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A unitary state is a state governed as one single power in which the central government is ultimately supreme and any administrative divisions (subnational units) exercise only powers that their central government chooses to delegate. (Wikipedia)

The administrative division of Poland since 1999 has been based on three levels of subdivision. The territory of Poland is divided into voivodeships (states); these are further divided into powiats (counties), and these in turn are divided into gminas (communes or municipalities). (Wikipedia)

The movement is based in the north, and its leaders are seeking an administrative division of the country into northern and southern regions that would help cement their gains since 2011, according to an e-mailed report by the Soufan Group, which monitors political risk. Yemen was reunified in 1990 after decades of division between north and south. (Bloomberg)

A governorate or governate is an administrative division of a state that is headed by a governor. As English-speaking nations tend to call regions administered by governors either states or provinces, the term governorate is often used in translation from non-English-speaking administrations. (Wikipedia)