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Districts are a type of administrative division

Administrative division

|align="right"| |}Administrative divisions are divisions of a political division. In other words, they are designated portions of a country....
, in some countries managed by a local government

Local government

Municipality

A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them....
, or subdivisions of municipalities.

Austria
In Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
, a district or Bezirk is an administrative division normally encompassing several municipalities

Municipality

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
. The administrative office of a district, the Bezirkshauptmannschaft is headed by the Bezirkshauptmann.

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Districts are a type of administrative division

Administrative division

|align="right"| |}Administrative divisions are divisions of a political division. In other words, they are designated portions of a country....
, in some countries managed by a local government

Local government

Municipality

Austria

In Austria

Austria

Municipality

Germany

Administrative law

Administrative law is the body of law that governs the activities of government agency of government. Government agency action can include rulemaking, adjudication, or the enforcement of a specific regulation agenda....
and subject to orders from the higher instances, usually the Landeshauptmann
Landeshauptmann

A Landeshauptmann is an official title in German language for certain political offices equivalent to a Governor. It has historical uses, both administrative and colonial, and is presently used in Austria and Province of Bolzano-Bozen, predominantly German-speaking province of Italy....
(governor) in matters of federal law and the Landesregierung (state government) in state law. While there are matters of administrative law of which the municipalities themselves are in charge or where there are special bodies, the district is the basic unit of general administration in Austria. Officials on the district level are not elected, but appointed by the state government. There are also independent cities in Austria. They are called Statutarstadt in Austrian administrative law. These urban district

Urban district

In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area. Urban districts had an elected Urban District Council , which shared local government responsibilities with a county council....
s do have the same tasks as a normal district.

Vienna

The State of Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...
, which is at the same time a municipality, is also subdivided in twenty-three districts, which, however, have a somewhat different function than in the rest of the country. Legally, the Magistratisches Bezirksamt (district office) is a local offices of the municipality's administration. However, representatives (Bezirksräte) on the district level are elected, and they in turn elect the head of the district, the Bezirksvorsteher. Those representative bodies are supposed to serve as immediate contacts for the locals on the political and administrative level. In practice, they have some power, e.g. concerning matters of traffic.

Australia

Main articles: State Electoral Districts, Cadastral divisions of Australia
Cadastral divisions of Australia

Cadastral divisions of Australia refers to the parts of Australia which are divided into the cadastre units of county, Parish , hundred , and other divisions for the purposes of land ownership....

Electoral districts are used in state elections. Districts were also used in several states as cadastral units for land titles. Some were used as squatting

Squatting

Squatting is the act of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied space or building, usually residential, that the squatter does not Land ownership and tenure....
districts. New South Wales

Cadastral divisions of New South Wales

Cadastral divisions of New South Wales refers to the 141 counties within the Australian state of New South Wales, which are further subdivided into 7,459 parishes....
had several different types of districts used in the nineteenth century.

Azerbaijan

Bangladesh

Bangladeshi districts are local administrative units inherited from the British Raj

British Raj

British Raj primarily refers to the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; it can also refer to the period of dominion, and even the region under the rule....
. In all, there are 64 districts in Bangladesh. Originally, there were 21 greater districts with several subdivisions in each district. In 1984, the government made all these subdivisions into districts. Each district has several sub districts called Upazila in Bengali.

Belgium

In Belgian

Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
municipalities with more than 100,000 inhabitants, on initiative of the local council, sub-municipal administrative entities with elected councils may be created. As such, only Antwerp

Antwerp

||-||-||-||}Antwerp is a city and municipality in Belgium and the capital of the Antwerp in Flanders, one of Belgium's three regions....
, having over 460,000 inhabitants, became subdivided into nine districts

Antwerp

||-||-||-||}Antwerp is a city and municipality in Belgium and the capital of the Antwerp in Flanders, one of Belgium's three regions....
.

The Belgian arrondissement

Arrondissement

An arrondissement is an administrative division in France, most of the nations which were its former colonies in Africa and some other French-speaking nations, as well as in Belgium and the Netherlands....
s (also in French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
as well as in Dutch

Dutch language

Dutch is a West Germanic languages spoken by over 22 million people as a first language, and about 5 million people as a second language."1% of the EU population claims to speak Dutch well enough in order to have a conversation." Outside the European Union the number of second language speakers of Dutch is very small. Most native...
), an administrative level between province (or the capital region) and municipality, or the lowest judicial level, are in English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
sometimes called districts as well.

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
ian municipalities are subdivided into districts. Each municipality usually have only one urban district, which contains the city

City

A city is an urban area with a high population density and a particular administrative, legal, or historical status.Large industrialized cities generally have advanced systems for sanitation, utilities, land usage, house, and transportation and more....
itself, consisting of the seat of the local government, where the municipality's prefeitura
Prefecture

Prefecture indicates the office, seat, territorial circumscription of a Prefect. The term prefecture is also used to refer to offices analogous to prefectures....
and câmara de vereadores
City council

A city council is a form of local government, usually covering a city or other urban area, such as a town. The system of government has roots back at least to the Roman Empire....
(City Hall and City Council, respectively, the Executive

Executive (government)

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and Legislative local bodies) are located. The rural districts may also present a sublocal Executive body, named subprefeitura
Subprefecture

Subprefecture is an administrative division of a country that is below prefecture or province....
.

Canada

Alberta

In Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is one of Canada Canadian Prairies Provinces and territories of Canada. It became a province on September 1, 1905.Alberta is located in western Canada, bounded by the provinces of British Columbia to the west and Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories to the north, and the U.S....
, the district (known as municipal districts) acts like a county or a city but not like the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and British Columbia, all districts and counties

County

A county is a land area of Local government government within a larger state. A county may have city and towns within its area....
are part of census subdivisions of their respective census divisions.

