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A federated state (often referred to simply as a state) is a territorial and constitutional community forming part of a federal union.[1] Such states differ from sovereign states, in that they have transferred a portion of their sovereign powers to a federal government.[2] A federated state holds administrative jurisdiction over a defined geographic territory and is a form of regional government.

In some cases, a federation is created from a union of political entities, which are either independent, or dependent territories of another sovereign entity (most commonly a colonial power). In other cases, states have been created by a previously unitary government in a devolution of powers in order to allow for a federal constitution. Once a federal constitution is formed, the rules governing the relationship between federal and regional powers become part of the country's municipal law and not international law.

In countries with federal constitutions, sovereignty is shared between the federal government and its component states. These states are partially self-governing and are usually afforded a considerable degree of autonomy. In most cases, within its own territory, a federated state's administrative rights and powers cannot be over-ruled or vetoed by the federal government. However, the laws governing the relationship between federal and regional powers can be amended through the federal constitution and state constitutions.

List of constituents by federation[]

The "federated units" in the table below have inherent governmental authority in the federation's constitutional system, while the "other units" are delegated authority by the federal government or are administered directly by it.

Federation Federated units Other units
Flag of Argentina Argentina [3] 23 provinces:
Bandera-bonaerense Buenos Aires
Bandera de la Provincia de Catamarca Catamarca
Flag of Chaco province in Argentina 2007 Chaco
Flag of chubut province in argentina - bandera de chubut Chubut
Flag of Cordoba Province in Argentina Córdoba

Bandera Corrientes Corrientes
Flag of Entre Ríos Entre Ríos
Flag of Formosa Formosa
Flag of Jujuy province in Argentina Jujuy
Bandera de La Pampa La Pampa

Flag of La Rioja province in Argentina La Rioja
Flag of Mendoza Province, Argentina Mendoza
Flag of Misiones Misiones
Flag of Neuquen province in Argentina Neuquén
Flag of Río Negro Province Río Negro

Bandera Salta Salta
Flag of San Juan San Juan
Flag of San Luis Province San Luis
Bandera-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz
Bandera-StaFe-argentina Santa Fe

Flag of Santiago del Estero Santiago del Estero
Flag of Tierra del Fuego province in Argentina Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur
Provincia de tucuman Tucumán

1 autonomous city:
Bandera de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
Flag of Australia Australia [4] 6 states:
Flag of New South Wales New South Wales
Flag of Queensland Queensland
Flag of South Australia South Australia  

Flag of Tasmania Tasmania
Flag of Victoria (Australia) Victoria
Flag of Western Australia Western Australia

10 territories:
Flag of the Australian Capital Territory Australian Capital Territory
Flag of the Northern Territory Northern Territory
Flag of Christmas Island Christmas Island
Flag of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Flag of Norfolk Island Norfolk Island[5]
 Jervis Bay Territory
 Ashmore and Cartier Islands
 Australian Antarctic Territory
 Coral Sea Islands Territory
 Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Flag of Austria Austria [6] 9 states:
Flag of Wien Vienna
Flag of Niederösterreich Lower Austria
Flag of Oberösterreich Upper Austria  

Flag of Steiermark Styria
Flag of Tirol Tyrol
Flag of Kärnten Carinthia

Flag of Salzburg Salzburg
Flag of Vorarlberg Vorarlberg
Flag of Burgenland Burgenland

Flag of Belgium (civil) Belgium [7] 3 regions:
Flanders Flemish Region
Wallonia Walloon Region
Brussels-Capital Region Brussels-Capital Region
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 entities: [5]
Flag of Republika Srpska Republika Srpska
Flag of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
1 self-governing district:
Brčko (officially codominium of both constituents)
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is itself a federation with 10 cantons:
Una-Sana • Posavina • Tuzla • Zenica-Doboj • Bosnian Podrinje • Central Bosnia • Herzegovina-Neretva • West Herzegovina • Sarajevo • West Bosnia
Flag of Brazil Brazil [8] 26 states:
Bandeira do AcreAcre
Bandeira do Amapá Amapá
Bandeira do Amazonas Amazonas
Bandeira do Pará Pará
Bandeira de Rondônia Rondônia
Bandeira de Roraima Roraima

