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District

Definition: District

District

Adjective

1. Applicable to or serving the needs of a particular district; "the district courts".

Noun

1. A region marked off for administrative or other purposes.

Verb

1. Regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "district" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: District

DomainDefinition

Building & Civil Engineering

According to K. Lynch, medium-to-large sections of a city, conceived of as having two-dimensional extent, which are immediately identifiable to the inhabitants and which usually have local names. Source: European Union. (references)

Geography

Decentralised and independent unity of local administration and self-government with supervision over elections. Source: European Union. (references)

Immigration

Geographic areas into which the United States and its territories are divided for the Immigration and Naturalization Service's field operations or one of three overseas offices located in Rome, Bangkok, and Mexico City. Each District Office, headed by a District Director, has a specified service area that may include part of a state, an entire state, or many states. District Offices are where most INS field staff are located. District Offices are responsible for providing certain immigration services and benefits to people resident in their service area, and for enforcing immigration laws in that jurisdiction. Certain applications are filed directly with District Offices, many kinds of interviews are conducted at these Offices, and INS staff is available to answer questions, provide forms, etc. (references)

Law

The area of the State represented by a legislator. Each district is determined by population and is known by a number. There are 40 Senate districts and 80 Assembly districts. (references)

Mining

A. In the States and Territories of the United States west of the Missouri River (prior to 1880), a vaguely bounded and temporary division and organization made by the inhabitants of a mining region. b. A limited area of underground workings c. A coal mine is generally divided into sections or districts for purposes of ventilation and daily supervision d. An underground section of a coal mine served by its own roads andventilation ways; a section of a coal mine. (references)

Public Administration

A portion of territory marked off or defined for some special administrative or official purpose. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Bautzen (district)

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Statistics
State:Saxony
Adm. Region:Dresden
Capital:Bautzen
Area:955 km²
Inhabitants:161,600 (year)
pop. density:169 inh./km²
Car identification:BZ
Website:landkreis-bautzen.de
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Bautzen is a district in Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the Czech Republic and the districts of Sächsische Schweiz, Kamenz, Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis and Löbau-Zittau.

History

Historically most of the Upper Lusatia belonged to Bohemia. After the end of the Thirty Years' War it became a part of Saxony. Only the small town of Schirgiswalde remained Bohemian until 1809.

The district was established in 1994 by merging the former districts of Bautzen and Bischofswerda.

Geography

The district belongs to the region of Upper Lusatia (Oberlausitz). The southern border region is occupied by the Lusatian Mountains. The countryside slopes away to the north.

The Spree River enters the district from the southeast and runs through Schirgiswalde and Bautzen before leaving to the north. Behind Bautzen the river is dammed by a reservoir (Bautzener Stausee, 5.5 km²).

Coat of arms

The district's arms are identical to the arms of the margravate of Upper Lusatia. The coat of arms was established about 1350, when six towns of Upper Lusatia founded a confederacy. This loose alliance became a margravate under the Bohemian crown in 1378.

Towns and municipalities

  1. Bautzen
  2. Bischofswerda
  3. Schirgiswalde
  4. Weißenberg
  5. Wilthen
    Municipalities
  1. Burkau
  2. Crostau
  3. Cunewalde
  4. Demitz-Thumitz
  5. Doberschau-Gaußig
  6. Eulowitz
  7. Frankenthal
  8. Göda
  9. Großdubrau
  10. Großharthau
  11. Großpostwitz
  12. Guttau
  13. Hochkirch
  1. Kirschau
  2. Königswartha
  3. Kubschütz
  4. Malschwitz
  5. Neschwitz
  6. Neukirch
  7. Obergurig
  8. Puschwitz
  9. Radibor
  10. Rammenau
  11. Schmölln-Putzkau
  12. Sohland
  13. Steinigtwolmsdorf

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District

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

'\Districts' are a form of local government in several countries.

England

Districts are the most recognisable form of local government in large parts of England. For those areas which retain two-tier local government, districts usually form the lower tier of that arrangement, with counties forming the upper tier. Districts tend to have responsibility for a number of areas including:

Each district raises taxes from residents on behalf of itself, and the upper tier authority through the Council Tax. It also raises income from business through the Non-Domestic Rates system, which is co-ordinated nationally.

Germany

A district ("Kreis") is a subdivision of a Regierungsbezirk, an administrative region (or, in those statess that do not contain administrative regions, of a state). See also: list of German districts.

United States

A district is the basic organizational body of the United States Congress. Each state is divided up into a number of districts, ranging from one to 53; the exact number is based on population. Only voters within each district are allowed to vote in the election for the member of the House from that district. Overall, there are 435 districts in the United States; each has roughly 630,000 people, with some variance

Thailand

A district ("amphoe") is a subdivision of a Province ("changwat") in Thailand. Some provinces also contain sub-districts ("king amphoe"), which are smaller then the average district.

Japan

A district (gun in Japanese) is a local administrative unit comprising townss and villagess but not cities. See district (japan) for more complete discription.

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District Line

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The District Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured green on the Tube map. It is a "sub-surface" line, running through the central area in shallow cut-and-cover tunnels which were built by the Metropolitan District Railway and opened in stages between 1868 and 1871. The MDR was later bought by Charles Yerkes, forming part of the "Underground" group until it was nationalised in the 1930s.

Stations

In order from west to east

Richmond branch

Ealing branch

The Richmond and Ealing branches join just west of Turnham Green.

Wimbledon branch

The Wimbledon branch joins the main line west of Earl's Court.

Kensington (Olympia) branch

The Kensington (Olympia) branch joins the main line west of Earl's Court, though trains from it normally run on to the Edgware Road branch.

Edgware Road branch

The Edgware Road branch diverges from the main line east of Earl's Court.

Current service pattern

The following off-peak service pattern currently runs on the District line

(tph=trains per hour)

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Districts of Belize

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Belize is divided into 6 districts.

Districts and principle cities and towns:

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Districts of England

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The Districts of England are the lowest level of local government in England except for Parish/Town councils. England is first divided into governmental regions, then administrative counties. Counties are then subdivided into districts. Some counties no longer have county councils, and the components are now independent unitary authorities. These counties are indicated in brackets.

Additonally, some districts of county councils have been elevated to unitary authority status. These are listed in brackets under the administrative county they used to be part of. Two of these, Herefordshire and Rutland are listed directly under the region as they are historic counties also.

East of England

East Midlands

Greater London

See - Greater London Authority

North East England

North West England

South East England

South West England

West Midlands

Yorkshire and the Humber

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Districts of Hong Kong

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The territory of Hong Kong is divided in 18 administrative districts:

(Population as of 2000)

Hong Kong Island

Kowloon

New Territories

Population density

The population density per district varies from 470 (Islands) to 55,000 (Kwun Tong) per sq. km.

See also: List of buildings, sites and areas in Hong Kong

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Districts of Japan

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A district (gun 郡 in Japanese) was the administrative unit during the period from 1890 to 1923, equivalent to the county of the United States, at the level below prefecture and above city, town or village. It is still used in the Japanese addressing system to identify towns or villages.

See also: Geography of Japan, Japanese addressing system

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Districts of Japan."

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Districts of Portugal

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

There are 18 Districts (distritos, singular - distrito) in mainland Portugal:

Beyond these there are two autonomous regions (regiões autónomas, singular - região autónoma): the Azores (Açores) and Madeira. Each district is further subdivided into the Municipalities of Portugal.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Districts of Portugal."

