administrative region
Managed governmental zone
An administrative region is a territorial unit established for governmental purposes—managing services, collecting taxes, enforcing laws, or conducting elections.
Countries divide into such regions under various names: states, provinces, counties, districts, prefectures, oblasts.
The boundaries may reflect geography, history, population, or political convenience: The country reorganized its administrative regions after independence.
Regional administrative district
- countyLocal administrative division
- districtBounded administrative area
- prefectureAdministered regional territory
- municipalityLocal governing district
borough · canton · state · territory · parish · ward · commune · department
Legal authority's scope
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- governmentAuthority over a state
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
federal · municipal · provincial · territorial · bureaucracy · boundary · demarcation · census
province
Regional administrative district
- countyLocal administrative division
- districtBounded administrative area
- prefectureAdministered regional territory
municipality · borough · canton · state · territory · parish · ward · commune · department · oblast
jurisdiction
Legal authority's scope
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- governmentAuthority over a state
autonomy · federal · municipal · provincial · territorial · bureaucracy · boundary · demarcation · census · zoning
- regionsarea, areas, zone, zones, territory
- geographic areascountry, county, province, district, zone
- territoriesprovince, state, country, colony, dominion
- administrative divisionsprovince, district, county, state, municipality
- regional governmentlocal government, province, county, municipality, prefecture
- subdivisionscounty, province, state, district, provinces
administrative regionsovereign nation
Self-ruled territorial polity
nation-state · sovereign territory · sovereign state · country · republic
administrative regionno man's land
Unowned space between enemies
lawless zone · wilderness · disputed territory · frontier · unincorporated area
administrative, administration, administrator, administer, administrate, administratively, admin, region, regions