I always thought that Alaska was the largest 😭#shorts

What is the largest country subdivision in the world?

This might appear to be a tough question at first, but what I mean by this is what is the largest state or province in the entire world. Alaska might be a good first guess, but it quickly becomes apparent that this couldn't be further from the truth. As it turns out, Russia is home to the largest subdivisions in the world, the largest being the Sakha Republic, which is huge enough to be the 8th largest country in the world.

#shorts #geography

[_pie]

Many people don't know how massive Russia is, in fact, Russia is so large that you can fit the entirety of Russia inside of Russia

[aaronmarks]

Siberia is an underrated region. Sakha/Yakutia has its own Siberian Turkic ethnicity, culture, and language, separate from the Russian one. It also of course has a large chunk of the Arctic Circle and the Arctic Ocean.

[seregapanfilov]

Sakha is the only region in Russia, that has 3 time zones

[SustainableRat]

As a Canadian, the way he said “Noonavoot” killed me inside 💀

[mistik_]

Fun fact: Sakha is also the largest autonomous republic (in terms of land area) in the world

[Ashy_a]

As an Australian resident I’m surprised queensland made it and even more surprised Western Australia is 2nd

[pappeskil]

"One of them being Nunavut"
"How much if it can you pronounce?"
"Nunavut"

[hyadav]

Fun fact about Sakha
Area is almost the same as India
and Population is less than Andheri. A small 5km x 5km region in Mumbai, India.

[hiiambored]

As a Canadian it hurt me so much how he said Nunavut as nunuvut

[noisyfcks]

Hello there from Krasnoyarsk Krai
Fun fact: Line between the most northern and southern points of Krasnoyarsk Krai(almost 3500km including Islands) is almost as long as country of Chilie and its almost the same as the line between Krasnoyarsk and Moscow, that is crossing 4 time zones
So yeah, i used to fly 3000km to visit my native city and didn't crossed even the region border

[vitalyabotinok]

I didn't know that my homeland is the largest than any other subjects in the world. I proud to be Yakutian.

[Ratciclefan]

"you might think of the state of Alaska"
US-centric moment 💀

[yellotheepiko]

The way he pronounced Nunavut is a war crime in it self 💀

[email]

The Northwest Territories (Canada) was the largest sub-jurisidiction in the world until 1999 when Nunavut was split off.

[BananaMaster.]

You thought I’d pick Alaska? I immediately thought of Sakha.

[jackbradshaw]

For those wondering, Uttar Pradesh in India is the largest country subdivision by population

[NotSo]

States and provinces tend to get bigger in the more sparcely populated regions.
Siberia is one of the first things that comes to mind when thinking of sparcely populated areas.

[NickAndriadze]

Russia having a small piece of it large enough to be in the top 10 biggest countries in the world on its own is really fitting.

[mayakuduwudu]

I’m Russian and I also have to admit how amazingly beautiful these places are. Some unique ethnic groups live there too. And from November to late April the northern parts of the region get extremely cold. Many days with -40C and sometimes as low as -50 or even -60C.

[tallo]

Fun fact: The Northwest Territories prior to the Nunavut Act in 1999 had a about a total of 3, 238, 000 km² (1, 250, 200 mi²) Surpassing even Sakha Republic's 3, 083, 523 km² (1, 190, 555 mi²) Had it not been for the Nunavut Act of 1999, The Northwest Territories in Canada would've been the largest Subdivision in the world.