List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area from 3,000 to 5,000 square kilometers

This is one of a series of comprehensive lists of continents, countries, and first level administrative country subdivisions such as states, provinces, and territories, as well as certain political and geographic features of substantial area.^[1] Some divisions are listed twice, with one listing including territory that is excluded in the other for various reasons, including territorial disputes. There is intentional overlap among the lists in order to maximize ease of use.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

Geographic entity	Area (km2)	Notes
Jura	4,999	Department of France.
Balearic Islands	4,992	Smallest autonomous community of Spain.
San José Department	4,992	Department of Uruguay.
Fukuoka	4,986.40	Prefecture of Japan.
Botoșani County	4,986	County of Romania.
Haute-Loire	4,977	Department of France.
Kolguyev Island	4,968	Island part of Russia.
San José Province	4,960	Third smallest province of Costa Rica.
Faro	4,960	District of Portugal.
Stara Zagora Province	4,959	Province of Bulgaria.
Morelos	4,950	State of Mexico.
Cordillera Department	4,948	Department of Paraguay.
Kymenlaakso	4,947.65	Region of Finland.
Kunar Province	4,942	Province of Afghanistan.
Mehedinți County	4,933	County of Romania.
Coclé	4,927	Province of Panama.
Surigao del Sur	4,925.18	Province of the Philippines.
Trang Province	4,918	Province of Thailand.
Akershus	4,917	County of Norway.
Aïn Defla Province	4,897	Province of Algeria.
Imbabura Province	4,896	Province of Ecuador.
Artibonite	4,895	Largest department of Haiti.
Colón Province	4,891	Province of Panama.
Ariège	4,890	Department of France.
Prey Veng Province	4,883	Province of Cambodia.
Kampot Province	4,873.2	Province of Cambodia.
Relizane Province	4,870	Province of Algeria.
Bắc Kạn Province	4,868.40	Province of Vietnam.
Ilha Grande de Gurupá	4,864	Fluvial island part of Brazil.
County Donegal	4,860	County in the Republic of Ireland, largest county in the province of Ulster.
Abia State	4,857	Third smallest state of Nigeria.
Vrancea County	4,857	County of Romania.
Lake Nipigon	4,843	Lake in Canada.
Chinandega	4,822	Region of Nicaragua.
Bohol	4,820.95	Province of the Philippines.
Sakarya Province	4,817	Province of Turkey.
County Kerry	4,807	County in the Republic of Ireland, second largest county in the province of Munster.
Jiwaka Province	4,798	Third smallest province of Papua New Guinea.
Maldonado Department	4,793	Third smallest department of Uruguay.
Chlef Province	4,791	Province of Algeria.
Loire	4,781	Department of France.
Brăila County	4,766	County of Romania.
Prachinburi Province	4,762	Province of Thailand.
Anambra State	4,761	Second smallest state of Nigeria.
Quảng Trị Province	4,760.10	Province of Vietnam.
Hradec Králové Region	4,758.54	Region of the Czech Republic.
Bas-Rhin	4,755	Department of France.
Scottish Borders	4,734	Unitary district of Scotland.
Wakayama	4,724.69	Prefecture of Japan.
Prahova County	4,716	County of Romania.
Khon Kaen Province	4,709	Province of Thailand.
Lake Manitoba	4,706	Lake in Canada.
Dobrich Province	4,700	Province of Bulgaria.
Obock Region	4,700	Region of Djibouti.
Batman Province	4,694	Province of Turkey.
North Jutlandic Island	4,685	Island part of Denmark.
Trabzon Province	4,685	Province of Turkey.
Hòa Bình Province	4,684.20	Province of Vietnam.
Veliko Tarnovo Province	4,684	Province of Bulgaria.
Haute-Corse	4,666	Department of France.
Great Salt Lake	4,662	Lake in the United States.
Carabobo	4,650	State of Venezuela.
Ryukyu Islands	4,642.11	Chain of islands part of Japan.
Eastern Samar	4,640.73	Province of the Philippines.
Isabela Island	4,640	Largest island of the Galapagos Island, part of Ecuador.
Lombok	4,625	Island part of Indonesia.
Kyoto	4,612.19	Prefecture of Japan.
Bocas del Toro Province	4,601	Province of Panama.
Ouest	4,595	Second largest department of Haiti.
Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti	4,568	Second smallest region of Georgia.
Gasa	4,561	Largest district of Bhutan.
Lake Taymyr	4,560	Lake in Russia.
Souk Ahras Province	4,541	Province of Algeria.
Split-Dalmatia	4,540	Second largest county of Croatia.
