In addition, districts, with boundaries that had been identified by the communist government in 1962, were established as an intermediate administrative layer for national agencies. In this process, the city of Prague retained its legacy “urban centre” administrative boundary that did not extend very much beyond its existing development perimeter and became a distinct district. Crucially, the municipalities in the peri-urban land adjacent to Prague were placed in two other districts, Prague East and Prague West in Central Bohemia.