administrative entities

Scope note: Collocates descriptors for organizations consisting of a governing authority together with a population and an area of land which are under its jurisdiction in some or all respects.

BT administrative bodies

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administrative entities

NT6 300000705 districts [+~]
- NT7 [districts by function] [+~]
  - NT8 administrative districts [+~]
    - NT9 election districts [+]
    - NT9 park districts
    - NT9 planning districts
    - NT9 school districts
    - NT9 assessment districts
    - NT9 water districts
    - NT9 seigneuries
    - NT9 religious districts [+]
    - NT9 civil districts [+]
    - NT9 census districts [+]
    - NT9 stannaries
    - NT9 hundreds (districts)
  - NT8 land use districts [+~]
    - NT9 civic centers (districts)
    - NT9 business districts [+]
    - NT9 historic districts [+]
    - NT9 industrial districts
    - NT9 residential districts [+]
    - NT9 zones [+]
    - NT9 forest management districts
    - NT9 enclaves
- NT7 [districts by location or context] [+~]
  - NT8 urban areas [+~]
    - NT9 acropolises
    - NT9 quarters (districts) [+]
    - NT9 central cities
    - NT9 central business districts
    - NT9 inner cities
    - NT9 old towns [+]
    - NT9 metropolitan areas
    - NT9 urban fringes
    - NT9 downtowns
    - NT9 uptowns
    - NT9 city centers [+]
  - NT8 demilitarized zones
  - NT8 rural areas
  - NT8 annexes (districts)
  - NT8 arctic areas
  - NT8 neutral zones (administrative districts)
  - NT8 borderlands [+~]
    - NT9 marches (districts)
    - NT9 frontiers
  - NT8 locales (settlements)
  - NT8 borders (boundaries)
  - NT8 general regions
  - NT8 underwater areas
  - NT8 ancient regions
  - NT8 conflict zones
- NT7 [districts by condition] [+~]
  - NT8 development areas
  - NT8 growth centers
NT6 300232417 [political administrative bodies by degree of independence] [+~]
- NT7 divisions (political administrative bodies) [+~]
  - NT8 satrapies
  - NT8 religious divisions [+~]
    - NT9 parishes (religious divisions)
    - NT9 archdioceses
    - NT9 dioceses
    - NT9 prince-bishoprics
    - NT9 patriarchies
    - NT9 ecclesiastical districts
    - NT9 deaconries
    - NT9 archdeaconries
  - NT8 political divisions [+~]
    - NT9 arrondissements (districts)
    - NT9 cantons (administrative bodies)
    - NT9 counties [+]
    - NT9 departments (political divisions)
    - NT9 provinces
    - NT9 shires
    - NT9 states (political divisions)
    - NT9 boroughs
    - NT9 territories
    - NT9 governorates
    - NT9 satrapies
    - NT9 oblasts
    - NT9 Länder
    - NT9 regions (administrative divisions)
    - NT9 almirantazgos
    - NT9 bailiwicks
    - NT9 unitary authorities
    - NT9 local councils (subdivisions)
    - NT9 regional councils
    - NT9 local districts
    - NT9 local regions
    - NT9 autonomous districts
    - NT9 national districts
    - NT9 national divisions
    - NT9 rural districts
    - NT9 senatorial districts (administrative districts)
    - NT9 parishes (civil divisions)
    - NT9 urban prefectures
    - NT9 senatorial provinces
    - NT9 imperial provinces
    - NT9 autonomous regions
    - NT9 autonomous provinces
    - NT9 autonomous republics
    - NT9 autonomous sectors
    - NT9 autonomous communities
    - NT9 national subdivisions
    - NT9 special areas (administrative area)
    - NT9 union territories
    - NT9 federal territories
    - NT9 federal capital territories
    - NT9 eparchies
    - NT9 autonomous areas
    - NT9 regional divisions
    - NT9 controlled regions
    - NT9 national regions
    - NT9 unions (political entities)
    - NT9 urban subdivisions
    - NT9 Bezirke
    - NT9 contrade
    - NT9 sestieri
    - NT9 rioni
    - NT9 urban districts
