constitute a subdivision of a higher-level political and/or administrative unit, such as a nation or state. Local governments generally act within the powers...

Nigeria has 774 local government areas (LGAs), each administered by a local government council consisting of a chairman, who is the chief executive, and...

Local government is the third-level of government in Australia, administered with limited autonomy under the states and territories, and in turn beneath...

Papua New Guinea has 326 local-level governments (LLGs) comprising 6,112 wards as of 2018. At the highest level, Papua New Guinea is divided into four...

Local government in India is governmental jurisdiction below the level of the state. Local self-government means that residents in towns, villages and...

Harcourt Local Government Area (PHALGA) is a Local Government Area (LGA) of Rivers State in Southern Nigeria. It is one of the 23 local government areas created...

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC; formerly the Ministry for Housing, Communities, and Local Government) is a ministerial...

For local government purposes, Scotland is divided into 32 areas designated as "council areas" (Scottish Gaelic: comhairlean), which are all governed...

list of local government areas (LGAs) in New South Wales, sorted by region. As of January 2023[update] there were 128 local government areas in New South...

The local government areas of Scotland were redefined by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and redefined again by the Local Government etc (Scotland)...

In the Philippines, local government is divided into three levels: provinces and independent cities, component cities and municipalities, and barangays...

Local government in Nepal is the third level of government division in Nepal, which is administered by the provincial governments which in turn is beneath...

average area of 423.3 square kilometres (163.4 sq mi). The boundaries of LEAs are determined by order of the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage...

Civil parishes are the lowest tier of local government, and primarily exist in rural and smaller urban areas. The responsibilities of parish councils...

(commonly known as ZP) is a local government body at the district level in India. It looks after the administration of the rural area of the district and its...

divided into three districts, which are further divided into Local Level Government (LLGs) areas. For census purposes, the LLGAs are subdivided into wards...

A unitary authority is a local authority responsible for all local government functions within its area or performing additional functions that elsewhere...

The functions of local government in the Republic of Ireland are mostly exercised by thirty-one local authorities, termed County, City, or City and County...

districts, and each district has one or more Local Level Government (LLG) areas. For census purposes, the LLG areas are subdivided into wards and those into...

a three-tier local government system exists in Bangladesh. At the local level, there are Union Parishads (UPs), and at the top level there are Zila...

planning of land use in local area. This Act 172 puts the primary physical planning responsibility at local level to the local government. Additionally, the...

primary unit of local government below the state level, in some cases eliminating the need for county government entirely. Many rural areas and even some...

England (also known as local authority districts or local government districts to distinguish from unofficial city districts) are a level of subnational division...

in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is a system of local government which forms the last level from the Centre. In ancient India, including Karnataka...

Local government in The Bahamas exists at two levels: 32 districts and 41 towns. The boundaries of districts are defined by the First Schedule of The Bahamas...

Local government in Spain refers to the government and administration of what the Constitution calls "local entities", which are primarily municipalities...

Local government in Scotland comprises thirty-two local authorities, commonly referred to as councils. Each council provides public services, including...

into four levels of administrative divisions, with the lower three being defined in the Local Government Code of 1991 as local government units (LGUs)...

special administrative area at the same level as a province, but the governor is popularly elected. In November 2015 the government launched a "one-stop"...

Local government in Northern Ireland is divided among 11 districts. Councils in Northern Ireland do not carry out the same range of functions as those...