Municipio
Municipio (Spanish: [muniˈθipjo], Italian: [muniˈtʃipjo]) and município (Portuguese: [muniˈsipiu]) are country subdivisions in several Hispanophone and Lusophone nations, respectively. They are often translated as "municipality".
Overview
| 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 | ayuntamiento (elected municipal council) and síndico (mayor) |
 Ecuador |
Municipalidad is used | Municipalities of Ecuador | |
 El Salvador |
Municipio is used | Municipalities of El Salvador | Alcalde |
 Guatemala |
Municipio is used | Municipalities of Guatemala | Municipalidad |
 Honduras |
Municipalidad is used | Municipalities of Honduras | Alcalde |
 Italy |
Municipalità (municipio is the comune hall, the building housing the government.) Municipio is also a station on the Naples Metro. |
Municipalities of Italy | Sometimes a subdivision of comune[1] |
 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 |
See also
- Municipalidad
- Commune (country subdivision)
Notes
- ↑ 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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