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India
petroleum products, textile goods, gems and jewelry,
engineering goods, chemicals, leather manufactures

Indonesia
oil and gas, electrical appliances, plywood, textiles,
rubber

Iran
petroleum 80%, chemical and petrochemical products, fruits and
nuts, carpets

Iraq
crude oil 84%, crude materials excluding fuels 8%, food and
live animals 5%

Ireland
machinery and equipment, computers, chemicals,
pharmaceuticals; live animals, animal products

Isle of Man
tweeds, herring, processed shellfish, beef, lamb

Israel
machinery and equipment, software, cut diamonds, agricultural
products, chemicals, textiles and apparel

Italy
engineering products, textiles and clothing, production
machinery, motor vehicles, transport equipment, chemicals; food,
beverages and tobacco; minerals, and nonferrous metals

Jamaica
alumina, bauxite, sugar, bananas, rum, coffee, yams,
beverages, chemicals, wearing apparel, mineral fuels

Japan
transport equipment, motor vehicles, semiconductors,
electrical machinery, chemicals

Jersey
light industrial and electrical goods, dairy cattle,
foodstuffs, textiles

Jordan
clothing, pharmaceuticals, potash, phosphates, fertilizers,
vegetables, manufactures;

Kazakhstan
oil and oil products 59%, ferrous metals 19%, chemicals
5%, machinery 3%, grain, wool, meat, coal (2001)

Kenya
tea, horticultural products, coffee, petroleum products, fish,
cement

Kiribati
copra 62%, coconuts, seaweed, fish

Korea, North
minerals, metallurgical products, manufactures
(including armaments), textiles, agricultural and fishery products

Korea, South
semiconductors, wireless telecommunications equipment,
motor vehicles, computers, steel, ships, petrochemicals

Kosovo
mining and processed metal products, scrap metals, leather
products, machinery, appliances

Kuwait
oil and refined products, fertilizers

Kyrgyzstan
cotton, wool, meat, tobacco; gold, mercury, uranium,
natural gas, hydropower; machinery; shoes

Laos
wood products, coffee, electricity, tin, copper, gold

Latvia
wood and wood products, machinery and equipment, metals,
textiles, foodstuffs

Lebanon
authentic jewelry, inorganic chemicals, miscellaneous
consumer goods, fruit and vegetables, tobacco, construction
minerals, electric power machinery and switchgear, textile fibers,
paper

Lesotho
manufactures 75% (clothing, footwear, road vehicles), wool
and mohair, food and live animals (2000)

Liberia
rubber, timber, iron, diamonds, cocoa, coffee

Libya
crude oil, refined petroleum products, natural gas, chemicals

Liechtenstein
small specialty machinery, connectors for audio and
video, parts for motor vehicles, dental products, hardware, prepared
foodstuffs, electronic equipment, optical products

Lithuania
mineral products 23%, textiles and clothing 16%, machinery
and equipment 11%, chemicals 6%, wood and wood products 5%,
foodstuffs 5% (2001)

Luxembourg
machinery and equipment, steel products, chemicals,
rubber products, glass

Macau
clothing, textiles, footwear, toys, electronics, machinery and
parts

Macedonia
food, beverages, tobacco; textiles, miscellaneous
manufactures, iron and steel

Madagascar
coffee, vanilla, shellfish, sugar, cotton cloth,
chromite, petroleum products

Malawi
tobacco 53%, tea, sugar, cotton, coffee, peanuts, wood
products, apparel

Malaysia
electronic equipment, petroleum and liquefied natural gas,
wood and wood products, palm oil, rubber, textiles, chemicals

Maldives
fish

Mali
cotton, gold, livestock

Malta
machinery and transport equipment, manufactures

Marshall Islands
copra cake, coconut oil, handicrafts, fish

Mauritania
iron ore, fish and fish products, gold

Mauritius
clothing and textiles, sugar, cut flowers, molasses, fish

Mayotte
ylang-ylang (perfume essence), vanilla, copra, coconuts,
coffee, cinnamon

Mexico
manufactured goods, oil and oil products, silver, fruits,
vegetables, coffee, cotton

Micronesia, Federated States of
fish, garments, bananas, black
pepper, sakau (kava), betel nut

Moldova
foodstuffs, textiles, machinery

Mongolia
copper, apparel, livestock, animal products, cashmere,
wool, hides, fluorspar, other nonferrous metals

Montserrat
electronic components, plastic bags, apparel; hot
peppers, limes, live plants; cattle

Morocco
clothing and textiles, electric components, inorganic
chemicals, transistors, crude minerals, fertilizers (including
phosphates), petroleum products, citrus fruits, vegetables, fish

Mozambique
aluminum, prawns, cashews, cotton, sugar, citrus, timber;
bulk electricity

Namibia
diamonds, copper, gold, zinc, lead, uranium; cattle,
processed fish, karakul skins

Nauru
phosphates

Nepal
carpets, clothing, leather goods, jute goods, grain

Netherlands
machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels; foodstuffs

Netherlands Antilles
petroleum products

New Caledonia
ferronickels, nickel ore, fish

New Zealand
dairy products, meat, wood and wood products, fish,
machinery

Nicaragua
coffee, beef, shrimp and lobster, tobacco, sugar, gold,
peanuts

Niger
uranium ore, livestock, cowpeas, onions

Nigeria
petroleum and petroleum products 95%, cocoa, rubber

Niue
canned coconut cream, copra, honey, vanilla, passion fruit
products, pawpaws, root crops, limes, footballs, stamps, handicrafts

Norfolk Island
postage stamps, seeds of the Norfolk Island pine and
Kentia palm, small quantities of avocados

Northern Mariana Islands
garments

Norway
petroleum and petroleum products, machinery and equipment,
metals, chemicals, ships, fish

Oman
petroleum, reexports, fish, metals, textiles

Pakistan
textiles (garments, bed linen, cotton cloth, yarn), rice,
leather goods, sports goods, chemicals, manufactures, carpets and
rugs

Palau
shellfish, tuna, copra, garments

Panama
bananas, shrimp, sugar, coffee, clothing

Papua New Guinea
oil, gold, copper ore, logs, palm oil, coffee,
cocoa, crayfish, prawns

Paraguay
soybeans, feed, cotton, meat, edible oils, electricity,
wood, leather

Peru
copper, gold, zinc, crude petroleum and petroleum products,
coffee, potatoes, asparagus, textiles, guinea pigs

Philippines
semiconductors and electronic products, transport
equipment, garments, copper products, petroleum products, coconut
oil, fruits

Pitcairn Islands
fruits, vegetables, curios, stamps

Poland
machinery and transport equipment 37.8%, intermediate
manufactured goods 23.7%, miscellaneous manufactured goods 17.1%,
food and live animals 7.6% (2003)

Portugal
agricultural products, food products, oil products,
chemical products, plastics and rubber, skins and leather, wood and
cork, wood pulp and paper, textile materials, clothing, footwear,
minerals and mineral products, base metals, machinery and tools,
vehicles and other transport material, and optical and precision

Puerto Rico
chemicals, electronics, apparel, canned tuna, rum,
beverage concentrates, medical equipment

Qatar
liquefied natural gas (LNG), petroleum products, fertilizers,
steel

Romania
machinery and equipment, textiles and footwear, metals and
metal products, machinery and equipment, minerals and fuels,
chemicals, agricultural products

Russia
petroleum and petroleum products, natural gas, wood and wood
products, metals, chemicals, and a wide variety of civilian and
military manufactures

Rwanda
coffee, tea, hides, tin ore

Saint Helena
fish (frozen, canned, and salt-dried skipjack, tuna),
coffee, handicrafts

Saint Kitts and Nevis
machinery, food, electronics, beverages,
tobacco

Saint Lucia
bananas 41%, clothing, cocoa, vegetables, fruits,
coconut oil

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
fish and fish products, soybeans, animal
feed, mollusks and crustaceans, fox and mink pelts

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
bananas, eddoes and dasheen (taro),
arrowroot starch; tennis racquets

Samoa
fish, coconut oil and cream, copra, taro, automotive parts,
garments, beer

San Marino
building stone, lime, wood, chestnuts, wheat, wine, baked
goods, hides, ceramics

Sao Tome and Principe
cocoa 80%, copra, coffee, palm oil

Saudi Arabia
petroleum and petroleum products 90%

Senegal
fish, groundnuts (peanuts), petroleum products, phosphates,
cotton

Serbia
manufactured goods, food and live animals, machinery and
transport equipment

Seychelles
canned tuna, frozen fish, cinnamon bark, copra, petroleum
products (reexports)

Sierra Leone
diamonds, rutile, cocoa, coffee, fish

Singapore
machinery and equipment (including electronics), consumer
goods, chemicals, mineral fuels

Slovakia
vehicles 25.9%, machinery and electrical equipment 21.3%,
base metals 14.6%, chemicals and minerals 10.1%, plastics 5.4% (2004)

Slovenia
manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment,
chemicals, food

Solomon Islands
timber, fish, copra, palm oil, cocoa

Somalia
livestock, bananas, hides, fish, charcoal, scrap metal

South Africa
gold, diamonds, platinum, other metals and minerals,
machinery and equipment

Spain
machinery, motor vehicles; foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals,
medicines, other consumer goods

Sri Lanka
textiles and apparel, tea and spices; diamonds, emeralds,
rubies; coconut products, rubber manufactures, fish

Sudan
oil and petroleum products; cotton, sesame, livestock,
groundnuts, gum arabic, sugar

Suriname
alumina, gold, crude oil, lumber, shrimp and fish, rice,
bananas

Swaziland
soft drink concentrates, sugar, wood pulp, cotton yarn,
refrigerators, citrus and canned fruit

Sweden
machinery 35%, motor vehicles, paper products, pulp and wood,
iron and steel products, chemicals

Switzerland
machinery, chemicals, metals, watches, agricultural
products

Syria
crude oil, minerals, petroleum products, fruits and
vegetables, cotton fiber, textiles, clothing, meat and live animals,
wheat

Taiwan
electronic and electrical products, metals, textiles,
plastics, chemicals, auto parts (2002)

Tajikistan
aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil,
textiles

Tanzania
gold, coffee, cashew nuts, manufactures, cotton

Thailand
textiles and footwear, fishery products, rice, rubber,
jewelry, automobiles, computers and electrical appliances

Timor-Leste
coffee, sandalwood, marble; note - potential for oil and
vanilla exports

Togo
reexports, cotton, phosphates, coffee, cocoa

Tokelau
stamps, copra, handicrafts

Tonga
squash, fish, vanilla beans, root crops

Trinidad and Tobago
petroleum and petroleum products, liquefied
natural gas (LNG), methanol, ammonia, urea, steel products,
beverages, cereal and cereal products, sugar, cocoa, coffee, citrus
fruit, vegetables, flowers

Tunisia
clothing, semi-finished goods and textiles, agricultural
products, mechanical goods, phosphates and chemicals, hydrocarbons,
electrical equipment

