currently those are set to 4, this is intended and will be changed if and when higher levels will be implemented in administration
Country
admin_level=*
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Afghanistan
Province (ولايت wilayah)
Districts (Wuleswali)
Albania
counties (qark)
municipalities (bashkia)
administrative unit (njësia administrative) (former urban (bashki) and rural (komunë) municipalities)
subdistricts (njësi bashkiake)
Algeria
Wilayah borders (departements and / or provinces)
Daïras borders (group of municipalities or districts)
Communes borders (municipalities). Use
name=* to indicate the name of the commune, and ref:ONS=* to indicate the unique identifier given by ONS
Andorra
Parròquies borders (communes)
Municipality borders Only used for the capital city Andorra la Vella
Angola
Províncias (Provinces)
Municípios (Municipalities)
Comunas (Urban districts or Communes)
Antigua and Barbuda
Territorial borders
Parishes and dependencies borders
Argentina
Province / Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
Departamento / partido
Distrito (Mendoza Province, Entre Ríos Province), Pedanías (Córdoba Province)
Municipio (except for Buenos Aires Province, Mendoza, La Rioja and San Juan, where municipio is the same as departmento or partido)
Villages, City, town
Barrio
Armenia
Marz (Province) / Yerevan
Municipality / Yerevan districts
City/Town
Village
Neighbourhood
Australia
State/Territory borders
Local Government Areas (LGAs), and Unincorporated Areas borders
(ACT only) District borders
Locality borders
Austria
Bundesland
Politischer Bezirk
Gemeinde
Wiener / Grazer / ... Stadt- / Gemeindebezirk
(opt.) Stadtteile / Katastralgemeinde
Azerbaijan
Economic Regions (Economic Regions) non-administrative regions, only for statistical usages
regions (rayons) and cities with authority of republic level (şəhərlər)
municipalities (bələdiyyələr)
Bahamas
Central government district - New Providence only
Districts of the Bahamas (Local government)
Bahrain
Governorate
Municipality Example: Al Manamah, Ras Rumman etc
Neighbourhood
Bangladesh
Division
District
Subdistrict (Upazila / Thana)
City Corporation
Municipal Corporation / Pourashava
Union
BarbadosNational Border (Island coastline)
Parishes of Barbados
Suburbs, Hamlets and Villages
Neighbourhoods, Housing Developments
Belarus
Oblasts (вобласьць / область)
Regions (раён / район)
Soviets of settlement (сельсавет / cельсовет)
Suburbs (раён гораду / район города)
Municipalities (населены пункт / населённый пункт)
Belgium
Regions (NUTS1)
Provinces (NUTS2)
Administrative arrondissements (NUTS3)
Municipalities
Deelgemeenten / sections
Wijken / quartiers
Belize
Districts
Cities
Towns
Villages, Suburbs
Hamlets, Neighbourhoods
Benin
Département
Commune
Arrondissement
Village/Quartier de ville
Bhutan
Dzongkhag
Dungkhag
Gewog
Thromde
Bolivia
División administrativa de primer nivel (First-level administrative division):
Regiones (Regions)
División administrativa de segundo nivel (Second-level administrative division):
Regiones metropolitanas (Metropolitan regions)
División administrativa de tercer nivel (Third-level administrative division):
Distritos (Districts)
Subdistritos (Subdistricts)
Organizaciones territoriales de base (Territorial base organizations):
Bosnia and Herzegovina
entitet / eнтитет / entity
kanton (FBiH) / županija (FBiH) / кантон (ФБиХ) / canton (FBiH)
grad / град / city
općina / opština / општина / muncipality
mjesna zajednica / мјесна заједницa / local committee
naselje / насеље / settlement
Botswana
10 Districts (rural districts), 2 Cities, 5 Towns (urban districts)
Subdistricts
Towns and Villages
Brazil
Regiões (Sul, Sudeste, Centro-Oeste, Norte, Nordeste)
Unidades Federativas (Estados e Distrito Federal)
Regiões Geográficas Intermediárias (Intermediate Geographic Regions)
Regiões metropolitanas
Regiões Geográficas Imediatas (Immediate Geographic Regions)
Municípios e regiões administrativas do Distrito Federal
Distritos e Sub-Prefeituras
Bairros e SubDistritos
Brunei
Districts (daerah)
Mukims (subdistricts)
Villages (kampung or kampong), as designated by the Survey Department
Bulgaria
Regions (области)
Municipalities (общини)
City Districts (райони в София, Пловдив и Варна)
Borders of mayoraltites (кметства)
Borders of cities, towns and villages (землища)
Districts and suburbs (квартали и предградия)
Suburb parts, neighborhoods (части от квартали, махали)
Burkina Faso
Régions
Provinces
Départements/Communes
Arrondissements (only in the 2 cities of Ouagadougou and Bobo Dioulasso)
Towns or villages (excluding their surrounding rural areas)
Urban sectors (only in cities, and in the capital town of other urban municipalities)
Burundi
Provinces
Communes
Collines
Sous-Collines
Cambodia
Provinces (ខេត្ត khaet)
Districts (ស្រុក srok), Sections (ខណ្ឌ khan), Municipalities (ក្រុង krong)
Communes (ឃុំ khum), Quarters (សង្កាត់ sangkat)
Cameroon
Reserved for historic constituent states
Regions, like Extrême-Nord (similar to NUTS2)
Départements, like Mayo-Danay (similar to NUTS3)
Arrondissements, like Njombe Penja
Communes, like Melong. Use
name=* to indicate the name of the commune
Non-offical quartiers?
