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Administrative division in various English-speaking countries.
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County
4 linksGeographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposes in certain modern nations.
Geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposes in certain modern nations.
Depending on the individual state, counties or their equivalents may be administratively subdivided into townships, boroughs or boros, or towns (in the New England states, New York, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin).
Local government
3 linksGeneric term for the lowest tiers of public administration within a particular sovereign state.
Generic term for the lowest tiers of public administration within a particular sovereign state.
Common designated names for local government entities include state, province, region, canton, department, county, prefecture, district, city, township, town, borough, parish, municipality, shire, village, ward, local service district and local government area.
County borough
2 linksCounty borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control, similar to the unitary authorities created since the 1990s.
Reform Act 1832
2 linksAct of Parliament of the United Kingdom (indexed as 2 & 3 Will. IV c. 45) that introduced major changes to the electoral system of England and Wales.
Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom (indexed as 2 & 3 Will. IV c. 45) that introduced major changes to the electoral system of England and Wales.
Before the reform, most members nominally represented boroughs.
East York
1 linksFormer administrative district and municipality within Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Former administrative district and municipality within Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
From 1967 to 1998, it was officially the Borough of East York, a semi-autonomous borough within the upper-tier municipality of Metropolitan Toronto.
Burh
1 linksOld English fortification or fortified settlement.
Old English fortification or fortified settlement.
They are cognate with German Burg, Dutch burcht and Scandinavian borg and, in English, developed variously as "borough", "burg", and (particularly in the East Anglian region of England and Scotland) "burgh".
Districts of England
2 linksThe districts of England (also known as local authority districts or local government districts to distinguish from unofficial city districts) are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government.
The districts of England (also known as local authority districts or local government districts to distinguish from unofficial city districts) are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government.
Some districts are styled as cities, boroughs or royal boroughs; these are purely honorific titles and do not alter the status of the district or the powers of their councils.
City status in Ireland
1 linksIn Ireland, the term city has somewhat differing meanings in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
In Ireland, the term city has somewhat differing meanings in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
It carried more prestige than the alternative municipal titles "borough", "town" and "township", but gave no extra legal powers.
Local electoral area
2 linksElectoral area for elections to local authorities in Ireland.
Electoral area for elections to local authorities in Ireland.
A district associated with a city or borough is termed a metropolitan district (ceantar cathrach) or borough district (ceantar buirge) respectively.