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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.
Bangsamoro, an autonomous region (awtonomong rehiyon) 82 provinces (lalawigan or probinsya) 107 component cities (bahaging lungsod) 1,488 municipalities (bayan or munisipalidad) 42,027 barangays (formerly barrios), some grouped into districts 22 independent cities (17 Highly Urbanized Cities and 5 Independent Component Cities)
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.
U.S. Census Bureau regions and divisions. Since 1950, the United States Census Bureau defines four statistical regions, with nine divisions. [1] [2] The Census Bureau region definition is "widely used... for data collection and analysis", [3] and is the most commonly used classification system.
Under each region listed is one or more of the following: De facto state (de facto entity): for regions without diplomatic recognition but with de facto autonomy. [Proposed state: proposed name for a seceding sovereign state. Proposed autonomous area: for movements towards greater autonomy for an area but not outright secession.
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 ...
The United States of America is a federal republic [1] consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and various minor islands. [2] [3] Both the states and the United States as a whole are each sovereign jurisdictions. [4]
The term "United States," when used in the geographic sense, refers to the contiguous United States (sometimes referred to as the Lower 48, including the District of Columbia not as a state), Alaska, Hawaii, the five insular territories of Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and minor outlying possessions. [1]