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Cantons exist (or existed) in the following countries:
Cantons of Belgium
Cantons of Bolivia
Cantons of Bosnia and Herzegovina: a subdivision of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Canada: Canadian French equivalent for the English word "township", since the translation municipalité is already used for a different level of government (see township).
Cantons of Quebec
Cantons of Costa Rica: subdivisions below the provinces of Costa Rica
Cantons of Ecuador: subdivisions below the provinces of Ecuador
Cantons of El Salvador: divisions of a municipality outside the more urban caserios, which border the town or city. Cantones can be thought as the more rural parts of a city or town, generally far from the actual urban population.
Cantons of France: a subdivision of arrondissements and départements, grouping several communes
Cantons of Lebanon, unofficial areas controlled by the various militias and factions during the Lebanese Civil War and afterwards. Most areas have been returned to Lebanese government control.
Cantons of Luxembourg: a subdivision of the districts of Luxembourg
Cantons of Switzerland: each a semi-sovereign state within Switzerland
subdivisions of vingtaines in Jersey
Juridical district in the Netherlands[citation needed]
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Cantons of the Ottoman Empire, also called kaza a subdivision of a sanjak
Cantons of the Soviet Union, subdivisions of several autonomous regions of the Soviet Union before 1941
In 1873, "Cantonalists" took over the city of Cartagena, Spain, a haven for the Spanish Navy, and declared the city independent (see Cantonal Revolution)
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| Reference | |
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^ Oxford English Dictionary cantonment and canton, v.
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