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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Raion</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayon" title="Rayon – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Rayon" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raion" title="Raion – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Raion" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Район – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Район" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%91%D0%BD" title="Раён – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Раён" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%91%D0%BD" title="Раён – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Раён" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Район – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Район" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raion" title="Raion – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Raion" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Район – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Район" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raj%C3%B3n" title="Rajón – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Rajón" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raion" title="Raion – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Raion" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajon" title="Rajon – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Rajon" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajon" title="Rajon – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Rajon" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajoon" title="Rajoon – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Rajoon" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A1%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%B9%CF%8C%CE%BD" title="Ραγιόν – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ραγιόν" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-myv mw-list-item"><a href="https://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%83%D0%B5" title="Буе – Erzya" lang="myv" hreflang="myv" data-title="Буе" data-language-autonym="Эрзянь" data-language-local-name="Erzya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Эрзянь</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rai%C3%B3n" title="Raión – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Raión" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajon" title="Rajon – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Rajon" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raion" title="Raion – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Raion" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86" title="رایون – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="رایون" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%AFon" title="Raïon – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Raïon" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raion" title="Raion – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Raion" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%9D%BC%EC%9A%98" title="라욘 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="라욘" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%87%D6%80%D5%BB%D5%A1%D5%B6_(%D5%BE%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%B9%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%B4%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%B8%D6%80)" title="Շրջան (վարչական միավոր) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Շրջան (վարչական միավոր)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A8" title="रायोन – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="रायोन" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajon" title="Rajon – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Rajon" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajon" title="Rajon – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Rajon" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raion" title="Raion – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Raion" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajon" title="Rajon – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Rajon" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F_(%D7%97%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%94_%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%AA)" title="ראיון (חלוקה מנהלית) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ראיון (חלוקה מנהלית)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="რაიონი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="რაიონი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Аудан – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Аудан" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Район – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Район" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajons" title="Rajons – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Rajons" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajon" title="Rajon – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Rajon" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajon" title="Rajon – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Rajon" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Реон – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Реон" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rai%C3%B4na" title="Raiôna – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Raiôna" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="რაიონი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="რაიონი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raion" title="Raion – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Raion" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Район – Mongolian" lang="mn" 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayon" title="Rayon – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="Rayon" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raion" title="Raion – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Raion" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Район – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Район" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Район – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Район" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raion" title="Raion – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Raion" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raion" title="Raion – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Raion" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" 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div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Rayon_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Rayon (disambiguation)">Rayon (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p>A <b>raion</b> (also spelt <b>rayon</b>) is a type of administrative unit of several <a href="/wiki/Post-Soviet_states" title="Post-Soviet states">post-Soviet states</a>. The term is used for both a type of <a href="/wiki/Administrative_division" title="Administrative division">subnational entity</a> and a division of a <a href="/wiki/City" title="City">city</a>. The word is from the <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a> <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">rayon</i></span> (meaning 'honeycomb, department'),<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is commonly translated as '<a href="/wiki/District" title="District">district</a>' in English.