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</li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Municipalities_by_country" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Municipalities_by_country"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Municipalities by country</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Municipalities_by_country-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label 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href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemeinde" title="Gemeinde – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Gemeinde" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9" title="بلدية – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="بلدية" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipio" title="Municipio – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Municipio" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipiu" title="Municipiu – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Municipiu" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C9%99l%C9%99diyy%C9%99" title="Bələdiyyə – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Bələdiyyə" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%87" title="بلدیه – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="بلدیه" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8C%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE" title="পৌরসভা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="পৌরসভা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ki-ch%C3%A2n_ch%C3%A8ng-ko%C3%A2n" title="Ki-chân chèng-koân – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Ki-chân chèng-koân" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%82" title="Муниципалитет – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Муниципалитет" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%83%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%86%D1%8B%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%82%D1%8D%D1%82" title="Муніцыпалітэт – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Муніцыпалітэт" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE" title="नगरपालिका – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="नगरपालिका" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmoa" title="Gmoa – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Gmoa" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C4%87ina" title="Općina – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Općina" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipi" title="Municipi – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Municipi" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obec" title="Obec – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Obec" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kommune" title="Kommune – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Kommune" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemeinde" title="Gemeinde – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Gemeinde" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmejna" title="Gmejna – Lower Sorbian" lang="dsb" hreflang="dsb" data-title="Gmejna" data-language-autonym="Dolnoserbski" data-language-local-name="Lower Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dolnoserbski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omavalitsus%C3%BCksus" title="Omavalitsusüksus – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Omavalitsusüksus" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%94%CE%AE%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%82" title="Δήμος – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Δήμος" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipio" title="Municipio – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Municipio" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipo" title="Municipo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Municipo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ext mw-list-item"><a href="https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monic%C3%ADpiu" title="Monicípiu – Extremaduran" lang="ext" hreflang="ext" data-title="Monicípiu" data-language-autonym="Estremeñu" data-language-local-name="Extremaduran" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Estremeñu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udalerri" title="Udalerri – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Udalerri" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="شهرداری – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شهرداری" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipalit%C3%A9" title="Municipalité – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Municipalité" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemeente_(bestjoer)" title="Gemeente (bestjoer) – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Gemeente (bestjoer)" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipio" title="Municipio – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Municipio" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%AE-chh%C3%A8n_ch%E1%B9%B3n-khi%C3%A8n" title="Kî-chhèn chṳn-khièn – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Kî-chhèn chṳn-khièn" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A7%80%EB%B0%A9%EC%9E%90%EC%B9%98%EC%B2%B4" title="지방자치체 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="지방자치체" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-haw mw-list-item"><a href="https://haw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aupuni_kiwik%C4%81" title="Aupuni kiwikā – Hawaiian" lang="haw" hreflang="haw" data-title="Aupuni kiwikā" data-language-autonym="Hawaiʻi" data-language-local-name="Hawaiian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hawaiʻi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE" title="नगरपालिका – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="नगरपालिका" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmejna" title="Gmejna – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Gmejna" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C4%87ina" title="Općina – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Općina" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munisipalitas" title="Munisipalitas – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Munisipalitas" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zu mw-list-item"><a href="https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMkhandlusidlidli" title="UMkhandlusidlidli – Zulu" lang="zu" hreflang="zu" data-title="UMkhandlusidlidli" data-language-autonym="IsiZulu" data-language-local-name="Zulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiZulu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveitarf%C3%A9lag" title="Sveitarfélag – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Sveitarfélag" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comune" title="Comune – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Comune" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%99%D7%94" title="עירייה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="עירייה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geminte" title="Geminte – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Geminte" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%9E%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="მუნიციპალიტეტი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მუნიციპალიტეტი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%82" title="Муниципалитет – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Муниципалитет" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manispaa" title="Manispaa – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Manispaa" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Earedar%C3%AE" title="Şaredarî – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Şaredarî" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%82" title="Муниципалитет – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Муниципалитет" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemun" title="Chemun – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Chemun" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipium" title="Municipium – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Municipium" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pa%C5%A1vald%C4%ABba" title="Pašvaldība – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Pašvaldība" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemeng" title="Gemeng – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Gemeng" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savivaldyb%C4%97" title="Savivaldybė – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Savivaldybė" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comun" title="Comun – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Comun" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemeint" title="Gemeint – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Gemeint" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6zs%C3%A9g" title="Község – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Község" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE" title="नगरपालिका – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="नगरपालिका" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%AD" title="നഗരസഭ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="നഗരസഭ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE" title="नगरपालिका – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="नगरपालिका" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%87" title="بلديه – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="بلديه" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasan_perbandaran" title="Kawasan perbandaran – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Kawasan perbandaran" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemeente_(bestuur)" title="Gemeente (bestuur) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Gemeente (bestuur)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemiente_(bestuur)" title="Gemiente (bestuur) – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="Gemiente (bestuur)" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE" title="नगरपालिका – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="नगरपालिका" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9F%BA%E7%A4%8E%E8%87%AA%E6%B2%BB%E4%BD%93" title="基礎自治体 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="基礎自治体" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kommune" title="Kommune – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Kommune" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kommune" title="Kommune – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Kommune" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipi" title="Municipi – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Municipi" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munitsipalitet" title="Munitsipalitet – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Munitsipalitet" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%B0_%E0%A8%AA%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%BE" title="ਨਗਰ ਪਾਲਿਕਾ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਨਗਰ ਪਾਲਿਕਾ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%BE%D9%84%D9%B9%DB%8C" title="میونسپلٹی – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="میونسپلٹی" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pap mw-list-item"><a href="https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munisipio" title="Munisipio – Papiamento" lang="pap" hreflang="pap" data-title="Munisipio" data-language-autonym="Papiamentu" data-language-local-name="Papiamento" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Papiamentu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%9A%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A" title="ښاروالي – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="ښاروالي" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemeen" title="Gemeen – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Gemeen" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmina" title="Gmina – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Gmina" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munic%C3%ADpio" title="Município – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Município" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipiu" title="Municipiu – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Municipiu" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munisipyu" title="Munisipyu – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Munisipyu" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%82" title="Муниципалитет – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Муниципалитет" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipality" title="Municipality – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Municipality" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-stq mw-list-item"><a href="https://stq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meente" title="Meente – Saterland Frisian" lang="stq" hreflang="stq" data-title="Meente" data-language-autonym="Seeltersk" data-language-local-name="Saterland Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seeltersk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashkia" title="Bashkia – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Bashkia" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipality" title="Municipality – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Municipality" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AA" title="بلديت – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="بلديت" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obec_(spr%C3%A1vna_jednotka)" title="Obec (správna jednotka) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Obec (správna jednotka)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ob%C4%8Dina" title="Občina – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Občina" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowlad_Hoose" title="Dowlad Hoose – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Dowlad Hoose" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%95%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C" title="شارەوانی – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="شارەوانی" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BF%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Општина – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Општина" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munisipalitas" title="Munisipalitas – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Munisipalitas" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunta" title="Kunta – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Kunta" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kommun" title="Kommun – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Kommun" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munisipalidad" title="Munisipalidad – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Munisipalidad" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF" title="நகராட்சி – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="நகராட்சி" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%82" title="Муниципалитет – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Муниципалитет" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tet mw-list-item"><a href="https://tet.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konsellu" title="Konsellu – Tetum" lang="tet" hreflang="tet" data-title="Konsellu" data-language-autonym="Tetun" data-language-local-name="Tetum" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tetun</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A8%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A5" title="เทศบาล – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="เทศบาล" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belediye" title="Belediye – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Belediye" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tw mw-list-item"><a href="https://tw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munisipal" title="Munisipal – Twi" lang="tw" hreflang="tw" data-title="Munisipal" data-language-autonym="Twi" data-language-local-name="Twi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Twi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%83%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%82" title="Муніципалітет – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" 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class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Ponce_City_Hall.JPG/220px-Ponce_City_Hall.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Ponce_City_Hall.JPG/330px-Ponce_City_Hall.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Ponce_City_Hall.JPG/440px-Ponce_City_Hall.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="1728" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Ponce_City_Hall" title="Ponce City Hall">Ponce City Hall</a>, in the city of <a href="/wiki/Ponce,_Puerto_Rico" title="Ponce, Puerto Rico">Ponce, Puerto Rico</a>, is the seat of the government for both the city and the surrounding <i><a href="/wiki/Barrios_of_Puerto_Rico" title="Barrios of Puerto Rico">barrios</a></i> making up the municipality.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_all_City_Municipalities_in_Slovenia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Map_of_all_City_Municipalities_in_Slovenia.svg/220px-Map_of_all_City_Municipalities_in_Slovenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Map_of_all_City_Municipalities_in_Slovenia.svg/330px-Map_of_all_City_Municipalities_in_Slovenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Map_of_all_City_Municipalities_in_Slovenia.svg/440px-Map_of_all_City_Municipalities_in_Slovenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2613" data-file-height="1705" /></a><figcaption>Map of all <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Slovenia" title="Municipalities of Slovenia">city municipalities in Slovenia</a></figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>municipality</b> is usually a single <a href="/wiki/Administrative_division" title="Administrative division">administrative division</a> having <a href="/wiki/Municipal_corporation" title="Municipal corporation">corporate</a> status and powers of <a href="/wiki/Self-government" class="mw-redirect" title="Self-government">self-government</a> or <a href="/wiki/Jurisdiction" title="Jurisdiction">jurisdiction</a> as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. </p><p>The term <i>municipality</i> may also mean the governing body of a given municipality.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a <a href="/wiki/Special_district_(United_States)" title="Special district (United States)">special-purpose district</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> word is derived from <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a> <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">municipalité</i></span>, which in turn derives from the <a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a> <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">municipalis</i></span>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> based on the word for <a href="/wiki/Social_contract" title="Social contract">social contract</a> (<span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Municipium" title="Municipium">municipium</a></i></span>), referring originally to the Latin communities that supplied Rome with troops in exchange for their own incorporation into the Roman state (granting <a href="/wiki/Roman_citizenship" title="Roman citizenship">Roman citizenship</a> to the inhabitants) while permitting the communities to retain their own local governments (a limited autonomy). </p><p>A municipality can be any political <a href="/wiki/Jurisdiction_(area)" title="Jurisdiction (area)">jurisdiction</a>, from a sovereign state such as the <a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Monaco" class="mw-redirect" title="Principality of Monaco">Principality of Monaco</a>, to a small village such as <a href="/wiki/West_Hampton_Dunes,_New_York" title="West Hampton Dunes, New York">West Hampton Dunes, New York</a>. </p><p>The territory over which a municipality has jurisdiction may encompass: </p> <ul><li>only one <a href="/wiki/Populated_place" class="mw-redirect" title="Populated place">populated place</a> such as a city, <a href="/wiki/Town" title="Town">town</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Village" title="Village">village</a></li> <li>several such places (e.g., early jurisdictions in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> (1798–1899) as <a href="/wiki/Township_(New_Jersey)" title="Township (New Jersey)">townships</a> governing several villages, <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Mexico" title="Municipalities of Mexico">municipalities of Mexico</a>, <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Colombia" title="Municipalities of Colombia">municipalities of Colombia</a>)</li> <li>only parts of such places, sometimes <a href="/wiki/Boroughs" class="mw-redirect" title="Boroughs">boroughs</a> of a <a href="/wiki/City" title="City">city</a>, such as the 34 municipalities of <a href="/wiki/Santiago" title="Santiago">Santiago</a>, Chile.