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1049:. The two names are used interchangeably ('megye' used in common parlance, and when referring to the counties of other states), just like before 1950, when the word 'megye' even appeared in legal texts. The 19 counties constitute the highest level of the administrative subdivisions of the country together with the capital city Budapest, although counties and the capital are grouped into seven statistical regions.
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which are geographic divisions but not local governments—although some towns, etc. are within them that are local governments, the low population densities and much larger area have significant impacts on how government is organized and operates. In both
Northern and Southern Ontario, urban densities in cities are one of two other local structures:
540:). When the first modern city government in China was established in Guangzhou, the urban area was separated from these two counties, with the rural areas left in the remaining parts of them. However, the county governments remained in the city for years, before moving into the respective counties. Similar processes happened in many Chinese cities.
2524:, though not always with an identical name. The Bronx is Bronx County, Brooklyn is Kings County, Manhattan is New York County, Queens is Queens County, and Staten Island is Richmond County. In the context of city government, the boroughs are subdivisions of the city but are still called "county" where county function is involved, e.g., "
1091:. Actual political and administrative role of counties changed much through history. Originally they were subdivisions of the royal administration, but from the 13th century they became self-governments of the nobles and kept this character until the 19th century when in turn they became modern local governments.
569:) which are further divided into several villages. Regency in Indonesia is similar to the concept of "county" in countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom, but with differences in cultural context and government system. Indonesia has more than 400 regencies spread across all provinces.
1234:
In
Northern Ireland, the six county councils and the smaller town councils were abolished in 1973 and replaced by a single tier of local government. However, in the north as well as in the south, the traditional 32 counties and 4 provinces remain in common usage for many sporting, cultural and other
2857:
National governments that are
Federations, such as Germany have subdivisions similar to the English Counties in size. France has regions and departements which similarly provide governmental services. Which services are mapped to which governmental offices, level or officials is the province of the
2196:
is its 22 counties, which are upper-tier local governments providing limited municipal services to rural and moderately dense areas—within them, there are a variety of lower-tier towns, cities, villages, etc. that provide most municipal services. This contrasts with
Northern Ontario's 10 districts,
565:) in Indonesia is an administrative unit under a province that is equivalent to a city. A regency is headed by a regent who is directly elected by the people, and is responsible for public services such as education, health, and infrastructure. The structure of a regency includes several districts (
2967:
The eleven elected county officers are enumerated in the
Pennsylvania Constitution, but their powers and duties are prescribed by statutes located throughout the county codes and general state laws. Consolidation of certain offices in smaller counties involves the offices of prothonotary, clerk of
2485:
The specific governmental powers of counties vary widely between the states. They are generally the intermediate tier of state government, between the statewide tier and the immediately local government tier (typically a city, town/borough, or village/township). Some of the governmental functions
1732:
Every county council corresponds to a county with a number of municipalities per county. County councils and municipalities have different roles and separate responsibilities relating to local government. Health care, public transport and certain cultural institutions are administered by county
2742:
began the process of bringing urban, mixed, and rural councils into the same legislative framework. Substantial reorganisations under that Act resulted in the 1989 shake-up, which covered the country in (non-overlapping) cities and districts and abolished all the counties except for the
2589:
have two or more county seats, usually located on opposite sides of the county, dating back from the days when travel was difficult. In
Virginia, where all cities are independent, some double as county seats despite not being part of a county. Notable examples include the independent
260:, and local geography, municipalities may or may not be subject to direct or indirect county control. The functions of both levels are often consolidated into a city government when the area is densely populated, and are generally not when it is less densely populated.
271:
is often used to describe subnational jurisdictions that are structurally equivalent to counties in the relationship they have with their national government; but which may not be administratively equivalent to counties in predominantly
English-speaking countries.