British Columbia

The province of British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's Provinces and territories of Canada and is famed for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu ....
is subdivided into regional districts
Regional districts of British Columbia

The Canada Province of British Columbia is divided into regional districts. Like counties in nearly all states of the United States and in Eastern Canada, regional districts serve as the local government in unincorporated area into a municipality and in certain regional affairs of shared interest to the municipalities....
, which are more or less analogous to counties in other jurisdictions, each comprising a district seat, a number of municipalities, and unincorporated areas.

Some municipalities in British Columbia are also incorporated as district municipalities
District municipality

A district municipality is a designation for a class of municipality found in several locations, including British Columbia, Canada and Lithuania....
, which essentially function as a city, town, or village.

Ontario

In Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
, a district is a statutory subdivision of the province, but, unlike a county

County

A county is a land area of Local government government within a larger state. A county may have city and towns within its area....
, a district is not incorporated. Most districts are composed of unincorporated lands, mostly Crown land

Crown land

Crown land is a designated area belonging to the Crown, the equivalent of an Fee tail Estate that passed with the monarchy and could not be Title from it....
. Originally present-day Southern Ontario

Southern Ontario

Southern Ontario is the portion of the Canada province of Ontario lying south of the French River and Algonquin Park. It is the southernmost region of Canada....
(then part of the Province of Quebec and after 1791, Upper Canada

Upper Canada

The Province of Upper Canada was a British colony located in what is now the southern portion of the Province of Ontario in Canada. Upper Canada officially existed from 26 December 1791 to 10 February 1841 and generally comprised present-day Southern Ontario and, until 1797, the Upper Peninsula of what is now part of the U.S....
) was divided into districts in 1788. Districts continued to operation until 1849 when they were replaced by counties by the Province of Canada

Province of Canada

The Province of Canada or the United Province of Canada was a British North America#BNA colonies after the American Revolution: in North America from 1841 to 1867....
.

The current Ontario districts such as Algoma

Algoma District, Ontario

Algoma District is a district and census division in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1858 comprising territory as far west as Minnesota....
and Nipissing

Nipissing District, Ontario

Nipissing District, Ontario is a district in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1858. The district seat is North Bay, Ontario....
were first created by the Province of Canada in 1858 prior to Confederation

Confederation

Usually created by treaty but often later adopting a common constitution, confederations tend to be established for dealing with critical issues such as defense , foreign affairs, or a common currency, with the central government being required to provide support for all members....
for the delivery of judicial and provincial government services to sparsely populated areas from the district seat

County seat

A county seat or parish seat is a term for an administrative center for a county or civil parish, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there....
(e.g. Sault Ste. Marie

Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

Sault Ste. Marie is a city on the St. Marys River in Ontario, Canada. It is the third largest city in Northern Ontario, after Greater Sudbury and Thunder Bay, with a population of 74,948....
). Some districts may have District Social Service Administration Boards, which are designed to provide certain social services. The boundaries of a federal census division

Census division

Census division is an official term in Canada and the United States of America. The census divisions of Canada are second-level Census geographic units of Canada, below Provinces and territories of Canada, and above "census subdivisions" and "dissemination areas"....
may correspond to those of a district.

Northwest Territories

In western and northern Canada

Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, the federal government created districts as subdivisions of the Northwest Territories

Northwest Territories

The Northwest Territories are a provinces and territories of Canada of Canada.Located in northern Canada, it borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south....
1870-1905, partly on the model of the districts created in the Province of Canada

Province of Canada

District of Keewatin

The District of Keewatin was a former territory of Canada and later an administrative district of the Northwest Territories.The name "Keewatin" comes from Algonquian languages roots?either kiwehtin in Cree language or giiwedin in Ojibwe language?both of which mean north wind in their respective languages....
in 1876 followed by four more districts in 1882. Gradually, these districts became separate territories (such as Yukon Territory, separate provinces (such as Alberta

Alberta

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie provinces in Canada, which has an area of 588,276.09 square kilometres and a population of 1,015,895 , mostly living in the southern half of the province....
) or were absorbed into other provinces.

People's Republic of China

In China

People's Republic of China

The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the List of countries by population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population....
, the district

District (PRC)

The term district, in the context of the People's Republic of China refers to several unrelated political divisions in both Chinese history and China....
or qu (???, pinyin

Pinyin

Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most commonly used Romanization system for Standard Mandarin. Hanyu is the Chinese Language, and pinyin means "phonetics", or more literally, "spelling sound" or "spelled sound"....
: shì xiá qu) is a subdivision of any of various city administrative units, including municipalities, sub-provincial cities

Sub-provincial city

A sub-provincial city in the People's Republic of China, is like a prefecture-level city that is ruled by a province of China, but is administered independently in regard to Economics and law....
and prefecture-level cities

Prefecture-level city

A prefecture-level city or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China, ranking below a province of China and above a county of China in China's administrative structure....
. Districts have county level

Political divisions of China

Due to China's large population and area, the administrative divisions of China have consisted of several levels since History of the administrative divisions of China....
status.

Modern districts are a recent innovation. In the context of pre-modern China, the English translation "district" is typically associated with xian, another Chinese administrative division. The xian is translated as "county" in the context of modern China.

Colombia

In Colombia a district is a special administrative unit. 10 areas within Colombia are designated as districts.

