Municipio
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Municipio (Spanish: [muniˈθipjo] or [muniˈsipjo], Italian: [muniˈtʃipjo]) and município (Portuguese: [muniˈsipiu]) are terms used for country subdivisions. They are often translated as municipality.
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Country | Term | Detailed article | Administered by |
Angola | Município is used | Municipalities of Angola | |
Argentina | Municipio is used | Municipalities of Argentina | |
Bolivia | Municipio is used | Municipalities of Bolivia | |
Brazil | Município is used | Municipalities of Brazil | Município with elected Prefeito (mayor) and "Vereador (plural: Vereadores)" (councilors) |
Chile | Comuna is used | Communes of Chile | Municipalidad with elected alcalde (mayor) 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 (municipal council) and síndico (mayor) |
Ecuador | Municipalidad is used | Municipalities of Ecuador | |
Guatemala | Municipio is used | Municipalities of Guatemala | Municipalidad |
Honduras | Municipalidad is used | Municipalities of Honduras | Alcalde |
Italy | Municipalità is sometimes used as a subdivision of comune[1] (municipio is the comune hall, the main building housing the comune government). Municipio is also a station on the Naples Metro. | Municipalities of Italy | |
Mexico | Municipio is used | Municipalities of Mexico | Ayuntamiento headed by a municipal president |
Nicaragua | Municipio is used | Municipalities of Nicaragua | Alcalde |
Philippines | Municipalidad (Spanish), Munisipalidad, or Munisipyo (Tagalog and Cebuano) | Municipalities of Philippines | "alkalde" (informal expression for mayor) and councilors ("konsehal", a Spanish loanword in local languages) |
Paraguay | Municipalidad is used | Municipalities of Paraguay | |
Peru | Municipalidad is used | Municipalities of Peru | |
Portugal | Município is used (also called concelho) | Municipalities of Portugal | Câmara Municipal (executive) and Assembleia Municipal (legislative) |
Puerto Rico | Municipio is used | Municipalities of Puerto Rico | Alcalde and municipal legislature |
Spain | Municipio is used[2] | Municipalities of Spain | Ayuntamiento, headed by an alcalde or Presidente de la Corporación |
Uruguay | Municipio is used[3] | Municipalities of Uruguay | Alcaldía (municipal council), headed by an alcalde |
Venezuela | Municipio is used | Municipalities of Venezuela | Consejo Municipal (municipal council) with separately elected alcalde and independent comptroller |
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Notes[edit]
- ^ Municipalità 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
- ^ In Catalan/Valencian municipi (IPA: [muniˈsipi]), Galician municipio (IPA: [muniˈθipjo]) or bisbarra (IPA: [bizˈβara]) and Basque udalerria (IPA: [udaleria]).
- ^ "Creación de municipios en Uruguay a partir de 2010". data.com.uy. 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
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