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(Eugen Grebenik et al., first edition 1958)
 
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<noinclude>
 
<noinclude>
[[en-I:administrative area]] [[ar-I:مناطق إدارية (إدارة)]] [[de-I:Verwaltungseinheit]] [[es-I:divisiones administrativas]] [[fi-I:hallinnollinen alue]] [[fr-I:division administrative]] [[it-I:circoscrizione amministrativa]] [[pl-I:obszary administracyjne]] [[pt-I:UNIDADE administrativa]] [[ru-I:Административная единица]]  
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[[en-II:administrative area]] [[ar-II:وحد الت إدارية]] [[cs-II:správní jednotka]] [[de-II:Verwaltungseinheit]] [[es-II:divisiones administrativas]] [[fr-II:division administrative]] [[it-II:circoscrizioni amministrative]] [[ja-II:行政地域]] [[pt-II:regiões administrativas]] [[ru-II:Административные районы]] [[zh-II:行政地区]]  
 
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</noinclude>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Administrative area}}
 
<noinclude>
 
<noinclude>
[[Category:Term of the first edition of the multilingual demographic Dictionary]]
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[[Category:Term of the second edition of the multilingual demographic Dictionary]]
 
[[Category:Distribution and classification of the population]]
 
[[Category:Distribution and classification of the population]]
 
[[Category:30]]
 
[[Category:30]]
 
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Administrative area  (ADMINISTRATIVE area)


The territory (301-2) in which a population lives will generally be divided into sub-areas 1. For administrative purposes it may be divided into administrative areas 2, administrative units 2 or administrative districts 2 sometimes known as legal divisions 2 or political divisions 2. Geographers on the other hand, may divide the area into regions 3 or zones 4 which may or may not correspond to administrative units. The term "region" or "zone" may be used in a number of different senses and the areas referred to may be of very different sizes. Thus one speaks of the polar regions, of climatic zones or of metropolitan regions. The terms natural region 5 and economic region 6 are used by geographers. The term natural area 7 is used in human ecology (104-5) to define an area occupied by a population with distinct characteristics. More...