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Azov

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Azov serves as the administrative center of Azovsky District, even though it is not a part of it.

Krasyliv

Krasyliv is also the administrative center of the Krasyliv Raion (district), housing the district's local administration buildings.

Nazran

During the Soviet period, Nazran was the administrative center of Nazranovsky District within the Chechen–Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.

Oktyabrsky Administrative Okrug, Murmansk

By the Decision of Murmansk Executive Committee of December 30, 1953, Nagornovsky Settlement Soviet with the administrative center in the work settlement of Nagornovsky, which was previously transferred to jurisdiction of Murmansk from Kolsky District by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR of August 5, 1953, was subordinated to Mikoyanovsky City District.

Oryol

Oryol is the administrative center of the oblast and, within the framework of administrative divisions, it also serves as the administrative center of Orlovsky District, even though it is not a part of it.

Pinezhsky District

Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Karpogory.

Radyvyliv

It is the administrative center of the Radyvyliv Raion (district), and is located south-west of the oblast capital, Rivne, near European route E40.

Solovetsky District

Its administrative center is the rural locality (a settlement) of Solovetsky.

Tura, Krasnoyarsk Krai

Tura was the administrative center of Evenk Autonomous Okrug before the okrug was merged into Krasnoyarsk Krai on January 1, 2007.

Verkhnetoyemsky District

Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Verkhnyaya Toyma.

Vilegodsky District

Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Ilyinsko-Podomskoye.


see also

Administrative divisions of Vologda Oblast

Abakanovsky District (the administrative center in the selo of Abakanovo), Leningrad Oblast, established in 1927, abolished in 1931, split between Cherepovetsky and Kaduysky Districts;

Amara, Nubia

Amara West was founded in the 19th Dynasty by Seti I and was probably, at least temporarily, an administrative center.

Arsk

In 1920–1930, it was the administrative center of Arsky Kanton.

Babushkinsky District, Vologda Oblast

The administrative center of Roslyatinsky District was the selo of Roslyatino.

Buena Vista, Ichilo

Buena Vista is administrative center of the Ichilo Province and located in the Buena Vista Municipio on the right banks of Río Ichilo, 90 km south-west of the departmental capital Santa Cruz.

Chocolá

Archaeoastronomical research has tentatively identified crucial alignments from structures in the administrative center of the city that reflect primordial measurements that underlay development of the Maya calendar.

Cholpon-Ata

It is the administrative center of the Issyk Kul District of Issyk Kul Province; this district occupies most of the lake's north shore.

County seat

In Virginia, a county seat may be an independent city surrounded by, but not part of, the county of which it is the administrative center; for example, Fairfax City is both the county seat of Fairfax County and is completely surrounded by Fairfax County, but the city is politically independent of the county.

Dawn Equipment Company

--incorporated--> in 1992, and based in Sycamore, Illinois, where the company's factory and administrative center is.

Dernbacher Feud

Landgrave Henry I built a castle at Eisemroth (the present-day administrative center of Siegbach) in 1307-1308 for protection against Nassau.

Djenné

The town is the administrative center (chef-lieu) of the Djenné Cercle, one of eight administrative subdivisions of the Mopti Region.

Fraubrunnen Abbey

The secularized building became a castle and administrative center of the bailiwick of Fraubrunnen in the Zollikofen district.

Gostilitsy

Gostilitsy is a village and the administrative center of Gostilitskoye Rural Settlement in Lomonosovsky District, Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located several kilometers west of the town of Petergof.

Guto Wayu

The administrative center of the woreda was Nekemte, which is also the Zonal capital; other towns included Gute.

Hosaena

Hosaena (also spelled Hosaina or Hosa'ina; an older name is Wachamo) is a town and separate woreda in southern Ethiopia, and the administrative center of the Hadiya Zone.

House of Soviets

Palace of the Soviets, a project to construct an administrative center and a congress hall in Moscow, Russia, near the Kremlin

Huaca Pucllana

It served as an important ceremonial and administrative center for the advancement of the Lima Culture, a society which developed in the Peruvian Central Coast between the years of 200 AD and 700 AD.

Iturup

The town of Kurilsk, administrative center of Kurilsky District, is located roughly midway along its western shore.

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

The Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast is administratively subdivided into 14 districts (raions) as well as 5 cities (municipalities) which represent a separate raion and in direct subordination to the regional government, among which are Bolekhiv, Kalush, Kolomyya, Yaremche, and the administrative center of the region, Ivano-Frankivsk.