Canada
Provinces & territories
Major divisions (only some provinces)
Regional municipalities & single-tier municipalities
Boroughs/arrondissements of some cities
Lower-tier municipalities in rural areas;
Localities/wards; some cities call this level 'neighbourhoods'
Neighbourhoods; or subdivisions of neighbourhoods for cities that use level 9 for neighbourhoods
Cape Verde
Municipalities
in use, fixme
Civil parishes
Central African Republic
Préfectures, like Ouham
Sous-préfectures, like Bouca
Communes?
Arrondisements?
Quartiers?
Sub-quartiers?
Chad
Régions (23)
Départments (61)
Sous-préfectures (200)
Cantons (446)
Villages ou localités
Quartiers (subdivisions internes au village)
Chile
Regiones
Provincias
Comunas
ChinaReserved for Greater administrative region
Municipality / Province / Autonomous Region
Prefectures
County
State-level new areas and other special areas in large scale
Township (Town / Subdistrict)
Other special areas in small scale
(Administrative) Village / Community (Quarter)
(Natural) Village / Group (Neibourhood)
SARs / 特別行政區
Hong Kong / Kowloon / New Territories
Districts / 區
Macau / Coloane / Taipa / Cotai
Freguesias / 堂區
Colombia
Administrative Region of planning / Región Administrativa de Planificación[6]
Department / Departamento
Province / Provincia
Municipality / Municipio
Urban / Urbano: city / ciudad
Urban / Urbano: locality or commune / localidad o comuna
Urban / Urbano: neighbourhood (For Bogota, this is UPZs) / barrio (Para Bogotá, son las UPZs)
N/A (For Bogota, these are the neighbourhoods / Para Bogotá, son los barrios)
Comoros
Les 3 îles (préfectures)
communes
Congo-Brazzaville
Départements
in use, arrondissements ?
Districts
in use, fixme
in use, fixme
in use, fixme
Congo-Kinshasa (DRC)
Province (26)
"Ancienne" province
Territoire / Ville
Collectivité (secteur, chefferie, cité) / Commune
Groupement / Quartier
Localité ou village (terroir) / Cellule
Subdivision interne au village / Bloc
Costa Rica
Provincia
Cantón
Distrito
Barrio
Côte d'Ivoire
District (example: Lagunes) ou District autonome (example: Abidjan)
Region (example: Agnéby-Tiassa)
Département (example: Département Sikensi)
Sous-préfecture (example: Sous-prefecture Bingerville)
Commune (example: Yopougon)
Village
Quartier
Croatia
counties (hr: županije)
cities/towns or municipalities (hr: gradovi ili općine)
settlements (hr: naselja)
city districts or local committees (hr: gradske četvrti/kotari ili mjesni odbori)
local committees of Zagreb (hr: mjesni odbori Zagreba)
Cuba
Provincia
Municipio
Ciudades
Barrios
Cyprus / Κύπρος / Kıbrıs
De facto partitions:
The 6 de jure Districts
The 5 districs of RoC and 6 districts of TRNC (LAU 1)
Municipalities & Community Clusters (LAU 2)
Municipal Quarters
Communities
Municipality Districts/ Parishes
Settlement
Czechia
(Cohesion Regions (regiony soudržnosti, NUTS 2) are placed on
admin_level=3, but they are to be tagged with boundary=statistical instead of boundary=administrative)
Regions (kraje, NUTS 3)
Districts (okresy, LAU 1)
AD MEP (SO ORP)
AD MAMA (SO POÚ)
Municipalities (obce, LAU 2)
Municipal boroughs of statutory cities (městské části/městské obvody)
Local committees (místní výbory)
Denmark
Regioner (regions - administrative unit)
Kommune (municipalities)
Christiansø Administration (administration)
Djibouti
Régions (إقليم)
Districts (ar:?)
Villes, villages (ar:?)
Dominica
Parishes
in use, city ?
in use, quarter ?
Dominican Republic
Province (Provincia)
Municipality (Municipio)
District (Distrito municipal)
Ecuador
Provincia
Cantón
Límite Urbano (ciudades)
Parroquia
Barrio (Urbano), Comunidad (Rural)
N/A (¿sectores censales?)
Egypt
Governorate (Muhafazah محافظة)
Municipal division
fixme
fixme
El Salvador
Departamento
Distrito
Municipio
Cantón
Caserío
Barrio/Colonia
Equatorial GuineaRegiones (Insular Region and Continental Region)
Provincias
Districts
Eritrea
Régions (ti:ዞባ, ar:إقليم)
Estonia
Countys (maakonnad)
Municipalities (vallad, omavalitsuslikud linnad)
Tallinn and Kohtla-Järve (as settlement units)
Settlement units (asustusüksused: külad, alevikud, alevid, vallasisesed linnad), city districts (linnaosad, in Tallinn and Kohtla-Järve)
Subdistricts (asumid, in Tallinn)
Eswatini
Tifundza (regions)
Tinkhundla (constituencies)
Imiphakatsi (chiefdoms)
Ethiopia
Administrative States (9)
Zones (68+2)
Woreda (550+6)
Kebele
villages (Gots)
Fiji
Divisions
Provinces
FinlandMain areas (Pääalueet, NUTS 1): Manner-Suomi
Regions (Maakunnat, NUTS 3): Uusimaa
Sub-regions (Seutukunnat, LAU 1): Helsingin seutukunta
municipalities (Kunnat / Kaupungit, LAU 2, for
ref=*, see Väestörekisterikeskus, kuntaluettelo): Helsinki
villages (kylät), Kaupunginosien/kunnanosien suuralueet (Helsinki; Espoo, Vantaa ...)