Canelones Department	4,536	Second smallest department of Uruguay.
Phetchaburi Province	4,531	Province of Thailand.
West Falkland	4,531	Smaller of the 2 main islands of the Falkland Islands.
Yala Province	4,521	Province of Thailand.
Pardubice Region	4,518.63	Region of the Czech Republic.
Syunik Province	4,506	Second largest province of Armenia.
Lampang Province	4,506	Province of Thailand.
Northern District	4,501	Second largest District of Israel.
Long An Province	4,493.80	Province of Vietnam.
Veszprém	4,493	County of Hungary.
Qinghai Lake	4,489	Lake in China.
Compostela Valley	4,479.77	Province of the Philippines.
Belitung	4,478	Island part of Indonesia.
Nan Province	4,475	Province of Thailand.
Cebu	4,468	Island part of the Philippines.
Sisak-Moslavina	4,468	Third largest county of Croatia.
Galați County	4,466	County of Romania.
Yamanashi	4,465.27	Prefecture of Japan.
Hautes-Pyrénées	4,464	Department of France.
Marijampolė County	4,463	County of Lithuania.
Adelaide Island	4,463	Island part of Antarctica.
Stefansson Island	4,463	Island part of the Arctic Archipelago.
Kabul Province	4,462	Province of Afghanistan.
Ialomița County	4,453	County of Romania.
Luxembourg	4,443	Province of Wallonia, Belgium.
Bouira Province	4,439	Province of Algeria.
Molise	4,438	Second smallest region of Italy.
Baranya	4,430	County of Hungary.
Madura Island	4,429	Island part of Indonesia.
South Cotabato	4,428.81	Province of the Philippines; includes the independent city of General Santos.
Satu Mare County	4,418	County of Romania.
Tauragė County	4,411	County of Lithuania.
Buton	4,408	Island part of Indonesia.
Nagorno-Karabakh	4,400	Disputed territory. Recognized as part of Azerbaijan.
Saimaa	≈4,400	Lake in Finland.
Emberá	4,398	Province of Panama.
Pazardzhik Province	4,393	Province of Bulgaria.
Haute-Savoie	4,388	Department of France.
Escuintla	4,384	Department of Guatemala.
Nueva Vizcaya	4,378.80	Province of the Philippines.
Kangaroo Island	4,374	Island part of Australia.
Kırıkkale Province	4,365	Province of Turkey.
Chiang Rai Province	4,363	Province of Thailand.
Admiralty Island	4,362	Island part of the U.S. state of Alaska.
Fejér	4,359	County of Hungary.
Diourbel Region	4,359	Third smallest region of Senegal.
Apayao	4,351.23	Province of the Philippines.
Telšiai County	4,350	County of Lithuania.
Lake of the Woods	4,350	Lake in North America between Canada and the United States.
Maha Sarakham Province	4,340	Province of Thailand.
Vila Real	4,328	District of Portugal.
Harju County	4,327	Second largest county of Estonia.
Bilecik Province	4,307	Province of Turkey.
County Tipperary	4,305	County in the Republic of Ireland, third largest county in the province of Munster.
Alpes-Maritimes	4,299	Department of France.
Western Highlands Province	4,299	Second smallest province of Papua New Guinea.
Lempira	4,290	Department of Honduras.
Csongrád	4,263	County of Hungary.
Atlántida	4,251	Department of Honduras.
Sanma Province	4,248	Largest province of Vanuatu.
Toyama	4,247.61	Prefecture of Japan.
Oriental Mindoro	4,238.38	Province of the Philippines.
Malaita Province	4,225	Third largest province of the Solomon Islands.
Pleven Province	4,216	Province of Bulgaria.
Choluteca	4,211	Department of Honduras.
Nunivak Island	4,209	Island part of the U.S. state of Alaska.
Yambol Province	4,209	Province of Bulgaria.
Győr-Moson-Sopron	4,208	County of Hungary.
Andijan Region	4,200	Second smallest region of Uzbekistan.
Abra	4,198.20	Province of the Philippines.
Fukui	4,190.49	Prefecture of Japan.
Khanka Lake	4,190	Lake in Asia between Russia and China.
Ishikawa	4,186.09	Prefecture of Japan.
Østfold	4,183	County of Norway.
Sharqia Governorate	4,180	Governorate of Egypt.
Boaco	4,177	Region of Nicaragua.
Pattani Province	4,171	Province of Thailand.
French Polynesia	4,167	French overseas collectivity.
Yasothon Province	4,162	Province of Thailand.
Kaolack Region	4,157	Second smallest region of Senegal.
Osijek-Baranja	4,155	County of Croatia.
