These smaller parts are called counties, and each county has a county council, like Westhamptonshire County Council.
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Counties
//ˈkaʊntiz//
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England proper is divided into 48 ceremonial counties.
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The United States of America has several divisions. It is first separated into the fifty states. Each state is then broken up into counties or parishes. Each county or parish is divided into towns or townships. These towns or townships contain the villages and cities.
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How many counties are there in Florida?
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