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A raion is a standardized administrative entity across most of the former <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> and is usually a subdivision two steps below the national level, such as a subdivision of an <a href="/wiki/Oblast" title="Oblast">oblast</a>. However, in smaller USSR republics, it could be the primary level of administrative division. After the <a href="/wiki/Fall_of_the_Soviet_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Fall of the Soviet Union">fall of the Soviet Union</a>, some of the republics kept the <i>raion</i> (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Azerbaijan" title="Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Belarus" title="Districts of Belarus">Belarus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Raions_of_Ukraine" title="Raions of Ukraine">Ukraine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Russia" title="Districts of Russia">Russia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Moldova" title="Administrative divisions of Moldova">Moldova</a>, <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Kazakhstan" title="Districts of Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Kyrgyzstan" title="Districts of Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a>) while others dropped it (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Georgia_(country)" title="Administrative divisions of Georgia (country)">Georgia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Uzbekistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Administrative divisions of Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Estonia" title="Administrative divisions of Estonia">Estonia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Latvia" title="Administrative divisions of Latvia">Latvia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Armenia" title="Administrative divisions of Armenia">Armenia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Tajikistan" title="Districts of Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Turkmenistan" title="Districts of Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</a>). </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a>, it refers to an internal administrative subdivision of a city not related to the administrative division of the country as a whole, or, in the case of <a href="/wiki/Sofia_Capital_Municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Sofia Capital Municipality">Sofia municipality</a> a <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Sofia" title="Districts of Sofia">subdivision of that municipality</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raion&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The word <i>raion</i> is derived from French <i>rayon</i>, which is itself derived from <a href="/wiki/Frankish_language" title="Frankish language">Frankish</a> *<i>hrātu</i> 'honeycomb'. It is used in many languages spanning <a href="/wiki/Central_Europe" title="Central Europe">Central Europe</a> to <a href="/wiki/Central_Asia" title="Central Asia">Central Asia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Siberia" title="Siberia">Siberia</a>. For instance, <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_language" title="Azerbaijani language">Azerbaijani</a>: <i lang="az">rayon</i>; <a href="/wiki/Belarusian_language" title="Belarusian language">Belarusian</a>: <span lang="be">раён</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Belarusian" title="Romanization of Belarusian">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Belarusian-language romanization"><i lang="be-Latn">rajon</i></span>; <a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_language" title="Bulgarian language">Bulgarian</a>: <span lang="bg">район</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Bulgarian" title="Romanization of Bulgarian">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Bulgarian-language romanization"><i lang="bg-Latn">rajon</i></span>; <a href="/wiki/Georgian_language" title="Georgian language">Georgian</a>: <span title="Georgian-language text"><span lang="ka" style="font-style: normal;">რაიონი</span></span>, <span style="font-size: smaller;"><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Georgian" title="Romanization of Georgian">romanized</a>:</span> <span lang="ka-Latn" style="font-style: italic;">raioni</span>; <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Rayon</i>; <a href="/wiki/Ingrian_language" title="Ingrian language">Ingrian</a>: <i lang="izh">raijona</i>; <a href="/wiki/Latvian_language" title="Latvian language">Latvian</a>: <i lang="lv">rajons</i>; <a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_language" title="Lithuanian language">Lithuanian</a>: <i lang="lt">rajonas</i>; <a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">rejon</i>; <a href="/wiki/Romanian_language" title="Romanian language">Romanian</a>: <i lang="ro">raion</i>; <a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">район</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Russian" title="Romanization of Russian">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Russian-language romanization"><i lang="ru-Latn">raion</i></span>; <a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>: <i lang="tr">reyon</i>; <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_language" title="Ukrainian language">Ukrainian</a>: <span lang="uk">район</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Ukrainian" title="Romanization of Ukrainian">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Ukrainian-language romanization"><i lang="uk-Latn">rajon</i></span>; <a href="/wiki/Uyghur_language" title="Uyghur language">Uyghur</a>: <span lang="ug" dir="rtl">رايون</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Uyghur" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanization of Uyghur">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Uyghur-language romanization"><i lang="ug-Latn">rayon</i></span>; and <a href="/wiki/Yakut_language" title="Yakut language">Yakut</a>: <span lang="sah">оройуон</span>, <small>romanized: </small><span title="Yakut-language romanization"><i lang="sah-Latn">oroyuon</i></span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_countries_with_raion_subdivisions">List of countries with raion subdivisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raion&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: List of countries with raion subdivisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fourteen countries have or had entities that were named "raion" or the local version of it. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Country </th> <th>From </th> <th>Until </th> <th>Local name </th> <th>Comment </th> <th>Details </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Abkhazia" title="Abkhazia">Abkhazia</a> (partially recognised state) </td> <td> </td> <td>(existing) </td> <td>araion (араион) </td> <td>inherited from the <a href="/wiki/Abkhaz_Autonomous_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic">Abkhaz ASSR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Abkhazia" title="Districts of Abkhazia">Districts of Abkhazia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>1995 </td> <td> </td> <td>inherited from the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic">Armenian SSR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_the_Armenian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic">Districts of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>~ 1918 </td> <td>Rayon, Rajon </td> <td>Used only by the <a href="/wiki/Gendarmerie_(Austria)#K.k._Gendarmerie" title="Gendarmerie (Austria)">k.k. Gendarmerie</a> to designate police districts ("Behördenrayon", lit. authorities' raion). </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>(existing) </td> <td>rayon, pl. rayonlar; </td> <td>inherited from the <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic">Azerbaijan SSR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Azerbaijan" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of Azerbaijan">Districts of Azerbaijan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Belarus" title="Belarus">Belarus</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>(existing) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Belarusian_language" title="Belarusian language">Belarusian</a>: <span lang="be">раён, rajon</span> </td> <td>inherited from the <a href="/wiki/Byelorussian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic">Byelorussian SSR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Belarus" title="Districts of Belarus">Districts of Belarus</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>(existing) </td> <td>район, pl. райони (rayoni) </td> <td>raions are subdivisions of three biggest cities: <a href="/wiki/Sofia" title="Sofia">Sofia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plovdiv" title="Plovdiv">Plovdiv</a> and <a href="/wiki/Varna,_Bulgaria" title="Varna, Bulgaria">Varna</a>. Sofia is subdivided to 24 raions (<a href="/wiki/Sofia_districts" class="mw-redirect" title="Sofia districts">Sofia districts</a>), Plovdiv - 6, Varna - 5 raions </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>(existing) </td> <td><span lang="zh">行政分区</span> </td> <td>restricted to the <a href="/wiki/Xinjiang" title="Xinjiang">Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region</a> as influenced by the USSR. The districts of Ürümqi City and Karamay City are called <i>رايون</i> (<a href="/wiki/SASM/GNC_romanization" title="SASM/GNC romanization">SASM/GNC/SRC</a> and <a href="/wiki/Uyghur_Latin_alphabet" title="Uyghur Latin alphabet">ULY</a>: <i>rayon</i>) in Uyghur. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Crimea" title="Crimea">Crimea</a> (Republic of Crimea - short lived Republic recognized by only a few UN member states) </td> <td>2014-03-16 </td> <td>2014-03-16 </td> <td> </td> <td>inherited from Ukraine. The Republic is now split into the <a href="/wiki/Federal_subjects_of_Russia" title="Federal subjects of Russia">federal subjects of Russia</a> named <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Crimea_(Russia)" title="Republic of Crimea (Russia)">Republic of Crimea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sevastopol" title="Sevastopol">Sevastopol</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Estonia" title="Estonia">Estonia</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>1990 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Estonian_language" title="Estonian language">Estonian</a>: <i lang="et">rajoon</i>, pl. <i>rajoonid</i> </td> <td>inherited from the <a href="/wiki/Estonian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic">Estonian SSR</a>. In 1990 transformed into counties (<a href="/wiki/Estonian_language" title="Estonian language">Estonian</a>: <i lang="et">maakond</i>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Estonia" title="Counties of Estonia">Counties of Estonia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>2006 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Georgian_language" title="Georgian language">Georgian</a>: <span title="Georgian-language text"><span lang="ka" style="font-style: normal;">რაიონი</span></span> <i>raioni</i> </td> <td>inherited from the <a href="/wiki/Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic">Georgian SSR</a>; 2006 as first-level entities reorganized into municipalities. A <i>raioni</i> remains a territorial subdivision of Georgia's capital, <a href="/wiki/Tbilisi" title="Tbilisi">Tbilisi</a>. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Georgia_(country)" title="List of municipalities in Georgia (country)">List of municipalities in Georgia (country)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan" title="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>(existing) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">райо́н</span> </td> <td>inherited from the <a href="/wiki/Kazakh_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic">Kazakh SSR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Kazakhstan" title="Districts of Kazakhstan">Districts of Kazakhstan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Latvia" title="Latvia">Latvia</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>2009-07-01 </td> <td>rajons; pl. rajoni </td> <td>inherited from the <a href="/wiki/Latvian_SSR" class="mw-redirect" title="Latvian SSR">Latvian SSR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Latvia" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of Latvia">Districts of Latvia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania">Lithuania</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>1994 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_language" title="Lithuanian language">Lithuanian</a>: <i lang="lt">rajonas</i> </td> <td>inherited from the <a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic">Lithuanian SSR</a>. In 1994 transformed into district municipalities (<a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_language" title="Lithuanian language">Lithuanian</a>: <i lang="lt">rajono savivaldybė</i>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Lithuania" title="Municipalities of Lithuania">Municipalities of Lithuania</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Moldova" title="Moldova">Moldova</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>(existing) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Romanian_language" title="Romanian language">Romanian</a>: raion </td> <td>introduced in administrative reform in 2003 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Moldova" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of Moldova">Districts of Moldova</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>1968-02-16 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Romanian_language" title="Romanian language">Romanian</a>: <i lang="ro">raion</i> </td> <td>one of the <a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_Romania" class="mw-redirect" title="Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of Romania">Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of Romania</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Districts_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_Romania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Districts