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Encyclopedia > Block (subnational entity)

A block is a subnational entity in some South Asian countries. Subnational entity is a generic term for an administrative region within a country — on an arbitrary level below that of the sovereign state — typically with a local government encompassing multiple municipalities, counties, or provinces with a certain degree of autonomy in a varying number of matters. ...


In Bhutan it is called gewog. A gewog (Dzongkha block) refers to a group of villages in Bhutan and thus forms an intermediate geographic administrative unit between village and dzongkhag. ...


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India is divided into: States of India and Territories of India Divisions of India Districts of India Tehsils or Talukas blocks Categories: | | ...

Country subdivisions
Administrative divisions - Political divisions - Census divisions - Electoral divisions
Bailiwick | Banner | Block | Borough | Burgh | Canton | Circle | Circuit | City | Commune | Community | Constituency | County | Council | Croft | Department | District | Division | Duchy | Governorate | Hamlet | Hundred | Municipality | Neighbourhood | Parish | Periphery | Prefecture | Province | Region | Republic | Shire | State | Subdistrict | Subprefecture | Territory | Town | Township | Village | Voivodship | Ward
Administrative: county
Autonomous: banner | city | community | county | district | prefecture | province | region | republic | ward
Capital: district | region | territory
Census: division | subdivision
Civil: parish | township
County: borough
Federal: capital | dependencies | capital district | capital territory
Local: council | Government Area
Metropolitan: borough | county | district
National: capital district | capital territory | territory
Imperial: circle | free city | province
(Native) Indian: reserve | reservation
Regional: municipality | county municipality
Rural: council | district | municipality | sanitary district
Residential: community
Special: region | administrative region | capital district
Urban: area (US: Urbanized Area) | district | sanitary district
[edit] See also: List of terms for subnational entities, List of subnational entities, Matrix of subnational entities

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