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List of Federal States by number of major federating units
Russia: 46 oblasts, 22 republics, 9 krais, 4 autonomous okrugs, 3 federal-level cities, 1 autonomous oblast
USA: 50 states
Nigeria: 36 states
Mexico: 31 states and its capital Mexico City
Sudan: 32 states
India: 29 states
Brazil: 26 states, 1 federal district
Switzerland: 26 cantons
Argentina: 23 provinces
Venezuela: 23 states
Iraq: 18 provinces
Germany: 16 Länder or Bundesländer
Malaysia: 13 states
Canada: 10 provinces
Austria: 9 Länder or Bundesländer
Ethiopia: 9 regions
UAE: 7 emirates
Nepal: 7 provinces
Australia; 6 states
Pakistan: 4 provinces
Micronesia: 4 states
Belgium: 3 communities, 3 regions
Comoros: 3 islands
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 2 islands
Bosnia and Herzegovina: 2 entities, one of which is itself a federation of 10 cantons
Australia also has the Australian capital territory, and the northern territory. Which are both self governing, but do not operate under their own constitutions like the state's..
The USA also has a federal district. It's what the DC stands for in Washington DC (District of Columbia)
But DC doesn’t have the same rights like other states, such as voting for the president, and as far as I’m aware DC doesn’t have it’s own constitution.
But DC doesn’t have the same rights like other states, such as voting for the president, and as far as I’m aware DC doesn’t have it’s own constitution.
The people in DC can vote for the president. Where did you get your info? Like the states, it gets a number of electoral votes based on its population. Electoral votes are only used in presidential elections. It currently has three electoral votes.
DC doesn't have it's own constitution because it's not a state, it is a district of the federal government so the US constitution is its constitution. While Washington DC has a mayor, city council, and police department, it is otherwise governed directly from Capitol Hill.
My mistake, but DC is still not represented in Congress, the mayor of DC is not equivalent to a governor compared to other federal districts which are equivalent to other states but in name.
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