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This is a list of [[administrative division]]s whose names were [[geographical renaming|officially changed]] at one or more points in history. It does not include gradual changes in spelling.
== Argentina ==
* Eva Perón → [[La Pampa Province|La Pampa]] (1955)
* Presidente Perón → [[Chaco Province|Chaco]] (1955)
==Australia==
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* Swan River Colony → [[Western Australia]] (1832)
* Van Diemen's Land → [[Tasmania]] (1856)
* North Australia → [[Northern Territory]] (1931)
* Central Australia → [[Northern Territory]] (1931)
* Federal Capital Territory → [[Australian Capital Territory]] (1938)
==Brazil==
* Guaporé → [[Rondônia]] (1946)
* Rio Branco → [[Roraima]] (1946)
==Canada==
* [[Acadia]] → [[Nova Scotia]]
* [[Isle Saint-Jean]] → [[Prince Edward Island]]
* [[Upper Canada]] → [[Canada West]] → [[Ontario]]
* Newfoundland → [[Newfoundland and Labrador]] (2001)
* [[Red River Colony]] → [[Manitoba]]
* [[Province of Quebec]] → [[Lower Canada]] → [[Canada East]] → [[Quebec]]
== Czechia ==
* Budějovický kraj → [[South Bohemian Region|Jihočeský kraj]] (2001)
* Jihlavský kraj → Vysočina (2001) → [[Vysočina Region|Kraj Vysočina]] (2011)
* Brněnský kraj → [[South Moravian Region|Jihomoravský kraj]] (2001)
* Ostravský kraj → [[Moravian-Silesian Region|Moravskoslezský kraj]] (2001)<ref>https://www.czso.cz/documents/10180/20541263/1804111043.pdf/fa893df8-9745-44ff-bf35-000a059a9bd5?version=1.0</ref>
== Hong Kong ==
* Castle Peak → Tuen Mun
==India==
* [[Madras State]] → [[Tamil Nadu]] (1969) <ref>[http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/history/history.htm The State Legislature – Origin a<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100413233934/http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/history/history.htm |date=2010-04-13 }}</ref>
* [[Mysore State]] → [[Karnataka]] (1973) <ref>[http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/kar/history.htm Kamat's Potpourri: A Brief History of Karnataka<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[Orissa, India|Orissa]] → Odisha (2009) <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110811133537/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-10-24/india/28078168_1_udisa-odia-hindi-and-orissa Times of India: Orissa is now Odisha<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
==Indonesia==
* [[Daerah Istimewa Aceh]] → [[Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam]] (2002) <ref>[http://www.statoids.com/uid.html Indonesia Provinces<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=INDONESIA {{!}} Population and Administrative Divisions |url=http://www.pcgn.org.uk/Indonesia-%20Population&AdminDivs-%202003.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614193129/http://www.pcgn.org.uk/Indonesia-%20Population%26AdminDivs-%202003.pdf |archive-date=2007-06-14 |website=www.pcgn.org.uk}}</ref>
* [[Irian Jaya]] → [[Papua (Indonesian province)|Papua]] (2002) <ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1740526.stm BBC News | ASIA-PACIFIC | Behind Irian Jaya's name change<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[Irian Jaya Barat]] → [[West Papua (province)|Papua Barat]] (2007)
* [[Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam]] → [[Aceh]] (2009)
==Ireland==
*King's County → [[County Offaly]] (1922)
*Queen's County → [[County Laois]] (1922)
*County Donegal → County Tirconaill (1922) → [[County Donegal]] (1927)
== Kazakhstan ==
* South Kazakhstan Region → [[Turkistan Region]] (2018)
== Mozambique ==
* Lourenço Marques Province → [[Maputo Province]] (1976)
* Moçambique Province → [[Nampula Province]] (1975)
==Pakistan==
*North-West Frontier Province → [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] (2010)
== Philippines ==
