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Darebin
City of Darebin, a Melbourne local government area about 5 km from the CBD, formed in the 1990s by amalgamating Northcote and Preston; 148,570 residents at the 2021 Census, seat at Preston.
Davidson County, Tennessee
Davidson County, Tennessee, home to Nashville, is governed by the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, the first fully consolidated city-county government in the United States, adopted in 1962 and implemented April 1, 1963, with about 746,000 residents in 2025.
DeKalb County, Georgia
DeKalb County, Georgia: county east of Atlanta, county seat Decatur, founded December 9, 1822, named for Baron Johann de Kalb. Population about 774,000 (2025); governed by a seven-member commission and an elected countywide CEO, Lorraine Cochran-Johnson.
Delaware County, Ohio, United States
Delaware County, Ohio, a central Ohio county founded in 1808 from Franklin County, seat at Delaware city; 242,032 residents (2025 est.), Ohio's fastest-growing and highest-income county, north of Columbus.
Denton County, Texas
Denton County is a county in north central Texas, created in 1846 and named for John B. Denton, with the city of Denton as its county seat.
Derbyshire
Derbyshire, an English county in the centre of England with about 827,000 people (2025), largest town Chesterfield. Its ten councils were to be replaced by two unitary councils from 1 April 2028, a decision paused in September 2026.
Devon
Devon, county in South West England with 811,647 residents (2021, county council area), eight districts plus Plymouth and Torbay unitaries; its two-tier system is slated for replacement by four unitary councils, now under government review.
Diadema
Diadema, São Paulo municipality in the Greater ABC, Brazil; 393,237 residents (2022 census) on 30.8 km², second-highest population density in the country; emancipated from São Bernardo do Campo in 1959, industrialized from the 1960s.
Diamantina
Diamantina is a municipality in Minas Gerais, Brazil, about 290 km north of Belo Horizonte, founded as the colonial diamond-mining settlement of Tijuco, with a UNESCO-listed historic center.
Diamantina, Minas Gerais
Diamantina is a municipality in Minas Gerais, Brazil, built on the colonial diamond-mining settlement of Arraial do Tijuco, whose historic center became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999.
District Municipality of Muskoka
The District Municipality of Muskoka is Ontario's upper-tier district government, incorporated January 1, 1971, governing six area municipalities through a 23-member council and delivering regional water, sewage, waste, and ambulance services.
Distrito Central
Distrito Central is the Honduran municipality formed in 1937 by merging Tegucigalpa and Comayagüela; it is the national capital, in Francisco Morazán department, covering 1,514.72 km² with about 1.2 million people.
Distrito de Arraiján
Distrito de Arraiján, district in Panamá Oeste province, Panama, created 12 September 1855; about 299,079 inhabitants (2023 census) in nine corregimientos; a bedroom community of Panama City near the Bridge of the Americas.
Distrito de Panamá
Distrito de Panamá (Panamá District) is Panama's second-level district containing Panama City, governed by the Municipality of Panama with 23 corregimientos and about 1.18 million residents.
Divinópolis
Divinópolis is a municipality in Minas Gerais, Brazil, a regional hub known for its clothing and steel industries, with 231,091 residents recorded at the 2022 census.
Dnipro Raion, Kyiv City, Ukraine
Dnipro Raion (Дніпровський район), a left-bank administrative district of Kyiv, Ukraine, created 23 May 1969 from Darnytskyi raion; 67 km², about 355,000 residents, includes Rusanivka, Berezniaky, and Hydropark.
Doña Ana County
Doña Ana County, New Mexico: county seat Las Cruces, FIPS 35013, formed 1852, named for village of Doña Ana and Doña Ana María de Córdoba; 219,561 people (2020), 68.3% Hispanic, 45-mile Mexico border, Project Jupiter data center.
Dorset
Dorset, a county in South West England, has been run since 1 April 2019 by two unitary councils, Dorset Council and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council, replacing nine councils; rural, ageing population, Jurassic Coast, £8.1 billion economy.
Douglas County, Nebraska, United States
Douglas County, Nebraska (FIPS 31055), the state's most populous county with county seat Omaha; created 1854 and named for Senator Stephen A. Douglas; 2020 census population 584,526, land area 326.41 square miles.
Dourados
Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, second-largest city of the state, Brazil; municipality created 1935 from Ponta Porã; 243,367 residents (2022 census), agribusiness and regional service pole, large Guarani-Kaiowa population.
Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality
Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality (DC40) is a Category C district municipality in southern North West province, South Africa, seat Orkney; formerly the Southern District, renamed 2007-08 after Zambia's Kenneth Kaunda; three locals: Matlosana, JB Marks, Maquassi Hills.
Drass district
Drass district, a district of Ladakh, India notified 27 April 2026 with headquarters at Drass-Ranbirpura, carved from Kargil district with 19 revenue villages; formerly the Drass sub-division, known for extreme cold, the 1999 Kargil War memorial, and Dardic community.
Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway, a unitary council area in south-west Scotland (Gaelic: Dhùn Phris is Ghall-Ghàidhealaibh), Scotland's third largest at over 6,400 km² with about 145,000 people, a rural economy and a unitary council since 1996.
DuPage County, Illinois
DuPage County, Illinois: a Chicago-area collar county established February 9, 1839 from Cook County, named for the DuPage River, county seat Wheaton since 1867, population 932,877 (2020).
Durham County
Durham County, North Carolina, a Piedmont county formed in 1881 from Orange and Wake counties, seat Durham. Home to Duke University and part of Research Triangle Park; 343,628 residents (2024 estimate); adopted a data center moratorium in 2026.
Durrës District
Durrës District (rrethi i Durrësit), a former Albanian district now within Durrës County; six administrative units, 175,110 census-2011 population, Albania's largest port handling over 90 percent of port volume.
Dutchess County, New York
Dutchess County, New York: Hudson Valley county founded 1683, named for Mary of Modena, Duchess of York. Seat Poughkeepsie; population about 300,708 (2025 estimate); home of FDR's Hyde Park and IBM sites.
Duval County, Florida
Duval County, Florida, is a county in northeastern Florida established in 1822 and named for territorial governor William Pope Duval, whose government merged with Jacksonville in 1968.
East Godavari district (తూర్పు గోదావరి జిల్లా)
East Godavari district (తూర్పు గోదావరి జిల్లా), Andhra Pradesh district headquartered at Rajamahendravaram, formed 4 April 2022; Godavari delta, rice bowl of Andhra Pradesh, Coringa mangroves, fisheries and paddy economy.
East Hampton, New York
East Hampton, New York is a town in Suffolk County on the eastern end of Long Island's South Fork, founded in 1648 and known as one of the Hamptons.