Turkey
apparel, foodstuffs, textiles, metal manufactures, transport
equipment

Turkmenistan
gas, crude oil, petrochemicals, textiles, cotton fiber

Turks and Caicos Islands
lobster, dried and fresh conch, conch shells

Tuvalu
copra, fish

Uganda
coffee, fish and fish products, tea, cotton, flowers,
horticultural products; gold

Ukraine
ferrous and nonferrous metals, fuel and petroleum products,
chemicals, machinery and transport equipment, food products

United Arab Emirates
crude oil 45%, natural gas, reexports, dried
fish, dates

United Kingdom
manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals; food,
beverages, tobacco

United States
agricultural products (soybeans, fruit, corn) 9.2%,
industrial supplies (organic chemicals) 26.8%, capital goods
(transistors, aircraft, motor vehicle parts, computers,
telecommunications equipment) 49.0%, consumer goods (automobiles,
medicines) 15.0% (2003)

Uruguay
meat, rice, leather products, wool, fish, dairy products

Uzbekistan
cotton, gold, energy products, mineral fertilizers,
ferrous and non-ferrous metals, textiles, food products, machinery,
automobiles

Vanuatu
copra, beef, cocoa, timber, kava, coffee

Venezuela
petroleum, bauxite and aluminum, steel, chemicals,
agricultural products, basic manufactures

Vietnam
crude oil, marine products, rice, coffee, rubber, tea,
garments, shoes

Virgin Islands
refined petroleum products

Wallis and Futuna
copra, chemicals, construction materials

West Bank
olives, fruit, vegetables, limestone

Western Sahara
phosphates 62%

World
the whole range of industrial and agricultural goods and
services
top ten - share of world trade: electrical machinery, including
computers 14.8%; mineral fuels, including oil, coal, gas, and
refined products 14.4%; nuclear reactors, boilers, and parts 14.2%;
cars, trucks, and buses 8.9%; scientific and precision instruments
3.5%; plastics 3.4%; iron and steel 2.7%; organic chemicals 2.6%;
pharmaceutical products 2.6%; diamonds, pearls, and precious stones
1.9% (2006 est.)

Yemen
crude oil, coffee, dried and salted fish

Zambia
copper/cobalt 64%, cobalt, electricity; tobacco, flowers,
cotton

Zimbabwe
platinum, cotton, tobacco, gold, ferroalloys,
textiles/clothing

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@2050 Exports - partners (%)

Afghanistan
India 22.8%, Pakistan 21.8%, US 20.5%, Tajikistan 7.2%
(2007)

Albania
Italy 72%, Greece 8.8%, China 2.7% (2007)

Algeria
US 29.4%, Italy 13.8%, Spain 9.6%, Canada 8.4%, France 7.4%,
Netherlands 5% (2007)

American Samoa
Indonesia 28.2%, India 22.3%, Australia 15.3%, Japan
11.2%, NZ 7.1% (2006)

Angola
US 32.1%, China 32%, France 5.9%, Taiwan 5.3%, South Africa
4.5% (2007)

Anguilla
UK, US, Puerto Rico, Saint-Martin (2006)

Antigua and Barbuda
Spain 34%, Germany 20.7%, Italy 7.7%, Singapore
5.8%, UK 4.9% (2006)

Argentina
Brazil 19.1%, China 9.4%, US 7.9%, Chile 7.6% (2007)

Armenia
Russia 17.5%, Germany 14.7%, Netherlands 13.5%, Belgium
8.7%, Georgia 7.6%, US 6.6%, Switzerland 4.3%, Bulgaria 4.1%,
Ukraine 4% (2007)

Aruba
Panama 29.7%, Colombia 17%, Netherlands Antilles 13.2%, US
11.3%, Venezuela 10.9%, Netherlands 9.2% (2007)

Australia
Japan 18.9%, China 14.2%, South Korea 8%, US 6%, NZ 5.6%,
India 5.5%, UK 4.2% (2007)

Austria
Germany 29.8%, Italy 8.8%, US 4.9%, Switzerland 4.3% (2007)

Azerbaijan
Turkey 17.4%, Italy 15.5%, Russia 8.7%, Iran 7.2%,
Indonesia 6.4%, Israel 6.1%, Georgia 5.7%, US 4.8%, France 4.3%
(2007)

Bahamas, The
US 20.4%, Singapore 15.5%, Spain 14.5%, Poland 14.3%,
Germany 6.6%, Guatemala 5.7%, Switzerland 5.2% (2007)

Bahrain
Saudi Arabia 3.5%, US 2.5%, UAE 2.5% (2007)

Bangladesh
US 23%, Germany 13%, UK 9.1%, France 5.5%, Belgium 4%
(2007)

Barbados
Trinidad and Tobago 15.5%, Jamaica 13.5%, UK 9.4%, US 9.3%,
Brazil 8.3%, Saint Lucia 7.2%, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4.5%
(2007)

Belarus
Russia 36.5%, Netherlands 17.8%, UK 6.3%, Ukraine 6.1%,
Poland 5%, Latvia 4.1% (2007)

Belgium
Germany 19.5%, France 16.7%, Netherlands 11.9%, UK 7.6%, US
5.7%, Italy 5.2% (2007)

Belize
US 28.7%, UK 16.3%, Thailand 5.8%, Cote d'Ivoire 5.4%,
Finland 4.2%, Spain 4% (2007)

Benin
China 24.7%, India 8.2%, Niger 6.6%, Togo 5.4%, Nigeria 5.3%,
Belgium 4.6% (2007)

Bermuda
Spain 13.8%, Germany 11.7%, Switzerland 8.8%, Denmark 6.6%,
UK 6% (2007)

Bhutan
India 58.6%, Hong Kong 30.1%, Bangladesh 7.3% (2007)

Bolivia
Brazil 46%, US 9.8%, Japan 7.6%, Argentina 5.8%, South Korea
4.8%, Peru 4.1% (2007)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia 21%, Slovenia 16.5%, Italy 16.1%,
Germany 13.3%, Austria 9.6%, Hungary 5.7% (2007)

Botswana
European Free Trade Association (EFTA) 87%, Southern
African Customs Union (SACU) 7%, Zimbabwe 4% (2006)

Brazil
US 16.1%, Argentina 9.2%, China 6.8%, Netherlands 5.6%,
Germany 4.6% (2007)

British Virgin Islands
Virgin Islands (US), Puerto Rico, US (2006)

Brunei
Japan 32.8%, Indonesia 24.4%, Australia 13.4%, South Korea
12.2%, US 5.5% (2007)

Bulgaria
Turkey 11.5%, Germany 10.3%, Italy 10.2%, Greece 9.1%,
Belgium 6.2%, Romania 4.9% (2007)

Burkina Faso
China 29.6%, Singapore 15.7%, Thailand 7.2%, Ghana
6.4%, Niger 4.8% (2007)

Burma
Thailand 44.3%, India 14.5%, China 7.1%, Japan 5.7% (2007)

Burundi
Germany 31.3%, Pakistan 6.8%, Belgium 5.8%, Sweden 4.3%,
Rwanda 4.3%, France 4.2%, Sudan 4% (2007)

Cambodia
US 58.1%, Germany 7.3%, UK 5.2%, Canada 4.6%, Vietnam 4.5%
(2007)

Cameroon
Spain 19.8%, Italy 15.7%, France 11.7%, South Korea 9.4%,
Netherlands 6.1%, US 5.7% (2007)

Canada
US 78.9%, UK 2.8%, China 2.1% (2007)

Cape Verde
Spain 37.2%, Portugal 29.9%, Morocco 7%, US 6.6% (2007)

Cayman Islands
mostly US (2006)

Central African Republic
Belgium 22.7%, Indonesia 19.3%, Italy 7.7%,
France 7.1%, Spain 6.9%, Democratic Republic of the Congo 6.8%,
China 4.9%, Turkey 4.7% (2007)

Chad
US 89.5%, Japan 3.7%, China 3.4% (2007)

Chile
China 14.8%, US 12.5%, Japan 10.5%, Netherlands 5.8%, South
Korea 5.7%, Italy 5.1%, Brazil 5% (2007)

China
US 19.1%, Hong Kong 15.1%, Japan 8.4%, South Korea 4.6%,
Germany 4% (2007)

Christmas Island
Australia, NZ (2006)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Australia (2006)

Colombia
US 35.4%, Venezuela 17.4%, Ecuador 4.3% (2007)

Comoros
Turkey 38%, France 27.5%, Singapore 9.2%, Saudi Arabia 4.1%
(2007)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Belgium 23.6%, China 21.7%, US
9.8%, Finland 9.1%, Brazil 9.1%, France 6.8%, Zambia 6% (2007)

Congo, Republic of the
US 41%, China 36.5%, Taiwan 3.6% (2007)

Cook Islands
Australia 34%, Japan 27%, NZ 25%, US 8% (2006)

Costa Rica
US 25.7%, China 14.1%, Netherlands 10.9%, UK 6.3%, Mexico
5% (2007)

Cote d'Ivoire
Germany 9.7%, Nigeria 9.2%, Netherlands 8.4%, France
7.3%, US 7%, Burkina Faso 4.4% (2007)

Croatia
Italy 19.3%, Bosnia and Herzegovina 13.9%, Germany 10.2%,
Slovenia 8.4%, Austria 6.2% (2007)

Cuba
China 27.5%, Canada 26.9%, Netherlands 11.1%, Spain 4.7% (2007)

Cyprus
Greece 21.1%, UK 14.3%, Germany 6.6% (2007)

Czech Republic
Germany 30.7%, Slovakia 8.7%, Poland 5.9%, France
5.4%, UK 5.1%, Italy 4.9%, Austria 4.6% (2007)

Denmark
Germany 17.4%, Sweden 14.5%, UK 8%, US 6.1%, Norway 5.7%,
France 4.8%, Netherlands 4.8% (2007)

Djibouti
Somalia 66.4%, Ethiopia 21.5%, Yemen 3.4% (2007)

Dominica
China 24.4%, Jamaica 10.3%, Antigua and Barbuda 10.1%,
Guyana 8.5%, UK 8.2%, Trinidad and Tobago 5.5%, Saint Lucia 4.6%,
Saint Kitts & Nevis 4% (2007)

Dominican Republic
US 66.4%, Belgium 3.7%, Finland 3.2% (2007)

Ecuador
US 41.9%, Peru 8.5%, Chile 4.9%, Russia 4.8%, Colombia 4.7%
(2007)

Egypt
US 9.7%, Italy 9.5%, Spain 7.6%, Syria 5.5%, Saudi Arabia
4.9%, UK 4.2% (2007)

El Salvador
US 51%, Guatemala 13.6%, Honduras 11.2%, Nicaragua 5.5%
(2007)

Equatorial Guinea
US 20.6%, China 18.8%, Spain 13.9%, Taiwan 13.4%,
France 7.5%, Japan 6.5%, Portugal 6.4% (2007)

