a municipality with extended competence. Regions of the Czech Republic ISO 3166-2:CZ "Změny hranic okresů k 1. 1. 2007". czso.cz (in Czech). Czech Statistical...

Devolution is the statutory delegation of powers from the central government of a sovereign state to govern at a subnational level, such as a regional...

The Czechs (Czech: Češi, pronounced [ˈtʃɛʃɪ]; singular Czech, masculine: Čech [ˈtʃɛx] , singular feminine: Češka [ˈtʃɛʃka]), or the Czech people (Český...

of powers is the division of a state's government into branches, each with separate, independent powers and responsibilities, so that the powers of one...

entity and is therefore neither a region nor a municipality. The assembly has similar powers to those of Czech regional and municipal councils. It is composed...

of the Czech Republic (Czech: Ústava České republiky) is the supreme law of the Czech Republic. The current constitution was adopted by the Czech National...

with regional governments (provincial, state, cantonal, territorial, or other sub-unit governments) in a single political system, dividing the powers...

Germany, many Czech Germans assisted Nazi Germany's expansionism. As a result, the Czech Government in Exile as well as the Allied Powers agreed to the...

head of state (president or monarch) has a largely ceremonial role with reserve powers. That means most power is in the hands of what is called in most...

Houska Castle is an early Gothic castle in the municipality of Blatce in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It lies about 47 km (29 mi) north of...

embittered as, under expanded wartime powers, the military routinely suspended civil rights and treated different national groups with varying degrees of...

significance of a municipality. As the statistics of Czech municipalities shows, towns usually have between 1,000 and 35,000 inhabitants, with median around...

shortly after Hungary terminated the union with Austria on 31 October 1918. One of Europe's major powers at the time, Austria-Hungary was geographically...

in Northern China, and is governed as a municipality under the direct administration of the State Council with 16 urban, suburban, and rural districts...

they have the legislative authority they have limited powers to conclude international treaties "with the consent of the federal government". It was the...

governments because the new status provides additional powers of taxation and administration, the right to expand the size of government, and an increase in the...

federalism, including municipalities as federal entities. Brazilian municipalities are now invested with some of the traditional powers usually granted to...

nuclear attack (together with the K-9 facility in Jihlava) and might still be used as the emergency headquarters of the Czech government and military....

Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's mostly mountainous territory spans...

on the size of the municipality and varies from 15 (in municipalities with fewer than 5,000 residents) to 51 (in municipalities with more than 500,000...

60 km (37 mi) northwest of Hungary, and 60 km (37 mi) south of Moravia (Czech Republic). The once Celtic settlement of Vedunia was converted by the Romans...

spaces nationwide, including restaurants, pubs and clubs. Shanghai Municipality expanded a smoking ban from hospitals to kindergartens, schools, libraries...

necessarily based on population, but on the relative powers granted to the different types of municipalities and correspondingly, different obligations to provide...

of Shanghai Municipality, which expanded to 863 km2 (333.2 sq mi). The following December, the land area of Shanghai was further expanded to 5,910 km2...

Valley. Bhaktapur was also greatly isolated and ignored by the central powers. When a new highway was built, it completely bypassed the city and instead...

supervision. During the period of direct occupation of the island by the Great Powers (1898–1908), Candia was part of the British zone. At this time, the city...

Adriatic Sea. It has 19,218 inhabitants, and it is the centre of Budva Municipality. The coastal area around Budva, called the Budva Riviera, is the center...

mainland. With its urban area's population numbering over three million, it is the eighth largest urban area in the European Union. The Municipality of Athens...

and from 1887, with the beginning of expansion outside the old city walls, became a majority. Throughout the 19th century, European powers were competing...

Treaty of Maastricht renamed the EEC as the "European Union", and expanded its powers to include a social chapter, set up a European Exchange Rate Mechanism...