Municipio

Municipio (Spanish and Italian) and Município (Portuguese) are terms used for subnational entities. They are often translated as municipality.

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Country	note	more	administrated by
Argentina	municipalidad is used	Municipalities of Argentina
Chile	comuna is used	Municipalities of Chile	municipalidad
Colombia	Municipio (Colombia)	Municipalities of Colombia
Costa Rica	municipalidad is used	Municipalities of Costa Rica
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	more commonly called comune, but also administrative Sub-division of a large city (as Rome)
Mexico	Municipio (Mexico) - Sub-divisions of estados. Not to be confused with Delegación - Sub-divisions of the distrito federal (federal district).	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 (Puerto Rico)	Municipalities of Puerto Rico	Alcalde (mayor) and Municipal Legislature
Philippines	munisipyo or bayan is used in Tagalog	Municipalities of the Philippines
Spain	Municipio (Spain)	Municipalities in Spain
Venezuela	Municipio (Venezuela)	Municipalities of Venezuela