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62-410: SR 7 begins downtown in the independent city of Winchester, as East Piccadilly Street at an intersection with U.S. Route 11 (US 11) and US 522 , and it continues through the east end of the city, along North East Lane, National Avenue, and finally Berryville Avenue. SR 7 exits the city into surrounding Frederick County , where its name changes to Berryville Pike and it becomes

124-544: A département and a commune ; it is the only French city with this status. The Council of Paris ( Conseil de Paris ) exercises functions similar to those of a departmental council ( conseil départemental ) and a city council ( conseil municipal ). However, Paris and the départements closest to it are part of the Île-de-France région . In Germany, most of the federal states are subdivided into administrative districts called Kreise (engl. circles ), each of which normally includes several towns or cities. However,

186-528: A Kreisfreie Stadt , although the city is de jure a part of the special-status Hanover Region . Two cities in Germany, namely Berlin and Hamburg , are considered city-states (German: Stadtstaaten ). Additionally, the state of Bremen is officially classified as a city-state although it consists of the two cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven , which are separated by the state of Lower Saxony . Together with thirteen area states (German: Flächenländer ) they form

248-522: A province , and thus do not share their tax revenues with any province. In practise, most cities outside of Metropolitan Manila are often still grouped with provinces that they were partitioned from for the sake of convenience and simplicity. The national government and its agencies serve these cities through sub-offices for each region , to which the cities are indirectly subject. There are 38 such cities, with 16 being located in Metro Manila (including

310-439: A German quasi-state under (Western) Allied supervision. Since 1990/1991, the reunited Berlin is an ordinary German state among others. In Hungary, 23 of the cities are "cities with county rights". These cities have equal rights with the 19 counties of Hungary. Budapest , the capital city is also a special district, outside of the country's system of counties. Although Budapest does not belong to Pest County which surrounds it, it

372-410: A common municipal government. The remaining 302 of them, however, are a standalone urban gmina ( Polish : gmina miejska ) which contains solely either an independent town or one of the 107 cities (the latter governed by a city mayor or prezydent miasta ). Among the 107 cities, 66 of them constitute counties in their own right, formally called cities with powiat rights . They are suitably marked on

434-473: A densely built-up area consisting of 19 communes including the capital city Brussels , became one of Belgium's three regions after the country was turned into a federation in 1970. (In Belgium there are special circumstances due to the country's language communities.) The Brčko District is independent of both Entities that constitute Bosnia and Herzegovina (Republika Srpska and Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina). All other cities and municipalities are under

496-451: A four-lane highway. SR 7 continues across I-81 and then into Clarke County . SR 7 enters Clarke County from Frederick County, crossing Opequon Creek , and continues towards the town of Berryville . Business SR 7 (SR 7 Bus.) splits off just west of Berryville and passes through the town, while the main route bypasses the town to the north. Both routes cross US 340 , and SR 7 Bus. rejoins SR 7 just east of

558-513: A number of the more important and more populous cities are not part of a Kreis , but are instead themselves each equivalent in status and functions to a Kreis . Such cities are known as Kreisfreie Städte (literally, "district-free cities") – or, in the case of Baden-Württemberg , Stadtkreise ("urban districts"). There are currently 110 kreisfreie Städte (or equivalents). Of these, the 22 largest are: [a]: Berlin, Hamburg, and Bremen are also federal states in their own right. [b]: Effectively

620-484: A unique system of government. Addis Ababa , capital of Ethiopia, has held the designation of chartered city since 1991, when it was separated from the former province of Shewa . It shares this status with one other city, Dire Dawa . Bamako , the capital of Mali, is contained within the Bamako Capital District. Maputo , the capital of Mozambique, is its own district with provincial status surrounded by

682-472: Is a business route in the U.S. state of Virginia . It runs 9.28 miles (14.93 km) from SR 7 just west of Round Hill to SR 9 just west of Leesburg , where the roadway continues east and south as SR 699. The route provides access from the main route, SR 7, to Purcellville . The route has multiple names along its length including Loudoun Street, Main Street, and Colonial Highway. The route

