 Villages ("köy") outside municipalities and quarters or neighborhoods ("mahalle") within municipalities are the lowest level of local government, and are also the most numerous unit of local government in Turkey.They elect "muhtars" to care for specific administrative matters such as residence registration.The designation slightly differs ("köy muhtarı" for village muhtar, "mahalle muhtarı" for quarter muhtar) and the tasks, which are largely similar but are adapted to their locality.