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Lebanon County

Lebanon County, Pennsylvania: county formed February 16, 1813 from Lancaster and Dauphin counties, county seat the City of Lebanon; 143,257 residents (2020), 361.84 square miles, agricultural south central Pennsylvania county.

Lee County, Florida

Lee County, Florida: Gulf Coast county with county seat Fort Myers, founded 1887 from Monroe County, charter government since 1997. Population 760,822 (2020), 875,607 (2025 estimate); heavily hit by Hurricane Ian in 2022.

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Leeds (E08000035) is a metropolitan district and city in West Yorkshire, England, the second largest English local authority by population at 812,000 (Census 2021), governed by Leeds City Council with 33 wards and part of the West Yorkshire devolution deal.

Leicestershire

Leicestershire, also known as the County of Leicester, is a rural landlocked county in the English East Midlands governed by a county council and seven district councils.

Lejweleputswa District Municipality

Lejweleputswa District Municipality, a Free State district municipality of South Africa based in Welkom, comprising Matjhabeng, Masilonyana, Nala, Tokologo, and Tswelopele; gold mining and maize farming dominate its economy.

Leksvik

Leksvik, former Norwegian municipality (kommunenummer 1718) in Nord-Trøndelag on the Trondheimsfjord; about 3,450 inhabitants and 430 km²; merged voluntarily with Rissa on 1 January 2018 to form Indre Fosen.

Lillehammer

Lillehammer, municipality and town in Innlandet county, Norway, on northern Mjøsa; merged with Fåberg in 1964, host of the 1994 Winter Olympics, UNESCO Literature City since 2017, 29,669 inhabitants in 2026.

Limeira

Limeira, São Paulo, Brazil; also called Capital Nacional da Joia Folheada. Municipality of about 300,000 founded 1826, known for costume jewelry (70% of national market), citrus seedlings, and coffee-era Fazenda Ibicaba immigration history.

Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire, an eastern English shire county with seven districts under Lincolnshire County Council, part of Greater Lincolnshire with North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire unitaries; rural, agricultural, with a £3.02bn 2024 visitor economy and a paused 2026 unitary reorganisation.

Linxia Chengguanzhen

Linxia Chengguanzhen (临夏城关镇), also listed as Linxia Shi, is a town in Linxia, Gansu, China, population 202,402; the historic county-seat town of Daohe/Linxia County, absorbed into restored county-level Linxia City in 1983.

List of cantonments in India

The list of cantonments in India covers the country's 61 cantonments, military stations dating to Barrackpore in 1765, spread across 19 states and serving more than 2 million residents.

List of cities and towns in Austria

Austrian municipalities, or Gemeinden, comprise 2,092 cities and towns across the country. Fifteen of these municipalities are statutory cities, exercising both municipal and district administration.

List of cities in Malaysia

Cities in Malaysia are local authorities upgraded to City Council or City Hall status, requiring over 500,000 people and RM100 million annual revenue; Klang became the twentieth city in November 2023.

List of counties in Arizona

Arizona's 15 counties, from the four original 1863 counties (Mohave, Pima, Yavapai, Yuma) through short-lived Pah-Ute County to La Paz County (1983) and later proposals to divide Maricopa County.

List of counties in California

California's 58 counties: 27 original counties created February 1850, Imperial County the last in 1907; 43 general law and 15 charter counties, with San Francisco a consolidated city-county.

List of counties in Georgia

The list of counties in Georgia covers the state's 159 counties, the second-highest count after Texas, a number fixed as a constitutional limit since 1945.

List of counties in Illinois

Illinois is divided into 102 counties, up from 15 at statehood in 1818; St. Clair (1790) and Randolph (1795) are the oldest, Cook the most populous, and each has a county seat such as Chicago or Quincy.

List of counties in Indiana

Indiana's 92 counties: legal list under Indiana Code 36-2-1-1, 15 counties at 1816 statehood, county seats, 2020 populations led by Marion County (Indianapolis), and county government structure.

List of counties in Missouri

Missouri's counties: 114 counties plus the independent City of St. Louis as a county-equivalent. First five organized October 1, 1812; last, Worth County, in 1861; St. Louis City separated from St. Louis County in 1876.

List of counties in New Jersey

New Jersey's 21 counties (list): alphabetical table with FIPS codes, county seats, and 2025 population estimates, plus formation dates from 1681 Burlington to 1857 Union and county government structure.

List of counties in Tennessee

List of counties in Tennessee: the 95 counties of the state, also called the Volunteer State, grouped into the eastern, middle, and western grand divisions, with TDOT's four regions, formation history, and county government data.

List of counties in Texas

Texas is divided into 254 counties, the most of any U.S. state, with Harris County the most populous and Brewster County the largest by area.

List of counties in Washington

List of counties in Washington: the 39 counties of Washington State with their county seats, from Adams (Ritzville) to Yakima (Yakima); King County is most populous, Garfield least, Okanogan largest, San Juan smallest.

List of counties in West Virginia

West Virginia's 55 counties, enumerated in Code §1-1-1: 44 named in the 1863 Constitution, later additions through Mingo County (1895); each governed by a three-member county commission.

List of counties of Kenya by area

Ranked list of Kenya's 47 counties by land area (KNBS Statistical Abstract 2023): Marsabit largest at 71,905 km², Mombasa smallest at 151 km²; counties created by the 2010 Constitution.

List of districts in Sindh

List of districts in Sindh: the 30 administrative districts of Sindh, Pakistan, grouped into seven divisions, with 2023 census population, density, and boundary-change history.

List of municipalities in Newfoundland and Labrador

Municipalities in Newfoundland and Labrador: three cities (St. John's, Corner Brook, Mount Pearl), 266 towns, 172 local service districts, five Inuit Community Governments, and 120+ unincorporated areas, governed by the Towns and Local Service Districts Act since 2025.

List of municipalities in Ontario

Ontario's official list of 444 municipalities, classified as upper-tier, lower-tier, or single-tier under the Municipal Act, 2001 and the City of Toronto Act, 2006, with restructuring rules.

List of township-level divisions of Hubei

Township-level divisions of Hubei (湖北省乡级行政区): subdistricts, towns, and rural townships, the fourth-level divisions of Hubei province, China, under 12 prefecture-level cities and 1 autonomous prefecture; Wuhan alone had 156 subdistricts in 2024.

List of United Kingdom locations

United Kingdom locations: the country's administrative and statistical areas, including England's 317 local authorities, Scotland's 32 council areas, Wales's 22 unitary authorities, wards, parishes, and the 2026 local government reorganisation.