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Kassel (district)

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Statistics
State:Hesse
Adm. Region:Kassel
Capital:Kassel
Area:1,292.77 km²
Inhabitants:245,264 (2002)
pop. density:190 inh./km²
Car identification:KS
Homepage:http://www.landkreiskassel.de
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Kassel is a Kreis (district) in the north of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Northeim, Göttingen, Werra-Meißner, Schwalm-Eder, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Höxter. The district-free city Kassel is nearly completely sorrounded by the district.

History

1972 the previous districts of Kassel, Hofgeismar and Wolfhagen were merged to form the newly established district of Kassel.

Geography

The main river in the district is the Weser, which also forms part of the eastern boundary. Its headstream, the Fulda, flows through the southern part of the district including the city Kassel. In the north of the district there is the Diemel as a tributary of the Weser.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows the lion of Hesse in the top part, as Kassel was the capital of the county of Hesse until 1866, when it moved to Prussia. In the lower part it has three oak leaves taken from the coat of arms of the Hofgeismar district, and a wolf's hook symbolizing the Wolfshagen district.

Towns and municipalities

  1. Bad Karlshafen
  2. Baunatal
  3. Grebenstein
  4. Hofgeismar
  5. Immenhausen
  6. Liebenau
  7. Naumburg
  8. Trendelburg
  9. Vellmar
  10. Wolfhagen
  11. Zierenberg
    Municipalities
  1. Ahnatal
  2. Bad Emstal
  3. Breuna
  4. Calden
  5. Espenau
  6. Fuldabrück
  7. Fuldatal
  8. Habichtswald
  9. Helsa
  10. Kaufungen

  1. Lohfelden
  2. Nieste
  3. Niestetal
  4. Oberweser
  5. Reinhardshagen
  6. Schauenburg
  7. Söhrewald
  8. Wahlsburg

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List of German districts

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

This is a complete listing of all German districts.

