Federal district

title for certain administrative divisions in various federations From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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A federal district is a specific administrative division in some federal countries. These districts may be under the direct jurisdiction of a federation's national government. Federal districts often include capital districts of the national capital.

A federal district is made so that no state in the country can claim to be more important than the others, because the national capital is inside the state, or to stop one state trying to have control over the national capital.

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Federal countries with a federal district

Former federal districts

  •  Argentina's capital Buenos Aires, was a federal district, until it was abolished and converted into the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires in 1994
  •  Mexico's capital Mexico City, was a federal district, until it was abolished and converted into Mexico City in January 2016
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Federal countries with no federal districts



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