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  Canton (subnational entity) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A canton is a territorial subdivision of a country, e.g.
Cantons of Bosnia and Herzegovina: a subdivision of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In Ottoman Empire, a "caza" was the equivalent of canton.
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 Talk:Canton (subnational entity) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
canton (subnational entity) or canton (entity) may be better names for the pages.
The analogous jurisdiction to Switzerland's cantons are states and provinces, not townships.
Perhaps, but in Quebec a canton is quite small, sometimes there are more than one in a municipality.
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 Subnational entity - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
Subnational entity is a generic term for an administrative region within a country — on an arbitrary level below that of the sovereign state — typically with a local government encompassing multiple municipalities, counties, or provinces with a certain degree of autonomy in a varying number of matters.
Confusingly, in countries that are not nation states, this may well mean that some or all "subnational" entities in reality are also national entities.
Subnational entities are conceptually separate from dependent areas so that the former are included in the core or mainland of the respective state.
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 Autonomous entity   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
An autonomous (subnational) entity is a subnational entity that has a certain amount of autonomy.
Typically an autonomous entity contains a national minority which is different from the national majority, or is geographically distinct.
All of these autonomous entities are designated for one or more ethnic minorities.
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 City - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
During the European Middle Ages, a town was as much a political entity as a collection of houses.
Step by step from Athens onwards to Venice and London, Los Angeles seemed to be the ultimate stage of a postmodern city.
Such an approach regarded a city as a single static entity, which could be studied disconnected in time and space.
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 Subnational entity
Subnational entity is a generic name for an administrative region within a country (normally with a local government encompassing multiple municipalities, counties or province s with a certain degree of autonomy in a varying number of matters.
It is separate from other forms of dependent area s.
Land -- (also a national entity, however in Bundesland subnational)
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 health County - health-notes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This responsibility is now transferred to the state, and there is a debate on the future of the county as an administrative entity.
In Maryland, the city of Baltimore is independent of any county, and Baltimore County is a separate entity outside the city.
Louis County is a separate entity outside the city.
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 State (sub-national) - the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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The United Nations also considers a governmentin exile resident on a geographic area which it is holdingunder military occupation to be a subnational (subsovereign)entity.
The Republic of China on Taiwan is the most prominentexample in the world today, and has been refused admittance to theUnited Nations twelve times in a row as of the Fall of 2004.
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 cars - Township   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In eastern Canada a township is one form of the subdivision of a county.
This is translated into French as canton in Quebec.
In western Canada townships exist only for the purpose of land division by the Dominion Land Survey and do not form administrative units.
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 Subnational entity - Internet-Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Read about subnational entity in the free online encyclopedia and dictionary.
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 Learn more about Subnational entity in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Learn more about Subnational entity in the online encyclopedia.
You are here: Online Encyclopedia > Subnational entity
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 The Ultimate Ourte - American History Information Guide and Reference   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
It was subdivided into the following arrondissements and cantons:
Huy, cantons: Avennes, Bodegnée, Ferrières, Héron, Huy, Landen and Nandrin.
Malmedy, cantons: Aubel, Eupen, Kronenburg, Limbourg, Malmedy, Sankt Vith, Schleiden, Spa, Stavelot, Verviers and Vielsalm.
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 The Ultimate Cayenne - American History Information Guide and Reference   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The town of Kourou which is home to the French National Centre for Space Studies is situated 55 kilometres to the west.
The second canton (North East) has 5,730 inhabitants;
The third canton (South West) has 8,017 inhabitants;
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