District (Kreis)BundeslandCapital
AachenNorth Rhine-WestphaliaAachen¹
AhrweilerRhineland-PalatinateBad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler
Aichach-FriedbergBavariaAichach
Alb-DonauBaden-WürttembergUlm¹
Altenburger LandThuringiaAltenburg
AltenkirchenRhineland-PalatinateAltenkirchen
Altmarkkreis SalzwedelSaxony-AnhaltSalzwedel
AltöttingBavariaAltötting
Alzey-WormsRhineland-PalatinateAlzey
Amberg-SulzbachBavariaAmberg¹
AmmerlandLower SaxonyWesterstede
Anhalt-ZerbstSaxony-AnhaltZerbst
AnnabergSaxonyAnnaberg-Buchholz
AnsbachBavariaAnsbach¹
AschaffenburgBavariaAschaffenburg¹
Aschersleben-StaßfurtSaxony-AnhaltAschersleben
Aue-SchwarzenbergSaxonyAue
AugsburgBavariaAugsburg¹
AurichLower SaxonyAurich
Bad DoberanMecklenburg-Western PomeraniaBad Doberan
Bad DürkheimRhineland-PalatinateBad Dürkheim
Bad KissingenBavariaBad Kissingen
Bad KreuznachRhineland-PalatinateBad Kreuznach
Bad Tölz-WolfratshausenBavariaBad Tölz
BambergBavariaBamberg¹
BarnimBrandenburgEberswalde
BautzenSaxonyBautzen
BayreuthBavariaBayreuth¹
BentheimLower SaxonyNordhorn
Berchtesgadener LandBavariaBad Reichenhall
BergstraßeHesseHeppenheim
BernburgSaxony-AnhaltBernburg
Bernkastel-WittlichRhineland-PalatinateWittlich
BiberachBaden-WürttembergBiberach
BirkenfeldRhineland-PalatinateBirkenfeld
Bitburg-PrümRhineland-PalatinateBitburg
BitterfeldSaxony-AnhaltBitterfeld
BöblingenBaden-WürttembergBöblingen
BodenseekreisBaden-WürttembergFriedrichshafen
BördekreisSaxony-AnhaltOschersleben
BorkenNorth Rhine-WestphaliaBorken
Breisgau-HochschwarzwaldBaden-WürttembergFreiburg¹
BurgenlandkreisSaxony-AnhaltNaumburg
CalwBaden-WürttembergCalw
CelleLower SaxonyCelle
ChamBavariaCham
Chemnitzer LandSaxonyGlauchau
Cleves (Kleve)North Rhine-WestphaliaCleves (Kleve)
CloppenburgLower SaxonyCloppenburg
CoburgBavariaCoburg¹
Cochem-ZellRhineland-PalatinateCochem
CoesfeldNorth Rhine-WestphaliaCoesfeld
Constance (Konstanz)Baden-WürttembergConstance (Konstanz)
CuxhavenLower SaxonyCuxhaven
DachauBavariaDachau
Dahme-SpreewaldBrandenburgLübben
Darmstadt-DieburgHesseDarmstadt¹
DaunRhineland-PalatinateDaun
DeggendorfBavariaDeggendorf
DelitzschSaxonyDelitzsch
DemminMecklenburg-Western PomeraniaDemmin
DiepholzLower SaxonyDiepholz
DillingenBavariaDillingen
Dingolfing-LandauBavariaDingolfing
DithmarschenSchleswig-HolsteinHeide
DöbelnSaxonyDöbeln
Donau-RiesBavariaDonauwörth
DonnersbergkreisRhineland-PalatinateKirchheimbolanden
DürenNorth Rhine-WestphaliaDüren
EbersbergBavariaEbersberg
EichsfeldThuringiaHeilbad Heiligenstadt
EichstättBavariaEichstätt
Elbe-ElsterBrandenburgHerzberg
EmmendingenBaden-WürttembergEmmendingen
EmslandLower SaxonyMeppen
Ennepe-RuhrNorth Rhine-WestphaliaSchwelm
EnzkreisBaden-WürttembergPforzheim¹
ErdingBavariaErding
Erlangen-HöchstadtBavariaErlangen¹
EsslingenBaden-WürttembergEsslingen
EuskirchenNorth Rhine-WestphaliaEuskirchen
ForchheimBavariaForchheim
FreibergSaxonyFreiberg
FreisingBavariaFreising
FreudenstadtBaden-WürttembergFreudenstadt
Freyung-GrafenauBavariaFreyung
FrieslandLower SaxonyJever
FuldaHesseFulda
FürstenfeldbruckBavariaFürstenfeldbruck
FürthBavariaFürth¹
Garmisch-PartenkirchenBavariaGarmisch-Partenkirchen
GermersheimRhineland-PalatinateGermersheim
GießenHesseGießen
GifhornLower SaxonyGifhorn
GöppingenBaden-WürttembergGöppingen
GoslarLower SaxonyGoslar
GothaThuringiaGotha
GöttingenLower SaxonyGöttingen
GreizThuringiaGreiz
Groß-GerauHesseGroß-Gerau
GünzburgBavariaGünzburg
GüstrowMecklenburg-Western PomeraniaGüstrow
GüterslohNorth Rhine-WestphaliaGütersloh
HalberstadtSaxony-AnhaltHalberstadt
Hamelin-Pyrmont (Hameln-Pyrmont)Lower SaxonyHamelin (Hameln)
Hanover (Hannover)Lower SaxonyHanover (Hannover)
HarburgLower SaxonyWinsen
HaßbergeBavariaHaßfurt
HavellandBrandenburgRathenow
HeidenheimBaden-WürttembergHeidenheim
HeilbronnBaden-WürttembergHeilbronn¹
HeinsbergNorth Rhine-WestphaliaHeinsberg
HelmstedtLower SaxonyHelmstedt
HerfordNorth Rhine-WestphaliaHerford
Hersfeld-RotenburgHesseBad Hersfeld
HildburghausenThuringiaHildburghausen
HildesheimLower SaxonyHildesheim
HochsauerlandNorth Rhine-WestphaliaMeschede
HochtaunuskreisHesseBad Homburg
HofBavariaHof
HohenlohekreisBaden-WürttembergKünzelsau
HolzmindenLower SaxonyHolzminden
HöxterNorth Rhine-WestphaliaHöxter
Ilm-KreisThuringiaArnstadt
Jerichower LandSaxony-AnhaltBurg
KaiserslauternRhineland-PalatinateKaiserslautern¹
KamenzSaxonyKamenz
KarlsruheBaden-WürttembergKarlsruhe¹
KasselHesseKassel¹
KelheimBavariaKelheim
KitzingenBavariaKitzingen
KöthenSaxony-AnhaltKöthen
KronachBavariaKronach
KulmbachBavariaKulmbach
KuselRhineland-PalatinateKusel
KyffhäuserkreisThuringiaSondershausen
Lahn-DillHesseWetzlar
LandsbergBavariaLandsberg
LandshutBavariaLandshut¹
LauenburgSchleswig-HolsteinRatzeburg
LeerLower SaxonyLeer
Leipziger LandSaxonyBorna
LichtenfelsBavariaLichtenfels
Limburg-WeilburgHesseLimburg
LindauBavariaLindau
LippeNorth Rhine-WestphaliaDetmold
Löbau-ZittauSaxonyZittau
LörrachBaden-WürttembergLörrach
Lüchow-DannenbergLower SaxonyLüchow
LudwigsburgBaden-WürttembergLudwigsburg
LudwigshafenRhineland-PalatinateLudwigshafen¹
LudwigslustMecklenburg-Western PomeraniaLudwigslust
LüneburgLower SaxonyLüneburg
Main-KinzigHesseHanau
Main-SpessartBavariaKarlstadt
Main-TauberBaden-WürttembergTauberbischofsheim
Main-TaunusHesseHofheim
Mainz-BingenRhineland-PalatinateIngelheim
Mansfelder LandSaxony-AnhaltEisleben
Marburg-BiedenkopfHesseMarburg
Märkischer KreisNorth Rhine-WestphaliaLüdenscheid
Märkisch-OderlandBrandenburgSeelow
Mayen-KoblenzRhineland-PalatinateKoblenz¹
Mecklenburg-StrelitzMecklenburg-Western PomeraniaNeustrelitz
MeißenSaxonyMeißen
Merseburg-QuerfurtSaxony-AnhaltMerseburg
Merzig-WadernSaarlandMerzig
MettmannNorth Rhine-WestphaliaMettmann
MiesbachBavariaMiesbach
MiltenbergBavariaMiltenberg
Minden-LübbeckeNorth Rhine-WestphaliaMinden
Mittlerer ErzgebirgskreisSaxonyMarienberg
MittweidaSaxonyMittweida
MühldorfBavariaMühldorf
MuldentalkreisSaxonyGrimma
Munich (München)BavariaMunich¹ (München)
MüritzMecklenburg-Western PomeraniaWaren
Neckar-OdenwaldBaden-WürttembergMosbach
Neuburg-SchrobenhausenBavariaNeuburg
NeumarktBavariaNeumarkt
NeunkirchenSaarlandNeunkirchen
NeussNorth Rhine-WestphaliaNeuss
Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad WindsheimBavariaNeustadt (Aisch)
Neustadt (Waldnaab)BavariaNeustadt (Waldnaab)
Neu-UlmBavariaNeu-Ulm
NeuwiedRhineland-PalatinateNeuwied
Niederschlesischer OberlausitzkreisSaxonyNiesky
NienburgLower SaxonyNienburg
NordfrieslandSchleswig-HolsteinHusum
NordhausenThuringiaNordhausen
NordvorpommernMecklenburg-Western PomeraniaGrimmen
NordwestmecklenburgMecklenburg-Western PomeraniaGrevesmühlen
NortheimLower SaxonyNortheim
Nürnberger LandBavariaLauf
OberallgäuBavariaSonthofen
Oberbergischer KreisNorth Rhine-WestphaliaGummersbach
OberhavelBrandenburgOranienburg
Oberspreewald-LausitzBrandenburgSenftenberg
OdenwaldkreisHesseErbach
Oder-SpreeBrandenburgBeeskow
OffenbachHesseDietzenbach
OhrekreisSaxony-AnhaltHaldensleben
OldenburgLower SaxonyWildeshausen
OlpeNorth Rhine-WestphaliaOlpe
OrtenaukreisBaden-WürttembergOffenburg
OsnabrückLower SaxonyOsnabrück¹
OstalbkreisBaden-WürttembergAalen
OstallgäuBavariaMarktoberdorf
OsterholzLower SaxonyOsterholz-Scharmbeck
OsterodeLower SaxonyOsterode
OstholsteinSchleswig-HolsteinEutin
Ostprignitz-RuppinBrandenburgNeuruppin
OstvorpommernMecklenburg-Western PomeraniaAnklam
PaderbornNorth Rhine-WestphaliaPaderborn
ParchimMecklenburg-Western PomeraniaParchim
PassauBavariaPassau¹
PeineLower SaxonyPeine
PfaffenhofenBavariaPfaffenhofen
PinnebergSchleswig-HolsteinPinneberg
PlönSchleswig-HolsteinPlön
Potsdam-MittelmarkBrandenburgBelzig
PrignitzBrandenburgPerleberg
QuedlinburgSaxony-AnhaltQuedlinburg
RastattBaden-WürttembergRastatt
RavensburgBaden-WürttembergRavensburg
RecklinghausenNorth Rhine-WestphaliaRecklinghausen
RegenBavariaRegen
RegensburgBavariaRegensburg¹
Rems-MurrBaden-WürttembergWaiblingen
Rendsburg-EckernfördeSchleswig-HolsteinRendsburg
ReutlingenBaden-WürttembergReutlingen
Rhein-Erft-KreisNorth Rhine-WestphaliaBergheim
Rheingau-TaunusHesseBad Schwalbach
Rhein-HunsrückRhineland-PalatinateSimmern
Rheinisch-Bergischer KreisNorth Rhine-WestphaliaBergisch-Gladbach
Rhein-LahnRhineland-PalatinateBad Ems
Rhein-NeckarBaden-WürttembergHeidelberg¹
Rhein-SiegNorth Rhine-WestphaliaSiegburg
Rhön-GrabfeldBavariaBad Neustadt
Riesa-GroßenhainSaxonyGroßenhain
RosenheimBavariaRosenheim¹
RotenburgLower SaxonyRotenburg
RothBavariaRoth
Rottal-InnBavariaPfarrkirchen
RottweilBaden-WürttembergRottweil
RügenMecklenburg-Western PomeraniaBergen
Saale-HolzlandThuringiaEisenberg
Saale-OrlaThuringiaSchleiz
Saalfeld-RudolstadtThuringiaSaalfeld
SaalkreisSaxony-AnhaltHalle¹
SaarbrückenSaarlandSaarbrücken
SaarlouisSaarlandSaarlouis
SaarpfalzSaarlandHomburg
Sächsische SchweizSaxonyPirna
SangerhausenSaxony-AnhaltSangerhausen
Sankt WendelSaarlandSankt Wendel
SchaumburgLower SaxonyStadthagen
Schleswig-FlensburgSchleswig-HolsteinSchleswig
Schmalkalden-MeiningenThuringiaMeiningen
SchönebeckSaxony-AnhaltSchönebeck
Schwäbisch HallBaden-WürttembergSchwäbisch Hall
Schwalm-EderHesseHomberg
SchwandorfBavariaSchwandorf
Schwarzwald-BaarBaden-WürttembergVillingen-Schwenningen
SchweinfurtBavariaSchweinfurt¹
SegebergSchleswig-HolsteinBad Segeberg
Siegen-WittgensteinNorth Rhine-WestphaliaSiegen
SigmaringenBaden-WürttembergSigmaringen
SoestNorth Rhine-WestphaliaSoest
Soltau-FallingbostelLower SaxonyBad Fallingbostel
SömmerdaThuringiaSömmerda
SonnebergThuringiaSonneberg
Spree-NeißeBrandenburgForst
StadeLower SaxonyStade
StarnbergBavariaStarnberg
SteinburgSchleswig-HolsteinItzehoe
SteinfurtNorth Rhine-WestphaliaSteinfurt
StendalSaxony-AnhaltStendal
StollbergSaxonyStollberg
StormarnSchleswig-HolsteinBad Oldesloe
Straubing-BogenBavariaStraubing¹
Südliche WeinstraßeRhineland-PalatinateLandau¹
SüdwestpfalzRhineland-PalatinatePirmasens¹
Teltow-FlämingBrandenburgLuckenwalde
TirschenreuthBavariaTirschenreuth
Torgau-OschatzSaxonyTorgau
TraunsteinBavariaTraunstein
Trier-SaarburgRhineland-PalatinateTrier¹
TübingenBaden-WürttembergTübingen
TuttlingenBaden-WürttembergTuttlingen
UckermarkBrandenburgPrenzlau
Uecker-RandowMecklenburg-Western PomeraniaPasewalk
UelzenLower SaxonyUelzen
UnnaNorth Rhine-WestphaliaUnna
Unstrut-HainichThuringiaMühlhausen
UnterallgäuBavariaMindelheim
VechtaLower SaxonyVechta
VerdenLower SaxonyVerden
ViersenNorth Rhine-WestphaliaViersen
VogelsbergkreisHesseLauterbach
VogtlandkreisSaxonyPlauen¹
Waldeck-FrankenbergHesseKorbach
WaldshutBaden-WürttembergWaldshut-Tiengen
WarendorfNorth Rhine-WestphaliaWarendorf
WartburgkreisThuringiaEisenach
Weilheim-SchongauBavariaWeilheim
Weimarer LandThuringiaApolda
Weißenburg-GunzenhausenBavariaWeißenburg
WeißenfelsSaxony-AnhaltWeißenfels
WeißeritzkreisSaxonyDippoldiswalde
WernigerodeSaxony-AnhaltWernigerode
Werra-MeißnerHesseEschwege
WeselNorth Rhine-WestphaliaWesel
WesermarschLower SaxonyBrake
WesterwaldkreisRhineland-PalatinateMontabaur
WetteraukreisHesseFriedberg
WittenbergSaxony-AnhaltWittenberg
WittmundLower SaxonyWittmund
WolfenbüttelLower SaxonyWolfenbüttel
WunsiedelBavariaWunsiedel
WürzburgBavariaWürzburg¹
ZollernalbkreisBaden-WürttembergBalingen
Zwickauer LandSaxonyWerdau

