Borough

A borough is a local government administrative subdivision used in the Canadian province of Quebec, in some states of the United States, and formerly in New Zealand. In the United Kingdom, boroughs are also to be found in England and Northern Ireland.

Present-day boroughs

The United States

In some states of the U.S., such as Pennsylvania and New Jersey, a self-governing city or town is called a borough. In some of these states, boroughs may be grouped together under a governing township.

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States - Pennsylvania - New Jersey - Township

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The state of Alaska also has boroughs, broadly corresponding to the counties of other states. However, most of the land area of the state is not under any borough-level government. The United States Census Bureau has divided the remainder of Alaska into census areas for statistical purposes. Each borough has a borough seat, which serves a purpose similar to a county seat in other states.

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Alaska - Counties - United States Census Bureau - Census area - Borough seat - County seat

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The City of New York is made up of five boroughs, each of which is coterminous with a county of the State of New York. The boroughs are:

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City of New York - County - State of New York

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• The Bronx (Bronx County)
• Brooklyn (Kings County)
• Manhattan (New York County)
• Queens (Queens County)
• Staten Island (Richmond County)

Canada

In Quebec, the term borough is used as the formal translation into English of the French arrondissement, an administrative subdivision of a major city.

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Quebec - English - French - Arrondissement

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The United Kingdom

Greater London is made up of 32 London Boroughs, together with the City of London. One of the boroughs is formally known as the City of Westminster.

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Greater London - London Borough - City of London - City of Westminster

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Elsewhere in England, as well as in Northern Ireland, a number of districts and unitary authorities have the status of borough. This status does not denote a distinction in the powers that the area's council has, but is rather a formal style by which the area is empowered to call itself. Similarly, several metropolitan districts have the status of metropolitan borough, and all of the unitary authorities in Wales have the status of county borough.

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District - Unitary authorities - Metropolitan district - Metropolitan borough - Wales - County borough

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