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744-717: Is a primate city in terms of its large population, having nearly 8% of Thailand's total population. In Indonesia, the national capital Jakarta is within the Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta (Jakarta Capital Special Region). Jakarta is considered one of Indonesia's provinces , therefore Jakarta is headed by a governor and not a mayor. However, Jakarta is divided into 5 smaller "administration-cities" ( kota administrasi ) and one "administration-regency" ( kabupaten administrasi ). The administration-cities are Central , North , East , West , and South Jakarta . The Kepulauan Seribu ( Thousand Islands ) administration-regency

806-677: Is a city or town that does not form part of another general-purpose local government entity (such as a province). In the Holy Roman Empire , and to a degree in its successor states the German Confederation and the German Empire , so-called " free imperial cities " (nominative singular freie Reichsstadt , nominative plural freie Reichsstädte ) held the legal status of imperial immediacy , according to which they were not subinfeudated to any vassal ruler and were instead subject to

868-615: Is also included in the formal definition of Jakarta. All of these sub-units have their own degree of autonomy. Mayors of the five administration-cities and the regent of Kepulauan Seribu administration-regency are not elected, but directly appointed by the Governor and members of the Provincial Parliament of Jakarta . Furthermore, these sub-units do not have local parliament as opposed to other cities or regencies in Indonesia. New Delhi and

930-455: Is called Goose Creek Reservoir . The dam may be portaged through the woods on the eastern shore. There is also Beaverdam Reservoir , which comes from a source of water called Beaverdam Creek, as said creek branches off of Goose Creek. The North Fork of Goose Creek rises at the east end of Sleeter Lake in Round Hill and flows 13.3 miles (21.4 km) in a southeastward direction, joining with

992-434: Is still the county headquarters. Cork, Dublin, Galway, Limerick and Waterford are governed by independent city councils. In Norway, Oslo is both a municipality ( kommune ) and a county ( fylke ) within itself. Among Polish municipalities containing a town or a city, 638 are organized as a mixed urban-rural gmina ( Polish : gmina miejsko-wiejska ) consisting of a town and surrounding villages and countryside, governed by

1054-578: The City of Alexandria from Fairfax County and briefly forms the border between the Alexandria and Arlington County , and then intersects I-395 . It continues as King Street through Alexandria, passing by Alexandria City High School , George Washington Masonic National Memorial , Union Station ( Amtrak and Virginia Railway Express ), and the King Street–Old Town Metro station . SR 7 ends at

1116-604: The City of Manila , the national capital); eight in the rest of Luzon and its surrounding islands; seven in the Visayas island group; and seven in Mindanao and its surrounding islands. Vietnam has five municipalities that are not part of any of the Vietnam's provinces . This includes Hanoi , the capital of Vietnam; and Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), the most populous city of Vietnam. In China, both Beijing and Tianjin are independent of

1178-509: The Executive Yuan , some are administered by provinces (the province of Taiwan is nominal), and some are subordinate to counties . The centrally-administered ( Taipei City , Kaohsiung City , New Taipei City , Taichung City , Tainan City , and Taoyuan City ) and province-administered ones are like independent cities under this definition. In addition to its nine provinces, South Korea has seven province-level "metropolitan cities." By far

1240-836: The Fairfax County line in Sterling . SR 7 is named Leesburg Pike all the way across Fairfax County, where it is mainly a suburban route. It enters Fairfax County at the intersection with Dranesville Road (SR 228), approximately half a mile west of the interchange with the Fairfax County Parkway (SR 286) and Algonkian Parkway. It continues through Fairfax County, passing by subdivisions in unincorporated Great Falls , Vienna , and Reston . It passes through Tysons , where it has interchanges with SR 267 (the Dulles Access and Toll Roads) and SR 123 before passing south of

