Quarter (urban subdivision)
A quarter is a section of an urban settlement.
A Quarter can be administratively defined and its borders officially designated, and it may have its own administrative structure. Such a division is particularly common in countries like Italy, France, Romania, Georgia, Serbia, Croatia. It may be denoted as a borough, Spain, Portugal/Brazil ; or some other term, Germany, and Cambodia.
Quarter can also refer to a non-administrative but distinct neighbourhood with its own character: for example, a slum quarter. It is often used for a district connected with a particular group of people: for instance, some cities are said to have Jewish quarters, diplomatic quarters or Bohemian quarters.
Most Roman cities were divided to four parts, called Quarters, by their two main avenues: the Cardo and the Decumanus Maximus.
The Old City of Jerusalem currently has four quarters: the Muslim Quarter, Christian Quarter, Jewish Quarter and Armenian Quarter. A Christian quarter also exists in Damascus.
