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76 provinces ( changwat ) 878 districts ( amphoe ) 7,255 subdistricts ( tambons ) 74,944 villages ( muban) Community associations ( chum-chon ) Municipalities ( thesaban) of 3 types take some responsibilities of districts and subdistricts [ f] Pattaya special administrative area. Bangkok special administrative area.
For most administrative purposes, the base level of sub-division in Scotland is now that of communities, which may elect community councils. The main role of these bodies is to channel and reflect local opinion to other bodies; they otherwise have very limited powers. There are around 1,200 communities in Scotland.
In contrast to centrally organised states, in the federally constituted Switzerland each Canton is completely free to decide its own internal organisation. Therefore, there exists a variety of structures and terminology for the subnational entities between Canton and Municipality, loosely termed districts (i.e. Urban Administration Districts).
e. There are several series of subdivisions of Sweden . Judiciary. Supreme Court ( Högsta Domstolen ), Supreme Administrative Court ( Högsta förvaltningsdomstolen) Courts of appeal ( hovrätter ), administrative courts of appeal ( kammarrätter) (and historically: lagsagor) District courts ( tingsrätter ), county administrative courts ...
The English administration in Ireland in the years following the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland created counties as the major subdivisions of an Irish province. [6] This process lasted a period from the 13th to 17th centuries; however, the number and shape of the counties that would form the future Northern Ireland would not be defined until the Flight of the Earls allowed the shiring of ...
Sulphur. Sulphur or Sulphur Creek was a mining camp south-east of Dawson on a creek of the same name that flows into the Indian River. A post office was opened there on 28 October 1903 by G. W. Coffin. It was closed in July 1922. The place is mentioned in Jack London 's story, "To Build a Fire".
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, electorate, or ( election) precinct, is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity) created to provide its population with representation in the larger state's legislature.
e. The Districts of Portugal ( Portuguese: Distritos de Portugal) are the most important first-level administrative subdivisions of continental Portugal. Currently, mainland Portugal is divided into 18 districts . As an administrative division, each district serves mainly as the area of jurisdiction of a civil governor, who acts as the local ...