District Council

District council may refer to:

  • A Town council, a unit of local government in many jurisdictions
  • A branch of the Local government in the United Kingdom:
    • Supervising one of the Districts of England:
      • A Metropolitan borough
      • A Non-metropolitan district
      • A Unitary authority
    • Supervising one of the Principal Areas of Wales
    • Supervising one of the Subdivisions of Scotland
    • Supervising one of the Districts of Northern Ireland
  • One of the District Councils of Hong Kong
  • One of the Districts of New Zealand
  • Council of the District of Columbia, local government of Washington, D.C.
  • A Labour council at a district level

Famous quotes containing the words district and/or council:

    “Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of their fabrication.”
    —Rebecca West (1892–1983)

    “There by some wrinkled stones round a leafless tree
    With beards askew, their eyes dull and wild
    Twelve ragged men, the council of charity
    Wandering the face of the earth a fatherless child....”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)