Khost Province	4,152	Province of Afghanistan.
Masbate	4,151.78	Province of the Philippines.
Cienfuegos Province	4,149	Third smallest province of Cuba.
Tokushima	4,146.65	Prefecture of Japan.
Risaralda Department	4,140	District of Colombia.
Isabel	4,136	Province of the Solomon Islands.
Lovech Province	4,134	Province of Bulgaria.
Nagasaki	4,132.09	Prefecture of Japan.
Nunivak Island	4,119	Island part of the U.S. state of Alaska.
Hoste Island	4,117	Island part of Chile.
Pyrénées-Orientales	4,116	Department of France.
Bordj Bou Arreridj Province	4,115	Province of Algeria.
Guelma Province	4,101	Province of Algeria.
Spaatz Island	4,100	Island part of Antarctica.
Vratsa Province	4,098	Province of Bulgaria.
North Holland	4,092	Province of The Netherlands
Karabük Province	4,074	Province of Turkey.
Sulu Archipelago	4,068	Chain of islands in the Malay Archipelago part of the Philippines.
Baranof Island	4,065	Island part of the U.S. state of Alaska.
Dâmbovița County	4,054	County of Romania.
Nias	4,048	Island part of Indonesia.
Wangdue Phodrang	4,046	Second largest district of Bhutan.
Tumbes Region	4,046	Second smallest region of Peru.
Tây Ninh Province	4,035.90	Province of Vietnam.
Cape Verde	4,033	Country in Africa.
Haskovo Province	4,033	Province of Bulgaria.
Kardzhali Province	4,032	Province of Bulgaria.
Skikda Province	4,026	Province of Algeria.
Shiga	4,017.38	Prefecture of Japan.
Tlaxcala	4,016	State of Mexico.
Corse-du-Sud	4,014	Department of France.
Republic of Ingushetia	4,000	Federal subject of Russia (estimated; the exact area is unknown as the border of Ingushetia with Chechnya has not been demarcated).
Ad Dali' Governorate	4,000	Third smallest governorate of Yemen.
Burgenland	3,966	Third smallest state of Austria.
Zlín Region	3,963.55	Third smallest region of the Czech Republic.
Centre	3,597	Third largest department of Haiti.
Espiritu Santo	3,955.5	Largest island of Vanuatu.
Cortés	3,954	Department of Honduras.
Sarygamysh Lake	3,950	Lake in Asia between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.
Coimbra	3,947	District of Portugal.
Cornwall County	3,939.3	County of Jamaica.
Vientiane Province	3,920	Smallest province of Laos.
Rize Province	3,920	Province of Turkey.
Milne Land	3,913	Island part of Greenland.
Cañar Province	3,908	Province of Ecuador.
South Ossetia	3,900	Partially recognised country.
Grand Kru	3,895	County of Liberia.
Dubai	3,885	Second largest emirate of the United Arab Emirates.
Logar Province	3,880	Province of Afghanistan.
Sălaj County	3,864	County of Romania.
Narathiwat Province	3,859	Province of Thailand.
Guairá	3,846	Third smallest department of Paraguay.
Liège	3,844	Province of Wallonia, Belgium.
Laghman Province	3,843	Province of Afghanistan.
Choiseul	3,837	Province of the Solomon Islands.
Malaita	3,386	Second-largest island of the Solomon Islands.
North Aegean	3,836	Third smallest periphery of Greece.
Dubawnt Lake	3,833	Lake in Canada.
Siberut	3,829	Island part of Indonesia.
Bắc Giang Province	3,827.40	Province of Vietnam.
Lanao del Norte	3,824.79	Province of the Philippines; includes the independent city of Iligan.
Bohol	3,821	Island part of the Philippines.
Varna Province	3,819	Province of Bulgaria.
Attica	3,808	Second smallest periphery of Greece.
Los Santos Province	3,805	Province of Panama.
Suffolk	3,801	Administrative county of England.
Hainaut	3,800	Province of Wallonia, Belgium.
Saitama	3,797.75	Prefecture of Japan.
Socotra	3,796	Archipelago part of Yemen.
San Marcos	3,791	Department of Guatemala.
Lori Province	3,789	Third largest province of Armenia.
Zala	3,784	County of Hungary.
Panjshir	3,771	Province of Afghanistan.
Daraa	3,730	Governorate of Syria.
South Georgia	3,718	Main island of the British territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Tarn-et-Garonne	3,718	Department of France.
Zambales	3,714.40	Province of the Philippines; includes the independent city of Olongapo.
Covasna County	3,710	Third smallest county of Romania.
Euboea	3,707	Island part of Greece.
