• Source: 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)
North Cotabato → Cotabato (1984)




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)




References






See also


List of city name changes

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Globalisasi
• Kuching
• List of administrative division name changes
• Administrative division
• List of city name changes
• Geographical renaming
• Timeline of geopolitical changes (2000–present)
• List of states and territories of the United States
• List of administrative divisions by country
• List of administrative divisions of Taiwan
• Name change
• Administrative divisions of Moscow