Eritrea
Italy 34.4%, China 16.2%, Sudan 15.2%, France 9.4%, Saudi
Arabia 5.2%, Australia 4.4% (2007)

Estonia
Finland 17.9%, Sweden 13.2%, Latvia 11.4%, Russia 8.9%,
Lithuania 5.8%, Germany 5.2%, US 4.1% (2007)

Ethiopia
Germany 8.2%, Saudi Arabia 7%, US 6.9%, Djibouti 6.6%,
China 6.5%, Italy 6.5%, Japan 5.9%, Netherlands 4.8% (2007)

European Union
US 23.3%, Switzerland 7.6%, Russia 5.2%, China 4.8%
(2006)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
Spain 81.9%, US 6%, UK 4.5% (2006)

Faroe Islands
Denmark 29.6%, UK 24.5%, Norway 13.3%, Nigeria 10.5%,
Netherlands 6.8% (2007)

Fiji
US 17.3%, UK 11.3%, Australia 10%, Samoa 5.4%, Tonga 4.7%, NZ
4.5%, Japan 4.1% (2007)

Finland
Germany 10.9%, Sweden 10.7%, Russia 10.3%, US 6.4%, UK 5.8%,
Netherlands 5.6% (2007)

France
Germany 14.9%, Spain 9.3%, Italy 8.9%, UK 8.1%, Belgium 7.3%,
US 6.1%, Netherlands 4.1% (2007)

French Polynesia
France 46.3%, Japan 20.8%, Niger 12.8%, US 12.5%
(2006)

Gabon
US 32.5%, China 15.8%, France 9.4%, Malaysia 6%, Trinidad and
Tobago 5% (2007)

Gambia, The
India 37.7%, China 17.5%, UK 8.7%, France 5.1%, Belgium
4.2% (2007)

Gaza Strip
Israel, Egypt, West Bank (2006)

Georgia
Turkey 13%, US 11.2%, Azerbaijan 6.3%, UK 5.4%, Bulgaria
5.1%, Ukraine 5%, Armenia 4.8%, Turkmenistan 4.5%, Canada 4.2% (2007)

Germany
France 9.7%, US 7.5%, UK 7.3%, Italy 6.7%, Netherlands 6.4%,
Austria 5.4%, Belgium 5.3%, Spain 5% (2007)

Ghana
Netherlands 11%, UK 9%, France 6.2%, US 5.9%, Germany 4.6%,
Belgium 4.4% (2007)

Gibraltar
UK 30.8%, Spain 22.7%, Germany 13.7%, Turkmenistan 10.4%,
Switzerland 8.3%, Italy 6.7% (2006)

Greece
Germany 11.6%, Italy 10.8%, Cyprus 6.6%, Bulgaria 6.5%, UK
5.5%, Romania 4.5%, France 4.2%, US 4.2% (2007)

Greenland
Denmark 61.8%, Japan 9.9%, Canada 7.3%, China 5.8% (2007)

Grenada
Jamaica 92.8%, Saint Lucia 1.3%, US 1.2% (2007)

Guam
Japan 67.2%, Singapore 11.6%, UK 4.8% (2006)

Guatemala
US 42.2%, El Salvador 9.6%, Honduras 8.6%, Mexico 6.5%,
Costa Rica 4.5% (2007)

Guernsey
UK; note - regarded as internal trade (2006)

Guinea
Russia 10.8%, Ukraine 9.6%, Spain 8.8%, US 7.5%, Germany
7.4%, South Korea 7.2%, France 7%, Ireland 5.5%, China 5% (2007)

Guinea-Bissau
Brazil 56.2%, India 33.6%, Nigeria 8.3% (2007)

Guyana
Canada 18.7%, US 16.5%, UK 9.1%, Portugal 7.6%, Trinidad and
Tobago 5.2%, France 4.7%, Netherlands 4.6%, Jamaica 4% (2007)

Haiti
US 72.9%, Dominican Republic 8.8%, Canada 3.3% (2007)

Honduras
US 67.2%, El Salvador 4.9%, Guatemala 3.9% (2007)

Hong Kong
China 48.7%, US 13.7%, Japan 4.5% (2007)

Hungary
Germany 28.1%, Italy 5.6%, France 4.7%, Austria 4.6%,
Romania 4.5%, UK 4.5%, Slovakia 4.2%, Poland 4.2% (2007)

Iceland
Netherlands 21.3%, Germany 13.3%, UK 13.2%, Ireland 7.7%, US
7.3%, Spain 4.6%, Japan 4.3% (2007)

India
US 15%, China 8.7%, UAE 8.7%, UK 4.4% (2007)

Indonesia
Japan 20.7%, US 10.2%, Singapore 9.2%, China 8.5%, South
Korea 6.6%, Malaysia 4.5%, India 4.3% (2007)

Iran
China 15%, Japan 14.3%, Turkey 7.4%, South Korea 7.3%, Italy
6.4% (2007)

Iraq
US 36.8%, Italy 12.6%, South Korea 9.5%, Taiwan 6.3%, Spain
5.2%, Canada 4.7%, France 4.4%, Netherlands 4.2% (2007)

Ireland
UK 18.7%, US 17.9%, Belgium 14.5%, Germany 7.4%, France 5.8%
(2007)

Isle of Man
UK (2006)

Israel
US 35%, Belgium 7.5%, Hong Kong 5.8% (2007)

Italy
Germany 12.9%, France 11.4%, Spain 7.4%, US 6.8%, UK 5.8%
(2007)

Jamaica
US 37.2%, Canada 15%, UK 9.7%, Netherlands 9.1% (2007)

Japan
US 20.4%, China 15.3%, South Korea 7.6%, Taiwan 6.3%, Hong
Kong 5.4% (2007)

Jersey
UK (2006)

Jordan
US 22.4%, Iraq 12.9%, India 8.3%, UAE 7.8%, Saudi Arabia
7.5%, Syria 4.9% (2007)

Kazakhstan
China 15.5%, Germany 11.5%, Russia 11.2%, Italy 7.2%,
France 6.7% (2007)

Kenya
Uganda 16.9%, UK 9.3%, Tanzania 8.2%, Netherlands 8.2%, US
6.4%, Pakistan 5.2% (2007)

Kiribati
US 22.8%, Belgium 21.5%, Japan 14.3%, Samoa 7.8%, Australia
7.5%, Malaysia 6.7%, Taiwan 5.6%, Denmark 4.6% (2006)

Korea, North
South Korea 32%, China 29%, Thailand 9% (2006)

Korea, South
China 22.1%, US 12.4%, Japan 7.1%, Hong Kong 5% (2007)

Kosovo
Central Europe Free Trade Area (CFTA) 56% (2006)

Kuwait
Japan 19.9%, South Korea 17%, Taiwan 11.2%, Singapore 9.9%,
US 8.4%, Netherlands 4.8%, China 4.4% (2007)

Kyrgyzstan
Russia 20.7%, Switzerland 19.9%, Kazakhstan 18%,
Afghanistan 10.4%, Uzbekistan 7.6%, China 5.5% (2007)

Laos
Thailand 32.7%, Vietnam 14.3%, China 5.9%, South Korea 4.8%
(2007)

Latvia
Lithuania 15.1%, Estonia 13.8%, Russia 13%, Germany 8.3%,
Sweden 7.4%, UK 6.5% (2007)

Lebanon
Syria 25.2%, UAE 11.8%, Switzerland 8.2%, Saudi Arabia 5.6%
(2007)

Lesotho
US 71.5%, Belgium 25.6%, Canada 1.2% (2007)

Liberia
Malaysia 27.5%, Poland 18.5%, Germany 11.5%, US 10.5%, Spain
8.2%, Norway 5.5% (2007)

Libya
Italy 40.5%, Germany 12.2%, US 7.4%, Spain 7.4%, France 6.3%
(2007)

Liechtenstein
EU 62.6% (Germany 24.3%, Austria 9.5%, France 8.9%,
Italy 6.6%, UK 4.6%), US 18.9%, Switzerland 15.7% (2006)

Lithuania
Russia 15%, Latvia 12.9%, Germany 10.5%, Poland 6.3%,
Estonia 5.8%, UK 4.6%, Denmark 4.1%, Belarus 4% (2007)

Luxembourg
Germany 21.1%, France 16.3%, Belgium 10.1%, Italy 7.4%,
UK 7.1%, Netherlands 5.4%, Spain 5% (2007)

Macau
US 40.6%, China 14.8%, Hong Kong 13.1%, Germany 6.4%, UK 4%
(2007)

Macedonia
Serbia and Montenegro 19.2%, Germany 14.5%, Greece 10.4%,
Italy 10.1%, Bulgaria 9.8%, Croatia 5.6%, Belgium 5%, Spain 5% (2007)

Madagascar
France 31.8%, US 26.6%, Germany 6.1%, UK 4.9%, Italy 4.4%
(2007)

Malawi
Germany 11.7%, South Africa 10%, Egypt 9.2%, Zimbabwe 8.2%,
US 7.3%, Russia 5.8%, Netherlands 4.5% (2007)

Malaysia
US 15.6%, Singapore 14.6%, Japan 9.1%, China 8.8%, Thailand
5%, Hong Kong 4.6% (2007)

Maldives
Thailand 28.3%, UK 17.6%, France 8.8%, Sri Lanka 8.6%,
Algeria 8.2%, Japan 6.4%, Italy 4.1% (2007)

Mali
China 19.6%, Thailand 10.5%, Brazil 4.6%, France 4.5%,
Indonesia 4.5% (2007)

Malta
Singapore 14.4%, Germany 13.7%, France 12.6%, US 11.3%, UK
10%, Hong Kong 6.1%, Japan 4.9%, Italy 4% (2007)

Marshall Islands
US, Japan, Australia, China (2006)

Mauritania
China 30.5%, France 9.5%, Italy 8.5%, Spain 8.5%, Japan
5.5%, Netherlands 5.3%, Belgium 5%, Cote d'Ivoire 4.7% (2007)

Mauritius
UK 35.1%, France 14.4%, US 7.7%, Madagascar 6.3%, Italy
5.8% (2007)

Mayotte
France 43%, Comoros 36%, Reunion 15% (2006)

Mexico
US 82.2%, Canada 2.4%, Germany 1.5% (2007)

Micronesia, Federated States of
Japan, US, Guam (2006)

Moldova
Russia 25.3%, Romania 13%, Italy 10%, Ukraine 8.7%, Germany
8.5%, Poland 6.2%, Belarus 4.2% (2007)

Mongolia
China 71.9%, Canada 10.7%, US 4.8% (2007)

Montenegro
Switzerland 83.9%, Italy 6.1%, Bosnia and Herzegovina
1.3% (2006)

Montserrat
US, Antigua and Barbuda (2006)

Morocco
Spain 21.2%, France 19%, Italy 4.9%, UK 4.6%, India 4.2%
(2007)

