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county

Definition:
An area comprising more than one city and whose boundaries have been designed according to some biological, political, administrative, economic, demographic criteria. (Source: LANDYa)
broader terms
state
Scope note:
scope note is not available
Groups:
ADMINISTRATION, MANAGEMENT, POLICY, POLITICS, INSTITUTIONS, PLANNING
Themes:
administration
Other relations:
Has exact match
EuroVoc: county
Wikipedia article
County
Has close match
UMTHES: Landkreis
Arabic: دولة
Basque: herrialde
Bulgarian: Област
Catalan: comunitat autònoma
Chinese: 郡/县
Croatian: županija
Czech: okres
Danish: amt
Dutch: provincie
English (US): county
Estonian: maakond
Finnish: kreivikunta, piirikunta, lääni
French: département (UK)
German: Landkreis
Greek: κομητεία (περιφέρεια)
Hungarian: megye
Irish: contae
Italian: contea
Latvian: apgabals
Lithuanian: apygarda
Maltese: kontea
Norwegian: fylke
Polish: powiat
Portuguese: condado
Romanian: judeţ
Russian: графство
Slovak: okres
Slovenian: okrožje, okraj
Spanish: Comunidad Autónoma
Swedish: län
Turkish: idari bölge
Ukrainian: графство
Concept URL: <http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/1837>