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(Etienne van de Walle et al., second 1982 edition)
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[[en-II:township]] [[de-II:Gemeinde]] [[fr-II:commune]] [[it-II:comune]] [[ja-II:町]] [[pt-II:municípios]] [[ru-II:Пункты населенные]] [[zh-II:镇]]  
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Revision as of 06:02, 3 February 2010

Township  (TOWNSHIP)


Administrative units differ from country to country and over time in the same country, so that the same word may cover different situations. Minor civil divisions include townships 1 and parishes 1; major civil divisions receive names such as states 2 or provinces 2, and intermediary units are often called counties 5 and districts 6. In Canada, for example the main administrative divisions, by increasing order of size, are the township 8, the county 9 and the province 10. As another example, the main administrative division in France are now the regions 2 which correspond to the province and the departements  3★ which correspond to the cantons 4★ in Switzerland where districts 7★ and circles 11★ are minor civil divisions. In the United States, parishes are equivalent to counties which are the unit above townships and cities but below states.

  • 1. Villages, boroughs and cities are other names sometimes given to the smaller administrative units. Municipality is a general descriptive term for minor civil division.

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