List of first-level administrative divisions by area

This is a list of first-level administrative divisions by area (including surface water) in square kilometres.

List of first-level administrative divisions by area[edit]

First-level administrative divisions by area
Rank Subnational flag[note 1] Coat of arms/seal[note 2] Common name[note 3] Capital Largest city Sovereign state Area Population Rank within sovereign state Population density Map
1 Sakha Yakutsk  Russia 3,083,523 km2 996,243[1] 1st 0.32/km2
2 Western Australia Perth  Australia 2,642,753 km2 2,685,165[2] 1st 1/km2
3 Krasnoyarsk Krai Krasnoyarsk  Russia 2,366,797 km2[note 4] 2,846,000[1] 2nd 1.2/km2
4 Greenland Nuuk Danish Realm 2,166,086 km2 56,081[3] 1st 0.028/km2
5 Nunavut Iqaluit  Canada 2,038,722 km2 39,589[4] 1st 0.02/km2
6 Queensland Brisbane  Australia 1,851,736 km2 5,240,520[2] 2nd 2.83/km2
7 Alaska Juneau Anchorage  United States 1,717,854 km2 733,391[5] 1st 0.42/km2
8 N/A N/A Xinjiang Ürümqi  China 1,664,897 km2 25,852,345[6] 1st 15.5/km2
9 Amazonas Manaus  Brazil 1,559,167 km2 4,269,995[7] 1st 2.73/km2
10 Quebec Quebec City Montreal  Canada 1,542,056 km2 8,631,147[4] 2nd 6.23/km2
11 Northern Territory Darwin  Australia 1,419,630 km2 245,865[2] 3rd 0.17/km2
12 Northwest Territories Yellowknife  Canada 1,346,106 km2[note 5] 45,515[4] 3rd 0.03/km2
13 Pará Belém  Brazil 1,245,870 km2 8,777,124[8] 2nd 7.04/km2
14 N/A N/A Tibet Lhasa  China 1,228,400 km2 3,648,100[6] 2nd 2.96/km2
15 N/A N/A Inner Mongolia Hohhot Baotou  China 1,183,000 km2 24,049,155[6] 3rd 20.3/km2
16 Ontario Toronto  Canada 1,076,395 km2 14,915,270[4] 4th 15.94/km2
17 South Australia Adelaide  Australia 1,044,353 km2 1,772,787[2] 4th 1.7/km2
18 British Columbia Victoria Vancouver  Canada 944,735 km2 5,249,635[4] 5th 5.41/km2
19 Mato Grosso Cuiabá  Brazil 903,207 km2 3,567,234[9] 3rd 3.94/km2
20 New South Wales Sydney  Australia 809,952 km2 8,186,789[2] 5th 10.1/km2
21 Khabarovsk Krai Khabarovsk  Russia 787,633 km2 1,283,992[1] 3rd 1.63/km2
22 Irkutsk Oblast Irkutsk  Russia 774,876 km2 2,344,331[1] 4th 3.03/km2
23 Yamalia Salekhard Noyabrsk  Russia 769,250 km2[note 6] 511,874[1] 5th 0.67/km2
24 Chukotka Anadyr  Russia 721,481 km2 47,514[1] 6th 0.07/km2
25 N/A N/A Qinghai Xining  China 721,000 km2 5,923,957[6] 4th 8.2/km2
26 Texas Austin Houston  United States 696,241 km2 29,145,505[5] 2nd 41.86/km2
27 N/A N/A Eastern Dammam  Saudi Arabia 672,522 km2 5,148,598[10] 1st 7.65/km2
28 N/A N/A Agadez Region Agadez  Niger 667,799 km2 566,447 1st 0.85/km2
29 Alberta Edmonton Calgary  Canada 661,848 km2 4,464,170[4] 6th 6.66/km2
30 Saskatchewan Regina Saskatoon  Canada 651,900 km2 1,180,867[4] 7th 1.91/km2
31 Manitoba Winnipeg  Canada 649,950 km2 1,386,333[4] 8th 2.13/km2