of the People's Republic of Romania (page does not exist)">Districts of the People's Republic of Romania</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russian Federation</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>(existing) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">райо́н</span> </td> <td>inherited from the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Soviet_Federated_Socialist_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic">Russian SFSR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Russia" title="Districts of Russia">Districts of Russia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Ossetia-Alania" class="mw-redirect" title="South Ossetia-Alania">South Ossetia-Alania</a> (partially recognised state) </td> <td> </td> <td>(existing) </td> <td> </td> <td>inherited from the <a href="/wiki/South_Ossetian_Autonomous_Oblast" title="South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast">South Ossetian AO</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_South_Ossetia" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of South Ossetia">Districts of South Ossetia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>1991-12-26 (end of entity) </td> <td> </td> <td>At various levels below the constituent republics. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Transnistria" title="Transnistria">Transnistria</a> (breakaway territory; de jure part of Moldova) </td> <td> </td> <td>(existing) </td> <td> </td> <td>inherited from the <a href="/wiki/Moldavian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic">Moldavian SSR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Raions_of_Transnistria" class="mw-redirect" title="Raions of Transnistria">Raions of Transnistria</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>(existing) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_language" title="Ukrainian language">Ukrainian</a>: <span lang="uk">райо́н</span> </td> <td>490 raions were inherited from the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic">Ukrainian SSR</a>, which were replaced by 136 new raions in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Major Ukrainian cities are also <a href="/wiki/Raions_of_cities_in_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="Raions of cities in Ukraine">subdivided into raions</a>, constituting a total of 118 nationwide. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Raions_of_Ukraine" title="Raions of Ukraine">Raions of Ukraine</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raion&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Raions_in_the_Soviet_Union">Raions in the Soviet Union</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raion&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Raions in the Soviet Union"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>, raions were administrative divisions created in the 1920s to reduce the number of territorial divisions inherited from the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a> and to simplify their bureaucracies.<sup id="cite_ref-Gale_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gale-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The process of conversion to the system of raions was called <i><b>raionirovanie</b></i> ("regionalization"). It was started in 1923 in the <a href="/wiki/Urals" class="mw-redirect" title="Urals">Urals</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Caucasus" title="North Caucasus">North Caucasus</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Siberia" title="Siberia">Siberia</a> as a part of the Soviet administrative reform and continued through 1929, by which time the majority of the country's territory was divided into raions instead of the old <a href="/wiki/Volost" title="Volost">volosts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Uyezd" class="mw-redirect" title="Uyezd">uyezds</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Gale_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gale-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The concept of <i>raionirovanie</i> was met with resistance in some republics, especially in <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a>, where local leaders objected to the concept of raions as being too centralized in nature and ignoring the local customs. This point of view was backed by the Soviet Russian <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Commissariat_of_Nationalities" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Commissariat of Nationalities">People's Commissariat of Nationalities</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Gale_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gale-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nevertheless, eventually all of the territory of the Soviet Union was regionalized. </p><p>Soviet raions had self-governance in the form of an elected <a href="/wiki/Soviet_(council)" title="Soviet (council)">district council</a> (<i>raysovet</i>) and were headed by the local head of administration, who was either elected or appointed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Raions_outside_the_Soviet_Union">Raions outside the Soviet Union</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raion&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Raions outside the Soviet Union"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_Romania" class="mw-redirect" title="Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of Romania">Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of Romania</a></div> <p>Following the model of the Soviet Union, raions were introduced in Bulgaria and Romania. In China the term is used in Uyghur in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. </p><p>In Romania they have been later replaced. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Raions_after_the_dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union">Raions after the dissolution of the Soviet Union</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raion&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Raions after the dissolution of the Soviet Union"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, raions as administrative units continue to be used in <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belarus" title="Belarus">Belarus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moldova" title="Moldova">Moldova</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a>. </p><p>They are also used in breakaway regions: Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transnistria. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Set </th> <th>Quantity </th> <th>Comment </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Abkhazia" title="Districts of Abkhazia">Districts of Abkhazia</a></td> <td>7</td> <td>first-level </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Azerbaijan" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of Azerbaijan">Districts of Azerbaijan</a></td> <td>59</td> <td>first-level, 18 other entities at that level exist </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Belarus" title="Districts of Belarus">Districts of Belarus</a></td> <td>118</td> <td>second-level below oblasts and Minsk City </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Moldova" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of Moldova">Districts of Moldova</a></td> <td>32</td> <td>first-level, 5 other entities at that level exist </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_South_Ossetia" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of South Ossetia">Districts of South Ossetia</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>first-level, 1 other entity at that level exists </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Russia" title="Districts of Russia">Districts of Russia</a></td> <td>1731<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>second-level below federal subjects </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Transnistria" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of Transnistria">Districts of Transnistria</a></td> <td>5</td> <td>first-level </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of Ukraine">Districts of Ukraine</a></td> <td>136 and 118 city raions</td> <td>second-level, numbers as of 2020, including Sevastopol and Crimea </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In Georgia they exist as districts in Tbilisi. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Modern_raions">Modern raions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raion&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Modern raions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Abkhazia">Abkhazia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raion&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Abkhazia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Abkhazia" title="Districts of Abkhazia">Districts of Abkhazia</a></div> <p>Abkhazia is divided into seven districts. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raion&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Azerbaijan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Azerbaijan" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of Azerbaijan">Districts of Azerbaijan</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Belarus">Belarus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raion&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Belarus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Belarus" title="Districts of Belarus">Districts of Belarus</a></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Belarus" title="Belarus">Belarus</a>, raions (<a href="/wiki/Belarusian_language" title="Belarusian language">Belarusian</a>: <span lang="be">раён, rajon</span><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) are administrative units subordinated to <a href="/wiki/Oblast" title="Oblast">oblasts</a>. See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:Districts_of_Belarus" title="Category:Districts of Belarus">Category:Districts of Belarus</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raion&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Bulgaria"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a>, raions are subdivisions of three biggest cities: <a href="/wiki/Sofia" title="Sofia">Sofia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plovdiv" title="Plovdiv">Plovdiv</a> and <a href="/wiki/Varna,_Bulgaria" title="Varna, Bulgaria">Varna</a>. Sofia is subdivided to 24 raions (<a href="/wiki/Sofia_districts" class="mw-redirect" title="Sofia districts">Sofia districts</a>), Plovdiv - 6, Varna - 5 raions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Moldova">Moldova</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raion&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Moldova"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Moldova" title="Administrative divisions of Moldova">Administrative divisions of Moldova</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="South_Ossetia">South Ossetia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raion&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: South Ossetia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_South_Ossetia" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of South Ossetia">Districts of South Ossetia</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transnistria">Transnistria</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raion&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Transnistria"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Transnistria" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of Transnistria">Districts of Transnistria</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Russia">Russia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raion&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Russia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Russia" title="Districts of Russia">Districts of Russia</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ukraine">Ukraine</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raion&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Ukraine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Raions_of_Ukraine" title="Raions of Ukraine">Raions of Ukraine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Urban_districts_of_Ukraine" title="Urban districts of Ukraine">Urban districts of Ukraine</a></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a>, there are a total of 136 raions which are the administrative divisions of <a href="/wiki/Oblasts_of_Ukraine" title="Oblasts of Ukraine">oblasts</a> (provinces) and the <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_Republic_of_Crimea" title="Autonomous Republic of Crimea">Autonomous Republic of Crimea</a>. <a href="/wiki/City_of_regional_significance_(Ukraine)" title="City of regional significance (Ukraine)">Major cities</a> of regional significance as well as the two national <a href="/wiki/City_with_special_status" title="City with special status">cities with special status</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kyiv" title="Kyiv">Kyiv</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sevastopol" title="Sevastopol">Sevastopol</a>) are also <a href="/wiki/Raions_of_cities_in_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="Raions of cities in Ukraine">subdivided into raions</a> (constituting a total of 118 nationwide). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raion&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output 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New York, 2004. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-02-865693-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-02-865693-8">0-02-865693-8</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">According to the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pravo.by/pdf/2007-159/2007-159(027-028).pdf">Instruction on Latin Transliteration of Geographical Names of the Republic of Belarus, Decree of the State Committee on Land Resources, Surveying and Cartography of the Republic of Belarus dated 23.11.2000 No. 15</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150924081314/http://www.pravo.by/pdf/2007-159/2007-159(027-028).pdf">Archived</a> 2015-09-24 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> recommended for use by the Working Group on <a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Belarusian" title="Romanization of Belarusian">Romanization Systems</a> of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN) — <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090824062135/http://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/9th-UNCSGN-Docs/E-CONF-98-CRP-21.pdf">"Archived copy"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. 