District-free towns (i.e. towns, that are by itself a district) are not included in the list; see also List of German towns.

1 Seat of the district's administration, but not part of the district

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "List of German districts."

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Peripheries of Greece

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The Peripheries are the subdivision of Greece. There are 13 peripheries, which are further subdivided into 51 Prefectures of Greece.

Peripheries

Beyond these there is one autonomous region, Mount Athos (Ayion Oros - Holy Mountain), a monastic state under Greek sovereignty.

See also: List of subnational entities

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Peripheries of Greece."

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Stade (district)

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Stade is a Kreis (district) in the northern part of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated at the southern banks of the Elbe river, between the city of Hamburg and the river's mouth. Area 1266 km², population 189,200 (1997). The district's capital is Stade.

The western border of the district is the Oste river, a narrow tributary of the Elbe. The land between the Oste and the town of Stade is traditionally called Kehdingen. East of Stade the landscape is called Altes Land (literally "Old Land"). It is characterised by thousands of fruit-trees.

The cultural centres of the district are the towns of Stade and Buxtehude.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Stade (district)."

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Washington, DC

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Aerial photo of Washington, DC

The District of Columbia, DC, Washington and Washington, DC are all interchangeable terms for the capital city and administrative district of the United States of America.

It is between Maryland to the northeast and Virginia to the southwest and interrupts their common border. The city contains the historic Federal City and is that part that was originally designed as the National Capitol. It is part of the United States of America but not part of any state. The population, as of the 2000 census, is 572,059. It is in area (but not in population) smaller than the smallest state. It is part of a large metropolitan area together with Baltimore, the Washington-Baltimore Metropolitan Area.

For non-federal and historical geographical information on the District of Columbia, go to the District of Columbia (geography) page.

Washington is the home of numerous national landmarks, sports teams and is a popular tourist destination. The Washington area is also known for its public transportation system known as the Washington Metro or Metro.

Washington serves as the headquarters for the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the Organization of American States.

Residents of the District vote for the President but do not have voting representation in Congress. Citizens of Washington are represented in the House of Representatives by a non-voting Delegate, who sits on committees and participates in debate, but cannot vote. DC does not have representation in the Senate. Citizens of Washington, DC are thus unique in the world, as citizens of the capital city of every other country have the same representation rights as their fellow citizens.


Flag of Washington, DC

There have been efforts to attain voting representation for many years. These efforts are endorsed by the current Mayor, Anthony Williams and by the current Delegate, Eleanor Holmes Norton. As part of the effort, the words "Taxation Without Representation" were added to DC license plates in 2000, and the words "No Taxation Without Representation" were added to the DC flag in 2003. Advocates of statehood who supported these changes have said that they are intended as a protest and to raise awareness in the rest of the country. These measures in particular were chosen because the DC flag is one of the few things under direct local control without requiring approval from Congress.

On a local level, the city is run by an elected Mayor and City Council. The school board has both elected and appointed members. Congress has the right to review and overrule laws created locally, if both houses of Congress reject them.

DC residents pay all federal taxes, such as income tax, as well as local taxes. The Mayor and Council adopt a budget of local money with Congress reserving the right to make any changes.

History

The signing of the Residence Bill on July 16, 1790 established a site along the Potomac River as the District of Columbia (seat of government) of the United States. Land for the district was given to the federal government by the states of Virginia and Maryland and the city was named after George Washington. On February 27, 1801 the district was placed under the jurisdiction of the United States Congress. The town of Georgetown already existed at the time.

By an act of Congress, the area south of the Potomac was returned to Virginia on July 9, 1846 and now is incorporated in Arlington County and a part of the City of Alexandria.

US President Herbert Hoover ordered the United States Army on July 28, 1932 to forcibly evict the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans that gathered in Washington, DC to secure promised veteran's benefits early. US troops dispersed the last of the "Bonus Army" the next day.

