List of autonomous areas by country

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Countries with at least one autonomous area.
Countries with at least one autonomous area.

The table below lists autonomous areas by country.

Country Native term
Translation or equivalent
Instances
Flag of Argentina Argentina ciudad autonoma
autonomous city
Buenos Aires
Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan[1] muxtar respublika
autonomous republic
Nakhichevan
Flag of Cambodia Cambodia krong
autonomous municipality
Phnom Penh · Sihanoukville · Pailin · Kep
Flag of Central African Republic CAR[2] commune autonome
autonomous commune
Bangui
Flag of People's Republic of China China zìzhìqū
autonomous region
Guangxi · Inner Mongolia · Ningxia · Xinjiang · Tibet
tèbié xíngzhèngqū
Special administrative region
Hong Kong · Macau
zìzhìzhōu
autonomous prefecture
Linxia Hui · Gannan · Qiandongnan · Qiannan · Qianxinan · Enshi · Xiangxi · Yanbian · Haibei · Hainan · Huangnan · Golog · Gyêgu · Haixi · Ngawa · Garzê · Liangshan · Kizilsu · Bortala · Changji · Bayin'gholin · Ili · Dehong · Nujiang · Dêqên · Dali · Chuxiong · Honghe · Wenshan · Xishuangbanna
zìzhìxiàn
autonomous county
over 110[3]
zìzhìqí
autonomous banner
Oroqin · Evenki · Morin
Flag of Comoros Comoros
autonomous island
Grande Comore · Mohéli · Anjouan
Flag of Denmark Denmark
autonomous region
Faroe Islands · Greenland[4]
Flag of Finland Finland itsehallinnollinen maakunta
autonomous province
Åland
Flag of Georgia (country) Georgia avtonomiuri respublika
autonomous republic
Abkhazia · Adjara
Flag of Greece Greece
autonomous region
Mount Athos
Flag of Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau sector autónomo
autonomous sector
Bissau Region
Flag of Indonesia Indonesia daerah istimewa
special region
Aceh · Yogyakarta · Papua · Jakarta[5]
Flag of Italy Italy regione autonoma
autonomous region
Aosta Valley · Friuli-Venezia Giulia · Sardinia · Sicily · Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Flag of South Korea South Korea teukbyeol jachido
autonomous province
Jeju-do
Flag of Madagascar Madagascar faritany mizakatena
autonomous province
All six provinces are characterized as autonomous (mizakatena).
Flag of Moldova Moldova[6] unitate teritorială autonomă
territorial autonomous unit
Gagauzia, Transnistria
Flag of Nicaragua Nicaragua regione autónoma
autonomous region
Zelaya
Flag of Pakistan Pakistan Islami-Jamhouriyat-e-Kashmir
autonomous region
Azad Kashmir · Jammu and Kashmir
Flag of Philippines Philippines
autonomous region
Muslim Mindanao
Flag of Portugal Portugal região autónoma
autonomous region
Azores · Madeira
Flag of Russia Russia respublika
republic
Adygea · Altai · Bashkortostan · Buryatia · Dagestan · Ingushetia · Kabardino-Balkaria · Kalmykia · Karachay-Cherkessia · Karelia · Komi · Mari El · Mordovia · Sakha (Yakutia) · North Ossetia-Alania · Tatarstan · Tuva · Udmurtia · Khakassia · Chechnya · Chuvashia
avtonomnaya oblast
autonomous province[7]
Jewish Autonomous Oblast
avtonomny okrug
autonomous subject-level district[8]
Agin-Buryat · Chukotka · Khanty-Mansi · Koryak · Nenets · Ust-Orda · Yamalo-Nenets
Flag of São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé & Príncipe concelho
province
(Príncipe[9])
Flag of Serbia Serbia
autonomous province
Kosovo and Metohija · Vojvodina
Flag of Spain Spain comunidad autónoma
autonomous community
Andalusia · Aragon · Asturias · Balearic Islands · Basque Country · Canary Islands · Cantabria · Castile-La Mancha · Castile and León · Catalonia · Extremadura · Galicia · La Rioja · Madrid · Murcia · Navarre · Valencia
ciudad autónoma
autonomous city
Ceuta · Melilla
Flag of Tajikistan Tajikistan viloyat mukhtor
autonomous province
Gorno-Badakhshan
Flag of Tanzania Tanzania
(Zanzibar[10])
Flag of Tokelau Tokelau autonomous community Atafu · Fakaofo · Nukunonu
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine avtonomna respublika
autonomous republic
Crimea
Flag of Uzbekistan Uzbekistan respublika
republic
Karakalpakstan
shahar
autonomous city
Tashkent

  1. ^ The Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan is de facto independent but not internationally recognized.
  2. ^ Central African Republic.
  3. ^ see Autonomous counties of China.
  4. ^ also described as a "self-governing territory".
  5. ^ Indonesia's capital, described as a daerah khusus ibukota (special district).
  6. ^ Transnistria, though formally part of Moldova, is de facto independent.
  7. ^ "autonomous oblast" sometimes used instead of "autonomous province".
  8. ^ "autonomous okrug" sometimes used instead of "autonomous (subject-level) district".
  9. ^ may be regarded as autonomous as it has been self-governed since 1995.
  10. ^ may be considered autonomous as it elects its own president and representation (a House of Representatives).

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