List of forms of government
23-632: (Redirected from Subdistricts ) A subdistrict or sub-district is an administrative division that is generally smaller than a district . Equivalents [ edit ] Administrative posts of East Timor , formerly Portuguese-language subdistrito Kelurahan , in Indonesia Mukim , a township in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore Nahiyah , in Palestine and Syria Tambon ,
46-559: A country is sometimes called the " first-level (or first-order ) administrative division" or "first administrative level". Its next subdivision might be called "second-level administrative division" or "second administrative level" and so on. An alternative terminology is provided by the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics which terms the principal division as the second level or NUTS-2. Administrative divisions are conceptually separate from dependent territories , with
69-406: A number of smaller entities. Within those entities are the large and small cities or towns, which may or may not be the county seat . Some of the world's larger cities culturally, if not officially, span several counties, and those crossing state or provincial boundaries have much in common culturally as well, but are rarely incorporated within the same municipal government. Many sister cities share
92-483: A province and considered equivalent to a corregimiento . The term comarca is used in several regions in Spain: In other places, such as Extremadura , the comarca may refer simply to a loosely-defined region. Because of the word's long-standing use, comarca is sometimes used as the basis for the promotion of tourism with emphasis on local cultural tradition and history. Some Spanish-language editions of
115-427: A province, region, canton, land, governorate, oblast, emirate, or country. Administrative units that are not federated or confederated but enjoy a greater degree of autonomy or self-government than other territories within the same country can be considered autonomous regions or de facto constituent states of that country. This relationship is by some authors called a federacy or asymmetric federalism . An example
138-786: A township in Thailand Tehsil (also known as tahsil, taluka, taluk, circle, mandal or subdivision ), a township in South Asia Upazila , in Bangladesh Translations [ edit ] Subdistricts of China ( Chinese : 街道 ; pinyin : jiēdào ), in Mainland China, literally streets and avenues References [ edit ] ^ "the definition of subdistrict" . www.Dictionary.com . Retrieved 10 April 2019 . [REDACTED] Index of articles associated with
161-605: A water boundary, which quite often serves as a border of both cities and counties. For example, Cambridge and Boston , Massachusetts appear to the casual traveler as one large city, while locally they each are quite culturally different and occupy different counties. General terms for these incorporated places include " municipality ", " settlement ", "locality", and "populated place". Comarca A comarca ( Spanish: [koˈmaɾka] , Portuguese: [kuˈmaɾkɐ] , Catalan: [kuˈmarkə] , Galician: [koˈmaɾka̝] )
184-467: Is (by area or population), the fewer levels of administrative divisions it has. For example, Vatican City does not have any administrative subdivisions, and Monaco has only one level (both are city-states ), while such countries as France and Pakistan have five levels each. The United States is composed of states, possessions, territories , and a federal district , each with varying numbers of subdivisions. The principal administrative division of
207-779: Is a traditional region or local administrative division found in Portugal , Spain , and some of their former colonies, like Brazil , Nicaragua , and Panama . The term is derived from the term marca , meaning a "march, mark" , plus the prefix co - , meaning "together, jointly". The comarca is known in Aragonese as redolada ( IPA: [reðoˈlaða] ) and in Basque as eskualde ( IPA: [es̺kualde] ). In addition, in Galician , comarcas are also called bisbarras ( IPA: [bizˈβarɐs] ). Although
230-440: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Administrative division Administrative divisions (also administrative units , administrative regions , #-level subdivisions , subnational entities , or constituent states , as well as many similar generic terms) are geographical areas into which a particular independent sovereign state is divided. Such a unit usually has an administrative authority with
253-730: Is no fixed rule, for " all politics is local " as is perhaps well demonstrated by their relative lack of systemic order. In the realm of self-government, any of these can and does occur along a stretch of road—which for the most part is passing through rural, unsettled countryside. Since the terms are administrative political divisions of the local regional government, their exact relationship and definitions are subject to home rule considerations, tradition, as well as state statute law and local governmental (administrative) definition and control. In British cultural legacy, some territorial entities began with fairly expansive counties which encompass an appreciably large area, but were divided over time into
