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Armagh City Banbridge and Craigavon
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon (ABC) is a Northern Ireland local government district formed in 2015 from Armagh, Banbridge, and Craigavon; population 218,656 (2021 census), second largest council area, 41 councillors, seven DEAs.
Arrondissements of Paris
The arrondissements of Paris are the city's 20 numbered administrative districts, arranged in a clockwise spiral, each with its own council and mayor under the 1982 PLM law.
Aver O Mar
Aver-o-Mar is a coastal parish of Póvoa de Varzim, Porto district, Portugal, near coordinates 41.4061 N, 8.7796 W, with about 10,501 residents, a beginner surf beach, and Aver-O-Mar Futebol Clube, founded 25 November 1983.
Ayrshire
Ayrshire: historic county and three-council region in south-west Scotland on the Firth of Clyde (Carrick, Kyle, Cunninghame; county town Ayr). Key facts: 3,400 sqkm, £251.5m Growth Deal, 600,000 overnight visits in 2024, second-ranked Scottish dairy area.
Azurara
Azurara, a coastal civil parish of Vila do Conde, Porto District, Portugal, on the south bank of the Rio Ave; 2.16 km², 2,305 inhabitants; home of GDC Azurara handball club (founded 1974) and Azurara Parque Aventura.
Baarle-Hertog
Baarle-Hertog is a Belgian municipality of 22 enclaves inside the Dutch municipality of Baarle-Nassau, with 7 Dutch counter-enclaves nested within; a 1198 land split created the world's densest enclave complex, formalized by treaties of 1843, 1974, and 1995.
Baarle-Nassau
Baarle-Nassau is a Dutch municipality in North Brabant (7,256 inhabitants, 76.36 km²) forming half of the Baarle enclave complex with Belgian Baarle-Hertog: 30 enclaves, borders through houses, front-door rule, 1843 Maastricht treaty.
Bakhsh (بخش)
Bakhsh (بخش, "share, portion") is Iran's third-level administrative division between county (shahrestan) and rural district (dehestan), headed by a bakhshdar under the county farmandar; 1,193 existed in 1404 (2025-26), created by cabinet approval under population thresholds.
Baladīyat Yafran
Baladīyat Yafran (بلدية يفرن), also Yefren/Yifren Municipality, is a Libyan municipality in the Nafusa Mountains, northwest Libya, capital Yafran, about 130 km from Tripoli; restored by 2013 Decree 540, Amazigh and Ibadi center, mayor Hussein Kafu.
Baldersdorf
Baldersdorf is a village in Spittal an der Drau in Carinthia, Austria, known for the Magdalenenkapelle, an excavated church site on a rock spur east of the village.
Balıkesir (district)
Balıkesir (district): central district of Balıkesir Province, Turkey, split since 2013 into Karesi and Altıeylül under Law No. 6360; seat of Balıkesir Metropolitan Municipality, 2025 populations 189,444 and 188,858.
Bankstown
Bankstown: former local government area in south-western Sydney, NSW, named for Sir Joseph Banks; 77 sq km, 203,202 residents (2015); merged with Canterbury on 12 May 2016 to form Canterbury-Bankstown.
Banska Bystrica
Banská Bystrica (Neusohl, Besztercebánya) is a central Slovak city chartered by Bela IV in 1255, a copper-mining hub under the Thurzo-Fugger company, center of the 1944 Slovak National Uprising, with about 72,500 residents.
Bantustan
Bantustans, or homelands, were ten ethnically designated territories created by apartheid South Africa for its Black population, four nominally independent but unrecognized, stripped of citizenship, and dissolved on 27 April 1994.
Barangay
Barangay: the lowest political administrative unit of the Philippines, descended from precolonial balangai boat communities led by datus, renamed barrio under Spain, and now a 42,011-unit grassroots government with elected captains and councils.
Barinas (district)
Barinas (district), or Distrito Barinas, was a second-order administrative division around the city of Barinas, capital of Barinas state, Venezuela; recorded at 8°20′N 70°05′W, part of the 7-district structure of 1955, later superseded by municipalities.
Barra Mansa
Barra Mansa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: a Sul Fluminense municipality on the Paraíba do Sul, founded 1832, coffee-era city turned services hub; 169,894 residents (2022 census), IDHM 0.729.
Bastar district (बस्तर जिला)
Bastar district (बस्तर जिला), Chhattisgarh, India: southern district headquartered at Jagdalpur, 6596.90 sq km, 834,375 people (2011), about 70 percent tribal, known for Chitrakote Falls, Kanger Valley National Park, and post-Maoist development.
Bath and North East Somerset
Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES) is a unitary authority district in Somerset, England, created on 1 April 1996, covering Bath, Keynsham, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, and surrounding villages.
Bauru
Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil; 'Cidade Sem Limites'; interior municipality of about 379,000 people (2022), former railway junction, regional capital B, services-based economy, home of the sanduíche Bauru.
Bay County, Florida, United States
Bay County, Florida: Gulf Coast county in the Panhandle created July 1, 1913 from Washington, Calhoun, and Walton counties; county seat Panama City; home of Tyndall AFB, Port Panama City, and the Gideon v. Wainwright arrest site.
Belém
Belém (Belém do Pará), capital of Pará, Brazil, founded 1616; Amazonian port city of 1.3 million (2022 census) that hosted COP30, the first UN climate conference in the Amazon, in November 2025.
Belford Roxo
Belford Roxo, Rio de Janeiro (Baixada Fluminense), a Brazilian municipality created 3 April 1990 from Nova Iguaçu by state law 1.640; 483,087 residents (2022 census) on 78.985 km², density 6,116.19 hab/km², named for engineer Raimundo Teixeira Belford Roxo.
Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte, capital of Minas Gerais, Brazil, is a planned city inaugurated 12 December 1897 on the former arraial of Curral Del Rei; about 2.4 million residents, 331 km², mayor Álvaro Damião, expanding metro Lines 1 and 2.
Bergen County, New Jersey
Bergen County, New Jersey: the state's most populous county (955,732 in 2020; 977,026 estimated 2025), county seat Hackensack, 70 municipalities, founded 1683, Moody's Aaa rating, part of the New York metropolitan area.
Berks County, Pennsylvania
Berks County, Pennsylvania: county created March 11, 1752 from Chester, Lancaster, and Philadelphia counties; seat Reading, named for Berkshire, England. 864 square miles, 428,849 people (2020), part of Pennsylvania Dutch Country.
Berkshire
Berkshire is a historic Royal County in southern England west of London, covering the Thames and Kennet valleys and Berkshire Downs. Its county council was abolished in 1998, leaving six unitary authorities; West Berkshire joins the 2028 Oxfordshire reorganisation.
Betim
Betim is a municipality in Minas Gerais, Brazil, in the Belo Horizonte metropolitan region; also Capela Nova de Betim. Industrial city founded 1711, emancipated 1938, home to REGAP refinery (1968) and Fiat's largest Brazilian plant (1976); 411,846 residents (2022 census).
Bexar County, Texas
Bexar County, Texas (no native-script form; seat San Antonio) is a south-central Texas county created in 1836, now Texas's 4th-largest with over 2 million residents, defined by the Edwards aquifer, a ~$2.8 billion budget, and the 2025 Spurs arena vote.
Bibb County, Georgia, United States
Bibb County, Georgia, a central Georgia county whose seat is Macon; since January 1, 2014 consolidated as Macon-Bibb County under a strong mayor and commission. Created December 9, 1822; 2020 population 157,346.