The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified on March 29, 1961 which allows residents of Washington, DC to vote for President (popular election) and have their votes count in the electoral college the same as the least populous state, which currently is three(3)

The first 4.6 miles of the Washington, DC subway system opened on March 27, 1976.

Mayor Walter Washington became the first elected Mayor of the District in 1974.

Mayor Marion Barry was arrested for drug use in an FBI sting on January 18, 1990. He was acquitted of felony charges, but convicted of the misdemeanor of marijuana use.

On January 2, 1991 Sharon Pratt Kelly (elected as Sharon Pratt Dixon but married later that year) was sworn in as mayor of Washington, DC becoming the first black woman to lead a city of that size and importance in the USA.

The current Mayor, Anthony Williams, a Yale educated lawyer, became Mayor in 1998. He was reelected in 2002. See List of mayors of Washington, D.C

Geography

Washington is located at 38°54'49" North, 77°0'48" West (38.913611, -77.013222)1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 177.0 km² (68.3 mi²). 159.0 km² (61.4 mi²) of it is land and 18.0 km² (6.9 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 10.16% water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there are 572,059 people, 248,338 households, and 114,235 families residing in the city. The population density is 3,597.3/km² (9,316.4/mi²). There are 274,845 housing units at an average density of 1,728.3/km² (4,476.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 30.78% White, 60.01% African American, 0.30% Native American, 2.66% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 3.84% from other races, and 2.35% from two or more races. 7.86% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 248,338 households out of which 19.8% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 22.8% are married couples living together, 18.9% have a female householder with no husband present, and 54.0% are non-families. 43.8% of all households are made up of individuals and 10.0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.16 and the average family size is 3.07.

In the city the population is spread out with 20.1% under the age of 18, 12.7% from 18 to 24, 33.1% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 12.2% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 35 years. For every 100 females there are 89.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 86.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $40,127, and the median income for a family is $46,283. Males have a median income of $40,513 versus $36,361 for females. The per capita income for the city is $28,659. 20.2% of the population and 16.7% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 31.1% are under the age of 18 and 16.4% are 65 or older.


Jefferson Memorial

Colleges and Universities

Professional Sports Teams

The Washington Redskins (National Football League) do not play in the District of Columbia. They are based in Landover, Maryland. The closest major league baseball team to Washington D.C. is the Baltimore Orioles of Baltimore, Maryland.

Sites of Interest

Washington is the home of numerous national landmarks and is a popular tourist destination. Landmarks include:

Airports

External Links

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: District

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField
DIDEnglishDensely Inhabited DistrictSocial Sciences

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: District

Synonyms: territory (n), zone (v). (additional references)
Synonym by domain: paneled (mining).

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Synonyms within Context: District

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Government

Political district, electoral division, electoral district, bailiwick.

Region

Noun: region, sphere, ground, soil, area, field, realm, hemisphere, quarter, district, beat, orb, circuit, circle; reservation, pale; (limit); compartment, department; clearing.

Tribunal

Assize, eyre; wardmote, burghmote; barmote; superior courts of Westminster; court of record, court oyer and terminer, court assize, court of appeal, court of error; High court of Judicature, High court of Appeal; Judicial Committee of the Privy Council; Star Chamber; Court of Chancery, Court of King's or Queen's Bench, Court of Exchequer, Court of Common Pleas, Court of Probate, Court of Arches, Court of Admiralty; Lords Justices' court, Rolls court, Vice Chancellor's court, Stannary court, Divorce court, Family court, Palatine court, county court, district court, police court; sessions; quarter sessions, petty sessions; court-leet, court-baron, court of pie poudre, court of common council; board of green cloth.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: District

English words defined with "district": administrative districtcity districtDistrict attorney, District court, District judge, district manager, District of Columbiafederal districtred-light district, residential districttenement district. (references)
Specialty definitions using "district": DISTRICT ADVISER, District Bill, DISTRICT CUSTOMS DIRECTOR, DISTRICT CUSTOMS DIRECTOR, DEPUTY, district directorMANAGER, IRRIGATION DISTRICTpseudo-voting districtSoil and Water Conservation District, State legislative districtVoting District, Voting District Project. (references)
Etymologies containing "district": Yeoman. (references)
Non-English Usage: "District" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (district), French (circuit, department, district, division, domain, region), Portuguese (district), Romanian (area, district, hundred, neighborhood, neighbourhood, pale, region).

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Modern Usage: District

DomainUsage

Screenplays

My star quarterback comes to me the day before we play against the only team in the district that can kick our ass telling me he doesn't want to play (The Faculty; writing credit: David Wechter; Bruce Kimmel)

Why, it's the most exclusive residential district in Florida (The Cocoanuts; writing credit: George S. Kaufman; Morrie Ryskind)

In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime; and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders (Law & Order; writing credit: Peter Yeldham)

Working for the district attorney (Chinatown; writing credit: Robert Towne)

Governor of the state of Illinois, United States Marshals Office, 5th District Northern Illinois (The Fugitive; writing credit: Roy Huggins; David Twohy)

Lyrics

The judge's wife called up the district attorney (Brown Eyed Handsome Man; performing artist: Chuck Berry)

Feel this hit, bangin' in your residential district (Love Is All We Need; performing artist: Mary J. Blige)

Movie/TV Titles

Mr. District Attorney (1954)

The Strange Case of District Attorney M (1930)

Soldiers in the Strike District (1902)

The District (2000)

Police district (1999)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: District

DomainTitle

References

  • District Offshore ASA: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Empire District Electric Company: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

  • The Forging of a Black Community: Seattle's Central District, from 1870 Through the Civil Rights Era (The Emil and Kathleen Sick Lecture-Book Series (reference)

  • The Kalevala: Or Poems of the Kaleva District (reference)

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Periodicals

  • Chicago Park District Annual Report (reference)

  • Dallas County Federal And District Courts (reference)

  • District Of Columbia Register (reference)

  • Eastern District Of Michigan Federal Rules Supplement Service (reference)

  • Huddersfield & District Family History Society Journal (reference)

    (more periodical examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • British Rail Journeys II: Around the Lake District (reference)

  • Wonder of Creation:Lake District (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: District

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Photo Album: District

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Night Scene on Patpong Street Entertainment District, Bangkok, Thailand. Credit: CDC.

Chinatown district of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 2000. Credit: CDC.

The Point Conception Lighthouse Drawing by Major Hartman Bache, inspectof of the 12th Lighthouse District Hartman Bache was the uncle of Alexander D. Bache, 2nd supt. of the Coast Survey. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Spring reconnaissance in the Broad Pass District After leaving the railroad at Cantwell Triangulation party of William M. Scaife. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

A site restored by the SW Florida Water Management District and planted by the Tampa Bay Wetland High School Nursery Program. The technique used to plant the smooth cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora, is to create a hole in the marsh using a dibble bar and insert the plant plug. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

District center of Ponape. Credit: Small World.

USDA Rural Development employee, works with NRCS District Conservationist, Osvaldo Longoria at the USDA Service Center in Raymondville, TX.[Slide 2998]. Credit: Ken Hammond.

Noe Gerza, NRCS District Conservationist discusses ranch operations with Edinburg, TX landowner and chairman of the Hidalgo Soil & Water Conservation District. [Slide 97CS3001]. Credit: Ken Hammond.