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that a county may offer include judiciary, county prisons, land registration, enforcement of building codes, and federally mandated services programs. Depending on the individual state, counties or their equivalents may be administratively subdivided into
3189:
972:
Each administrative district consists of an elected council and an executive, and whose duties are comparable to those of a county executive in the United States, supervising local government administration. Historically, counties in the
216:
In the United States and Canada, founded 600 years later on the
British traditions, counties are usually an administrative division set by convenient geographical demarcations, which in governance have certain officeholders (for example
880:. The remaining 13 counties were abolished on 1 January 2007 where they were replaced by five new regions. In the same reform, the number of municipalities was slashed from 270 to 98 and all municipalities now belong to a region.
991:), of which there are 294 as of 2017. Cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants (and smaller towns in some states) do not usually belong to a district, but take on district responsibilities themselves, similar to the concept of
291:
Counties are the current second-level political division in Kenya. Each county has an assembly where members of the county assembly (MCAs) sit. This assembly is headed by a governor. Each county is also represented in the
1886:, which lasted until 1996. Modern local government in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and a large part of England is trending towards smaller unitary authorities: a system similar to that proposed in the 1960s by the
2039:, the six county councils, if not their counties, were abolished in 1973 and replaced by 26 local government districts. The traditional six counties remain in common everyday use for many cultural and other purposes.
2654:(LGA). An LGA functions basically the same way as a county of other countries, although it is called instead as "city", "municipality", "shire", "borough", "town", "district" or simple "councils" depending on the
475:, prefectures, etc., and had no governments of their own. Large cities (must be imperial capitals or seats of prefectures) could be divided and administered by two or three counties. Such counties are called 倚郭縣 (
2847:
The larger the population center, and the denser the population, the more likely it is to have assumed and subsumed county level functions; normally under a special bill passed by the cognizant legislative body.
860:
were separated in 1942. From 1942 to 1970, the number stayed at 22. The number was further decreased by the 1970 Danish municipal reform, leaving 14 counties plus two cities unconnected to the county structure;
1230:
were merged with their respective counties in 2014. Thus, the
Republic of Ireland now has 31 'county-level' authorities, although the borders of the original twenty-six counties are still officially in place.
3353:
2296:– it is not its own incorporated municipal status that is different from that of a municipal district. As such, Alberta Municipal Affairs provides municipal districts with the opportunity to change to a
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which is derived from the
English 'shire'. The word is officially used to signify counties in Wales. In the Gaelic form, Scottish traditional county names are generally distinguished by the designation
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1992:, each with its own council. Local authorities in the UK are usually responsible for education, emergency services, planning, transport, social services, and a number of other functions.
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1878:(abolished again in 1998 and reverted, with some transfers of territory, to the two separate historic counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire) and also created several new
2570:, with far less territory, has massively sized counties in comparison even to Pennsylvania's largest, yet each organizes their judicial and incarceration officials similarly.
1066:), each one having their own elected mayor and council. 23 of the towns have the rights of a county although they do not form independent territorial units equal to counties.
165:
terms "count" and "county" under the conquering Normans, and over time the two blended and became equivalent. Further, the later-imported term became a synonym for the native
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for the purposes of its justice system but otherwise they hold no governmental function. For the provision of all other governmental services, the province is divided into
2472:, legally belong to no county, i.e. no county even nominally exists in those places compared to a consolidated city-county where a county does legally exist in some form.
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1454:. The counties handle matters such as high schools and local roads, and until 1 January 2002 hospitals as well. This last responsibility was transferred to the state-run
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829:, which was only under partial Danish control. The number of counties in Denmark (excluding Norway) had dropped to around 20 by 1793. Following the reunification of
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is a special case of being a county council with only one municipality and the functions of county council and municipality are performed by the same organisation.
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are divided into regions; however, these regions only serve to streamline the delivery of territorial governmental services, and have no government of their own.
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because this was the lowest level at which the imperial government is functionally involved, while below it the local people are managed predominantly by the
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657:) in each county. Rural agglomerations are a collection of a number of villages. One of the cities of the county is appointed as the capital of the county.
