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County , COUNTY
A political subdivision of a state, the power and importance of which varies from one state to another.
A county is distinguishable from a cit… County Government , COUNTY GOVERNMENT. County governments in the United States function as local administrative arms within the states. In the early 2000s the National A… Hereford and Worcester , Hereford and Worcester. This was a new county, formed under the Local Government Act of 1972. It included the county borough of Worcester, the old co… Britain, Ireland, France, and the Low Countries , Lanarkshire (lăn´ərkshər, –shĬr´) or Lanark (lăn´ərk, –ärk), former county, central Scotland. Lanarkshire became (1975) part of the Strathclyde regio… North Yorkshire , Skip to main content
North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire, county (2011 pop. 598,376), 3,209 sq mi (8,313 sq km), N England. The county comprises the dist… Monaghan (county) , Monaghan County in Ulster province, ne Republic of Ireland, on the boundary with Northern Ireland; the county town is Monaghan. The s and e are hilly…
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