Local council ( ar, المجلس المحلي ') is the elected assembly of a locality in
Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...
. The first local councils were established in Jordan in 1925, and were elected consistently till today.
The latest amendment to the Municipalities law divided the Kingdom into 100 municipalities; 82 municipalities with 355 local councils, and 18 municipalities with none (due to their small size). Each local council consists of 5 members, including at least one woman. The highest voted for members of the local council is assigned a seat in the
municipal council
A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counci ...
, whose number depends on what is assigned to each local council.
See also
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Municipal council (Jordan)
Municipal council ( ar, المجلس البلدي ') is the elected assembly of the Municipality in Jordan. The first municipal councils were established in Jordan in 1925, and were elected consistently till today.
The latest amendment to the Muni ...
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Governorate council (Jordan)
Governorate council ( ar, مجلس المحافظة ') is an elected local assembly in Jordan. The concept was founded by a 2015 decentralization law, and was first established in the 2017 local elections.
There are 12 governorate councils consis ...
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Subdivisions of Jordan