Barranquilla

Barranquilla, an industrial, portuary, and special district, is a city and municipality located in northern Colombia by the Caribbean sea. The capital of the Atl?ntico Department, it is the largest industrial city and port in the Caribbean Region , and the fourth largest city in Colombia....
is designated a Special Industrial Port District; Cartagena

Cartagena, Colombia

Cartagena de Indias , is a port city on the northern coast of Colombia and capital of Bol?var Department. The metropolitan area has a population of 1,240,000, and the city proper 1,090,000 ....
is a Tourism and Cultural District; Bogotá

Bogotá

Bogot? ? officially named Bogot?, D.C. , formerly called Santa Fe de Bogot? ? is the capital city of Colombia, as well as the most populous city in the country, with 6,776,009 inhabitants ....
is the Capital District and Santa Marta

Santa Marta

Santa Marta is a city and municipality, located in northern Colombia by the Caribbean sea and the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains, capital of the Magdalena Department....
Historical, Tourism and Cultural District. There are also the Historical and Cultural District of Tunja; Special, Ecotouristic, Historical and Universitarian District of Popayán; Special Portuarial District of Turbo; Special Industrial, Portuarial, Biodiverse and Ecotouristic District of Tumaco; Special Border and Touristic District of Cúcuta and Special Industrial, Portuarial, Biodiverse and Ecotouristic District of Buenaventura.

Germany

In Germany, a district ("Kreis") is an administrative unit between the "Länder" (German federal states
States of Germany

Germany is a federation consisting of sixteen states, known in German language as L?nder . Since Land is the literal German word for "country", the term Bundesl?nder is commonly used colloquially, as it is more specific, though technically incorrect within the corpus of German law....
) and the local / municipal levels (Gemeinden
States of Germany

Germany is a federation consisting of sixteen states, known in German language as L?nder . Since Land is the literal German word for "country", the term Bundesl?nder is commonly used colloquially, as it is more specific, though technically incorrect within the corpus of German law....
). Most of the 429 German districts are "Landkreise", rural districts. 116 larger cities (usually with more than 100,000 inhabitants) do not belong to a district are considered as urban districts ("Kreisfreie Städte" or "Stadtkreise") themselves.
In some states, there is additional level of administration between the Länder and the Landkreise called Regierungsbezirk
Regierungsbezirk

A Regierungsbezirk is a type of government region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states . It is responsible for the districts , either List of German rural districts or urban districts: cities which constitute a district in their own right ....
(government district).
District (Bezirk) was also the name of administrative subdivisions of the German Democratic Republic since 1952. See Administrative division of the German Democratic Republic
Administrative division of the German Democratic Republic

Following the redrawing of Germany's national boundaries after 1945, there were five states or States of Germany in the Soviet Union Soviet occupation zone:...

Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
is divided into eighteen districts, each with a district council.

India

India's districts (; /zil??/ or /??np?d/ or Mavattam Bengali

Bengali language

Bengali or Bangla is an Indo-European languages language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit and Sanskrit languages....
: ????)Malayalam( ??????-?????)are local administrative units inherited from the British Raj

British Raj

Local government

India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
's subnational States and Territories

States and territories of India

India is a Federal_republic union of states comprising twenty-eight State s and seven Union Territory. The states and territories are further Subdivisions of India into districts and so on....
. Where warranted, Districts may further be grouped into administrative Divisions, which form an intermediate level between the District and the subnational State (or union territory

Union Territory

A Union Territory is a sub-national administrative division of India, in the Federal republic framework of governance. Unlike the States and territories of India, which have their own elected governments, union territories are ruled directly by the federal Government of India; the President of India appoints an Administrator of the Governmen...
).

A District is headed by a Deputy Commissioner

Deputy Commissioner

A Deputy Commissioner is a police or administrative official in many different countries....
/ Collector, who is responsible for the overall administration and the maintenance of law and order. The district collector may belong to IAS (Indian Administrative Service

Indian Administrative Service

The Indian Administrative Service is the Public administration civil service of the Government of India. One of the three All India Services , the IAS plays a major role in managing the bureaucracy of both the Union Government and the States and territories of India governments, with its officers holding strategic posts across the countr...
). Other key responsibilities include the collection of revenue

Tax

To tax is to impose a financial charge or other levy upon an individual or Legal person by a state or the functional equivalent of a state.Taxes are also imposed by many subnational entity....
, and criminal prosecution in the district and sessional courts

District Courts of India

The District Courts of India are presided over by a judge. They administer justice in India at a Districts of India level. These courts are under administrative and judicial control of the High Courts of India of the State to which the district concerned belongs....
. Usually, the Deputy Commissioner/ District Collector is conferred with Magisterial powers under section 20 of Criminal Procedure Code, and designated as the District Magistrate. The official designations are, "Collector and District Magistrate" or "Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate".

Districts are most frequently further sub-divided into smaller administrative units, called either tehsil
Tehsil

A tehsil is an administrative division of some country of South Asia.Generally, a tehsil consists of a city or town that serves as its headquarters, possibly additional towns, and a number of villages....
s or talukas or Mavattams, depending on the region. These units have specific local responsibilities, including in particular coordinating revenue collection. An intermediate level (the Sub-Division) between District and tehsil/taluka may be formed by grouping these units under the oversight of Assistant Commissioner

Assistant Commissioner

Assistant Commissioner is a rank used in many police forces....
s/ Sub-Collectors. Each district has well-defined boundaries, and includes one or two cities (or large towns), a few smaller towns and dozens of villages. Most of the Indian districts have the same name as the main town/city that it contains.

As of June 2008, a total of 610 Districts are defined in India.Thus the number of districts in the country exceeded the number of M.P. constituencies(545).In A.P.districts (23)are less than M.P.seats (42).

District Revenue administration in A.P.:
1. District headed by Collector
2.A District is composed of 4 or 5 Revenue Divisions administered by R.D.O./sub collector,
3.Revenue Divisions divided into Taluks/mandals headed by tahsildars,
4.mandals composed of a 10 or above villages administered by village Revenue officers and village servants.
There is four tier local government in Panchayati Raj:
1.Grama panchayath:sarpanch
2.village clusters :M.P.T.C.
3.Mandal/Taluk :M.P.P./Z.P.T.C.
4.District:Z.P.Chairperson.