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id="Designations_for_types_of_administrative_division" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Designations for types of <a href="/wiki/Administrative_division" title="Administrative division">administrative division</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="English_terms" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_terms_for_administrative_divisions" title="List of terms for administrative divisions">English terms</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Common_English_terms" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Common English terms</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Area</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Insular_area" title="Insular area">Insular area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_area" title="Local government area">Local government area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_Areas_Board" title="Special Areas Board">Special area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area" title="Unincorporated area">Unincorporated area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unorganized_area" title="Unorganized area">Unorganized area</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Borough" title="Borough">Borough</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/County_borough" title="County borough">County borough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_borough" title="Metropolitan borough">Metropolitan borough</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Canton_(administrative_division)" title="Canton (administrative division)">Canton</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Half-canton" class="mw-redirect" title="Half-canton">Half-canton</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Capital_city" title="Capital city">Capital</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_capital" title="Federal capital">Federal capital</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Capital_city#Origins" title="Capital city">Imperial capital</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/City" title="City">City</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_city" title="Autonomous city">Autonomous city</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charter_city" class="mw-redirect" title="Charter city">Charter city</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_city" title="Independent city">Independent city</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Incorporated_city" class="mw-redirect" title="Incorporated city">Incorporated city</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Imperial_city" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial city">Imperial city</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Free_imperial_city" title="Free imperial city">Free imperial city</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Royal_free_city" title="Royal free city">Royal free city</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Community_(administrative_division)" title="Community (administrative division)">Community</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_communities_of_Spain" title="Autonomous communities of Spain">Autonomous community</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Residential_community" title="Residential community">Residential community</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/County" title="County">County</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Administrative_county" title="Administrative county">Administrative county</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_county" title="Autonomous county">Autonomous county</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_city-county" title="Consolidated city-county">Consolidated city-county</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">County seat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_town" title="County town">County town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_county" title="Metropolitan county">Metropolitan county</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_county" title="Non-metropolitan county">Non-metropolitan county</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_county_municipality" title="Regional county municipality">Regional county municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viscountcy" class="mw-redirect" title="Viscountcy">Viscounty</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Country" title="Country">Country</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Overseas_country" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas country">Overseas country</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Department_(administrative_division)" title="Department (administrative division)">Department</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Overseas_department" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas department">Overseas department</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/District" title="District">District</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Capital_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Capital district">Capital district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_district" title="City district">City district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_district" title="Congressional district">Congressional district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district" title="Electoral district">Electoral district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_district" title="Federal district">Federal district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_government_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian government district">Indian government district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Land_district" title="Land district">Land district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Manitoba#Local_government_districts" title="List of municipalities in Manitoba">Local government district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan district">Metropolitan district</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_district" title="Non-metropolitan district">Non-metropolitan district</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_district" title="Military district">Military district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipal_district" title="Municipal district">Municipal district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_district" title="Police district">Police district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_district" title="Regional district">Regional district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rural_district" title="Rural district">Rural district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanitary_district" title="Sanitary district">Sanitary district</a></li> <li>Service