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 |
|---|---|
| municipality of Beers | former municipality |
| Upper Hungary | former administrative region |
| Ribatejo | historical province |
| Virpur State | former administrative division |
| Poltava Governorate | historical administrative division |
| Province Wellesley | former administrative division |
| Kars Oblast | former administrative division |
| Kesteven | former administrative county |
| Nowy Sącz Voivodeship (historical) | former administrative division |
| Schaumburg, Lower Saxony, Germany | former county |
| Nome Census Area | former census area |
| West Glamorgan | former administrative county |
| Fars | historical province |
| Tatar ASSR | — |
| Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata | colonial administrative division |
| Niles Center | former municipality |
| Eramosa Township, Upper Canada | former municipality |
| Bezirk Dresden | former administrative district |
| Helvoirt | former municipality |
| Bezirk Leipzig | former administrative district |
| Binh Long Province | former administrative province |
| Austrian Partition of Poland | former territory |
| Bezirk Rostock | former administrative district |
| Canada West | former political division |
| Bezirk Erfurt | former administrative district |
| Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna | former administrative division |
| Bombay State | former administrative division |
| Harwich | former parliamentary borough |
| British Sind | province of British India |
| Laeken | former municipality |
| Bezirk Frankfurt (Oder) | former administrative district |
| Erivan Governorate | former administrative division |
| Bezirk Potsdam | former administrative district |
| Tsuzuki District | former district |
|
Buchan area of Aberdeenshire
surface form:
Buchan
|
historical province |
| Bishopric of Sittard | former administrative division |
| Bezirk Neubrandenburg | former administrative district |
| Middlesex, England | former administrative county |
| Bezirk Schwerin | former administrative district |
| Bishopric of Heerlen | — |
| Scituate, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations | former municipality |
| South Glamorgan | former administrative county |
|
Lagga
surface form:
Uppland
|
historical province |
| Pleiku Province | former administrative division |
| Ninety Six District, South Carolina | former administrative division |
| Byzantine province of Palaestina Prima | late antique province |
| County of Maine | — |
| Salisbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony | former municipality |
| Boxmeer | former municipality |
| Lauenburg in Pommern | former municipality |