Bandeira do Tocantins Tocantins
Bandeira de Alagoas Alagoas
Bandeira da Bahia Bahia
Bandeira Estado Ceara Brasil Ceará
Bandeira do Maranhão Maranhão
Bandeira da Paraíba Paraíba

Bandeira de Pernambuco Pernambuco
Bandeira do Piauí Piauí
Bandeira do Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Norte
Bandeira de Sergipe Sergipe
Bandeira de Goiás Goiás

Bandeira de Mato Grosso Mato Grosso
Bandeira de Mato Grosso do Sul Mato Grosso do Sul
Bandeira do Espírito Santo Espírito Santo
Bandeira de Minas Gerais Minas Gerais
Bandeira Estado RiodeJaneiro Brasil2 Rio de Janeiro

Bandeira do Estado de São Paulo São Paulo
Bandeira do Paraná Paraná
Bandeira Estado RioGrandedoSul Brasil Rio Grande do Sul
Bandeira Santa Catarina Santa Catarina

1 federal district:
Federal District (Brazil) Distrito Federal (Brasília)[Federated states 1]
5,564 municipalities[9]
Flag of Canada Canada [10] 10 provinces:
Flag of Alberta Alberta
Flag of British Columbia British Columbia
Flag of Manitoba Manitoba
Flag of New Brunswick New Brunswick
Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador  

Flag of Nova Scotia Nova Scotia
Flag of Ontario Ontario
Flag of Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island
Flag of Quebec Quebec
Flag of Saskatchewan Saskatchewan

3 territories:
Flag of the Northwest Territories Northwest Territories
Flag of Nunavut Nunavut
Flag of Yukon Yukon
Flag of the Comoros Comoros 3 islands: [5]
Flag of Anjouan (official) Anjouan
Flag of Grande Comore Grande Comore
Flag of Mohéli (official) Mohéli
Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia [11] 9 regions:
Afar • Amhara • Benishangul-Gumuz • Gambela • Harari • Oromiya • Somali • Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region • Tigray
2 chartered cities:
Addis Ababa • Dire Dawa
Flag of Germany Germany [12] 16 states:
Flag of Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg
Flag of Bavaria (lozengy) Bavaria
Flag of Berlin Berlin
Flag of Brandenburg Brandenburg

Flag of Bremen Bremen
Flag of Hamburg Hamburg
Flag of Hesse Hesse
Flag of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Flag of Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
Flag of North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
Flag of Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate
Flag of Saarland Saarland

Flag of Saxony Saxony
Flag of Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt
Flag of Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein
Flag of Thuringia Thuringia

