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A city-state is an independent sovereign city which serves as the center of political, economic, and cultural life over its contiguous territory. [1] They have existed in many parts of the world throughout history, including cities such as Rome, Carthage, Athens and Sparta and the Italian city-states during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, such as Florence, Venice, Genoa and Milan.
Ashgabat, the capital city-region 4 boroughs or districts (uly etraplar) (as of 2018) Tuvalu: Unitary 9 districts: Uganda: Unitary 135 districts 1 city: 167 counties 31 municipalities 25 city divisions 1,496 subcounties 580 town councils 89 municipal divisions/boroughs 10,717 parishes 71,213 villages [40] Ukraine: Regional 24 oblasts (regions) [cc]
The local scale level relates to a small area, usually a city or municipality; The regional scale level relates to a larger area, usually a region, state or province; The national scale level relates to a country; The continental scale level refers to a continent; The global scale applies to the entire world;
Transcontinental country in Europe and Africa, classified as a Western European country by the United Nations Statistics Division: France (Mayotte, and Réunion). Transcontinental country in Asia and Africa, classified as a Western Asian country by the United Nations Statistics Division: Yemen .
The dominant customary international law standard of statehood is the declarative theory of statehood, which was codified by the Montevideo Convention of 1933. The Convention defines the state as a person of international law if it "possess[es] the following qualifications: (a) a permanent population; (b) a defined territory; (c) government; and (d) a capacity to enter into relations with the ...
state Land Germany (official term) state lieu-dit France: place name linn Estonia: town or city lugar Cape Verde: division of zona in Cape Verde Portugal: hamlet lungsod Philippines: city maakond Estonia: county մարզ Armenia: province or region mahoz Israel: district mancomunidad Spain: association of municipalities, commonwealth merindad
There are six definitive occurrences of territories unequivocally being a part of the African continent, but legally being administered by a European state. Three of these are administered by France, and the other three by Spain. The existence of these territories further blurs the line between the borders of Africa and Europe, in particular ...
List of cities in Bolivia - Plurinational State of Bolivia; List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bosnia and Herzegovina; List of cities in Botswana - Republic of Botswana; List of cities in Brazil - Federative Republic of Brazil; List of cities in Brunei - State of Brunei Darussalam; List of cities in Bulgaria - Republic of Bulgaria