Iraq

In Iraq, they use the word qadaa

KAZA

The Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area or KAZA TFCA is a conservation park that will be created by the African countries of Zambia, Angola, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe....
for districts. There are over a hundred districts, each district being within one of 18 Iraqi governorates

Governorates of Iraq

|||}Iraq is divided into 18 governorates :The current set of governorates was established in 1976.The governorates are divided into Qadaa ....
, sometimes known as provinces. The district generally (but not always) bears the name of a city within that district which is usually the capital of that district.

Japan

A district (gun in Japanese

Japanese language

IPA: [n?iho?go] is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is related to the Ryukyuan languages....
) is a local administrative unit comprising town

Towns of Japan

A town is a Local government in Japan. It is a local public body along with Prefectures of Japan, Cities of Japan, and Villages of Japan. Geographically, a town is contained within a Prefectures of Japan....
s and village

Villages of Japan

A is a Local government in Japan.It is a local public body along with , , and . Geographically, a village's extent is contained within a Prefectures of Japan....
s but not cities. See districts of Japan

Districts of Japan

The was most recently used as an administrative unit in Japan between 1878 and 1921 and is roughly equivalent to the county of the United States, ranking at the level below prefecture and above Cities of Japan, Towns of Japan or Villages of Japan....
for more complete description. In 1923, its administrative role was abolished although it is still in use for addressing purposes. "District" is also a translation of chiku, defined by Japan's planning law.

Kenya

In Kenya

Kenya

The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the northeast, Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west, and Sudan to the northwest, with the Indian Ocean running along the southeast border....
, a district (wilayah
Wilayah

A wilayah or vil?yet is an administrative division, usually translated as "province" or "governorate". The word comes from Arabic w-l-y 'to govern': a wali 'governor' governs a wilayah 'that which is governed'....
) is a subdivision of a Province and is headed by a District Officer (DO).

Korea (South)

A district (gu) is a subdivision of larger cities in South Korea. Smaller cities have no districts, whereas districts in Seoul

Seoul

Seoul is the Capital and largest city of South Korea. With a population of over 10 million, It is one of the world's List of cities proper by population.The Seoul National Capital Area - which includes the major port city of Incheon and satellite towns in Gyeonggi-do, has 24.5 million inhabitants and is the world's second largest List of me...
and six Metropolitan Cities

Special cities of Korea

In North Korea and South Korea, Special Cities, Metropolitan Cities, and Directly Governed Cities are cities that have a status equivalent to that of Provinces of Korea ....
are treated as a city in its own right.

Malaysia

A district is known as Daerah
Daerah

Daerah is the name for a district in Malaysia and Brunei. Its equivalent English word is region.In Indonesia, the term "daerah istimewa" is used to refer to Provinces of Indonesia ....
in Malay

Malay language

The Malay language is an Austronesian languages spoken by the Malays and people of other ethnic groups who reside in Peninsular Malaysia, southern Thailand, Singapore, central eastern Sumatra, the Riau Islands and parts of the coast of Borneo....
. A district governed directly by the federal government is known as a Federal Territory, and they are Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur , is the largest city of Malaysia. The city proper, making up an area of , has an estimated population of 1.6 million in 2006. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million....
, Putrajaya

Putrajaya

Putrajaya, a planned city located just south of Kuala Lumpur, is the new federal administrative capital of Malaysia. Several Government offices have relocated there to gain relief from the overcrowding and congestion of Kuala Lumpur, which is Malaysia's largest city....
, and Labuan

Labuan

Labuan is the main island of the Malaysian Federal Territory of Labuan. Labuan is best known as an Offshore Financial Centre offering international financial and business services via Labuan IBFC since 1990 as well as a tourist destination for nearby Bruneians and scuba diving....
.

In Peninsular Malaysia

Peninsular Malaysia

Peninsular Malaysia , also known as Malaya or West Malaysia, is the part of Malaysia which lies on the Malay Peninsula, and shares a land border with Thailand in the north....
, a district is a division of a state

States of Malaysia

Malaysia is a federation which consists of thirteen State and three Federal Territory . Eleven states and two federal territories are located on the Malay Peninsula while the remaining two states and one federal territory are on the island of Borneo....
. A mukim
Mukim

In Malaysia and Brunei, a mukim is a Country subdivision of a daerah . The equivalent of the word mukims in English would be 'sub-districts'.In Singapore, a mukim is one of two varieties of survey districts....
is a subdivision of a district. The mukim is however of less importance with respect to the administration of local government

Local government

East Malaysia

East Malaysia consists of the Malaysia states of Sabah and Sarawak, located on the island of Borneo to the east, across the South China Sea from Peninsular Malaysia which is located on the Malay Peninsula....
, a district is a subdivision within a division

Divisions of Malaysia

The states of Malaysia that lie on Borneo are subdivided into division . These divisions are further divided into Districts of MalaysiaThe 16 divisions are:...
of a state. For example, Tuaran

Tuaran

Tuaran is a town as well as a district located in West Coast Division, in the northwest of Sabah, East Malaysia on the island of Borneo. Tuaran district has an area of 1,166 square kilometres and an estimated population of 94,100 in 2006....
is a district within the West Coast Division

West Coast Division

West Coast Division is an administrative Divisions of Malaysia of Sabah, east Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. It occupies the northwest portion of Sabah....
of Sabah

Sabah

Sabah is a Malaysian States of Malaysia located on the northern portion of the island of Borneo . It is the second largest state in Malaysia after Sarawak, which it borders on its south-west....
. A district is usually named after the main town or its administrative capital, for example, Sandakan

Sandakan

Sandakan is the second-largest city in Sabah, East Malaysia, on the north-eastern coast of Borneo. It is located on the east coast of the island and it is the administrative centre of Sandakan Division and was the former capital of North Borneo....
town is the capital of the district of Sandakan, as well the capital of Sandakan Division

Sandakan Division

Sandakan Division is an administrative division of Sabah, east Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. It stretches diagonally from the northeastern coast of Sabah to the state's central region....
. (Note: Sandakan district is a sub-division of Sandakan Division.)

