A parish is an
administrative division used by several
countries
A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state (polity), state, nation, or other polity, political entity. It may be a sovereign state or make up one part of a larger state. For example, the country of Japan is an independent, so ...
. To distinguish it from an ''
ecclesiastical parish'', the term ''
civil parish'' is used in some jurisdictions, as noted below.
The table below lists countries which use this administrative division:
See also
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Muban
Muban ( th, หมู่บ้าน; , ) is the lowest administrative sub-division of Thailand. Usually translated as 'village' and sometimes as 'hamlet', they are a subdivision of a tambon (subdistrict). , there were 74,944 administrative mu ...
References
{{Terms for types of country subdivisions
Types of administrative division