Autonomous oblast
An autonomous oblast is an autonomous entity within the state which is on the oblast (province) level of the overall administrative subdivision.
There were autonomous oblasts of the Soviet Union and later some federal subjects of Russia were autonomous oblasts: the one remaining is the Jewish Autonomous Oblast. Eastern Rumelia was an autonomous province (oblast in Bulgarian, one of its official languages) of the Ottoman Empire. Serb Autonomous Regions are known as oblasts.
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Designations for types of administrative division
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Used by ten or more countries or having derived terms. Historical derivations in italics.
- See also
- Census division
- Electoral district
- List of administrative divisions by country
- Slavic administrative divisions
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