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This list of autonomous areas arranged by country gives an overview of autonomous areas of the world. An autonomous area is defined as an area of a country that has a degree of autonomy , or has freedom from an external authority.
15 regions (regioni) 5 autonomous regions with special statute (regioni autonome a statuto speciale) 80 provinces (province) 2 autonomous provinces (province autonome) 7,998 communes (comuni) 37,000+ fractions (frazioni) and circumscriptions (circoscrizioni) [citation needed] Ivory Coast: Unitary 14 autonomous districts (districts autonomes)
Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (since 20 December 1999): Macau Portugal: 545,674 28 11 1972 Politics of Macau Puerto Rico: Became a Commonwealth (semi-autonomous unincorporated territory of the United States) Unincorporated territory of the United States with Commonwealth status United States: 3,958,128 8,870 ...
An autonomous administrative division (also referred to as an autonomous area, zone, entity, unit, region, subdivision, province, or territory) is a subnational administrative division or internal territory of a sovereign state that has a degree of autonomy — self-governance — under the national government.
The Kurdistan region of Iraq is an autonomous region in northern Iraq. It borders Iran in the east, Turkey in the north, and Syria in the west. The region encompasses most of Iraqi Kurdistan, which is the southern part of the greater geographical region of Kurdistan. The region lies between latitudes 34° and 38°N, and longitudes 41° and 47 ...
Administrative divisions [1] (also administrative units, [2] [3] [4] administrative regions, [5] #-level subdivisions, subnational entities, or constituent states, as well as many similar generic terms) are geographical areas into which a particular independent sovereign state is divided. Such a unit usually has an administrative authority with ...
The Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan is an example of an exclave that is not an enclave, as it borders Armenia, Iran, and Turkey. Semi-enclaves and semi-exclaves are areas that, except for possessing an unsurrounded sea border (a coastline contiguous with international waters), would otherwise be enclaves or exclaves.
Southern Sudan Autonomous Region (1972–1983) Southern Sudan Autonomous Region (2005–2011) T. Seat of the 10 Lance-bearers; V. Vojvodina; W. Wales; Wallonia