Special administrative region

A special administrative region, special region, or special administrative area is a designation for types of administrative division in China, East Timor, North Korea, Indonesia and South Sudan.

Current

China^[1]

• Special administrative regions of China
  • Hong Kong
  • Macau
• Wolong National Nature Reserve

East Timor^[2]

• Oecusse

Indonesia

• Special Region of Jakarta
• Special Region of Yogyakarta
• Aceh

North Korea^[3]

• Sinuiju Special Administrative Region

South Sudan

• Abyei Special Administrative Area (condominium simultaneously administered by the Republic of South Sudan and the Republic of the Sudan)
• Greater Pibor Special Administrative Area:
• Ruweng Special Administrative Area

Planned

Bhutan^[4]

• Gelephu Special Administrative Region (Gelephu Mindfulness City)

Russia^[5]

• Oktyabrsky Island Special Administrative Region
• Russky Island Special Economic Zone

Vietnam

• Phú Quốc Island Special Administrative Region

References

1. "Figure 1.1 Geographic regions of China | UNICEF".
2. "Law no. 3/2014 of 18 June Creates the Special Administrative Region of Oecusse and establishes the Special Zone of Social Market Economy" (PDF). laohamutuk.org. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
3. "North Korea - Nuclear Weapons, Military Preparedness, and Social Insurance | Britannica".
4. "Bhutan King announces mega Gelephu city project along Indo-Bhutan border". 17 December 2023.
5. "Совет Федерации одобрил законы о САР на островах Русский в Приморье и Октябрьский в Калининградской области". 28 July 2018.