Municipal_district

A municipal district is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly referring to a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them.

• In Canada Municipal Districts are Census subdivisions for the administration of rural areas including farmlands and unincorporated places such as hamlets. Municipal Districts are managed by elected councils, or in the case of special municipalities by councilors appointed by each province\'s Lieutenant-Governor.

• In the Dominican Republic when a municipality consists of more than one urban center those beside the municipalities seat can be elevated to the status of a municipal district (distrito municipal). A municipal council (Junta Municipal) for such a municipal district is nominated by the municipal council of the municipality to which it belongs (Ley 3455 Titulo I Capitulo IV).Congreso Nacional. Ley No. 3455, Organización Municipal, del 18 de diciembre del 1952 (PDF) (Spanish). Retrieved on 2007-03-02.

• In Russia, municipal districts are a form of local self-government,Федеральный закон №131-ФЗ от 6 октября 2003 г. "Об общих принципах организации местного самоуправления в Российской Федерации с поправками. (Federal Law #131-FZ of October 6, 2003 On General Principles of the Organization of Local Self-Government in the Russian Federation, with further amendments) usually formed on the basis of existing administrative districts.

See also

• Rural municipality
• List of Alberta Municipal Districts
• List of census subdivisions in Ontario
• List of Prince Edward Island counties

References

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