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The table below lists autonomous areas by country.

Country Native term
Translation or equivalent
Instances
 Argentina ciudad autonoma
autonomous city
Buenos Aires
 Azerbaijan[1] muxtar respublika
autonomous republic
Nakhichevan
 Cambodia krong
autonomous municipality
Phnom Penh · Sihanoukville · Pailin · Kep
Central African Republic CAR[2] commune autonome
autonomous commune
Bangui
 China[3] zìzhìqū
autonomous region
Guangxi · Inner Mongolia · Ningxia · Xinjiang · Tibet
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 (see Autonomous areas of China)
zìzhìqí
autonomous banner
Oroqin · Evenki · Morin
 Comoros
autonomous island
Grande Comore · Mohéli · Anjouan
 Denmark
autonomous region
Faroe Islands · Greenland[4]
 Ethiopia rasgez akababibi
autonomous region
 Finland itsehallinnollinen maakunta
autonomous province
Åland
 Georgia avtonomiuri respublika
autonomous republic
Abkhazia · Adjara
 Greece
autonomous region
Mount Athos
 Guinea-Bissau sector autónomo
autonomous sector
Bissau Region
 Indonesia daerah istimewa
special region
Aceh · Yogyakarta · Papua · Jakarta[5]
 Italy regione autonoma
autonomous region
Aosta Valley · Friuli-Venezia Giulia · Sardinia · Sicily · Trentino-South Tyrol
 South Korea teukbyeol jachido
autonomous province
Jeju-do
 Madagascar faritany mizakatena
autonomous province
All six provinces are characterized as autonomous (mizakatena).
 Moldova[6] unitate teritorială autonomă
territorial autonomous unit
Gagauzia
 Nicaragua regione autónoma
autonomous region
Zelaya
 Philippines
autonomous region
Muslim Mindanao
 Portugal região autônoma
autonomous region
Azores · Madeira
 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 · Evenk · Khanty-Mansi · Koryak · Nenets · Taymyr · Ust-Orda · Yamalo-Nenets
São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé & Príncipe concelho
province
(Príncipe[9])
 Serbia
autonomous province
Kosovo and Metohija · Vojvodina
 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
 Tajikistan viloyat mukhtor
autonomous province
Gorno-Badakhshan
 Tanzania
(Zanzibar[10])
 Tokelau autonomous community Atafu · Fakaofo · Nukunonu
 Ukraine avtonomna respublika
autonomous republic
Crimea
 Uzbekistan respublikasi
republic
Karakalpakstan
shahar
autonomous city
Tashkent

Footnotes

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  1. ^ The Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan is de facto independent but not internationally recognized.
  2. ^ Central African Republic.
  3. ^ The Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau may be regarded as autonomous regions or dependencies.
  4. ^ also described as a "self-governing territory".
  5. ^ Indonesia's capital, described as a daerah khusus ibukota (special district).
  6. ^ Transnistria, an area formally still 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 (the House of Representatives).

See also

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