Magaly Rodriguez, NRCS, Soil Conservation Tech. from the Yellow River Soil and Water Conservation District uses a transit to mark a field for the construction of a terrace. Credit: USDA.

Magaly Rodriguez (right), NRCS, Soil Conservation Tech. from the Yellow River Soil and water Conservation District explains the survey marks to John Lundy (left) prior to the construction of a terraced field. Lundy used a contour plow to build the terrace. Credit: USDA.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: District
 

"Gaslamp District 3" by Erika Thorpe
Commentary: "Gaslamp District, San Diego."
"Financial at dawn" by jens karlsson
Commentary: "Shot just outside Kioken inc. , financial district, NY."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Historic Usage: District

AuthorDateQuotation

US Constitution

1791

Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; Clause 2: To borrow Money on the credit of the United States; Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; Clause 4: To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States; Clause 5: To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures; Clause 6: To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States; Clause 7: To establish Post Offices and post Roads; Clause 8: To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries; Clause 9: To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court; Clause 10: To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations; Clause 11: To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; Clause 12: To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years; Clause 13: To provide and maintain a Navy; Clause 14: To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces; Clause 15: To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions; Clause 16: To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress; Clause 17: To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, byCession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;--And Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. (reference)

US Bill of Rights

1795

Amendment VI. In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence. (reference)

Amendment to US Constitution

1795-2016

The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as Congress may direct: A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the States, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election of President and Vice President, to be electors appointed by a State; and they shall meet in the District and perform such duties as provided by the twelfth article of amendment. (reference)

Marbury v. Madison

1803

At the last term on the affidavits then read and filed with the clerk, a rule was granted in this case, requiring the Secretary of State [note: i.e., James Madison] to show cause why a mandamus should not issue, directing him to deliver to William Marbury his commission as a justice of the peace for the county of Washington, in the district of Columbia. (reference)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

All military and semi-military unions formed in the said area by inhabitants of the district shall be immediately disbanded All members of such military organisations who are not domiciled in the said area shall be required to leave it. (reference)

Brown v. Board of Education

1954

In each of the cases other than the Delaware case, a three-judge federal district court denied relief to the plaintiffs on the so-called "separate but equal" doctrine announced by this Court in Plessy v. Ferguson. (reference)

Roe v. Wade

1973

Appellants directly appealed to this Court on the injunctive rulings, and appellee cross-appealed from the District Court's grant of declaratory relief to Roe and Hallford. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: District

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

For an hour the (r)gamin had been making, in this peaceful district, the uproar of a fly in a bottle

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: District

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

The local school district can provide services for a family if the child is three or older. (references)

In either case, the local school district, the state education agency, and the local or state health departments should provide referrals for the necessary services. (references)

From 1993 to 1997, 43 states and the District of Columbia reported cases of multidrug-resistant TB. In addition, CDC received numerous reports of outbreaks of MDR-TB in hospitals and prisons. (references)

Business

Each district can select its’ own checkpoint time and location. (references)

Major shipping companies will seek Global Marine District Safety Systems. (references)

District Offices are responsible for granting permits for hazardous waste management. (references)

Children

Bosnia and Herzegovina

The full integration of elementary and high school classrooms in the Brcko District was successful. (references)

Guatemala

Enrique Sosa Solis, the District Prosecutor, interviewed the plaintiffs who then decided to drop all charges against Barrientos. (references)

Dominican Republic

Journalists reported that the majority of prostitutes in brothels around the National District appeared to be between 16 and 18 years of age. (references)

Civil Liberties

Kyrgyz Republic

A Bishkek district court ruled that Asaba must pay compensation to Usubaliev. (references)

Nepal

Sen immediately was rearrested and moved to another jail in Mahottari District. (references)

Norway

The Minister of Church Affairs appealed the decision to the Haalogaland District Court. (references)

Economic History

Mongolia

SGH members are popularly elected by district for 4-year terms. (references)

Colombia

Administrative divisions: 32 departments; Bogota, capital district. (references)

Chile

Typically, the two largest coalitions split the seats in a district. (references)

Human Rights

Mozambique

Below the Supreme Court there are provincial and district courts. (references)

India

Courts of first resort exist at the subdistrict and district levels. (references)

Nepal

On June 29, Maoists shot and killed five policemen in Tanahu District. (references)

Indigenous People

Japan

In 1997 the Sapporo District Court ruled that the Ainu were a minority aboriginal race, and later that year, the Diet passed the Law to Promote Ainu Culture. (references)

India

The Nagaland government controls the rights to certain mineral resources, and autonomous district councils in Tripura, Assam, and Meghalaya control matters such as education, rural development, and forestry in cooperation with the state governors. (references)

Bangladesh

After their safe and peaceful release on March 17, one of the hostages told a newspaper reporter that one of his abductors had confided that the motive was not political but rather, they wanted money "for the welfare of Chakma people." On June 23, a Bengali truck driver in Khagrachhari District in the Chittagong Hill Tracts was murdered. (references)

Minorities

Cote d'Ivoire

In January 1998, a conflict over land erupted between Catholics and Assembly of God members in Abidjan's Yopougon district. (references)

Lebanon

Other foreigners may own a limited size plot of land but only after obtaining the approval of five different district offices. (references)

India

When the president and his associates filed a complaint with the district authorities about the incident, they were hacked to death. (references)

Political Economy

THE BAHAMAS

Businesses in the tourist district report a 50 percent decrease in sales. (references)

Kazakhstan

One member of RNPK, but no Azamat candidate, was elected, from a single-mandate district. (references)

Brazil

Brazil is a constitutional federal republic composed of 26 states and the Federal District. (references)

Political Rights

Ghana

DCE's must be confirmed by two-thirds of the district assembly members. (references)

Saudi Arabia

Ministers and district governors more readily grant audiences at a majlis. (references)

Mexico

The PRD governs the Federal District, and the PAN governs 13 of the 20 largest cities. (references)

Trade

Philippines

If no decision is rendered within 30 days, the decision of the District Collector is considered upheld. (references)

Ecuador

In the case of special projects, the time period may be extended once for up to six months by presenting an extension request to the Customs District Administrator. (references)

Spain

Carnet applications are available from all district offices of the U.S. Department of Commerce, most U.S. chambers of commerce and authorized export insurance companies. (references)

Travel

Cote D'ivoire

PISAM is located between the downtown district, Plateau, and the Hotel Ivoire in Cocody. (references)

Ecuador

Travelers are advised to be observant of their surroundings, particularly in the restaurant district of Urdesa. (references)

Vietnam

Most expatriates live in serviced apartments in the central district, urban villas or large houses in suburban compounds. (references)

Women

Papua New Guinea

The law requires that orders for imprisonment be endorsed by a district court before they take effect. (references)

Switzerland

However, some cantonal or district police forces have specially trained units to deal with violence against women. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Centers for abused women were created in the District of Brcko, Bihac and Sarajevo based on the successful a model in Zenica in the Federation. (references)

Worker Rights

Switzerland

Labor appeal courts exist at both the cantonal and district levels. (references)

Russia

Such abuses are often linked to units in the Northern Caucasus military district. (references)

India

During 2000, SACCS helped release approximately 135 child laborers in Bhadohi district alone. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

