Wikipedia:WikiProject Former countries/Subdivisions bureau

Welcome to the Subdivisions bureau of WikiProject Former countries.

Scope
The Subdivisions bureau handles questions related to historic subdivisions and coordinate these questions between different work groups, task forces and WikiProjects.

Parentage

 * Parent: WikiProject Former countries

Work Groups

 * Austria-Hungary subdivisions work group (Subdivisions of the countries in Austria-Hungary)
 * Former subdivisions work group (Former subdivisions of countries that are still extant)

Other WikiProjects

 * In collaboration with: WikiProject Prussia (Provinces, Regierungsbezirke, Kreise, Standesamter)
 * In collaboration with: WikiProject Country subdivisions

Infobox

 * Infobox Former Subdivision

Associated infoboxes:
 * Infobox SSR
 * Infobox SFRY

Article structure
The article should start with a good introduction, giving the name of the subdivision, its location in the country, the country it is in now, its capital.

Infobox Former Subdivision

History
When was the subdivision was founded, what were its predecessors, merges, splits, where is it now.

Geography
Bordering subdivisions and bordering former countries, significant rivers, lakes and mountains. Area and population.

Districts
This section covers districts, regions or what ever the further divisions were called.