Ward (administrative unit)
In Australia , Ireland , Canada , New Zealand , South Africa , the United Kingdom, and the United States, ward [ wɔ: rd ] is a constituency within a parish.
The English word is of Germanic origin, comes from Old English weard for ' guard ', and was influenced in Middle English by Old French warde for ' guard '. Wards are usually named for districts, streets, parishes , landmarks, areas, and in some cases historical people from that region. In the United States, wards are often only numbered.
National:
- In England , a ward is an administrative unit of a city or borough , which is typically an electoral district with its own representatives, i.e. an electoral district .
- In some cities in India, such as Mumbai , wards are administrative units of the city.
- In Nepal , nine wards form a political sub-unit of a Village Development Committee , which in turn form a district.
- In the Solomon Islands , the nine provinces and the capital district are divided into 183 wards.
English are also mentioned, for example:
- In Japan , large cities are often administratively divided into 区 ku .
- In Vietnam , a phường is an administrative sub-unit of an inner-city district ( quận ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Cape Town: Wards . on www.capetown.gov.za ( Memento from December 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English), explanation of this territorial substructure and its functioning using the example of Cape Town
- ↑ a b ward . In: Oxford English Dictionary . Oxford University Press . Retrieved October 3, 2014.