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#1732772327388276-485: Is the autonomous republic of Karakalpakstan within Uzbekistan . Due to variations in their use worldwide, consistency in the translation of terms from non-English to English is sometimes difficult to maintain. In many of the following terms originating from British cultural influence, areas of relatively low mean population density might bear a title of an entity one would expect to be either larger or smaller. There
299-550: The comarca now is the basic territorial division in the judicial system. It corresponds to the territorial area of jurisdiction of a court of first instance. The comarca may correspond to a municipality or group several small municipalities together. Presently, in Brazil, there are 2,680 comarcas . A judiciary organization reform implemented in Portugal in 2014 reduced the number of comarcas from 231 to 23. According to
322-545: The Crown in the district. In the 19th century, the comarcas were replaced by separate administrative and judicial divisions to reflect the implementation of the separation of executive and judicial powers. The new administrative divisions became the administrative districts and the new judicial divisions kept the name comarca . In Brazil, Portugal, and some other countries of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries,
345-591: The English word " county " and its near synonym " shire " have similar meanings, they are usually translated into Spanish and Portuguese as condado , a term which in the Iberian Peninsula refers only to regions historically ruled by a conde ( count or earl ). However, "comarca" is occasionally used such as in the Spanish Misplaced Pages entry for comarca and some translations of The Lord of
368-569: The Rings (see below). In the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP), comarcas are used as follows. From the Middle Ages until the 16th century, the comarcas corresponded to the large administrative divisions of Portugal. There were six such traditional divisions: Entre-Douro-e-Minho , Trás-os-Montes , Beira , Estremadura , Alentejo and Algarve , of which the last had
391-399: The cities of Torreón , Coahuila , Gómez Palacio and Lerdo Durango . In Panama, the comarca indígena is an administrative region for an area with a substantial Amerindian population. Four comarcas ( Emberá-Wounaan , Guna Yala , Naso Tjër Di , and Ngöbe-Buglé ) exist as equivalent to provinces . Two smaller comarcas ( Guna de Madugandí and Guna de Wargandí ) are subordinate to
414-431: The former being an integral part of the state and the other being only under some lesser form of control. However, the term "administrative division" can include dependent territories as well as accepted administrative divisions (for example, in geographical databases ). Communities united in a federation under a federal government are more specifically known as federated states . A federated state may be referred to as
437-415: The honorary title of "kingdom". In the 16th century, the comarcas started gradually to be referred to as "provinces". The name " comarca " was then applied to the new administrative and judicial subdivisions of the provinces, created in the 17th century. Each comarca corresponded to the territorial area of jurisdiction of a corregedor , a high-ranking administrative and judicial officer who represented
460-542: The new judicial division of 2015, Angola will be again subdivided into 60 comarcas , each with a court of first instance. The courts of comarca will replace the previous provincial and municipal courts. Comarca is also the name of a suburb of Luanda , the capital of Angola. The ninth-largest metropolitan area in Mexico is known as the Comarca Lagunera . The region is made up of 15 municipalities, including
483-548: The power to take administrative or policy decisions for its area. Usually, sovereign states have several levels of administrative division. Common names for the principal (largest) administrative divisions include: states (subnational states, rather than sovereign states), provinces , lands , oblasts and regions . These in turn are often subdivided into smaller administrative units known by names such as comarcas , raions or districts , which are further subdivided into municipalities , communes or communities constituting
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#1732772327388506-605: The same name This set index article includes a list of related items that share the same name (or similar names). If an internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Subdistrict&oldid=1133575524 " Categories : Set index articles Types of administrative division Hidden categories: Articles containing Portuguese-language text Articles containing Chinese-language text Articles with short description Short description
529-402: The smallest units of subdivision (the local governments ). Some administrative division names (such as departments , cantons , prefectures , counties or governorates ) can be used for principal, second-level, or third-level divisions. The levels of administrative divisions and their structure largely varies by country (and sometimes within a single country). Usually the smaller the country
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