GUNPOWDER, n. An agency employed by civilized nations for the settlement of disputes which might become troublesome if left unadjusted. By most writers the invention of gunpowder is ascribed to the Chinese, but not upon very convincing evidence. Milton says it was invented by the devil to dispel angels with, and this opinion seems to derive some support from the scarcity of angels. Moreover, it has the hearty concurrence of the Hon. James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture. Secretary Wilson became interested in gunpowder through an event that occurred on the Government experimental farm in the District of Columbia. One day, several years ago, a rogue imperfectly reverent of the Secretary's profound attainments and personal character presented him with a sack of gunpowder, representing it as the sed of the Flashawful flabbergastor, a Patagonian cereal of great commercial value, admirably adapted to this climate. The good Secretary was instructed to spill it along in a furrow and afterward inhume it with soil. This he at once proceeded to do, and had made a continuous line of it all the way across a ten-acre field, when he was made to look backward by a shout from the generous donor, who at once dropped a lighted match into the furrow at the starting-point. Contact with the earth had somewhat dampened the powder, but the startled functionary saw himself pursued by a tall moving pillar of fire and smoke and fierce evolution. He stood for a moment paralyzed and speechless, then he recollected an engagement and, dropping all, absented himself thence with such surprising celerity that to the eyes of spectators along the route selected he appeared like a long, dim streak prolonging itself with inconceivable rapidity through seven villages, and audibly refusing to be comforted. "Great Scott! what is that?" cried a surveyor's chainman, shading his eyes and gazing at the fading line of agriculturist which bisected his visible horizon. "That," said the surveyor, carelessly glancing at the phenomenon and again centering his attention upon his instrument, "is the Meridian of Washington." H

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: District

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Erin Runnion

Right. Right. I will do whatever the sheriff's department, whatever the district attorney's office feels is best in order to get him to never be able to hurt anybody.

Harland Braun

To Van Nuys. And there, the district attorney will either not file a complaint and the charges will then lapse, or they'll file a complaint and they'll set bail or not set bail, and they'll set a date for a preliminary hearing.

John Ashcroft

I don't want to provide a specific time during which he'll be in the United States, but I expect him to be here shortly. He is the subject of a complaint filed in the eastern district of Virginia and he will be brought to justice.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: District

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Thomas Jefferson

1801-1809In the district of Louisiana it has been thought best to adopt the division into subordinate districts which had been established under its former government.

John Quincy Adams

1825-1829On the continuation of the national road from Cumberland to the tide waters within the District of Columbia.

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837Your attention is respectfully invited to the situation of the District of Columbia.

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953We should move toward a greater measure of local self-government consistent with the constitutional status of the District.

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963-1969The dockets are full of cases because we don't have assistant district attorneys to go before the Federal judge and handle them.

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981Highway planning and transit planning must be integrated and related to State, regional, district and neighborhood planning efforts now in place or emerging.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001Every school district should issue report cards on every school.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: District

"District" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 74.04% of the time. "District" is used about 7,795 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)74.04%5,7711,700
Noun (proper)25.96%2,0244,267
                    Total100.00%7,795N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: District

CountryNameCountryName
Norway

District Offshore ASA

USA

Empire District Electric Company

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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: District

Expressions using "district": administrative district agricultural district assistant district attorny bathyal district border district business district central business district chief magistrate of a district city district congressional district District attorney district council district county District court district heating district heating plant district heating system District Heights District judge district line district manager district nurse District of District of Columbia district office District school district visitor drain district drainage district election district electoral district enumeration district federal district home district industrial district judge of a district court judicial district jurisdictional district lake District local authority district military district mining district municipal district police district political district polling district postal district production district Putnam District red light district residential district rural district school district tenement district. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "district": district-based, district-country, district-focused, district-level, district-nurse, district-nursing, district-wide.

Ending with "district": county-district, sub-district.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: District

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

harris county appraisal district

1,028

school district of palm beach county

290

chicago park district

969

long beach unified school district

282

school district

894

collin county appraisal district

274

los angeles unified school district

840

granite school district

267

district of columbia

760

tarrant appraisal district

256

clark county school district

618

texas school district

255

houston independent school district

602

dallas appraisal district

244

toronto district school board

597

county district hillsborough school

238

philadelphia school district

557

travis county appraisal district

237

dallas county appraisal district

470

appraisal bend county district fort

237

lake district

428

amsterdam red light district

231

red light district

420

san diego unified school district

229

tarrant county appraisal district

405

anchorage school district

224

dallas independent school district

404

lake washington school district

217

dallas central appraisal district

346

columbia district government

211

united state district court

341

university of the district of columbia

209

kent school district

331

capistrano unified school district

207

austin independent school district

320

district

206

peel district school board

305

us district court

204

bexar county appraisal district

298

appraisal county district montgomery

202
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: District

Language Translations for "district"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

rreth (around, brim, by, circa, circle, circlet, circuit, compass, concerning, coterie, disc, gabion, girth, gyre, periphery, range, region, rim, ring, rondure, round, somewhere, union), rajon (area, circumference, diggings, region, section, sheading, shedding, zone), qark (around, circle, circuit, circumference, commune, county, parish, region, round), krahinë (country, neck, place, province, region, shedding). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏منطقة (area, land, part, precinct, region, section, terrain, territory, zone), ‏مقاطعة (boycott, county, department, division, domain, enclave, estate, principality, province, shire, territory, township), ‏قسم إلى مناطق, ‏قسم (administration, allocate, allot, apportion, authority, bisect, break up, deal out, department, distribute, divide, division, give out, halve, parcel, part, partition, portion, portion out, region, section, segment, separate, service, share, share out, split, subdivide, swear, take an oath), ‏ولاية (principality, province, seigniory, shire, state), ‏حي (active, alive, animate, animated, block, existent, graphic, graphical, lifelike, live, lively, living, neighborhood, neighbourhood, nod, part, pictorial, picturesque, quarter, reanimate, recall, regenerate, section, vivid, ward), ‏سنجق مقاطعة (county, province), ‏دائرة إنتخابية (constituency, precinct, riding, ward). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

район (area, limit, location, neck, radius, region, run, section, vicinity), окръг (butting, division, province, region, sheading), околия, околийски, областен (regional, territorial), област (area, clime, demesne, department, domain, field, ground, land, limit, market, neck, province, purview, range, realm, region, territory), енория (parish, township), избирателен район (constituency, electorate, precinct, seat). (various references)

   

Catalan

  

districte, barri (neighbourhood, quarter). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

, , 地域 (area, region), 區域 (area, region), (area, distinguish, region, small), 一帶 (region). (various references)

   

Czech

  

okres (county, precinct, township), obvod (circuit, circumference, compass, Girt, perimeter, periphery), oblast (ambit, area, corner, domain, land, part, realm, region, section, sphere, territory, zone). (various references)

   

Danish

  

distrikt (county), kvarter (neighbourhood, quarter, quarter of an hour), bydel (neighbourhood, quarter). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

district, arrondissement, gouw (province), buurt (neighborhood, neighbourhood, proximity, quarter, vicinity). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

distrikto, kvartalo (neighbourhood, quarter), arondismento. (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

umdømi, fylki, býlingur (neighbourhood, quarter), býarpartur (neighbourhood, quarter). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

ناحیه (Area, Realm, Region, Sector, Terrain, Zone), حوزه (Circle, Circuit, Compass, Extent, Module, Precinct, Zone), بلوک (Bloc, Block), بخش (Borough, Branch, Canton, Commune, County, Department, Division, Installment, Item, Leg, Lot, Member, Parcel, Parish, Part, Party, Piece, Portion, Precinct, Quarter, Role, Sect, Section, Sector, Segment, Share, Zone). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

piiri (circle, circumference, range, ring, scope), alue (area, region, territory). (various references)

