Municipio

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

[edit] Overview

Country	Term	List of Municipios	Administrated by
Argentina	Municipalidad is used	Municipalities of Argentina
Bolivia	Municipio is used	Municipios of Bolivia
Chile	Comuna is used	List of communes in Chile	Municipalidad with elected alcalde 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 and mayor (Síndico)
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	Municipio is sometimes used in behalf of comune[1]	Municipalities of Italy
Mexico	Municipio is used, as sub-divisions of estados	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 is used	Municipalities of Puerto Rico	Alcalde (mayor) and municipal legislature
Philippines	Munisipyo or bayan is used in Tagalog	Municipalities of the Philippines
Spain	Municipio is used	List of municipalities of Spain	Ayuntamiento, headed by an Alcalde-Presidente de la Corporación
Venezuela	Municipio is used	Municipalities of Venezuela	Consejo Municipal with separately elected Alcalde (mayor) and independent comptroller

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Municipio 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