City/municipal districts(kaupunginosat/kunnanosat): Kulosaari
FranceTerritorial areas
Régions
Circonscription départementale
Départements
Arrondissements
Communes
Arrondissements municipaux (in Paris, Lyon, Marseille only), or communes associées and communes déléguées (in partially merged communes).
Quartiers
French Polynesia
Administrative subdivisions
Communes
Communes associées
Districts, quartiers, ou ile
Gabon
Provinces
Departments
Gambia
Regions (Divisions)
LGAs
Districts
GeorgiaBorders of the disputed territories (Abkhazia/Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, South Ossetia/Samachablo)
Borders of autonomous republics, regions and Tbilisi (as a region itself)
Borders of municipalities
Cities limits
Borders of cities' administrative districts
new levels:
federal states border
state-district border
county borders
amt [1]
Towns, Municipalities / City-districts
Parts of a municipality with parish councils /self_government
Parts of a municipality without ...
subdivision of Gemarkung
Ghana
Region
District
Town/Village
Neighborhood/Borrow
GreeceΌρια αυτόνομης μοναστικής πολιτείας Αγίου Όρους
Όρια Αποκεντρωμένων διοικήσεων
Όρια Περιφερειών (NUTS 2)
Όρια Περιφερειακών ενοτήτων (NUTS 3)
Όρια Δήμων
Όρια Δημοτικών ενοτήτων
Όρια Δημοτικών κοινοτήτων (LAU)
Grenada
Parriches (6) / Dependency (1)
Guatemala
State border (Departamentos)
Municipal border (Municipios)
City and town border (Zonas)
Guernsey (Bailiwick of)
Islands with separate jurisdictions: Guernsey (incl. Herm and Jethou), Alderney, Sark (incl. Brecqhou)
Parishes
Subdivisions of Vale (Vingtaine de l'Epine and Clos du Valle)
Cantons (St. Peter Port)
Guinea
Region
Prefectures
Sub-prefectures (Communes)
Villages / Towns
Quartiers (Neighbourhoods)
Guinea-BissauBissau Autonomous Sector (Sector autónomo de Bissau) / Provinces (provincias)
Regions (regiões)
Sectors (sectores)
Guyana
Regions
Neighbourhood Democratic Councils
Districts ?
Quarters/Neighbourhoods ?
Haiti (Republic of)
State border (Départements) (Layer 1)
Districts (Arrondissements)
Search-And-Rescue sectors (temporary)
City and town border (communes) (Layer 2)
Suburbs (sections) (Layer 3)
Holy See (Vatican City)
Honduras
Departamentos (State Border)
Municipios (Municipal Border)
Aldeas (Admin level border which encompass several towns / cities)
Ciudades (Cities)
Barrios y Colonias (Neighborhoods)
Hungary
Országrészek (Groups of Regions, NUTS 1)
Régiók (Regions, NUTS 2)
Megyék / főváros (Counties / capital city, NUTS 3)
Járások (LAU 1)
Települések (LAU 2)
Kerületek (Districts)
Iceland
Landshlutar - Regions
Sveitarfélög - Municipalities
Hverfi - Districts
Hverfahlutar - Neighbourhoods
India
State
District
Subdistrict (Tehsil / Mandal / Taluk)
Metropolitan Area
Municipal Corporation / Municipality / City Council
Civic Zone
Village/Civic Ward
Indonesia
Province (Provinsi / Daerah Istimewa / Daerah Khusus)
City / Regency (Kota / Kota Administrasi / Kabupaten / Kabupaten Administrasi / Kotamadya)
District (Kecamatan / Distrik / Kapanewon / Kemantren )
Village (Kelurahan / Desa / Gampong / Kampung / Pekon / Nagari)
Hamlet (Dusun)
Community Group (Rukun Warga)
Neighborhood Unit (Rukun Tetangga)
Iran
Province (استان / Ostan)
County (شهرستان / Shahrestan)
District (بخش /Bakhsh)
• City (شهر / Shahr)
Village (روستا / Rousta)
Urban District (منطقه شهری)
Urban Area (ناحیه شهری)
Neighborhood (محله / Mahaleh)
IraqIraqi Kurdistan (Arbil, Duhok, Sulaymaniyah) region
Governorates (muḥāfażah)
Districts (qadha)
Subdistricts (nahya)
Boroughs (hay) in urban and Counties (mukataa) in rural areas
Neighbourhoods (mahalla) in urban and Villages (qarya) in rural areas
Ireland
Reserved for compatibility with UK states (eg Northern Ireland)
Province
County
Adminstrative County, County City
Borough & Town council, Dublin Postal Districts
Electoral Division
Townland
Israel
מחוז
נפה
אזור טבעי
מטרופולין
עיר, מועצה מקומית, מועצה אזורית
תחת עיר ומועצה מקומית: רובע
שכונה
Italy
per i confini regionali (en: boundary of regions)
per i confini provinciali (en: boundary of provinces)
per le comunità montane (en: mountain community) o le unioni di comuni (en: union of municipalities)
per i confini comunali (en: boundary of municipalities)
per le circoscrizioni (dove sono rimaste) o per le località (en: boundary of districts)
Jamaica
Counties
Parishes
Settlements (Cities, Towns, Villages ?)
