What Every Country Calls Their Subdivisions

Almost every country has a name for what they call their first-level subdivisions. Can you name them all?

Answers taken from ALL First-Level Subdivisions of the World With a Map quiz

For countries that use more than one term for their subdivisions, type the name used for the most in that country

The yellow box has been omitted on purpose. Because of this, some answers will fill in a lot of boxes!

The only country with no true subdivisions is Vatican City, which has been removed from this quiz

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Europe
Albania	County
Andorra	Parish
Austria	State
Belarus	Region
Belgium	Region
Bosnia & Herzegovina	Division
Bulgaria	Province
Croatia	County
Czech Republic	Region
Denmark	Region
Estonia	County
Finland	Region
France	Region
Germany	State
Greece	Administration
Hungary	County
Iceland	Municipality
Ireland	County
Italy	Region
Kosovo	District
Latvia	Municipality
Liechtenstein	Municipality
Lithuania	County
Luxembourg	Canton
Malta	Region
Moldova	District
Monaco	Ward
Montenegro	Municipality
Netherlands	Province
North Macedonia	Municipality
Norway	Region
Poland	Province
Portugal	District
Romania	County
Russia	Region
San Marino	Municipality
Serbia	District
Slovakia	Region
Slovenia	Municipality
Spain	Community
Sweden	County
Switzerland	Canton
Ukraine	Region
United Kingdom	Country / Dependency

North America
Antigua & Barbuda	Parish
Bahamas	District
Barbados	Parish
Belize	District
Canada	Province
Costa Rica	Province
Cuba	Province
Dominica	Parish
Dominican Republic	Province
El Salvador	Department
Grenada	Parish
Guatemala	Department
Haiti	Department
Honduras	Department
Jamaica	Parish
Mexico	State
Nicaragua	Department
Panama	Province
St. Kitts & Nevis	Island
St. Lucia	District
St. Vincent & the Grenadines	Parish
Trinidad & Tobago	Region
United States	State

Asia
Afghanistan	Province
Armenia	Province
Azerbaijan	District
Bahrain	Province
Bangladesh	Division
Bhutan	District
Brunei	District
Cambodia	Province
China	Province
Cyprus	District
East Timor	Municipality
Georgia	Region
India	State
Indonesia	Province
Iran	Province
Iraq	Province
Israel	District
Japan	Prefecture
Jordan	Governorate
Kazakhstan	Region
Kuwait	Province
Kyrgyzstan	Region
Laos	Province
Lebanon	Governorate
Malaysia	State
Maldives	Atoll
Mongolia	Province
Myanmar	Region / State
Nepal	Province
North Korea	Province
Oman	Province
Pakistan	Province
Philippines	Region
Qatar	Municipality
Saudi Arabia	Region
Singapore	Council
South Korea	Province
Sri Lanka	Province
Syria	Governorate
Taiwan	County
Tajikistan	Region
Thailand	Province
Turkey	Province
Turkmenistan	Region
United Arab Emirates	Emirate
Uzbekistan	Region
Vietnam	Province
Yemen	Province

Oceania
Australia	State
Fiji	Region
Kiribati	Island
Marshall Islands	Municipality
Micronesia (Fed. States)	State
Nauru	District
New Zealand	Association
Palau	State
Papua New Guinea	Province
Samoa	District
Solomon Islands	Province
Tonga	Division
Tuvalu	Island
Vanuatu	Province

South America
Argentina	Province
Bolivia	Department
Brazil	State
Chile	Region
Colombia	Department
Ecuador	Province
Guyana	Region
Paraguay	Department
Peru	Department
Suriname	District
Uruguay	Department
Venezuela	State

Africa
Algeria	Province
Angola	Province
Benin	Department
Botswana	District
Burkina Faso	Region
Burundi	Province
Cameroon	Region
Cape Verde	Municipality
Central African Republic	Prefecture
Chad	Region
Comoros	Island
Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Province
Congo (Rep. of.)	Department
Djibouti	Region
Egypt	Governorate
Equatorial Guinea	Province
Eritrea	Region
Eswatini	Region
Ethiopia	Region
Gabon	Province
Gambia	Region
Ghana	Region
Guinea	Region
Guinea-Bissau	Region
Ivory Coast	Region
Kenya	County
Lesotho	District
Liberia	County
Libya	District
Madagascar	Region
Malawi	Region
Mali	Region
Mauritania	Region
Mauritius	Island
Morocco	Region
Mozambique	Province
Namibia	Region
Niger	Region
Nigeria	State
Rwanda	Province
São Tomé & Principe	District
Senegal	Region
Seychelles	District
Sierra Leone	Province
Somalia	State
South Africa	Province
South Sudan	State
Sudan	State
Tanzania	Region
Togo	Region
Tunisia	Governorate
Uganda	District
Zambia	Province
Zimbabwe	Province