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16th arrondissement of Paris
The 16th arrondissement of Paris, formed in 1860 from Auteuil, Passy, and Chaillot on the Right Bank, has four quartiers, about 159,000 residents, a €49,030 median living standard, and the Bois de Boulogne.
Aarhus Kommune
Aarhus Kommune is the Danish municipality covering the city of Aarhus, Denmark's second-most populous after Copenhagen, formed in 1970 by merging 21 municipalities, with 373,388 residents in 2025.
Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire is one of Scotland's 32 council areas, covering the rural north east around, but not including, the city of Aberdeen; the council was created in 1996.
Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania: first-class township established 1704, suburb of Philadelphia with 58,502 residents (2020), council-manager government with 15 wards, SEPTA rail access, and over 25 parks.
Adıyaman (district)
Adıyaman Merkez is the central district and seat of Adıyaman Province, Turkey (also Hısn-ı Mansur until 1928). 296,876 residents in 2025, 1,814 km², provincial capital since 1954.
Administrative counties of England
Administrative counties of England were local government counties created by the Local Government Act 1888, redefined in 1933, and abolished on 1 April 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, which replaced them with metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties.
Agdenes
Agdenes, former municipality in Trøndelag, Norway, at the entrance to Trondheimsfjorden; created 1896 and 1964, merged into Orkland 1 January 2020; 1,693 inhabitants (2019), center Selbekken.
Águas Lindas de Goiás
Águas Lindas de Goiás, a municipality in Goiás, Brazil, 50 km from Brasília; created 1995 from Santo Antônio do Descoberto, 225,693 residents (2022 census), 191.817 km², fast migrant-driven growth, RIDE member.
Al Ain Municipality
Al Ain Municipality (Al Ain City Municipality, بلدية مدينة العين) is the municipal authority of Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE, established 1967 under the Department of Municipalities and Transport, providing permits, roads, parks, and public health services.
Al Ajami
Al Ajami (Agami, العجمي) is a coastal district in western Alexandria, Egypt, about 20 km from the city center. A 1950s elite summer resort turned dense residential district, known for Bitash, Hanoville, and Bianki beaches and the Aga Khan Award-winning Halawa House.
Alajuela
Alajuela (Cantón de Alajuela) is the first canton of Alajuela Province, Costa Rica, in the Central Valley; founded as La Lajuela, city since 1824, seat of Juan Santamaría International Airport, nicknamed City of Mangoes.
Alameda County, California
Alameda County, California: East Bay county established 1853, seat Oakland, 14 cities, 1,682,353 residents (2020), seventh most populous in California, $6.7B FY 2026-27 budget, AAA credit rating.
Alappuzha district (ആലപ്പുഴ ജില്ല)
Alappuzha district (ആലപ്പുഴ ജില്ല), also called Alleppey, is Kerala's smallest district by area (1,414 sq km), formed 17 August 1957, with 2,127,789 people (2011), density 1,504 per sq km, sex ratio 1,100, and the below-sea-level Kuttanad rice bowl.
Ålborg Kommune
Aalborg Kommune, written Aalborg Kommune in most official usage, is a Danish municipality in the Region of Northern Jutland governed from the city of Aalborg on the Limfjord.
Alfred Nzo District Municipality
Alfred Nzo District Municipality (DC44) is a district municipality in north-eastern Eastern Cape, South Africa, seated in eMaxesibeni, with four local municipalities, 878,635 people, and an 11,119 km² area, named after ANC leader Alfred Baphethuxolo Nzo.
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: southwestern Pennsylvania county with county seat Pittsburgh; created 1788 from Westmoreland and Washington; home rule since 2000 with county executive and 15-member council; 130 municipalities; 2020 population 1,250,578.
Amajuba District Municipality
Amajuba District Municipality (DC25) is a category C district municipality in north-western KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, comprising Newcastle, eMadlangeni, and Dannhauser local municipalities; 6,911 km²; manufacturing-led economy; seat at Madadeni near Newcastle.
Amathole District Municipality
Amathole District Municipality (code DC12) is a district municipality in South Africa's Eastern Cape that governs water and sanitation for six local municipalities, with headquarters in East London.
Americana, São Paulo
Americana, São Paulo: Brazilian municipality (IBGE code 3501608) in the Campinas metropolitan region, founded from Confederate immigration after 1865, emancipated in 1924, historically a textile center known as the Capital do Rayon, population 237,240 (2022 census).
Anápolis
Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil; also 'Trevo do Brasil'; Central-West municipality founded 1907, second largest economy of Goiás, home of the DAIA industrial district, Brazil's second pharmaceutical hub, and the Base Aérea de Anápolis.
Añasco, Puerto Rico
Añasco is a municipality on Puerto Rico's west coast, founded 18 October 1733 and named for Luis de Añasco, Ponce de León's lieutenant. 25,596 residents (2020), 22 barrios, patron San Antonio Abad, nicknamed "Donde los Dioses Murieron."
Andebu
Andebu, former municipality in Vestfold, Norway (no. 0719), covering the parishes Andebu, Høyjord, and Kodal; merged with Sandefjord and Stokke into Sandefjord on 1 January 2017, the first merger of Norway's municipal reform.
Anglesey
Anglesey (Ynys Môn), Welsh island and unitary authority off northwest Wales, area 276 sq mi, population about 70,000, linked by the Menai crossings, Holyhead ferries to Dublin, tourism-led economy, Wylfa SMR site and Anglesey Freeport.
Angra dos Reis
Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; also Vila dos Reis Magos da Ilha Grande. Coastal municipality on Ilha Grande Bay, founded 1502, city 1835; 167,434 people (2022 census), Ilha Grande UNESCO World Heritage site, tourism and nuclear energy economy.
Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Anne Arundel County, Maryland: county on the western Chesapeake Bay shore, founded 1650 and named for Lady Anne Arundell; county seat Annapolis, Maryland's state capital since 1694/5; population about 603,000 (2025 estimate).
Ansan-si (district)
Ansan-si (안산시), a Gyeonggi Province city on the Yellow Sea southwest of Seoul, administered as Sangnok-gu and Danwon-gu districts; a planned industrial city built around the Banwol and Sihwa national industrial complexes, with about 713,700 residents including a large foreign population.
Araçatuba
Araçatuba, São Paulo municipality (code 3502804), Brazil; founded 2 December 1908 on the Noroeste do Brasil railway; 200,124 residents (2022 census), Capital Regional C, GDP per capita R$ 57,253.20 (2023).
Arequipa (district)
Arequipa district, one of 29 districts of Arequipa province, Peru, contains the city of Arequipa, departmental capital and UNESCO World Heritage historic center; department population 1,815,000 (2025 census).
Argyll
Argyll, known in Scottish Gaelic as Earra-Ghàidheal and sometimes called Argyllshire, is a historic county of western Scotland whose territory now forms most of Argyll and Bute.
Argyll and Bute
Argyll and Bute (Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòid) is Scotland's second largest council area by land area, with 28 inhabited islands, population 87,310 (2025), main towns Helensburgh, Dunoon, and Oban, and council headquarters at Lochgilphead.