Settlements (Villages ?, Hamlets)
JapanReserved for state border - 道州制)
Prefecture border
Sub Prefecture border (振興局・支庁 in Hokkaido)
County (郡)
Municipal border (Cities, Towns, Villages, Special wards of Tokyo)
Suburb; Wards of cities designated by government ordinance 政令指定都市 , Wards designated by local ordinance - 地域自治区
Quarter; Major Neighbourhood - 大字 (大字の下に字がある地域の場合のみ使用、それ以外はneighbourhood)
Neighbourhood ; Minor Neighbourhood - 町, 字, 丁, 丁目 (字名が「大字-字」の2段階になってない場合は、すべてこちら)
Jersey (Bailiwick of)
Parishes
Vingtaines (cueillettes in St. Ouen)
Cantons (St. Helier)
Jordan
Governorate
District
Subdistrict
Kazakhstan
Regions (облысы) / City of republican significance (Almaty, Astana, Shymkent)
Districts (ауданы)
Rural district (ауылдық округі)
KenyaProvinces (old system and retained in new system for local region reference)
Counties (new system)
Districts (old system)
Subcounties - also called constituencies. (new system)
Local authorities & Divisions cities, municipalities, towns and counties (not to be confused with national counties admin_level=4)
Wards (new system). Mostly identical to Locations
Locations (old system). Mostly identical to Wards
Villages (new system) & Sublocations (old system)
Kiribati
Island Councils (24)
Kosovo
Districts
Municipalities
Settlements / Cadastral zones
City districts and neighbourhoods
Kuwait
Governorates (Mouhafazah محافظة)
Cities / Towns
City blocks / Towns blocks
Kyrgyzstan
Regions (облусу) / Cities of state importance (Bishkek and Osh)
Districts (району) / Cities of district importance (Batken, Kök-Janggak...)
Cities / Towns (Balykchy...)
Villages ?
Laos
Provinces (Lao: ແຂວງ khoueng) or one prefecture (kampheng nakhon)
Districts (Lao: ເມືອງ mɯ́ang)
Sub-districts (Lao: ຕາແສງ tasseng)
Villages (Lao: ບ້ານ ban)
Latvia
Municipalities (Novadi), Cities (Valstspilsētas)
Towns (Pilsētas)
Rural territories (Pagasti)
Villages (Ciemi)
Suburbs (Priekšpilsētas)
Lebanon
Governorate (Mouhafazah محافظة)
Qadaa (also known as Caza قضاء ج. أقضية)
Federation of municipalities (إتحاد بلديات)
Municipality (بلدية)
منطقة عقاريّة
Lesotho
Districts
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Constitutencies
Community councils
Liberia
Counties (15)
Districts (90)
Clans (chiefdoms?)
Libya
District (Shabiya)
Liechtenstein
Electoral districts (Wahlkreis)
Municipalities (Gemeinde)
Lithuania
Counties (Apskritys)
Municipalities (Savivaldybės / Rajonai)
Elderships (Seniūnijos)
Cities / towns / villages (Miestai / miesteliai / Kaimai)
City/Town suburbs (Miesto / miestelio dalys / miesto seniūnijos)
Luxembourg
Cantons (region)
Communes
Sections / Villages / Neighbourhoods
MadagascarFaritany mizakatena (provinces)
Faritra (regions)
Distrika (districts)
Kaominina (communes)
Firaisana (arrondissements)
Fokontany (sections, communities of settlements / townships / villages)
MalawiRegions
Districts
Traditional authorities (rural areas), Urban administrative wards (urban centers)
SC - sub-chiefs governed under the authority of the local traditional authority. The sub-chiefdoms are used in order to create reasonably sized administrative units within large TAs.
GVH
Village
Malaysia
territories (wilayah) (proposed)
negeri (states)
bahagian (divisions) Sabah & Sarawak only
daerah (districts)
daerah kecil (subdistricts)
mukim (townships)
kampung, taman, dll (municipalities, including townships, cities, villages, etc.)
Maldives
Atolls / Capital (Malé)
Islands ?
Districts ?
Mali
Régions
Cercles
Commune
Malta
Islands (gżejjer) (NUTS 3)
Regions (reġjuni) (LAU 1)
Local councils (kunsilli lokali) (LAU 2)
Marshall Islands
chains (of islands)
Atolls (municipalities
Mauritania
Régions (Wilayah)
Départements (Moughataa)
Arrondissement
Communes
MauritiusOuter territories (Rodriques, Agaléga, Saint Brandon)
Districts
Cities (Vacoas-Phoenix, Quatre Bornes, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Curepipe)
Villages ?
Hamlets ?
Mexico
State borders
Municipal borders
City / Town limits
District limits / Delegaciones
City sectors / Colonias
Micronesia
States
Municipalities
Moldova (Republic of Moldova)Disputed territory - unrecognized state (Transnistria [7])
- Autonomous regions UTA Găgauzia and ATU from the left bank of the Dniester (UAT din stînga Nistrului)
- Găgăuzia Districts (Raioane) Comrat, Ceadîr-Lunga and Vulcănești Districts
First level Municipalities (Municipiile de nivelul I) [ex.: Orhei, Ungheni, etc.]
Chișinău Municipality's sectors (Sectoarele Municipiului Chișinău) [ex.: Rîșcani, Buiucani, etc.]