Flag of India India [13] 28 states:
Andhra Pradesh • Arunachal Pradesh • Assam • Bihar • Chhattisgarh • Goa • Gujarat • Haryana • Himachal Pradesh • Jammu-Kashmir-flag Jammu and Kashmir • Jharkhand • Karnataka • Kerala • Madhya Pradesh • Maharashtra • Manipur • Meghalaya • Mizoram • Nagaland • Orissa • Punjab • Rajasthan • Sikkim • Tamil Nadu • Tripura • Uttar Pradesh • Uttarakhand • West Bengal
7 union territories:
Andaman and Nicobar Islands • Chandigarh • Dadra and Nagar Haveli • Daman and Diu • Lakshadweep • National Capital Territory • Puducherry
Flag of Indonesia Indonesia 33 provinces:
Aceh • Flag of Bali Bali • Bangka-Belitung • Banten • Bengkulu • Central Java • Central Kalimantan • Central Sulawesi • East Java • East Kalimantan • East Nusa Tenggara • Gorontalo • Jakarta Special Capital Region • Jambi • Lampung • Maluku • North Maluku • North Sulawesi • North Sumatra • Papua • Riau • Riau Islands • South East Sulawesi • South Kalimantan • South Sulawesi • South Sumatra • West Java • West Kalimantan • West Nusa Tenggara • West Papua • West Sulawesi • West Sumatra • Special Region of Yogyakarta
Flag of Iraq Iraq [14] 18 governorates:
Baghdād • Salāh ad-Dīn • Diyālā • Wāsit • Maysān • Al-Basrah • Dhī Qār • Al-Muthannā • Al-Qādisiyyah • Bābil • Karbalā' • An-Najaf • Al-Anbar • Nīnawā • Duhok • Arbīl • Kirkuk (or At-Ta'mim) • As-Sulaymāniyyah
Autonomous region:
Flag of Kurdistan Iraqi Kurdistan [5]
(The region overlaps the area of the governorates)
Flag of Malaysia Malaysia [15] 13 states:
Template:Country data Johor
Template:Country data Kedah
Template:Country data Kelantan
Template:Country data Malacca
Template:Country data Negeri Sembilan  

Template:Country data Pahang
Template:Country data Penang
Template:Country data Perak
Template:Country data Perlis

Template:Country data Sabah
Template:Country data Sarawak
Template:Country data Selangor
Template:Country data Terengganu

3 federal territories:
Putrajaya
Template:Country data Kuala Lumpur
Template:Country data Labuan
Flag of Mexico Mexico [16] 31 states:
Flag of Aguascalientes Aguascalientes
Flag of Baja California Baja California
Flag of Baja California Sur Baja California Sur
Flag of Campeche Campeche
Flag of Chiapas Chiapas
Flag of Chihuahua Chihuahua

Flag of Coahuila Coahuila
Flag of Colima Colima
Flag of Durango Durango
Flag of Guanajuato Guanajuato
Flag of Guerrero Guerrero
Flag of Hidalgo Hidalgo

Flag of Jalisco Jalisco
Mexico stateflags Estado de MexicoMéxico State
Flag of Michoacan Michoacán
Flag of Morelos Morelos
Flag of Nayarit Nayarit
Flag of Nuevo Leon Nuevo León

Flag of Oaxaca Oaxaca
Flag of Puebla Puebla
Flag of Queretaro Querétaro
Flag of Quintana Roo Quintana Roo
Flag of San Luis Potosi San Luis Potosí
Flag of Sinaloa Sinaloa

Flag of Sonora Sonora
Flag of Tabasco Tabasco
Flag of Tamaulipas Tamaulipas
Flag of Tlaxcala Tlaxcala
Flag of Veracruz Veracruz
Flag of Yucatan Yucatán
Mexico stateflags Zacatecas Zacatecas

1 federal district:
Flag of Mexican Federal DistrictDistrito Federal (Ciudad de México)
Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia Micronesia, Federated States of [17] 4 states:
Flag of Chuuk Chuuk
Flag of Kosrae Kosrae
Flag of Pohnpei Pohnpei
Flag of Yap Yap
Flag of Nepal Nepal 14 zones:
Bagmati • Bheri • Dhawalagiri • Gandaki • Janakpur • Karnali • Koshi • Lumbini • Mahakali • Mechi • Narayani • Rapti • Sagarmatha • Seti
Flag of Nigeria Nigeria [18] 36 states:
Anambra • Enugu • Akwa Ibom • Adamawa • Abia • Bauchi • Bayelsa • Benue • Borno • Cross River • Delta • Ebonyi • Edo • Ekiti • Gombe • Imo • Jigawa • Kaduna • Kano • Katsina • Kebbi • Kogi • Kwara • Lagos • Nasarawa • Niger State • Ogun • Ondo • Osun • Oyo • Plateau • Rivers • Sokoto • Taraba • Yobe • Zamfara
1 capital territory:
Abuja
Flag of Pakistan Pakistan [19] 4 provinces:
Flag of Balochistan, PK Balochistan • Flag of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa • Punjab • File:Flag of Sindh.PNG Sindh
2 autonomous areas: [5]
Azad Kashmir Azad Kashmir
 Gilgit-Baltistan
2 territories:
Islamabad Capital Territory • Federally Administered Tribal Areas
Flag of Russia Russian Federation [20][21] 21 republics: [5]
Flag of Adygea Adygea
Flag of Altai Republic Altai Republic
Flag of Bashkortostan Bashkortostan
Flag of Buryatia Buryatia
Flag of the Chechen Republic Chechnya
Template:Country data Chuvashia

