A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History. A burg in the Beowulf. In the Middle Ages, boroughs were settlements in England that ...

Storia. La parola borough proviene da una forma protogermanica "*burgz", ossia "luogo fortificato": in area germanica compare nelle forme bury, burgh e brough (Inghilterra), burgh (Scozia), Burg (Germania), borg (Scandinavia), burcht, burg (Olanda), boarch (Frisone occidentale), oltre che in altre lingue indoeuropee sotto forma di prestito, come ad esempio borgo (italiano), …

The Borough president is an elective office in each of the five Boroughs of New York City.For most of the city's history, the office exercised significant executive powers within each borough, and the five borough presidents also sat on the New York City Board of Estimate.Since 1990, the borough presidents have been stripped of a majority of their powers in the government of New …

London Borough Fläche in km² Einwohner (30. Juni 2013) Einwohner je km² Frühere Metropolitan Boroughs Camden: 21,80 229.719 10.538 Hampstead, Holborn, St Pancras: Greenwich: 47,35