32 Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte  Brazil 586,514 km2 21,411,923[11] 4th 36.5/km2
33 Bahia Salvador  Brazil 564,760 km2 14,985,284[12] 5th 26.5/km2
34 Khantia-Mansia Khanty-Mansiysk Surgut  Russia 534,801 km2[note 6] 1,729,472[1] 7th 3.23/km2
35 N/A N/A Sichuan Chengdu  China 485,000 km2 83,674,866[6] 5th 172.5/km2
36 Yukon Whitehorse  Canada 482,443 km2 43,095[4] 9th 0.08/km2
37 N/A N/A Kufra Al Jawf  Libya 479,160 km2[note 7] 50,104[note 8] 1st 0.1/km2
38 Kamchatka Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky  Russia 464,275 km2 289,033[1] 8th 0.62/km2
39 Magadan Oblast Magadan  Russia 462,464 km2 134,568[1] 9th 0.29/km2
40 N/A N/A Heilongjiang Harbin  China 460,000 km2 31,850,088[6] 6th 69.2/km2
41 N/A N/A Gansu Lanzhou  China 454,000 km2 25,019,831[6] 7th 55.1/km2
42 N/A N/A Taoudénit Region Taoudénit  Mali 440,176 km2 18,160[note 9] 1st 0.041/km2
43 New Valley Kharga  Egypt 440,098 km2 256,088[13][14] 1st 0.58/km2
44 Zabaykalsky Chita  Russia 431,892 km2 992,202[1] 10th 2.30/km2
45 California Sacramento Los Angeles  United States 423,967 km2 39,538,223[5] 3rd 93.2/km2
46 Komi Syktyvkar  Russia 416,774 km2 725,969[1] 11th 1.74/km2
47 Arkhangelsk Oblast Arkhangelsk  Russia 413,103 km2[note 10] 964,131[1] 12th 2.33/km2
48 N/A N/A Riyadh Province Riyadh  Saudi Arabia 412,000 km2 8,216,284 2nd 2.76/km2
49 N/A N/A Yunnan Kunming  China 394,000 km2 47,209,277 8th 123.20/km2
50 Montana Helena Billings  United States 380,838 km2 1,085,407 4th 2.73/km2
51 Newfoundland
and Labrador
St. John's  Canada 373,872 km2 510,550 10th 1.37/km2
52 Northern Cape Kimberley Upington  South Africa 372,889 km2 1,292,786 1st 3.1/km2
53 Santa Cruz Santa Cruz de la Sierra  Bolivia 370,621 km2 3,370,100 1st 9.1/km2
54 Loreto Iquitos  Peru 368,851 km2 1,027,559 1st 2.8/km2
55 Amur Blagoveshchensk  Russia 363,700 km2 756,272[1] 13th 2.09/km2
56 Hadramout Mukalla  Yemen 359,944 km2 2,255,000 1st 6.26/km2
57 Mato Grosso do Sul Campo Grande  Brazil 357,124 km2 2,778,986 6th 6.9/km2
58 Oromia Addis Ababa  Ethiopia 353,690 km2 35,467,001 1st 66.5/km2
59 Buryatia Ulan-Ude  Russia 351,334 km2 975,247[1] 14th 2.78/km2
60 N/A N/A Murzuq District Murzuk  Libya 349,790 km2 78,621 2nd 0.22/km2
61 N/A Northern Dongola  Sudan 348,765 km2 833,743 1st 2.59/km2
62 Balochistan Quetta  Pakistan 347,190 km2 12,335,129 1st 36/km2
63 Rajasthan Jaipur  India 342,239 km2 68,548,437 1st 200/km2
64 Goiás Goiânia  Brazil 340,257 km2 7,018,354 7th 18/km2
65 N/A N/A Tamanrasset Province Tamanrasset  Algeria 336,839 km2[note 7] 204,540[note 11][15] 1st 0.34/km2
66 Somali Jijiga  Ethiopia 328,068 km2 11,748,998 2nd 31/km2
67 Maranhão Sao Luís  Brazil 331,983 km2 7,075,181 8th 20/km2
