In the United Kingdom and parts of the Commonwealth of Nations, a city is traditionally a settlement with a royal charter.

Fifteen percent of all arrivals in Greece come through the city of Heraklion ( port and airport ), while charter journeys to Heraklion last year made up 20 % of all charter flights in Greece.

Cleveland was not among its charter members, but by 1879 the league was looking for new entries and the city gained an NL team.

From a rural village in the early Middle Ages Delft developed to a city, that in the 13th century ( 1246 ) received its charter.

The club is a charter member of the American League, one of four clubs ( with the Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians ) still located in its original city.

The city was incorporated as a result of a resolution by Iowa Representative Jonathan W. Parker by special charter in the Iowa Territory on January 25, 1839.

In 1842, the city charter was amended for the first time.

The charter was amended again in 1851 to expand the city area, provide greater detail of the duties of the mayor, city council, and other officials.

Early sources: river Ilfing ( 890 ), Castrum de Elbingo quod a nomine fluminis Elbingum appellavit ( 1237 — Peter of Dusburg, Chronicon terrae Prussiae ), in Elbingo ( 1239 ), in Elbing ( 1242 ), in Elbinge ... fluvium Elbinc ( 1246, city charter ), de Elbingo ( 1250 ), in Elbyngo ( 1258 ), vitra Elbingum ( 1263 ), Elvingo ( 1293 ), in Elbingo ( 1300 ), in Elvingo ( 1389 ), czum Elbinge ( 1392 ), czu Elbing ( 1403 ), Elwing ( 1410 ), czum Elwinge ( 1412 ), Elbing ( 1414 – 1438 ), Elbyang ( before 1454 ), Elbing ( 1508 ), ku Elbiągowi ( 1634 ), w Elblągu ( 1661 ), w Elblągu ( 1661 ).

* 1972 – Kuala Lumpur becomes a city by a royal charter granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.

Along with revitalization came many changes, including the closing of the Great Western sugar factory in 1955, and a new city charter, adopting a council-manager form of government in 1954.

In 1877, in response to a public petition, Queen Victoria issued the second royal charter, which granted city status to the borough and Cathedral status to the former Abbey Church.

* 1877 – The then-villa of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain.

Written mostly in Latin but using an Old English boundary clause, the charter records a grant of land near the city of Rochester to Justus ' church.

The city was granted a charter in 1274 by Rudolf I of Habsburg, King of Germany, who declared the city an Imperial Free City in 1291 ; nevertheless the bishop of Speyer, a major landowner in the district, seized the city in 1324.

* In the United States, " municipality " is usually understood as a city, town, village or other local government unit, formed by municipal charter from the state as a municipal corporation.

It is governed by a city council as specified in the city's charter adopted in 1948.

Peterson cast his ballot in an election over whether to revise the city of Perth Amboy's charter or abandon it for a township form of government.

For example, the charter of the city of Saint John, New Brunswick was amended in 1785 specifically to exclude blacks from practicing a trade, selling goods, fishing in the harbour, or becoming freemen ; these provisions stood until 1870.

The date of the founding of the city is considered to be July 2, 1589, when the fortress of Tsaritsyn was first named in a royal charter.

* April 1 – Åmål, Sweden is granted its city charter.

The Croatian constitution and legislation provides for regular presidential and parliamentary elections, and the election of county prefects and assemblies, and city and municipal mayors and councils.

The city council provides of public green space per 1, 000 people and 255 playing fields.

The article reflects the writer's appreciation of a city that provides its residents with both " the gift of loneliness and the gift of privacy ," and concludes with a dark note touching upon the forces that may destroy the city that the writer loves.

The Péligre Dam, the country's largest, provides the capital city of Port-au-Prince with energy.

Eight of the lines provide general metro services, whereas the Airport Express provides a direct link from the Hong Kong International Airport into the city centre, while the Disneyland Resort Line exclusively takes passengers to Hong Kong Disneyland.

These include Aircoach, a subsidiary of FirstGroup which provides services to Dublin Airport from Dublin city centre, South Dublin City, Greystones and Bray.

ATP Nuoro's bus system provides service within the city.

A stele of the late 3rd century BCE from the small Boeotian city of Akraiphia, on Lake Copais, provides us with a list of fish prices.

The Reversing Falls in Saint John, actually an area of strong rapids, provides one example of the power of these tides ; at every high tide, ocean water is pushed through a narrow gorge in the middle of the city and forces the St. John River to reverse its flow for several hours.

The other one is the Tanzania Railways Corporation, which provides services between Dar-es-Salaam and Kigoma, a town on the shores of Lake Tanganyika and between Dar-es-Salaam and Mwanza, a city on the shores of Lake Victoria.

As a pledge owner, the city Hildesheim provides for the execution of the Reformation in the city and office of Peine.

Since New York's financial industry provides almost one-fourth of all income produced in the city, and accounts for 10 % of the city's tax revenues and 20 % of the state's, the downturn has had huge repercussions for government treasuries.

The upper reaches of the river still provides drinking water for most of the city.

* The private telecommunications company ' Entel is located in the city and provides telephony, Internet, cell phone, data and voice services.

* Winchester Transit provides weekday transit for the city of Winchester.

The local city council also provides a seat reserved for a representative of Mazara's immigrant community.

The Local Government Code of 1991 provides for the three levels of Local Government Units or LGUs in the Philippines: the province, city and municipality, and the barangay.

It provides a road link running east-west between the city center and the A10 ring-road, and since May 2005 also provides a tram link between the Amsterdam Centraal railway station and Haveneiland, IJburg.

Each city provides its own schooling services through their respective school districts — Kennewick's, Pasco's, and Richland's.

The Palace of the King located to the north of the city, called the Dechencholing Palace, the official residence of the King, is an impressive structure that provides a grand aerial view of the city.

Montgomery Area Transit System ( MATS ) provides public transportation with buses serving the city.