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_powers">Political powers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Political powers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Powers of municipalities range from virtual autonomy to complete subordination to the <a href="/wiki/State_(polity)" title="State (polity)">state</a>. Municipalities may have the right to tax individuals and corporations with <a href="/wiki/Income_tax" title="Income tax">income tax</a>, <a href="/wiki/Property_tax" title="Property tax">property tax</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Corporate_income_tax" class="mw-redirect" title="Corporate income tax">corporate income tax</a>, but may also receive substantial funding from the state. In some <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">European</a> countries, such as Germany, municipalities have the constitutional right to <a href="/wiki/Public_service" title="Public service">supply public services</a> through municipally-owned <a href="/wiki/Public_utility" title="Public utility">public utility companies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Terms_in_various_countries">Terms in various countries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Terms in various countries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:5_Boroughs_Labels_New_York_City_Map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A map with five insular regions of different colors." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/5_Boroughs_Labels_New_York_City_Map.svg/240px-5_Boroughs_Labels_New_York_City_Map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="237" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/5_Boroughs_Labels_New_York_City_Map.svg/360px-5_Boroughs_Labels_New_York_City_Map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/5_Boroughs_Labels_New_York_City_Map.svg/480px-5_Boroughs_Labels_New_York_City_Map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1978" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> as well as its composite five <a href="/wiki/Boroughs_of_New_York_City" title="Boroughs of New York City">boroughs</a> are all municipalities. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#4DAF4A; color:black;"> </span> 1. Manhattan</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFFF33; color:black;"> </span> 2. Brooklyn</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF7F00; color:black;"> </span> 3. Queens</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#E41A1C; color:white;"> </span> 4. The Bronx</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#984EA3; color:white;"> </span> 5. Staten Island</div></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Suomen_kaupungit_2020.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Suomen_kaupungit_2020.svg/170px-Suomen_kaupungit_2020.svg.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="287" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Suomen_kaupungit_2020.svg/255px-Suomen_kaupungit_2020.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Suomen_kaupungit_2020.svg/340px-Suomen_kaupungit_2020.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1750" data-file-height="2950" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/City" title="City">City</a> or <a href="/wiki/Town" title="Town">town</a> municipalities (red-colored) with other non-town municipalities in <a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a> (2020)</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Municipality">Municipality</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Municipality"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Terms cognate with "municipality", mostly referring to territory or political structure,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (July 2019)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> are Spanish <i><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es"><a href="/wiki/Municipio" title="Municipio">municipio</a></i></span></i> (Spain) and <i><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es"><a href="/wiki/Municipalidad" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipalidad">municipalidad</a></i></span></i> (Chile), Catalan <i><i lang="ca"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/municipi#Catalan" class="extiw" title="wikt:municipi">municipi</a></i></i>, Portuguese <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">município</i></span>. </p> <ul><li>In <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>, a <i><a href="/wiki/Munic%C3%ADpio" class="mw-redirect" title="Município">município</a></i> is the local government, recognized by the Brazilian Federal Constitution and established through state constitutions. It is the smallest territorial division holding executive and legislative powers. Since the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Brazil" title="Constitution of Brazil">Constitution of 1988</a>, all <i>municípios</i> are members of the federation. Colloquially, the local population uses the terms <i>municipality</i> and <i>city</i> interchangeably, although the constitution defines "city" as the seat of the municipality.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commune">Commune</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Commune"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In many countries, terms cognate with "commune" are used, referring to the community living in the area and the common interest. These include terms: </p> <ul><li>in Romance languages, such as French <i><i lang="fr"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/commune#French" class="extiw" title="wikt:commune">commune</a></i></i> (<a href="/wiki/Communes_of_France" title="Communes of France">France</a>, French-speaking areas of Belgium and Switzerland, French-speaking countries of Africa, e.g. <a href="/wiki/Communes_of_Benin" title="Communes of Benin">Benin</a>), Italian <i><i lang="it"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/comune#Italian" class="extiw" title="wikt:comune">comune</a></i></i> (<a href="/wiki/Comune" title="Comune">Italy</a>), Portuguese <i><i lang="pt"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/comuna#Portuguese" class="extiw" title="wikt:comuna">comuna</a></i></i> (<a href="/wiki/Communes_of_Angola" title="Communes of Angola">Angola</a>), Romanian <i><i lang="ro"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/comun%C4%83#Romanian" class="extiw" title="wikt:comună">comună</a></i></i> (<a href="/wiki/Communes_of_Romania" title="Communes of Romania">Romania</a>), and Spanish <i><i lang="es"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/comuna#Spanish" class="extiw" title="wikt:comuna">comuna</a></i></i> (<a href="/wiki/Communes_of_Chile" title="Communes of Chile">Chile</a>);</li> <li>in Germanic languages such as German <i><i lang="de"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Kommune#German" class="extiw" title="wikt:Kommune">Kommune</a></i></i> (in political parlance), Swedish <i><i lang="sv"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kommun#Swedish" class="extiw" title="wikt:kommun">kommun</a></i></i> (<a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Sweden" title="Municipalities of Sweden">Sweden</a>), Faroese <i><i lang="fo"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kommuna#Faroese" class="extiw" title="wikt:kommuna">kommuna</a></i></i> (<a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_the_Faroe_Islands" title="Municipalities of the Faroe Islands">Faroe Islands</a>), Norwegian, Danish <i><span title="Danish-language text"><i lang="da"><span title="Norwegian-language text"><i lang="no"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kommune" class="extiw" title="wikt:kommune">kommune</a></i></span></i></span></i> (<a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Norway" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipalities of Norway">Norway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Denmark" title="Municipalities of Denmark">Denmark</a>);</li> <li>the more remote cognates <i><i lang="nl"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gemeente#Dutch" class="extiw" title="wikt:gemeente">gemeente</a></i></i> in Dutch (<a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_the_Netherlands" title="Municipalities of the Netherlands">Netherlands</a>, Dutch-speaking areas of Belgium), <i><i lang="lb"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gemeng#Luxembourgish" class="extiw" title="wikt:Gemeng">Gemeng</a></i></i> in Luxembourgish (<a href="/wiki/Communes_of_Luxembourg" title="Communes of Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a>) and <i><i lang="de"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gemeinde#German" class="extiw" title="wikt:Gemeinde">Gemeinde</a></i></i> in German (the official term; <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Germany" title="Municipalities of Germany">Germany</a>);</li> <li>Finnish <i><span title="Finnish-language text"><i lang="fi"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kunta" class="extiw" title="wikt:kunta">kunta</a></i></span></i> (<a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Finland" title="Municipalities of Finland">Finland</a>).