Local council may refer to:
Political subdivision
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Local council (Israel)
Local councils (Hebrew: plural: ''Mo'atzot Mekomiot'' / singular: ''Mo'atza Mekomit,'' Arabic: plural: مجالس محليّة ''Majalis Mahaleea /'' singular: مجلس محلّي ''Majlis Mahalee'') are one of the three types of local governmen ...
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Local council (Jordan)
Local council ( ar, المجلس المحلي ') is the elected assembly of a locality in Jordan. The first local councils were established in Jordan in 1925, and were elected consistently till today.
The latest amendment to the Municipalities la ...
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Local councils of Malta
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local government in the United Kingdom
Local government in the United Kingdom has origins that pre-date the United Kingdom itself, as each of the four countries of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK), since 1922, comprises three constitu ...
* An elected authority in the
local government in Australia
Local government is the third level of government in Australia, administered with limited autonomy under the states and territories, and in turn beneath the federal government. Local government is not mentioned in the Constitution of Austral ...
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Local Council (Uganda)
A Local Council (LC) is a form of local elected government within the districts of Uganda.
Background
Uganda has been holding elections consistently for more than 30 years now, at the different levels including Presidential, Parliamentary, D ...
, a form of local elected government within the districts of Uganda
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Local municipality (South Africa)
In South Africa, a local municipality ( tn, mmasepalaselegae; st, masepala wa lehae; nso, mmasepala wa selegae; af, plaaslike munisipaliteit; zu, umasipala wendawo; nr, umasipaladi wendawo; xh, umasipala wengingqi; ss, masipaladi wasekhay ...
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Parsissaet
The ''parsissaet'', (sometimes translated as local councils or guardian councils) were a form of local council in Greenland between 1857 and 1911. They were created by the Royal Greenland Trading Department (KGH).
1840 Commission
In 1840, a gover ...
'', former local councils in colonial Greenland
Religious
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Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church
Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church (russian: Поместный собор Русской Православной Церкви) is an assembly of bishops and other clergy and laity
In religious organizations, the laity () consists of ...
* In the Eastern Orthodox Church, a local council is a historical
synod
A synod () is a council of a Christian denomination, usually convened to decide an issue of doctrine, administration or application. The word '' synod'' comes from the meaning "assembly" or "meeting" and is analogous with the Latin word mean ...
(council of bishops)
Other
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Boy Scouts of America Local Councils
The program of the Boy Scouts of America is administered through 253 local councils, with each council covering a geographic area that may vary from a single city to an entire state. Each council receives an annual charter from the National Coun ...
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Local School Councils, a council in every public school in Chicago, USA
See also
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Local government
Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of public administration within a particular sovereign state. This particular usage of the word government refers specifically to a level of administration that is both geographically-loc ...
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