Sector
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A sector was an area of space framed by an artificial boundary for political, economic and military organization.
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[edit] History
Groupings of inhabited systems organized themselves into informal sectors from before the Infinite Empire. The Galactic Republic was the first body to attempt a large scale application of standardized sectors. A sector was defined by the Republic as having a maximum of 50 inhabited star systems to keep sectors at a manageable level.
The rapid exploration, expansion and colonization beginning around 5,000 BBY caused many sectors to grow larger than the intended size. For instance, in 19 ABY, the Remnant controlled only eight sectors, which were said to contain "over a thousand inhabited systems"[1], which would indicate an average size of 125 inhabited systems per sector.
When the Galactic Empire took control of the Republic's sectors, Moffs replaced senators as sectorial governors. Sectors were also commonly expanded and collapsed together to consolidate power in the officers delegated by Palpatine to rule.
Many sectors owed their name to their primary system which in turn was named after its primary planet. For example the planet Alderaan belonged to the Alderaan system and thus, to the Alderaan Sector.
[edit] Planetary sectors
The word "sector" is also used to denote subdivisions of planets, especially for ecumenopolis such as Coruscant or Nar Shaddaa.
[edit] Coruscant
Ambassadorial, Blue, Dead (aka Dacho District), Invisible Sector (aka Invisec), Numesh, Vishtu, Zi-Kree
[edit] Kidriff 5
[edit] Nar Shaddaa
Corellian (Nar Shaddaa spaceport) Duros (Nar Shaddaa spaceport)