- Towns (Orașe) [ex.: Briceni, Glodeni, Dubăsari, etc.]
The intravilane limit of villages, towns and cities (Limita intravilana a satelor, orașelor și municipiilor) [ex.: Căinari, Cricova]
Quarters (Cartiere)
Monaco
Commune
Quartiers administratifs
Mongolia
Capital, provinces (хот, аймаг / ᠬᠣᠲᠠ , ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭ )
Sum, Districts (сум, дүүрэг / ᠰᠤᠮᠤ , ᠳᠡᢉᠦᠷᢉᠡ)
Bag, Subdistricts (баг, хороо / ᠪᠠᠭ , ᠬᠣᠷᠢᠶᠠ)
Montenegro
municipalities
settlements
Morocco
N/A
Regions (Wilayah) (ولاية) (جهات المغرب)
Prefectures (العمالات)
N/A
N/A
Urban Communes (Municipalities) (البلديات) (الجماعات الحضرية)
Préfectures d'Arrondissements (عمالات المقاطعات) (only in Casablanca)
Arrondissements (المقاطعات) (only in Casablanca, Rabat, Tanger, Marrakesh, Fez and Salé)
Quartiers (الأحياء)
Cercles (الدائرة)
Caïdats (القيادة)
Rural Communes (الجماعات القروية)
N/A
N/A
MozambiqueRegions // Regiões (Norte, Centro, Sul)
Provinces OR Capital Maputo // Províncias OU Cidade de Maputo
Districts OR Province Capital Cities // Distritos OU Cidades Capitais Provinciais
Administrative Post // Posto Administrativo
Neighbourhoods // Bairros
Blocks // Quarteirões
MyanmarDe facto independent areas (e.g. Wa state)
States, regions, union territory
Cities (Yangon, Naypyitaw, Mandalay), self-administered divisions
Districts, self-administered zones
Townships
Subtownships
Towns, village tracts
Wards, villages
Namibia
Regions
Constituencies
Municipalities
Nauru
Electoral Constituencies
Districts
Nepal
Development Regions
Provinces
Zones
Districts
Municipalities
Cities/Villages (This admin level in OSM is what the Nepal Gov. calls a "Village Development Committee" (VDC) (Nepali: गाउँ विकास समिति; gāun bikās samiti))
Wards
Tole
NetherlandsCountries (landen). These are Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten
Provinces (provincies, NUTS 2, only in European Netherlands), e.g. Zeeland, Noord-Holland
Municipalities (gemeenten, LAU 2, only in European Netherlands), e.g. Amsterdam, Schiermonnikoog
Settlements (woonplaatsen, only in European Netherlands): non-autonomous municipal subdivisions, registered in BAG. Retain even if congruent with municipality (
admin_level=8) and thus not a subdivision in the strict sense
Caribbean public bodies (Caribische openbare lichamen, only in Caribbean Netherlands). These are Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba. Known colloquially as special municipalities (bijzondere gemeenten)
In Aruba (proposed): Districts (municipalities) known as GAC regions
New Zealand
Regions (Canterbury, Bay of Plenty, Auckland, Gisborne etc.) governed by a regional council or unitary authority, and the Chatham Islands Territory
Districts and Cities governed by a territorial authority (Dunedin City, Kapiti Coast District etc.)
Local boards (Auckland) and community boards (elsewhere) (Note: wards are electoral constituencies for the territorial authority council and have no adminsitrative function)
Nicaragua
Departamentos, such as Chontales and RAACS
Municipios, such as Boaco and Juigalpa
Indigenous territories, such as Tawira and Mayagna Sauni Bu
City boundaries, such as Granada and León
Distritos, Comarcas, such as Distrito I and El Almacen
Barrios / Residenciales / Colonias, such as Villa Sandino and Bosques de Altamira
Niger
Régions
Départements
Communes
NigeriaGeopolitical zones (6)
States (36) + the federal capital territory
Local Government Areas (774)
Wards (10 to 15 for each LGA - They are like councils)
North Korea
Province (도), Capital city (직할시), Special city (특별시)
County (군), City (시)
Ward (구역)
Town (읍), Village (리), Neighbourhood (동), Workers' district (로동자구)
North Macedonia
Статистички Региони (Statistical regions)
Град Скопје (City of Skopje)
Општини (Municipalities )
Град/Село (city / town / village)
Населби (suburb)
Маало / Локалитет (neighbourhood / locality)
Norway
County (Fylke) (19)
Muncipiality (Kommue) (430)
Bydel
Oman
Governorate
Provinces
Villages/Towns
Blocks/Subdivisons of Villages and Towns
Pakistan
Province
Division
District
Subdistrict
Metropolitan Corporation
Union Council
Palau
States
Panama
Provincias
Regiones Indígenas
Distritos / Municipios
Corregimientos
Comunidad (rural)
Barrios
Papua New GuineaRegions
Provinces / Autonomous Region of Bougainville / National Capital District
Districts
Urban and Rural LLG (Local-level governments)
in use, fixme
in use, fixme
Paraguay
natural regions
states
municipal, city limits
suburb and locality
Peru
States, Departments
Regions, Provinces
Counties, Districts
suburb and locality
new levels
Regions (Rehiyon)
Provinces (Lalawigan)
Provincial legislative districts
Cities/municipalities (Lungsod/bayan)
City/municipal legislative districts
Administrative districts of Manila, Iloilo City and Davao City, former barangays that remain in use for addressing purposes (e.g. in Quezon City, Caloocan)
Barangay zones
Barangay
Sitio/purok
Poland
województwa (voivodships, provinces, regions)
powiaty (counties) - some cities have county status - in OSM their borders have both relations - one as a city and second as a county.
gminy (municipalities) - some cities have municipality status - in OSM their borders have both relations - one as a city and second as a municipality.
cities, towns and villages.
