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A citydistrict, also known as anurban district orneighbourhood, is a designatedadministrative division that is generally managed by alocal government. It is used to divide a city into several administrative units.
City districts are used inRussia (raion),Pakistan andCroatia (Croatian:gradski kotar orgradska četvrt).
The term is also the English translation for theGermanStadtbezirk;Frencharrondissements;Dutchstadsdeel;Swedishstadsdel andPolishdzielnica.
| Country | Term/Translation | Example | Subdivision of | Administrative power | Notes | Further Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | District (Russian: raion) | Sovetsky City District, Nizhny Novgorod | Federal subject/federal city | Local Government(City assembly) | A Russian raion is a second-level administrative unit, two levels below national subdivision. | Districts of Russia |
| Germany | Borough | Wattenscheid,Bochum. | Metropolis | Municipal Government (Mayor) | German city districts are allocated only in urban metropolis' of more than 150,000 occupants. These boroughs subdivide the city-states (German:Stadtbezirk) | Stadtbezirk |
| France | Municipal arrondissement (French:arrondissement municipal) | Panthéon,Paris | Major city (Paris, Lyon and Marseille) | Municipal Government (Mayor) | Belgium, Haiti, and other certain Francophone countries use arrondissements as administrative units. | Municipal arrondissement |
| China | County-level subdivisions (districts) (市辖区 / 区;shìxiáqū / qū) | Yaohai,Hefei | Municipality orprefecture-level city | Local Government | In China, districts, wards or sub-cities (Chinese: 区) are subdivisions of a municipality or ‘prefecture-level city’. | Districts of China |
| Czech Republic | City district (Czech:městský obvod,městská část) | Brno-Královo Pole | statutory city | City district assembly (zastupitelstvo městského obvodu,zastupitelstvo městské části) | A statutory city can choose to divide some or all of its territory into self-governing city districts in its statute. The Municipality Act defines two types of divisions (městský obvod andměstská část) although they are equivalent in all but name. | |
| Indonesia | District or urban village (Indonesian:Kecamatan) | Menteng, Central Jakarta | Regency (Kabupaten) orcity | District office (Kantor kecamatan) | In thePapuan provinces, city districts are calleddistrik, while inYogyakarta, they are calledkemantren | Districts of Indonesia |
| Pakistan | Urdu: اِضلاعِ پاكِستان; Sindhi: پاڪستان جا ضلعا | Karachi Central District,Sindh | Urban area (small city/ large metropolitan area) | Local Government (Union Council Administration) | While there are 150 total districts in Pakistan, only 11 have been designated city districts. | City Districts of Pakistan |
| Mexico,Mexico City | Boroughs/Alcadias, Federal District (Spanish: districto federal) | Centro, Mexico City | Metropolitan area | Head of Government | For administrative purposes, Mexico City is divided into 16alcadias (councils). | Boroughs |
| Croatia | Croatian:gradski kotar orgradska četvrt | Gornja Dubrava,Zagreb | City / town | Local Government | Local government in Croatian city districts is a form of localself-government, whereby citizens participate in the self-governing scope of the city and local affairs. | |
| Netherlands | Dutch:stadsdeel | Centrum(Centre),Amsterdam | Major city | Local Government (District committee) | In some of the larger municipalities of the Netherlands, urban municipality districts are divided by city districts. Amsterdam calls 7 of its 8deelgemeenten,stadsdeel. | Urban districts of the Netherlands |
| Sweden | Swedish:stadsdel | Holmsund,Västerbotten | Municipality | Local Government (Administrative board) | In some rare cases, large municipalities in Sweden are divided into smaller "city districts". | Districts of Sweden |
| Poland | Polish:dzielnica | Stare Miasto,Kraków | City/town | Mayor/Elected Council; (Polish:burmistrz, dzielnica council) | Dzielnica | |
| Turkey | District Municipality(Turkish:büyükşehir belediyeleri) | Metropolitan Municipality | Mayor (of metropolitan municipality) | Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey |
InRussia, a city district (raion) is a second-level administrative unit used to divide a city.[1] It is the standardised administration unit of numerous post-Soviet states, two levels below national subdivision.
InGermany, a city district (Stadtbezirk) is an administrative unit that divides a metropolis of more than 150,000 inhabitants.
A city district, ormunicipal arrondissement (French:arrondissement municipal[aʁɔ̃dismɑ̃ mynisipal]), is a subdividing unit used in France's three largest cities:Paris,Lyon andMarseille. It divides a commune within which it has its ownmayor.
An arrondissement is also a term used for administrative divisions in areas such asBelgium,Haiti, and other certainFrancophone countries.
There are 16 city districts ofMexico City: 15 subdivisions formally known asboroughs, and theDistrito Federal ('federal district').
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