68 Tomsk Oblast Tomsk  Russia 316,900 km2 1,051,998[1] 15th 3.35/km2
69 New Mexico Santa Fe Albuquerque  United States 314,915 km2 2,117,522 5th 17.2/km2
70 Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Indore  India 308,245 km2 72,626,809 2nd 240/km2
71 Maharashtra Mumbai  India 307,713 km2 112,374,333 3rd 370/km2
72 Buenos Aires La Plata  Argentina 307,571 km2 17,569,053 1st 57/km2
73 Aktobe Region Aktobe  Kazakhstan 300,629 km2 909,673 1st 3.0/km2
74 North Darfur Al-Fashir  Sudan 296,420 km2 1,583,179 2nd 5.0/km2
75 Arizona Phoenix  United States 295,234 km2 7,151,502 6th 57/km2
76 Nevada Carson City Las Vegas  United States 286,382 km2 3,104,614 7th 26.8/km2
77 Rio Grande do Sul Porto Alegre  Brazil 281,707 km2 11,422,973 9th 41/km2
78 Tocantins Palmas  Brazil 277,620 km2 1,383,445 10th 5/km2
79 N/A N/A Borkou Faya-Largeau  Chad 271,513 km2 97,251 1st 0.4/km2
80 Colorado Denver  United States 269,837 km2 5,839,926 8th 21.72/km2
81 N/A N/A Adrar Province Adrar  Algeria 261,258 km2 402,197[note 11] 2nd 0.95/km2
82 Oregon Salem Portland  United States 254,806 km2 4,246,155 9th 15/km2
83 Wyoming Cheyenne  United States 253,600 km2 576,851 10th 2.31/km2
84 N/A N/A Tiris Zemmour Zouérat  Mauritania 252,900 km2 53,261 1st 0.21/km2
85 Piauí Teresina  Brazil 251,578 km2 3,289,290 11th 13.07/km2
86 Michigan Lansing Detroit  United States 250,493 km2 10,077,331 11th 67.1/km2
87 São Paulo State São Paulo  Brazil 248,219 km2 46,649,132 12th 183.46/km2
88 Chihuahua Chihuahua City  Mexico 247,460 km2 3,741,869 1st 15/km2
89 Santa Cruz Río Gallegos  Argentina 243,943 km2 333,473 2nd 1.4/km2
90 Bolívar Ciudad Bolívar  Venezuela 242,801 km2 1,720,000 1st 7.08/km2
91 Uttar Pradesh Lucknow  India 240,928 km2 241,066,874 4th 1,001/km2
92 Karaganda Region Karaganda  Kazakhstan 239,045 km2 1,378,863[16] 2nd 3.2/km2
93 Rondônia Porto Velho  Brazil 237,765 km2 1,562,409 13th 6.6/km2
94 Victoria Melbourne  Australia 237,657 km2 6,656,300 6th 29/km2
95 N/A N/A Guangxi Nanning  China 237,600 km2 50,126,804 9th 210/km2
96 N/A N/A Adrar Atar  Mauritania 235,000 km2 62,658 2nd 0.27/km2
97 Kyzylorda Region Kyzylorda  Kazakhstan 226,019 km2 823,251 3rd 3.6/km2
98 Minnesota Saint Paul Minneapolis  United States 225,163 km2 5,717,184 12th 26.6/km2
99 Chubut Rawson  Argentina 224,686 km2 603,120 3rd 2.7/km2
100 Roraima Boa Vista  Brazil 224,300 km2 652,713 14th 2.91/km2
101 N/A N/A Moxico Luena  Angola 223,023 km2 758,568 1st 3.4/km2
102 Utah Salt Lake City  United States 219,887 km2 3,271,616 13th 14.12/km2
103 N/A Red Sea State Port Sudan  Sudan 218,887 km2 1,482,053 3rd 6.6/km2
104 Idaho Boise  United States 216,443 km2 1,975,000 14th 8.33/km2
105 Beni Trinidad  Bolivia 213,564 km2 421,196 2nd 2.0/km2