1302-691: The Province of Maputo . Niger's capital, Niamey , comprises a capital district of Niger. It is surrounded by the Tillabéri Department . Nigeria's capital Abuja is located in the Federal Capital Territory . The Territory was established in 1976, and the capital was formally moved from Lagos (the historic capital) in 1991. In Taiwan under the administrative division system of the Republic of China, some cities are directly administered by

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1364-503: The Snickersville Turnpike , and then it passes just north of the village of Bluemont (formerly Snickersville). Next SR 7 curves just south of Jefferson County, West Virginia . SR 7 becomes a divided, limited-access highway with a speed limit of 55 mph (89 km/h) just west of the town of Round Hill , where another SR 7 Bus. splits off to serve the towns of Round Hill, Purcellville , and Hamilton , while

1426-638: The Tysons Corner Center shopping mall. It then intersects the Capital Beltway ( I-495 ) in McLean and intersects I-66 a half mile (0.8 km) west of the West Falls Church Metro station . SR 7 then enters the independent city of Falls Church and becomes Broad Street and marks the north/south division for city streets. The road intersects US 29 in the city's center and crosses

1488-524: The intersection of King Street and SR 400 (Washington Street) in Old Town Alexandria , one quarter of a mile (0.4 km) west of the Potomac River. On August 19, 2019, a third left-turn lane was added from SR 7 west to Baron Cameron Avenue. This was in place of constructing a partial interchange at the intersection, for which SR 7 east lanes would travel under Baron Cameron Avenue; the project

1550-708: The list of counties in Poland . Bucharest , the capital of Romania, is outside the country's system of counties . In the Russian Federation, Moscow and Saint Petersburg are both subjects of the federation and cities themselves. Russia also considers the Crimean city of Sevastopol to be a federal city of Russia , but this is not recognized by the majority of states who see the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea as unlawful. In Spain, there exist two so-called autonomous cities , Ceuta and Melilla , which are located on

1612-574: The North African coast surrounded by Morocco and have been under Spanish jurisdiction since the 15th century. Spain is a highly decentralized state organized in autonomous communities . These two cities hold their special status because they are not large enough to be considered regions on their own. Nonetheless, they function as autonomous communities with a high degree of self-administration and law-making powers. Historically, until 1967, Stockholm did not belong to any county of Sweden. Instead, there

1674-509: The Special Act on the Installation of Sejong City. Currently, the population of Sejong Special Self-governing City is lower than that of the aforementioned metropolitan cities, but the population is increasing with the construction of a mixed-use administrative city. In 2006, the ruling party floated a proposal to eliminate all current province and independent-city borders. This plan would divide

1736-489: The W&;OD Trail in the city's west end. SR 7 then re-enters Fairfax County as Leesburg Pike and passes through Seven Corners , named for the five roads that intersect, including SR 338 (Hillwood Avenue) and US 50 (Arlington Boulevard), which is grade separated from the rest of the intersection. From there, it travels to Bailey's Crossroads , where it intersects SR 244 (Columbia Pike). SR 7 enters

1798-522: The authority of the Emperor alone. Examples included Hamburg , Bremen , and Lübeck , along with others that gained and/or lost the privileges of immediacy over the course of the Empire's history. A number of countries have made their national capitals into separate entities. In countries with a federal structure, the federal capital is often separate from other jurisdictions in the country, and frequently has

1860-474: The capital, Karachi was located in the Federal Capital Territory , which later reverted to the Sindh Province. In United Arab Emirates, the seven emirates are themselves city-states, or were historically, in particular Abu Dhabi , Dubai and Sharjah . The city of Vienna is a federal state within the Republic of Austria. A similar concept is the statutory city . The Brussels capital region ,

1922-516: The central government. Examples are Seoul , Busan , Daegu , Incheon , Gwangju , Daejeon and Ulsan in South Korea and Pyongyang and Rason in North Korea. In South Korea, the main criterion for granting secession from the province is a population reaching one million. In Thailand, the capital Bangkok operates independently of any province and is considered a special administrative area. It

