A quarter is a section of an
urban settlement.
A quarter can be administratively defined and its borders officially designated, and it may have its own administrative structure (subordinate to that of the city, town or other urban area). Such a division is particularly common in countries like
Italy
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(),
France
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(),
Romania
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(),
Georgia (, ''k'vart'ali''),
Bulgaria
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( bg, квартал, kvartal,
Serbia
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( / ),
Croatia
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, image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg
, anthem = " Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland")
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(). It may be denoted as a
borough
A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely.
History
In the Middle Ag ...
(in
English-speaking countries
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List
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),
Spain
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, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, ...
(''
barrio
''Barrio'' () is a Spanish word that means " quarter" or " neighborhood". In the modern Spanish language, it is generally defined as each area of a city, usually delimited by functional (e.g. residential, commercial, industrial, etc.), social, a ...
''),
Portugal
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/
Brazil
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(); or some other term (e.g.
Poland
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(),
Germany
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(), and
Cambodia
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( ''
sangkat'').
Quarter can also refer to a non-administrative but distinct
neighbourhood
A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town, suburb or rural a ...
with its own character: for example, a
slum
A slum is a highly populated urban residential area consisting of densely packed housing units of weak build quality and often associated with poverty. The infrastructure in slums is often deteriorated or incomplete, and they are primarily ...
quarter. It is often used for a district connected with a particular group of people:
for instance, some cities are said to have
Jewish quarters,
diplomat
A diplomat (from grc, δίπλωμα; romanized ''diploma'') is a person appointed by a state or an intergovernmental institution such as the United Nations or the European Union to conduct diplomacy with one or more other states or interna ...
ic quarters or
Bohemian quarters.
The
Old City of Jerusalem
The Old City of Jerusalem ( he, הָעִיר הָעַתִּיקָה, translit=ha-ir ha-atiqah; ar, البلدة القديمة, translit=al-Balda al-Qadimah; ) is a walled area in East Jerusalem.
The Old City is traditionally divided into ...
currently has four quarters: the
Muslim Quarter,
Christian Quarter,
Jewish Quarter and the
Armenian Quarter (it used to have a
Moroccan Quarter). A Christian quarter also exists in
Damascus
)), is an adjective which means "spacious".
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, ...
.
History
Most
ancient Roman
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cities were divided to four parts, called Quarters, by their two main avenues: the
Cardo and the
Decumanus Maximus.
See also
*
Bairro
A ''bairro'' () is a Portuguese word for a quarter or a neighborhood or, sometimes, a district which is within a city or town. It is commonly used in Portugal, Brazil, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and other Portuguese-speaking places. ''Bairro'' ...
*
Barrio
''Barrio'' () is a Spanish word that means " quarter" or " neighborhood". In the modern Spanish language, it is generally defined as each area of a city, usually delimited by functional (e.g. residential, commercial, industrial, etc.), social, a ...
*
Borough
A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely.
History
In the Middle Ag ...
*
Township
A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, ...
*
Municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...
*
French Quarter
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German Quarter
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Irish Quarter
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Jewellery Quarter
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Latin Quarter
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European Quarter
References
Urban studies and planning terminology
Types of administrative division
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