administrative territorial entity

An administrative territorial entity is a geographically defined area governed by an authority that exercises administrative, political, or legal control within its boundaries.

Observed surface forms (64)

• administrative division ×270
• administrative region ×117
• local government area ×60
• autonomous community of Spain ×14
• council area of Scotland ×14
• unitary authority area ×12
• local government entity ×10
• administrative subdivision ×9
• federal electoral district ×6
• local authority district ×6

• regional unit ×6
• administrative division of China ×5
• administrative region of Greece ×5
• first-order administrative division ×5
• territorial government ×5
• voivodeship ×5
• Administrative division ×4
• subnational administrative division ×4
• Nazi administrative region ×3
• administrative area ×3
• first-level administrative subdivision ×3
• territorial authority ×3
• territorial division ×3
• upper-tier local authority ×3
• administrative division of the People's Republic of China ×2
• administrative division system ×2
• administrative okrug ×2
• first-level administrative division of China ×2
• political territorial entity ×2
• second-level administrative division ×2
• Special Administrative Region ×1
• administrative district of Moscow ×1
• administrative division of Mexico ×1
• administrative division of Saint Petersburg ×1
• administrative division of the People’s Republic of China ×1
• administrative geography of London ×1
• administrative regional unit ×1
• administrative territorial entity of China ×1
• administrative zone ×1
• civil and military administrative district ×1
• colonial administrative reorganization ×1
• first-level administrative division of Serbia ×1
• first-level administrative division system ×1
• first-order administrative region ×1
• government administrative division ×1
• group of administrative divisions ×1
• historical administrative region ×1
• local government area of New South Wales ×1
• political subdivision category ×1
• political territory ×1
• prefecture-level jurisdiction ×1
• provincial-level administrative unit ×1
• regional administrative authority ×1
• regional government institution ×1
• second-level administrative subdivision ×1
• second-tier administrative subdivision ×1
• sub-provincial-level division equivalent ×1
• subdivision of Poland ×1
• subnational entity of Pakistan ×1
• territorial subdivision ×1
• territorial subdivision of a country ×1
• township-level administrative division ×1
• type of administrative division ×1
• 行政区划单位 ×1

Instances (919)

• Delaware County
  surface form: Delaware County, Pennsylvania
• Sarpy County, Nebraska
• Zacatecas
• Makkah Province via concept surface "administrative region"
• Grant County, West Virginia
• Jakarta via concept surface "provincial-level administrative unit"
• Roane County, Tennessee
• Nye County
• West Lothian via concept surface "council area of Scotland"
• Chester County, Pennsylvania
• Saône-et-Loire
• East Lothian via concept surface "council area of Scotland"
• Midlothian via concept surface "council area of Scotland"
• Indian state of West Bengal
  surface form: West Bengal
• United States territories via concept surface "political territorial entity"
• Mineral County
  surface form: Mineral County, Nevada
• Esmeralda County
• Guadalcanal Province via concept surface "administrative division"
• Cape May County via concept surface "administrative division"
• Chhattisgarh
• Banten
• Cumberland County, Maine via concept surface "administrative division"
• Uttarakhand
• Marion County via concept surface "administrative division"
• Gunnison County, Colorado via concept surface "administrative division"
• Tianjin via concept surface "sub-provincial-level division equivalent"
• Nam Dinh Province via concept surface "administrative division"
• Kalat Agency via concept surface "administrative subdivision"
• Haute-Loire
• Tang County, Hebei, China via concept surface "administrative division of China"
• Magdalena Contreras
• Kennebec County, Maine via concept surface "administrative division"
• Puducherry (parts) via concept surface "historical administrative region"
• Chagai
  surface form: Chagai District
• Nasirabad via concept surface "administrative area"
• Herkimer County via concept surface "administrative division"
• Santa Cruz County, California via concept surface "administrative division"
• Central Florida Tourism Oversight District via concept surface "local government entity"
• Western Zone of Tanzania via concept surface "administrative zone"
• Travis County, Texas via concept surface "administrative division"
• Alamance County, North Carolina
• South Lanarkshire via concept surface "local government area"
• Christchurch, New Zealand via concept surface "territorial authority"
• Tarapacá Region via concept surface "administrative region"
• Ward 1 of Washington, D.C. via concept surface "administrative division"
• Tabora Region via concept surface "administrative region"
• Tamil Nadu
• Government of the Northern Mariana Islands via concept surface "territorial government"
• Lancashire County Council via concept surface "upper-tier local authority"
• guberniyas (governorates)
  surface form: guberniya