Local administrative territories

Municipio de Holguín

Municipio de Holguín, a municipality of Holguín province in eastern Cuba, capital city San Isidoro de Holguín, founded 1720, city title 1752, historic sugar economy, about 345,000 city inhabitants.

Murray Shire (NSW), also Murray Shire Council, was a Riverina local government area bounded by the Murray River, established 1906, seat at Moama and Mathoura, abolished 12 May 2016 when merged with Wakool Shire into Murray River Council; distinct from the Shire of Murray, Western Australia.

Namyangju-si

Namyangju-si (남양주시), a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, northeast of Seoul; created as Namyangju-gun in 1980 from Yangju-gun, promoted to city in 1995; 458.1 km², about 737,000 residents.

Napa County, California

Napa County, California: a San Francisco Bay Area county established 1850, county seat Napa, population about 133,000 (2025 estimate), famed for Napa Valley wine, the 1968 Agriculture Preserve, and recurring wildfire risk.

Narok

Narok is a town in southwestern Kenya and the capital of Narok County, in the Great Rift Valley on the road to the Maasai Mara National Reserve.

Natal, Rio Grande do Norte

Natal, capital of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil; founded 25 December 1599 near Fortaleza dos Reis Magos. 751,300 residents (2022 census), density 4,488.03/km², area 167.401 km², IDHM 0.763.

Nedre Eiker

Nedre Eiker, former Norwegian municipality in Buskerud with center Mjøndalen, population 24,963 (2019); merged with Drammen and Svelvik into Drammen kommune on 1 January 2020 under the municipal reform.

Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality

Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape metro seated in Gqeberha, established 2000 from Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage, and Despatch; population about 1.15 million; known for automotive industry, seaports, and a troubled audit and service delivery record.

New Castle County, Delaware

New Castle County, Delaware: northernmost and most populous of Delaware's three counties, seat at Wilmington, 588,026 residents (2025 est.), 426.34 sq mi, formed 1673, FY2026 operating budget $371.3 million.

New London County

New London County, Connecticut: one of the state's four original counties, established May 10, 1666; 21 towns, 268,555 residents (2020), no county government since 1960, now a geographic name only.

Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality

Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality (DC38) is a C2 district municipality in North West province, South Africa, seated at Mahikeng with five local municipalities, 937,723 residents (2022), and a record of adverse audit outcomes and R2.7 billion irregular expenditure in 2018-19.

Nilgiris district (நீலகிரி மாவட்டம்)

Nilgiris district (நீலகிரி மாவட்டம்), Tamil Nadu hill district headquartered at Udhagamandalam (Ooty); 735,394 people (2011), six taluks, highest Scheduled Tribe share in the state, Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, tea plantations, and tourism.

Nizhny Novgorod Urban Okrug

Nizhny Novgorod Urban Okrug (городской округ город Нижний Новгород) is the municipality of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, defined by 2005 oblast law; in April 2025 it merged with Kstovo Municipal Okrug, reaching 1,732 km².

Nizhyns’ka Mis’krada

Nizhyns’ka Mis’krada (Ніжинська міська рада) is the city council of Nizhyn, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine, and governing body of the Nizhyn urban territorial hromada (105.58 km², formed 19 November 2018).

Nkangala District Municipality

Nkangala District Municipality (DC31), a Category C district in Mpumalanga, South Africa, headquartered in Middelburg with six local municipalities; known for consecutive clean audits, an R780m 2025/26 budget, and water delivery challenges.

Non-metropolitan county

Non-metropolitan county: an English local government area under the Local Government Act 1972 (shire county) with a county council above non-metropolitan districts; 21 two-tier counties remain as of 2025, covering about 20 million people, now slated for unitarisation.

Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Norfolk County, Massachusetts: county created 1793 from Suffolk County, county seat Dedham, 28 communities including detached Brookline and Cohasset; population 725,981 (2020), one of six intact county governments, birthplace of four U.S. presidents.

North Jakarta

North Jakarta (Jakarta Utara), one of five administrative cities of DKI Jakarta, Indonesia: 146.66 km², 1.87 million people (2021), 6 districts, 31 kelurahan, home of Tanjung Priok port, Sunda Kelapa, and severe tidal flooding and land subsidence.

North Northamptonshire

North Northamptonshire is a unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, created on 1 April 2021 and covering the former districts of Corby, East Northamptonshire, Kettering, and Wellingborough.

North Somerset

North Somerset, unitary authority in South West England created 1 April 1996 from the Avon district of Woodspring; main town Weston-super-Mare; population about 216,700 (Census 2021), adjoining Bristol on the Severn estuary.

North Tyneside

North Tyneside is a metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, North East England, governed from Wallsend and bounded by the River Tyne and the North Sea.

North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire is an English unitary authority created 1 April 2023, merging the county council with seven districts (Craven, Hambleton, Harrogate, Richmondshire, Ryedale, Scarborough, Selby) under a devolution deal with York.

Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States

Northampton County, Pennsylvania: county formed 1752 from Bucks County, eighth in the state, seat at Easton at the Delaware-Lehigh forks; home rule since 1978; 312,951 residents (2020).

Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire, an East Midlands county of England, has been run since April 2021 by two unitary authorities, North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire, which replaced the county council and seven districts.

Northern Beaches

Northern Beaches: Sydney coastal region and NSW local government area from Manly to Palm Beach, formed in 2016 by amalgamating Manly, Pittwater and Warringah councils; 263,554 people (2021), beach tourism economy, erosion hotspots, and constrained transport links.

Nøtterøy

Nøtterøy, former municipality (kommune nr. 0722) in Vestfold, Norway, covering most of Nøtterøy island near Tønsberg; merged with Tjøme into Færder kommune on 1 January 2018; population 21,748 in 2017.

Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire (County of Nottingham) is an East Midlands county, England, first recorded as Snotingahamscire in 1016; 843 sq mi, two-tier local government with seven districts, unitary Nottingham City, and a 2026 decision for two unitary councils.

Nova Friburgo

Nova Friburgo, a municipality in the Serrana region of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, founded by Swiss settlers from Fribourg in 1819-1820; known as the Brazilian Switzerland and National Capital of Intimate Fashion, producing about 25% of Brazil's lingerie.

Nova Iguaçu

Nova Iguaçu is a municipality in Rio de Janeiro state's Metropolitan Region, Brazil, created in 1833 as Vila de Iguassú and renamed in 1916; 785,867 residents (2022 census), Baixada Fluminense's largest municipality by area.