) are terms used for subnational entities. They are often translated as
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List of Municipios |
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Municipalidad is used |
Municipalities of Argentina A municipality is one form of a subnational entity of Argentina. It is below the department level....
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Municipio is used |
Municipios of Bolivia |
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Comuna is used |
List of communes in Chile |
Municipalidad with elected alcaldeAlcalde , 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 used |
Municipalities of Colombia The Municipalities of Colombia are decentralized subdivisions of the Republic of Colombia. Municipalities made 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 CantonesA canton is 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....
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Municipio is used |
Municipalities of Cuba The provinces of Cuba are divided into 169 municipalities or municipios. The 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 RepublicThe 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...
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Elected ayuntamiento Ayuntamiento 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 the council...
and mayor (SíndicoSyndic , 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...
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Municipalidad is used |
Municipalities of Ecuador |
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Municipalidad is used |
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*San Cristóbal Verapaz...
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Municipalidad is used |
Municipalities of HondurasThe 18 departments of Honduras are divided into 298 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...
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AlcaldeAlcalde , 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 In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.- Importance and function :...
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Municipalities of Italy |
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Municipio is used, as sub-divisions of estados |
Municipalities of MexicoMunicipalities are the second-level administrative division in Mexico . There are 2,438 municipalities in Mexico...
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Ayuntamiento Ayuntamiento 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 the council...
headed by a municipal presidentA presidente municipal is the chief of government of municipios in Mexico. The position is comparable to the mayor of a city in the United States although the jurisdiction of a presidente municipal includes not only a city but the municipality surrounding it...
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Municipalidad is used |
Municipalities of Paraguay |
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Municipalidad is used |
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 There are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the United States Government, but Puerto Rico has 78 municipalities or "municipios" at the second order. For U.S. Census purposes, a municipality in Puerto Rico is equivalent to a county. They are conveniently grouped into eight...
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AlcaldeAlcalde , 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 municipal legislatureA legislature is a type of deliberative assembly with the power to pass, amend and repeal laws. The law created by a legislature is called legislation or statutory law...
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Municipio is used |
List of municipalities of Spain |
Ayuntamiento, headed by an Alcalde-Presidente de la Corporación |
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Municipio is used |
Municipalities of VenezuelaMunicipalities of Venezuela are divisions of the states.-Amazonas:#Alto Orinoco #Atabapo #Atures #Autana #Manapiare #Maroa...
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Consejo Municipal with separately elected Alcalde (mayor) and independent comptroller |