Multilingual Demographic Dictionary, second unified edition, English volume

Administrative area (ADMINISTRATIVE area)

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Section	English 302	Arabic 302	Czech 302	German 302	Spanish 302	French 302	Italian 302	Japanese 302	Portuguese 302	Russian 302	Chinese 302
302-1	sub-area	مناطق فرعية	územní část	Teilgebiet —Teilraum	divisiones territoriales	division territoriale	partizioni territoriali —circoscrizioni territoriali	部分地域	sub-áreas	Территориальные подразделения	更小地区
302-2	administrative area —administrative unit —administrative district —legal division —political division	وحد الت إدارية—أقسام ادارية	správní jednotka	Verwaltungseinheit —administrative Einheit	divisiones administrativas —unidades administrativas	division administrative —unité administrative	circoscrizioni amministrative	行政地域 —行政単位 —行政区域 —法律上の区域 —政治上の区域	regiões administrativas —unidades administrativas —distritos administrativos —divisões legais —divisões políticas	Административные районы —Административно-территориальные единицы —Единицы административно-территориальные —Политические подразделения —Административно-территориальное деление	行政地区 —行政单位 —行政区 —法定分区 —政治分区
302-3	region	إقليم	region	Raum —Region	regiones	région	regioni	地理区	regiões	Район	区域
302-4	zone	مناطق	zóna	Zone	zonas	zone	zone —regioni statistiche	地帯	zonas	Зона	地带
302-5	natural region	إقليم الطبيعي	přírodní region	Naturraum	región natural —país	région naturelle —pays	regione naturale	自然地理区	região natural	Природный регион	自然区
302-6	economic region	آقاليم اقتمادية	ekonomický region	Wirtschaftsraum	regiones económicas	région économique	regioni economiche	経済的地理区	região econômica	Экономический район	经济区
302-7	natural area	منطقة طبيعية	přírodní oblast	Lebensraum	área natural	aire naturelle	area naturale	自然地域	área natural	Ареал	自然地区

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...