going to do that. I'd give the benefit of the doubt, but there are several examples that are at least very difficult not to notice (Split or Dalmatia for Split-Dalmatia, e.g.) Meanwhile, "Rio" works? Because... you personally don't use the other type-ins, or what? Quiz should not be "guess which type-ins I happen to like". Doubly true when it's yellow box as you'll have quizzers questioning whether they are in the right country's box before realizing you just randomly didn't accept it.

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Level 88
Nov 16, 2023
I agree with most of this
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Level 58
Nov 17, 2023
Thanks for your opinion, and I used auto type-ins and didn't check, my fault
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Level 72
Nov 17, 2023
A substantial improvement, though I still see a major flaw with this quiz.. specifically, that a number of the answers are only most common because of type-ins of cardinal directions or other countries' capitals, which you're discounting for this quiz.

See:

Bahamas - San Salvador

El Salvador - La Paz

Nepal - Sudurpashchim (type-in "West")

Estonia - Laane (west)

What I would advise doing is going to your source quiz, typing in every national capital, every cardinal direction, plus "capital, federal district", and then discounting all of those answers, not just the answers whose names are actually those things.

That being said, there is an argument for something like St Vincent - St George, where genuinely the most well-known subdivisions are all names of Saints, so it may be worth checking up on specific examples if anyone can provide them. But something like Sudurpashchim, when until this year Nepal had "Province No. 1", there's no way more people would have guessed that.

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Level 72
Nov 18, 2023
Also, you could use more type-in help with a few answers.

FBiH, FBH, or even just BH are common type-ins for Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Basel for Basel-Landschaft, Lagos for Los Lagos, Dnistr (Dnister, Nister, Nistr) for Transnistria, Mecca for Makkah, more generous spellings for Kaohsiung (Kaosung?), and Samarqand (Samarkand?), and Baluchestan (Balochistan, Baluchistan?) since transcription to Latin alphabet sometimes sucks, and something at all typable for Ho Chi Minh (and also HCMC for it) because I'm not installing a Vietnamese keyboard for this quiz ;)

Might have missed something, but now it reads very much like you did try and just don't know all the type-ins, not over-relied on auto to do it.

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Level 34
Nov 16, 2023
SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO???????????
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Level 62
Nov 16, 2023
Some of these are super surprising. Like, for South Africa, people know Mpumalanga more than any of the Cape provinces or Guateng? Madi-Okollo is the best-known subdivision of Uganda, more than Jinja or Gulu?
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Level 70
Nov 16, 2023
My guess is that the extensive type ins on the original quiz allow for people to gain credits for some of these answers, while trying to type a different answer.
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Level 72
Nov 18, 2023
Mpumalanga gets credit for "East" between former Eastern Transvaal name and the fact that its current name means East in Nguni languages.

Madi-Okollo, I don't know actually.. mistyping Madrid?

But indeed the original quiz does have a lot of accidental guesses getting unintended things.