A municipal district is an administrative entity comprising a clearly-defined territory and its population . It can refer to a city , a town , a village , a small grouping of them, or a rural area.
23-591: The town of Juncalito is a municipal district within the municipality of Jánico , in the Santiago province of the Dominican Republic . Juncalito is a municipal district of Jánico, is located in the Cordillera Central at an altitude of more than 1,000 meters above sea level (3,290 feet), 59 kilometers from the city of Santiago de los Caballeros. It is a centennial community, this place
46-565: A hamlet, which is part of the district's jurisdiction. They are Acadia ( Acadia Valley ), Bighorn ( Exshaw ), Birch Hills ( Wanham ), Clear Hills ( Worsley ), Cypress ( Dunmore ), Grande Prairie ( Clairmont ), Lac Ste. Anne ( Sangudo ), Opportunity ( Wabasca ), and Thorhild ( Thorhild ). One municipal district, Ranchland , has its offices in a provincial park, Chain Lakes Provincial Park . Thirteen municipal districts have their offices in their jurisdiction, outside
69-657: A majority of their residential buildings are on parcels of land greater than 1,850 m , apply to Alberta Municipal Affairs for municipal district status under the authority of the Municipal Government Act . Applications for municipal district status are approved via orders in council made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council under recommendation from the Minister of Municipal Affairs. As of
92-492: A municipal district status between 1933 and 1946. In the Dominican Republic , when a municipality consists of more than one urban center , those beside the municipalities seat can be elevated to the status of a municipal district ( distrito municipal ). A municipal council ( Junta Municipal ) for such a municipal district is nominated by the municipal council of the municipality to which it belongs (Ley 3455 Titulo I Capitulo IV). In Ireland , each county and city and county
115-463: A municipality and do not enjoy political autonomy in Brazil. Municipal districts seats are generally located in villages within the geographic area of a municipality, but sometimes can refer to neighbourhoods adjacent to the city that hosts the municipal seat. In big cities such as São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro districts can host a sub-prefecture (or sub-city hall). Municipal districts in Brazil succeed
138-506: A type of census subdivision for statistical purposes. In Alberta, the term county is synonymous with the term municipal district and is not its own incorporated municipal status that is different from that of a municipal district. As such, Alberta Municipal Affairs provides municipal districts with the opportunity to brand themselves either as municipal districts or counties in their official names. A county in Alberta used to be
161-629: A type of designation in a single-tier municipal system, but it was changed to " municipal district " under the Municipal Government Act , when the County Act was repealed in the mid-1990s. They were then also permitted to retain the usage of county in their official names. Statistics Canada also refers to Nova Scotia 's 12 district municipalities as municipal districts for census subdivision purposes. The City of Flin Flon in Manitoba also held
184-402: Is a list of only those rural municipalities in Alberta that are incorporated as municipal districts . Despite their names, Lac La Biche County , Mackenzie County , and Strathcona County are not listed because they are in fact incorporated as specialized municipalities , not municipal districts . The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo is likewise a specialized municipality and
207-468: Is divided into municipal districts consisting of one or more local electoral areas (LEAs). The members elected to the county council or the county and city council for these LEAs are also municipal district members for the relevant areas. Some municipal districts are titled "borough districts" ( Clonmel , Drogheda , Sligo and Wexford ) or "metropolitan districts" ( Limerick and Waterford ), though they have no additional powers. This does not apply in
230-572: The 2011 Census , Alberta's then 64 municipal districts ( Lac La Biche County has since then converted to a specialized municipality ) had a cumulative population of 451,979 and an average population of 7,062. Alberta's most populous and least populated municipal districts are Rocky View County and the MD of Ranchland No. 66 with populations of 36,461 and 79 respectively. 437 elected officials (eight mayors , 56 reeves and 373 councillors ) provide municipal district governance throughout
253-635: The Canadian province of Alberta . Alberta's municipal districts, most of which are branded as a county (e.g. Yellowhead County , County of Newell , etc.), are predominantly rural areas that may include either farmland, Crown land or a combination of both depending on their geographic location. They may also include country residential subdivisions and unincorporated communities , some of which are recognized as hamlets by Alberta Municipal Affairs . Municipal districts are created when predominantly rural areas with populations of at least 1,000 people, where