In Malaysia, each district will have a District Office, headed by a district officer, and is administered by a local government either being a District Council, Municipal Council, or a City Council. In some highly urbanised districts, there may be further subdivisions. For example, the district of Petaling in Selangor

Selangor

Selangor is one of the 13 states of Malaysia. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east, Negeri Sembilan to the south and the Strait of Malacca to the west....
is administered by 3 local governments: Shah Alam City Council, Petaling Jaya City Council, and Subang Jaya Municipal Council. Another example is the district of Kinta

Kinta

Kinta is one of the nine administrative districts of Perak, Malaysia, and it is divided into three major councils:*Ipoh City Council , based in Ipoh, the state capital of Perak...
in Perak

Perak

Perak is one of the 13 states of Malaysia. It is the second largest state in Peninsular Malaysia bordering Kedah and Yala Province of Thailand to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kelantan and Pahang to the east, Selangor southward and to the west by the Strait of Malacca....
which has 3 subdivisions: Ipoh City Council, West Kinta District Council, and South Kinta District Council. Conversely, there may be one local government administering more than one district, for example, Seberang Perai Municipal Council administers the districts of Central Seberang Perai, North Seberang Perai, and South Seberang Perai.

An administrative district border and an electoral district border (constituency

Constituency

A constituency is any cohesive body of people bound by shared identity, goals, or loyalty. Constituency can be used to describe a business's customer base and shareholders, or a charity's donors or those it serves....
) transcends each other and does not correspond with each other in most instances.

Nauru

The districts of Nauru

Districts of Nauru

|||}There are 14 districts in the Republic of Nauru. Each one consists of a number of traditional List of cities in Nauru, many of which are uninhabited or destroyed nowadays....
are the only subdivisions of the whole state.

New Zealand

A district in New Zealand is a territorial authority (second-tier local government unit) that has not gained the distinction of being proclaimed a city. Districts tend to be less urbanised, tend to cover more than one population centre and a larger amount of rural area, and tend to have a smaller population than cities. While cities and districts are generally considered to be two different types of territorial authority, the area covered by a city is often known as its district—for example the term district plan is used equally in districts and cities. The Chatham Islands Territory

Chatham Islands

The archipelago of the Chatham Islands is a territory of New Zealand of about ten islands within a radius. The remote islands, over east of southern New Zealand, have officially belonged to the country since 1842....
is neither a district nor a city.

A district is not always a simple division of a region: several district lie within two regions, and the Taupo District

Taupo District

The Taupo District covers 6,350 km? of land, as well as a further 610 km? of lake area, both in Lake Taupo, New Zealand's largest lake, and also in the smaller Lake Rotoaira....
lies in four.

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th...
's districts are local administrative units inherited from the British Raj

British Raj

British Raj primarily refers to the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; it can also refer to the period of dominion, and even the region under the rule....
. Districts were generally grouped into administrative Divisions, which in turn formed Provinces. Pakistan has 130 districts (including seven in Azad Jammu and Kashmir). They comprise villages, towns and cities. A District is headed by a District Nazim (Mayor), who is an elected official and the local controller of the district level officers of all the departments under provincial government. The District Nazim heads an elected District Council which is composed of councilors, who represent various district-level constituencies. The councils have a constitutional requirement to be composed of a minimum of 33% women, there is no upper limit to that; so women can comprise 100% of these councils but men cannot.

Peru

Philippines

The usage of the term 'district' (distrito) in the Philippines has similarities to that in the United States.

Legislative

National

A constituency with a representative in the lower house of Congress

Congress of the Philippines

The Congress of the Philippines is the national legislature of the Republic of the Philippines. It is a bicameralism body consisting of the Senate of the Philippines , and the House of Representatives of the Philippines although commonly in the Philippines the term congress refers to the latter....
is a congressional district

Congressional district

A congressional Electoral district is an electoral constituency that elects a single member of a congress. Countries with congressional districts include the United States, the Philippines, and Japan....
has become synonymous in local parlance as 'representative district,' because, just like in the US, the word 'congress' (konggreso) has come to refer especially just to the lower house (the House of Representatives

House of Representatives of the Philippines

The House of Representatives of the Philippines is the lower chamber of the Congress of the Philippines of the Philippines. The Senate of the Philippines is the upper chamber....
).

A legislative district, which has an average population of about 250,000 to 500,000 may be composed of: (a.) an entire province, (b.) within a province, a group of municipalities and cities (sometimes even including independent and highly urbanized cities geographically located in the province), (c.) a single city, (d.) a group of geographically adjacent independent cities and independent municipalities (currently the only example is the Pateros-Taguig, or (e.) a group of barangays within a city.

Each province is guaranteed at least one representative to the lower house, even though it may not come close to having the same population as that of other more populated legislative districts. Only voters within each district are allowed to vote in the election

Election

An election is a decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold formal office. This is the usual mechanism by which modern Representative democracy fills offices in the legislature, sometimes in the executive and judiciary, and for regional government and local government....
for the member of the House of Representatives from that district.

From 1916 to 1935, the Philippines was divided into 12 senatorial districts, of which 11 elected two members each, for a total of 22 out of the 24 members of the upper house of Congress (the Senate

Senate of the Philippines

The Senate of the Philippines is the upper chamber of the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, the Congress of the Philippines. The Philippine Senate is composed of 24 senators who are elected at-large....
). Since 1935 senators have been elected at large.

Regional

In addition, each congressional district that falls under the jurisdiction of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao

Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao

The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao is the Regions of the Philippines of the Philippines that is composed of all the Philippines' predominantly Islam in the Philippines Provinces of the Philippines, namely: Basilan , Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi, and the Philippines' only predominantly Muslim Cities of the Philippines,...
(a total of 8) elects three members each to the country's only subnational legislative assembly

ARMM Regional Legislative Assembly

The Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao has a unicameral ARMM Regional Legislative Assembly headed by a Speaker. It is composed of three members for every House of Representatives of the Philippines....
.

