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  2. Administrative division - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. List of administrative divisions by country - Wikipedia

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    Many states use township as a governmental level between county and municipality. Most states have counties with unincorporated areas (no municipal government). Municipal governments are called cities, towns, villages, boroughs, and townships, and can form 1-3 layers of government.

  4. List of terms for administrative divisions - Wikipedia

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    mesoregion (division of estado) mintaqah (mintaqat) Arab countries: province, region microrregião Brazil: microregion (division of mesorregião, group of municípios) მხარე Georgia: region muban Thailand: village muhafazah (muhafazat) Arab countries: governorate mukim: Malay-speaking countries

  5. Local government area - Wikipedia

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    A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a state , province , division , or territory .

  6. Autonomous administrative division - Wikipedia

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    An autonomous administrative division (also referred to as an autonomous area, zone, entity, unit, region, subdivision, province, or territory) is a subnational administrative division or internal territory of a sovereign state that has a degree of autonomy — self-governance — under the national government.

  7. Municipality - Wikipedia

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    A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term municipality may also mean the governing body of a given municipality. [1]

  8. Government agency - Wikipedia

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    A broader definition of the term "government agency" also means the United States federal executive departments that include the President's cabinet-level departments and their sub-units. Examples of these include the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which is a bureau of the Department of the Treasury .

  9. Ward (United States) - Wikipedia

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    a division used in political party leadership elections; or an administrative division, as in the wards of Newark, New Jersey or the six wards of Houston . The ward system was the primary method used to elect city council members until the early 20th century when municipal reformers sought to replace it due to its control by political machines ...