title: Subdistrict
text: # Subdistrict
  
  A subdistrict or sub-district is an administrative division that is generally smaller than a district.
  
  ## Equivalents
  
  * Administrative posts of East Timor, formerly Portuguese-language subdistrito
  * Kelurahan, in Indonesia
  * Mukim, a township in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore
  * Nahiyah, in Palestine and Syria
  * Tambon, a township in Thailand
  * Tehsil (also known as tahsil, taluka, taluk, circle, mandal or subdivision), a township in South Asia
  * Upazila, in Bangladesh
  
  ### Translations
  
  * Subdistricts of China (Chinese: 街道; pinyin: jiēdào), in Mainland China, literally streets and avenues
  