   

French

  

quartier, arrondissement, district (division). (various references)

   

German

  

bezirk (borough, canton, circle, circuit, county, precinct, province, realm, region, sphere, territory), viertel (fourth, neighbourhood, quarter, quarter note, quarter of an hour), stadtviertel (neighbourhood, part of town, quarter), stadtteil (part of town), revier (area, beat, coalmine, field, hunting ground, mining area, Nick, police station, precinct, shoot, sick bay, station, station house, territory), quartier (accommodation, billet, neighbourhood, quarter, quarters), kreis (circle, circuit, constituency, cycle, orbit, round, set, sphere, ward), gau (gau), Distrikt, Amtsbezirk (administrative district, bailiwick). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

συνοικία (neighborhood, neighbourhood, quarter), περιφέρεια (borough, circuit, circumference, compass, contour, girth, perimeter, periphery, precinct), περιοχή (area, compass, domain, region, territory). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מחוזי (provincial, regional), מחוז (county, province, region, shire, township), איפרכיה (eparchy), אזור (area, belt, girded, girdle, region, tract, zone). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kerület (aldermanry, borough, circle, circumference, compass, division, girth, periphery, precinct, range, sheading, territory, township), terület (area, bailiwick, bawn, building site, countryside, domain, ground, grounds, land, location, mop-up, place, province, region, reservation, scope, sphere, terrain, territory, zone), körzet (area, circle, circuit, locality, precinct, range, scope, section, sector, territory, zone). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

distrik (canton), kawasan (region, sphere), jajahan (colony, subjugated territory). (various references)

   

Irish

  

gceantar. (various references)

   

Italian

  

distretto (area, belt, neighbourhood, quarter, region, ward), circondario (neighbourhood, quarter), provincia (county, province). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

(country), (section, ward), 地区  (section, sector), 地区 (section, sector), 地方  (area, locality, region), 地方 (area, locality, region, the coast), 方面 (direction, field). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ぐん (army, country, force, group, troops), ほうめん (acquittal, direction, field, liberation, release), じかた (area, locality, region, the coast), ちほう (area, dementia, locality, region, the coast), ちく (dashing around on a horse, exerting oneself, running around, section, sector), (17-syllable poem, bend over, clause, expression, line, nine, paragraph, passage, phrase, section, sentence, stanze, verse, ward). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

지역 (Area, Areas, locality, regional, tract). (various references)

   

Lombard

  

rion (neighbourhood, quarter). (various references)

   

Malay

  

bumi. (various references)

   

Manx

  

ynnydoil (local), slystagh (coastal, regional), slyst (border, coast, environ, region, seaboard, suburb), ard (big, compass point, direction, fell, height, high, high place, incline, loud, pole, region, tall, towering). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

distrikto, bario (neighbourhood, quarter). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

istrictday.(various references)

   

Polish

  

dzielnica (neighbourhood, quarter). (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

distrito (county, section, township), comarca (county, judicial district), bairro (burgh, neighborhood, neighbourhood, quarter). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

districtual, district (area, hundred, neighborhood, neighbourhood, pale, region), zonã (area, belt, country, digging, neighborhood, neighbourhood, parish, patch, province, sector, space, surface, zone), raional, raion (department, parish, patch, section), parte (aspect, corner, flank, fragment, hand, joint, lot, movement, neighborhood, neighbourhood, part, Parthian, partition, party, passus, piece, proportion, region, sect, section, segment, share, side, snack, whack, zone), mahala (outskirts, Rookery, slum, suburb), circumscripţie (area, division, parish, patch), cerc (band, circle, circles, class, compass, coterie, extent, hoop, range, rim, ring, round, set, sphere, zone), cartier (neighborhood, neighbourhood, section, slum, vicinity, ward), canton (block-section, Canton). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

район (area, borough, diggings, region, township), округ окружной, округ (bailiwick, circuit, county, hundred, parish, presidency, region, sheading), зона (area, banding, range, region, zone, zoster). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

utraid (district road). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

okrug (county), okružni (circumjacent, divisional), oblast (area, bailiwick, corner, domain, field, plane, precincts, realm, region, section, submarine havens, territory, zone), župa (region). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

distrito (manor, section), barrio (borough, end, injunction, neighborhood, neighbourhood, precinct, quarter, suburb), cuartel (barracks, hootch, quarter, quartering). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

stadsdel, trakt (area, clime, country, neighborhood, neighbourhood, region, vicinity), distrikt (area, Canton, distict, division, region, ward), bygd (country, countryside). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

bölge (area, belt, circumscription, climate, corner, department, division, latitude, parts, phase, precinct, quarter, region, section, sector, sky, territory, tract, ward, zone). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

uзastok (r) (region). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

округ (circumscription, county), місцевість (ambit, country, ground, locality, moorland, situation), дільниця (circuit), ділити на округи. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

quận (community, shire, township), khu vực, khu vùng, huyện (community, shire), địa hạt (realm, territory). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

dosbarth (class, reason), rhandir (allotment, division), rhanbarth (division), ardal (region). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: District

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Sumerian3100 BCE-2500 BCE

ma-da, zag. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

ora, pagi, pagorum, pagos, pagus, plaga, popule, populi, populique, populis, populo, populoque, populorum, populos, populum, populus, populusque, regio, regione, regionem, regiones, regioni, regionibus, regionis, regionum, territorium, toparcias, vicus. (various references)

Avestan200-600

zañtêush. (various references)

Old English450-1100

-gea. (various references)

Medieval Latin700-1500

districtus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: District

Derivations

Words beginning with "district": districted, districting, districts. (additional references)

Words ending with "district": interdistrict, redistrict, subdistrict. (additional references)

Words containing "district": redistricted, redistricting, redistricts, subdistricted, subdistricting, subdistricts. (additional references)


Misspellings

"District" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: destract, dictrict, distict, distri, distric, districk, districtu, distridct, Distrito, dtstract. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "District"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "district" (pronounced di"stri'kt)
3-i' k tBenedict, derelict, interdict.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: District

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-d-i-i-r-s-t-t"

-2 letters: strict.

-3 letters: dirts, disci, irids, titis.

-4 letters: cist, cris, dirt, disc, dits, irid, iris, rids, stir, tics, titi.

-5 letters: cis, dis, dit, ids, its, rid, sic, sir, sit, sri, tic, tis.

 Words containing the letters "c-d-i-i-r-s-t-t"
 

+1 letter: districts.

 

+2 letters: distincter, districted, interdicts, redistrict, tortricids.

 

+3 letters: distracting, distraction, distractive, districting, redistricts, subdistrict.

 

+4 letters: dictatorship, distractible, distractions, incertitudes, interdictors, redistricted, reductionist, subdistricts.

 

+5 letters: adventuristic, densitometric, destructivity, deterministic, dictatorships, directivities, disarticulate, distractingly, indoctrinates, interdictions, interdistrict, introductions, rectitudinous, redistricting, reductionists, reindictments, retrodictions, subdistricted, transactinide.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Historic
10. Quotations: Fiction
11. Quotations: Non-fiction
12. Quotations: Spoken
13. Quotations: Speeches
14. Usage Frequency
15. Names: Company Usage
16. Expressions
17. Expressions: Internet
18. Translations: Modern
19. Translations: Ancient
20. Abbreviations
21. Acronyms
22. Derivations
23. Rhymes
24. Anagrams
25. Bibliography


  

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