Categories: Articles to be merged | Government stubs | Subnational entities | Governorates 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. ... may refer to Banner (Inner Mongolia) Sanjak Categories: Government stubs | Subnational entities ... Pronounced Burrow, or Bo-raw. ... A canton is a territorial subdivision of a country, e. ... // Circuits in the common law In law, a circuit is an appellate judicial district commonly seen in the court systems of many nations. ... City lights from space. ... A commune is an administrative subdivision of various European and African countries, including Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Poland, Senegal, and the Scandinavian countries. ... Originally, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count (in Great Britain, an earl, though the original earldoms covered larger areas) by reason of that office. ... A Council is a group of people who usually possess some powers of governance. ... The word department has a number of meanings: It can mean an administrative sector of the government. ... Districts are a form of local government in several countries. ... A division is a subnational entity. ... This is a page about Dominions of the British Empire/Commonwealth. ... A duchy is a territory, fief, or domain ruled by a duke or duchess. ... A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ... A neighbourhood (in CmE) or neighborhood (in AmE) is a geographically localised community located within a larger city or suburb. ... Parish Hall of St. ... The term prefecture has been used to denote a self-governing body or area since the time of Constantine I, who divided the Roman Empire into 4 districts (each divided into dioceses). ... This article is about political regions. ... A region can be any area that has some unifying feature. ... In a broad definition a republic is a state or country that is led by people who do not base their political power on any principle beyond the control of the people living in that state or country. ... In some federations, a province (subnational entity) is called a state. ... A territory is a defined area (including land and waters), usually considered to be a possession of an animal, person, organization, or institution. ... A street in Ynysybwl, Wales, relatively stereotypical of a small town A town is usually an urban area which is not considered to rank as a city. ... The term township generally means the district or area associated with a town. ... An autonomous (subnational) entity is a subnational entity that has a certain amount of autonomy. ... A banner (Mongolian: khoshuu, Chinese: 旗, pinyin: qí) is an administrative division of Inner Mongolia. ... An autonomous (subnational) entity is a subnational entity that has a certain amount of autonomy. ... Spains fifty provinces (provincias) are grouped into seventeen autonomous communities (comunidades aut nomas), in addition to two African autonomous cities (ciudades aut nomas) (Ceuta and Melilla). ... In the context of Political divisions of China, county is the standard English translation of 县 (xi  n). ... Prefecture, in the context of China, is used to refer to several unrelated political divisions in both ancient and modern China. ... An autonomous (subnational) entity is a subnational entity that has a certain amount of autonomy. ... An autonomous region or autonomous district is a subnational region with special powers of self-rule. ... In its final decades of its existence, the Soviet Union consisted of 15 Soviet Socialist Republics (SSR), often called simply Soviet republics. ... In England a civil parish (usually just parish) is the smallest unit of local government. ... A civil township is a widely-used unit of local government in the United States, subordinate to a county. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Federal Districts are subdivisions of a federal system of government. ... This page is a candidate to be moved to Wiktionary. ... A Metropolitan Borough (or Metropolitan District) is a type of local government district in England, covering urban areas within metropolitan counties. ... The metropolitan counties of England are counties that cover large urban areas, each with several metropolitan districts. ... Rural areas are sparsely settled places away from the influence of large cities and towns. ... In local government on the British Isles, a rural district was a predominantly rural area used for local government. ... A rural municipality is a form of municipality in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan. ... The term urban means cities and towns as distinct from rural areas. ... In British and Irish local government, an urban district is a subdivision of a county that covers an urbanised area. ...