# City district

A city district, also known as an urban district or neighbourhood, is a designated administrative division that is generally managed by a local government. It is used to divide a city into several administrative units.
City districts are used in Russia (raion), Pakistan and Croatia (Croatian: gradski kotar or gradska četvrt).
The term is also the English translation for the German Stadtbezirk; French arrondissements; Dutch stadsdeel; Swedish stadsdel and Polish dzielnica.

## By country/region

| Country | Term/Translation | Example | Subdivision of | Administrative power | Notes | Further Reading |
| Russia | District (Russian: raion) | Sovetsky City District, Nizhny Novgorod | Federal subject/federal city | Local Government(City assembly) | A Russian raion is a second-level administrative unit, two levels below national subdivision. | Districts of Russia |
| Germany | Borough | Wattenscheid, Bochum. | Metropolis | Municipal Government (Mayor) | German city districts are allocated only in urban metropolis' of more than 150,000 occupants. These boroughs subdivide the city-states (German: Stadtbezirk) | Stadtbezirk |
| France | Municipal arrondissement (French: arrondissement municipal) | Panthéon, Paris | Major city (Paris, Lyon and Marseille) | Municipal Government (Mayor) | Belgium, Haiti, and other certain Francophone countries use arrondissements as administrative units. | Municipal arrondissement |
| China | County-level subdivisions (districts) (市辖区 / 区; shìxiáqū / qū) | Yaohai, Hefei | Municipality or prefecture-level city | Local Government | In China, districts, wards or sub-cities (Chinese: 区) are subdivisions of a municipality or ‘prefecture-level city’. | Districts of China |
| Czech Republic | City district (Czech: městský obvod, městská část) | Brno-Královo Pole | statutory city | City district assembly (zastupitelstvo městského obvodu, zastupitelstvo městské části) | A statutory city can choose to divide some or all of its territory into self-governing city districts in its statute. The Municipality Act defines two types of divisions (městský obvod and městská část) although they are equivalent in all but name. | |
| Pakistan | Urdu: اِضلاعِ پاكِستان; Sindhi: پاڪستان جا ضلعا | Karachi Central District, Sindh | Urban area (small city/ large metropolitan area) | Local Government (Union Council Administration) | While there are 150 total districts in Pakistan, only 11 have been designated city districts. | City Districts of Pakistan |
| Mexico, Mexico City | Boroughs/Alcadias, Federal District (Spanish: districto federal) | Centro, Mexico City | Metropolitan area | Head of Government | For administrative purposes, Mexico City is divided into 16 alcadias (councils). | Boroughs |
| Croatia | Croatian: gradski kotar or gradska četvrt | Gornja Dubrava, Zagreb | City / town | Local Government | Local government in Croatian city districts is a form of local self-government, whereby citizens participate in the self-governing scope of the city and local affairs. | |
| Netherlands | Dutch: stadsdeel | Centrum(Centre), Amsterdam | Major city | Local Government (District committee) | In some of the larger municipalities of the Netherlands, urban municipality districts are divided by city districts. Amsterdam calls 7 of its 8 deelgemeenten,stadsdeel. | Urban districts of the Netherlands |
| Sweden | Swedish: stadsdel | Holmsund, Västerbotten | Municipality | Local Government (Administrative board) | In some rare cases, large municipalities in Sweden are divided into smaller "city districts". | Districts of Sweden |
| Poland | Polish: dzielnica | Stare Miasto, Kraków | City/town | Mayor/Elected Council; (Polish: burmistrz, dzielnica council) | | Dzielnica |
| Turkey | District Municipality (Turkish: büyükşehir belediyeleri) | | Metropolitan Municipality | Mayor (of metropolitan municipality) | | Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey |

### Russia (raion)

In Russia, a city district (raion) is a second-level administrative unit used to divide a city. It is the standardised administration unit of numerous post-Soviet states, two levels below national subdivision.

### Germany (Stadtbezirk)

In Germany, a city district (Stadtbezirk) is an administrative unit that divides a metropolis of more than 150,000 inhabitants.

### France and Francophonie (arrondissements)

A city district, or municipal arrondissement (French: arrondissement municipal), is a subdividing unit used in France's three largest cities: Paris, Lyon and Marseille. It divides a commune within which it has its own mayor.
An arrondissement is also a term used for administrative divisions in areas such as Belgium, Haiti, and other certain Francophone countries.

### Mexico City (borough)

There are 16 city districts of Mexico City: 15 subdivisions formally known as boroughs, and the Distrito Federal ('federal district').