106 Kansas Topeka Wichita  United States 213,100 km2 2,940,865 15th 13.5/km2
107 Puntland Garoowe Bosaso  Somalia 212,510 km2 6,334,633 1st 29.8/km2
108 Matrouh Mersa Matruh  Egypt 212,112 km² 538,546 2nd 2.5/km²
109 N/A N/A Hunan Changsha  China 211,842 km2 66,444,864 10th 320/km2
110 N/A N/A Shaanxi Xi'an  China 205,624 km2 39,530,000 11th 190/km2
111 Punjab Lahore  Pakistan 205,344 km2 127,474,000 2nd 620/km2
112 Red Sea Governorate Hurghada  Egypt 203,685 km2 400,069 3rd 2.0/km2
113 Río Negro Viedma  Argentina 203,013 km2 762,067 4th 3.8/km2
114 Nebraska Lincoln Omaha  United States 200,356 km2 1,961,504 16th 9.62/km2
115 South Dakota Pierre Sioux Falls  United States 199,729 km2 909,824 17th 4.44/km2
116 N/A Tshopo Kisangani  Congo-Kinshasa 199,567 km2 2,614,630 1st 13/km2
117 Paraná Curitiba  Brazil 199,298 km2 11,597,484 15th 58/km2
118 N/A N/A Cuando Cubango Menongue  Angola 199,049 km2 534,002 2nd 2.7/km2
119 N/A N/A Illizi Province Illizi  Algeria 198,815 km2 52,333 3rd 0.18/km2
120 Gujarat Gandhinagar Ahmedabad  India 196,024 km2 60,439,692 5th 308/km2
121 N/A Kostanay Region Kostanay  Kazakhstan 196,001 km2 835,686 4th 4.3/km2
122 N/A N/A Ouargla Province Ouargla  Algeria 194,552 km2 552,539 4th 2.6/km2
123 Sverdlovsk Yekaterinburg  Russia 194,226 km2 4,239,311 16th 21.82/km2
124 Karnataka Bangalore  India 191,791 km2 61,130,704 6th 320/km2
125 N/A Ulytau Jezkazgan  Kazakhstan 188,900 km2 221,014 5th 1.17/km2
126 N/A N/A Hebei Shijiazhuang  China 188,800 km2 74,610,235 12th 400/km2
127 N/A N/A Jilin Changchun  China 187,400 km2 24,073,453 13th 130/km2
128 N/A N/A Hubei Wuhan  China 185,900 km2 58,300,000 14th 310/km2
129 N/A N/A Abai Semey  Kazakhstan 185,500 km2 610,183 6th 3.29/km2
130 N/A North Kordofan El-Obeid  Sudan 185,302 km2 2,529,370 4th 13/km2
131 Washington Olympia Seattle  United States 184,827 km2 7,785,786 18th 39.6/km2
132 Amazonas Puerto Ayacucho  Venezuela 183,500 km2 146,480 2nd 1.25/km2
133 N/A N/A Kerman Province Kerman  Iran 183,285 km2 3,164,718 1st 17/km2
134 North Dakota Bismarck Fargo  United States 183,123 km2 779,261 19th 4.13/km2
135 N/A N/A Hodh Ech Chargui Néma  Mauritania 182,700 km2 430,668 3rd 2.4/km2
136 Oklahoma Oklahoma City  United States 181,038 km2 4,019,800 20th 21.30/km2
137 N/A Sistan and Baluchestan Zahedan  Iran 180,726 km2 2,775,014 2nd 15/km2
138 Missouri Jefferson City Kansas City  United States 180,560 km2 6,160,281 21st 34.1/km2
139 N/A N/A Guangdong Guangzhou  China 179,800 km2 126,012,510 15th 700/km2
140 Sonora Hermosillo  Mexico 179,355 km2 2,944,840 2nd 16/km2
141 Novosibirsk Oblast Novosibirsk  Russia 178,200 km2 2,794,315 17th 15.72/km2
142 Somaliland Hargeisa  Somalia
(de jure)
177,000 km2 5,741,086 2nd 28.27/km2