</li> <li>Ukrainian <i><span title="Ukrainian-language text"><i lang="uk"><a href="/wiki/Hromada" title="Hromada">hromada</a></i></span></i>.</li> <li>and Polish <i><span title="Polish-language text"><i lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/Gmina" title="Gmina">gmina</a></i></span></i>.</li></ul> <p>The same terms "Gemeente" (Dutch) or "Gemeinde" (German) may be used for church congregations or parishes, for example, in the German and Dutch Protestant churches. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_terms">Other terms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Other terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Greece, the word <span title="Greek-language text"><span lang="el" style="font-style: normal;">Δήμος</span></span> (<span title="Greek-language text"><i lang="el-Latn">demos</i></span>) is used, also meaning 'community'; the word is known in English from the compound <i>democracy</i> (rule of the people). </p><p>In some countries, the Spanish term <i><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es"><a href="/wiki/Ayuntamiento" title="Ayuntamiento">ayuntamiento</a></i></span></i>, referring to a municipality's administration building, is extended via <a href="/wiki/Synecdoche" title="Synecdoche">synecdoche</a> to denote the municipality itself.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Communes_of_Moldova" title="Communes of Moldova">Moldova</a> and <a href="/wiki/Communes_of_Romania" title="Communes of Romania">Romania</a>, both <i>municipalities</i> (<i><a href="/wiki/Municipiu" title="Municipiu">municipiu</a></i>; urban administrative units) and <i>communes</i> (<span title="Romanian-language text"><i lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/Comun%C4%83" class="mw-redirect" title="Comună">comună</a></i></span>; rural units) exist, and a commune may be part of a municipality.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In many countries, comparable entities may exist with various names. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="English-speaking">English-speaking</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: English-speaking"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, the term <a href="/wiki/Local_government_area" title="Local government area">local government area</a> (LGA) is used in place of the generic municipality. Here, the "LGA Structure covers only incorporated areas of Australia. Incorporated areas are legally designated parts of states and territories over which incorporated local governing bodies have responsibility."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, municipalities are local governments established through provincial and territorial legislation, usually within general municipal statutes.<sup id="cite_ref-CDNEncyclo_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CDNEncyclo-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-StatCan_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StatCan-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Types of <a href="/wiki/Lists_of_municipalities_in_Canada" title="Lists of municipalities in Canada">municipalities within Canada</a> include <a href="/wiki/City" title="City">cities</a>, <a href="/wiki/District_municipality" title="District municipality">district municipalities</a>, <a href="/wiki/Municipal_district" title="Municipal district">municipal districts</a>, municipalities, <a href="/wiki/Parish_(administrative_division)" title="Parish (administrative division)">parishes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rural_municipality" title="Rural municipality">rural municipalities</a>, <a href="/wiki/Town" title="Town">towns</a>, <a href="/wiki/Township" title="Township">townships</a>, <a href="/wiki/Village" title="Village">villages</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ville" title="Ville">villes</a> among others.<sup id="cite_ref-StatCan_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StatCan-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The province of <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a> has different tiers of municipalities, including lower, upper, and single tiers.<sup id="cite_ref-OntarioMAH_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OntarioMAH-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Types of upper tier municipalities in Ontario include counties and regional municipalities.<sup id="cite_ref-OntarioMAH_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OntarioMAH-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a> also has regional municipalities, which include cities, counties, districts, or towns as municipal units.<sup id="cite_ref-NSMGA_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NSMGA-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, a municipality (also known as <i><a href="/wiki/Municipal_council_(India)" title="Municipal council (India)">municipal council</a></i>) is an urban local body that administers a city of population 100,000 or more (the criteria varies from state to state). However, there are exceptions to that, as previously municipalities were constituted in urban centers with population over 20,000, so all the urban bodies which were previously classified as municipality were reclassified as municipality even if their population was under 100,000. it interacts directly with the state government, though it is administratively part of the <a href="/wiki/District#India" title="District">district</a> it is located in. Generally, smaller district cities and bigger towns have a municipality. Municipalities are also a form of local self-government entrusted with some duties and responsibilities, as enshrined in the <a href="/wiki/Seventy-fourth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_India" title="Seventy-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of India">Constitutional (74th Amendment) Act,1992</a>.</li> <li>In the <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Local government in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, the term was used until the <a href="/wiki/1972_Local_Government_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="1972 Local Government Act">Local Government Act 1972</a> came into effect in 1974 in <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a>, and until 1975 in <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> and 1976 in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>, "both for a city or town which is organized for self-government under a municipal corporation, and also for the governing body itself. Such a corporation in Great Britain consists of a head as a mayor or provost, and of superior members, as aldermen and councillors".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since local government reorganisation, the unit in England, Northern Ireland and Wales is known as a <i><a href="/wiki/District" title="District">district</a></i>, and in Scotland as a <i><a href="/wiki/Council_area" title="Council area">council area</a></i>. A <i>district</i> may be awarded <i><a href="/wiki/Borough" title="Borough">borough</a></i> or <i>city</i> status, or can retain its <i>district</i> title.</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Jersey" title="Jersey">Jersey</a>, a municipality refers to the honorary officials elected to run each of the 12 <a href="/wiki/Parishes_of_Jersey" title="Parishes of Jersey">parishes</a> into which it is subdivided. This is the highest level of regional government in this jurisdiction.</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</a>, "municipality" is usually understood as a city, town, or other local government unit, formed by municipal charter from the state as a municipal corporation. A town may be awarded borough status and, later on, may be upgraded to city status. <a href="/wiki/Chaguanas" title="Chaguanas">Chaguanas</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Fernando,_Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago">San Fernando</a>, <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Spain" title="Port of Spain">Port of Spain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arima" title="Arima">Arima</a> and <a href="/wiki/Point_Fortin" title="Point Fortin">Point Fortin</a> are the 5 current municipalities in Trinidad and Tobago.</li> <li>In the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, "municipality" is usually understood as a city, town, village, or other local government unit, formed by municipal charter from the state as a municipal corporation.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a state law context, some U.S. state codes define "municipality" more widely, from the state itself to any political subdivisions given jurisdiction over an area that may include multiple populated places and unpopulated places<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (see also: <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_the_United_States#Municipal_governments" title="Local government in the United States">Local government in the United States#Municipal governments</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chinese-speaking">Chinese-speaking</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Chinese-speaking"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In the <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">People's Republic of China</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_China" title="Administrative divisions of China">direct-administered municipality</a> (直辖市 in <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" class="mw-redirect" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: zhíxiáshì) is a municipality with equal status to a <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_China" title="Provinces of China">province</a>: <a href="/wiki/Beijing" title="Beijing">Beijing Municipality</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chongqing" title="Chongqing">Chongqing Municipality</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shanghai" title="Shanghai">Shanghai Municipality</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tianjin" title="Tianjin">Tianjin Municipality</a> (see also: <a href="/wiki/Direct-administered_municipalities_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Direct-administered municipalities of China">Direct-administered municipalities of China</a>).