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While the lowest independent division is the parish (including cities and villages), a minor area in a parish may be recognized as a ''hamlet'' ('''mūreh''') (note that some dioceses use the term for village (''poga'') instead), which for cities is usually a ''borough'' ('''martausire poga''', literally "urban village"); in the eparchies of Līlasuṃghāṇa and Līṭhalyinām only, the core wards of the city are designated as ''chūltām'' (sectors).<br/> Note that cities may also have hamlets: boroughs are usually defined as such if many of them form a large contiguous urban area; smaller inhabited places in rural areas administered by a city are still hamlets. | While the lowest independent division is the parish (including cities and villages), a minor area in a parish may be recognized as a ''hamlet'' ('''mūreh''') (note that some dioceses use the term for village (''poga'') instead), which for cities is usually a ''borough'' ('''martausire poga''', literally "urban village"); in the eparchies of Līlasuṃghāṇa and Līṭhalyinām only, the core wards of the city are designated as ''chūltām'' (sectors).<br/> Note that cities may also have hamlets: boroughs are usually defined as such if many of them form a large contiguous urban area; smaller inhabited places in rural areas administered by a city are still hamlets. | ||
Large uninhabited or extremely sparsely populated areas are often not assigned to any municipality, but are administered by the circuit and defined as an ''extra-parish territory'' (''' | Large uninhabited or extremely sparsely populated areas are often not assigned to any municipality, but are administered by the circuit and defined as an ''extra-parish territory'' ('''sāṭhīṃtrausire ṣramāṇa'''). | ||
The following table roughly resumes the hierarchy of subdivisions: | The following table roughly resumes the hierarchy of subdivisions: | ||