409:
There are 1,464 so-named "counties" out of 2,862 county-level divisions in the PRC, and the number of counties has remained more or less constant since the
2715:
During the second half of the 20th century, many counties received overflow population from nearby cities. The result was often a merger of the two into a
853:
413:(206 BC – AD 220). It remains one of the oldest titles of local-level government in China and significantly predates the establishment of provinces in the
1341:
has 10 counties; before 1950 it had 20. The only purpose with the county is an office of a state governor who shall conduct law and order in the county.
1978:
1806:
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councils while general education, public water utilities, garbage disposal, elderly care and rescue services are administered by the municipalities.
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have been completely abolished but the entities remain for administrative and statistical purposes. Alaska's 323,440-square-mile (837,700 km)
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were upper-tier governance units until the municipal reform of 1967; they were also used as electoral districts until 1973. They remain in use as
1883:
946:, but these have no autonomy; they are the basis of local organisation of police, fire departments and, sometimes, administration of elections.
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also has no county equivalent government, but the U.S. Census Bureau further divides it into statistical county equivalent subdivisions called
2320:
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of 1917–1921, and in Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Romania until the Soviet annexations at the start of World War II. 99 counties formed the
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1917:, and were originally more or less independent kingdoms (although the most important Saxon Kingdom on the island of Britain, Alfred's own
1874:
In 1965 and 1974–1975, major reorganisations of local government in England and Wales created several new administrative counties such as
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in 1876, a system of counties similar to other countries' systems was instituted, lasting until 1989. They had chairmen, not mayors as
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and by locals as geographic identifiers. The Territorial Division Act defining them remains in effect; their subdivisions are called
1462:, and there is a debate on the future of the county municipality as an administrative entity. Some people, and parties, such as the
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1901:(lord). These Norman "counties" were simply the Saxon shires, and kept their Saxon names. Several traditional counties, including
1187:, 'five'); however, these have long since been absorbed into Leinster. In the Republic each county is administered by an elected "
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County, which survived under that name for a further 6 years but then became a "Territory" under the "Chatham Islands Council".
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do not have any second-level administrative subdivision between the provincial/territorial government and their municipalities.
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which was introduced in 1889. The counties generally belong to level 3 of the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (
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The territorial administration of Poland since 1999 has been based on three levels of subdivision. The country is divided into
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based on large urban areas as a single administrative unit. In Scotland, county-level local government was replaced by larger
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or governmental houses of these counties exist in the same city. In other words, they share one county town. In this sense, a
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was repealed in the mid-1990s. However, at the time the new "municipal districts" were also permitted to retain the usage of
64:. Literal equivalents in other languages, derived from the equivalent of "count", are now seldom used officially, including
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189:– an equivalent administrative division of the kingdom. The term "county" evolved, consequently, to designate a level of
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can refer to a metropolitan area, and in some cases large rural/suburban regions providing resources to distant cities.
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because it is outside the jurisdiction of any state; the U.S. Census Bureau treats it as a single county equivalent.
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uses the term "county equivalent" to describe places that are comparable to counties, but called by different names.
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464:(in effect) and province (suspended due to economical and political reasons). There are currently 13 counties in the
244:, or other administrative jurisdictions within the county. A county usually, but not always, contains cities, towns,
2627:. They do not generally correspond to a level of government, but are used in the identification of parcels of land.
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The 380 county-level entities in Poland include 314 "land counties" (powiaty ziemskie) and the 66 "city counties" (
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in Alberta used to be a type of designation in a single-tier municipal system; but this was nominally changed to "
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provided natural resources and agricultural products to sustain the urban population. In contemporary usage,
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purposes. County identity is heavily reinforced in the local culture by allegiances to county teams in
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Today, 3,142 counties and county equivalents carve up the United States, ranging in number from 3 for
2092:(Argyllshire). This term corresponds to the jurisdiction of the sheriff in the Scottish legal system.
1785:. In 1913 there were 126 counties in Ukrainian-inhabited territories of the Russian Empire. Under the
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within its borders. The counties and their expanse have changed several times, most recently in 1998.