</li> <li>In the <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Republic of China (Taiwan)</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Taiwan" title="Administrative divisions of Taiwan">special municipality</a> (直轄市 in <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" class="mw-redirect" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: zhíxiáshì) is a municipality with equal status to a province: <a href="/wiki/Kaohsiung" title="Kaohsiung">Kaohsiung</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Taipei_City" title="New Taipei City">New Taipei</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taichung" title="Taichung">Taichung</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tainan" title="Tainan">Tainan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taipei" title="Taipei">Taipei</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Taoyuan,_Taiwan" title="Taoyuan, Taiwan">Taoyuan</a> (see also: <a href="/wiki/Special_municipality_(Taiwan)" title="Special municipality (Taiwan)">Special municipality (Taiwan)</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Municipalities_by_country">Municipalities by country</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality&action=edit&section=8" 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</td> <td>A municipality usually is divided in the urban part, the city (<i>cidade</i>), and the rural part. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_of_Brazil" class="mw-redirect" title="List of municipalities of Brazil">List of municipalities of Brazil</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia">Croatia</a> </td> <td><span title="Croatian-language text"><i lang="hr"><a href="/wiki/Op%C4%87ina" class="mw-redirect" title="Općina">Općina</a></i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fu%C5%BEine,_Croatia" title="Fužine, Croatia">Fužine,_Croatia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bosiljevo" title="Bosiljevo">Bosiljevo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Klana" title="Klana">Klana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kr%C5%A1an" title="Kršan">Kršan</a> </td> <td>Županija (county in english) </td> <td>428 </td> <td>A municipality usually has center village of same name. Exception: Vinodolska općina - center village: Bribir. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Croatia" title="Municipalities of Croatia">Municipalities_of_Croatia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a> </td> <td><i>Deme</i> / <i>Δήμος</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_Athens" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipality of Athens">Athens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thessaloniki_(municipality)" title="Thessaloniki (municipality)">Thessaloniki</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>332 </td> <td>A municipality usually is divided in Municipal Units and them into Communities. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_of_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="List of municipalities of Greece">List of municipalities of Greece</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a> </td> <td><i>bardas, contae</i> or <i>comhairle</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dublin_Corporation" title="Dublin Corporation">Baile Átha Cliath</a> </td> <td>a province (<a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Ireland" title="Provinces of Ireland"><i>cúige</i></a>) or a county (<a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Ireland" title="Counties of Ireland"><i>contae</i></a>) </td> <td>31 </td> <td>A municipality usually has authority of the whole county. In some cases however, authority is reduced to a subdivision of the county for highly populated regions, especially in Dublin (Baile Átha Cliath) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Local government in the Republic of Ireland">Local governments in the Republic of Ireland</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Municipio" title="Municipio">municipio</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rignano_Flaminio" title="Rignano Flaminio">Rignano Flaminio</a> </td> <td>a <i><a href="/wiki/Comune" title="Comune">comune</a></i> which is part of a province (<i><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Italy" title="Provinces of Italy">provincia</a></i>) which is part of a region (<i><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Italy" title="Regions of Italy">regione</a></i>). </td> <td>9 for Milan, 15 for Rome </td> <td>Solely used for subdivisions of larger <i>comuni</i>, especially in Rome; <i>municipio</i> indicates the city hall; in some case, they are joined in mountain communities (<i>comunità montane</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Municipi_of_Rome" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipi of Rome">Municipi of Rome</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_of_Italy" title="List of municipalities of Italy">List of municipalities of Italy</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Municipal_council_(India)" title="Municipal council (India)">municipality</a> (<i>nagar palika, or nagar parishad in Hindi)</i> </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_Municipality" title="Darjeeling Municipality">Darjeeling Municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_Bazar_Municipality" title="English Bazar Municipality">English Bazar Municipality</a></li></ul> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>It is an administrative unit that governs a specific urban area, such as a town or city. Municipalities are established under state legislation and operate under the framework of the relevant state municipal acts. Municipalities have their own elected bodies, which typically include a mayor or chairperson and councilors representing different wards or constituencies within the urban area. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Municipal_governance_in_India" title="Municipal governance in India">Municipal governance in India</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_the_Netherlands" title="Municipalities of the Netherlands">municipality</a> (<i>gemeente)</i> </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Amsterdam" title="Government of Amsterdam">Government of Amsterdam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Rotterdam" title="Government of Rotterdam">Government of Rotterdam</a></li></ul> </td> <td>a <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_the_Netherlands" title="Provinces of the Netherlands">province</a> or special <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Netherlands" title="Caribbean Netherlands">municipality</a> which doesn't fall under any province but directly under the central government. </td> <td>345 </td> <td>It is the lowest administrative unit of the country that governs a specific area, such as a town or city. Municipalities fall under the Dutch Municipalities Act. It is governed by a directly elected municipal council, a municipal executive and a mayor. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Municipal_council_(Netherlands)" title="Municipal council (Netherlands)">Municipal council (Netherlands)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_the_Philippines" title="Municipalities of the Philippines">bayan</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Municipio" title="Municipio">munisipyo</a></i> or <i><a href="/wiki/Municipalidad" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipalidad">munisipalidad</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janiuay" title="Janiuay">Janiuay</a> </td> <td>a <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_the_Philippines" title="Provinces of the Philippines">province</a> (<i>lalawigan</i> or <i>probinsya</i>, except for <a href="/wiki/Pateros" title="Pateros">Pateros</a>) </td> <td>1,488<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>A municipality is the official name for a <a href="/wiki/Town" title="Town">town</a> and is divided into <a href="/wiki/Barangay" title="Barangay">barangays</a>. Municipalities with a larger population and income may become a <a href="/wiki/Cities_of_the_Philippines" title="Cities of the Philippines">city</a> through a <a href="/wiki/Municipal_charter" title="Municipal charter">city charter</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_the_Philippines" title="Municipalities of the Philippines">Municipalities of the Philippines</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a> </td> <td><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munic%C3%ADpio" class="extiw" title="pt:Município"><i>município</i></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lisbon" title="Lisbon">Lisbon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sintra" title="Sintra">Sintra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vila_Nova_de_Gaia" title="Vila Nova de Gaia">Vila Nova de Gaia</a> </td> <td>18 districts and 2 autonomous regions (<a href="/wiki/Azores" title="Azores">Azores</a> and <a href="/wiki/Madeira" title="Madeira">Madeira</a>) </td> <td>308 </td> <td>Usually a municipality is named after its largest or historically most important town or city. Municipalities are typically much larger than the city or town after which they are named. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_of_Portugal" title="List of municipalities of Portugal">List of municipalities of Portugal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Municipio" title="Municipio">municipio</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arecibo,_Puerto_Rico" title="Arecibo, Puerto Rico">Arecibo</a> </td> <td>none </td> <td>78 </td> <td>municipality consists of an urban area (termed a city or town) plus all of its surrounding <i><a href="/wiki/Barrio" title="Barrio">barrios</a></i> comprising the municipality. It has a popularly elected administration and a municipal mayor. The seat of the municipal government is located in such urban area and serves the entire municipal jurisdiction.