Municipio
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Municipio and Município
(muniˈsipiu) are terms used for country subdivisions. They are often translated as municipality
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Município
Município and Municipio are terms used for country subdivisions. They are often translated as municipality.* Municipalities of Portugal* Municipalities of Brazil* Municipalities of Angola...
(muniˈsipiu) are terms used for country subdivisions. They are often translated as municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
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| Municipalidad is used | Municipalities of Argentina Municipalities of Argentina A municipality is one form of a country subdivision of Argentina. It is a city, town, or township, which is -below the department level- part of a province. The provinces organize the municipalities in their territories according to their own municipal regime.... |
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| Municipio is used | Municipalities of Bolivia Municipalities of Bolivia Municipalities in Bolivia are administrative divisions of the entire national territory governed by local elections. Municipalities are the third level of administrative divisions, below departments and provinces. Some of the provinces consist of only one municipality... |
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| Município is used | Municipalities of Brazil | ||
| Comuna is used | Communes of Chile | Municipalidad with elected alcalde Alcalde Alcalde , or Alcalde ordinario, is the traditional Spanish municipal magistrate, who had both judicial and administrative functions. An alcalde was, in the absence of a corregidor, the presiding officer of the Castilian cabildo and judge of first instance of a town... (mayor) and councilors |
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| Municipio is used | Municipalities of Colombia Municipalities of Colombia The Municipalities of Colombia are decentralized subdivisions of the Republic of Colombia. Municipalities make up most of the departments of Colombia with 1,119 municipalities... |
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| Municipalidad is used | Municipalities of Costa Rica | Coterminous with the Cantones Cantons of Costa Rica This is a list of the cantons of Costa Rica.Cantons are the second-level administrative division of Costa Rica. The country's seven provinces are subdivided into 81 cantons , and these are further subdivided into districts .A unique feature of the cantons is that they are the only administrative... |
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| Municipio is used | Municipalities of Cuba Municipalities of Cuba The provinces of Cuba are divided into 169 municipalities or municipios. They were defined by Cuban Law Number 1304 of July 3, 1976.-Summary:The municipalities are listed below, by province:... |
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| Municipio is used | Municipalities of the Dominican Republic Municipalities of the Dominican Republic The provinces of the Dominican Republic are divided into two or more municipalities with the exception of the Distrito Nacional which consist of only one municipality Santo Domingo... |
Elected ayuntamiento Ayuntamiento Ayuntamiento In other languages of Spain:*Catalan/Valencian .*Galician .*Basque . is the general term for the council of a municipality, or sometimes the municipality itself, in Spain and Latin America. Historically Ayuntamiento was often preceded by the word excelentísimo , when referring to... (municipal council) and síndico Syndic Syndic , a term applied in certain countries to an officer of government with varying powers, and secondly to a representative or delegate of a university, institution or other corporation, entrusted with special functions or powers.The meaning which underlies both applications is that of... (mayor) |
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| Municipalidad is used | Municipalities of Ecuador | ||
| Municipio is used | Municipalities of Guatemala Municipalities of Guatemala The departments of Guatemala are divided into 332 municipalities or municipios. The municipalities are listed below, by department:-Alta Verapaz Department:*Cahabón*Chahal*Chisec*Cobán*Fray Bartolomé de las Casas*Lanquín*Panzós*Raxruha... |
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| Municipalidad is used | Municipalities of Honduras Municipalities of Honduras The 18 departments of Honduras are divided into 299 municipalities . Municipalities have elected mayors , as opposed to the appointed governors of departments. For statistical purposes, the municipalities are further subdivided into 3731 aldeas, and those into 27969 caserios... |
Alcalde Alcalde Alcalde , or Alcalde ordinario, is the traditional Spanish municipal magistrate, who had both judicial and administrative functions. An alcalde was, in the absence of a corregidor, the presiding officer of the Castilian cabildo and judge of first instance of a town... |
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| Municipio is sometimes used in behalf of comune Comune In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:... |
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| Municipio is used | Municipalities of Mexico Municipalities of Mexico Municipalities are the second-level administrative division in Mexico . There are 2,438 municipalities in Mexico, making the average municipality population 45,616... |
Ayuntamiento Ayuntamiento Ayuntamiento In other languages of Spain:*Catalan/Valencian .*Galician .*Basque . is the general term for the council of a municipality, or sometimes the municipality itself, in Spain and Latin America. Historically Ayuntamiento was often preceded by the word excelentísimo , when referring to... headed by a municipal president Municipal president A presidente municipal is the chief of government of municipios in Mexico. The position is comparable to the county executive of a county in the United States or to the mayor of a city in the United States, although the jurisdiction of a presidente municipal includes not only a city but the... |
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| Municipio is used | Municipalities of Nicaragua | Alcalde Alcalde Alcalde , or Alcalde ordinario, is the traditional Spanish municipal magistrate, who had both judicial and administrative functions. An alcalde was, in the absence of a corregidor, the presiding officer of the Castilian cabildo and judge of first instance of a town... |
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| Municipalidad (Spanish), Munisipalidad, or Munisipyo (Hispanic Tagalog and Cebuano Cebuano language Cebuano, referred to by most of its speakers as Bisaya , is an Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines by about 20 million people mostly in the Central Visayas. It is the most widely spoken of the languages within the so-named Bisayan subgroup and is closely related to other Filipino... ) |
Municipalities of Philippines | "alcalde Alcalde Alcalde , or Alcalde ordinario, is the traditional Spanish municipal magistrate, who had both judicial and administrative functions. An alcalde was, in the absence of a corregidor, the presiding officer of the Castilian cabildo and judge of first instance of a town... " (informal expression for mayor) and councilors ("konseho", a Spanish loanword in local languages) |
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| Municipalidad is used | Municipalities of Paraguay | ||
| Municipalidad is used | Municipalities of Peru Municipalities of Peru Municipalities, in Peru, are the government organizations that govern the provinces and districts of that country.-Classification:According to the Base law of Municipalities, these entities are classified in to Provincial Municipalities and District Municipalities. The provincial municipalities... |
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| Municipio is used | Municipalities of Puerto Rico Municipalities of Puerto Rico The Municipalities of Puerto Rico number 78 and they make up the smallest electoral division of the Commonwealth. Each municipality is divided into barrios, though the latter are not vested with political authority.-Administrative divisions:... |
Alcalde Alcalde Alcalde , or Alcalde ordinario, is the traditional Spanish municipal magistrate, who had both judicial and administrative functions. An alcalde was, in the absence of a corregidor, the presiding officer of the Castilian cabildo and judge of first instance of a town... and municipal legislature Legislature A legislature is a kind of deliberative assembly with the power to pass, amend, and repeal laws. The law created by a legislature is called legislation or statutory law. In addition to enacting laws, legislatures usually have exclusive authority to raise or lower taxes and adopt the budget and... |
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| Municipio is used | Municipalities of Spain Municipalities of Spain The municipalities of Spain In other languages of Spain:*Catalan/Valencian , sing. municipi.*Galician or , sing. municipio/bisbarra.*Basque , sing. udalerria. are the basic level of Spanish local government... |
Ayuntamiento, headed by an alcalde or Presidente de la Corporación | |
| Municipio is used | Municipalities of Uruguay | Alcaldía (municipal council), headed by an alcalde | |
| Municipio is used | Municipalities of Venezuela Municipalities of Venezuela Municipalities of Venezuela are divisions of the states.-Amazonas:#Alto Orinoco #Atabapo #Atures #Autana #Manapiare #Maroa... |
Consejo Municipal (municipal council) with separately elected alcalde and independent comptroller |