Municipio

Municipio(Spanish:[muniˈθipjo/muniˈsipjo]) andmunicípio(Portuguese:[muniˈsipiu]) areadministrative divisionsin severalHispanophoneandLusophonenations, respectively. They are often translated as "municipality".In the English language, a municipality often is defined as relating to a single city or town;however, in Spanish, the term "municipio" may not mean a single city or town, but rather a jurisdiction housing several towns and cities, like atownship,county,boroughorcivil parish.The Italian term "municipalità" refers either to a single city or a group of cities and towns in a township, and "municipio" is used for city subdivisions, but Portuguese usage of the term is almost entirely restricted to a cluster of cities or towns like in a county, township and so forth. However, in Brazil, a Municipio is an independent city & a public corporation with status of Federated Entity.

Overview

Country	Term	Detailed article	Administered by	Comment
Angola	Municípiois used	Municipalities of Angola
Argentina	Municipiois used	Municipalities of Argentina		According to laws of the provinces
Bolivia	Municipiois used	Municipalities of Bolivia		Below the provinces
Brazil	Municípiois used	Municipalities of Brazil		Municípiowith elected(Prefeito)(mayor) andVereador(plural:Vereadores) (councilors).They are part of the federationDe factoetDe jure
Chile	Comunais used	Communes of Chile	Municipalidadwith electedalcalde(mayor) and councilors
Colombia	Municipiois used	Municipalities of Colombia		Below departments
Costa Rica	Municipalidadis used	Municipalities of Costa Rica		Coterminous with theCantones
Cuba	Municipiois used	Municipalities of Cuba
Dominican Republic	Municipiois used	Municipalities of the Dominican Republic	ayuntamiento(elected municipal council) andsíndico(mayor)
Ecuador	Cantónis used	Cantons of Ecuador	MunicipioorMunicipalidadwith electedalcalde(mayor) andconcejales(councilors)	Belowprovinces.Further subdivided into urban and ruralparishes.
El Salvador	Municipiois used	Municipalities of El Salvador	Alcalde	Below departments
Guatemala	Municipiois used	Municipalities of Guatemala	Municipalidad	Below departments
Honduras	Municipalidadis used	Municipalities of Honduras	Alcalde	Below departments
Italy	Comuneis used; in some parts of Italy themunicipiois the building housing the administration of the comune; elsewhere it is simply calledcomune.Amunicipalitàmay be a subdivision ofcomune	Municipalities of Italy	Consiglio comunale,headed by asindaco
Mexico	Municipiois used	Municipalities of Mexico	Ayuntamiento,headed by amunicipal president	Below states
Nicaragua	Municipiois used	Municipalities of Nicaragua	Alcalde	Below departments
Paraguay	Municipalidadis used	Municipalities of Paraguay
Peru	Municipalidadis used	Municipalities of Peru
Philippines	MunicipalidadandMunicípio(Spanish),Munisipalidad,orMunisipyo(TagalogandCebuano)	Municipalities of the Philippines	alkalde(informal expression for mayor) and councilors (konsehal,a Spanish loanwordalcaldeandconsejalin local languages)	Below provinces
Portugal	Municípiois used (also calledconcelho)	Municipalities of Portugal	Câmara Municipal(executive) andAssembleia Municipal(legislative)
Puerto Rico	Municipiois used	Municipalities of Puerto Rico	Alcaldeand municipallegislature
Spain	Municipiois used	Municipalities of Spain	Ayuntamiento(municipal corporation) orConcejo abierto,headed by analcalde
Uruguay	Municipiois used	Municipalities of Uruguay	Alcaldía(municipal council), headed by analcalde
Venezuela	Municipiois used	Municipalities of Venezuela	Consejo Municipal(municipal council) with separately electedalcaldeand independent comptroller	Below state

See also

• Municipalidad
• Commune (country subdivision)