Australian District Entity

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District Label Formation

In Australia a District Label is created from the official District Name using a 3-step process:

  1. Make Local Government Area name all lowercase

  2. Remove these words from the name:

    1. city
    2. council
    3. district
    4. municipal
    5. municipality
    6. of
    7. region
    8. regional
    9. rural
    10. shire
    11. town
    12. the

  3. Remove any non-alphanumeric characters
    e.g. space, dash, comma etc.

District Label examples for some Australia LGAs:

District Label Local Government Area
bayside Bayside Council
greatergeraldton City of Greater Geraldton
mosman Mosman Council
northernbeaches Northern Beaches Council
randwick Randwick City Council
sydney City of Sydney
waverley Waverley Council
wyndhameastkimberley Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley
The City of Sydney