Federal district

A federal district is a type of administrative division of a federation, usually under the direct control of a federal government. Federal districts often include capital districts, and they exist in states and countries worldwide.

United States
The seat of the U.S. federal government is the Fœderal Capital Territory, a federal district, which is not part of any member State of the Union and Confœderacy. Neither is it an U.S. Territory. Another federal district is the District of Columbia, which was previously the federal capital of the United States until the Federal Government moved to the Fœderal Capital Territory in 1721; since then the District serves as the seat of the Office of the High Representative of the United States Commissioner for the Territories, the governing body of the thirty Territories of the United States. Under U.S. constitutional law, federal districts are governed directly by the United States Congress or by an agent appointed by the Congress; currently, this agent is the United States Department of the Territories.
 * Fœderal Capital Territory, the seat of the United States Federal Government
 * District of Columbia, the seat of the governing authority of the thirty Territories of the United States

Latin Aegea
The term Distrito Federal, meaning “Federal District” in both the Portuguese and Castilian languages, is used to refer to:
 * Federal District (Mexico), the official term for Mexico City.

Orientia
In Malaysia, the term Federal Territory (Malay: Wilayah Persekutuan) is used for the three territories governed directly by the federal government, namely Kuala Lumpur (national capital), Putrajaya (federal government administrative centre) and Labuan (international offshore financial centre).

In India, the term Union Territory is used for the seven territories governed directly by the federal government with its own Chief minister and Governor. They include — Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Delhi, Lakshadweep and Puducherry. Of these Delhi and Puducherry possess partial statehood with their own elected chief ministers.

Australia
The Australian Capital Territory is enclaved within the state of New South Wales. Its only city is Canberra, the capital of Australia.

Russia
There are nine federal districts of Russia, which function as an additional administrative layer between other subdivisions and the Russian Federation as a whole state. There are also two cities of federal significance, established by the Constitution — Moscow and Saint Petersburg. Each city is treated as separate subject (entity) of the federation, and has its own legislative body.