section_path: Administration
section_name: Administration
paragraph_text: Administration
  
  Turin is split up into 8 boroughs, locally called circoscrizioni; these do not necessarily correspond to the historical districts of the city, which are rather called quartieri, rioni, borghi, borgate or zone. The circoscrizioni system originally comprised 10 of them, that were reduced to 8 by merging borough 9 into 8, and 10 into 2.
  
  The following list numerates the boroughs and the location of the historical districts inside them:
  
  The mayor of Turin is directly elected every five years. The current mayor of the city is Stefano Lo Russo (PD), elected in 2021.