List of autonomous areas by country

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Countries with at least one autonomous area.

The table below lists autonomous areas by country.

Country Native term
Translation or equivalent
Instances
Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina ciudad autonoma
autonomous city
Buenos Aires
Image:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan[1] muxtar respublika
autonomous republic
Nakhichevan
Image:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina Entitet
Entity
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina · Republika Srpska
Image:Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia krong
autonomous municipality
Phnom Penh · Sihanoukville · Pailin · Kep
Image:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg CAR[2] commune autonome
autonomous commune
Bangui
Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (PRC) zìzhìqū
autonomous region
Guangxi · Inner Mongolia · Ningxia · Xinjiang · Tibet
tèbié xíngzhèngqū
Special administrative region
Hong Kong · Macau
zìzhìzhōu
autonomous prefecture
Linxia Hui · Gannan · Qiandongnan · Qiannan · Qianxinan · Enshi · Xiangxi · Yanbian · Haibei · Hainan · Huangnan · Golog · Gyêgu · Haixi · Ngawa · Garzê · Liangshan · Kizilsu · Bortala · Changji · Bayin'gholin · Ili · Dehong · Nujiang · Dêqên · Dali · Chuxiong · Honghe · Wenshan · Xishuangbanna
zìzhìxiàn
autonomous county
over 110[3]
zìzhìqí
autonomous banner
Oroqin · Evenki · Morin
Image:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros
autonomous island
Grande Comore · Mohéli · Anjouan
Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
autonomous region
Faroe Islands · Greenland[4]
Image:Flag of Finland.svg Finland itsehallinnollinen maakunta
autonomous province
Åland
Image:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia avtonomiuri respublika
autonomous republic
Abkhazia · Adjara
Image:Flag of Greece.svg Greece
autonomous region
Mount Athos
Image:Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Guinea-Bissau sector autónomo
autonomous sector
Bissau Region
Image:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia daerah istimewa
special region
Aceh · Yogyakarta · Papua · Jakarta[5]
Image:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq autonomous region Kurdistan Region
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy regione autonoma
autonomous region
Aosta Valley · Friuli-Venezia Giulia · Sardinia · Sicily · Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Image:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea teukbyeol jachido
autonomous province
Jeju-do
Image:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar faritany mizakatena
autonomous province
All six provinces are characterized as autonomous (mizakatena).
Image:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius
autonomous province
Rodrigues
Image:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova unitate teritorială autonomă
autonomous territorial unit
Găgăuzia · Transnistria[6]
Image:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua regione autónoma
autonomous region
Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte · Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur
Image:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Islami-Jamhouriyat-e-Kashmir
autonomous region
Azad Kashmir
Image:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea autonomous province Bougainville
Image:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines
autonomous region
Muslim Mindanao
Image:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal região autónoma
autonomous region
Azores · Madeira
Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia respublika
republic
Adygea · Altai · Bashkortostan · Buryatia · Chechnya · Chuvashia · Dagestan · Ingushetia · Kabardino-Balkaria · Kalmykia · Karachay-Cherkessia · Karelia · Khakassia · Komi · Mari El · Mordovia · North Ossetia-Alania · Sakha (Yakutia) · Tatarstan · Tuva · Udmurtia
avtonomnaya oblast
autonomous province[7]
Jewish Autonomous Oblast
avtonomny okrug
autonomous subject-level district[8]
Agin-Buryat · Chukotka · Khanty-Mansi · Nenets · Yamalo-Nenets
Image:Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg São Tomé & Príncipe concelho
province
(Príncipe[9])
Image:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia
autonomous province
Kosovo · Vojvodina
Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain comunidad autónoma
autonomous community
Andalusia · Aragon · Asturias · Balearic Islands · Basque Country · Canary Islands · Cantabria · Castile-La Mancha · Castile and León · Catalonia · Extremadura · Galicia · La Rioja · Madrid · Murcia · Navarre · Valencia
ciudad autónoma
autonomous city
Ceuta · Melilla
Image:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan Southern Sudan · Transitional Darfur Regional Authority
Image:Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan viloyat mukhtor
autonomous province
Gorno-Badakhshan
Image:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania
revolutionary government
Zanzibar[10]
Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg Tokelau autonomous community Atafu · Fakaofo · Nukunonu
Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine avtonomna respublika
autonomous republic
Crimea
Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom constituent country (with devolution) Northern Ireland · Scotland · Wales
Image:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan respublika
republic
Karakalpakstan
shahar
autonomous city
Tashkent

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ The Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan is de facto independent but not internationally recognized.
  2. ^ Central African Republic.
  3. ^ see Autonomous counties of China.
  4. ^ also described as a "self-governing territory".
  5. ^ Indonesia's capital, described as a daerah khusus ibukota (special district).
  6. ^ Transnistria is de facto administered by an internationally non-recognized breakaway government that claims independence from Moldova. Moldovan government proposed to give Transnistria a similar or larger degree of autonomy as that granted to Găgăuzia. However negociations have been stalled, and de jure Transnistria does not yet have any autonomy.
  7. ^ "autonomous oblast" sometimes used instead of "autonomous province".
  8. ^ "autonomous okrug" sometimes used instead of "autonomous (subject-level) district".
  9. ^ may be regarded as autonomous as it has been self-governed since 1995.
  10. ^ may be considered autonomous as it elects its own president and representation (a House of Representatives).

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

it:Lista di entità autonome pl:Terytoria autonomiczne na świecie

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