143 Nenets Naryan-Mar  Russia 176,700 km2[note 10] 41,454 18th 0.23/km2
144 N/A N/A Guizhou Guiyang  China 176,167 km2 38,562,148 16th 220/km2
145 Karelia Petrozavodsk  Russia 172,400 km2 527,821 19th 2.92/km2
146 Tuva Kyzyl  Russia 170,500 km2 337,299 20th 2.0/km2
147 Florida Tallahassee Jacksonville  United States 170,312 km2 22,244,823 22nd 160/km2
148 Altai Krai Barnaul  Russia 169,100 km2 2,131,019 21st 12.68/km2
149 Wisconsin Madison Milwaukee  United States 169,640 km2 5,893,718 23rd 42/km2
150 Eastern Cape Bhisho Gqeberha  South Africa 168,966 km2 6,562,053 2nd 39/km2
151 N/A N/A Jiangxi Nanchang  China 166,919 km2 45,188,635 17th 270/km2
152 Karakalpakstan Nukus  Uzbekistan 166,590 km2 1,923,734 1st 11.55/km2
153 Primorsky Vladivostok  Russia 165,900 km2 1,820,125 22nd 11.05/km2
154 N/A Mangystau Aktau  Kazakhstan 165,642 km2 745,909 7th 4.5/km2
155 N/A N/A Henan Zhengzhou  China 165,467 km2 99,365,519 18th 600/km2
156 Ömnögovi Dalanzadgad  Mongolia 165,380 km2 65,645 1st 0.40/km2
157 Córdoba Province Córdoba  Argentina 165,321 km2 3,978,984 5th 24/km2
158 Acre Rio Branco  Brazil 164,123 km2[17] 906,876[18] 16th 5.1/km2
159 N/A Andhra Pradesh Amaravati Visakhapatnam  India 162,970 km2 49,577,103 7th 304/km2
160 N/A N/A Karas Keetmanshoop  Namibia 161,514 km2 77,421 1st 0.48/km2
161 Perm Krai Perm  Russia 160,600 km2 2,508,239 23rd 15.65/km2
162 N/A N/A Tindouf Province Tindouf  Algeria 159,000 km2 49,149 5th 0.31/km2
163 N/A N/A Shandong Jinan Qingdao  China 157,100 km2 101,527,453 19th 650/km2
164 N/A N/A Diffa Region Diffa  Niger 156,906 km2 593,821 2nd 3.8/km2
165 N/A N/A Shanxi Taiyuan  China 156,000 km2 34,915,616 20th 220/km2
166 N/A Shan Taunggyi  Myanmar 155,801 km2 5,824,432 1st 37/km2
167 Odisha Bhubaneswar  India 155,707 km2 41,974,218 8th 269/km2
168 Salta Province Salta  Argentina 155,488 km2 1,440,672 6th 9.3/km2
169 Amhara Bahir Dar  Ethiopia 154,708 km2 21,134,988 3rd 136/km2
170 Georgia Atlanta  United States 153,909 km2 10,711,908 24th 71.5/km2
171 Central Kalimantan Palangka Raya  Indonesia 153,443 km2 2,741,075 1st 18/km2
172 N/A N/A Mecca Province Mecca Jeddah  Saudi Arabia 153,148 km2 8,557,766 3rd 56/km2
173 N/A N/A Medina Province Medina  Saudi Arabia 151,990 km² 2,132,679 4th 14/km²
174 N/A N/A South Khorasan Birjand  Iran 151,913 km2 768,898 3rd 5.1/km2
175 Coahuila Saltillo  Mexico 151,595 km2 3,146,771 3rd 21/km2
176 N/A N/A Kidal Region Kidal  Mali 151,450 km2 67,638 2nd 0.45/km2
177 N/A West Kazakhstan Oral  Kazakhstan 151,339 km2 683,327 8th 4.5/km2
178 Illinois Springfield Chicago  United States 149,997 km2 12,812,508 25th 89.4/km2
179 N/A N/A Najran Province Najran  Saudi Arabia 149,511 km² 505,652 5th 3.4/km²
180 Ceará Fortaleza  Brazil 148,894 km2[19] 9,240,580[20] 17th 62.06/km2