Mozambique
Italy 19.4%, Belgium 18.4%, Spain 12.5%, South Africa
12.3%, UK 7.3%, China 4.1% (2007)

Namibia
South Africa 33.4%, US 4% (2006)

Nauru
South Africa 63.7%, South Korea 7.6%, Canada 6.6% (2006)

Nepal
India 69.3%, US 8.8%, Germany 4.1% (2007)

Netherlands
Germany 24.4%, Belgium 13.6%, UK 9.1%, France 8.5%,
Italy 5.1%, US 4.3% (2007)

Netherlands Antilles
US 18.9%, Mexico 13.3%, Panama 11.4%, Singapore
6.9%, Haiti 6.6%, Bahamas, The 5.3% (2007)

New Caledonia
Japan 20.1%, China 14.5%, Taiwan 14.2%, France 11.6%,
Belgium 10.4%, Spain 8.6%, South Africa 6.9% (2007)

New Zealand
Australia 22%, US 11.5%, Japan 9.2%, China 5.3%, UK 4.6%
(2007)

Nicaragua
US 31.7%, El Salvador 14%, Honduras 9.3%, Costa Rica 7.2%,
Canada 5.8%, Guatemala 5.5%, Mexico 4.8% (2007)

Niger
France 57%, Nigeria 26.4%, Ghana 4.1% (2007)

Nigeria
US 51.6%, Brazil 8.9%, Spain 7.7% (2007)

Niue
New Zealand mainly, Fiji, Cook Islands, Australia (2006)

Norfolk Island
Australia, other Pacific island countries, NZ, Asia,
Europe (2006)

Northern Mariana Islands
US (2006)

Norway
UK 26.3%, Germany 12.3%, Netherlands 10.2%, France 8%, Sweden
6.5%, US 6.2% (2007)

Oman
China 26.8%, South Korea 15.2%, Japan 14.3%, Thailand 10.4%,
UAE 7.6%, US 4.3%, Iran 4.1% (2007)

Pakistan
US 18%, UAE 10.4%, Afghanistan 8.4%, China 5.2%, UK 4.7%
(2007)

Palau
US, Japan, Singapore (2006)

Panama
US 35.6%, Netherlands 10.2%, China 6%, Sweden 5.5%, UK 5.4%,
Costa Rica 5.1%, Spain 5% (2007)

Papua New Guinea
Australia 27.3%, Japan 9.5%, China 5.7% (2007)

Paraguay
Argentina 28.1%, Uruguay 15.2%, Brazil 12.7%, Chile 5.9%,
Germany 4.9%, Russia 4.5% (2007)

Peru
US 19.5%, China 12.7%, Canada 7.6%, Japan 7.5%, Chile 5.9%,
Switzerland 4.2%, Spain 4.1% (2007)

Philippines
US 17%, Japan 14.5%, Hong Kong 11.5%, China 11.4%,
Netherlands 8.2%, Singapore 6.2%, Malaysia 5%, Germany 4.3% (2007)

Poland
Germany 25.9%, Italy 6.6%, France 6.1%, UK 5.9%, Czech
Republic 5.5%, Russia 4.6% (2007)

Portugal
Spain 27.1%, Germany 12.9%, France 12.3%, UK 5.9%, US 4.8%,
Angola 4.5%, Italy 4% (2007)

Puerto Rico
US 90.3%, UK 1.6%, Netherlands 1.4%, Dominican Republic
1.4% (2006)

Qatar
Japan 39.9%, South Korea 19.9%, Singapore 9.9%, India 5.1%,
Thailand 4.9%, UAE 4% (2007)

Romania
Italy 17.2%, Germany 16.9%, France 7.7%, Turkey 7%, Hungary
5.6%, UK 4.1% (2007)

Russia
Netherlands 12.2%, Italy 7.8%, Germany 7.5%, Turkey 5.2%,
Belarus 5%, Ukraine 4.7%, China 4.5% (2007)

Rwanda
China 8.9%, Germany 6.8%, US 4.9%, Hong Kong 4.8% (2007)

Saint Helena
Tanzania 37.7%, US 17.4%, Japan 15.2%, UK 8.4%, Nigeria
4.8%, Spain 4.5% (2006)

Saint Kitts and Nevis
US 66.3%, Canada 4.9%, Turkey 3.3% (2007)

Saint Lucia
US 24.5%, France 23.2%, UK 19.3%, Antigua and Barbuda
5%, Dominica 4.9%, Barbados 4.4%, Trinidad and Tobago 4.1% (2007)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Spain 33.6%, Belgium 21.8%, India 18.3%,
France 9.4%, US 7.5% (2006)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Greece 28.4%, Italy 14.6%, France
12%, UK 7.5%, Trinidad and Tobago 4.8%, Spain 4.6%, Germany 4.3%,
Saint Lucia 4.2% (2007)

Samoa
Australia 48.1%, American Samoa 30%, Taiwan 8% (2007)

Sao Tome and Principe
Netherlands 23.7%, Belgium 23.7%, France
12.9%, US 5.9%, Portugal 4.1% (2007)

Saudi Arabia
US 17.1%, Japan 16.3%, South Korea 9.7%, China 8.1%,
Taiwan 4.7%, Singapore 4% (2007)

Senegal
Mali 18.9%, France 9.1%, Italy 5.9%, India 5.7%, Gambia, The
5.2% (2007)

Seychelles
UK 23.7%, France 19.8%, Mauritius 10%, Japan 8.3%, Italy
5.7%, Spain 5.1% (2007)

Sierra Leone
Belgium 49.3%, US 20.5%, Netherlands 4.5%, Canada 4.1%
(2007)

Singapore
Malaysia 12.9%, Hong Kong 10.5%, Indonesia 9.8%, China
9.7%, US 8.9%, Japan 4.8%, Thailand 4.1% (2007)

Slovakia
Germany 21.4%, Czech Republic 12.6%, France 6.7%, Italy
6.4%, Poland 6.2%, Hungary 6%, Austria 5.8%, UK 4.8% (2007)

Slovenia
Germany 18.7%, Italy 12.5%, Croatia 8%, Austria 7.5%,
France 5.9%, Russia 4.4% (2007)

Solomon Islands
China 50.8%, South Korea 7%, Thailand 6.5%, Japan
5.7%, Philippines 4.3% (2007)

Somalia
UAE 50.7%, Yemen 21%, Oman 6.1% (2007)

South Africa
US 11.9%, Japan 11.1%, Germany 8%, UK 7.7%, China 6.6%,
Netherlands 4.5% (2007)

Spain
France 18.8%, Germany 10.8%, Portugal 8.6%, Italy 8.5%, UK
7.6%, US 4.2% (2007)

Sri Lanka
US 25.5%, UK 13.2%, India 6.7%, Germany 5.7%, Italy 5.1%
(2007)

Sudan
China 82.1%, Japan 8.4%, UAE 2.5% (2007)

Suriname
Canada 26.8%, Norway 20.2%, Belgium 9.2%, US 8.9%, UAE
7.9%, France 7.2% (2007)

Swaziland
South Africa 59.7%, EU 8.8%, US 8.8%, Mozambique 6.2%
(2006)

Sweden
Germany 10.4%, Norway 9.4%, US 7.6%, Denmark 7.4%, UK 7.1%,
Finland 6.4%, Netherlands 5.1%, France 5%, Belgium 4.6% (2007)

Switzerland
Germany 20.3%, US 9.7%, Italy 8.7%, France 8.4%, UK 5.1%
(2007)

Syria
Iraq 30%, Lebanon 10%, Germany 9.7%, Italy 8%, Egypt 5.5%,
Saudi Arabia 5.2%, France 4.9% (2007)

Taiwan
China 32.6%, US 12.9%, Hong Kong 8.6%, Japan 6.4%, Singapore
5% (2007)

Tajikistan
Netherlands 38.9%, Turkey 32.5%, Russia 6.6%, Uzbekistan
5.9%, Iran 5.1% (2007)

Tanzania
China 10.3%, India 9.7%, Netherlands 6.5%, Germany 6.3%,
UAE 4.9% (2007)

Thailand
US 12.6%, Japan 11.9%, China 9.7%, Singapore 6.3%, Hong
Kong 5.7%, Malaysia 5.1% (2007)

Timor-Leste
US, Germany, Portugal, Australia, Indonesia (2006)

Togo
Ghana 16.8%, Burkina Faso 14.5%, Germany 9.2%, Benin 9.1%,
Netherlands 5.9%, Mali 5.8%, India 4.7% (2007)

Tokelau
New Zealand (2006)

Tonga
US 36.7%, Japan 21.6%, NZ 10.1%, Fiji 5.8%, Samoa 4.9% (2007)

Trinidad and Tobago
US 57.5%, Jamaica 6.5%, Spain 3.9% (2007)

Tunisia
France 31.3%, Italy 21%, Germany 8.5%, Spain 5.5%, Libya
5.5% (2007)

Turkey
Germany 11.2%, UK 8.1%, Italy 7%, France 5.6%, Russia 4.4%,
Spain 4.3% (2007)

Turkmenistan
Ukraine 51.3%, Iran 18.5%, Turkey 5% (2007)

Turks and Caicos Islands
US, UK (2006)

Tuvalu
Germany 60.5%, Italy 20.1%, Fiji 6.9% (2006)

Uganda
Netherlands 10.2%, Belgium 9.8%, Germany 7.9%, France 7.2%,
Rwanda 5.6% (2007)

Ukraine
Russia 23.3%, Turkey 7.9%, Italy 5.8% (2007)

United Arab Emirates
Japan 23.6%, South Korea 9.2%, Thailand 5%,
India 4.8% (2007)

United Kingdom
US 14.2%, Germany 11.1%, France 8.1%, Ireland 8%,
Netherlands 6.8%, Belgium 5.3%, Spain 4.5%, Italy 4.1% (2007)

United States
Canada 21.4%, Mexico 11.7%, China 5.6%, Japan 5.4%, UK
4.3%, Germany 4.3% (2007)

Uruguay
Brazil 15.5%, US 9.4%, Argentina 8.4%, Mexico 6.6%, China
6.1%, Germany 4.8% (2007)

Uzbekistan
Russia 22.4%, Poland 10.4%, Turkey 9.4%, Kazakhstan 6.1%,
Hungary 6%, China 5.6%, Ukraine 4.8%, Bangladesh 4.3% (2007)

Vanuatu
Thailand 58.3%, India 18.5%, Japan 11.3% (2007)

Venezuela
US 42.7%, Netherlands Antilles 8%, China 3.1% (2007)

Vietnam
US 20.8%, Japan 12.5%, Australia 7.3%, China 6.9%, Singapore
4.5% (2007)

Virgin Islands
US, Puerto Rico (2006)

Wallis and Futuna
Italy 40%, Croatia 15%, US 14%, Denmark 13% (2006)

West Bank
Israel, Jordan, Gaza Strip (2006)