* Compostela Valley → [[Davao de Oro]] (2019)<ref name="Fenequito 2019">{{Cite news |url= https://mb.com.ph/2019/12/09/compostela-valley-is-now-davao-de-oro/ |title= Compostela Valley is now Davao de Oro |last= Fenequito |first= Armando Jr. |date= 9 December 2019 |work= [[Manila Bulletin]] |access-date= 20 July 2024 |publisher= Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation |location= [[Intramuros]], [[Manila]] |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211202160423/https://mb.com.ph/2019/12/09/compostela-valley-is-now-davao-de-oro/ |archive-date= 2 December 2021 |url-status= live }}</ref><ref name="Regalado 2019">{{Cite news |url= https://www.philstar.com/nation/2019/12/09/1975404/residents-vote-renaming-compostela-valley-davao-de-oro |title= Residents vote for renaming of Compostela valley to Davao de Oro |last= Regalado |first= Edith |date= 9 December 2019 |access-date= 20 July 2024 |url-status= live |archive-date= 18 October 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231018140034/https://www.philstar.com/nation/2019/12/09/1975404/residents-vote-renaming-compostela-valley-davao-de-oro |work= [[The Philippine Star]] |location= [[San Dionisio, Parañaque]] |publisher= Philippine Star Printing Co., Inc. }}</ref>
* North Cotabato → [[Cotabato]] (1984)<ref>{{Cite act |url= https://lawphil.net/statutes/bataspam/bp1984/bp_660_1984.html |title= An Act Changing the Name of the Province of North Cotabato to Cotabato |date= 7 March 1984 |number= 660 |type= Batas Pambansa }}</ref>
==Serbia==
*[[Autonomous Province of Vojvodina]] (1944–1968) → [[Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina]] (1968–1990)
*[[Autonomous Region of Kosovo and Metohija]] (1945–1963) → [[Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija (1963–1968)|Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija]] (1963–1968) → [[Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo]] (1968–1990) → [[Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija]] (1990–present)
==South Africa==
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* Natal → KwaZulu/Natal (27 April 1994) → [[KwaZulu-Natal]] (4 February 1997)
* Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging → [[Gauteng]] (3 July 1995)
* Orange Free State → [[Free State (South African province)|Free State]] (3 July 1995)
* Eastern Transvaal  → [[Mpumalanga]] (20 September 1995)
* Northern Transvaal → Northern Province (20 September 1995) → [[Limpopo (South African province)|Limpopo]] (11 July 2003)
* North-West → [[North West (South African province)|North West]] (4 February 1997)
==South Korea==
*[[Sabi (Korea)|Sabi]] → Soburi → [[Buyeo County|Buyeo]]
*[[Tamna|Tamra]] → Cheju → [[Jeju Province|Jeju]]
==Sweden==
*Kopparberg County → [[Dalarna County]] (1997)
== Thailand ==
* Khukhan province → [[Sisaket province]] (1938)<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=55|issue=ก|pages=658–666|script-title=th:พระราชกฤษฎีกาเปลี่ยนนามจังหวัดและอำเภอบางแห่ง พุทธศักราช ๒๔๘๑|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2481/A/658.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111108064242/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2481/A/658.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 8, 2011|date=1938-11-14|language=th}}</ref>
* Krung Kao province → [[Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province]] (1919)<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=35|issue=ก|pages=24–27|script-title=th:ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง เปลี่ยนนามมณฑลกรุงเก่าและจังหวัดกรุงเก่า|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2461/A/412.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409015020/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2461/A/412.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 9, 2008|date=1919-03-23|language=th}}</ref>
* Sawankhalok province → [[Sukhothai province]] (1939)<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=56|issue=ก|pages=351–353|script-title=th:พระราชกฤษฎีกาเปลี่ยนนามจังหวัดและอำเภอบางแห่ง พุทธศักราช ๒๔๘๒|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2482/A/351.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409015152/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2482/A/351.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 9, 2008|date=1939-04-17|language=Thai}}</ref>
==United States==
*Rhode Island and [[Providence Plantations]] → [[Rhode Island]] (30 November 2020)
== References ==
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== See also ==
* [[List of city name changes]]
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