List of administrative division name changes

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.

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 (1946)
Rio Branco → Roraima (1946)

Canada

Newfoundland → Newfoundland and Labrador (2001)

Hong Kong

Castle Peak → Tuen Mun

India

Assam → Asom (2006) ^[1]
Madras State → Tamil Nadu (1969) ^[2]
Mysore State → Karnataka (1973) ^[3]
Orissa → Odisha (2009) ^[4]

Indonesia

Daerah Istimewa Aceh → Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (2002) ^[5]^[6]
Irian Jaya → Papua (2002) ^[7]

Ireland

King's County → County Offaly (1922)
Queen's County → County Laois (1922)
County Donegal → County Tirconaill (1922) → County Donegal (1927)

Pakistan

North-West Frontier Province → Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (2010)

Serbia

Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (1944–1974) → Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (1974–1990)
Autonomous District of Kosovo and Metohija (1946–1963) → Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija (1964–1974) → Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo (1974–1990)

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

References

See also

List of city name changes

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