district <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Educational_service_district_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Educational service district (disambiguation)">Educational service district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_service_district" title="Local service district">Local service district</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/School_district" title="School district">School district</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Intermediate_school_district" title="Intermediate school district">Intermediate school district</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_district_(United_States)" title="Special district (United States)">Special district</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special_district_(United_States)" title="Special district (United States)">in the US</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urban_district" title="Urban district">Urban district</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Division_(political_geography)" title="Division (political geography)">Division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Census_division" title="Census division">Census division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_division" title="Police division">Police division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenue_division" class="mw-redirect" title="Revenue division">Subdivision of India</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Indian reserve/reservation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_reservation" title="Indian reservation">Indian reservation</a> (United States)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_reserve" title="Indian reserve">Indian reserve</a> (Canada)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Municipality" title="Municipality">Municipality</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/City_municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="City municipality">City municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_municipality" title="County municipality">County municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Direct-controlled_municipality" title="Direct-controlled municipality">Direct-controlled municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_municipality" title="District municipality">District municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neutral_municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Neutral municipality">Neutral municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_municipality" title="Regional municipality">Regional municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resort_municipality" title="Resort municipality">Resort municipality</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_resort_municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Mountain resort municipality">Mountain resort municipality</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rural_municipality" title="Rural municipality">Rural municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Specialized_municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Specialized municipality">Specialized municipality</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Prefecture" title="Prefecture">Prefecture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_prefecture" title="Autonomous prefecture">Autonomous prefecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subprefecture" title="Subprefecture">Subprefecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super-prefecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Super-prefecture">Super-prefecture</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Praetorian_prefecture" title="Praetorian prefecture">Praetorian prefecture</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Province" title="Province">Province</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_province" title="Autonomous province">Autonomous province</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Overseas_province" title="Overseas province">Overseas province</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Roman_province" title="Roman province">Roman province</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Region" title="Region">Region</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Administrative region <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special_administrative_region" title="Special administrative region">Special administrative region</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_region" class="mw-redirect" title="Autonomous region">Autonomous region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capital_region" title="Capital region">Capital region</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_capital_region" class="mw-redirect" title="National capital region">National capital region</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Development_region" title="Development region">Development region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mesoregion_(geography)" title="Mesoregion (geography)">Mesoregion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microregion" title="Microregion">Microregion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overseas_region" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas region">Overseas region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subregion_(administrative_division)" title="Subregion (administrative division)">Subregion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Federated_state" title="Federated state">State</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Proto-state" class="mw-redirect" title="Proto-state">Proto-state</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City-state" title="City-state">City-state</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal state">Federal state</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_state_(polity)" title="Free state (polity)">Free state</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sovereign_state" title="Sovereign state">Sovereign state</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Territory" title="Territory">Territory</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Capital_territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Capital territory">Capital territory</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_capital_territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal capital territory">Federal capital territory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_capital_territory" class="mw-redirect" title="National capital territory">National capital territory</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dependent_territory" title="Dependent territory">Dependent territory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_territory" title="Federal territory">Federal territory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Incorporated_territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Incorporated territory">Incorporated territory</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Organized_incorporated_territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Organized incorporated territory">Organized incorporated