Template:Country data Dagestan
Template:Country data Ingushetia
Template:Country data Kabardino-Balkaria
Template:Country data Kalmykia
Template:Country data Karachay-Cherkessia  

Template:Country data Karelia
Template:Country data Khakassia
Template:Country data Komi
Template:Country data Mari El
Template:Country data Mordovia

Template:Country data North Ossetia-Alania
Template:Country data Sakha Republic
Template:Country data Tatarstan
Template:Country data Tuva
Template:Country data Udmurtia

46 oblasts:
Flag of Amur Oblast Amur
Flag of Arkhangelsk Oblast Arkhangelsk
Flag of Astrakhan Oblast Astrakhan
Flag of Belgorod Oblast Belgorod
Flag of Bryansk Oblast Bryansk
Flag of Chelyabinsk Oblast Chelyabinsk
Flag of Irkutsk Oblast Irkutsk
Flag of Ivanovo Oblast Ivanovo
Flag of Kaliningrad Oblast Kaliningrad
Flag of Kaluga Oblast Kaluga

Flag of Kemerovo oblast Kemerovo
Kirov Oblast Flag Kirov
Flag of kostroma oblast Kostroma
Flag of Kurgan Oblast Kurgan
Flag of Kursk Oblast Kursk
Flag of Leningrad Oblast Leningrad
Flag of Lipetsk Oblast Lipetsk
Flag of Magadan Oblast Magadan
Flag of Moscow Oblast Moscow Oblast

Flag of Murmansk Oblast Murmansk
Flag of Nizhny Novgorod Region Nizhny Novgorod
Flag of Novgorod oblast Novgorod
Flag of Novosibirsk Oblast Novosibirsk
Flag of Omsk Oblast Omsk
Flag of Orenburg Oblast Orenburg
Flag of Oryol Oblast Oryol
Flag of Penza Oblast Penza
Coat of Arms of Pskov oblast Pskov

Flag of Rostov Oblast Rostov
Flag of Ryazan Oblast Ryazan
Flag of Sakhalin Oblast Sakhalin
Flag of Samara Oblast Samara
Flag of Saratov Oblast Saratov
Flag of Smolensk Oblast Smolensk
Flag of Sverdlovsk Oblast Sverdlovsk
Flag of Tambov Oblast Tambov
TomskOblastFlag Tomsk

Flag of Tver Oblast Tver
Flag of Tula Oblast Tula
Flag of Tyumen Oblast Tyumen
Flag of Ulyanovsk Oblast Ulyanovsk
Flag of Vladimiri Oblast Vladimir
Flag of Volgograd Oblast Volgograd
Flag of Vologda Oblast Vologda
Flag of Voronezh Oblast Voronezh
Flag of Yaroslavl Oblast Yaroslavl

9 krais:
Flag of Altai Krai Altai
Flag of Kamchatka Krai Kamchatka
Flag of Khabarovsk Krai Khabarovsk

Flag of Krasnodar Krai Krasnodar
KrasnoyarskKray-Flag Krasnoyarsk
Perm Oblast Flag Perm

Flag of Primorsky Krai Primorsky
Flag of Stavropol Krai Stavropol
Flag of Zabaykalsky Krai Zabaykalsky