Tolna	3,703	County of Hungary.
Goa	3,702	State of India.
Carchi Province	3,699	Third smallest province of Ecuador.
Northern Samar	3,692.93	Province of the Philippines.
Nara	3,690.94	Prefecture of Japan.
Hampshire	3,688	Administrative county of England.
Santa Inés Island	3,688	Island part of Chile.
South Shetland Islands	3,687	Archipelago of Antarctica.
Majorca	3,667	Largest island of the Balearic Islands, part of Spain.
Santa Isabel Island	3,665	Third-largest island of the Solomon Islands.
Namur	3,664	Province of Wallonia, Belgium.
Bayburt Province	3,652	Province of Turkey.
Sliven Province	3,646	Province of Bulgaria.
Zadar	3,646	County of Croatia.
Heves	3,637	County of Hungary.
Long Island	3,629	Island part of the U.S. state of New York.
Karlovac	3,626	County of Croatia.
Kocaeli Province	3,626	Province of Turkey.
Panjshir Province	3,610	Province of Afghanistan.
Zamboanga Sibugay	3,607.75	Province of the Philippines.
Socotra (main island)	3,607	Largest island of the Socotra archipelago, part of Yemen.
Sarangani	3,601.25	Province of the Philippines.
Wetar	3,600	Island part of Indonesia.
Montana Province	3,595	Province of Bulgaria.
Liepāja District	3,594	Largest district of Latvia.
Primorje-Gorski Kotar	3,588	County of Croatia.
Saraburi Province	3,577	Province of Thailand.
San Juan	3,569.39	Largest province of the Dominican Republic.
Kandal Province	3,568	Third smallest province of Cambodia.
Vaucluse	3,567	Department of France.
Takéo Province	3,563	Second smallest province of Cambodia.
Shkodër County	3,562	Second largest county of Albania.
Cornwall	3,559	Administrative county of England.
Lake Peipus	3,555	Lake in Europe between Estonia and Russia.
Rayong Province	3,552	Province of Thailand.
Agusan del Norte	3,546.86	Province of the Philippines; includes the independent city of Butuan.
Thái Nguyên Province	3,546.60	Province of Vietnam.
Kent	3,543	Administrative county of England.
Traill Island	3,542	Island part of Greenland.
Iğdır Province	3,539	Province of Turkey.
An Giang Province	3,536.80	Province of Vietnam.
Smolyan Province	3,532	Province of Bulgaria.
Phú Thọ Province	3,528.40	Province of Vietnam.
Giurgiu County	3,526	Second smallest county of Romania.
Haut-Rhin	3,525	Department of France.
Misamis Oriental	3,515.70	Province of the Philippines; includes the independent city of Cagayan de Oro.
Leiria	3,515	District of Portugal.
Tottori	3,507.05	Prefecture of Japan.
Ilocos Norte	3,504.30	Province of the Philippines.
Bear Island	3,500	Island part of Antarctica.
Muscat Governorate	3,500	Second smallest governorate of Oman.
Nueva Segovia	3,491	Region of Nicaragua.
Quirino	3,486.16	Province of the Philippines.
Zonguldak Province	3,481	Province of Turkey.
Lagos State	3,475	Smallest state of Nigeria.
Dakahlia Governorate	3,471	Governorate of Egypt.
Essex	3,469	Administrative county of England.
Lääne-Viru County	3,696	Third largest county of Estonia.
Managua	3,465	Region of Nicaragua.
Somerset	3,451	Administrative county of England.
County Clare	3,450	County in the Munster province of the Republic of Ireland.
North Andros Island	3,439	Largest island of The Bahamas.
Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate	3,437	Governorate of Egypt.
Davao del Norte	3,426.97	Province of the Philippines.
Tawi-Tawi	3,426.55	Province of the Philippines.
Phang Nga Province	3,425	Province of Thailand.
Overijssel	3,421	Province of The Netherlands
Viljandi County	3,420	County of Estonia.
Atlántico Department	3,388	District of Colombia.
Đồng Tháp Province	3,376.40	Province of Vietnam.
Shumen Province	3,365	Province of Bulgaria.
Ninh Thuận Province	3,363.10	Province of Vietnam.
Uvs Lake	3,555	Lake in Mongolia.
Tartu County	3,349	County of Estonia.
Madona District	3,346	Second largest district of Latvia.
El Tarf Province	3,339	Province of Algeria.
Vas County	3,336	Third smallest county of Hungary.
Vaygach Island	3,329	Island part of Russia.
Osmaniye Province	3,320	Province of Turkey.
