George Gervin

Gervin was inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame, had his #44 jersey retired by the Spurs and was named to the NBA's fifty greatest players list. In New York City, for example, there is the theatre district, the garment district, and districts with names like SoHo and TriBeCa. His trademark was the finger roll, a technique consisting in shooting his layups by rolling the basketball along his fingertips. Many cities in the late 20th century adopted names for non-governmental districts as a way of increasing recognition and identity of these distinct areas. Although Thompson came up with a memorable performance for the last game of the regular season, scoring 73 points, Gervin maintained his slight lead by dropping 63 points on his last game of the season. School districts are the most common, but other types of districts include college districts, hospital districts, utility districts, irrigation districts, port districts, and public transit districts. He defeated fellow scorer David Thompson by seven hundredths of a point (27.22 to 27.15). The United States also has many types of special-purpose districts with limited powers of local government.

His first scoring crown, which took place in 1978, was one of NBA's most famed moments. Districts in Alaska are the equivalent of a county or parish in the Lower 48 states. He gained his fourth and last scoring title in 1982. The District of Columbia is the only part of the United States, excluding territories, that is not a located within any of the fifty states. Nicknamed Iceman for his cool demeanor on the court, Gervin was primarily known for his scoring talents, leading the NBA in scoring average three years in a row from 1978 to 1980. A constituency with a representative in a state legislature is a legislative district; the territory over which a federal court has jurisdiction is a federal judicial district. Gervin holds the interesting distinction of being a former teammate of both Julius Erving (with the Squires) and Michael Jordan (with the Bulls), although in Gervin's only season in Chicago, Jordan played only eighteen games due to injury. Overall, there are 435 congressional districts in the United States; each has roughly 630,000 people, with some variance.

Gervin never failed to average at least fourteen points in any of his fourteen ABA and NBA seasons, and finished an NBA career average of 26.2 points per game. Only voters within each district are allowed to vote in the election for the member of the House from that district. George Gervin (born April 27, 1952 in Detroit, Michigan) is a former professional basketball player, a shooting guard for the ABA's Virginia Squires and the NBA's San Antonio Spurs and Chicago Bulls. Each state is organized into one or more such districts; the exact number within each state is based on the most recent census. A constituency with a representative in Congress is a congressional district. There are several types of districts in the United States.

Districts are a form of local government in several countries. Some provinces also contain sub-districts ("king amphoe"), which are smaller than the average district. A district ("amphoe") is a subdivision of a Province ("changwat") in Thailand. See Districts of Switzerland.

In Switzerland some cantons organise themselves into districts, while others dispense with districts and govern themselves at the Wahlkreise (Constituency or electoral district) level. [3]. and Kilinochchi 1,171 sq.km in the Northern Province, Batticaloa 2,463 sq.km, Trincomalee 2,616 sq.km and Ampara 2,984 sq.km in the Eastern Province, Kurunegala 4,771 sq.km and Puttalam 2,976 sq.km in the North Western Province, Anuradhapura 7,128 sq.km and Polonnaruwa 3,403 sq.km in the North Central Province, Badulla 2,818 sq.km and Moneragala 7,133 sq.km in the Uva Province, and Ratnapura 3,237 sq.km and Kegalle 1,663 sq.km in the Sabaragamuwa Province. The 25 Administrative Districts are Colombo 642 sq.km, Gampaha 1,393 sq.km and Kalutara 1,606 sq.km in the Western Province, Kandy 2,365 sq.km, Matale 1,987 sq.km and Nuwara Eliya 1,228 sq.km in the Central Province, Galle 1,673 sq.km, Matara 1,246 sq.km, and Hambantota 2,593 sq.km in the Southern Province, Jaffna 1,114 sq.km, Mannar 1,963 sq.km, Mullaitivu 1,580 sq.km, Vavuniya 2,642 sq.km.

[2]. (The Northern and Eastern Provinces, however, have been technically jointly administered since 1988.) The Provinces are subdivided into a total of 25 administrative Districts. For purposes of local government, the country of Sri Lanka is divided into 9 Provinces: Western, Central, Southern, Northern, Eastern, North Western, North Central, Uva and Sabaragamuwa. See Districts of Serbia.

In Serbia-Montenegro, Serbia is divided into 29 districts (okrug) and the city of Belgrade, each of which is further divided into municipalities (opština) while Montenegro is directly divided into 21 municipalities. In Scotland local government districts were use from 1975 to 1996. Main article: Regions and districts of Scotland. See Districts of Portugal.

They do not have an elected government; they are governed by a "civil governor" appointed by the central government. Districts (Portuguese: distritos) are administrative divisions of Portugal. See: Districts of Peru. Third level subdivisions of Peru.

A district is not always a simple division of a region, some districts straddle regional boundaries. The Chatham Islands Territory is neither a district nor a city. While cities and districts are generally considered to be two different types of territorial authority, the area covered by a city is often known as its district—for example the term district plan is used equally in districts and cities. Districts tend to be less urbanised, tend to cover more than one population centre and a larger amount of rural area, and tend to have a smaller population than cities.

In New Zealand a district is a territorial authority (second-tier local government unit) that has not gained the distinction of being proclaimed a city. Main article: Territorial Authorities of New Zealand. The districts of Nauru are the only subdivisions of the whole state. In Malaysia, a district is a division of a state.

In Kenya, a district (Wilaya) is a subdivision of a Province and is headed by a District Officer (DO). District is also a translation for chiku defined by Japan's planning law. In 1923, its administrative role was abolished although it is still in use for addressing purposes. See districts of Japan for more complete discription.

