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