territory</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overseas_territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas territory">Overseas territory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_territory" title="Union territory">Union territory</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Town" title="Town">Town</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Census_town" title="Census town">Census town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Market_town" title="Market town">Market town</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Township" title="Township">Township</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charter_township" title="Charter township">Charter township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_township" title="Civil township">Civil township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paper_township" title="Paper township">Paper township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Survey_township" title="Survey township">Survey township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urban_township" title="Urban township">Urban township</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Unit</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Regional_unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Regional unit">Regional unit</a></li> <li>Territorial unit <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_territorial_unit" title="Autonomous territorial unit">Autonomous territorial unit</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Zone</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Economic zone <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Exclusive_economic_zone" title="Exclusive economic zone">Exclusive economic zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_economic_zone" title="Free economic zone">Free economic zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_economic_zone" title="Special economic zone">Special economic zone</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exclusion_zone" title="Exclusion zone">Exclusion zone</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_exclusion_zone" title="Military exclusion zone">Military exclusion zone</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_speech_zone" title="Free speech zone">Free speech zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neutral_zone_(territorial_entity)" title="Neutral zone (territorial entity)">Neutral zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Self-administered_zone" title="Self-administered zone">Self-administered zone</a></li> <li>Trade zone <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Free-trade_zone" title="Free-trade zone">Free-trade zone</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Other_English_terms" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Other English terms</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Victoria#Alpine_resorts" title="Local government in Victoria">Alpine resort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bailiwick" title="Bailiwick">Bailiwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banner_(administrative_division)" title="Banner (administrative division)">Banner</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Banners_of_Inner_Mongolia" title="Banners of Inner Mongolia">Autonomous</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Block_(district_subdivision)" title="Block (district subdivision)">Block</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cadastre" title="Cadastre">Cadastre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circle_(administrative_division)" title="Circle (administrative division)">Circle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circuit_(administrative_division)" title="Circuit (administrative division)">Circuit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colony" title="Colony">Colony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipality" title="Municipality">Commune</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Condominium_(international_law)" title="Condominium (international law)">Condominium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constituency_(administrative_division)" class="mw-redirect" title="Constituency (administrative division)">Constituency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duchy" title="Duchy">Duchy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/District_duchy" title="District duchy">District</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elderships_of_Lithuania" title="Elderships of Lithuania">Eldership</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirate" title="Emirate">Emirate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enclave_and_exclave" title="Enclave and exclave">Enclave and exclave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Dependencies_of_Venezuela" title="Federal Dependencies of Venezuela">Federal dependency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governorate" title="Governorate">Governorate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamlet_(place)" title="Hamlet (place)">Hamlet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manorialism" title="Manorialism">Manor</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_manor" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal manor">Royal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muftiate" title="Muftiate">Muftiate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neighbourhood" title="Neighbourhood">Neighbourhood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parish_(administrative_division)" title="Parish (administrative division)">Parish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_precinct" title="Electoral precinct">Precinct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principality" title="Principality">Principality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protectorate" title="Protectorate">Protectorate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quarter_(urban_subdivision)" title="Quarter (urban subdivision)">Quarter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_regencies_and_cities_of_Indonesia" 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title="Ward (electoral subdivision)">Ward</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Historical</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agency_(administrative_division)" title="Agency (administrative division)">Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barony_(county_division)" title="Barony (county division)">Barony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burgh" title="Burgh">Burgh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exarchate" title="Exarchate">Exarchate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hide_(unit)" title="Hide (unit)">Hide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hundred_(county_division)" title="Hundred (county division)">Hundred</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Circle" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial Circle">Imperial Circle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_(territorial_entity)" class="mw-redirect" title="March (territorial entity)">March</a></li> <li><a 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