Municipio
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Municipio (Spanish and Italian) and município (Portuguese) are terms used for subnational entities. They are often translated as municipality.
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| Country | note | more | administrated by |
 Argentina |
municipalidad is used | Municipalities of Argentina | |
 Bolivia |
municipio is used | Municipios of Bolivia | |
 Chile |
comuna is used | Municipalities of Chile | municipalidad with elected mayor and councillors |
 Colombia |
municipio is used | Municipalities of Colombia | |
 Costa Rica |
municipalidad is used | Municipalities of Costa Rica | |
 Dominican Republic |
municipio is used | Municipalities of the Dominican Republic | elected ayuntamiento and mayor (Síndico) |
 Ecuador |
municipalidad is used | Municipalities of Ecuador | |
 Guatemala |
municipalidad is used | Municipalities of Guatemala | |
 Honduras |
municipalidad is used | Municipalities of Honduras | Alcalde (elected mayor) |
 Italy |
sometimes it is used in behalf of comune, even if municipio refers only to administration, whereas comune refers to both administration and territory; it is also an administrative sub-division of a large city (as Rome) | ||
 Mexico |
Municipio is used - sub-divisions of estados. Not to be confused with Delegación - sub-divisions of the distrito federal (federal district). |
Municipalities of Mexico | Ayuntamiento headed by a municipal president |
 Paraguay |
municipalidad is used | Municipalities of Paraguay | |
 Peru |
municipalidad is used | Municipalities of Peru | |
 Puerto Rico |
municipio is used | Municipalities of Puerto Rico | Alcalde (mayor) and municipal legislature |
 Philippines |
munisipyo or bayan is used in Tagalog | Municipalities of the Philippines | |
 Spain |
municipio is used | List of municipalities of Spain | |
 Venezuela |
municipio is used | Municipalities of Venezuela |
| Spanish terms for country subdivisions | |
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| National / Federal | distrito federal / cantón · departamento · estado · provincia · comunidad autónoma · región |
| Regional / Metropolitan | comarca · comuna · municipalidad · municipio · merindad · corregimiento · anteiglesia / delegación · parroquia |
| Urban / Rural | barrio · colonia · fraccionamiento / comisaría · ranchería · parroquia · Vereda |
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Historical subdivisions in italics
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