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Federal districts are subdivisions of a federal system of government. Often, these districts are not one of the countries' component subdivisions, and should not be confused with them, but are rather separate entities under the direct control of the federal government. The seat of the federal government is often located in a Federal District, so that no single individual component can exercise undue influence over federal affairs.

United States

There are several types of federal districts in the United States:

• the seat of the federal government in Washington, D.C. is a federal district.
• the federal court system divides the country into federal judicial districts, and a United States District Court is located in each.
• the U.S. central bank, the Federal Reserve, consists of twelve banks located around the country; each of these banks serves a Federal Reserve district.

Other countries

The term Distrito Federal, meaning "Federal District" in both the Spanish and Portuguese languages, is used to refer to:

• Argentine Federal District, today the Autonomous city of Buenos Aires
• Brazilian Federal District
• Mexican Federal District
• Venezuelan Capital District

In Australia, the seat of the federal government in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, which is a federal district.

In India, the capital city, New Delhi, is located in the National Capital Territory of Delhi.

There are seven Federal districts of Russia, which function as an additional administrative layer between other subdivisions and the Russian Federation as a whole.

Subnational entity
	Banner | Borough | Burgh | Canton | Circuit | City | Commune | Community | County | Council | Croft | Department | District | Division | Duchy | Governorate | Hamlet | Municipality | Neighbourhood | Parish | Prefecture | Province | Region | Republic | State | Subdistrict | Territory | Town | Township | Village | Voivodship | Ward
Autonomous:	banner | city | community | county | prefecture | province | region | republic | ward
Civil:	parish | township
Federal:	capital | district | capital district | capital territory
Local:	council
Metropolitan:	borough | county
National:	capital district | capital territory
Rural:	council | district | municipality
Residential:	community
Urban:	area (US: Urbanized Area) | district
edit	See also: List of terms for subnational entities, List of subnational entities, Matrix of subnational entities

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