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   Dis·trict

   /ˈdistrik(t)/

   

   noun

   • 1. an area of a country or city, especially one regarded as a distinct unit because of a particular characteristic: "an elegant shopping district"
   • ▪ a region defined for an administrative purpose: "the city school district"
   • ▪ the District of Columbia; Washington, DC.

   verb

   • 1. divide into districts: North American "the committee districted the city into blocks"

   Word Origin early 17th century (denoting the territory under the jurisdiction of a feudal lord): from French, from medieval Latin districtus ‘(territory of) jurisdiction’, from Latin distringere ‘draw apart’.

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   Why are districts named after a town?

   • The majority of districts are named after their administrative centre. Some are referred to by two names, a traditional one and one that uses the name of the town that is the headquarters. Since most of the districts are named after a town, the word "district" is appended to distinguish between the town and the district.

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   What are urban areas?

   • Urban areas consist of a densely-settled urban core, plus surrounding developed areas that meet certain density criteria. Since urban areas are composed of census blocks and not cities, counties, or county-equivalents, urban area boundaries may consist of partial areas of these political units.

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   Why do some districts have two names?

   • Some are referred to by two names, a traditional one and one that uses the name of the town that is the headquarters. Since most of the districts are named after a town, the word "district" is appended to distinguish between the town and the district. Mansa district, Punjab, with Mansa District, Zambia.

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   What does a city mean?

   • In most cases, however, the concept of city refers to a particular type of community, the urban community, and its culture, known as “urbanism.” City government is almost everywhere the creation of higher political authority—usually state or national.

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   How many districts are there in India?

   • As of 30 March 2024, there are a total of 806 districts. District officials include: District & Sessions Judge (Principal & additional), an officer belonging to the Indian Judicial Service (state), responsible for justice and passing orders of imprisonment, including the death penalty and also have limited administrative power.

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   Which states use a district method?

   • In Maine (upper-right) and Nebraska (center), the small circled numbers indicate congressional districts. These are the only 2 states to use a district method for some of their allocated electors, instead of a complete winner-takes-all party block voting.

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   3 days ago · Washington, D.C. - Federal, District, Politics: Washington’s governmental structure has slowly evolved into a limited form of self-government under the control of Congress.

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   3 days ago · City, relatively permanent and highly organized centre of population, of greater size or importance than a town or village. The name city is given to certain urban communities by virtue of some legal or conventional distinction that can vary between regions or nations.

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   5 days ago · In France, an urban area (Fr: aire d'attraction d'une ville) is a zone encompassing an area of built-up growth (called an "urban unit" (unité urbaine) – close in definition to the North American urban area) and its commuter belt . Americans would find the INSEE definition of the urban area to be similar to their metropolitan area.

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   2 days ago · What congressional district are you in? Find your U.S. Congress senators and representative using a map.

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   1 day ago · In the United States, the Electoral College is the group of presidential electors that is formed every four years for the sole purpose of voting for the president and vice president. The process is described in Article II of the U.S. Constitution. [1] The amount of electoral votes that a state has equals their number of Senators (2) plus their ...

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   3 days ago · A district , also known as revenue district is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory. In some cases, districts are further subdivided into sub-divisions , and in others directly into tehsils or talukas .

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   2 days ago · a popular tourist area in northwestern England including England's largest lake and highest mountain.