Special administrative region

Class of administrative division in China, North Korea, Indonesia, and East Timor

A special administrative region, special region, or special administrative area is a designation for types of administrative division in China, East Timor, North Korea, Indonesia and South Sudan.

Current

China[1]

East Timor[2]

  • Oecusse

Indonesia

North Korea[3]

South Sudan

  • Abyei Special Administrative Area (condominium simultaneously administered by the Republic of South Sudan and the Republic of the Sudan)
  • Greater Pibor Special Administrative Area:
  • Ruweng Special Administrative Area

Planned

Bhutan[4]

Russia[5]

Vietnam

References

  1. ^ "Figure 1.1 Geographic regions of China | UNICEF".
  2. ^ "Law no. 3/2014 of 18 June Creates the Special Administrative Region of Oecusse and establishes the Special Zone of Social Market Economy" (PDF). laohamutuk.org. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  3. ^ "North Korea - Nuclear Weapons, Military Preparedness, and Social Insurance | Britannica".
  4. ^ "Bhutan King announces mega Gelephu city project along Indo-Bhutan border". 17 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Совет Федерации одобрил законы о САР на островах Русский в Приморье и Октябрьский в Калининградской области". 28 July 2018.
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