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House of Representatives is the name of any of many legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national states. In some countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often called a "senate". In other countries, the House of Representatives is the sole chamber of a unicameral legislature. The functioning of a house of representatives can vary greatly from country to country, and depends on whether a country has a parliamentary or a presidential system. Members of a house of representatives are typically apportioned according to population rather than geography.

"The House of Representatives" is the name of the lower house of the legislature in the following countries: Antigua and Barbuda House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda Australia Australian House of Representatives Belarus House of Representatives of Belarus Belize House of Representatives of Belize Bosnia and Herzegovina House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina Colombia House of Representatives of Colombia Fiji House of Representatives (Fiji) Indonesia Indonesian House of Representatives Ireland House of Representatives of Ireland Jamaica House of Representatives of Jamaica Japan House of Representatives of Japan Liberia House of Representatives of Liberia Malaysia House of Representatives of Malaysia Malta House of Representatives of Malta Nepal House of Representatives of Nepal Nigeria House of Representatives of Nigeria Philippines House of Representatives of the Philippines Puerto Rico House of Representatives of Puerto Rico Somaliland House of Representatives of Somaliland Thailand House of Representatives of Thailand Trinidad and Tobago House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago United States United States House of Representatives Yemen House of Representatives of Yemen

In the following countries it is the sole chamber in a unicameral system: Cyprus House of Representatives of Cyprus Malta House of Representatives of Malta New Zealand New Zealand House of Representatives

In Indonesia, the Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR) is generally known in English as the "House of Representatives", as is the