Karlovy Vary Region	3,314.46	Second smallest region of the Czech Republic.
Dunedin	3,314	Largest city (by area) in New Zealand.
Sóc Trăng Province	3,312.30	Province of Vietnam.
Al-Shahaniya	3,309	Largest municipality of Qatar.
South Holland	3,308	Province of The Netherlands
Ranong Province	3,298	Province of Thailand.
Darkhan-Uul	3,280	Second smallest aimag of Mongolia.
Elbasan County	3,278	Third largest county of Albania.
County Tyrone	3,270	Largest county in Northern Ireland, second largest county in the province of Ulster.
Béjaïa Province	3,268	Province of Algeria.
Masbate Island	3,268	Island of the Philippines.
Plateau Department	3,264	Department of Benin.
Aosta Valley	3,263	Smallest region of Italy.
Bolívar Province	3,254	Second smallest province of Ecuador.
Rhône	3,249	Department of France.
Wiltshire	3,246	Administrative county of England.
Iturup	3,238	Largest island of the Kuril Islands, part of Russia.
Atlantique Department	3,233	Department of Benin.
Windward Islands	3,232.5	Subsection of islands in the Lesser Antilles.
Kalinga	3,231.25	Province of the Philippines.
Jutiapa	3,219	Department of Guatemala.
Vaud	3,212	Canton of Switzerland.
Lake Poyang	3,210	Lake in China.
Copán	3,203	Department of Honduras.
Micronesia	3,201	An island chain subdivision of Oceania.
Lake Tana	3,200	Lake in Ethiopia.
Shropshire	3,197	Administrative county of England.
Makira-Ulawa	3,188	Province of the Solomon Islands.
Yogyakarta Special Region	3,186	Second smallest province of Indonesia.
Gotland	3,183.7	Province, county, municipality and diocese of Sweden.
Mansel Island	3,180	Island in the Arctic Archipelago.
Liberec Region	3,162.93	Smallest region of the Czech Republic.
Amnat Charoen Province	3,161	Province of Thailand.
Tissemsilt Province	3,152	Province of Algeria.
Aurora	3,147.32	Province of the Philippines.
Rhode Island	3,144	State of the United States.
Gotland County	3,140	Second smallest county of Sweden.
Eilean Siar	3,134	Island area of Scotland.
Cartago Province	3,125	Second smallest province of Costa Rica.
West Flanders	3,125	Province of Flanders, Belgium.
Baja Verapaz	3,124	Department of Guatemala.
Batangas	3,119.72	Province of the Philippines.
Amadjuak Lake	3,115	Lake in Canada.
Grand'Anse	3,100	Department of Haiti.
Yamdena	3,100	Island part of Indonesia.
Funen	3,099.7	Island part of Denmark.
County Antrim	3,086	Second largest county in Northern Ireland, third largest county in the province of Ulster.
Intibucá	3,072	Department of Honduras.
Vidin Province	3,071	Province of Bulgaria.
Lake Melville	3,069	Lake in Canada.
Cambridgeshire	3,067	Administrative county of England.
Cēsis District	3,067	Third largest district of Latvia.
Waigeo	3,060	Island part of Indonesia.
City of Zagreb	3,060	County of Croatia.
Riga District	3,059	District of Latvia.
Ciudad de La Habana Province	3,053.49	Second smallest province of Cuba.
Kyustendil Province	3,027	Province of Bulgaria.
Lhuntse	3,022	Third largest district of Bhutan.
La Altagracia	3,010.34	Second largest province of the Dominican Republic.
Akimiski Island	3,001	Island in the Arctic Archipelago.
Lake Bangweulu	3,000	Lake in Zambia.

Other divisions

• 0.1 to 1,000,000+ square kilometers
• 1,000,000+ square kilometers

Smaller divisions

• 200,000+ square kilometers • 100,000 to 1,000,000 square kilometers • 50,000 to 200,000 square kilometers • 20,000 to 50,000 square kilometers
• 5,000 to 20,000 square kilometers • 1,000 to 5,000 square kilometers • 0.1 to 1,000 square kilometers • 500,000 to 1,000,000 square kilometers • 200,000 to 500,000 square kilometers • 100,000 to 200,000 square kilometers
• 50,000 to 100,000 square kilometers • 30,000 to 50,000 square kilometers • 20,000 to 30,000 square kilometers • 10,000 to 20,000 square kilometers
• 7,000 to 10,000 square kilometers • 5,000 to 7,000 square kilometers • 3,000 to 5,000 square kilometers • 1,000 to 3,000 square kilometers
• 250 to 1,000 square kilometers • 0.1 to 250 square kilometers

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