City districts (dzielnice)
Przysiółki - usually isolated parts of villages.
boundaries for neighborhoods (osiedla)
Portugal
Autonomous Regions (Regiões autónomas)
Districts (Distritos)
Municipalities (Municípios)
Civil parishes (Freguesias)
Qatar
Municipalities (baladiyah مدينة)
Districts
Romania (România)
Macroregions (NUTS1) or other divisions of equivalent size if they will ever be used in administration
Regions (NUTS2) same as above
Counties (Judeţe) and the Municipality of Bucharest (NUTS-3)
Metropolitan zones (or other type of inter-municipal association)
Municipalities (Comune, Orașe, Municipii) (NUTS-LAU); Bucharest's sectors
Villages, administrative parts of cities / municipalities
Neighbourhoods
Russia (Russian Federation)Federal districts
Federal subjects
Groups of municipal districts / urban okrugs, administrative okrugs / districts of federal cities
Municipal districts and okrugs of federal subjects (except federal cities), urban okrugs, including ZATO and urban okrugs with intracity division
Urban and rural municipalities, municipal intra-city territories of federal cities, districts of urban okrugs with intracity division
Districts and other administrative-territorial units of urban and municipal okrugs
(Under discussion: all hamlets / suburbs or only suburbs with local government offices)
Федеральные округа
Субъекты федерации
Объединения муниципальных районов / городских округов, административные округа / районы городов федерального значения (ГФЗ)
Муниципальные районы и округа субъектов федерации (кроме ГФЗ), городские округа, в т.ч. ЗАТО и ГО с внутригородским делением
Городские и сельские муниципальные образования, внутригородские муниципальные образования ГФЗ, районы ГО с внутригородским делением
Районы и другие административно-территориальные единицы городских и муниципальных округов
(Обсуждается: все населённые пункты либо только микрорайоны с территориальными управлениями администрации)
Rwanda
Provinces / Kigali City
Districts
Chefferies ?
In use: Municipalities ?
In use: Villages ? Hamlets ?
West Sahara
Caidats (القيادة)
Municipalities (الجماعات الحضرية)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
St Kitts / Nevis
Parishes
Saint Lucia
Districts
Saint Vincent
Parishes
Samoa
Borders of 11 Traditional Political Districts
Borders of 51 Electoral Constituencies
Boundaries of 343+ Villages
San Marino
Municipalities (castelli)
Sao Tome and Principe
Autonomous Region of Príncipe
Districts
Municipalities ?
Saudi Arabia
Regions (منطقة)
Governorate (محافظة)
Municipalities (بلدية)
Districts (حي)
Senegal
boundary of the "Regions" like Saint-Louis, Matam...
boundaries of the "Départements" see a list here
boundary of "arrondissements" : subdivision of departements; see a list here
boundary of communes like Dakar, Tambacounda, Ziguinchor...see a list here or rural communities
boundary of "Arrondissement municipal"
Used for the local democracy : quartiers
Serbia
autonomous provinces
regions
administrative districts
cities
municipalities and urban municipalities
settlements
local communities
Seychelles
Groups of Districts (Greater Victoria, Rural Mahé, Praslin, La Digue, Outer Islands)
Districts (eg Bel Air)
Sierra Leone
borders of 3 Provinces (Eastern, Northern, and Southern) + Western Area (as described in ISO 3166-2)
borders of 12 administrative districts, 6 municipalities (including Freetown) and Western Area Rural
borders of Paramount Chiefdoms, 8 Wards in Freetown and 4 Districts in Western Area
borders of Section Chiefdoms (Paramount Chiefdoms only)
Singapore
Region
Planning Areas
Subzones
Slovakia
(Groups of Regions (oblasti, NUTS 2/RŠÚJ 2) are placed on
admin_level=3, but they are to be tagged with boundary=statistical instead of boundary=administrative)
Regions (samosprávne kraje, NUTS 3/RŠÚJ 3)
Bratislava and Košice (Bratislava, Košice)
Districts (okresy, LAU 1/RŠÚJ 4)
Municipalities (obce, LAU 2/RŠÚJ 5)
Municipal boroughs of Bratislava and Košice (mestské časti Bratislavy a Košíc)
Committees of town parts (výbory v mestských častiach)
Slovenia
reserved for regional borders - if they are ever finalized (SL: pokrajine)
Administrative units borders (SL: upravne enote) LAU 1
Municipal borders (SL: občine) LAU 2
Suburbs, hamlets (SL: meje naselij)
Solomon Islands
Provinces (9) / Capital
Wards
Suburbs
SomaliaSomaliland (disputed territory)
States (6)
Regions (19)
Districts (106 on wikipedia, currently 88 in osm)
Quarters
South Africa
provincial borders
district borders (borders of district municipalities and metropolitan municipalities)
N/A
municipal borders (borders of local municipalities within districts)
N/A
ward borders
South Korea (ROK)
Regional(State) Border (Metropolitan Self-Governing Entity(MSGE) or 광역자치단체, as per 대한민국의 행정 구역 - 특별시(서울), 광역시, 도, 특별자치도(제주), 특별자치시(세종))
County Border (Basic Self-Governing Entity(BSGE) or 기초자치단체 - MSGE's Gu/Gun & Do's Si 특별시의 자치구, 광역시의 자치구/군, 도의 자치시/군)
City; Within a BSGE (기초자치단체(자치시)의): -gu 구 ; Within a Special Self-governing province (특별자치도의) :-si 시
Town; Within a -si (시의): -dong 동, -ga 가; Within a -do (도의): -eup 읍 : -myeon 면
Village (-ri, 리), -tong 통
Province (-do, 도), Metropolitan City (gwangyeok-si 광역시), Special City (Seoul)(teukbyeol-si 특별시)
County (-gun, 군), City (-si, 시), Basic Self-Governing Entity (BSGE, 기초자치단체)
District (-gu, 구). Special Self-governing Province (Jeju)(teukbyeol-jachido 특별자치도)
South SudanHistorical region (3)
State (28)
(Before 2015) State (10)
County (86)
Payam (580)
Boma (2092)
Village
Village subdivision (rural) / Block (urban)
Spain(Unused) Groups of Spanish autonomous communities (NUTS 1)
Autonomous communities (NUTS 2)
Provinces, see
boundary=political for insular councils (NUTS 3)
Judicial districts, comarcas (counties) and cuadrillas
Municipalities, equivalent to townships, communes
Districts (parishes)
Wards
(No usado) Grupos de comunidades autónomas (NUTS 1).
