since july 1950, the city is governed by ahmedabad municipal corporation (amc) in urban area and ahmedabad urban development authority (auda) in suburbs area. both, provides a number of urban services such as water supply, roads construction, sanitation, primary education, city transport etc. in totality, the administration pf the city is divided into 14 talukas which includes 556 villages, 1 corporation, 1 cantonment area, and 7 municipalities.