Municipio

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

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Country	Term	List of Municipios	Administrated by
Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina	Municipalidad is used	Municipalities of Argentina
Image:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia	Municipio is used	Municipios of Bolivia
Image:Flag of Chile.svg Chile	Comuna is used	List of communes in Chile	Municipalidad with elected mayor and councilors
Image:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia	Municipio is used	Municipalities of Colombia
Image:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica	Municipalidad is used	Municipalities of Costa Rica
Image:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic	Municipio is used	Municipalities of the Dominican Republic	Elected ayuntamiento and mayor (Síndico)
Image:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador	Municipalidad is used	Municipalities of Ecuador
Image:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala	Municipalidad is used	Municipalities of Guatemala
Image:Flag of Honduras.svg Honduras	Municipalidad is used	Municipalities of Honduras	Alcalde (elected mayor)
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	Municipio is sometimes used in behalf of comune[1]	Municipalities of Italy
Image:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico	Municipio is used, as sub-divisions of estados	Municipalities of Mexico	Ayuntamiento headed by a municipal president
Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay	Municipalidad is used	Municipalities of Paraguay
Image:Flag of Peru.svg Peru	Municipalidad is used	Municipalities of Peru
Image:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico	Municipio is used	Municipalities of Puerto Rico	Alcalde (mayor) and municipal legislature
Image:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines	Munisipyo or bayan is used in Tagalog	Municipalities of the Philippines
Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	Municipio is used	List of municipalities of Spain
Image:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela	Municipio is used	Municipalities of Venezuela

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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

v • d • e Spanish terms for country subdivisions
National  /  Federal	distrito federal  /  cantón · departamento · estado · provincia · comunidad autónoma · región
Regional  /  Metropolitan	comarca · comuna · municipalidad · municipio · merindad · corregimiento · anteiglesia  /  delegación · parroquia
Urban  /  Rural	barrio · colonia · fraccionamiento  /  comisaría · ranchería · parroquia · vereda
Historical subdivisions in italics

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