Comunidades autónomas (NUTS 2).
Provincias, ver
boundary=political para cabildos insulares (NUTS 3).
Partidos judiciales, comarcas y cuadrillas.
Municipios, equivalentes a ayuntamientos o conceyos de Asturias y concellos de Galicia.
Distrito (Entidad colectiva de población): diputaciones, pedanías, parroquias civiles de Galicia, parroquias rurales de Asturias, hermandades, ledanías, concejos de Navarra y concejos de Álava.
Entidad singular de población: villa, lugar, aldea, caserío, poblado, barrio, urbanización.
Sri Lanka
Provinces (மாகாணம்)
Districts (மாவட்டம்)
Divisions (பிரிவுகள்)
Subdivisions (கிராம சேவையாளர் பிரிவு) ?
Municipalities ?
Suburbs, Quarters, Neighbourhoods ?
Sudan
States (Wilayah ولاية)
Big Cities / Regions ?
Districts (fixme, see level 8)
in use, fixme
Districts (fixme, see level 6)
Municipalities ?
in use, fixme
Suburbs, Quarters, Neighbourhood, Blocks ?
Suriname
Districten (districts equivalent to counties or provinces)
Ressorten (resorts approximately equivalent to municipalities)
Sweden
Län (County / NUTS3)
Sameby (Sámi village, administers hunting/fishing in fell areas since 2020)
Kommun (Muncipiality / LAU2)
Distrikt (district / parish, previously socken)
Stadsdelsområde / Stadsdelsnämdsområde (Stockholm / Göteborg)
Stadsdel / Primärområde
Switzerland
Cantons (de: Kantone)
Administrative region or other which isn't a district (de: Verwaltungsregionen, fr: Régions administratives)
Districts (de: Bezirke/Ämter, fr: districts)
Circles or something other between districts and municipalities
Municipalities (de: Gemeinden/Städte, fr: communes/villes)
Suburbs (de: Stadtkreise/Stadtteile, fr: secteurs)
Quarters (de: Quartiere, fr: quartiers)
Syria
Governorates
Districts
Subdistricts
Cities, towns and villages of Subdistrict
Damascus Municipalities
Damascus neighborhoods
Taiwan (Rep. of China)
Municipality 直轄市; Provintial municipality 省轄市; County 縣
District 直轄市、省轄市的區
County-administered city 縣轄市; Township 鄉/鎮
Village 村/里
Neighbourhood 鄰
Tajikistan
Borders of 3 Provinces (Sughd, Khatlon, Districts of Republican Subordination), 1 Region (Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region) and Capital city (Dushanbe)
District (e.g. Varzob, Khovaling, Murghob)
Jamoat (e.g. Sarichashma)
Deha (village) / micro rayons
TanzaniaZone (e.g. Northern Zone)
Region (e.g. Arusha)
District (e.g. Arumeru)
Division (e.g. Mbarika)
Ward (e.g. Usa River)
Village (in rural context) or Sub-ward/Mtaa (e.g. USA River; urban)
Shina (area of responsibility of a Mjumbe or Tencell)
Thailand
→ Province / จังหวัด
→ District / อำเภอ
→ Subdistrict Administrative Organization (SAO) / องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบล (อบต.)
→ Subdistrict / ตำบล
Khwaeng / แขวง (in municipality)
Village / หมู่บ้าน
Community / ชุมชน
Timor-Leste
Municipalities (pt:município, tet:munisípiu)
Subdistricts (pt:postos administrativos, tet:postu administrativu)
Villages (Sucos) (pt:aldeias (sucos), tet:sukus)
Togo
Région
Préfecture
Sous-préfecture
Commune (sauf Lomé)
Arrondissement municipal
Quartier
Village
Tonga
Administrative divisions (to:?)
Districts (Vahe)
in use, fixme
Trinidad and Tobago
Regional corporations / Municipalities / Ward
in use, quarters ?