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#1732773169267276-472: The Municipal Government Act (MGA) as municipal districts and were permitted to retain the term county in their official names. More than half of the 63 municipal districts have their main administration offices, including council chambers, in a separate municipality such as a city, town, or village. This municipality (like all other cities, towns, and villages) is not part of the municipal district's jurisdiction. Nine municipal districts have their offices in
299-554: The county term in the official names of 47 municipal districts (and three specialized municipalities ) has partially led to a common belief that a county is its own separate municipal status type, which is not the case. The other major contributor to this common belief is that a county was once a former municipal status type in Alberta prior to the County Act being repealed in the mid-1990s. Those municipalities that were once officially incorporated as counties were continued under
322-727: The borders of existing administrative districts. In the United States , the District of Columbia is divided into two municipal districts, based on the city's wards, solely for the purposes of electing delegates in the Democratic Party 's presidential primaries to the Democratic National Convention . List of municipal districts in Alberta A municipal district (MD) is the most common form of all rural municipality statuses used in
345-507: The boundaries of a city, town, or village. They are Brazeau ( Drayton Valley ), Lacombe (between Gull Lake and Lacombe ), Mountain View ( Didsbury ), Newell ( Brooks ), Northern Sunrise ( Peace River ), Paintearth ( Castor ), Parkland ( Stony Plain ), Peace ( Berwyn ), Red Deer ( Red Deer ), Saddle Hills ( Spirit River ), Wheatland ( Strathmore ), Willow Creek ( Claresholm ), and Woodlands ( Whitecourt ). The below table
368-499: The case of the counties of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown , Fingal or South Dublin , or to the cities of Cork , Dublin or Galway . The system of municipal districts came into operation from 1 June 2014 following local elections in May, at the same time as the abolition of town and borough councils . In Russia , municipal districts are a form of local self-government and a type of municipal formations . They are usually formed within
391-480: The communities surrounding the town. The population of Juncalito is relatively young. 30 percent of the population lives abroad or has stayed in other towns in search of better living conditions. Juncalito has a pleasant climate and ideal mountain landscapes to fully enjoy the nature of the Central Mountain Range. The geography of Juncalito is in mountainous with very few plains. A short distance from
414-514: The mountains. This is one of the most important coffee plantations in the country, producing one of the best coffees in the world, where there are around 1,500 coffee producers between large, medium and small. Besides coffee, there is a minor vegetable production in juncalito, mostly for domestic consumption. This Dominican Republic location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Municipal district In Brazil , municipal districts are, in general, subdivisions of
437-607: The old Portuguese parishes from the Brazilian colonial administration. During the 'New State' ( Estado Novo ), president Getúlio Vargas , published the Decree-law no. 311, of 2 March 1938, which in its article 3, defined that municipalities' seats would have the status of cities and municipal districts would be named upon their districtal seat's name. Another type of district is the Federal District , which shares
460-420: The province. An order in council to incorporate any municipality must give the municipality an official name. Of Alberta's 63 municipal districts, 16 still have municipal district in their official names, while 47 of them have branded themselves as a county in their official names. Twenty-five of Alberta's municipal districts retain a numerical designation (e.g. "No. 8") in their official names. The use of
483-707: The status of state among the other 26 states. The government of the Federal District has the status of state and municipal government at the same time, with its seat located in Brasília . In Canada , municipal districts are a type of rural municipality in Alberta that is governed by elected councils with the mandate to administer rural areas that can include farmlands, resource areas, and unincorporated hamlets and rural residential subdivisions. Statistics Canada recognizes Alberta's 64 municipal districts as
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#1732773169267506-536: The town is the peak Cacique with a height of 1,300 meters above sea level. In addition to its beautiful mountain landscapes, its lands are bathed by the waters of the Gurabo and Jagua rivers, the latter much visited by local people and other people. Economy The main source of economy in Juncalito is agriculture, its main product is coffee that takes advantage of favorable conditions, such as the height and cool climate of
529-435: Was chosen by its founders for the conditions it has for agricultural production. Although geographical accidents make the urbanization process difficult, the population of Juncalito has grown considerably due to the many positive factors that it has such as climate, and the little pollution that exists in this community. The municipal district Juncalito has a population of approximately 8,000 people, of which more than 60% live in
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