Provincial

There are provincial districts for the purpose of electing Sangguniang Panlalawigan
Sangguniang Panlalawigan

The Sangguniang Panlalawigan is the legislature of all Provinces of the Philippines in the Philippines....
(Provincial Council) members, which follow the congressional district arrangement, except that independent and highly urbanized cities whose charters prevent them from electing provincial officials are excluded. Also, provinces that comprise a lone congressional district are divided into at least two provincial districts.

City

There are also city councilor districts for the purpose of electing Sangguniang Panlungsod
Sangguniang Panlungsod

The Sangguniang Panlungsod is the local legislative branch of Philippine city governments in the Philippines. The term is coined from the Tagalog language words "sanggunian" and "lungsod" which means "city advisory council"....
(City Council) members, which follow the congressional district arrangement. In cases where the city does not form two or more congressional districts by itself, it is divided into at least two city council districts.

Administrative

Current

Districts exist as an administrative entity only in local government, with limited powers or responsibilities. Certain cities, such as Manila

Manila

The 'City of Manila' , or simply 'Manila', is the Capital of the Philippines and one of the 17 cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila....
, Iloilo

Iloilo City

The City of Iloilo is the capital of, but independent from, the province of Iloilo. It is the economic hub of the Western Visayas region, as well as the center of the Metro Iloilo-Guimaras....
and Davao

Districts of Davao City

The following is the list of the 182 barangays of Davao City, Philippines, arranged according to the 3 Legislative districts of Davao City and 11 administrative districts Davao City is divided into:...
, for administrative purposes, formally divide their jurisdictions into city districts which are composed of several barangay

Barangay

A barangay , also known by its former Spanish adopted name, the barrio, is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or Ward ....
s, but the extent of these district-level administrative powers vary. Several barangays (the lowest level of government) also have the word 'district' in their names — examples are those in Jala-jala and Zamboanga City

Zamboanga City

The City of Zamboanga is a highly-urbanized Philippine city located on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. It is one of the first Chartered city city, 6th most populated city and the 3rd largest city in the country in terms of land area....
. However, this is solely for the purpose of nomenclature, and does not imply a higher level of local government.

Historical

During Spanish and early American colonial rule, certain areas of the Philippines were designated as 'districts,' mainly those which have not been formally organized into provinces or incorporated into existing ones. In the American era, cities and municipalities were divided into city and municipal districts, which served as the lowest level of government before the creation of the barangay.

Special-purpose districts

Special-purpose districts also exist in the Philippines, created for government departments and agencies. Examples are school districts for the Department of Education

Department of Education (Philippines)

The Philippines' Department of Education , abbreviated as DepEd, is the Executive Departments of the Philippines of the Politics of the Philippines responsible for the management and upkeep of the Philippine system of basic education....
(DepEd), engineering districts for the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and for the Philippine Coast Guard

Philippine Coast Guard

The Philippine Coast Guard is a maritime law enforcement agency operating under the Department of Transportation and Communications of the Philippines....
(PCG).

Informal districts

Some cities and municipalities also extend the usage of the word 'district' to refer to certain areas, even without having any formal administrative purposes. Examples are the central business districts in Naga City and Makati City

Makati City

The City of Makati, or simply Makati, is one of the Cities of the Philippines and Philippine municipality that make up Metro Manila, the Metropolitan area of the Manila....
.

Poland

The second-level unit of local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture (LAU-1

Local administrative unit

Generally, a local administrative unit is a low level administrative division of a country, ranked below a province, region, or state. Not all countries describe their locally governed areas this way, but it can be descriptively applied anywhere to refer to counties, municipalities, etc....
) in other countries is called a powiat
Powiat

A powiat is the second-level unit of local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture in other countries....
. As of 2008 there are 379 powiat-level entities in Poland: 314 land counties and 65 city counties. For a complete alphabetical listing, see list of counties in Poland

List of counties in Poland

The following is an alphabetical list of all 379 county-level entities in Poland.A county or powiat is the second level of Polish administrative division, between Voivodeships of Polands and gminas ....
.

Portugal

Districts (distritos) are administrative divisions of Portugal

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
. They do not have an elected government; they are governed by a "civil governor" appointed by the central government. See Districts of Portugal.

Russia

In the Russian Federation

Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
, districts (raion
Raion

A raion is a type of administrative unit of some post-Soviet states. The term, which is of French origin, describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is almost always translated as "district"....
s) are administrative and municipal divisions of the federal subjects

Federal subjects of Russia

Russia is a federation which consists of 83 subjects. These subjects are of equal federal rights in the sense that they have equal representation?two delegates each?in the Federation Council of Russia ....
, as well as administrative divisions of larger cities ("city districts").

In historical context (for the Russian Empire

Russian Empire

File:Russian Emperor Flag.jpgFile:Romanov Flag.svgThe Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917....
), the term "district" is often used to refer to uyezd

Uyezd

Uyezd or uezd was an admistrative subdivision of Rus' , Muscovy, and Russian Empire used from the 13th century, originally describing groups of several volosts formed around the most important cities....
s.

Scotland

In Scotland

Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
, local government districts were used from 1975 to 1996.

