Development region

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Development region is a designation for a territorial entity.

It is used for:

Terms for types of administrative territorial entities

Common English terms¹

Territory

Township
- Charter
- Civil
- Paper
- Survey
- Urban

Unit

Zone

Other English terms

Current	Alpine resort Bailiwick Banner Autonomous Block Cadastre Canton Circle Circuit Colony Commune Condominium Constituency Department Overseas department Division Police division Subdivision Duchy Eldership Federal dependency Governorate Hamlet Manor Royal Neighbourhood Parish Periphery Precinct Principality Protectorate Quarter Regency Autonomous republic Reservation Reserve Riding Sector Autonomous Shire Suzerainty Townland Village Administrative Summer Ward

Historical	Agency Barony Burgh Exarchate Hide Hundred Imperial Circle March Monthon Presidency Residency Roman diocese Seat Tenth Tithing

Non-English or loanwords

Current

Historical

v t e Arabic terms for country subdivisions

First-level	Muhafazah (محافظة governorate) Wilayah (ولاية province) Mintaqah (منطقة region) Mudiriyah (مديرية directorate) Imarah (إمارة emirate) Baladiyah (بلدية municipality) Shabiyah (شعبية "popularate")

Second / third-level	Mintaqah (منطقة region) Qadaa (قضاء district) Nahiyah (ناحية subdistrict) Markaz (مركز district) Mutamadiyah (معتمدية "delegation") Daerah/Daïra (دائرة circle) Liwa (لواء banner / sanjak)

City / township-level	Amanah (أمانة municipality) Baladiyah (بلدية municipality) Ḥai (حي neighborhood / quarter) Mahallah (محلة) Sheyakhah (شياخة "neighborhood subdivision")

English translations given are those most commonly used.

v t e French terms for country subdivisions

arrondissement département préfecture subprefectures

v t e Greek terms for country subdivisions

Modern	apokentroménes dioikíseis (el) / genike dioikesis^§ / diamerisma^§ / periphereia nomos^§ / peripheriake enoteta demos / eparchia^§ / koinoteta^§

Historical	archontia/archontaton bandon demos despotaton dioikesis doukaton droungos eparchia exarchaton katepanikion kephalatikion kleisoura meris naukrareia satrapeia strategis thema toparchia tourma

^§ signifies a defunct institution

v t e Slavic terms for country subdivisions

Current	dzielnica gmina krai kraj krajina / pokrajina městys obec oblast / oblast' / oblasti / oblys / obwód / voblast' okręg okres okrug opština / općina / občina / obshtina osiedle powiat / povit raion selsoviet / silrada sołectwo voivodeship / vojvodina županija

Historical	darugha gromada guberniya / gubernia jurydyka khutor obshchina okolia opole pogost prowincja sorok starostwo / starostva uyezd volost ziemia župa

v t e Spanish terms for country subdivisions

National, Federal	Comunidad autónoma Departamento Distrito federal Estado Provincia Región

Regional, Metropolitan	Cantón Comarca Comuna Corregimiento Delegación Distrito Mancomunidad Merindad Municipalidad Municipio Parroquia Ecuador Spain

Urban, Rural	Aldea Alquería Anteiglesia Asentamiento Asentamiento informal Pueblos jóvenes Barrio Campamento Caserío Ciudad Ciudad autónoma Colonia Lugar Masía Población Ranchería Sitio Vereda Villa Village (Pueblito/Pueblo)

Historical subdivisions in italics.

v t e Turkish terms for country subdivisions

Modern	il (province) ilçe (district) belde (town) köy (village) mahalle (neighbourhood/quarter)

Historical	agaluk (feudal district) bucak (subdistrict) beylerbeylik (province) eyalet (province) kadiluk (sub-province) kaza (sub-province) khedivate (viceroyalty) mutasarrıfate (sub-province) bucak/nahiye (sub-district) pashalik (province) raya (Romanian principalities) sanjak (prefecture) vilayet (sub-province) voyvodalık (sub-province)

¹ Used by ten or more countries. Historical derivations in italics.

See also: Census division, Electoral district, Political division and Table of administrative divisions by country

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