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1984-593: The city of Basel itself. In Ukraine, the cities of Kyiv and Sevastopol are part of the country constituent regions along with the autonomous republic of Crimea (ARK), and 24 other oblasts (see Oblasts of Ukraine ). Goose Creek (Potomac River) Goose Creek is a 53.9-mile-long (86.7 km) tributary of the Potomac River in Fauquier and Loudoun Counties in Northern Virginia . It comprises

2046-615: The confluence of the North Fork and then turning to the east and cutting through a gap in the mountain. On the east side of the mountain, the creek again turns northeast, joining with the Little River . The creek flows for 15 miles (24 km) through central Loudoun County, reaching the Potomac just east of Leesburg , south of Harrison Island , and west of Selden Island . Goose Creek is partially dammed north of State Route 267 . The dammed part

2108-522: The entire republic into fifty or sixty city- or county-level administrations, similar to the system in Japan. The plan was intended to help reduce regional discrimination and animosity by eliminating provincial identity. Many major cities in the Philippines are independent cities, classified as either "highly urbanized" or "independent component" cities. These cities are administratively and legally not subject to

2170-630: The imperial level . After the Napoleonic era, in 1815, four were still city-states: Hamburg, Bremen and Lübeck in Northern Germany, and Frankfurt where the Federal Convention was located. Frankfurt was incorporated by Prussia in 1866, and Lübeck became a part of Prussia during the national socialist regime in 1937 (Greater Hamburg Law). After 1945, Berlin was a divided city, and the Western part became

2232-525: The intersection at Lexington Drive. A new overpass was constructed to carry Sycolin Road across SR 7 in Leesburg, which opened to traffic on August 11, 2014. An additional interchange was also opened at Battlefield Parkway in Leesburg on June 28, 2021. SR 7 continues as a controlled-access freeway and passes by numerous housing subdivisions , businesses, and shopping areas between an interchange with SR 28 and

2294-633: The jurisdiction of the Entity (in Republika Srpska) or under the jurisdiction of cantons (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina). The Dayton Peace Agreement afforded the special designation as a district, while also creating the Office of the High Representative that currently oversees the district of Brčko. The capital city of Sofia has the status of oblast (region). The capital city of Zagreb has

2356-435: The largest among these in terms of population is the capital, Seoul , called a teukbyeol-si (특별시; literally, special city), which is home to more than 20% of the entire population of the country. The remaining six independent cities are called gwangyeok-si (광역시; literally, large city) whose names are: Busan , Daegu , Daejeon , Incheon , Gwangju , and Ulsan . Historically, these independent cities have been carved from

2418-614: The main branch in the water gap of Catoctin Mountain. The Goose Creek Association works to protect the watershed and landscape. In 1849, construction began on a system of locks and dams to render the creek navigable up to three large mills in the Loudoun Valley on the Little River, North Fork and main creek bed. Across the Potomac from the mouth of a creek, a special lock on the C&;O Canal

2480-479: The main highway near the same location. SR 7 continues on through the eastern half of Leesburg, with six lanes. It then crosses Goose Creek and passes through Ashburn . SR 7 was rebuilt as a controlled-access highway through eastern Loudoun County. To accomplish this, highway interchanges were constructed replacing the ordinary intersections at Belmont Ridge Road , Claiborne Parkway, Ashburn Village Boulevard, and Loudoun County Parkway while closing

2542-528: The main road runs outside of the towns as a bypass. SR 7 Bus. rejoins the main road at the interchange with SR 9 in Paeonian Springs . SR 7 continues towards the well-developed eastern half of Loudoun County as a four-lane divided highway with some at-grade intersections, and it passes through Clarke's Gap in Catoctin Mountain . Another SR 7 Bus. splits off on the western side of