    - NT9 urban divisions
    - NT9 frazioni
    - NT9 Ortsteile
    - NT9 quartieri
    - NT9 statistical areas [+]
    - NT9 plazas (administrative)
    - NT9 raions
    - NT9 town councils
    - NT9 krays
    - NT9 island divisions
  - NT8 former administrative divisions
  - NT8 federated states
  - NT8 time zones
- NT7 sovereign states [+~]
  - NT8 nations [+~]
    - NT9 republics
    - NT9 developing countries
    - NT9 island nations
    - NT9 tribal nations
    - NT9 developed countries
  - NT8 empires (sovereign states)
  - NT8 city-states [+~]
    - NT9 altepemeh
  - NT8 suzerains (states)
  - NT8 countries (sovereign states)
  - NT8 polities
  - NT8 de jure sovereign states
- NT7 dependencies [+~]
  - NT8 condominiums (dependencies)
  - NT8 mandates
  - NT8 possessions (dependencies) [+~]
    - NT9 colonies
    - NT9 former territories/colonies/dependent states
  - NT8 protectorates
  - NT8 trust territories
  - NT8 tributaries (dependencies)
  - NT8 dependent political entities
  - NT8 overseas provinces
  - NT8 external territories
  - NT8 unincorporated territories
  - NT8 overseas territories
  - NT8 overseas departments
  - NT8 special territories
  - NT8 client states
  - NT8 protected states
  - NT8 vassal states
  - NT8 dominions
  - NT8 disputed territories
  - NT8 dependent states
- NT7 freely associated states
- NT7 semi-independent political entities
- NT7 independent political entities
- NT7 occupied territories
- NT7 independent sovereign nations
- NT7 independent nations
- NT7 groups of political entities [+~]
  - NT8 former groups of political entitites
NT6 300232421 [political administrative bodies by governing person] [+~]
- NT7 democracies
- NT7 dictatorships
- NT7 monarchies
- NT7 theocracies
- NT7 archduchies
- NT7 duchies
- NT7 electorates (German administrative bodies)
- NT7 intendancies
- NT7 khanates (administrative bodies)
- NT7 kingdoms (political administrative bodies)
- NT7 landgraviates
- NT7 margraviates
- NT7 prefectures
- NT7 palatinates
- NT7 principalities
- NT7 satrapies
- NT7 emirates
- NT7 sheikhdoms
- NT7 sultanates (administrative bodies)
- NT7 voivodeships
- NT7 presidencies (administrative bodies)
- NT7 commanderies
- NT7 countships
- NT7 suzerainties
- NT7 baronies
- NT7 viceroyalties
- NT7 caliphates
- NT7 fiefs
- NT7 chiefdoms
- NT7 aristocracies
- NT7 papacies
- NT7 burgraviates
- NT7 parliamentary democracies
- NT7 despotates
- NT7 miltary regimes
- NT7 grand duchies
- NT7 earldoms
- NT7 lordships
- NT7 parliamentary monarchies
- NT7 constitutional monarchies
- NT7 overlordships
- NT7 oligarchies
- NT7 ecclesiastical principalities
- NT7 tsardoms
- NT7 tribal entities [+~]
  - NT8 tribal areas
  - NT8 tribal nations
- NT7 fondoms
NT6 300387047 political entities
NT6 300391184 [political administrative bodies by general designation] [+~]
- NT7 inhabited places [+~]
  - NT8 [settlements by form] [+~]
    - NT9 hamlets
    - NT9 villages [+]
    - NT9 towns [+]
    - NT9 cities [+]
    - NT9 agglomerations [+]
    - NT9 metropolitan areas
    - NT9 camps (temporary settlements)
    - NT9 communities (inhabited places) [+]
    - NT9 communes (administrative)
    - NT9 demes (inhabited places)
    - NT9 linear settlements [+]
    - NT9 settlements (sites of small communities)
    - NT9 townlands
    - NT9 communes nouvelles
  - NT8 [settlements by function] [+~]
    - NT9 [settlements by function: administrative] [+]
    - NT9 [settlements by function: military] [+]
    - NT9 televillages
    - NT9 special cities
    - NT9 independent cities
    - NT9 special municipalities
    - NT9 imperial cities
    - NT9 administrative centers
    - NT9 legislative centers
    - NT9 judicial centers
    - NT9 regional centers
    - NT9 transportation centers (inhabited places) [+]