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a country in Central Europe and Balkans Europe, covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central part of the Balkans....
is divided into twenty-nine districts

Districts of Serbia

Districts are the administrative units of Serbia, comprising several municipalities of Serbia each.The Slavic languages word okrug denotes administrative subdivision in some states....
(okrug
Okrug

Okrug is an administrative division of some Eastern European Slavic peoples states. The word "okrug" is a loanword in English, but it is nevertheless often translated as "area", "district", or "region"....
) and the city of Belgrade

Belgrade

Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. The city lies on international waterway, at the confluence of the Sava River and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkan Peninsula....
, each of which is further divided into municipalities

Municipality

A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them....
(opština)

Slovakia

In Slovakia, a district (okres
Okres

Okres refers to administrative entities in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.The first districts, both in the Czech lands and Slovakia, developed from domains in 1850 by decision of the imperial government of Austrian monarchy ....
) is a local administrative unit.

South Africa

In South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
, the district municipality

District municipality (South Africa)

In South Africa, a district municipality or Category C municipality is a municipality which executes some the functions of local government for a district....
forms the layer of government below the provinces

Provinces of South Africa

South Africa is currently divided into nine provinces. On the eve of the South African general election, 1994, South Africa's former homelands, also known as Bantustans, were reintegrated and the four existing provinces were divided into nine....
. A district municipality is in turn divided into several local municipalities

Local municipality (South Africa)

In South Africa, a Local municipality or Category B municipality is a type of Municipalities of South Africa that serves as the third, and most local, tier of local government....
. This structure varies in the six largest urban areas (Cape Town

Cape Town

Cape Town is the second most populous city in South Africa, forming part of the metropolitan municipality of the City of Cape Town. It is the provincial Capital of the Western Cape, as well as the legislature capital of South Africa, where the Parliament of South Africa and many government offices are located....
, Durban

Durban

Durban is the third most populous city in South Africa, forming part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality . It is the largest city in KwaZulu-Natal and is famous as the busiest port in Africa....
, East Rand, Johannesburg

Johannesburg

Johannesburg also known as Joburg, is the largest city in South Africa. Johannesburg is the province Capital of Gauteng the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa....
, Port Elizabeth and Pretoria

Pretoria

Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three Capital , serving as the Executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislature capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital....
), where a metropolitan municipality

Metropolitan municipality (South Africa)

In South Africa, a metropolitan municipality or Category A municipality is a municipality which executes all the functions of local government for a city or conurbation....
is both a district and a local municipality.

Sri Lanka

For purposes of local government, the country of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is an island country in South Asia, located about off the southern coast of India....
is divided into nine provinces

Provinces of Sri Lanka

The Provinces of Sri Lanka have existed since 1987, following several decades of increasing demand for a Devolution of the Government of Sri Lanka....
: Western

Western Province, Sri Lanka

Western Province is the most densely populated province of Sri Lanka. It is home to the legislative capital Sri Jayawardenapura as well to Colombo, the nation's administrative and business center....
, Central

Central Province, Sri Lanka

The Central Province of Sri Lanka consists primarily of mountainous terrain. Both the hill capital Kandy and the city of Nuwara Eliya are located within the Central Province as well as Sri Pada....
, Southern

Southern Province, Sri Lanka

The Southern Province of Sri Lanka is a small geographic area consisting of the districts of Galle, Matara, Sri Lanka and Hambantota. The region is economically backward compared to the Western Province, Sri Lanka, where the capital Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte is situated....
, Northern

Northern Province, Sri Lanka

The Northern Province is one of the 9 Provinces of Sri Lanka of Sri Lanka. The provinces have existed since the 19th century but they didn't have any legal status until 1987 when the 13th Constitutional amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka established provincial councils ....
, Eastern

Eastern Province, Sri Lanka

The Eastern Province is one of the 9 Provinces of Sri Lanka of Sri Lanka. The provinces have existed since the 19th century but they didn't have any legal status until 1987 when the 13th Constitutional amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka established provincial councils ....
, North Western

North Western Province, Sri Lanka

North Western Province is a Provinces of Sri Lanka of Sri Lanka. The districts of Kurunegala and Puttalam formulate Wayamba. Its capital is Kurunegala, which has a population of 28,571....
, North Central

North Central Province, Sri Lanka

North Central Province is a province of Sri Lanka. Its capital is Anuradhapura. The province is economically rather backward and not densely populated, as the land tends to be dry tropical woodlands....
, Uva

Uva Province

Uva Province is Sri Lanka's second least populated Provinces of Sri Lanka, with 1,187,335 people, created in 1896. It consists of two districts: Badulla District and Moneragala District....
and Sabaragamuwa

Sabaragamuwa Province

Sabaragamuwa Province is a province of Sri Lanka, and contains two main cities: Ratnapura and Kegalle. Sabaragamuwa University is in Belihuloya....
. (The Northern and Eastern Provinces have however, technically been jointly administered since 1988.)

Each of the districts is divided into administrative sub-units known as 'Divisions. These were originally based on the feudal counties, the korales and ratas. They were formerly known as 'D.R.O. Divisions' after the 'Divisional Revenue Officer'. Later the D.R.O.s became 'Assistant Government Agents' and the Divisions were known as 'A.G.A. Divisions'. Currently, the Divisions are administered by a 'Divisional Secretary', and are known as a 'D.S. Divisions'. Rural D.S. Divisions are also administered by a 'Pradeshiya Sabha' (Sinhala for 'Regional Council'), which is elected.

Sweden

Some municipalities in the Kingdom of Sweden have divided their territory into smaller areas, which often are assigned an administrative board responsible for certain elements of municipal governance within their district. These areas take a variety of different Swedish names, however "district" is usually the official English term for them. The term "borough" is sometimes used in unofficial contexts.

Switzerland

In Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
, some cantons organise themselves into districts, while others dispense with districts and govern themselves at the Wahlkreise (Constituency

Constituency

Thailand

A district ("amphoe

Amphoe

An amphoe is the second level administrative subdivision of Thailand. Usually translated as district, amphoe make up the Provinces of Thailand....
") is a subdivision of a Province
Provinces of Thailand

Thailand is divided into 75 provinces , which are geographically grouped into 6 regions. The capital Bangkok is not a province but a special administrative area and is included as the 76th province since it is administered at the same level as the other 75 provinces....
("changwat") in Thailand

Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
. Some provinces also contain minor districts ("king amphoe"), which are smaller than the average district.

