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Atlas of first-level administrative divisions
Atlas of first-level administrative divisions
Atlas of first-level administrative divisions ThisAtlas of first-level administrative divisions showsmaps of current first-leveladministrativesubdivisions ofsovereign states. Almost every country in the world hasadministrative divisions, which have different levels. For instance a country may be divided intostates orprovinces, then further subdivided intocounties ormunicipalities. Some countries have as many as four or more levels of administrative divisions, for instanceChina hasprovinces divided intoprefectures, further divided intocounties and then intotownships. This gallery shows maps of the largest administrative divisions, also called 'first level' or 'top-order' divisions of each country. For further information, refer to the accompanying article linked to below each image. For maps on the lower levels of administrative divisions, see the respective articles on theTable of administrative country subdivisions by country. Note that in some cases it is not clear which is the top level; some divisions may have limited use in government, such as theRegions of France or theAutonomous communities of Spain, and theDepartments of France orProvinces of Spain may be seen as the first level. Also it may be unclear in some countries which are unions or federal states; countries or large areas may be seen as the primary level administrative division such as thew:Home Nations of thew:United Kingdom rather than itscounties or thew:Walloon Region andw:Flemish Region ofw:Belgium rather than itsprovinces. This gallery presents a graphical version of the first level of administrative divisions as listed in the accompanyingtable.
Map of the world with first-level divisions
Maps are arranged by continent below. (For transcontinental countries, map is in the continent which the largest area of the country is located in)
The WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Atlas of the World is an organized and commented collection of geographical, political and historical maps available at Wikimedia Commons. The main page is therefore the portal tomaps andcartography on Wikimedia. That page contains links to entries by country, continent and by topic as well as generalnotes and references.
Every entry has an introduction section in English. If other languages are native and/or official in an entity, introductions in other languages are added in separate sections. The text of the introduction(s) is based on the content of the Wikipedia encyclopedia. For sources of the introduction see therefore the Wikipedia entries linked to. The same goes for the texts in the history sections.
Historical maps are included in the continent, country and dependency entries.
The status of various entities is disputed. See the content for the entities concerned.
The maps of former countries that are more or less continued by a present-day country or had a territory included in only one or two countries are included in the atlas of the present-day country. For example the Ottoman Empire can be found in theAtlas of Turkey.
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