Talk:Federal district

lower case, like for all other subnational entitities

Tobias Conradi 02:29, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. Descriptor, not proper noun, so obviously s/b l/c. Niteowlneils 02:21, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Moved. dbenbenn | talk 08:14, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Merger proposal
I think we really need to write a single article that combines the information from Federal District and Federal Territory. -‎ Algri (talk) 06:36, 15 May 2005 (UTC) and Piulin (talk) 19:00, 6 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Support, the content in Federal territory can easily be explained in the context of Federal district, and a merger would not cause any article-size or weighting problems. --Thesmp (talk) 13:42, 16 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Oppose – both "federal district" and "federal territories" are two different concepts. A federal territory can have a self-government, but a district can't, and merging both may be confusing for some. --SHB2000 (talk) 12:22, 2 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Oppose per above. Vic Park (talk) 12:36, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

Argentina
The article is wrong about Argentina. Argentina IS a federal republic. The Autonomous City of Buenos Aires elects its own government since 1996, but it is still (since 1880) the Federal Capital of the Argentine Republic, by the Constitution. DelArgonauta (talk) 17:26, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Disambiguation necessary
Federal Judicial Districts and Federal Reserve Districts in U.S., the Federal Districts in Russia and Federal Capital Districts are four completely different things, although the same word is used. There must be a disambiguation. --80.144.59.203 (talk) 21:10, 10 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Can you disambiguate your comments? I really don't understand what you want done. - BillCJ (talk) 22:45, 10 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Note that articles on United States federal judicial districts, Federal Reserve districts, and Federal districts of Russia already exists, and are linked in the relevant sections. - BillCJ (talk) 22:59, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

proposed federal districts
are there any proposed federal capital districts in the world? has the canadien government made any proposals to split off ottawa from ontario and make a federal district? including a canadien federal district canada would be subdivied into 14 natioanl subjects instead of the 13 now. could other counties have proposals like this in the works? 76.244.155.36 (talk) 00:32, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Canada is not the only country without a federal district
To the best of my knowledge, there are quite a few federations that do not have a federal district (Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, ...). The opening statement in the Canada section thus seems invalid. What would be the best way to correct the section? Remove the sentence and rephrase? Vinceroni (talk) 15:20, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

I editied the Brazil section to remove reference to the Spanish language: "The term Distrito Federal, meaning Federal District in both Portuguese and Spanish, ..." Since Spanish is not an official language in Brazil, and is not widely spoken, the fact that these Portuguese words are the same if translated into Spanish is not relevant to a description of the Brazilian federal district and potentiallly misleading. 50.225.219.18 (talk) 18:50, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

The Australian Capital Territory
Isn't that a current federal district within the meaning of this article? Grassynoel (talk) 09:40, 2 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Not sure, but it really depends on what reliable sources say. It is covered at Capital districts and territories, though. BilCat (talk) 10:28, 2 February 2023 (UTC)