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Puerto_Rico" title="Municipalities of Puerto Rico">Municipalities of Puerto Rico</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a> </td> <td><i>kommun</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stockholm_Municipality" title="Stockholm Municipality">Stockholm Municipality</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gothenburg_Municipality" title="Gothenburg Municipality">Gothenburg Municipality</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malm%C3%B6_Municipality" title="Malmö Municipality">Malmö Municipality</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ale_Municipality" title="Ale Municipality">Ale Municipality</a> </td> <td>a <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Sweden" title="Regions of Sweden">region</a> (<i>region</i>), the 21 self-governing areas consisting of one or more municipalities)<br /><br />a <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Sweden" title="Counties of Sweden">county</a> (<i>län</i>), subdivision of the national state into 21 areas administered by <a href="/wiki/County_administrative_boards_of_Sweden" title="County administrative boards of Sweden">County administrative boards</a>.<br /><br />Regions and counties often follow the same geographical borders. </td> <td>290 </td> <td>According to the <a href="/wiki/Basic_Laws_of_Sweden" title="Basic Laws of Sweden">Instrument of Government</a>, Swedish democracy is realised through a parliamentary form of government and through local selfgovernment. Municipalities are independent of the regions and counties in which they are located.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><br />Before 1971, municipalities were incorporated as either cities (<i><a href="/wiki/Stad_(Sweden)" title="Stad (Sweden)">stad</a></i>), market towns (<i><a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ping" title="Köping">köping</a></i>) or rural municipalities (<i><a href="/wiki/Socken" title="Socken">landskommun</a></i>). The city-label is still used for marketing purposes, but lacks legal status and cannot be used in formal governing documents. <br /><br />For <a href="/wiki/Resident_registration" title="Resident registration">resident</a> and <a href="/wiki/Land_registration" title="Land registration">land registration</a> purposes, Sweden is also divided in 2 523 <a href="/wiki/Registration_districts_in_Sweden" title="Registration districts in Sweden">districts</a> (<i>distrikt</i>), based on the historic <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Sweden" title="Church of Sweden">Church of Sweden</a> parishes of 1999. The districts lack authority, governing body and agency.<sup id="cite_ref-SFS_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFS-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Sweden" title="Municipalities of Sweden">Municipalities of Sweden</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>In Portuguese language usage, there are two words to distinguish the territory and the administrative organ. When referring to the territory, the word <i><b><a href="/wiki/Concelho" title="Concelho">concelho</a></b></i> is used, when referring to the <a href="/wiki/Organs_of_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Organs of state">organ of State</a>, the word <i><b>município</b></i> is used. This differentiation is in use in Portugal and some of its former overseas provinces, but it is no longer in use in Brazil, where <i><b>município</b></i> refers to the territorial boundaries and <i><b>prefeitura</b></i> is its administrative organ.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_European_Municipalities_and_Regions" title="Council of European Municipalities and Regions">Council of European Municipalities and Regions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council%E2%80%93manager_government" title="Council–manager government">Council–manager government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creature_of_statute" title="Creature of statute">Creature of statute</a></li> <li><a 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kansasstatutes.lesterama.org/Chapter_75/Article_11/75-1117.html">the original</a> on 24 October 2014.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Kansas+Statues&rft.pub=Lesterama&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fkansasstatutes.lesterama.org%2FChapter_75%2FArticle_11%2F75-1117.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMunicipality" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The law provides for the possibility of overlapping of the office of President of the mountain community with that of mayor of one of the municipalities of the community: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBuonomo2001" class="citation journal cs1">Buonomo, Giampiero (2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160324160801/https://www.questia.com/projects#!/project/89289480">"Compatibile il sindaco-dirigente della locale Comunità montana"</a>. <i>Diritto&Giustizia Edizione Online</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 March</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Diritto%26Giustizia+Edizione+Online&rft.atitle=Compatibile+il+sindaco-dirigente+della+locale+Comunit%C3%A0+montana&rft.date=2001&rft.aulast=Buonomo&rft.aufirst=Giampiero&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.questia.com%2Fprojects%23%21%2Fproject%2F89289480&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMunicipality" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://psa.gov.ph/classification/psgc/downloads/PSGC-2Q-2021-Publication-Datafile-01092021.xlsx">"National Summary –number of Provinces, Cities, Municipalities and Barangays, by Region – As of 30 June 2021"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Statistics_Authority" title="Philippine Statistics Authority">Philippine Statistics Authority</a></i>. 30 June 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 January</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Philippine+Statistics+Authority&rft.atitle=National+Summary+%E2%80%93number+of+Provinces%2C+Cities%2C+Municipalities+and+Barangays%2C+by+Region+%E2%80%93+As+of+30+June+2021&rft.date=2021-06-30&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpsa.gov.ph%2Fclassification%2Fpsgc%2Fdownloads%2FPSGC-2Q-2021-Publication-Datafile-01092021.xlsx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMunicipality" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1991/10/10/republic-act-no-7160/">"Republic Act 7160 – Local Government Act of 1991"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Official_Gazette_(Philippines)" title="Official Gazette (Philippines)">Official Gazette (Philippines)</a></i>. 11 October 1991<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 October</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Official+Gazette+%28Philippines%29&rft.atitle=Republic+Act+7160+%E2%80%93+Local+Government+Act+of+1991&rft.date=1991-10-11&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.officialgazette.gov.ph%2F1991%2F10%2F10%2Frepublic-act-no-7160%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMunicipality" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cee.ceepur.org/Ayuda.aspx#Municipio"><i>Ayuda: Divulgación de Resultados de la Comisión Estatal de Elecciones – Municipio.</i></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111021053330/http://cee.ceepur.org/Ayuda.aspx#Municipio">Archived</a> 21 October 2011 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Comision Estatal de Elecciones. Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2004. Retrieved 6 December 2011.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.surfrider.org/rincon/Ley_Municipios.pdf"><i>Autonomous Municipalities Law.</i></a> <span class="languageicon">(in Spanish)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101205024802/http://www.surfrider.org/rincon/Ley_Municipios.pdf">Archived</a> 5 December 2010 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Retrieved 24 October 2011.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.riksdagen.se/en/how-the-riksdag-works/democracy/the-constitution/">"The Constitution"</a>. <i>www.riksdagen.se</i>. Sveriges Riksdag. 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 August</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.riksdagen.se&rft.atitle=The+Constitution&rft.date=2023&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.riksdagen.se%2Fen%2Fhow-the-riksdag-works%2Fdemocracy%2Fthe-constitution%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMunicipality" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.riksdagen.se/globalassets/05.-sa-fungerar-riksdagen/demokrati/the-instrument-of-government.pdf">"The Instrument of Government (1974:152)"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>www.riksdagen.se</i>. Sveriges Riksdag. 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 August</span> 2023</span>. <q>All public power in Sweden proceeds from the people. Swedish democracy is founded on the free formation of opinion and on universal and equal suffrage. It is realised through a representative and parliamentary form of government and through local selfgovernment. 