administrative district
Official boundary area
An administrative district is a defined geographic area established for purposes of government, management, or organization.
Countries divide territory into administrative districts for local governance, taxation, elections, or public services.
The term is broad and somewhat formal, covering everything from school districts to congressional districts to regional subdivisions of a nation.
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
- local authorityRegional governing body
- townshipCounty's smaller division
- municipalityLocal governing district
- boroughAdministrative town or district
county seat · ordinance · jurisdiction · mayor · constituency · voting precinct · governorate · region · enclave · unincorporated area · province · precinct · canton · oblast · charter · indigenous territory · arrondissement · zoning
administrative districtsovereign nation
Self-ruled territorial polity
nation-state · empire · federal government · national government · superpower
administrative districtwilderness
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
no man's land · international waters · disputed territory · geographical feature · bioregion
administrative districtno man's land
Unowned space between enemies
wilderness · lawless zone · geographic region · borderlands · frontier