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  2. 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).

  3. Autonomous administrative division - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. List of administrative divisions by country - Wikipedia

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    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)

  5. Regional autonomy - Wikipedia

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    Other examples of autonomous regions include the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in China and the Cherokee Nation in the United States. There is also an example of Sri Lanka where the Sri Lankan Tamils asked for regional autonomy and the government declined it, leading to struggle by the Tamil community.

  6. Autonomous regions of China - Wikipedia

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    The autonomous regions (Chinese: 自治区; pinyin: Zìzhìqū) are one of four types of province-level divisions of China.Like Chinese provinces, an autonomous region has its own local government, but under the law of the People's Republic of China, an autonomous region has more legislative rights, such as the right to "formulate self-government regulations and other separate regulations."

  7. Category:Autonomous regions - Wikipedia

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    Southern Sudan Autonomous Region (1972–1983) Southern Sudan Autonomous Region (2005–2011) T. Seat of the 10 Lance-bearers; V. Vojvodina; W. Wales; Wallonia

  8. Autonomous administrative divisions of China - Wikipedia

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    The first autonomous region to be established was Inner Mongolia, created within communist-held territory in 1947, two years before the establishment of the People's Republic. Xinjiang was converted from a province to an autonomous region in 1955. Guangxi and Ningxia followed in 1958, and the Tibet Autonomous Region was formally established in ...

  9. List of sovereign states and dependent territories by continent

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    Ukraine contains one autonomous region, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, [l] which is under the de facto control of Russia, along with neighbouring Sevastopol, parts of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts. United Kingdom – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland UN member state None Former EU member.