Talk:District

U.S. county

Wouldn't "county" be the correct term for district in the USA? ly 06:13, 19 Nov 2003 (UTC)

county globally

The USA are divided into counties for self government and have districts for services like 'school, water & sewage, mosquito abatement, and community colleges. [also for fire protection service] ... These districts don’t “see” the county or city boundaries.' As a Czech with some US experience I am confused by wide use of "district" where I expect "county". Let me plead for using "county" globally.

References

double entries

Every entry is duplicated!

This is not new, maybe somebody changed one entry and didn't change the other, so please help to remove the doubles, but look, if there is information in one entry and not in the other.

-- Serpens 11:03, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)

India

In India it is wrongly written that District Magistrate or Deputy commissioner has Judicial or session powers. After 1973 Criminal procedural code had been amended,thenceafter only a few Executive powers are vested in them.so the line and for the Judiciary of the district and sessional courts is worth amending or liable to be deleted.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tribhuwan (talk • contribs) 24 Nov 2005.

In that case, Tribhuwan, you would be most welcome to update the article yourself, particularly if you've access to the relevant information- go right ahead! --cjllw | TALK 22:54, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

Practically all the content under India should be moved to Districts of India, with an absolutely bare minimum left here to orient the reader. The fact that an Indian district is much bigger than a taluka but much smaller than a province puts it in a funny no-man's land for the casual reader from, say, America thinking in terms of cities, counties, and states. But details about district officials, etc., should be saved for the main article—which incidentally could probably use some work.

I would do this myself but I really don't have time right now, I've already spent more hours fixing up Subdivisions of India and pages within two degrees of it than I ever intended or wanted to.

India: abbreviations

There are many abbreviations in the "India" section that are not explained. The Wikipedia Manual of Style says that when abbreviations are used for the first time they must be written out. Subsequent uses may be abbreviated. Caeruleancentaur (talk) 13:17, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Translations sorted alphabetically

Translations of the word 'district' in different Indian languages are sorted alphabetically now. There was no sorting previously.

EsdnePyaJ 03:35, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Grammar, clarity, please?

hopiakuta 20:53, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

County

The correct description for a Landkreis seems to be County. The Deutscher Landkreistag calls itself German County Association. This really makes sense. In the context of the EU the federal system of Germany is structured as follows: 1) municipalities, which are local self-government bodies 2) counties, which are also local self-government bodies 3) districts, which are only an administrative level of the administration of the Bundesland, therefore they are better called “regional district” 4) federal states also called regions in the European context or land This wording is used in the European context by the German County Association, the German Association of Town and municipalities and the German Association of Cities which are the official representatives of the local government bodies. This Nomenclature makes a clear differentiation between the self-government bodies, which are granted by the German constitution and the merely administrative level of the regional district. According to this definition the kreisfreie Stadt should be called County Borough. The term County Borough, even though it is now historical, describes perfectly the fact that this is a city or town independent to a county and with the self-governance competencies of a county. Therefore somebody should change this and all related articles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gereonmc (talk • contribs) 16:23, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Discussed at WP Germany TrueColour (talk) 00:22, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Article naming

I compiled a list, see below TrueColour (talk) 00:28, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

• Switzerland now uses common X District instead of the "Germany"-format. Schwyz (talk) 18:06, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
• Austria now uses common X District instead of "X (district)". Schwyz (talk) 04:47, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

List of district article sets and page name format

Europe

1. Category:Districts of Albania X District
2. Category:Districts of Austria X District
3. Category:Districts of Azerbaijan X District
4. Category:Districts of Belarus X District
5. Category:Districts of Cyprus X District
6. Category:Districts of the Czech Republic X District
7. Category:Districts of Georgia (country) X District
8. Category:Districts of Hungary X District
9. Category:Districts of Latvia X District
10. Category:Districts of Luxembourg X District
11. Category:Districts of Moldova X District
12. Category:Districts of Montenegro X District
13. Category:Districts of Portugal X District
14. Category:Districts of Russia by federal subject X District
15. Category:Districts of Serbia X District
16. Category:Districts of Slovakia X District
17. Slovenia
    • Category:Districts of Ljubljana X District
18. Category:Districts of Switzerland X District
19. Category:Districts of Transnistria X District