Western Sahara
Morocco claims and administers Western Sahara, so
trade partners are included in overall Moroccan accounts (2006)

World
US 13.7%, Germany 7.3%, China 6.2%, France 4.6%, UK 4.5%,
Japan 4.1% (2007)

Yemen
China 23.3%, India 20.4%, Thailand 19.1%, Japan 7.2%, UAE 5%,
US 4.2% (2007)

Zambia
Switzerland 41.8%, South Africa 12%, Thailand 5.9%,
Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.3%, Egypt 5%, Saudi Arabia 4.7%,
China 4.1% (2007)

Zimbabwe
South Africa 33.8%, Democratic Republic of the Congo 8.3%,
Japan 8.1%, Botswana 7.4%, Netherlands 5.2%, China 5.2%, Italy 4.1%,
Zambia 4.1% (2007)

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@2051 Administrative divisions

Afghanistan
34 provinces (velayat, singular - velayat); Badakhshan,
Badghis, Baghlan, Balkh, Bamyan, Daykundi, Farah, Faryab, Ghazni,
Ghor, Helmand, Herat, Jowzjan, Kabul, Kandahar, Kapisa, Khost,
Kunar, Kunduz, Laghman, Logar, Nangarhar, Nimroz, Nuristan, Paktika,
Paktiya, Panjshir, Parwan, Samangan, Sar-e Pul, Takhar, Uruzgan,
Wardak, Zabul

Albania
12 counties (qarqe, singular - qark); Berat, Diber, Durres,
Elbasan, Fier, Gjirokaster, Korce, Kukes, Lezhe, Shkoder, Tirane,
Vlore

Algeria
48 provinces (wilayat, singular - wilaya); Adrar, Ain Defla,
Ain Temouchent, Alger, Annaba, Batna, Bechar, Bejaia, Biskra, Blida,
Bordj Bou Arreridj, Bouira, Boumerdes, Chlef, Constantine, Djelfa,
El Bayadh, El Oued, El Tarf, Ghardaia, Guelma, Illizi, Jijel,
Khenchela, Laghouat, Mascara, Medea, Mila, Mostaganem, M'Sila,
Naama, Oran, Ouargla, Oum el Bouaghi, Relizane, Saida, Setif, Sidi
Bel Abbes, Skikda, Souk Ahras, Tamanghasset, Tebessa, Tiaret,
Tindouf, Tipaza, Tissemsilt, Tizi Ouzou, Tlemcen

American Samoa
none (territory of the US); there are no first-order
administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there
are three districts and two islands* at the second order; Eastern,
Manu'a, Rose Island*, Swains Island*, Western

Andorra
7 parishes (parroquies, singular - parroquia); Andorra la
Vella, Canillo, Encamp, Escaldes-Engordany, La Massana, Ordino, Sant
Julia de Loria

Angola
18 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Bengo,
Benguela, Bie, Cabinda, Cuando Cubango, Cuanza Norte, Cuanza Sul,
Cunene, Huambo, Huila, Luanda, Lunda Norte, Lunda Sul, Malanje,
Moxico, Namibe, Uige, Zaire

Anguilla
none (overseas territory of the UK)

Antigua and Barbuda
6 parishes and 2 dependencies*; Barbuda*,
Redonda*, Saint George, Saint John, Saint Mary, Saint Paul, Saint
Peter, Saint Philip

Argentina
23 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 1
autonomous city* (distrito federal); Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Capital Federal*, Catamarca, Chaco, Chubut, Cordoba, Corrientes,
Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones,
Neuquen, Rio Negro, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe,
Santiago del Estero, Tierra del Fuego - Antartida e Islas del
Atlantico Sur, Tucuman
note: the US does not recognize any claims to Antarctica

Armenia
11 provinces (marzer, singular - marz); Aragatsotn, Ararat,
Armavir, Geghark'unik', Kotayk', Lorri, Shirak, Syunik', Tavush,
Vayots' Dzor, Yerevan

Aruba
none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)

Australia
6 states and 2 territories*; Australian Capital
Territory*, New South Wales, Northern Territory*, Queensland, South
Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Austria
9 states (Bundeslaender, singular - Bundesland); Burgenland,
Kaernten (Carinthia), Niederoesterreich (Lower Austria),
Oberoesterreich (Upper Austria), Salzburg, Steiermark (Styria),
Tirol (Tyrol), Vorarlberg, Wien (Vienna)

Azerbaijan
59 rayons (rayonlar; rayon - singular), 11 cities
(saharlar; sahar - singular), 1 autonomous republic (muxtar
respublika)
rayons: Abseron Rayonu, Agcabadi Rayonu, Agdam Rayonu, Agdas Rayonu,
Agstafa Rayonu, Agsu Rayonu, Astara Rayonu, Balakan Rayonu, Barda
Rayonu, Beylaqan Rayonu, Bilasuvar Rayonu, Cabrayil Rayonu,
Calilabad Rayonu, Daskasan Rayonu, Davaci Rayonu, Fuzuli Rayonu,
Gadabay Rayonu, Goranboy Rayonu, Goycay Rayonu, Haciqabul Rayonu,
Imisli Rayonu, Ismayilli Rayonu, Kalbacar Rayonu, Kurdamir Rayonu,
Lacin Rayonu, Lankaran Rayonu, Lerik Rayonu, Masalli Rayonu,
Neftcala Rayonu, Oguz Rayonu, Qabala Rayonu, Qax Rayonu, Qazax
Rayonu, Qobustan Rayonu, Quba Rayonu, Qubadli Rayonu, Qusar Rayonu,
Saatli Rayonu, Sabirabad Rayonu, Saki Rayonu, Salyan Rayonu, Samaxi
Rayonu, Samkir Rayonu, Samux Rayonu, Siyazan Rayonu, Susa Rayonu,
Tartar Rayonu, Tovuz Rayonu, Ucar Rayonu, Xacmaz Rayonu, Xanlar
Rayonu, Xizi Rayonu, Xocali Rayonu, Xocavand Rayonu, Yardimli
Rayonu, Yevlax Rayonu, Zangilan Rayonu, Zaqatala Rayonu, Zardab
Rayonu
cities: Ali Bayramli Sahari, Baki Sahari, Ganca Sahari, Lankaran
Sahari, Mingacevir Sahari, Naftalan Sahari, Saki Sahari, Sumqayit
Sahari, Susa Sahari, Xankandi Sahari, Yevlax Sahari
autonomous republic: Naxcivan Muxtar Respublikasi

Bahamas, The
21 districts; Acklins and Crooked Islands, Bimini, Cat
Island, Exuma, Freeport, Fresh Creek, Governor's Harbour, Green
Turtle Cay, Harbour Island, High Rock, Inagua, Kemps Bay, Long
Island, Marsh Harbour, Mayaguana, New Providence, Nichollstown and
Berry Islands, Ragged Island, Rock Sound, Sandy Point, San Salvador
and Rum Cay

Bahrain
5 governorates; Asamah, Janubiyah, Muharraq, Shamaliyah,
Wasat
note: each governorate administered by an appointed governor

Bangladesh
6 divisions; Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna,
Rajshahi, Sylhet

Barbados
11 parishes and 1 city*; Bridgetown*, Christ Church, Saint
Andrew, Saint George, Saint James, Saint John, Saint Joseph, Saint
Lucy, Saint Michael, Saint Peter, Saint Philip, Saint Thomas

Belarus
6 provinces (voblastsi, singular - voblasts') and 1
municipality* (horad); Brest, Homyel', Horad Minsk*, Hrodna,
Mahilyow, Minsk, Vitsyebsk
note: administrative divisions have the same names as their
administrative centers

Belgium
10 provinces (French: provinces, singular - province; Dutch:
provincies, singular - provincie) and 3 regions* (French: regions;
Dutch: gewesten); Brussels* (Bruxelles) capital region; Flanders*
region (five provinces): Antwerpen (Antwerp), Limburg,
Oost-Vlaanderen (East Flanders), Vlaams-Brabant (Flemish Brabant),
West-Vlaanderen (West Flanders); Wallonia* region (five provinces):
Brabant Wallon (Walloon Brabant), Hainaut, Liege, Luxembourg, Namur
note: as a result of the 1993 constitutional revision that furthered
devolution into a federal state, there are now three levels of
government (federal, regional, and linguistic community) with a
complex division of responsibilities

Belize
6 districts; Belize, Cayo, Corozal, Orange Walk, Stann Creek,
Toledo

Benin
12 departments; Alibori, Atakora, Atlantique, Borgou,
Collines, Kouffo, Donga, Littoral, Mono, Oueme, Plateau, Zou

Bermuda
9 parishes and 2 municipalities*; Devonshire, Hamilton,
Hamilton*, Paget, Pembroke, Saint George*, Saint George's, Sandys,
Smith's, Southampton, Warwick

Bhutan
20 districts (dzongkhag, singular and plural); Bumthang,
Chhukha, Chirang, Daga, Gasa, Geylegphug, Ha, Lhuntshi, Mongar,
Paro, Pemagatsel, Punakha, Samchi, Samdrup Jongkhar, Shemgang,
Tashigang, Tashi Yangtse, Thimphu, Tongsa, Wangdi Phodrang

Bolivia
9 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento);
Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Oruro, Pando, Potosi, Santa
Cruz, Tarija

Bosnia and Herzegovina
2 first-order administrative divisions and 1
internationally supervised district* - Brcko district (Brcko
Distrikt)*, the Bosniak/Croat Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
(Federacija Bosna i Hercegovina) and the Bosnian Serb-led Republika
Srpska; note - Brcko district is in northeastern Bosnia and is an
administrative unit under the sovereignty of Bosnia and Herzegovina;
the district remains under international supervision

Botswana
9 districts and 5 town councils*; Central, Francistown*,
Gaborone*, Ghanzi, Jwaneng*, Kgalagadi, Kgatleng, Kweneng, Lobatse*,
Northeast, Northwest, Selebi-Pikwe*, Southeast, Southern

Brazil
26 states (estados, singular - estado) and 1 federal
district* (distrito federal); Acre, Alagoas, Amapa, Amazonas, Bahia,
Ceara, Distrito Federal*, Espirito Santo, Goias, Maranhao, Mato
Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Para, Paraiba, Parana,
Pernambuco, Piaui, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande
do Sul, Rondonia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo, Sergipe,
Tocantins

British Virgin Islands
none (overseas territory of the UK)

Brunei
4 districts (daerah-daerah, singular - daerah); Belait,
Brunei and Muara, Temburong, Tutong

Bulgaria
28 provinces (oblasti, singular - oblast); Blagoevgrad,
Burgas, Dobrich, Gabrovo, Khaskovo, Kurdzhali, Kyustendil, Lovech,
Montana, Pazardzhik, Pernik, Pleven, Plovdiv, Razgrad, Ruse, Shumen,
Silistra, Sliven, Smolyan, Sofiya, Sofiya-Grad, Stara Zagora,
Turgovishte, Varna, Veliko Turnovo, Vidin, Vratsa, Yambol

