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Direct Controlled Municipality Information

A direct-controlled municipality is the highest level classification for cities used by unitary state, with status equal to that of the provinces in the respective countries. A direct-controlled municipality is similar to, but not the same as, a Federal district, a common designation in various countries for a municipality that is not part of any state, and which usually hosts some governmental functions. Usually direct-controlled municipality are under central governments control with limited power.

Each country has adopted this system with some different variations. Geographically and culturally, many of the municipalities are enclaves in the middle of provinces. Some occur in strategic positions in between provinces.

Country Municipalities Main article
Belarus Minsk
Cambodia Phnom Penh
China (PRC) Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai, Tianjin Direct-controlled municipality of the People's Republic of China
Kazakhstan Almaty, Astana
North Korea Pyongyang, Nampho, Rason Special cities of Korea#North Korea
South Korea Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Incheon, Gwangju, Daejeon, Ulsan Special cities of Korea#South Korea
Kyrgyzstan Bishkek, Osh
Laos Vientiane
Moldova Chişinău, Bălţi, Bender
Mongolia Ulan Bator (Ulaanbaatar)
Taiwan (ROC) Kaohsiung, New Taipei, Taichung, Tainan, Taipei Special municipality (Republic of China)
Turkmenistan Ashgabat
Ukraine Kiev, Sevastopol
Uzbekistan Tashkent
Vietnam Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hai Phong, Da Nang, Can Tho Centrally governed city of Vietnam

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Types of administrative country subdivisions
Smallcaps indicate a type used by ten or more countries.
Current English terms
Current non-English and loanword terms
Defunct and historical English terms
Defunct and historical non-English terms
See also
Census division
Electoral district
Political division
Table of administrative divisions by country

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