1611:, is not currently used for any Romanian administrative divisions. Romania is divided into a total of
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period, a number of important cities were granted the status of counties in their own right, such as
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of a country used for administrative or other purposes in some nations. The term is derived from the
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209:, such as a Province (e.g. Canada) or a level 3 territorial unit such as NUTS 3 (
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were created. In 1844, most of these exclaves were transferred to their surrounding counties.
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1977:, the modern county town is different from the town after which the shire is named. (See
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by a senator. Additionally, a women's representative is elected from each county to the
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2350:; however, these counties were abolished in 1890.
1979:Toponymical list of counties of the United Kingdom
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3079:Statistisches Bundesamt
2908:Oxford University Press
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2199:regional municipalities
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2468:, and all cities in
2325:local municipalities
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956:Districts of Germany
940:overseas departments
191:local administration
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4670:Autonomous republic
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4497:Other English terms
4293:Dependent territory
4139:Autonomous province
4069:Resort municipality
4044:County municipality
3831:Overseas department
3778:Metropolitan county
3591:Unincorporated area
3443:"County Government"
2951:"County Government"
2902:C. W. Onions (Ed.)
2890:Chambers Dictionary
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2541:Unorganized Borough
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1937:In England, in the
1853:ceremonial counties
1590:Counties of Romania
1249:counties of Ireland
1134:Republic of Ireland
1101:Counties of Ireland
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936:metropolitan France
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793:Counties of Denmark
557:Regency (Indonesia)
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298:Parliament of Kenya
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975:Holy Roman Empire
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713:, with 36, while
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458:provincial cities
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344:Counties of China
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3768:County seat
3635:Half-canton
3370:17 November
3167:15 February
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2579:New England
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2558:to 254 for
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2466:Carson City
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1955:county town
1939:Anglo-Saxon
1641:'s NUTS-3 (
1639:the country
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1569:voivodeship
931:département
854:Skanderborg
776:North Korea
772:South Korea
728:shahrestāns
719:coextensive
710:shahrestāns
411:Han dynasty
252:, or other
223:departments
197:, within a
167:Old English
163:continental
151:Anglo-Saxon
135:county seat
5311:Categories
5130:Historical
5094:Shahrestān
5037:Autonomous
4785:Presidency
4733:Historical
4702:Suzerainty
4685:Autonomous
4529:Autonomous
4251:Free state
4241:City-state
4203:Mesoregion
4096:Prefecture
3823:Department
2875:References
2808:Portuguese
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2395:See also:
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1963:Cumberland
1951:shire town
1651:government
1601:of Romania
1447:fylkesting
1017:is called
988:Landkreise
926:department
894:See also:
863:Copenhagen
698:shahrestān
692:farmândâri
669:farmândâri
663:shahrestān
602:shahrestān
506:fùguō xiàn
500:yǐguō xiàn
490:fùguō xiàn
478:yǐguō xiàn
427:magistrate
221:and their
103:graafschap
97:Grafschaft
45:Old French
5171:Landskap
5167:Län/Lääni
5121:Vingtaine
5089:Seniūnija
5079:Selsoviet
5054:Poblacion
4991:Landskap
4921:Gemeinde
4912:Freguesia
4867:Apskritis
4790:Residency
4755:Exarchate
4697:Sultanate
4588:Eldership
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4268:Territory
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3722:Community
3199:18 August
3032:1 January
3008:sī hòu sī
2996:lù shi sī
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2698:provinces
2672:land uses
2660:subregion
2632:post code
2615:Australia
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2488:townships
2462:St. Louis
2458:Baltimore
2375:Middlesex
2218:divisions
2170:divisions
2113:provinces
1756:romanized
1747:Ukrainian
1719:hospitals
1693:provinces
1631:Bucharest
1503:in Poland
1339:Lithuania
1334:apskritys
1328:Apskritis
1316:Lithuania
1275:provincia
1267:the word
1228:Waterford
1169:Westmeath
1115:provinces
1082:comitatus
1037:comitatus
872:In 2003,
751:character
721:with its
681:farmândâr
675:فرمانداری
567:kecamatan
563:kabupaten
561:Regency (
551:Indonesia
514:Guangzhou
302:provinces
246:townships
242:townships
181:) or, in
117:When the
5317:Counties
5272:See also
5007:Maakunta
5002:Località
4947:Gemeente
4907:Frazione
4877:Barangay
4707:Townland
4645:Precinct
4630:Muftiate
4581:District
4541:Cadastre
4353:Township
4131:Province
4022:(Canada)
3980:Division
3841:District
3478:Counties
3453:9 August
3405:21 March
3337:16 March
3292:"Okruha"
3267:"County"
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2933:"county"
2780:partidos
2725:district
2717:district
2702:boroughs
2682:powers.
