District

A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions of municipalities, school district, or political district.

The word "district" in English is a loan word from French. It comes from Medieval Latin districtus–"exercising of justice, restraining of offenders".

The earliest known English-language usage dates to 1611, in the work of lexicographer Randle Cotgrave.

In Afghanistan, a district (Persian / Pashto: ولسوالۍ Wuleswali) is a subdivision of a province. There are almost 400 districts in the country.

Electoral districts are used in state elections. Districts were also used in several states as cadastral units for land titles. Some were used as squatting districts. New South Wales had several different types of districts used in the 21st century.

In Austria, the word Bezirk is used with different meanings in three different contexts:

Azerbaijan is administratively divided into the following subdivisions:

The rayons are further divided into municipalities (bələdiyyə).