Burkina Faso
45 provinces; Bale, Bam, Banwa, Bazega, Bougouriba,
Boulgou, Boulkiemde, Comoe, Ganzourgou, Gnagna, Gourma, Houet, Ioba,
Kadiogo, Kenedougou, Komondjari, Kompienga, Kossi, Koulpelogo,
Kouritenga, Kourweogo, Leraba, Loroum, Mouhoun, Nahouri, Namentenga,
Nayala, Noumbiel, Oubritenga, Oudalan, Passore, Poni, Sanguie,
Sanmatenga, Seno, Sissili, Soum, Sourou, Tapoa, Tuy, Yagha, Yatenga,
Ziro, Zondoma, Zoundweogo

Burma
7 divisions (taing-myar, singular - taing) and 7 states (pyi
ne-myar, singular - pyi ne)
divisions: Ayeyarwady, Bago, Magway, Mandalay, Sagaing, Tanintharyi,
Yangon
states: Chin, Kachin, Kayah, Kayin, Mon, Rakhine, Shan

Burundi
17 provinces; Bubanza, Bujumbura Mairie, Bujumbura Rurale,
Bururi, Cankuzo, Cibitoke, Gitega, Karuzi, Kayanza, Kirundo,
Makamba, Muramvya, Muyinga, Mwaro, Ngozi, Rutana, Ruyigi

Cambodia
20 provinces (khaitt, singular and plural) and 4
municipalities* (krong, singular and plural)
provinces: Banteay Mean Cheay, Batdambang, Kampong Cham, Kampong
Chhnang, Kampong Spoe, Kampong Thum, Kampot, Kandal, Kaoh Kong,
Krachen, Mondol Kiri, Otdar Mean Cheay, Pouthisat, Preah Vihear,
Prey Veng, Rotanah Kiri, Siem Reab, Stoeng Treng, Svay Rieng, Takev
municipalities: Keb, Pailin, Phnum Penh (Phnom Penh), Preah Seihanu
(Sihanoukville)

Cameroon
10 provinces; Adamaoua, Centre, Est, Extreme-Nord,
Littoral, Nord, Nord-Ouest, Ouest, Sud, Sud-Ouest

Canada
10 provinces and 3 territories*; Alberta, British Columbia,
Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest
Territories*, Nova Scotia, Nunavut*, Ontario, Prince Edward Island,
Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon Territory*

Cape Verde
17 municipalities (concelhos, singular - concelho); Boa
Vista, Brava, Maio, Mosteiros, Paul, Praia, Porto Novo, Ribeira
Grande, Sal, Santa Catarina, Santa Cruz, Sao Domingos, Sao Filipe,
Sao Miguel, Sao Nicolau, Sao Vicente, Tarrafal

Cayman Islands
8 districts; Creek, Eastern, Midland, South Town,
Spot Bay, Stake Bay, West End, Western

Central African Republic
14 prefectures (prefectures, singular -
prefecture), 2 economic prefectures* (prefectures economiques,
singular - prefecture economique), and 1 commune**;
Bamingui-Bangoran, Bangui**, Basse-Kotto, Haute-Kotto, Haut-Mbomou,
Kemo, Lobaye, Mambere-Kadei, Mbomou, Nana-Grebizi*, Nana-Mambere,
Ombella-Mpoko, Ouaka, Ouham, Ouham-Pende, Sangha-Mbaere*, Vakaga

Chad
18 regions (regions, singular - region); Batha,
Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti, Chari-Baguirmi, Guera, Hadjer-Lamis, Kanem,
Lac, Logone Occidental, Logone Oriental, Mandoul, Mayo-Kebbi Est,
Mayo-Kebbi Ouest, Moyen-Chari, Ouaddai, Salamat, Tandjile, Ville de
N'Djamena, Wadi Fira

Chile
15 regions (regiones, singular - region); Aisen del General
Carlos Ibanez del Campo, Antofagasta, Araucania, Arica y Parinacota,
Atacama, Biobio, Coquimbo, Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins,
Los Lagos, Los Rios, Magallanes y de la Antartica Chilena, Maule,
Region Metropolitana (Santiago), Tarapaca, Valparaiso
note: the US does not recognize claims to Antarctica

China
23 provinces (sheng, singular and plural), 5 autonomous
regions (zizhiqu, singular and plural), and 4 municipalities (shi,
singular and plural)
provinces: Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei,
Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin,
Liaoning, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan,
Zhejiang; (see note on Taiwan)
autonomous regions: Guangxi, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Xinjiang Uygur,
Xizang (Tibet)
municipalities: Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai, Tianjin
note: China considers Taiwan its 23rd province; see separate entries
for the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau

Christmas Island
none (territory of Australia)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands
none (territory of Australia)

Colombia
32 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento) and
1 capital district* (distrito capital); Amazonas, Antioquia, Arauca,
Atlantico, Bogota*, Bolivar, Boyaca, Caldas, Caqueta, Casanare,
Cauca, Cesar, Choco, Cordoba, Cundinamarca, Guainia, Guaviare,
Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Narino, Norte de Santander,
Putumayo, Quindio, Risaralda, San Andres y Providencia, Santander,
Sucre, Tolima, Valle del Cauca, Vaupes, Vichada

Comoros
3 islands and 4 municipalities*; Grande Comore, Anjouan,
Domoni*, Fomboni*, Moheli, Moroni*, Mutsamudu*

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
10 provinces (provinces, singular
- province) and 1 city* (ville); Bandundu, Bas-Congo, Equateur,
Kasai-Occidental, Kasai-Oriental, Katanga, Kinshasa*, Maniema,
Nord-Kivu, Orientale, Sud-Kivu
note: according to the Constitution adopted in December 2005, the
current administrative divisions will be subdivided into 26 new
provinces by 2009

Congo, Republic of the
10 regions (regions, singular - region) and 1
commune*; Bouenza, Brazzaville*, Cuvette, Cuvette-Ouest, Kouilou,
Lekoumou, Likouala, Niari, Plateaux, Pool, Sangha

Cook Islands
none

Costa Rica
7 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Alajuela,
Cartago, Guanacaste, Heredia, Limon, Puntarenas, San Jose

Cote d'Ivoire
19 regions; Agneby, Bafing, Bas-Sassandra, Denguele,
Dix-Huit Montagnes, Fromager, Haut-Sassandra, Lacs, Lagunes,
Marahoue, Moyen-Cavally, Moyen-Comoe, N'zi-Comoe, Savanes,
Sud-Bandama, Sud-Comoe, Vallee du Bandama, Worodougou, Zanzan

Croatia
20 counties (zupanije, zupanija - singular) and 1 city*
(grad - singular); Bjelovarsko-Bilogorska, Brodsko-Posavska,
Dubrovacko-Neretvanska (Dubrovnik-Neretva), Istarska (Istria),
Karlovacka, Koprivnicko-Krizevacka, Krapinsko-Zagorska,
Licko-Senjska (Lika-Senj), Medimurska, Osjecko-Baranjska,
Pozesko-Slavonska (Pozega-Slavonia), Primorsko-Goranska,
Sibensko-Kninska, Sisacko-Moslavacka, Splitsko-Dalmatinska
(Split-Dalmatia), Varazdinska, Viroviticko-Podravska,
Vukovarsko-Srijemska, Zadarska, Zagreb*, Zagrebacka

Cuba
14 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 special
municipality* (municipio especial); Camaguey, Ciego de Avila,
Cienfuegos, Ciudad de La Habana, Granma, Guantanamo, Holguin, Isla
de la Juventud*, La Habana, Las Tunas, Matanzas, Pinar del Rio,
Sancti Spiritus, Santiago de Cuba, Villa Clara

Cyprus
6 districts; Famagusta, Kyrenia, Larnaca, Limassol, Nicosia,
Paphos; note - Turkish Cypriot area's administrative divisions
include Kyrenia, all but a small part of Famagusta, and small parts
of Lefkosia (Nicosia)

Czech Republic
13 regions (kraje, singular - kraj) and 1 capital
city* (hlavni mesto); Jihocesky (South Bohemia), Jihomoravsky (South
Moravia), Karlovarsky, Kralovehradecky, Liberecky, Moravskoslezsky
(Moravia-Silesia), Olomoucky, Pardubicky, Plzensky (Pilsen), Praha
(Prague)*, Stredocesky (Central Bohemia), Ustecky, Vysocina, Zlinsky

Denmark
metropolitan Denmark - 5 regions (regioner, singular -
region); Hovedstaden, Midtjylland, Nordjylland, Sjaelland, Syddanmark
note: an extensive local government reform merged 271 municipalities
into 98 and 13 counties into five regions, effective 1 January 2007

Djibouti
6 districts (cercles, singular - cercle); Ali Sabieh, Arta,
Dikhil, Djibouti, Obock, Tadjourah

Dominica
10 parishes; Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint
John, Saint Joseph, Saint Luke, Saint Mark, Saint Patrick, Saint
Paul, Saint Peter

Dominican Republic
31 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia)
and 1 district* (distrito); Azua, Bahoruco, Barahona, Dajabon,
Distrito Nacional*, Duarte, El Seibo, Elias Pina, Espaillat, Hato
Mayor, Independencia, La Altagracia, La Romana, La Vega, Maria
Trinidad Sanchez, Monsenor Nouel, Monte Cristi, Monte Plata,
Pedernales, Peravia, Puerto Plata, Salcedo, Samana, San Cristobal,
San Jose de Ocoa, San Juan, San Pedro de Macoris, Sanchez Ramirez,
Santiago, Santiago Rodriguez, Santo Domingo, Valverde

Ecuador
24 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Azuay,
Bolivar, Canar, Carchi, Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, El Oro, Esmeraldas,
Galapagos, Guayas, Imbabura, Loja, Los Rios, Manabi,
Morona-Santiago, Napo, Orellana, Pastaza, Pichincha, Santa Elena,
Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas, Sucumbios, Tungurahua,
Zamora-Chinchipe

Egypt
26 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah); Ad
Daqahliyah, Al Bahr al Ahmar (Red Sea), Al Buhayrah (El Beheira), Al
Fayyum (El Faiyum), Al Gharbiyah, Al Iskandariyah (Alexandria), Al
Isma'iliyah (Ismailia), Al Jizah (Giza), Al Minufiyah (El Monofia),
Al Minya, Al Qahirah (Cairo), Al Qalyubiyah, Al Wadi al Jadid (New
Valley), As Suways (Suez), Ash Sharqiyah, Aswan, Asyut, Bani Suwayf
(Beni Suef), Bur Sa'id (Port Said), Dumyat (Damietta), Janub Sina'
(South Sinai), Kafr ash Shaykh, Matruh (Western Desert), Qina
(Qena), Shamal Sina' (North Sinai), Suhaj (Sohag)