1 autonomous oblast: [5]
Flag of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast Jewish Autonomous Oblast
4 autonomous okrugs: [5]
Flag of Chukotka Chukotka
Bandera Khanti mansi Khanty-Mansi

Flag of Nenets Autonomous District Nenets
Flag of Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District Yamalo-Nenets

2 federal-level cities:
Flag of Moscow Moscow
Flag of St Petersburg (Russia)Saint Petersburg
Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis 2 states:
Saint Kitts[Federated states 2]
Template:Country data Nevis

Flag of Sudan Sudan [22] 25 states:
Al Jazirah  • Blue Nile/Central  • Sennar  • White Nile  • North Darfur  • South Darfur  • West Darfur  • Lakes  • Northern Bahr el Ghazal  • Western Bahr el Ghazal  • Warrap  • Central Equatoria  • Eastern Equatoria  • Western Equatoria  • Kassala  • Al Qadarif  • Red Sea  • Khartoum  • North Kurdufan  • South Kurdufan  • Northern  • River Nile  • Jonglei  • Unity  • Upper Nile
Autonomous regions: [5]
Flag of South Sudan Southern Sudan
Transitional Darfur Regional Authority
(The regions are formed by some of the states)
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland [23] 26 cantons:
Flag of Canton of Zürich Zürich
Flag of Canton of Bern Bern
Template:Country data Lucerne
Template:Country data Uri
Template:Country data Schwyz
Template:Country data Obwalden

Template:Country data Nidwalden
Template:Country data Glarus
Template:Country data Zug
Template:Country data Fribourg
Template:Country data Solothurn

Flag of Canton of Basel Basel-Stadt
Flag of Canton of Basel Land Basel-Landschaft
Template:Country data Schaffhausen
Flag of Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Flag of Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden Appenzell Innerrhoden  

Template:Country data St. Gallen
Template:Country data Graubünden
Flag of Canton of Aargau Aargau
Template:Country data Thurgau
Template:Country data Ticino

Flag of Canton of Vaud Vaud
Template:Country data Valais
Template:Country data Neuchâtel
Template:Country data Geneva
Template:Country data Jura

Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates [24] 7 emirates:
Flag of Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi
Flag of Ajman Ajman

Flag of Dubai Dubai
Template:Country data Fujairah

Template:Country data Ras al-Khaimah
Template:Country data Sharjah

Template:Country data Umm al-Quwain

Flag of the United States United States [25] 50 states:
Flag of Alabama Alabama
Flag of Alaska Alaska
Flag of Arizona Arizona
Flag of Arkansas Arkansas
Flag of California California
Flag of Colorado Colorado
Flag of Connecticut Connecticut
Flag of Delaware Delaware
Flag of Florida Florida
Flag of Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia

Flag of Hawaii Hawaii
Flag of Idaho Idaho
Flag of Illinois Illinois
Flag of Indiana Indiana
Flag of Iowa Iowa
Flag of Kansas Kansas
Flag of Kentucky Kentucky
Flag of Louisiana Louisiana
Flag of Maine Maine
Flag of Maryland Maryland

Flag of Massachusetts Massachusetts
Flag of Michigan Michigan
Flag of Minnesota Minnesota
Flag of Mississippi Mississippi
Flag of Missouri Missouri
Flag of Montana Montana
Flag of Nebraska Nebraska
Flag of Nevada Nevada
Flag of New Hampshire New Hampshire
Flag of New Jersey New Jersey

Flag of New Mexico New Mexico
Flag of New York New York
Flag of North Carolina North Carolina
Flag of North Dakota North Dakota
Flag of Ohio Ohio
Flag of Oklahoma Oklahoma
Flag of Oregon Oregon
Flag of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania
Flag of Rhode Island Rhode Island
Flag of South Carolina South Carolina

