Editing District (section)

===Malaysia===
{{Main|Districts of Malaysia}}

A district is known as {{lang|ms|[[Daerah]]}} in [[Malay language|Malay]].  A district governed directly by the federal government is known as a [[Federal Territories of Malaysia|Federal Territory]], and they are [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Labuan]], and [[Putrajaya]].

In [[East Malaysia]], a district is a subdivision within a [[divisions of Malaysia|division]] of a state.  For example, [[Tuaran]] is a district within the [[West Coast Division]] of [[Sabah]].  A district is usually named after the main town or its administrative capital, for example, [[Sandakan]] town is the capital of the district of Sandakan, as well the capital of [[Sandakan Division]] (note: Sandakan district is a sub-division of Sandakan Division).

In [[Peninsular Malaysia]], a district is a division of a [[states and federal territories of Malaysia|state]]. A {{lang|ms|[[mukim]]}} is a subdivision of a district.  The {{lang|ms|mukim}}, is however, of less importance with respect to the administration of local government.

In Malaysia, each district will have a District Office, headed by a district officer, and is administered by a local government either being a District Council, Municipal Council, or a City Council. In some highly urbanized districts, there may be further subdivisions. For example, the district of [[Petaling]] in [[Selangor]] is administered by 3 local governments: [[Shah Alam City Council]], [[Petaling Jaya City Council]], and [[Subang Jaya Municipal Council]]. Another example is the district of [[Johor Bahru District|Johor Bahru]] in [[Johor]], which has 3 subdivisions: [[Johor Bahru City Council]], [[Iskandar Puteri City Council]], and [[Pasir Gudang Municipal Council]]. Conversely, there may be one local government administering more than one district, for example, [[Seberang Perai Municipal Council]] administers the districts of [[Central Seberang Perai]], [[North Seberang Perai]], and [[South Seberang Perai]]; as well as [[Kuala Terengganu City Council]], which administers the districts of [[Kuala Terengganu District|Kuala Terengganu]] and [[Kuala Nerus District|Kuala Nerus]].

An administrative district border and an [[Parliamentary constituencies and state assemblies of Malaysia|electoral district]] border ([[constituency]]) transcend each other and do not correspond with each other in most instances.