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href="/wiki/Charter_city" class="mw-redirect" title="Charter city">Charter city</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_city" title="Independent city">Independent city</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Incorporated_city" class="mw-redirect" title="Incorporated city">Incorporated city</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Imperial_city" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial city">Imperial city</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Free_imperial_city" title="Free imperial city">Free imperial city</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Royal_free_city" title="Royal free city">Royal free city</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Community_(administrative_division)" title="Community (administrative division)">Community</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_communities_of_Spain" title="Autonomous communities of Spain">Autonomous community</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Residential_community" title="Residential community">Residential community</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/County" title="County">County</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Administrative_county" title="Administrative county">Administrative county</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_county" title="Autonomous county">Autonomous county</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_city-county" title="Consolidated city-county">Consolidated city-county</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">County seat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_town" title="County town">County town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_county" title="Metropolitan county">Metropolitan county</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_county" title="Non-metropolitan county">Non-metropolitan county</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_county_municipality" title="Regional county municipality">Regional county municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viscountcy" class="mw-redirect" title="Viscountcy">Viscounty</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Country" title="Country">Country</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Overseas_country" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas country">Overseas country</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Department_(administrative_division)" title="Department (administrative division)">Department</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Overseas_department" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas department">Overseas department</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/District" title="District">District</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Capital_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Capital district">Capital district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_district" title="City district">City district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_district" title="Congressional district">Congressional district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district" title="Electoral district">Electoral district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_district" title="Federal district">Federal district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_government_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian government district">Indian government district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Land_district" title="Land district">Land district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Manitoba#Local_government_districts" title="List of municipalities in Manitoba">Local government district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan district">Metropolitan district</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_district" title="Non-metropolitan district">Non-metropolitan district</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_district" title="Military district">Military district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipal_district" title="Municipal district">Municipal district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_district" title="Police district">Police district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_district" title="Regional district">Regional district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rural_district" title="Rural district">Rural district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanitary_district" title="Sanitary district">Sanitary district</a></li> <li>Service district <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Educational_service_district_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Educational service district (disambiguation)">Educational service district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_service_district" title="Local service district">Local service district</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/School_district" title="School district">School district</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Intermediate_school_district" title="Intermediate school district">Intermediate school district</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_district_(United_States)" title="Special district (United States)">Special district</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special_district_(United_States)" title="Special district (United States)">in the US</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urban_district" title="Urban district">Urban district</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Division_(political_geography)" title="Division (political geography)">Division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Census_division" title="Census division">Census division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_division" title="Police division">Police division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenue_division" class="mw-redirect" title="Revenue division">Subdivision of India</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Indian reserve/reservation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_reservation" title="Indian reservation">Indian reservation</a> (United States)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_reserve" title="Indian reserve">Indian reserve</a> (Canada)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Municipality</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/City_municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="City municipality">City municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_municipality" title="County municipality">County municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Direct-controlled_municipality" title="Direct-controlled municipality">Direct-controlled municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_municipality" title="District municipality">District municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neutral_municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Neutral municipality">Neutral municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_municipality" title="Regional municipality">Regional municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resort_municipality" title="Resort municipality">Resort municipality</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_resort_municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Mountain resort municipality">Mountain resort municipality</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rural_municipality" title="Rural municipality">Rural municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Specialized_municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Specialized municipality">Specialized municipality</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Prefecture" title="Prefecture">Prefecture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_prefecture" title="Autonomous prefecture">Autonomous prefecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subprefecture" title="Subprefecture">Subprefecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super-prefecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Super-prefecture">Super-prefecture</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Praetorian_prefecture" title="Praetorian prefecture">Praetorian prefecture</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Province" title="Province">Province</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_province" title="Autonomous province">Autonomous province</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Overseas_province" title="Overseas province">Overseas province</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Roman_province" title="Roman province">Roman province</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Region" title="Region">Region</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Administrative region <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special_administrative_region" title="Special administrative region">Special administrative region</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_region" class="mw-redirect" title="Autonomous region">Autonomous region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capital_region" title="Capital region">Capital region</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_capital_region" class="mw-redirect" title="National capital region">National capital region</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Development_region" title="Development region">Development region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mesoregion_(geography)" title="Mesoregion (geography)">Mesoregion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microregion" title="Microregion">Microregion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overseas_region" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas region">Overseas region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subregion_(administrative_division)" title="Subregion (administrative division)">Subregion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Federated_state" title="Federated state">State</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Proto-state" class="mw-redirect" title="Proto-state">Proto-state</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City-state" title="City-state">City-state</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal state">Federal state</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_state_(polity)" title="Free state (polity)">Free state</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sovereign_state" title="Sovereign state">Sovereign state</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Territory" title="Territory">Territory</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Capital_territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Capital territory">Capital territory</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_capital_territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal