ƙaramar hukuma
Bayanai
Ƙaramin ɓangare na	gwamnati da ma'aikata
Facet of (en)	administrative territorial entity (en)
Filin aiki	local administration (en)
Manifestation of (en)	local self-government (en)

Karamar hukuma, kalma ce ta gama gari ga mafi ƙanƙanta matakan gudanar da mulki a cikin wata ƙasa mai iko. Wannan musamman amfani da kalmar gwamnati tana nufin wani matakin gudanarwa wanda aka keɓe a yanki kuma yana da iyakacin iko. Yayin da a wasu ƙasashe, “gwamnati” galibi ana keɓance shi ne don gudanar da mulki na ƙasa (gwamnati) (wanda za a iya saninta da gwamnatin tsakiya ko ta tarayya), ana amfani da kalmar ƙaramar hukuma a ko da yaushe sabanin gwamnatin ƙasa – haka ma. , a yawancin lokuta, ayyukan ƙananan hukumomi, ƙungiyoyin gudanarwa na matakin farko (wanda aka fi sani da sunaye irin su kantuna, larduna, jihohi ko yankuna). Ƙananan hukumomi gabaɗaya suna aiki ne kawai a cikin ikon da doka ta ba su musamman da/ko umarnin babban matakin gwamnati. A cikin jihohin tarayya, ƙananan hukumomi sun ƙunshi mataki na uku ko na huɗu na gwamnati, yayin da a cikin jihohin tarayya, ƙananan hukumomi sukan mamaye mataki na biyu ko na uku na gwamnati.