Largest Subdivisions Mapped
Apr 8, 2021
A first-level subdivision or subnational entity is an officially outlined geographical division within a sovereign country. Such a division is designed to improve the responsiveness of a national government to sub-national activities. As such, a division is given some degree of administrative independence, which is considered as a form of limited self-government in some nations.
The names given to such national divisions include cantons, departments, governorates, krays, lands, oblasts, okrugs, prefectures, provinces, regions, republics, states, wilayahs.