181 Mendoza Province Mendoza  Argentina 148,827 km2 2,014,533 7th 14/km2
182 N/A Bas-Uélé Buta  Congo-Kinshasa 148,331 km2 1,093,845 2nd 7.4/km2
183 N/A N/A Central Serowe  Botswana 147,730 km² 638,604 1st 4.3/km²
184 West Kalimantan Pontianak  Indonesia 147,307 km2 5,541,376 2nd 38/km2
185 N/A Akmola Kokshetau  Kazakhstan 146,219 km² 785,219 9th 5.4/km²
186 N/A N/A Tabuk Province Tabuk  Saudi Arabia 146,072 km² 910,030 6th 6.2/km²
187 N/A N/A Liaoning Shenyang  China 145,900 km2 42,591,407 21st 290/km2
188 Iowa Des Moines  United States 144,669 km2 3,190,369 26th 22.0/km2
189 Vologda Oblast Vologda  Russia 145,700 km2 1,128,580 25th 7.81/km2
190 N/A N/A Zinder Region Zinder  Niger 145,430 km² 3,539,764 3rd 24/km²
191 Murmansk Oblast Murmansk  Russia 144,900 km2 657,950 26th 4.54/km2
192 N/A Jambyl Taraz  Kazakhstan 144,264 km2 1,209,665 10th 8.4/km2
193 Tyumen Oblast Tyumen  Russia 143,520 km2 1,607,274 27th 10.04/km2
194 La Pampa Santa Rosa  Argentina 143,440 km² 366,022 8th 2.6/km²
195 Bashkortostan Ufa  Russia 142,947 km² 4,080,684 28th 28.55/km2
196 Dakhla-Oued
Ed-Dahab
Dakhla  Morocco
(de facto)
142,865 km² 142,955 1st 4.0/km²
197 Amapá Macapá  Brazil 142,829 km²[21] 877,613[22] 18th 6.14/km2
198 Govi-Altai Altai City  Mongolia 141,447 km2 57,440 2nd 0.41/km2
199 New York Albany New York City  United States 141,297 km2 20,215,751 27th 159/km2
200 Sindh Karachi  Pakistan 140,914 km² 47,886,051 3rd 339.82/km²
201 N/A N/A Anhui Hefei  China 140,200 km2 61,027,171 22nd 440/km2
202 N/A Laâyoune-Sakia
El Hamra
Laayoune  Morocco
(de facto)
140,018 km² 367,758 2nd 2.6/km²
203 Omsk Oblast Omsk  Russia 139,700 km2 1,831,881 29th 12.98/km2
204 North Carolina Raleigh Charlotte  United States 139,391 km2 10,698,973 28th 84.80/km2
205 N/A N/A Balkan Balkanabat  Turkmenistan 139,270 km2 553,500 1st 4.0/km2
206 Al Anbar Ramadi  Iraq 138,501 km2 1,771,656 1st 13/km2
207 Arkansas Little Rock  United States 137,732 km2 3,013,756 29th 21.8/km2
208 Santiago del Estero Province Santiago del Estero  Argentina 136,351 km² 1,054,028 9th 7.7/km²
209 N/A N/A Tibesti Bardai  Chad 135,896 km² 37,890 2nd 0.2/km²
210 Alabama Montgomery Huntsville  United States 135,765 km2 5,039,877 30th 38.4/km2
211 Louisiana Baton Rouge New Orleans  United States 135,382 km2 4,657,757 31st 41.3/km2
212 Chhattisgarh Raipur  India 135,192 km² 29,436,231 9th 220/km²
213 N/A Tanganyika Kalemie  Congo-Kinshasa 134,940 km² 3,062,000 3rd 23/km²
214 La Paz Department La Paz  Bolivia 133,985 km² 2,927,000 3rd 22/km²
215 Santa Fe Province Santa Fe Rosario  Argentina 133,007 km² 3,556,522 10th 27/km²
216 N/A Tshuapa Boende  Congo-Kinshasa 132,940 km² 1,316,855 4th 9.9/km²
217 N/A Maniema Kindu  Congo-Kinshasa 132,520 k