Adistrict municipality is a designation for a class ofmunicipalities found in several locations, including Canada, Lithuania, and South Africa.
Under provincial law, municipalities inBritish Columbia are to be designated "district municipalities" on incorporation if the area to be incorporated is greater than 800 hectares (8.0 km2; 2,000 acres) and has an average population density of less than 5 inhabitants per hectare (500/km2; 1,300/sq mi).[1] Municipalities may be incorporated under different classifications under the direction of theprovince's lieutenant governor, as is the case with theDistrict of North Vancouver.
A district municipality, also called a rural municipality, is one of three municipal types, along with towns and regional municipalities.[2] District municipalities andcounty municipalities are further consideredrural municipalities.[3] The province's twelve district municipalities are referred to asmunicipal districts byStatistics Canada.[4]
Currently, only one district municipality exists inOntario –District Municipality of Muskoka. It was formerly adistrict but has undergone heavyurbanization anddevelopment, particularly fromtourism, as it is the heart of Ontario'scottage country. As a result, it was "upgraded" from a district (such as neighbouringParry Sound District) to having powers similar to aregional municipality, such asYork Regional Municipality.
In South Africa,district municipalities are administrative divisions of a province. South Africa recognizes three types of municipality; metropolitan, district and local.District municipalities are made up of a number of local municipalities. The vast majority of land consists of district municipalities, with metropolitan municipalities being reserved for large cities and the areas around them. There are eight metropolitan municipalities, and 44 district municipalities subdivided into 226 local municipalities.
(aw) "municipality" means a regional municipality, town or county or district municipality, except where the context otherwise requires or as otherwise defined in this Act;
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