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A '''ward''' is a [[local government|local authority]] area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after [[neighbourhood]]s, [[thoroughfare]]s, [[parish]]es, [[landmark]]s, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected to the area (e.g. William Morris Ward in the [[London Borough of Waltham Forest]], England). It is common in the [[United States]] for wards to simply be numbered.
==Origins==
[[File:Castle Street Cork ward signs.png|thumb|Centre (No. 5) and West (No. 6) wards in [[Cork (city)|Cork]], Ireland, were defined in 1853 and last used for elections in 1914. The boundary ran down the middle of Castle Street, where nameplates remained in situ in 2022.]]
The word "ward", for an electoral subdivision, appears to have originated in the [[Wards of the City of London]], where gatherings for each ward known as "wardmotes" have taken place since the 12th century.<ref>''City of London: Statement as to the Origin, Position, Powers, Duties, and finance of the Corporation of London'' (Great Britain Royal Commission on London Government, October 1893), p. 6</ref> The word was much later applied to divisions of other cities and towns in [[England and Wales]] and [[Ireland]].
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==Present day==
In [[Australia]], [[Canada]], [[New Zealand]], [[
In some cities of [[India]], such as [[Mumbai]] and [[Delhi]], a [[Administrative divisions of Mumbai|ward]] is an administrative unit of the city region; a city area is divided into Zones, which in turn contain numerous wards. The smallest administrative unit of [[Gram panchayat|Gram Panchayats]] in India is also known as a ward.<ref>[http://www.mcdonline.gov.in/mcd/zones.html Zones] [[Municipal Corporation of Delhi]]</ref><ref>[http://www.mcdonline.gov.in/mcddir/zonewisecounsellorslist.php?zoneid_f=12&start=10 Elected Members: Rohini Zone (Ward-wise)] at [[Municipal Corporation of Delhi]]</ref>
In [[Bangladesh]] wards are subdivisions of a city or town which administrates under [[List of City Corporations of Bangladesh
In East Africa, the word ward used in English is translated into Swahili/Kiswahili as Kata.
In the case of a municipal [[Amalgamation (politics)|amalgamation]], the former cities and towns that make up the new metropolis may be referred to as wards.
In [[Monaco]], wards are informal divisions of the country, grouped into quartiers.
==Ireland==
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==Similar concepts in other languages==
In [[Japan]], a ''ku'' (or 区 in [[Japanese language|Japanese writing]]) is an administrative unit of one of the larger cities, closely equivalent to the divisions or wards of a London Borough or a New York Borough.
In [[Vietnam]], a
[[Wards and electoral divisions of Nepal]] are political divisions which are grouped into [[Gaunpalika]] ([[Rural council]]) and [[Municipalities of Nepal|Municipality]]. A rural municipality or municipality has minimum of five and maximum of 33 divisions.
==See also==
* [[Undivided council]]
* Wards of Canada
** [[Wards of the City of Ottawa]]
** [[
* [[Wards of Japan]]
* [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom]]
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