County seat

A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish. The term is in use in five countries, Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, and the United States. An equivalent term, shire town, is used in the U.S. state of Vermont and in several other English-speaking jurisdictions. County towns serve a similar function in Ireland, Jamaica, and the United Kingdom.

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