List of autonomous regions

Countries with autonomous regions

This is a list of autonomous regions :

Africa

• Zanzibar
• Somaliland
• Puntland

Asia

• various federation subjects of Russia, see also Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics
• Kurdistan Autonomous Region
• Autonomous Administrative Units of China and Autonomous Region (China)
  • Guangxi
  • Inner Mongolia
  • Ningxia
  • Tibet
  • Xinjiang (East Turkestan)
• Autonomous regions of Russia
• Bougainville
• Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
• Republic of Karakalpakistan
• Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
• Mountain Badachshan
• Asad Kashmir
• Jeju-do

The Palestinian Authority exercises certain sovereign rights, but is not internationally recognized.

See also the China Special Administrative Regions : Hong Kong and Macau .

Europe

• Autonomous Communities of Spain
• Autonomous regions of Italy
  • Trentino-South Tyrol
  • Aosta Valley
  • Sicily
  • Sardinia
  • Friuli Venezia Giulia
• Åland Autonomous Province (Finland)
• Monastic Republic of Athos (Greece)
• Autonomous Region of Azores (Portugal)
• Madeira Autonomous Region (Portugal)
• Faroe Islands (Denmark)
• Gagauzia (Moldova)
• Greenland (Denmark)
• Autonomous Republic of Crimea
• Vojvodina (Serbia)
• Friesland Province (Netherlands)
• Crown possessions of the British Crown
  • Channel Islands
  • Isle of Man
• British overseas territories
• French overseas territories
• Netherlands Antilles

Eurasia

• Abkhazia
• Adjara
• South Ossetia

Central America

• Region Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Norte (Nicaragua)
• Region Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Sur (Nicaragua)

Oceania

• American overseas islands