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Banner, a type of administrative division, may refer to:

Banner (Inner Mongolia), an administrative division of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China.
Autonomous banner, an area associated with one or more ethnic minorities designated as autonomous within the People's Republic of China.
Eight Banners, administrative divisions of China into which all Manchu families were placed.

Bandon (Byzantine Empire), "banner", the lowest Byzantine administrative-cum-military unit
Sanjak, literally "a banner, flag", the original first level subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire.
Liwa, an Arabic term meaning "banner" as a type of administrative division.

v d e Types of administrative country subdivisions

Smallcaps indicate a type used by ten or more countries.

Current English terms	Alpine resort Area Insular area Local government area Special area Urban (urbanized) area Bailiwick Banner Autonomous banner Block Borough County borough Metropolitan borough Canton Capital Federal capital Circle Circuit City Autonomous city Chartered city Independent city Rural city Colony Commune Community Autonomous community Residential community Condominium Constituency County Administrative county Autonomous county Metropolitan county Department District Autonomous district Capital district City district Federal district Metropolitan district Municipal district Subdistrict Regional district Division Cadastral division Duchy Eldership Federal dependency Governorate Hamlet Municipality Direct-controlled municipality District municipality Regional municipality Regional county municipality Rural municipality Specialized municipality Neighbourhood Parish Civil parish Periphery Prefecture Autonomous prefecture Subprefecture Super-prefecture Principality Co-principality Protectorate Province Autonomous province Quarter Regency Region Autonomous region Capital region Special administrative region Republic Autonomous republic Reservation Reserve Riding Sector Shire State Suzerainty Territory Capital territory Dependent territory National territory Union Territory Unit Autonomous territorial unit Local administrative unit Town Townland Township Civil township Village Summer village Ward

Current non-English and loanword terms	Amt Arrondissement Bairro Bakhsh Baladiyah Barangay Bezirk Regierungsbezirk Colonia Comarca Comune Daïra Delegación Deme Frazione Freguesia Gmina Gemeinde İl Județ Kelurahan Kommun Kunta Località Mahalle Megye Muban Nome Oblast Okrug Autonomous okrug Ostān Poblacion Powiat Purok Raion Ranchería Shabiyah Shahr Shahrestān Sitio Sýsla Taluka Tehsil Vingtaine Voivodeship Wilayah

Defunct and historical English terms	Agency Barony Burgh Diocese Exarchate Free imperial city Hide Hundred Imperial Circle March Praetorian prefecture Presidency Residency Rural district Sanitary district Tithing Urban district Viscountcy (Viscounty)

Defunct and historical non-English terms	Commote Heerlijkheid Katepanikion Liwa Naucrary Pagus Pargana Plasă Satrapy Theme Subah

See also Census division Electoral division Political division Arabic terms for country subdivisions French terms for country subdivisions Spanish terms for country subdivisions Table of administrative divisions by country

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