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title for certain administrative divisions in various federations

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Encyclopedic overview

A bird’s eye view of the Washington Monument and the surrounding area of Washington, D.C. A federal district is a specific administrative division in one of various federations. These districts may be under the direct jurisdiction of a federation's national government, as in the case of federal territory (e.g., India, Malaysia), or they may function as ordinary federated units (e.g., Brazil, Russia). Federal districts often include capital districts.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “federal district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.