In Designated Areas or Social Units
- Ward (country subdivision), electoral district or unit of local government
- Wards of Japan
- Wards of the United Kingdom
- Wards of the United States
- Ward (fortification), part of a castle
- Ward (LDS Church), local congregation
- Ward, a division, floor or room of a hospital set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example a convalescent or psychiatric ward
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