Regional chapters

Browse regional chapters, then open their local divisions for county, district and equivalent profiles. Each geographic system keeps its own region types and source dates.

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Administrative divisions

First-level divisions and territories as described by the cited national sources.

Territorial claims

Claims subject to the Antarctic Treaty system; positions on sovereignty differ.

Australian Antarctic Territoryexternal territory

Coverage gaps

Australian Antarctic Territory is an Australian claim, subject to the Antarctic Treaty system; do not imply undisputed sovereignty.

Statistical coverage differs: ABS aggregates four territories as Other Territories. Several sourced regional facts and introductions are included; complete regional profiles remain unresearched.

Population is missing for Jervis Bay Territory and external territories; ABS groups four of these as Other Territories.

Capitals, population and comparable areas for other external territories are not yet individually researched.

The Australian Antarctic Territory is a claim subject to the Antarctic Treaty; some parties do not recognise claims.

No verified locator map available.

The Antarctic entry is an Australian territorial claim, not an undisputed administrative division.

Second-level administrative rosters and individual profiles are incomplete and have not yet been incorporated.

A reviewed population ranking and detailed profiles for the ten largest cities have not yet been supplied; ranking year, population measure and city geography must be recorded.

Regional chapters

Administrative divisions

Territorial claims

Countries & territories

Source observations