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Administrative division
territorial entity for administration purposes, with or without its own local government / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An administrative division is a term for an administrative region within a country that is created for the purposes of managing of land and the affairs of people. The area typically has a local government with a certain degree of autonomy, and is on a level below that of the sovereign state.
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