Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of public administration within a particular sovereign state.
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17 Facts About Local government
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The institutions of local government vary greatly between countries, and even where similar arrangements exist, the terminology often varies.
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Common designated names for local government entities include state, province, region, canton, department, county, prefecture, district, city, township, town, borough, parish, municipality, shire, village, ward, local service district and local government area.
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Local government traditionally had limited power in Egypt's highly centralized state.
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Local government was encouraged to enter into joint ventures with private investors, and these ventures stimulated an alliance between government officials and the local rich that paralleled the infitah alliance at the national level.
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South Africa has a two-tiered local government system comprising local municipalities which fall into district municipalities, and metropolitan municipalities which span both tiers of local government.
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The transitional government is attempting to integrate local governing authorities with the central government, but it lacks the loyalty from the warlords necessary to its governing authority.
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Local government governing authority relies upon these forms of identity and loyalty.
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Local government is the lowest level in the system of government in Malaysia—after federal and state.
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Local government is the third tier of government in Pakistan, after Federal Government and Provincial Government.
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The Local government appoints the chairperson for a period of six years.
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System of local government is different in each of the four home nations of the UK.
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Local government is the third type of government in Australia, after Federal and State.
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New Zealand has a local government system comprising two complementary sets of local authorities—regional councils and territorial authorities.
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The federal Local government retains control over such matters as the regulation of commerce, customs collections, currency, civil or commercial codes, or the appointment of foreign agents.
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Municipal Local government is exercised through a municipal board, chosen by direct election, and an executive department.
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Each region has an elected Local government composed of a president and council that serve four-year terms.
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