Key:political_division

This key is used on ways and relations for describing the specific type of a political boundary (boundary=political). It is conceptually similar to admin_level=* for boundary=administrative, but uses keyword values instead of numeric values.

If the same way is both an administrative and a political boundary, tag it as an administrative boundary (boundary=administrative) without political_division=*.

Used values

Examples for use in different countries have been listed below. Feel free to document any other values used on the appropriate wiki page (it will appear below automatically).

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Country/Region	Value	Denotes	Description
ES-CN ES-IB	insular_council	Insular council	Intermediate administrative and geographic boundary (which is also electoral), between the province (admin_level=6) and the comarca (admin_level=7), dividing the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands, created to fully cover one major island and minor islands and unpopulated islets plus their maritime domain within the same territorial waters. Question: Could this become political_division=subregion, to unify similar regional subdivisions created by autonomous communities (tagged as regions) ?
ES-CT	àmbit_funcional_territorial	Àmbit funcional territorial	This is the official denomination in Catalan (in Spanish ámbito funcional territorial, roughly translatable as functional territorial domain). It is the current transitory administrative status for the later evolution into veguerias, and it is part of Pla territorial de Catalunya (see the wikipedia article and its external references). It is an an administrative status still in construction, but referenced and used officially by the Catalan Institute of Statistics (IDESCAT), already effective and with their own councils, recognized by the governemnt of Catalunya. It is an alternative specific to Catalunya to the Spanish administrative subdivision in provinces (and may replace those in some unspecified future). The value of this tag is provisional. Question: Could this become political_division=subregion, to unify similar regional subdivisions created by autonomous communities (tagged as regions) ?
FR	canton	Canton	Election of the conseillers départementaux (Conseil départemental, anciennement Conseil général). See FR:Cantons in France, and map
FR	circonscription_législative	Circonscription législative	Election of the députés (Assemblée nationale). See FR:Circonscriptions législatives en France, and map Note that this map currently does not distinguish the different types which are overlaid (but still use the same colors). This should change with an additional filter.
GB IN	parl_const	Parliamentary Constituency
IN	assm_const	Assembly Constituency
GB	county_division	County Council Electoral Division	Are often the same as the district wards, but not always.
GB	ward	Electoral Ward
PL	PL:sejm	Sejm RP	Elections to polish lower house of parliament.
PL	PL:senat	Senat RP	Elections to polish upper house of parliament.
VN	ĐBQHVN	Đại biểu Quốc hội Việt Nam	Elections to the National Assembly of Vietnam.
VN	HĐNDT	Hội đồng Nhân dân Tỉnh	Elections to the People's Council of the 58 provinces and 5 municipalities of Vietnam.
VN	HĐNDH	Hội đồng Nhân dân Huyện	Elections to the People's Council of the 523 districts, 51 district-level towns, 84 district-level cities, 46 urban districts and 1 municipal city of Vietnam.