User:Phoenix79/Major Subdivisions list

Here is a list of one major subdivision (lack of a better term) of every country on the planet (193 Countries listed) Excluding the UK.
 * 191 UN members (excluding the UK)
 * Vatican City & Taiwan

Conversation taken from Talk:Scotland

Choice 1
To show an expanded view of the continent the country is on. The subdivision in question will have a different colour to the entire continent including the countries other subdivisions.

Total = 0/193

Choice 2
To show an expanded view of the continent the country is on and shade any other country in the same colour (different to the country itself). The subdivision in question will have a different colour to the rest of the country.

Total = 0/193

Choice 3
To show only the country and its subdivisions, no other neighbouring country shown. The subdivision in question will have a different colour to the rest of the country.

Africa = 43/52 Image:Angola Provinces Cuando Cubango 250px.png Image:Botswana-Kgalagadi.png Image:BurkinaFaso Centre-Nord.png Image:Burundi Bururi.png Image:Cameroon Extreme North 300px.png Image:Locator map of São Nicolau, Cape Verde.png Image:CAR-BasseKotto.png Image:Chad-Logone Oriental region.png Image:Mohéli in Comoros.png Image:DCongoManiema.png Image:Congo-Plateaux.png Image:Coted'Ivoire ValleeduBandama.png Image:Djibouti-Dikhilregion.png Image:Eritrea Gash-Barka.png Image:Ethiopia-Oromia.png Image:Gabon-Moyen-Ogooue.png Image:Gambia-NorthBank.png Image:Ghana-Northern.png Image:Guinea Kindia.png Image:Guinea-Bissau Oio.png Image:Kenya-RiftValley.png Image:Lesotho Districts Thaba-Tseka 250px.png Image:Libyen Wadi Al Shatii.png Image:MadagascarMahajanga.png Image:MW-Lilongwe.png Image:Mali Sikasso.png Image:Mauritania-Brakna.png Image:Mauritius-Plaines Wilhems.png Image:Mozambique Provinces Tete 250px.png Image:Namibia Regions Otjozondjupa 250px.png Image:Niger Dosso.png Image:NigeriaNiger.png Image:Rwanda-South.png Image:Senegal Tambacounda.png Image:SC-Belombre.png Image:Sierra Leone PortLoko.png Image:Somalia regions map Jubbada Hoose.svg Image:South Africa Provinces showing FS.png Image:Tanzania Mtwara.png Image:TN-18.svg Image:Uganda Kaberamaido.png Image:ZM-Western.png Image:Province of Mashonaland Central.svg

Americas = 22/35 Image:Antigua-Saint Mary.png Image:Barbados-Saint George.png Image:Bolivia-Santa Cruz.png Image:Mapa loc Antofagasta.svg Image:Camagüey Province Location.png Image:Dominica-Saint Joseph.png Image:DomRepSanJuan.png Image:El Salvador-San Salvador.png Image:Grenada-Saint Andrew.png Image:AltaVerapazGUAT.PNG Image:Guyana-Potaro-Siparuni.png Image:HondurasOlancho.png Image:Jamaica-Saint Elizabeth.png Image:Mexico map, MX-CHH.svg Image:NicaraguaRAAN.png Image:Chiriquí.png Image:StKitts-Nevis JCA.png Image:Santa lucia dennery political.png Image:SVG Saint Andrew.png Image:Suriname-Coronie.png Image:Uruguay-Florida.png Image:Venezuela-amazonas.jpg

Asia = 29/46 (including Taiwan) Image:Afghanistan-Bamiyan.png Image:ArmeniaGegharkunik.png Image:BH-02.svg Image:LocMap Bangladesh Dhaka.png Image:BhutanWangduePhodrang.png Image:IranYazd.png Image:IraqDiyala.png Image:Israel haifa dist.png Image:Map of Japan with highlight on 14 Kanagawa 神奈川県.svg Image:Jordan-Mafraq.png Image:Kar obl.svg Image:South Hwanghae NK.png Image:Jeollanam SK.png Image:Kuwait-Al Ahmadi.png Image:KyrgyzstanOsh.png Image:Lebanon-Beqaa.png Image:Map mn dornogobi aimag.png Image:MyanmarShan.png Image:Oman Al Wusta.png Image:PakistanBalochistan.png Image:QA-07.svg Image:Saudi Arabia - Ar Riyad province locator.png Image:North Central province Sri Lanka.png Image:Homs.PNG Image:Hsinchu County Location Map.png Image:Tj1-kaart.png Image:TurkmenistanBalkan.png Image:UZ-Navoiy.PNG Image:Yemen-Hadhramaut.png

