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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 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

  4. List of administrative divisions by country - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. 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;

  6. List of autonomous areas by country - Wikipedia

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    The autonomous areas differ from federal units and independent states in the sense that they, in relation to the majority of other sub-national territories in the same country, enjoy a special status including some legislative powers, within the state (for a detailed list of federated units, see federated state).

  7. Capital city - Wikipedia

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    A capital city or just capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational division, usually as its seat of the government. A capital is typically a city that physically encompasses the government's offices and meeting places; the status as capital is often designated by its law or ...

  8. Capital districts and territories - Wikipedia

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    A capital district, capital region, or capital territory is normally a specially designated administrative division where a country's seat of government is located. As such, in a federal model of government, no state or territory has any political or economic advantage relative to the others because of the national capital lying within its borders.

  9. Dependent territory - Wikipedia

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    A dependent territory is commonly distinguished from a country subdivision by being considered not to be a constituent part of a sovereign state. An administrative subdivision, instead, is understood to be a division of a state proper. A dependent territory, conversely, often maintains a great degree of autonomy from its controlling state.