Description
Administrative areas are known by different names for each country. Below a list of the colloquial (locally known) names for each administrative area, per country.
| Country | Administrative Area Level | Colloquial Name |
|---|---|---|
| Algeria | adminarea_l1 | Province |
| Algeria | adminarea_l2 | Commune |
| Angola | adminarea_l1 | Province |
| Angola | adminarea_l2 | Municipality|City Council |
| Angola | adminarea_l3 | Commune |
| Benin | adminarea_l1 | Department |
| Benin | adminarea_l2 | Commune |
| Botswana | adminarea_l1 | District |
| Botswana | adminarea_l2 | Sub-district |
| Burkina Faso | adminarea_l1 | Region |
| Burkina Faso | adminarea_l2 | Province |
| Burkina Faso | adminarea_l3 | Department |
| Burundi | adminarea_l1 | Province |
| Burundi | adminarea_l2 | Commune |
| Burundi | adminarea_l3 | Colline |
| Burundi | adminarea_l4 | Sous Colline |
| Côte d'Ivoire | adminarea_l1 | District |
| Côte d'Ivoire | adminarea_l2 | Region |
| Côte d'Ivoire | adminarea_l3 | Department |
| Côte d'Ivoire | adminarea_l4 | Sub-prefecture |
| Cape Verde | adminarea_l1 | County |
| Cameroon | adminarea_l1 | Region |
| Cameroon | adminarea_l2 | Department |
| Cameroon | adminarea_l3 | Arrondissement |
| Central African Republic | adminarea_l1 | Prefecture |
| Central African Republic | adminarea_l2 | Sub-prefecture |
| Chad | adminarea_l1 | Region |
| Chad | adminarea_l2 | Department |
| Chad | adminarea_l3 | Sub-prefecture |
| Comoros | adminarea_l1 | Autonomous Island |
| Djibouti | adminarea_l1 | Region |
| Djibouti | adminarea_l2 | District |
| Egypt | adminarea_l1 | Governorate |
| Egypt | adminarea_l2 | Subdivision |
| Equatorial Guinea | adminarea_l1 | Province |
| Equatorial Guinea | adminarea_l2 | Districts|Municipals |
| Eritrea | adminarea_l1 | Region |
| Eritrea | adminarea_l2 | District |
| Ethiopia | adminarea_l1 | State |
| Ethiopia | adminarea_l2 | Zone |
| Ethiopia | adminarea_l3 | District |
| Gabon | adminarea_l1 | Province |
| Gabon | adminarea_l2 | Department |
| Gambia | adminarea_l1 | Division |
| Gambia | adminarea_l2 | District |
| Ghana | adminarea_l1 | Region |
| Ghana | adminarea_l2 | District |
| Guinea | adminarea_l1 | Region |
| Guinea | adminarea_l2 | Prefecture |
| Guinea | adminarea_l3 | Sub-prefecture |
| Guinea-Bissau | adminarea_l1 | Region |
| Guinea-Bissau | adminarea_l2 | Sector |
| Kenya | adminarea_l1 | County |
| Kenya | adminarea_l2 | Constituency |
| Kenya | adminarea_l3 | Ward |
| Lesotho | adminarea_l1 | District |
| Liberia | adminarea_l1 | County |
| Liberia | adminarea_l2 | District |
| Liberia | adminarea_l3 | Clan |
| Libya | adminarea_l1 | District |
| Madagascar | adminarea_l1 | Autonomous Province |
| Madagascar | adminarea_l2 | Region |
| Madagascar | adminarea_l3 | District |
| Madagascar | adminarea_l4 | Commune |
| Malawi | adminarea_l1 | District |
| Malawi | adminarea_l2 | Traditional Authority |
| Malawi | adminarea_l3 | Unknown |
| Mali | adminarea_l1 | Region |
| Mali | adminarea_l2 | Circle |
| Mali | adminarea_l3 | Arrondissement |
| Mali | adminarea_l4 | Commune |
| Mauritania | adminarea_l1 | Region |
| Mauritania | adminarea_l2 | Department |
| Mauritius | adminarea_l1 | District |
| Mayotte | adminarea_l1 | Commune |
| Morocco | adminarea_l1 | Region |
| Morocco | adminarea_l2 | Province |
| Morocco | adminarea_l3 | District |
| Morocco | adminarea_l4 | Rural|Urban Commune |
| Mozambique | adminarea_l1 | Province |
| Mozambique | adminarea_l2 | District |
| Mozambique | adminarea_l3 | Locality |
| Namibia | adminarea_l1 | Region |
| Namibia | adminarea_l2 | Constituency |
| Niger | adminarea_l1 | Department |
| Niger | adminarea_l2 | Arrondissement |
| Niger | adminarea_l3 | Commune |
| Nigeria | adminarea_l1 | State |
| Nigeria | adminarea_l2 | Local Authority |
| Reunion | adminarea_l1 | Arrondissement |
| Reunion | adminarea_l2 | Commune |
| Republic of Congo | adminarea_l1 | Region |
| Republic of Congo | adminarea_l2 | District |
| Rwanda | adminarea_l1 | Province |
| Rwanda | adminarea_l2 | District |
| Rwanda | adminarea_l3 | Sector |
| Rwanda | adminarea_l4 | Cell |
| Rwanda | adminarea_l5 | Village |
| Saint Helena | adminarea_l1 | Dependency |
| Saint Helena | adminarea_l2 | Dependency |
| Sao Tome and Principe | adminarea_l1 | Municipality |
| Sao Tome and Principe | adminarea_l2 | Not Specified |
| Senegal | adminarea_l1 | Region |
| Senegal | adminarea_l2 | Department |
| Senegal | adminarea_l3 | Arrondissement |
| Senegal | adminarea_l4 | Commune |
| Seychelles | adminarea_l1 | District |
| Sierra Leone | adminarea_l1 | Province |
| Sierra Leone | adminarea_l2 | District |
| Sierra Leone | adminarea_l3 | Chiefdom |
| Somalia | adminarea_l1 | Region |
| Somalia | adminarea_l2 | District |
| South Africa | adminarea_l1 | Province |
| South Africa | adminarea_l2 | District Municipality |
| South Africa | adminarea_l3 | Municipality |
| South Africa | adminarea_l4 | Electoral Ward |
| South Sudan | adminarea_l1 | State |
| South Sudan | adminarea_l2 | District |
| South Sudan | adminarea_l3 | Unknown |
| Sudan | adminarea_l1 | State |
| Sudan | adminarea_l2 | District |
| Sudan | adminarea_l3 | Unknown |
| Swaziland | adminarea_l1 | District |
| Swaziland | adminarea_l2 | Constituency |
| Tanzania | adminarea_l1 | Region |
| Tanzania | adminarea_l2 | District |
| Tanzania | adminarea_l3 | Ward |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | adminarea_l1 | Province |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | adminarea_l2 | Sub-region |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | adminarea_l3 | Not Specified |
| Togo | adminarea_l1 | Region |
| Togo | adminarea_l2 | Prefecture |
| Tunisia | adminarea_l1 | Governorate |
| Tunisia | adminarea_l2 | Delegation |
| Uganda | adminarea_l1 | District |
| Uganda | adminarea_l2 | County |
| Uganda | adminarea_l3 | Sub-county |
| Uganda | adminarea_l4 | Parish |
| Western Sahara | adminarea_l1 | Province |
| Zambia | adminarea_l1 | Province |
| Zambia | adminarea_l2 | District |
| Zimbabwe | adminarea_l1 | Province |
| Zimbabwe | adminarea_l2 | District |