Municipio
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Municipio (Spanish and Italian) and município (Portuguese) are terms used for subnational entities. They are often translated as municipality.
[edit] Overview
| Country | Term | List of Municipios | Administrated by |
 Argentina |
Municipalidad is used | Municipalities of Argentina | |
 Bolivia |
Municipio is used | Municipios of Bolivia | |
 Chile |
Comuna is used | List of communes in Chile | Municipalidad with elected alcalde and councilors |
 Colombia |
Municipio is used | Municipalities of Colombia | |
 Costa Rica |
Municipalidad is used | Municipalities of Costa Rica | Coterminous with the Cantones |
 Cuba |
Municipio is used | Municipalities of Cuba | |
 Dominican Republic |
Municipio is used | Municipalities of the Dominican Republic | Elected ayuntamiento and mayor (Síndico) |
 Ecuador |
Municipalidad is used | Municipalities of Ecuador | |
 Guatemala |
Municipalidad is used | Municipalities of Guatemala | |
 Honduras |
Municipalidad is used | Municipalities of Honduras | Alcalde (elected mayor) |
 Italy |
Municipio is sometimes used in behalf of comune[1] | Municipalities of Italy | |
 Mexico |
Municipio is used, as sub-divisions of estados | Municipalities of Mexico | Ayuntamiento headed by a municipal president |
 Paraguay |
Municipalidad is used | Municipalities of Paraguay | |
 Peru |
Municipalidad is used | Municipalities of Peru | |
 Puerto Rico |
Municipio is used | Municipalities of Puerto Rico | Alcalde (mayor) and municipal legislature |
 Philippines |
Munisipyo or bayan is used in Tagalog | Municipalities of the Philippines | |
 Spain |
Municipio is used | List of municipalities of Spain | Ayuntamiento, headed by an Alcalde-Presidente de la Corporación |
 Venezuela |
Municipio is used | Municipalities of Venezuela | Consejo Municipal with separately elected Alcalde (mayor) and independent comptroller |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Municipio refers only to administration, whereas comune refers to both administration and territory; it is also an administrative sub-division of a large city, such as Rome
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