A district municipality is a type of municipality used in several countries to refer to a class of urban municipalities. In South Africa, for example, district municipalities are a higher level of municipality which includes multiple local municipalities
. In the United States, a municipality is defined as a subdivision of a county based on United States Census data, and can include cities, townships, towns, incorporated places, election precincts, districts, territories, and other county subdivisions
. To find out which district municipality you are in, you can use online tools provided by government websites, such as the Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development's Find Municipality by Address database
