A special administrative region, or SAR may be:
- People's Republic of China
- Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, self-governing subnational entity in Hong Kong (established in 1997) and Macau (established in 1999)
- Republic of China
- Special administrative region (Republic of China), also translated as "special administrative districts", historic administrative divisions set up by the Republic of China when it administered mainland China
- North Korea
- Administrative divisions of North Korea#Special Administrative Regions: Sinuiju Special Administrative Region (established 2002, present status unclear)
- Indonesia
- Aceh (new official writing standard, formerly was Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam)
- East Timor (formerly proposed, now a sovereign state after 1999 referendum)
- Yogyakarta, Special Region of Yogyakarta or Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta (It is the only province in Indonesia that is still formally governed by a precolonial Sultanate)
- Papua (autonomous province, formery was Irian Jaya)
- West Papua or Papua Barat (autonomous province, formerly West Irian Jaya, splitted from Irian Jaya)
- Philippines
- Cordillera Administrative Region (established in 1987)
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