Europe = 32/43 Image:AlbaniaBeratCounty.png Image:Andorra-Escaldes-Engordany.png Image:Austria ooe.svg Image:BelarusHrodnaRegion.png Image:Vlaams GewestLocatie.png Image:BosniaCantonZenicaDoboj.png Image:Oblast Burgas.png Image:CroatiaBjelovar-Bilogora.png Image:Cyprus-Larnaca.png Image:Karlovarsky kraj.svg Image:Map DK Region Midtjylland.png Image:Ida-Viru maakond.svg Image:FI-LS.svg Image:Deutschland Lage von Bayern.svg Image:GreeceEpirus.png Image:HU county Borsod Abauj Zemplen.svg Image:Italy Regions Sicily Map.png Image:Panevezio apskritis.png Image:Latvia-Riga.png Image:District DiekirchLocatie.png Image:MKD muni nonn(Prilep).png Image:Kolašin-Position.PNG Image:Gelderland position.svg Image:Oppland kart.png Image:Wojewodztwo dolnoslaskie.png Image:LocalDistritoGuarda.svg Image:San Marino-Acquaviva.png Image:Nitrakrajloc.png Image:Pokrajine spodnja stajerska.png Image:Localización Castilla y León.png Image:Svcmap vasterbotten.png Image:Swiss Canton Map BE.png

Oceania = 7/14 Image:New South Wales locator-MJC.png Image:Aiwomap.jpg Image:Position of Southland Region.png Image:Papua new guinea east new britain province.png Image:Samoa-Gaga'emauga.png Image:Solomon Islands-Malaita.png Image:Shefa.PNG

Transcontinental countries = 2/3 Image:Egypt-Bani Suwayf.png Image:Map of Russia - Sakha (Yakutia) Republic (2008-03).svg

Total = 135/193

Choice 4
To show a close up of the country and shade any other country seen in the closeup in the same colour (different to the country itself). The subdivision in question will have a different colour to the rest of the country.

Africa = 5/52 Image:DZ-01.svg Image:Benin Alibori.png Image:Equatorial Guinea-Centro Sur.png Image:Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen.svg Image:Schamal Darfur.PNG

Americas = 12/35 Image:Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.png Image:Bf-map.gif Image:BelizeStannCreek.png Image:Brazil State MatoGrosso.svg Image:Alberta-map.png Image:Republic of Colombia - Meta.png Image:Costa Rica Guanacaste.png Image:EC-moronasantiago-map.PNG Image:Haiti-Artibonite.png Image:Paraguay Presidente Hayes.png Image:Location of Loreto region.png Image:Map of USA CA.svg

Asia = 12/46 Image:Azerbaijan-Quba.png Image:Brunei-Brunei and Muara.png Image:Jilin CN.png Image:Georgia Kakheti map.png Image:India Maharashtra locator map.svg Image:IndonesiaNorthSumatra.png Image:Laos Khammouan.png Image:Kelantan state locator.PNG Image:Ph luzviminda.png Image:Thailand Central.png Image:East Timor-Viqueque.png Image:LocationVietnamQuangTri.png

Europe = 5/43 Image:Bretagne map.png Image:IrelandCork.png Image:Cahul raion.png Image:LocalDistritoGuarda.svg Image:Map of Ukraine political simple Oblast Iwano-Frankiwsk.png

Transcontinental countries = 1/3 Image:Sivas Turkey Provinces locator.jpg

Total = 35/193

Other 1
no major subdivisions Note that the following countries have no major subdivisions listed: Africa = 4/52 Liberia Swaziland Togo Trinidad and Tobago Asia = 2/46 Cambodia Singapore Europe = 3/43 Liechtenstein Malta Vatican City Oceania = 1/14 Fiji

Total = 10/193

Other 2
no map for subdivisions Country subdivided but no real map created specifically for one major subdivision in: Africa = 1/52 São Tomé and Príncipe Americas = 1/35 The Bahamas Asia = 3/46 Maldives Nepal United Arab Emirates Europe = 3/43 Iceland Monaco Serbia Oceania = 6/14 Kiribati Marshall Islands Federated States of Micronesia Palau Tonga Tuvalu

Total = 14/193

Final data

 * Choice 1 - No country uses this format for its major subdivisions
 * Choice 2 - No country uses this format for its major subdivisions
 * Choice 3 - 69.948% of the major subdivisions uses this format.
 * Choice 4 - 18.135% of the major subdivisions uses this format.
 * Other 1 - 05.181% of the countries don't have a major subdivision
 * Other 2 - 07.254% of the articles don't have a specific map for one individual subdivision.

Please check my work to keep me honest and write notes or use to notify of any changes so that it can be verified. I hope that you all like the work I put into all of this. It took over 5 hours to do all of this -- UKPhoenix79 (talk) 09:17, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

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