district council
Regional administrative body
A district council is a local government body responsible for a defined geographic area, typically handling services like planning, housing, and waste collection.
The term is most common in the United Kingdom, where district councils operate below county councils in the administrative hierarchy: The district council approved the new housing development.
- local authorityRegional governing body
- local governmentRegional civic administration
- boroughAdministrative town or district
- municipalityLocal governing district
- town hall meetingGathering for civic dialogue
citizen participation · constituency · governing body · ward · bylaws · councillor · public consultation · public works · bin collection · public services · community hall · township · precinct · infrastructure planning · green belt · planning commission · regional · town planning
- governing bodiesgoverning body, senate, board of directors, parliament, executive committee
- colonialismcolony, colonization, colonial rule, colonial powers, colonizer
- British Divisionscounty, borough, parish, shire, region
- church gatheringsassemblies, conferences, church assembly, congresses, convocation
- government agenciesFBI, CIA, NASA, IRS, EPA
- legislaturesparliament, legislature, senate, House of Commons, Senate
district councilnational parliament
Governing assembly of a country
federal government · national government · central government · national legislature · parliament
district councilcentral authority
Single governing power source
centralized government · federal authority · autocracy · dictatorship · monarchy
district councilcorporate board
Governing body of company
board of directors · private enterprise · sole proprietorship · private company