capital territory">Federal capital territory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_capital_territory" class="mw-redirect" title="National capital territory">National capital territory</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dependent_territory" title="Dependent territory">Dependent territory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_territory" title="Federal territory">Federal territory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Incorporated_territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Incorporated territory">Incorporated territory</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Organized_incorporated_territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Organized incorporated territory">Organized incorporated territory</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overseas_territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas territory">Overseas territory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_territory" title="Union territory">Union territory</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Town" title="Town">Town</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Census_town" title="Census town">Census town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Market_town" title="Market town">Market town</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Township" title="Township">Township</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charter_township" title="Charter township">Charter township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_township" title="Civil township">Civil township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paper_township" title="Paper township">Paper township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Survey_township" title="Survey township">Survey township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urban_township" title="Urban township">Urban township</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Unit</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Regional_unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Regional unit">Regional unit</a></li> <li>Territorial unit <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_territorial_unit" title="Autonomous territorial unit">Autonomous territorial unit</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Zone</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Economic zone <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Exclusive_economic_zone" title="Exclusive economic zone">Exclusive economic zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_economic_zone" title="Free economic zone">Free economic zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_economic_zone" title="Special economic zone">Special economic zone</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exclusion_zone" title="Exclusion zone">Exclusion zone</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_exclusion_zone" title="Military exclusion zone">Military exclusion zone</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_speech_zone" title="Free speech zone">Free speech zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neutral_zone_(territorial_entity)" title="Neutral zone (territorial entity)">Neutral zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Self-administered_zone" title="Self-administered zone">Self-administered zone</a></li> <li>Trade zone <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Free-trade_zone" title="Free-trade zone">Free-trade zone</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Other_English_terms" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Other English terms</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Victoria#Alpine_resorts" title="Local government in Victoria">Alpine resort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bailiwick" title="Bailiwick">Bailiwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banner_(administrative_division)" title="Banner (administrative division)">Banner</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Banners_of_Inner_Mongolia" title="Banners of Inner Mongolia">Autonomous</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Block_(district_subdivision)" title="Block (district subdivision)">Block</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cadastre" title="Cadastre">Cadastre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circle_(administrative_division)" title="Circle (administrative division)">Circle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circuit_(administrative_division)" title="Circuit (administrative division)">Circuit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colony" title="Colony">Colony</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Commune</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Condominium_(international_law)" title="Condominium (international law)">Condominium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constituency_(administrative_division)" class="mw-redirect" title="Constituency (administrative division)">Constituency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duchy" title="Duchy">Duchy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/District_duchy" title="District duchy">District</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elderships_of_Lithuania" title="Elderships of Lithuania">Eldership</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirate" title="Emirate">Emirate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enclave_and_exclave" title="Enclave and exclave">Enclave and exclave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Dependencies_of_Venezuela" title="Federal Dependencies of Venezuela">Federal dependency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governorate" title="Governorate">Governorate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamlet_(place)" title="Hamlet (place)">Hamlet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manorialism" title="Manorialism">Manor</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_manor" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal manor">Royal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muftiate" title="Muftiate">Muftiate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neighbourhood" title="Neighbourhood">Neighbourhood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parish_(administrative_division)" title="Parish (administrative division)">Parish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_precinct" title="Electoral precinct">Precinct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principality" title="Principality">Principality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protectorate" title="Protectorate">Protectorate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quarter_(urban_subdivision)" title="Quarter (urban subdivision)">Quarter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_regencies_and_cities_of_Indonesia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of regencies and cities of Indonesia">Regency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_republic" title="Autonomous republic">Autonomous republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riding_(division)" title="Riding (division)">Riding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sector_(administrative_division)" title="Sector (administrative division)">Sector</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_sector" class="mw-redirect" title="Autonomous sector">Autonomous</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire" title="Shire">Shire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sultanate" class="mw-redirect" title="Sultanate">Sultanate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzerainty" title="Suzerainty">Suzerainty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Townland" title="Townland">Townland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Village" title="Village">Village</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_summer_villages_in_Alberta" title="List of summer villages in Alberta">Summer</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ward_(electoral_subdivision)" title="Ward (electoral subdivision)">Ward</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Historical</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agency_(administrative_division)" title="Agency (administrative division)">Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barony_(county_division)" title="Barony (county division)">Barony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burgh" title="Burgh">Burgh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exarchate" title="Exarchate">Exarchate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hide_(unit)" title="Hide (unit)">Hide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hundred_(county_division)" title="Hundred (county division)">Hundred</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Circle" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial Circle">Imperial Circle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_(territorial_entity)" class="mw-redirect" title="March (territorial entity)">March</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monthon" title="Monthon">Monthon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_(administrative_division)" class="mw-redirect" title="Presidency (administrative division)">Presidency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Residency_(administrative_division)" title="Residency (administrative division)">Residency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_diocese" title="Roman diocese">Roman diocese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seat_(administrative_division)" title="Seat (administrative division)">Seat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenth_(administrative_division)" title="Tenth (administrative division)">Tenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tithing" title="Tithing">Tithing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viceroyalty" title="Viceroyalty">Viceroyalty</a></li></ul> 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