The city of Kraków is divided into 18 administrative districts, each with a degree of autonomy within the municipal government. The Polish name for such a district is dzielnica. The oldest neighborhoods of Kraków were incorporated into the city before the late 18th century. They include the Old Town , once contained within the city defensive walls and now encircled by the Planty park; the Wawel, which is the site of the Royal Castle and the Cathedral; Stradom and Kazimierz, the latter originally divided into Christian and Jewish quarters; as well as the ancient town of Kleparz. Major districts added in the 19th and 20th centuries include Podgórze, which until 1915 was a separate town on the southern bank of the Vistula, and Nowa Huta, east of the city centre, built after World War II and incorporated into the city in 1951. Between 1951 and 1973 the city was divided into six districts: Stare Miasto, Zwierzyniec, Kleparz, Grzegórzki, Podgórze and Nowa Huta. From 1973 until the introduction of the present division in 1991 there were four districts: Śródmieście , Podgórze, Krowodrza and Nowa Huta. The current division was introduced on 27 March 1991 and revised by Kraków City Council on 19 April 1995. The districts were assigned Roman numerals as well as names. The names and numbers of the 18 districts are now as follows: Stare Miasto , Grzegórzki , Prądnik Czerwony , Prądnik Biały , Krowodrza , Bronowice , Zwierzyniec , Dębniki , Łagiewniki-Borek Fałęcki , Swoszowice , Podgórze Duchackie , Bieżanów-Prokocim , Podgórze , Czyżyny , Mistrzejowice , Bieńczyce , Wzgórza Krzesławickie , and Nowa Huta .
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