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2604-609: The names of their state organs: their governments are called Senate, the prime ministers 'mayor' (Governing Mayor in Berlin and First Mayor in Hamburg) or President of the Senate (in Bremen) and also the expressions for their state parliaments differ from the other states. In the 18th century, many German cities were free imperial cities (German: Reichsstädte ), without a principality between them and

2666-453: The newer independent cities is that, in some cases, the government administrative buildings ( docheong ) of the provinces they were once a part of are still located within city boundaries, meaning that these provinces have capitals that are not within their borders. On 1 July 2012, Yeongi-gun, Chungcheongnam-do absorbed parts of Cheonan, Gongju and Cheongju, and became independent from Chungcheongnam-do as Sejong Special Self-governing City under

2728-552: The old city of Delhi together form the National Capital Territory of Delhi . The capital of Iraq, Baghdad , is contained within a special capital district. In Japan, Tokyo, as well as being a city, forms a prefecture, falling into a special category of "metropolitan prefecture" having some of the attributes of a city and some of a prefecture. Within Tokyo, there are smaller units, "wards", "cities", "towns", etc., but some of

2790-592: The principal drainage system for the Loudoun Valley . Goose Creek rises somewhere near Linden, VA in the Manassas Gap. The creek initially flows eastward down the mountain, falling 600 feet (180 m) in its first 10 miles (16 km). Once in Loudoun, the creek continues in a northeastward direction for 15 miles (24 km) to the western foot of Catoctin Mountain , where it turns to the north briefly, before reaching

2852-485: The province that surrounds them. Consequently, they typically share a strong regional and cultural identity with the adjoining province(s). For instance, Gwangju, located at the center of Jeolla region, is heavily associated with the region. Seoul and Incheon are said to make up the National Capital Area along with the densely populated Gyeonggi that almost completely encompasses them. One interesting relic of

2914-604: The responsibilities normally assigned to cities and towns in other Japanese prefectures are handled by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government instead. The capital of Pakistan, Islamabad , is a planned city within the Islamabad Capital Territory , which was created in 1960 out of the Punjab Province. The Territory elects representatives to both houses of the legislature. Before Islamabad was made

2976-531: The route was commissioned in 1980 between SR 287 and SR 9. The second segment of the route was commissioned in 1987 between SR 287 and SR 7. These segments were both designated along the former alignment of its parent route, SR 7. State Route 7 Business ( SR 7 Bus. ) is a business route in the U.S. state of Virginia . It follows Market Street through downtown Leesburg . In downtown Leesburg, SR 7 Bus. intersects with US 15 Bus. Independent city An independent city or independent town

3038-483: The section of SR 7 within Loudoun County from Harry Byrd Highway to Leesburg Pike on December 7, 2021. This is in an effort to restore historical names and remove segregationist and Confederate symbols throughout the county. State Route 7 Business ( SR 7 Bus. ) is a business route in the U.S. state of Virginia . It follows Main Street through downtown Berryville . State Route 7 Business ( SR 7 Bus. )

3100-507: The section of SR 7 between SR 9 and East Market Street. However, due to highway budget restrictions, this project was put on hold in June 2008. In December 2014, construction began on the widening of this section of SR 7. In addition to widening Westbound SR 7 from two to three lanes, the median was modified to limit left turns into and out of Roxbury Hall Road, Leeland Orchard Road, White Gate Place, and Beechnut Place. In addition to

3162-414: The sixteen federal states of Germany . Hamburg and Bremen are " Free and Hanseatic Cities". Generally, the city-states have no other rights or duties than the other states. Through the financial redistribution system of Equalization Payments in Germany (German: Länderfinanzausgleich ), they do receive more money because of their demographic characteristics. The city-states are most distinctive due to

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3224-578: The status equal to županija (county), whereas all other cities and municipalities are under a county jurisdiction. Historically, Croatian cities became independent by being named a " royal free city ". Under the Austro-Hungarian Empire , the city of Rijeka (Fiume) was a separate city from the Counties of Hungary , and the Modros-Fiume County that surrounded it. The city of Paris is both