El Salvador
14 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento);
Ahuachapan, Cabanas, Chalatenango, Cuscatlan, La Libertad, La Paz,
La Union, Morazan, San Miguel, San Salvador, San Vicente, Santa Ana,
Sonsonate, Usulutan

Equatorial Guinea
7 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia);
Annobon, Bioko Norte, Bioko Sur, Centro Sur, Kie-Ntem, Litoral,
Wele-Nzas

Eritrea
6 regions (zobatat, singular - zoba); Anseba, Debub
(Southern), Debubawi K'eyih Bahri (Southern Red Sea), Gash Barka,
Ma'akel (Central), Semenawi Keyih Bahri (Northern Red Sea)

Estonia
15 counties (maakonnad, singular - maakond): Harjumaa
(Tallinn), Hiiumaa (Kardla), Ida-Virumaa (Johvi), Jarvamaa (Paide),
Jogevamaa (Jogeva), Laanemaa (Haapsalu), Laane-Virumaa (Rakvere),
Parnumaa (Parnu), Polvamaa (Polva), Raplamaa (Rapla), Saaremaa
(Kuressaare), Tartumaa (Tartu), Valgamaa (Valga), Viljandimaa
(Viljandi), Vorumaa (Voru)
note: counties have the administrative center name following in
parentheses

Ethiopia
9 ethnically based states (kililoch, singular - kilil) and
2 self-governing administrations* (astedaderoch, singular -
astedader); Adis Abeba* (Addis Ababa), Afar, Amara (Amhara),
Binshangul Gumuz, Dire Dawa*, Gambela Hizboch (Gambela Peoples),
Hareri Hizb (Harari People), Oromiya (Oromia), Sumale (Somali),
Tigray, Ye Debub Biheroch Bihereseboch na Hizboch (Southern Nations,
Nationalities and Peoples)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
none (overseas territory of the
UK; also claimed by Argentina)

Faroe Islands
none (part of the Kingdom of Denmark; self-governing
overseas administrative division of Denmark); there are no
first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US
Government, but there are 34 municipalities

Fiji
4 divisions and 1 dependency*; Central, Eastern, Northern,
Rotuma*, Western

Finland
6 provinces (laanit, singular - laani); Aland, Etela-Suomen
Laani (Southern Finland), Ita-Suomen Laani (Eastern Finland),
Lansi-Suomen Laani (Western Finland), Lappi (Lapland), Oulun Laani

France
26 regions (regions, singular - region); Alsace, Aquitaine,
Auvergne, Basse-Normandie (Lower Normandy), Bourgogne (Burgundy),
Bretagne (Brittany), Centre, Champagne-Ardenne, Corse (Corsica),
Franche-Comte, Guadeloupe, Guyane (French Guiana), Haute-Normandie
(Upper Normandy), Ile-de-France, Languedoc-Roussillon, Limousin,
Lorraine, Martinique, Midi-Pyrenees, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Pays de la
Loire, Picardie, Poitou-Charentes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur,
Reunion, Rhone-Alpes
note: France is divided into 22 metropolitan regions (including the
"territorial collectivity" of Corse or Corsica) and 4 overseas
regions (including French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and
Reunion) and is subdivided into 96 metropolitan departments and 4
overseas departments (which are the same as the overseas regions)

French Polynesia
none (overseas lands of France); there are no
first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US
Government, but there are five archipelagic divisions named Archipel
des Marquises, Archipel des Tuamotu, Archipel des Tubuai, Iles du
Vent, Iles Sous-le-Vent

French Southern and Antarctic Lands
none (overseas territory of
France); there are no first-order administrative divisions as
defined by the US Government, but there are five administrative
districts named Iles Crozet, Iles Eparses, Iles Kerguelen, Ile
Saint-Paul et Ile Amsterdam; the fifth district is the "Adelie Land"
claim in Antarctica that is not recognized by the US

Gabon
9 provinces; Estuaire, Haut-Ogooue, Moyen-Ogooue, Ngounie,
Nyanga, Ogooue-Ivindo, Ogooue-Lolo, Ogooue-Maritime, Woleu-Ntem

Gambia, The
5 divisions and 1 city*; Banjul*, Central River, Lower
River, North Bank, Upper River, Western

Georgia
9 regions (mkharebi, singular - mkhare), 1 city (k'alak'i),
and 2 autonomous republics (avtomnoy respubliki, singular - avtom
respublika)
regions: Guria, Imereti, Kakheti, Kvemo Kartli, Mtskheta-Mtianeti,
Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, Samegrelo and Zemo Svaneti,
Samtskhe-Javakheti, Shida Kartli
city: Tbilisi
autonomous republics: Abkhazia or Ap'khazet'is Avtonomiuri
Respublika (Sokhumi), Ajaria or Acharis Avtonomiuri Respublika
(Bat'umi)
note: the administrative centers of the two autonomous republics are
shown in parentheses

Germany
16 states (Laender, singular - Land); Baden-Wuerttemberg,
Bayern (Bavaria), Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hessen,
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania),
Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Nordrhein-Westfalen (North
Rhine-Westphalia), Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palatinate), Saarland,
Sachsen (Saxony), Sachsen-Anhalt (Saxony-Anhalt),
Schleswig-Holstein, Thueringen (Thuringia); note - Bayern, Sachsen,
and Thueringen refer to themselves as free states (Freistaaten,
singular - Freistaat)

Ghana
10 regions; Ashanti, Brong-Ahafo, Central, Eastern, Greater
Accra, Northern, Upper East, Upper West, Volta, Western

Gibraltar
none (overseas territory of the UK)

Greece
51 prefectures (nomoi, singular - nomos) and 1 autonomous
region*; Achaia, Agion Oros* (Mt. Athos), Aitolia kai Akarnania,
Argolis, Arkadia, Arta, Attiki, Chalkidiki, Chanion, Chios,
Dodekanisos, Drama, Evros, Evrytania, Evvoia, Florina, Fokidos,
Fthiotis, Grevena, Ileia, Imathia, Ioannina, Irakleion, Karditsa,
Kastoria, Kavala, Kefallinia, Kerkyra, Kilkis, Korinthia, Kozani,
Kyklades, Lakonia, Larisa, Lasithi, Lefkas, Lesvos, Magnisia,
Messinia, Pella, Pieria, Preveza, Rethynnis, Rodopi, Samos, Serrai,
Thesprotia, Thessaloniki, Trikala, Voiotia, Xanthi, Zakynthos

Greenland
3 districts (landsdele); Avannaa (Nordgronland), Tunu
(Ostgronland), Kitaa (Vestgronland)
note: there are 18 municipalities in Greenland

Grenada
6 parishes and 1 dependency*; Carriacou and Petite
Martinique*, Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint John,
Saint Mark, Saint Patrick

Guam
none (territory of the US)

Guatemala
22 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento);
Alta Verapaz, Baja Verapaz, Chimaltenango, Chiquimula, El Progreso,
Escuintla, Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Izabal, Jalapa, Jutiapa, Peten,
Quetzaltenango, Quiche, Retalhuleu, Sacatepequez, San Marcos, Santa
Rosa, Solola, Suchitepequez, Totonicapan, Zacapa

Guernsey
none (British crown dependency); there are no first-order
administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there
are 10 parishes including Castel, Forest, Saint Andrew, Saint
Martin, Saint Peter Port, Saint Pierre du Bois, Saint Sampson, Saint
Saviour, Torteval, Vale

Guinea
33 prefectures and 1 special zone (zone special)*; Beyla,
Boffa, Boke, Conakry*, Coyah, Dabola, Dalaba, Dinguiraye, Dubreka,
Faranah, Forecariah, Fria, Gaoual, Gueckedou, Kankan, Kerouane,
Kindia, Kissidougou, Koubia, Koundara, Kouroussa, Labe, Lelouma,
Lola, Macenta, Mali, Mamou, Mandiana, Nzerekore, Pita, Siguiri,
Telimele, Tougue, Yomou

Guinea-Bissau
9 regions (regioes, singular - regiao); Bafata,
Biombo, Bissau, Bolama, Cacheu, Gabu, Oio, Quinara, Tombali; note -
Bolama may have been renamed Bolama/Bijagos

Guyana
10 regions; Barima-Waini, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Demerara-Mahaica,
East Berbice-Corentyne, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara,
Mahaica-Berbice, Pomeroon-Supenaam, Potaro-Siparuni, Upper
Demerara-Berbice, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo

Haiti
10 departments (departements, singular - departement);
Artibonite, Centre, Grand 'Anse, Nippes, Nord, Nord-Est, Nord-Ouest,
Ouest, Sud, Sud-Est

Holy See (Vatican City)
none

Honduras
18 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento);
Atlantida, Choluteca, Colon, Comayagua, Copan, Cortes, El Paraiso,
Francisco Morazan, Gracias a Dios, Intibuca, Islas de la Bahia, La
Paz, Lempira, Ocotepeque, Olancho, Santa Barbara, Valle, Yoro

Hong Kong
none (special administrative region of China)

Hungary
19 counties (megyek, singular - megye), 23 urban counties
(singular - megyei varos), and 1 capital city (fovaros)
counties: Bacs-Kiskun, Baranya, Bekes, Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen,
Csongrad, Fejer, Gyor-Moson-Sopron, Hajdu-Bihar, Heves,
Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok, Komarom-Esztergom, Nograd, Pest, Somogy,
Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg, Tolna, Vas, Veszprem, Zala
urban counties: Bekescsaba, Debrecen, Dunaujvaros, Eger, Erd, Gyor,
Hodmezovasarhely, Kaposvar, Kecskemet, Miskolc, Nagykanizsa,
Nyiregyhaza, Pecs, Salgotarjan, Sopron, Szeged, Szekesfehervar,
Szekszard, Szolnok, Szombathely, Tatabanya, Veszprem, Zalaegerszeg
capital city: Budapest

Iceland
8 regions; Austurland, Hofudhborgarsvaedhi, Nordhurland
Eystra, Nordhurland Vestra, Sudhurland, Sudhurnes, Vestfirdhir,
Vesturland

India
28 states and 7 union territories*; Andaman and Nicobar
Islands*, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar,
Chandigarh*, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli*, Daman and Diu*,
Delhi*, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir,
Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep*, Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa,
Puducherry*, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar
Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal

Indonesia
30 provinces (propinsi-propinsi, singular - propinsi), 2
special regions* (daerah-daerah istimewa, singular - daerah
istimewa), and 1 special capital city district** (daerah khusus
ibukota); Aceh*, Bali, Banten, Bengkulu, Gorontalo, Jakarta Raya**,
Jambi, Jawa Barat, Jawa Tengah, Jawa Timur, Kalimantan Barat,
Kalimantan Selatan, Kalimantan Tengah, Kalimantan Timur, Kepulauan
Bangka Belitung, Kepulauan Riau, Lampung, Maluku, Maluku Utara, Nusa
Tenggara Barat, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Papua, Papua Barat (Irian Jaya
Barat), Riau, Sulawesi Barat, Sulawesi Selatan, Sulawesi Tengah,
Sulawesi Tenggara, Sulawesi Utara, Sumatera Barat, Sumatera Selatan,
Sumatera Utara, Yogyakarta*
note: following the implementation of decentralization beginning on
1 January 2001, the 465 regencies and municipalities have become the
key administrative units responsible for providing most government
services

