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Administrative division

A territorial entity for administration purposes

Political, cultural, and ecological system or set of views based on naturally defined areas called bioregions

Canton (administrative division)

Type of administrative division of a country

Distinct territorial body or political entity

Geographical and administrative region in some countries

Department (administrative division)

Administrative or political division in some countries

Dependent territory

Territory that does not possess full political independence as a sovereign state

Administrative division, in some countries, managed by local government

Federal district

Country subdivision administered by the federal government rather than being its own constituent state; may or may not have its own local government

Federated state

Territorial and constitutional community forming part of a federal union

Historical region

Geographic or cultural region which existed in the past, that may or may not still exist.

Administrative division having corporate status and usually some powers of self-government or jurisdiction

Parish (administrative division)

Administrative non-ecclesiastical division

An administrative jurisdiction or subdivision in any of various countries

A major administrative subdivision within a country or sovereign state

Two or three-dimensionally defined space, mainly in terrestrial and astrophysics sciences

Regional geography

Branch of geography

Geographical region that has been designated as having common cultural or environmental characteristics

Type of settlement or urban area