List of administrative division name changes

This is a list of administrative divisions whose names were officially changed at one or more points in history. It does not include gradual changes in spelling.

Argentina

 * Eva Perón → La Pampa (1955)
 * Presidente Perón → Chaco (1955)

Australia

 * Swan River Colony → Western Australia (1832)
 * Van Diemen's Land → Tasmania (1856)
 * North Australia → Northern Territory (1931)
 * Central Australia → Northern Territory (1931)
 * Federal Capital Territory → Australian Capital Territory (1938)

Brazil

 * Guaporé → Rondônia (1946)
 * Rio Branco → Roraima (1946)

Canada

 * Acadia → Nova Scotia
 * Isle Saint-Jean → Prince Edward Island
 * Lower Canada → Canada West → Ontario
 * Newfoundland → Newfoundland and Labrador (2001)
 * Red River Colony → Manitoba
 * Province of Quebec → Upper Canada → Canada East → Quebec

Czechia

 * Budějovický kraj → Jihočeský kraj (2001)
 * Jihlavský kraj → Vysočina (2001) → Kraj Vysočina (2011)
 * Brněnský kraj → Jihomoravský kraj (2001)
 * Ostravský kraj → Moravskoslezský kraj (2001)

Hong Kong

 * Castle Peak → Tuen Mun

India

 * Madras State → Tamil Nadu (1969)
 * Mysore State → Karnataka (1973)
 * Orissa → Odisha (2009)

Indonesia

 * Daerah Istimewa Aceh → Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (2002)
 * Irian Jaya → Papua (2002)
 * Irian Jaya Barat → Papua Barat (2007)
 * Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam → Aceh (2009)

Ireland

 * King's County → County Offaly (1922)
 * Queen's County → County Laois (1922)
 * County Donegal → County Tirconaill (1922) → County Donegal (1927)

Kazakhstan

 * South Kazakhstan Region → Turkistan Region (2018)

Mozambique

 * Lourenço Marques Province → Maputo Province (1976)
 * Moçambique Province → Nampula Province (1975)

Pakistan

 * North-West Frontier Province → Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (2010)

Philippines

 * Compostela Valley → Davao de Oro (2019)

Serbia

 * Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (1944–1968) → Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (1968–1990)
 * Autonomous Region of Kosovo and Metohija (1945–1963) → Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija (1963–1968) → Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo (1968–1990) → Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija (1990–present)

South Africa

 * Natal → KwaZulu/Natal (27 April 1994) → KwaZulu-Natal (4 February 1997)
 * Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging → Gauteng (3 July 1995)
 * Orange Free State → Free State (3 July 1995)
 * Eastern Transvaal → Mpumalanga (20 September 1995)
 * Northern Transvaal → Northern Province (20 September 1995) → Limpopo (11 July 2003)
 * North-West → North West (4 February 1997)

South Korea

 * Sabi → Soburi → Buyeo
 * Tamra → Cheju → Jeju

Sweden

 * Kopparberg County → Dalarna County (1997)

Thailand

 * Khukhan province → Sisaket province (1938)
 * Krung Kao province → Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province (1919)
 * Sawankhalok province → Sukhothai province (1939)

United States

 * Rhode Island and Providence Plantations → Rhode Island (30 November 2020)