Flag of South Dakota South Dakota
Flag of Tennessee Tennessee
Flag of Texas Texas
Flag of Utah Utah
Flag of Vermont Vermont
Flag of Virginia Virginia
Flag of Washington Washington
Flag of West Virginia West Virginia
Flag of Wisconsin Wisconsin
Flag of Wyoming Wyoming

Unincorporated territories:
Flag of American Samoa American Samoa
Flag of Guam Guam
Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands
Flag of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands
Baker Island  • Howland Island  • Jarvis Island  • Johnston Atoll  • Kingman Reef  • Midway Atoll  • Navassa Island  • Wake Island
(The United States also claims Bajo Nuevo Bank and Serranilla Bank).
1 federal district:
Flag of Washington, D.C. District of Columbia (Washington)
1 incorporated territory:
Palmyra Atoll
Flag of Venezuela Venezuela [26] 23 states:
File:Flag of Amazonas State.svg Amazonas
Flag of Anzoátegui State Anzoátegui
Flag of Apure State Apure
Flag of Aragua State Aragua
Flag of Barinas State Barinas
Bolivar State flag Bolívar

Flag of Carabobo State Carabobo
Flag of Cojedes State Cojedes
Flag of Delta Amacuro State Delta Amacuro
Flag of Falcon State Falcón
File:Flag of Guarico State.svg Guárico
Flag of Lara State Lara

Flag of Mérida Mérida
Bandera del Estado Miranda Miranda
Flag of Monagas State Monagas
Flag of Nueva Esparta Nueva Esparta
Flag of Portuguesa Portuguesa
Flag of Sucre State Sucre

Tachira flag Táchira
Flag of Trujillo State Trujillo
Flag of Vargas State Vargas
Flag of Yaracuy State Yaracuy
Flag of Zulia State Zulia

1 federal district:
Flag of Caracas Capital District (Caracas)
1 federal dependency:
Federal dependencies of Venezuela's FlagVenezuelan Federal Dependencies
Notes
  1. ^ The federal city has a level of self-ruling equal to the other main federal units.
  2. ^ Saint Kitts is governed directly by the federal government.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ The Australian National Dictionary: Fourth Edition, pg 1395. (2004) Canberra. ISBN 978-0-19-551771-2.
  2. ^ Constitution of the United States of America: Tenth Amendment, Reserved Powers
  3. ^ Daniel, Kate; Special Broadcasting Service Corporation (2008). SBS World Guide: The Complete Fact File on Every Country, 16th ed.. Prahran, Victoria, Australia: Hardie Grant Books. p. 827. p26. ISBN 978-1-74066-648-0. http://books.google.com/books?id=wU1LMAAACAAJ&dq=SBS+World+Guide:+The+Complete+Fact+File+On+Every+Country. 
  4. ^ SBS World Guide 2008, p38
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i Autonomous region. See more atList of autonomous areas by country
  6. ^ SBS World Guide 2008, p46
  7. ^ SBS World Guide 2008, p74
  8. ^ SBS World Guide 2008, p101
  9. ^ The 1988 Brazilian Constitution treats the municipalities as parts of the Federation and not simply dependent subdivisions of the states.Article 18
  10. ^ SBS World Guide 2008, p132
  11. ^ SBS World Guide 2008, p239
  12. ^ SBS World Guide 2008, p275
  13. ^ SBS World Guide 2008, p328
  14. ^ SBS World Guide 2008, p346
  15. ^ SBS World Guide 2008, p460
  16. ^ SBS World Guide 2008, p481
  17. ^ SBS World Guide 2008, p486
  18. ^ SBS World Guide 2008, p537
  19. ^ SBS World Guide 2008, p549
  20. ^ SBS World Guide 2008, p600
  21. ^ Federal structure of Russia, Article 65 of Russian Constitution.
  22. ^ SBS World Guide 2008, p687
  23. ^ SBS World Guide 2008, p700
  24. ^ SBS World Guide 2008, p760
  25. ^ SBS World Guide 2008, p774
  26. ^ SBS World Guide 2008, p798

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