2646:, whose
2556:Delaware
2504:New York
2502:states,
2498:(in the
2470:Virginia
2407:counties
2371:Cornwall
2367:counties
2363:parishes
2348:counties
2344:Manitoba
2338:Manitoba
2317:counties
2190:division
2178:parishes
2131:Manitoba
2015:such as
2013:exclaves
2009:Coventry
1997:medieval
1941:period,
1795:Bukovina
1725:for the
1702:kommuner
1617:Romanian
1533:hrabstwo
1529:district
1424:kommunar
1418:kommuner
1391:Vestland
1357:counties
1331:(plural
1251:and the
1224:Limerick
1159:(5) and
1157:Connacht
1149:Leinster
1119:counties
1072:vármegye
1021:vármegye
846:Aabenraa
835:Prussian
686:فرماندار
654:dehestān
440:district
423:gentries
394:and the
384:counties
263:Outside
250:villages
238:hundreds
231:province
219:sheriffs
62:viscount
5267:italics
5227:Satrapy
5212:Pargana
5137:Commote
4995:Finland
4975:Finland
4967:Kampong
4957:Hromada
4930:Germany
4925:Austria
4897:Comarca
4855:Current
4810:Tithing
4780:Monthon
4765:Hundred
4712:Village
4665:Regency
4660:Quarter
4593:Emirate
4561:Commune
4551:Circuit
4507:Current
3805:Country
3643:Capital
3606:Borough
3101:"Areas"
2910:, 1966.
2791:comunas
2766:Spanish
2721:Rotorua
2668:permits
2644:council
2619:In the
2610:Oceania
2436:" and "
2434:borough
2359:Jamaica
2354:Jamaica
2282:Alberta
2253:Alberta
2184:Ontario
2143:Nunavut
2117:Ontario
2005:Bristol
1971:Suffolk
1967:Norfolk
1925:England
1895:Normans
1884:regions
1811:oblasts
1807:okruhas
1769:in the
1758::
1741:Ukraine
1735:Gotland
1608:comitat
1584:Romania
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1501:Powiaty
1430:kommune
1369:Nynorsk
1309:contado
1303:contado
1297:contado
1281:Italian
1243:. Each
1237:hurling
1153:Munster
1130:Ireland
1095:Ireland
1015:Hungary
999:Hungary
950:Germany
810:Regions
798:Denmark
787:Denmark
645:Persian
631:Persian
623:Persian
611:شهرستان
607:Persian
382:(PRC),
323:Liberia
312:Liberia
229:'s and
199:unitary
159:earldom
119:Normans
91:condado
79:contado
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29:Country
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5232:Socken
5200:Greece
5175:Sweden
5162:Korale
5157:Köping
5152:Komunë
5116:Tehsil
5032:Oblast
4980:Sweden
4902:Comune
4887:Bezirk
4882:Bashki
4872:Bakhsh
4745:Barony
4740:Agency
4717:Summer
4680:Sector
4675:Riding
4640:Parish
4613:Hamlet
4556:Colony
4546:Circle
4524:Banner
4163:Region
3745:County
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3491:county
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3115:1 July
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