A Metropolitan District is a GEOGRAPHIC AREA.

The 36 Metropolitan Districts are subdivisions of the 6 Metropolitan County Areas of England.

Since the abolition of the Metropolitan County councils in 1986 the Metropolitan District councils have been unitary administrations.

For further information on Metropolitan Districts, see the Office for National Statistics website.

This supporting information is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
shortname	MD
plural	Metropolitan Districts