3286-436: The surrounding province of Hebei , of which they were formerly a part. Similarly, Shanghai is now independent from Jiangsu and Chongqing from Sichuan . Hong Kong and Macao have the status of special administrative regions , separated from their original province Guangdong . In both South Korea and North Korea, special cities are independent from their surrounding provinces and city-states under direct governance from

3348-506: The town of Leesburg , the county seat of Loudoun County. The main road continues as the Leesburg Bypass , and merges with the bypass of US 15 around the southern side of Leesburg, while the business route passes through town as Market Street. SR 7 Business intersects with US 15 Business (King Street) by the county courthouse in the center of Leesburg. The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has plans to widen

3410-773: The town. SR 7 crosses the Shenandoah River and its name changes to the Harry Flood Byrd Highway. SR 7 crosses the Loudoun –Clarke county line and the Appalachian Trail at the summit of Snickers Gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains . SR 7 descends out of the Blue Ridge Mountains and enters the rural western area of Loudoun County as Leesburg Pike at Snickers Gap. It intersects the northern end of

3472-535: The work on SR 7, roundabouts were installed at the interchange between SR 7 and SR 9. The southern roundabout combined the separate intersections of the on and off ramps from SR 7 and Colonial Highway/Dry Mill Road into one. The SR 7 bypass crosses the Washington & Old Dominion Trail just before the US ;15 bypass splits off from SR 7 in eastern Leesburg, and then SR 7 Bus. rejoins

3534-589: Was a Governor of Stockholm that had the normal responsibilities of the County Administrative Boards and their managers, the governors. There was no County Council (which is elected by the people and is responsible for example for health care); instead, the City of Stockholm handled such tasks. One of the cantons of Switzerland , Basel-Stadt , is considered to be a city-state, although it contains two smaller municipalities Bettingen and Riehen alongside

3596-455: Was built between 1801 and 1803 and is the longest remaining stone turnpike bridge in the state of Virginia. In The Water Dancer , a slave narrative style novel by Ta-Nehisi Coats , the Goose serves as both a water symbol and the geographic location of the fictionalized tobacco farm, Lockless, Virginia. Tributaries are listed in order from the source of Goose Creek to its mouth. According to

3658-431: Was constructed to allow canal boats from Goose Creek to enter the canal. By 1845, the Goose Creek and Little River Navigation Company canal system had been completed on Goose Creek to Ball's (Evergreen) Mill, 12 miles (19 km) upstream from the mouth. Due to financial concerns it was decided that the canal would not be built any further upstream. Though the lower portion of the canal saw significant usage, only one boat

3720-485: Was ever known to have traveled the whole stretch, and by 1857 the canal was put out of business by the completion of the Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad to Leesburg. Most of the locks and dams were destroyed by the Union Army during the Civil War . Goose Creek Bridge on the Ashby's Gap Turnpike was the site of a Civil War battle in the Loudoun Valley during the Gettysburg Campaign in 1863. ( See Battle of Upperville#Goose Creek for details. ) The bridge

3782-506: Was formed in two segments. The first one was formed in 1980, and the second one was formed in 1987. The route's western end is at its parent route, SR 7. It then intersects New Cut Road and Main Street, both part of SR 719. It meets SR 7 once again at a diamond interchange . After that, the route meets State Route 287 (SR 287) at a roundabout . The route's eastern end is at State Route 9 (SR 9) (Charles Town Pike), where it goes east and south as SR 699 (Dry Mill Rd.). The first segment of

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3844-475: Was never started, as VDOT failed to allocate sufficient funding for the project and lack of competition led to higher than forecasted bids for the Route 7 widening. VDOT is working on widening SR 7 from four to six lanes and adding shared-use paths along SR 7 between Reston Avenue and Jarrett Valley Drive in Fairfax County. The project is expected to cost $ 313.9 million and should be completed by mid-2024. The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors voted to rename

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