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1. Category:Districts of Germany Xkreis, X (district), only X, in category names: X district
2. Category:Districts of Turkey by province X, some categories X District

Africa

1. Category:Districts of Algeria X District
2. Category:Districts of Botswana X District
3. Category:Districts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo X District
4. Category:Districts of the Republic of the Congo X District
5. Category:Districts of Ghana X District
6. Category:Districts of Ivory Coast X District
7. Category:Districts of Kenya X District
8. Category:Districts of Lesotho X District
9. Category:Districts of Liberia X District
10. Category:Districts of Libya X District
11. Category:Districts of Madagascar X District
12. Category:Districts of Malawi X District
13. Category:Districts of Mauritius X District
14. Category:Districts of Mozambique X District
15. Category:Districts of Rwanda X District
16. Category:Districts of São Tomé and Príncipe X District
17. Category:Districts of Sierra Leone X District
18. Category:Districts of Somalia X District
19. Category:Districts of South Sudan X District
20. Category:Districts of Sudan X District
21. Category:Districts of Tanzania X District
22. Category:Districts of Uganda X District
23. Category:Districts of Zambia X District
24. Category:Districts of Zimbabwe X District

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1. Category:Districts of the Gambia X, X District
2. Category:Districts of Saint Helena X
3. Category:Districts of Seychelles X District

Americas

1. Category:Districts of Belize X District
2. Category:Districts of Panama X District
3. Category:Districts of Paraguay X District (not fully yet)
4. Category:Districts of Peru X District
5. Category:Districts of Suriname X District

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1. Category:Districts of the Bahamas plain X

Asia

1. Category:Districts of Afghanistan X District
2. Category:Districts of Bangladesh X District
3. Category:Districts of Bhutan X District
4. Category:Districts of Brunei X District
5. Category:Districts of Burma X District
6. Category:Districts of Cambodia X District
7. Category:Districts of China X District
8. Category:Districts of Iran X District
9. Category:Districts of Iraq X District
10. Category:Districts of Israel X District
11. Category:Districts of Japan X District
12. Category:Districts of Kazakhstan X District
13. Category:Districts of Kyrgyzstan X District
14. Category:Districts of Laos X District
15. Category:Districts of Lebanon X District
16. Category:Districts of Malaysia X District
17. Category:Districts of Myanmar X District
18. Category:Districts of Nepal X District
19. Category:Districts of Pakistan X District
20. Category:Districts of Sri Lanka X District
21. Category:Districts of Syria X District
22. Category:Districts of Tajikistan X District
23. Thailand
    • Category:Districts of Bangkok X District
24. Category:Districts of Turkmenistan X District
25. Category:Districts of Uzbekistan X District
26. Category:Districts of Vietnam X District
27. Category:Districts of Yemen X District

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1. Category:Districts of India X district (lower case class name)
2. Category:Districts of Kuwait only X
3. Category:Districts of Mongolia only X

Article naming consistency

Overwhelmingly used is the format "X District" for individual articles. Should the others be changed to that format? Why does India as the only country use "X district"? What is special about Central Europe countries Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg that they do not use "X District"? TrueColour (talk) 00:30, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

One of the downsides of having non-native English speakers undertake sweeping article-naming projects on the English Wikipedia is that it results in titles like Gruyère District, which is awkward in English. I have changed this one, and will continue to change others as I come across them. Eric ^talk 16:33, 13 November 2013 (UTC)

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Whether belongs to other district

mm 2001:DF7:480:72ED:954D:2FC3:7733:5EE6 (talk) 05:32, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

Myanmar

Myanmar was formerly called Burma. Wisdood (talk) 10:13, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

Counties in Poland

There are 380 counties (powiats) in Poland, 314 usual, and 66 being cities with counties rights. Please actualize that. 109.206.213.146 (talk) 18:06, 7 April 2024 (UTC)