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The Ninth Ward or 9th Ward is a distinctive region of New Orleans, Louisiana, which is located in the easternmost downriver portion of the city. It is geographically the largest of the 17 Wards of New Orleans. On the south, the Ninth Ward is bounded by the Mississippi River.
Map shows the 17 wards of New Orleans.Not shown: southern portion of the 15th Ward, northeastern portion of the 9th Ward.On the map Lake Pontchartrain is to the north and the Mississippi River is to the south; the 15th Ward is the only one south of the Mississippi River where Algiers is located.
The 9th Ward, like all wards of New Orleans, is a voting district. The 9th Ward was added as a voting district in 1852. [1] The Lower 9th Ward is composed of Ward 9 Districts 1, 2, 4, and 7 which make up the Holy Cross Area and Ward 9 Districts 3, 5, 6, and 8.
Holy Cross is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans.A subdistrict of the Lower Ninth Ward District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: St. Claude Avenue to the north, St. Bernard Parish to the east, the Mississippi River to the south and the Industrial Canal to the west.
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The city planning commission for New Orleans divided the city into 13 planning districts and 73 [1] distinct neighborhoods in 1980. Although initially in the study 68 neighborhoods were designated, and later increased by the City Planning Commission to 76 in October 2001 based in census data, [2] most planners, neighborhood associations, researchers, and journalists have since widely adopted ...
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