Prague has a local-government structure of two or three tiers, depending on the area of town. At the top is the Magistrate of the Capital City of Prague (Czech: Magistrát hlavního města Prahy), which is responsible for public transport; waste collection; municipal police; firefighting; ambulance services; cultural activities; care of historical sites; the Prague Zoo; and other activities of citywide significance.
Prague is divided into 10 municipal districts (1-10), 22 administrative districts (1-22), 57 municipal parts, or 112 cadastral areas.
Since 1990, the city has been divided into 56 (since 1992, 57) self-governing municipal parts (Czech: městské části). The parts are responsible for parks and environmental protection; ordering equipment for schools and volunteer firefighters; some cultural and sports activities; activities for seniors; some social and health programs; cemeteries; and collection of fees for dog tags and the like. Another important activity of the municipal parts is the ownership, maintenance and, sometimes, sale of public property, especially public housing.
Since 2001, the 57 municipal parts have been grouped into 22 numbered administrative districts (Czech: správní obvody), for national-government purposes. One administrative district has responsibility for providing certain services for the municipal parts. Those services include providing business licenses, identity cards and passports. The administrative district with such responsibility sometimes shares a name with the municipal part it serves. For example, the administrative district of Prague 19 provides those services to the municipal parts of Prague 19 (Kbely), Prague-Satalice and Prague-Vinoř. Residents of Satalice can get dog tags in their neighborhood but must go to Kbely, home of the Prague 19 government, to get an identity card.
Both the citywide government and the municipal districts have elected councils and mayors. The mayor of the Capital City of Prague is known as the primátor, which is sometimes translated into English as "lord mayor" (even though the Czech title carries no connotations of nobility).
Since 1960, Prague has been divided into 10 municipal districts. Those 10 districts are still used for addressing and transportation purposes and, for example, the organisation of courts and prosecutions. Street signs usually reflects the name of a municipal district and additionally add the name of the cadastral area (Czech: katastrální území). Thus, a sign in Kbely will say "Praha 9-Kbely," not "Praha 19." Prague residents are much more likely to use the name of a cadastral area, than the name of an administrative district in everyday communication.
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List of cadastral areasKey: Cadastral area (year joined to Prague) – municipal district
Source: Cities and towns in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia (volume 5)[1] Other areasBeyond the 111 cadastral areas named above, many other Prague settlements, quarters and housing estates are perceived as districts, although they do not constitute their own cadastral areas. Examples: Barrandov, Spořilov, Sídliště Košík, Zahradní Město, Pankrác, Letná, Bubny, Zlíchov, Klíčov, Butovice, Klukovice, Kačerov, Jenerálka, Šárka, Strahov, Chodovec, Litochleby, Dubeček, Lázeňka, Netluky, Zmrzlík, Cikánka, Kateřinky, Hrnčíře, Pitkovičky, Lahovičky, Dolní Černošice, Kazín, Závist, Baně, Strnady, and many others. The biggest panelák complexes are Jižní Město ("South City"), Severní Město ("North City") and Jihozápadní Město ("Southwest City"), all of which consist of partial housing estates. Most of Prague's panelák estates that were built between the 1960s and 1980s have names that incorporate the Czech word sídliště, which refers to a post-World War 2 eastern bloc housing estate. Many local names originated from names of historic villages in today's Prague area. SymbolsFlags | Prague 1File:Flag of Prague 2.svg | Prague 2File:Flag of Prague 3.svg | Prague 3File:Flag of Prague 4.svg | Prague 4File:Flag of Prague 5.svg | Prague 5File:Flag of Prague 6.svg | Prague 6File:Flag of Prague 7.svg | Prague 7File:Flag of Prague 8.svg | Prague 8File:Flag of Prague 9.svg | Prague 9File:Flag of Prague 10.svg | Prague 10File:Flag of Prague 11.svg | Prague 11File:Flag of Prague 12.svg | Prague 12File:Flag of Prague 13.svg | Prague 13File:Flag of Prague 14.svg | Prague 14File:Flag of Prague 15.svg | Prague 15File:Praha-16 flag.svg | Prague 16File:Flag of Prague 17.svg | Prague 17File:Flag of Prague 18.svg | Prague 18File:Flag of Prague 19.svg | Prague 19File:Flag_of_Horni_Pocernice.svg | Prague 20File:Prapor Újezd nad Lesy.svg | Prague 21File:Flag of Prague 22.svg | Prague 22Coats of arms | Prague 1 File:Praha 2 znak.jpg | Prague 2 File:Praha-03 CoA.svg | Prague 3 File:Praha-04 CoA.svg | Prague 4 File:Praha5 CoA CZ.jpg | Prague 5 File:Praha 6 znak.gif | Prague 6 File:Praha-07 CoA.svg | Prague 7 File:Praha-08 CoA.svg | Prague 8 File:Praha-09 CoA.svg | Prague 9 File:Znak mestske casti Praha 10.svg | Prague 10 File:Prague 11 CoA CZ.svg | Prague 11 File:Praha-12 CoA.svg | Prague 12 File:Praha-13 CoA.svg | Prague 13 File:Praha-14 CoA.svg | Prague 14 File:Praha-15 CoA.svg | Prague 15 File:Praha-16 CoA.svg | Prague 16 File:Řepy CoA CZ.gif | Prague 17 File:Praha-18 CoA.svg | Prague 18 File:Praha 19 CoA.svg | Prague 19 File:Coat of arms of Praha 20.svg | Prague 20 File:Praha-21 CoA.svg | Prague 21 File:Prague 22 CoA CZ.jpg | Prague 22See also
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