Kholmsky District, Novgorod Oblast

On March 10, 1945, Podberezinsky District with the administrative center in the selo of Podberezye was established.

Kichmengsky Gorodok

In 1918, the area was transferred to the newly established Northern Dvina Governorate with the administrative center located in Veliky Ustyug.

Klichaw

It is located in the southwest of the Region and serves as the administrative center of Klichaw Raion.

Loknyansky District

Another district created on August 1, 1927 was Rykovsky District with the administrative center in the selo of Skokovo.

Mamlyut District

The administrative center of the district is the town of Mamlyutka.

Manno

In 1990-96 it was home to the UBS administrative center for Suglio-Lugano and since 1997 the Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana (university of Italian Switzerland).

Mattersburg

It is the administrative center of the District of Mattersburg and home to a Bundesliga football team, SV Mattersburg.

Moses Brown School

The school opened in 1784 at Portsmouth Friends Meeting House in Portsmouth on Aquidneck Island, which was the administrative center for Yearly Meeting, and which had historically been heavily Quaker.

Oktyabrsky, Arkhangelsk Oblast

On September 26, 1975, the administrative center of the district was transferred from the selo of Shangaly to Oktyabrsky, but it took some time before all the district services had moved.

Padcaya

Padcaya is the administrative center of Aniceto Arce Province and situated at 1,997 m above sea leavel on the banks of Río Orosas, 50 km south of Tarija, the department capital.

Parizh, Chelyabinsk Oblast

Several other villages named for Russian victories in Napoleonic Wars are located nearby: Fershampenuaz (the administrative center of the district), Leyptsig, Berlin, and others.

Pershotravnevyi Raion

The administrative center of the raion is the city of Manhush.

Petrogradsky District

It was under Peter the Great that Gorodskoy Island (today Petrogradsky Island) emerged as St. Petersburg's commercial and administrative center.

Petrogradsky Island

It is the administrative center of the Petrogradsky District and hosts a number of universities and research centers, as well as cultural,

Pirovsky

Pirovskoye, a rural locality (a selo); the administrative center of Pirovsky District

Priozersky District

On May 16, 1940, Rautovsky District with the administrative center in the suburban settlement of Rautu was also established.

Pristan

Ust-Charyshskaya Pristan, village and administrative center of Ust-Pristansky District of Altai Krai, Russia

Scorțeni, Prahova

The most important towns in the vicinity are: Câmpina (14 km), Băicoi (6 km), Plopeni (10 km), Ploieşti (25 km - administrative center of Prahova County) and Sinaia (40 km).

Sheksna River

This area includes the towns of Kirillov and Belozersk, as well as the urban-type settlement of Chyobsara and the selo of Lipin Bor, the administrative center of Vashkinsky District.

Solovetsky, Arkhangelsk Oblast

Municipally, it is the administrative center of Solovetskoye Rural Settlement of Primorsky District.

Tarnogsky District

On July 30, 1931, Kokshengsky District and the neighboring Sukhonsky District were abolished, and Nyuksensky District with the administrative center in the selo of Nyuksenitsa was established.

Tarnogsky Gorodok

On July 15, 1929, Kokshengsky District with the administrative center in the selo of Tarnogsky Gorodok was established as part of Vologda Okrug of Northern Krai.

Thirukattupalli

Ponniyin Selvan by Kalki and Udayar by Balakumaran describes that Thirukattupalli served as an important political and administrative center for Cholas.

Ustye, Ust-Kubinsky District, Vologda Oblast

On July 15, 1929, the uyezds were abolished, the governorates merged into the Northern Krai, and Ust-Kubinsky District with the administrative center of Ustye was established among others.

Uummannaq Fjord

The main urban settlement today is Uummannaq, once an administrative center of a municipality which covered the entire catchment area of Uummannaq Fjord, and now part of the Qaasuitsup municipality of northwestern Greenland, the largest municipality in the country.

Yozgat

After the old administrative center of the region, Tavium (Büyüknefes), became ruined, a new centre was created by Çapanoğlu, the founder of a powerful derebey family and called Bozok.

Zaporizhia Oblast

The Zaporizhia Oblast is administratively subdivided into 20 raions (districts) as well as 5 cities (municipalities) which are directly subordinate to the oblast government: Berdiansk, Enerhodar, Melitopol, Tokmak, and the administrative center of the oblast, Zaporizhia.

Zhanggong

Zhanggong District, the administrative center of the prefecture-level city of Ganzhou in Jiangxi Province, China