Iran
30 provinces (ostanha, singular - ostan); Ardabil, Azarbayjan-e
Gharbi, Azarbayjan-e Sharqi, Bushehr, Chahar Mahall va Bakhtiari,
Esfahan, Fars, Gilan, Golestan, Hamadan, Hormozgan, Ilam, Kerman,
Kermanshah, Khorasan-e Jonubi, Khorasan-e Razavi, Khorasan-e
Shomali, Khuzestan, Kohgiluyeh va Buyer Ahmad, Kordestan, Lorestan,
Markazi, Mazandaran, Qazvin, Qom, Semnan, Sistan va Baluchestan,
Tehran, Yazd, Zanjan

Iraq
18 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah) and 1
region*; Al Anbar, Al Basrah, Al Muthanna, Al Qadisiyah, An Najaf,
Arbil, As Sulaymaniyah, At Ta'mim, Babil, Baghdad, Dahuk, Dhi Qar,
Diyala, Karbala', Kurdistan Regional Government*, Maysan, Ninawa,
Salah ad Din, Wasit

Ireland
26 counties; Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Donegal, Dublin,
Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Leitrim, Limerick,
Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo,
Tipperary, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford, Wicklow

Isle of Man
none; there are no first-order administrative divisions
as defined by the US Government, but there are 24 local authorities
each with its own elections

Israel
6 districts (mehozot, singular - mehoz); Central, Haifa,
Jerusalem, Northern, Southern, Tel Aviv

Italy
15 regions (regioni, singular - regione) and 5 autonomous
regions* (regioni autonome, singular - regione autonoma); Abruzzo,
Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia
Giulia*, Lazio (Latium), Liguria, Lombardia, Marche, Molise,
Piemonte (Piedmont), Puglia (Apulia), Sardegna* (Sardinia),
Sicilia*, Toscana (Tuscany), Trentino-Alto Adige* (Trentino-South
Tyrol), Umbria, Valle d'Aosta* (Aosta Valley), Veneto (Venetia)

Jamaica
14 parishes; Clarendon, Hanover, Kingston, Manchester,
Portland, Saint Andrew, Saint Ann, Saint Catherine, Saint Elizabeth,
Saint James, Saint Mary, Saint Thomas, Trelawny, Westmoreland
note: for local government purposes, Kingston and Saint Andrew were
amalgamated in 1923 into the present single corporate body known as
the Kingston and Saint Andrew Corporation

Japan
47 prefectures; Aichi, Akita, Aomori, Chiba, Ehime, Fukui,
Fukuoka, Fukushima, Gifu, Gunma, Hiroshima, Hokkaido, Hyogo,
Ibaraki, Ishikawa, Iwate, Kagawa, Kagoshima, Kanagawa, Kochi,
Kumamoto, Kyoto, Mie, Miyagi, Miyazaki, Nagano, Nagasaki, Nara,
Niigata, Oita, Okayama, Okinawa, Osaka, Saga, Saitama, Shiga,
Shimane, Shizuoka, Tochigi, Tokushima, Tokyo, Tottori, Toyama,
Wakayama, Yamagata, Yamaguchi, Yamanashi

Jersey
none (British crown dependency); there are no first-order
administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there
are 12 parishes including Grouville, Saint Brelade, Saint Clement,
Saint Helier, Saint John, Saint Lawrence, Saint Martin, Saint Mary,
Saint Quen, Saint Peter, Saint Saviour, and Trinity

Jordan
12 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah); Ajlun, Al
'Aqabah, Al Balqa', Al Karak, Al Mafraq, 'Amman, At Tafilah, Az
Zarqa', Irbid, Jarash, Ma'an, Madaba

Kazakhstan
14 provinces (oblystar, singular - oblys) and 3 cities*
(qalalar, singular - qala); Almaty Oblysy, Almaty Qalasy*, Aqmola
Oblysy (Astana), Aqtobe Oblysy, Astana Qalasy*, Atyrau Oblysy, Batys
Qazaqstan Oblysy (Oral), Bayqongyr Qalasy*, Mangghystau Oblysy
(Aqtau), Ongtustik Qazaqstan Oblysy (Shymkent), Pavlodar Oblysy,
Qaraghandy Oblysy, Qostanay Oblysy, Qyzylorda Oblysy, Shyghys
Qazaqstan Oblysy (Oskemen), Soltustik Qazaqstan Oblysy
(Petropavlovsk), Zhambyl Oblysy (Taraz)
note: administrative divisions have the same names as their
administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center
name following in parentheses); in 1995, the Governments of
Kazakhstan and Russia entered into an agreement whereby Russia would
lease for a period of 20 years an area of 6,000 sq km enclosing the
Baykonur space launch facilities and the city of Bayqongyr
(Baykonur, formerly Leninsk); in 2004, a new agreement extended the
lease to 2050

Kenya
7 provinces and 1 area*; Central, Coast, Eastern, Nairobi
Area*, North Eastern, Nyanza, Rift Valley, Western

Kiribati
3 units; Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, Phoenix Islands;
note - in addition, there are 6 districts (Banaba, Central Gilberts,
Line Islands, Northern Gilberts, Southern Gilberts, Tarawa) and 21
island councils - one for each of the inhabited islands (Abaiang,
Abemama, Aranuka, Arorae, Banaba, Beru, Butaritari, Kanton,
Kiritimati, Kuria, Maiana, Makin, Marakei, Nikunau, Nonouti, Onotoa,
Tabiteuea, Tabuaeran, Tamana, Tarawa, Teraina)

Korea, North
9 provinces (do, singular and plural) and 4
municipalities (si, singular and plural)
provinces: Chagang-do (Chagang), Hamgyong-bukto (North Hamgyong),
Hamgyong-namdo (South Hamgyong), Hwanghae-bukto (North Hwanghae),
Hwanghae-namdo (South Hwanghae), Kangwon-do (Kangwon),
P'yongan-bukto (North P'yongan), P'yongan-namdo (South P'yongan),
Yanggang-do (Yanggang)
municipalities: Kaesong-si (Kaesong), Najin Sonbong-si
(Najin-Sonbong), Namp'o-si (Namp'o), P'yongyang-si (Pyongyang)

Korea, South
9 provinces (do, singular and plural) and 7
metropolitan cities (gwangyoksi, singular and plural)
provinces: Cheju-do, Cholla-bukto (North Cholla), Cholla-namdo
(South Cholla), Ch'ungch'ong-bukto (North Ch'ungch'ong),
Ch'ungch'ong-namdo (South Ch'ungch'ong), Kangwon-do, Kyonggi-do,
Kyongsang-bukto (North Kyongsang), Kyongsang-namdo (South Kyongsang)
metropolitan cities: Inch'on-gwangyoksi (Inch'on),
Kwangju-gwangyoksi (Kwangju), Pusan-gwangyoksi (Pusan),
Soul-t'ukpyolsi (Seoul), Taegu-gwangyoksi (Taegu), Taejon-gwangyoksi
(Taejon), Ulsan-gwangyoksi (Ulsan)

Kosovo
30 municipalities (komunat, singular - komuna in Albanian;
opstine, singular - opstina in Serbian); Decan (Decani), Dragash
(Dragas), Ferizaj (Urosevac), Fushe Kosove (Kosovo Polje), Gjakove
(Dakovica), Gllogoc/Drenas (Glogovac), Gjilan (Gnjilane), Istog
(Istok), Kacanik, Kamenice/Dardana (Kamenica), Kline (Klina),
Leposaviq (Leposavic), Lipjan (Lipljan), Malisheve (Malisevo),
Mitrovice (Mitrovica), Novoberde (Novo Brdo), Obiliq (Obilic), Peje
(Pec), Podujeve (Podujevo), Prishtine (Pristina), Prizren, Rahovec
(Orahovac), Shtime (Stimlje), Shterpce (Strpce), Skenderaj (Srbica),
Suhareke (Suva Reka), Viti (Vitina), Vushtrri (Vucitrn), Zubin
Potok, Zvecan

Kuwait
6 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah); Al Ahmadi,
Al 'Asimah, Al Farwaniyah, Al Jahra', Hawalli, Mubarak al Kabir

Kyrgyzstan
7 provinces (oblastlar, singular - oblasty) and 1 city*
(shaar); Batken Oblasty, Bishkek Shaary*, Chuy Oblasty (Bishkek),
Jalal-Abad Oblasty, Naryn Oblasty, Osh Oblasty, Talas Oblasty,
Ysyk-Kol Oblasty (Karakol)
note: administrative divisions have the same names as their
administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center
name following in parentheses)

Laos
16 provinces (khoueng, singular and plural) and 1 capital city*
(nakhon luang, singular and plural); Attapu, Bokeo, Bolikhamxai,
Champasak, Houaphan, Khammouan, Louangnamtha, Louangphrabang,
Oudomxai, Phongsali, Salavan, Savannakhet, Viangchan (Vientiane)*,
Viangchan, Xaignabouli, Xekong, Xiangkhoang

Latvia
26 counties (singular - rajons) and 7 municipalities*:
Aizkraukles Rajons, Aluksnes Rajons, Balvu Rajons, Bauskas Rajons,
Cesu Rajons, Daugavpils*, Daugavpils Rajons, Dobeles Rajons,
Gulbenes Rajons, Jekabpils Rajons, Jelgava*, Jelgavas Rajons,
Jurmala*, Kraslavas Rajons, Kuldigas Rajons, Liepaja*, Liepajas
Rajons, Limbazu Rajons, Ludzas Rajons, Madonas Rajons, Ogres Rajons,
Preilu Rajons, Rezekne*, Rezeknes Rajons, Riga*, Rigas Rajons,
Saldus Rajons, Talsu Rajons, Tukuma Rajons, Valkas Rajons, Valmieras
Rajons, Ventspils*, Ventspils Rajons

Lebanon
8 governorates (mohafazat, singular - mohafazah); Aakar,
Baalbek-Hermel, Beqaa, Beyrouth, Liban-Nord, Liban-Sud, Mont-Liban,
Nabatiye

Lesotho
10 districts; Berea, Butha-Buthe, Leribe, Mafeteng, Maseru,
Mohale's Hoek, Mokhotlong, Qacha's Nek, Quthing, Thaba-Tseka

Liberia
15 counties; Bomi, Bong, Gbarpolu, Grand Bassa, Grand Cape
Mount, Grand Gedeh, Grand Kru, Lofa, Margibi, Maryland, Montserrado,
Nimba, River Cess, River Gee, Sinoe

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