Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of governance or public administration within a particular sovereign state. Local governments...

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

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 in England broadly consists of three layers: civil parishes, local authorities, and regional authorities. Every part of England is governed...

see: Local government in England Local government in Northern Ireland Local government in Scotland Local government in Wales For the history of local government...

A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country...

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

This is a list of local government areas (LGAs) in Victoria, sorted by region. Also referred to as municipalities, the 79 Victorian LGAs are classified...

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

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...