List of country third-level subdivisions by area

Third-level divisions are those under second level (counties, districts, cities, etc...) and they are townships, towns, municipalities, villages, etc... but the names vary by country.

Largest country third level subdivisions by area

Rank	third level Subdivision flag	third level Subdivision name	Capital	second level subdivision	subdivision	Country	Area (km2)	Population	Country similar in area (km2)	Rank in country	Rank among third level subdivisions that have that same number rank in area for within their separate countries	Rank in first level country subdivision	Rank among third level subdivisions that have that same number rank in area for within their separate first level country subdivisions	Rank in second level country subdivision	Rank among third level subdivisions that have that same number rank in area for within their separate second level country subdivisions
1	none	Ruoqiang County	Ruoqiang Town	Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture	Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region	China	199,222	35580	Kyrgyzstan (199,951)	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	none	Qiemo County	Qiemo Town	Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture	Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region	China	138,680	65572	Tajikistan (143,100)	2	1	2	1	2	1
3	none	Gêrzê County	none	Ngari Prefecture	Tibet Autonomous Region	China	135,025	22,177	Greece (131,957)	3	1	1	2	1	2
4	none	Town and Commune of Reggane	Tinoulef	Reggane District	Adrar Province, Algeria	Algeria	124,298	20402	North Korea (120,540)	1	2	1	3	1	3
5	none	County level city of Golmud	none	Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture	Qinghai Province	China	123,460	215,213	North Korea (120,540)	4	1	1	4	1	4
6	none	Town and Commune of Bordj Badji Mokhtar	Bordj Badji Mokhtar	Bordj Badji Mokhtar District	Adrar Province, Algeria	Algeria	120,026	16437	North Korea (120,540)	2	2	2	2	1	5
7	none	Shuanghu County	Cuozheluomazhen	Prefecture level city of Nagqu	Tibet Autonomous Region	China	116,637	13470	Eritrea (117,600)	5	1	2	3	1	6
8	none	Ejin Banner	Dalaihob Town	Alxa League	Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region	China	114,606	32410	Benin (114,763)	6	1	1	5	1	7

• • In China Provinces are first level country administrative divisions, prefecture level cities are second level country administrative subdivisions, and counties are third level country administrative subdivisions.

• List of countries and dependencies by area
• List of country subdivisions by area
• List of country second level subdivisions by area

• World-Gazetteer.com at Archive.today (archived 2012-12-05)