A district (gun in Japanese) is a local administrative unit comprising towns and villages but not cities. As of October 2005, a total of 602 Districts are defined in India. An intermediate level (the Sub-Division) between District and tehsil/taluka may be formed by grouping these units under the oversight of Assistant Commissioners. These units have specific local responsibilities, including in particular coordinating revenue collection.

Districts are most frequently further sub-divided into smaller administrative units, called either tehsils or talukas, depending on the region. The roles of Deputy Commissioner and District Collector may be combined. Other key responsibilities include the collection of revenue, and for the Judiciary of the district and sessional courts. The district collector is a person who belongs to IAS (Indian Administrative Services).

The office of District Collector is also defined, who is the local controller of the district-level administrative staff officers (i.e., the "Public Service") of all the local departments under state government. A District is headed by a Deputy Commissioner in most cases, responsible for the overall administration and the maintenance of law and order. Where warranted, Districts may further be grouped into administrative Divisions, which form an intermediate level between the District and the subnational State (or union territory). They generally form the tier of local government immediately below that of India's subnational States and Territories.

India's districts are local administrative units inherited from the British Raj. The councils have a constitutional requirement to be comprised of a minimum of 33% women, there is no upper limit to that; so women can comprise 100% of these councils but men cannot. The District Nazim heads an elected District Council which is comprised to councilors, who represent various district level constituencies. A District is headed by a District Nazim (Mayor), who is an elected official and the local controller of the district level officers of all the departments under provincial government.

They comprise of villages, towns and cities. Pakistan has 130 districts (including 7 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir). Districts were generally grouped into administrative Divisions, which in turn formed Provinces. Pakistan's districts are local administrative units inherited from the British Raj.

See also Districts of Hong Kong. Hong Kong is divided into 18 districts, each with a district council. It also raises income from business through the Non-Domestic Rates system, which is co-ordinated nationally. Each district raises taxes from residents on behalf of itself, and the upper tier authority through the Council Tax.

Districts tend to have responsibility for a number of areas including:. For those areas which retain two-tier local government, districts usually form the lower tier of that arrangement, with counties forming the upper tier. Districts are the most recognisable form of local government in large parts of England. Main article: Districts of England.

The xian is translated as "county" in the context of modern China. In the context of pre-modern China, the English translation "district" is typically associated with xian, another Chinese administrative division. Modern districts are a recent innovation. Districts have county level status.

In China, the district or qū (市辖区, pinyin: shì xiá qū) is a subdivision of any of various city administrative units, including municipalities, sub-provincial cities and prefecture-level cities. Gradually, these districts became separate territories (such as Yukon Territory, separate provinces (such as Alberta and Saskatchewan) or were absorbed into other provinces. The first district created was the District of Keewatin in 1876 followed by four more districts in 1882. In western and northern Canada, the federal government created districts as subdivisions of the Northwest Territories 1870-1905, partly on the model of the districts created in the Province of Canada.

The boundaries of a federal census division may correspond to those of a district. Some districts may have District Social Service Administration Boards, which are designed to provide certain social services. Marie). Sault Ste.

The current Ontario districts such as Algoma and Nipissing were first created by the Province of Canada in 1858 prior to Confederation for the delivery of judicial and provincial government services to sparsely populated areas from the district seat (e.g. Districts continued to operation until 1849 when they were replaced by counties by the Province of Canada. Orginally present-day Southern Ontario (then part of the Province of Quebec and after 1791, Upper Canada) was divided into districts in 1788[1]. Most districts are comprised of unincorporated lands, mostly Crown land.

In Ontario, a district is a statutory subdivision of the province, but, unlike a county, a district is not incorporated. The Belgian city of Antwerp is sub-divided into 9 districts (Dutch: districten). concerning matters of traffic. In practice, they have some power, e.g.

Those representative bodies are supposed to serve as immediate contacts for the locals on the political and administrative level. However, representatives (Bezirksräte) on the district level are elected, and they in turn elect the head of the district, the Bezirksvorsteher. Legally, the Magistratisches Bezirksamt (district office) is a local offices of the municipality's administration. The State of Vienna, which is at the same time a municipality, is also subdivided in 23 districts, which, however, have a somewhat different function than in the rest of the country.

Main article: Districts of Vienna. These urban districts do have the same tasks as a normal district. They are called Statutarstadt in Austrian administrative law. There are also independent cities in Austria.

Officials on the district level are not elected, but appointed by the state government. While there are matters of administrative law of which the municipalities themselves are in charge or where there are special bodies, the district is the basic unit of general administration in Austria. It is in charge of the administration of all matters of federal and state administrative law and subject to orders from the higher instances, usually the Landeshauptmann (governor) in matters of federal law and the Landesregierung (state government) in state law. The administrative office of a district, the Bezirkshauptmannschaft is headed by the Bezirkshauptmann.

In Austria, a district is an administrative subdivision normally encompassing several municipalities, roughly equivalent to the Landkreis in Germany. Main article: Districts of Austria. . Local government areas called districts are used, or have been used, in several countries.

See Subdivisions of East Germany. District was also the name of administrative subdivisions of the German Democratic Republic since 1952. In some states, there is additional level of administration between the Länder and the Landkreise called Regierungsbezirk ('government district'). See also: Districts of Germany.

116 larger cities (usually with more than 100,000 inhabitants) do not belong to a district are considered as urban districts ("Kreisfreie Städte" or "Stadtkreise") themselves. Most of the 439 German districts are "Landkreise", rural districts. In Germany, a district ("Kreis") is an administrative unit between the "Länder" (German federal states) and the local / municipal levels (Gemeinden). Environmental Health.

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