    - NT9 religious centers [+]
    - NT9 political centers
    - NT9 emporia (trading centers)
    - NT9 facility centers
    - NT9 census-designated places
  - NT8 [settlements by location] [+~]
    - NT9 suburbs [+]
    - NT9 exurbs
    - NT9 [settlements by location: topographical] [+]
    - NT9 space colonies
    - NT9 edge cities
    - NT9 rural communities
    - NT9 frontier settlements
    - NT9 satellite communities [+]
  - NT8 [settlements by condition] [+~]
    - NT9 lost settlements [+]
    - NT9 ruined settlements [+]
    - NT9 ghost towns
    - NT9 unincorporated areas
    - NT9 autonomous municipalities
    - NT9 autonomous cities
    - NT9 ephemeral communities (inhabited places)
    - NT9 incorporated areas
    - NT9 seasonally inhabited places
    - NT9 cultural centers (inhabited places)
    - NT9 occupation sites
    - NT9 sister cities
    - NT9 former inhabited places
    - NT9 centers (settlements)
    - NT9 floating communities
  - NT8 [settlements by planning concept] [+~]
    - NT9 bastides
    - NT9 model cities
    - NT9 future cities
    - NT9 ideal cities
    - NT9 urban villages
    - NT9 villes neuves (historical settlements)
    - NT9 planned communities [+]
  - NT8 [settlements by occupants] [+~]
    - NT9 artists' colonies
    - NT9 retirement communities [+]
    - NT9 squatter settlements
    - NT9 quilombos
    - NT9 agraharas
    - NT9 leper colonies
    - NT9 residential centers
    - NT9 penal settlements [+]
    - NT9 craftsman settlements
    - NT9 refugee centers
    - NT9 native peoples reservations [+]
    - NT9 Amerindian communities [+]
    - NT9 pirate havens
    - NT9 health colonies
    - NT9 cumbes
  - NT8 [settlements by ownership] [+~]
    - NT9 collective settlements [+]
  - NT8 [settlements by economic base] [+~]
    - NT9 boomtowns
    - NT9 ports (settlements) [+]
    - NT9 company towns
    - NT9 golf course communities
    - NT9 cow towns
    - NT9 fishing communities [+]
    - NT9 fur stations
    - NT9 prison centers (inhabited places) [+]
    - NT9 breeding centers (inhabited places)
    - NT9 agricultural centers (inhabited places) [+]
    - NT9 irrigation centers (inhabited places)
    - NT9 livestock centers
    - NT9 timber centers
    - NT9 viniculture centers
    - NT9 corporate headquarters (inhabited places)
    - NT9 fish-processing centers (inhabited places)
    - NT9 financial centers
    - NT9 market centers (inhabited places) [+]
    - NT9 trade centers
    - NT9 shipping centers
    - NT9 shipbuilding centers
    - NT9 textile centers
    - NT9 tourist centers [+]
    - NT9 resort centers
    - NT9 sporting centers (inhabited places)
    - NT9 spa centers
    - NT9 entertainment centers (inhabited places)
    - NT9 university centers (inhabited places) [+]
    - NT9 college centers (inhabited places) [+]
    - NT9 scientific centers (inhabited places)
    - NT9 publishing centers
    - NT9 industrial centers (inhabited places) [+]
    - NT9 quarrying centers
    - NT9 petroleum refining centers
    - NT9 metallurgical centers
    - NT9 communications centers (inhabited places)
    - NT9 power production centers (inhabited places)
    - NT9 weapons production centers
    - NT9 commercial centers (inhabited places)
- NT7 primary political entities [+~]
  - NT8 former primary political entities
- NT7 first level subdivisions (political entities)
- NT7 second level subdivisions (political entities)
- NT7 third level subdivisions (political entities)
- NT7 fourth level subdivisions (political entities)
- NT7 parts of inhabited places
- NT7 administrative designations (political administrative bodies)
- NT7 fifth level subdivisions

Català cossos polítics administratius
Castellano cuerpos políticos administrativos

Date of creation: 09-Mar-2026

Accepted term: 09-Mar-2026