administrative center
Official operations base
An administrative center is the city or town where a government or organization is headquartered.
The term typically refers to regional governance—a province, county, or district conducts its official business from its administrative center: The administrative center of the province is a small city in the mountains.
The term is more common in British English and international contexts; Americans tend to say county seat or capital.
- capital cityPrimary governmental center
- state capitalAdministrative center of a state
- town hallLocal government headquarters
- statehouseLegislature's headquarters
- county seatAdministrative center of a region
prefecture · oblast · registrar's office · municipality · parliament · consulate · borough · headquarters · chancellery · executive suite · central office · main office · local government · regional capital · provincial capital · embassy · governor's mansion · command post
- governancegovernance, government, democracy, vote, parliament
- government officesDMV, bureau, agency, post office, passport office
- regional governmentregional government, region, local government, province, county
- capital sitecapital city, national capital, government seat, capital district
- downtowndowntown, central business district, CBD, urban core, business district
- jurisdictionscounty, city, province, state, counties
administrative centerfield office
Remote organizational workplace
branch office · satellite office · remote office · outpost · local branch
administrative centerfactory floor
Manufacturing workspace area
front lines · manufacturing plant · field station · service center · point of service
center, centered, centers, administration, centering, administrator, administer, centralize, administrative