districts

Mapped governmental sectors

Districts are defined areas within a larger territory, marked off for administrative, electoral, or other purposes: the financial district, school district, congressional district.

A city's districts often have distinct characters—the theater district, the garment district.

To district is to divide into such areas, though the verb is uncommon outside of redistricting debates.

administrative

municipality

Local governing district

ward · prefecture · province · department · division · authority · administration · regulation · policy · boundaries

electoral

constituency

Electoral district's voters

precinct · representative · gerrymandering · apportionment · candidacy · electorate · reapportionment · voting · delegates · wards

geographical

region

Indefinite bounded area

sector · zone · boundary · territory · enclave · quadrant · rural · coastal · mountainous · lowland

zoning

planning

Arranging for future events

commercial · industrial · agricultural · mixed-use · variance · code · permit · overlay · density · setback

cultural

heritage

Inherited cultural legacy

arts · music · crafts · ethnic · Chinatown · Little Italy · Koreatown · Latin Quarter · enclave · immigrant

urban

downtown

Central business district

uptown · midtown · suburbs · inner-city · gentrification · waterfront · arts · entertainment · financial · business

Categories
Opposites
PART vs. WHOLE

districtswholes

Complete unified amounts

the whole · entireties · totalities · nation · country

administrative scale

districtsnations

Sovereign political entities

countries · federations · empires · neighborhoods · precincts

spatial organization

districtswilderness

Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region

Phrases
Family

district, districting, districted, redistricting, redistrict, district court, redistricted

Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G