What does district mean in English?

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district Meaning, Definition, Pronunciation, Grammar & Synonyms❤️

0 an area of a country or town that has fixed borders that are used for official purposes, or that has a particular feature that makes it different from surrounding areas:
- the business district of New York
- the Lake District/the Peak District
- US the City of Malden School District
- UK South Cambridgeshire District Council
1 an area of a country, state, or city that has been given fixed borders for official purposes, or one having a particular feature that makes it different from surrounding areas:
- The theater district in New York is in midtown Manhattan.
2 one of the areas into which a country, state, city, etc. is divided, usually for government or business purposes:
- financial/business/shopping district His office is located in the city’s financial district.
- district council/court/administrator
- The district sales manager is responsible for leading sales teams throughout the Pacific Northwest.

An upsurge in violence in the district has been linked to increased unemployment.
Vandals smashed windows and overturned cars in the downtown shopping district.
Now 5,000 new children will be attending the district's already overburdened school system.
Wales will be divided into 21 unitary authorities instead of eight counties and 37 districts.
Villaverde is one of the high-rise districts that encircle Madrid.
Equalizing the vote among party nominees in larger districts was more difficult in 2004 than in the past.
First, before the outbreak, a large proportion of the population was susceptible because of the geographical characteristics of the health district.
Response rates were 96 per cent from the main valley and surrounding district.