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 (1955)
• Presidente Perón → Chaco (1955)

Australia

• 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 (1956)
• Rio Branco → Roraima (1962)

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 → Jihočeský kraj (2001)
• Jihlavský kraj → Vysočina (2001) → Kraj Vysočina (2011)
• Brněnský kraj → Jihomoravský kraj (2001)
• Ostravský kraj → Moravskoslezský kraj (2001)

France

• Centre → Centre-Val de Loire (2015)

Hong Kong

• Castle Peak → Tuen Mun

India

• Madras State → Tamil Nadu (1969)
• Mysore State → Karnataka (1973)
• Orissa → Odisha (2009)

Indonesia

• Daerah Istimewa Aceh → Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (2002) → Aceh (2009)
• Irian Jaya → Papua (2002)
• Irian Jaya Barat → Papua Barat (2007)

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)
• North Cotabato → Cotabato (1984)

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) → Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo (1968–1990) → Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija (1990–present)

South Africa

• Natal → KwaZulu/Natal (27 April 1994) → KwaZulu-Natal (4 February 1997)
• Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging → Gauteng (3 July 1995)
• Orange Free State → Free State (3 July 1995)
• Eastern Transvaal → Mpumalanga (20 September 1995)
• Northern Transvaal → Northern Province (20 September 1995) → Limpopo (11 July 2003)
• North-West → North West (4 February 1997)

South Korea

• Sabi → Soburi → Buyeo
• Tamra → Cheju → Jeju

Sweden

• Kopparberg County → Dalarna County (1997)

Thailand

• Khukhan province → Sisaket province (1938)
• Krung Kao province → Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province (1919)
• Sawankhalok province → Sukhothai province (1939)

United States

• Rhode Island and Providence Plantations → Rhode Island (30 November 2020)

References

See also

• List of city name changes