Tunisia
Borders of the 24 Governorates of Tunisia
Delegations (Districts) Borders
Imadats (Sectors) Borders
Turkeythe Census defined geographical regions of Turkey (which are used for administrative purposes and are well-known in the country)
Borders of the 81 provinces (NUTS 3) (İller)
Borders of districts LAU 1 (aka NUTS 4) (İlçeler)
Borders of incorporated villages LAU 2 (aka NUTS 5) (Beldeler)
Borders of neighbourhoods and unincorporated villages (Köyler ve Mahalleler)
Village subdivisions (Köy altı yerleşimler: çiftlik, mezra, kom, divan, oba, yayla, küme evleri)
Turkmenistan
Provinces / Welayatlar / Области (e.g., Ahal)
Provincial districts / Welayatyň etraplary / Районы областей (e.g., Ak Bugday etraby)
Cities, Towns, Rural Councils / Şäherler, Şäherçeler, Geňeşler / Города, посёлки, сельсоветы (e.g., Balkanabat, Oguzhan, Bugdaýly geňeşligi)
Municipal Boroughs with mayors / Şäheryň häkimli uly etraplary / Крупные городские районы с мэром (e.g., Awaza)
Villages / Obalar / Сёла (e.g., Babaarap)
Municipal Districts / Şäheryň kiçi etraplary (etrapçalary) / Микрорайоны (e.g., Parahat 7)
Hamlets, Neighborhoods, Subdistricts / Oba ilatly punktlary, Ýaşaýyş toplumlary, Etrabyň etraplary / Хуторы, Субмикрорайоны (e.g., Üçgöz, Çoganly Ýaşaýyş Toplumy, Parahat 7/2)
Tuvalu
Administrative atolls/islands (9 Districts)
Uganda
Borders of the regions (which do not have any political or administrative importance)
Borders of the 112 districts
Borders of counties
Borders of sub-counties
Borders of Parishes
Borders of Zones (in Kampala only)
Ukraine
Crimea, Oblasts, Kyiv and Sevastopol / АР Крим, області, Київ і Севастополь / АР Крым, области, Киев и Севастополь
Crimea rayons, rayons in oblasts, cities of regional significance / Райони в Криму, райони в областях, міста обласного значення / Районы в Крыму, районы в областях, города областного значения
Administrative rayons in cities and towns, united territorial communities / Адміністративні райони у містах, об'єднані територіальні громади / Административные районы в городах, объединённые территориальные громады
Local radas in rayons in Crimea and oblasts / Місцеві ради в районах Криму і областей (міські ради, селищні ради, сільські ради) / Местные советы в районах Крыма и областей (городские советы, поселковые советы, сельские советы)
Settlements per se / Власне населені пункти / Собственно населённые пункты
United Arab Emirates
Emirates (إمارة)
Capital Abu Dhabi (أبو ظبي)
in use, fixme
Municipalities
Suburbs / Quarters / Villages ?
United Kingdom
England
Combined Authorities and Greater London
Two-tier non-metropolitan counties, Metropolitan counties, Unitary authorities, City of London
Metropolitan districts, non-metropolitan districts, London boroughs
Civil parishes
Scotland
Council areas
Community councils
Wales / Cymru
Principal areas / Awdurdodau unedol
Communities / Cymunedau
Northern Ireland
Reserved for compatibility with counties in Ireland
Local government district
Electoral Division
Townland
United StatesN/A. Semi-official and unofficial regions are not administrative but geographical/cultural; do not tag these with
admin_level=3.
the 50 States, 3 Territories, 2 Commonwealths and the District of Columbia
New York City (an agglomerate of multiple county equivalents),
State counties and "county equivalents,"
Civil townships (in about one-third of states)
state Municipalities: cities, towns and villages; infrequently, hamlets
Wards (rare)
Neighborhoods (infrequent),
Uruguay
Department borders
Local board limits (municipios)
City / town limits
Barrios
Uzbekistan
Borders of 12 Provinces (viloyat), 1 Autonomous Republic (Karakalpakstan Republic) and 1 Capital city (Tashkent city)
District (tuman) and cities of provinces subordination (viloyatga bo'ysunuchi shaharlar) (e.g. Zomin tumani, Shayhontohur tumani, Andijon shahri)
Cities of districts subordination (tumanga bo'sunuvchi shaharlar), urban settlements (shaharcha) and rural community of citizens (qishloq fuqarolar yig'ini) (e.g. Osmonsoy QFY, Zomin shaharchasi)
Neighborhood (Mahalla), village (qishloq), small districts (kichik tumanlar (mikro rayon))
Vanuatu
Province
Area (sometimes referred to as Area Council. Municipalities of Port Vila and Luganville are their own Areas)
Ward (subdivision of Municipalities, and in some cases former Municipalities)
Community (Nakamal council) (Not typically used by the central government, but in use to further subdivide some Areas)
Venezuela
First-level administrative division:
Some administrative elements in certain parts of this country:
Second-level administrative division:
Third-level administrative division:
Cities, towns and other inhabited places:
Neighborhoods in general, into which a city or town is subdivided:
Neighborhoods in general, within other neighborhoods in general:
Others minor administrative elements, or a third-level subdivision of neighborhoods
Vietnam
Province (tỉnh), city (thành phố)
Commune (phường), ward (xã), special administrative region (đặc khu)
Yemen
Governorates (محافظة)
Aden (مدينة عدن)
Districts (مديرية)
Villages ?
Zambia
Provinces
Districts
Zimbabwe
Provinces
Districts
Municipalities ?
Suburbs / Wards ?
Country (
admin_level=2)
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4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
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