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List of administrative division name changes
This is a list of
administrative divisions
whose names were
officially changed
at one or more points in history. It does not include gradual changes in spelling.
Argentina
Eva Perón →
La Pampa
Presidente Perón →
Chaco
Australia
Swan River Colony
→
Western Australia
Van Diemen's Land
→
Tasmania
North Australia
→
Northern Territory
Central Australia
→ Northern Territory
Federal Capital Territory
→
Australian Capital Territory
Brazil
Guaporé →
Rondônia
Rio Branco
→
Roraima
Canada
Newfoundland →
Newfoundland and Labrador
Hong Kong
Castle Peak
→ Tuen Mun
India
Madras State
→
Tamil Nadu
Mysore State
→
Karnataka
Orissa
→ Odisha
Indonesia
Daerah Istimewa Aceh
→
Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam
Irian Jaya
→
Papua
Ireland
King's County →
County Offaly
Queen's County →
County Laois
County Donegal → County Tirconaill →
County Donegal
Kazakhstan
South Kazakhstan Region
→
Turkistan Region
Mozambique
Lourenço Marques
Province →
Maputo Province
Moçambique Province →
Nampula Province
Pakistan
North-West
Frontier Province
→
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Serbia
Autonomous Province of Vojvodina →
Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina
Autonomous Region of
Kosovo and Metohija
→
Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija
→
Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo
→ Autonomous
Province of Kosovo and Metohija
South Africa
Natal → KwaZulu/Natal →
KwaZulu-Natal
Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging →
Gauteng
Orange Free State
→
Free State
Eastern Transvaal
→
Mpumalanga
Northern Transvaal →
Northern Province
→
Limpopo
North-West →
North West
South Korea
Sabi → Soburi →
Buyeo
Tamra → Cheju →
Jeju