A parish is an administrative division used by several countries . In the British Isles it is known as a civil parish to distinguish it from the ecclesiastical parish .
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Smallcaps indicate a type used by ten or more countries.
Current English terms
Alpine resort ·
Area (Insular area · Local government area · Special area · Urban (urbanized) area ) ·
Bailiwick ·
Banner (Autonomous banner ) ·
Block ·
Borough County borough · Metropolitan borough ) ·
Canton ·
Capital Federal capital ) ·
Circle ·
Circuit ·
City Autonomous city · Chartered city · Independent city · Rural city ) ·
Colony ·
Commune ·
Community (Autonomous community · Residential community ) ·
Condominium ·
Constituency ·
County Administrative county · Autonomous county · Metropolitan county ) ·
Department ·
District Autonomous district · Capital district · City district · Federal district · Metropolitan district · Municipal district · Subdistrict · Regional district ) ·
Division (Cadastral division ) ·
Duchy ·
Eldership ·
Federal dependency ·
Governorate ·
Hamlet ·
Municipality Direct-controlled municipality · District municipality · Regional municipality · Regional county municipality · Rural municipality · Specialized municipality ) ·
Neighbourhood ·
Parish Civil parish ) ·
Periphery ·
Prefecture (Autonomous prefecture · Subprefecture · Super-prefecture ) ·
Principality (Co-principality ) ·
Protectorate ·
Province Autonomous province ) ·
Quarter ·
Regency ·
Region Autonomous region · Capital region · Special administrative region ) ·
Republic (Autonomous republic ) ·
Reservation (Reserve ) ·
Riding ·
Sector ·
Shire ·
State ·
Suzerainty ·
Territory Capital territory · Dependent territory · National territory · Union Territory ) · Unit (Autonomous territorial unit · Local administrative unit ) ·
Town ·
Townland ·
Township Civil township ) ·
Village Summer village ) ·
Ward
Current non-Englishloanword terms
Amt · Arrondissement · Bairro · Bakhsh · Baladiyah · Barangay · Bezirk / Regierungsbezirk · Comarca · Comune · Daïra · Deme · Frazione · Freguesia · Gmina · İl · Județ · Kommun · Località · Mahalle · Megye · Nome · Oblast · Okrug (Autonomous okrug ) · Ostān · Powiat · Rayon · Ranchería · Shabiyah · Shahr · Shahrestān · Sýsla · Taluka · Tehsil · Vingtaine · Voivodeship · Wilayah · Woreda
Defunct and historical
Agency ·
Barony ·
Burgh ·
Diocese ·
Exarchate ·
Free imperial city · Hide ·
Hundred ·
Imperial Circle ·
March ·
Praetorian prefecture ·
Presidency ·
Residency ·
Rural district ·
Sanitary district ·
Tithing ·
Urban district ·
Viscountcy (Viscounty)
Defunct and historical
Commote · Heerlijkheid · Katepanikion · Liwa · Naucrary · Pagus · Pargana · Plasă · Satrapy · Theme · Subah
See also: Census division · Electoral division · Political division · Arabic terms for country subdivisions · French terms for country subdivisions · Spanish terms for country subdivisions