Didsbury Campus of South Manchester, though these never came to fruition. By 1970 student numbers had increased significantly, to 1,550. Didsbury became part of Manchester Polytechnic in 1977, renamed Didsbury School of Education. The merger was met with some opposition by students, who considered the polytechnic to be "quite different" to the college. The City of Manchester College of Higher Education merged with the polytechnic in 1983, and in 1992 it gained university status, becoming Manchester Metropolitan University. In the same year it merged with Crewe and Alsager College, which became the university's Cheshire campus. As part of a university, Didsbury was
Districts and sub-districts of the United States Virgin Islands as a county-equivalent. Districts and sub-districts of the United States Virgin Islands The United States Virgin Islands (pop. 106,405) are administratively divided into 2 districts, which are subdivided into 20 subdistricts. These are further divided into quarters and estates. The districts are: Saint Thomas and Saint John together form a single district, while Saint Croix is a separate district. However for statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau treats each of the three main islands (Saint Thomas, Saint John and Saint Croix) as a separate county equivalent despite the fact that there are only two districts. The U.S. Virgin Islands