Turkey

In Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
, a district is an administrative subdivision of a province . See also Districts of Turkey

Districts of Turkey

The Provinces of Turkey of Turkey are divided into 957 districts . In the early Turkish Republic and in the Ottoman Empire, the corresponding unit was the qadaa....
.

United Kingdom

England

Districts are the most recognisable form of local government

Local government

England

Local government

Counties of England

The counties of England are territorial divisions of England for the purposes of administrative, political and geographical demarcation. Many current counties have foundations in older divisions such as the Anglo-Saxon England kingdoms....
forming the upper tier. Districts tend to have responsibility for a number of areas including:

tax
Tax

To tax is to impose a financial charge or other levy upon an individual or Legal person by a state or the functional equivalent of a state.Taxes are also imposed by many subnational entity....
collection (Council Tax
Council tax

Council Tax is the system of local taxation used in England, Scotland and Wales to part fund the services provided by local government in each country....
and Non-Domestic Rates)
Leisure Services
Refuse collection
Housing
Planning
Arts & Entertainment
Environmental Health

Each district raises taxes from residents on behalf of itself, and the upper tier authority through the Council Tax

Council tax

Council Tax is the system of local taxation used in England, Scotland and Wales to part fund the services provided by local government in each country....
. It also raises income from business through the Non-Domestic Rates system, which is co-ordinated nationally.

Wales

There is no official use of the word 'district' in Wales. The country is broken up into 22 unitary authorities

Unitary authority

A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national government....
. The term district may be used informally to describe a whole or unofficial part of a ward

Ward

Ward may refer to:...
in a city.

Scotland

In Scotland

Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
, local government districts were use from 1975 to 1996.

Northern Ireland

conventional_long_name = Northern Ireland|native_name= Tuaisceart ?ireannNorlin Airlann|motto =|image_map = Europe location N-IRL2.png...
is divided into twenty-six districts for local government

Local government

Local governments are administrative offices that are smaller than a state. The term is used to contrast with offices at nation-state level, which are referred to as the central government, national government, or federal government....
purposes. The councils do not carry out the same range of functions as those in the rest of the United Kingdom, e.g. they have no responsibility for education, for road building or for housing (though they do nominate members to the advisory Northern Ireland Housing Council).

Their functions do include waste and recycling

Recycling

Recycling involves processing used materials into new products in order to prevent waste of potentially useful materials, reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, reduce energy usage, reduce air pollution and water pollution by reducing the need for "conventional" waste disposal, and lower greenhouse gas emissions as compared to virg...
services, leisure

Leisure

Leisure or free time, is a period of time spent out of employment and essential domestic activity. It is also the period of recreational and discretionary time before or after compulsory activities such as eating and sleeping, employment or running a business, education and doing homework, household chores, and day-to-day Stress ....
and community services, building control and local economic and cultural development. They are not planning authorities, but are consulted on some planning applications. Collection of rates (local tax) is handled by the Rate Collection Agency.

United States

There are several types of district in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
.

A constituency with a representative in Congress

United States Congress

The United States Congress is the Bicameralism legislature of the Federal government of the United States of the United States of America, consisting of two houses, the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....
is a congressional district

Congressional district

A congressional Electoral district is an electoral constituency that elects a single member of a congress. Countries with congressional districts include the United States, the Philippines, and Japan....
. Each state is organized into one or more such districts; the exact number within each state is based on the most recent census. Only voters within each district are allowed to vote in the election

Election

United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives, commonly referred to as "the House", is one of the bicameralism of the United States Congress; the other is the United States Senate....
from that district. Overall, there are 435 congressional districts in the United States; each has roughly 630,000 people, with some variance.

A constituency with a representative in a state legislature is a legislative district; the territory over which a federal court has jurisdiction is a federal judicial district

United States federal judicial district

For purposes of the United States federal court system, United States Congress has divided the United States into judicial districts. There is at least one district in each U.S....
.

The District of Columbia is the only part of the United States, excluding territories, that is not located within any of the fifty states

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
.

The United States also has many types of special-purpose districts with limited powers of local government. School district

School district

School districts are a form of special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public elementary school and high school schools. They exist mostly in the United States, where they operate nearly all government-funded schools....
s are the most common, but other types of districts include college districts

Community College District

A community college district is an education Special-purpose district organized to define and serve the community in which a community college operates....
, hospital districts, utility districts, irrigation districts, port districts, and public transit districts.

Many cities in the late 20th century adopted names for non-governmental districts as a way of increasing recognition and identity of these distinct areas. Perhaps most apparently in Los Angeles, various areas and neighborhoods within the city are specified as districts. For instance, Hollywood is a district of Los Angeles, whereas Beverly Hills is an independent city, with its own government and police department. This can often lead to confusion among foreigners and natives alike, as the difference between districts, suburbs and neighboring cities is often quite ambiguous, for they all make up the greater LA area. As with any city, the important distinction is that areas classified as districts are still part of the parent city.

Various federal, regional and local agencies such as the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation....
recognize historic district

Historic district (United States)

A historic district in the United States is a group of buildings, properties or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally significant....
s.

Prior to the Act of Consolidation

Act of Consolidation, 1854

The Act of Consolidation, passed on February 2, 1854 in the United States city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, consolidated all remaining township , District#United_Statess, and boroughs within the Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, dissolving their governmental structures and bringing all municipal authority within the county under the auspi...
in 1854, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia County is a County located in the U.S. State of Pennsylvania. It is coterminous with the city of Philadelphia which also serves as its county seat....
had some districts acting like cities or towns.

Vietnam

A district (qu?n) is an administrative unit lying between a province (or lower province) and higher village.