In
Australia,
Canada,
Ireland, the
United Kingdom, and the
United States, a
ward is an electoral district within a
municipality used in
local politics. An example is The ward of Middleton St George in Northern England. The
Hoddle Grid area of
Melbourne in the nineteenth century was divided into four wards: Bourke, Gipps, La Trobe and Lonsdale.In certain cities of
India, like Mumbai, a ward is an administrative unit of the city region.In
Japan, a ward (ku or 区 in
Japanese) is a section of one of the larger cities.
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