former administrative territorial entity
C536
concept
A former administrative territorial entity is a geographic area that once functioned as an official unit of government or administration but has since been dissolved, merged, or reorganized and no longer holds that status.
All labels observed (89)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| former municipality | 478 |
| former administrative division | 253 |
| former administrative territorial entity canonical | 129 |
| former administrative district | 87 |
| former county | 76 |
| historical administrative division | 65 |
| historical province | 53 |
| former city | 44 |
| former administrative region | 43 |
| former local government area | 38 |
| former territory | 38 |
| former civil parish | 37 |
| former administrative county | 36 |
| former United States congressional district | 25 |
| historical territory | 25 |
| historic administrative division | 23 |
| former administrative unit | 21 |
| former province | 20 |
| former district | 19 |
| colonial administrative division | 17 |
| former parliamentary borough | 17 |
| former administrative province | 10 |
| former county seat | 9 |
| former local government authority | 9 |
| province of British India | 9 |
| former borough | 8 |
| historical administrative district | 7 |
| territorial administration | 7 |
| British Indian administrative unit | 6 |
| former county-level jurisdiction | 6 |
| historical geopolitical entity | 6 |
| former local government region | 5 |
| former territorial authority | 5 |
| former territorial division | 5 |
| historical administrative unit | 5 |
| former administrative territory | 4 |
| former county-level division | 4 |
| colonial administrative region | 3 |
| former administrative subdivision | 3 |
| former census area | 3 |
| former county-level subdivision | 3 |
| former political subdivision | 3 |
| former political territory | 3 |
| former regional municipality | 3 |
| colonial administrative district | 2 |
| former administrative division of China | 2 |
| former district segment | 2 |
| former federal district | 2 |
| former political division | 2 |
| former subprefecture | 2 |
| historical territorial division | 2 |
| late antique province | 2 |
| territorial-administrative division | 2 |
| Historical administrative division | 1 |
| Napoleonic-era administrative region | 1 |
| administrative district of Nazi Germany | 1 |
| ancient administrative region | 1 |
| defunct administrative division | 1 |
| former British Indian province | 1 |
| former British colonial administrative unit | 1 |
| former Regierungsbezirk | 1 |
| former Scottish land division | 1 |
| former administered territory | 1 |
| former administrative area | 1 |
| former administrative entity | 1 |
| former administrative governorate | 1 |
| former administrative jurisdiction | 1 |
| former autonomous region | 1 |
| former colonial administrative grouping | 1 |
| former county-equivalent | 1 |
| former county-level district | 1 |
| former kingdom territory | 1 |
| former local jurisdiction | 1 |
| former province-level subdivision | 1 |
| former region | 1 |
| former regional district | 1 |
| former special district | 1 |
| former territorial authority district | 1 |
| former territorial state | 1 |
| former township-level administrative division | 1 |
| historical administrative area | 1 |
| historical administrative arrangement | 1 |
| historical administrative concept | 1 |
| historical administrative region grouping | 1 |
| historical political subdivision | 1 |
| historical territorial-administrative division | 1 |
| imperial administrative region | 1 |
| post-World War II administrative territory | 1 |
| 旧行政区画 | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: former administrative territorial entity
Generated description
A former administrative territorial entity is a geographic area that once functioned as an official unit of government or administration but has since been dissolved, merged, or reorganized and no longer holds that status.
Instances (1,673)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Ulrichen | former municipality |
| Kreis Riesa | former administrative district |
| Boyle barony | historic administrative division |
| Ballintober North barony | historical administrative division |
|
Bernisse (historically)
surface form:
Bernisse
|
former municipality |
| Ballintober South barony | historical administrative division |
| Roscommon North barony | historical administrative division |
| Merwara region | former administrative division |
| Lwów Voivodeship | former administrative unit |
| Monks Risborough | former civil parish |
| De Lier | former municipality |
| Vikna | former municipality |
| Natal region | former province |
| Polesie Voivodeship | former administrative division |
| Swedish Pomerania | former territory |
| Bevergern | former municipality |
| Nærøy | former municipality |
| Landkreis Rügen | former district |
| Addington County | former county |
| Redding, Connecticut Colony | former municipality |
| Kreis Arnstadt | former administrative district |
| Dunmore County | former county |
| Lennox County | former county |
| Aikawa | former municipality |
| Dukes County, New York | former county |
| Kreis Langensalza | former administrative district |
| Nederlek | former municipality |
| Vlist | former municipality |
| Shirvan District | former administrative division |
| Marin-Epagnier | former municipality |
| Southern provinces of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands | former political division |
| Duxbury, Lancashire, England | former civil parish |
| Pepperellborough | former municipality |
| Mosvik | former municipality |
| Hararghe | former administrative province |
| former municipality of Andijk | former municipality |
| Township of Osnabruck | former municipality |
| Township of Winchester | former municipality |
| South Dakota's 1st congressional district | former United States congressional district |
| Darlac Province | former administrative division |
| Victoria County, Ontario | former county |
| Turton Urban District Council | former local government authority |
| Edgefield District, South Carolina | former county-level jurisdiction |
| Roxboro | former municipality |
| Kreis Sömmerda | former administrative district |
| Quang Duc Province | former administrative province |
| Corowa Shire | former local government area |
| Zevenhuizen-Moerkapelle | former municipality |
| Oxford County, Massachusetts | former county |
| North Ossetian ASSR | former administrative division |