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  2. City-state - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. List of administrative divisions by country - Wikipedia

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    1 city with special status: Tbilisi: 10 districts (raions) Germany: Federal 16 states (Länder): [ax] Baden-Württemberg Bavaria Hesse North Rhine-Westphalia: 19 administrative districts (Regierungsbezirke) 3 special regional associations (Kommunalverbände besonderer Art) [ay]

  4. List of terms for administrative divisions - Wikipedia

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    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

  5. Americas (terminology) - Wikipedia

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    Central America—the southern region of the North American continent, comprising Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. [16] Sometimes, Central America may be defined to only include the five countries which gained independence as the United Provinces of Central America .

  6. Glossary of geography terms (A–M) - Wikipedia

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    The city center may include or overlap with a central business district or downtown area, and the terms are commonly used interchangeably. city-state A sovereign state or small independent country that usually consists of a single city and its dependent territories. clearing 1.

  7. Administrative division - Wikipedia

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    A federated state may be referred to as a province, region, canton, land, governorate, oblast, emirate, or country. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Administrative units that are not federated or confederated but enjoy a greater degree of autonomy or self-government than other territories within the same country can be considered autonomous regions or de ...

  8. List of autonomous areas by country - Wikipedia

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    Notes: Svalbard, Norway: Although it does not fit the definition of autonomous area (not possessing partial internal sovereignty), Svalbard has the sovereignty of Norway limited by the Spitsbergen Treaty of 1920 [13] and therefore is considered as having special status (as it is considered fully integrated with Norway, and not a dependency, it is a sui generis case).

  9. Geographic levels - Wikipedia

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    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;