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Almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outside Italy. Wikipedia

State entity that constitutes a part of a sovereign state. A constituent state holds regional jurisdiction over a defined administrative territory, within a sovereign state. Wikipedia

The table below indicates the types and, where known, numbers of administrative divisions used by countries and their major dependent territories. Ordered alphabetically by country name in English. Wikipedia

Municipality holding primary status in a department, country, state, province, or other administrative region, usually as its seat of the government. Typically a city that physically encompasses the government's offices and meeting places; the status as capital is often designated by its law or constitution. Wikipedia

One of two fundamental documents governing the Kingdom of the Netherlands as well as the fundamental law of the European territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Generally seen as directly derived from the one issued in 1815, constituting a constitutional monarchy; it is the third oldest constitution still in use worldwide. Wikipedia

Administrative division, subnational entity, first-level subdivision, administrative region, constituent unit, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for a discrete, officially delineated geographical area within a particular, independent sovereign state (country). Created to enhance, in some way, the responsiveness of a national administration to sub-national affairs. Wikipedia