Antwerp District coincided with the city of Antwerp until 1958. Since the
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
and contemporary city of
Antwerp
Antwerp (; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province, and the third-largest city in Belgium by area at , after ...
in the
Flemish Region
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of
Belgium
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was
decentralized in 2000, this
district
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level of government steadily increased its administrative powers.
It comprises 22 neighbourhoods:
* Antwerpen Noord (with Stuivenberg, Seefhoek, Amandus-Atheneum, Chinatown)
* Brederode
*
Centraal Station (with Kievitwijk, Diamant, Statiekwartier, Joods Antwerpen)
*
Den Dam
* Eilandje
* Haringrode
* Harmonie
* Historisch Centrum
* Kiel
*
Linkeroever
* Luchtbal-Rozemaai-Schoonbroek (with Luchtbal, Rozemaai, Schoonbroek)
* Markgrave
*
Meir
* Middelheim
* Schipperskwartier
* Sint-Andries
* Stadspark
* Tentoonstellingswijk
* Theaterbuurt, also called Quartier Latin
* Universiteitswijk
*
Zurenborg
*
Zuid, also called Zuid - Museum
References
Districts of Antwerp
Former municipalities of Antwerp Province
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