(For administrative division in the sense of a company department, see Division (business).) Administrative division, administrative unit, country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, first-level subdivision, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for geographical areas into which a particular, independent sovereign state (country) is divided. Such a unit usually has an administrative authority with the power to take administrative or policy decisions for its area. Usually, the countries have several levels of administrative divisions. The common names for the principal (largest) administrative divisions are: states (i.e. "federated states", rather than sovereign states), provinces, lands, oblasts, governorates, cantons, prefectures, regions, departments, and emirates. These, in turn, are often subdivided into smaller administrative units known by names such as circuits, counties, comarcas, raions, judets or districts, which are further subdivided into the municipalities, communes or communities constituting the smallest units of subdivision (the local governments). The exact number of the levels of administrative divisions and their structure largely varies by country (and sometimes within a single country). Usually, the smaller the country is (by area or population), the fewer levels of administrative divisions it has. For example, the Vatican does not have any administrative subdivisions and Monaco has only one level, while such countries as France and Pakistan have five levels each. The principal administrative division of a country might be called the "first-level (or first-order) administrative division" or "first administrative level". Its next subdivision might be called "second-level administrative division" or "second administrative level" and so on. Administrative divisions are conceptually separate from dependent territories, with the former being an integral part of the state and the other being only under some lesser form of control. However, the term "administrative division" can include dependent territories as well as accepted administrative divisions (for example, in geographical databases).
(For administrative division in the sense of a company department, see Division (business).) Administrative division, administrative unit, country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, first-level subdivision, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for geographical areas into which a particular, independent sovereign state (country) is divided. Such a unit usually has an administrative authority with the power to take administrative or policy decisions for its area.

Pucca: The Movie is an upcoming American 3D computer animated film based on the 2006 Series of Pucca, produced by Blue Sky Studios set to be released on May 21, 2021.
Pucca: the Movie

The 2004 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 2, 2004, and was part of the 2004 United States presidential election. Voters chose 34 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Texas was won by incumbent President George W. Bush by a 22.87% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 12 news organizations considered Texas as a safe red state for President Bush. The Lone Star State is a Republican stronghold and is his home state. As of the 2020 presidential election, Texas has not voted for a Democratic candidate in a U.S. presidential election since Jimmy Carter's victory in 1976. As John Kerry lost Texas, this is the last time, as of the 2020 presidential election, the Democratic candidate lost the state with less than 40% of the vote or a Republican has broken 60% of the vote in the Lone Star State. Likewise, Bush is the last Republican to win any of the following counties: Bexar, Cameron, Culberson, Dallas, and Harris County. This was the first election a county in Texas (Harris) cast more than a million votes. Bush, who made historic gains with Latino voters in 2004, drew even with Kerry among Texas Latinos, winning 49% to Kerry's 50%. As of 2020, this election is the closest a Republican has come to carrying the Latino vote in Texas.

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