Municipio

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

Country	note	more	administrated by
	municipalidad is used	Municipalities of Argentina
	commonly called comuna	Municipalities of Chile	municipalidad
	Municipio (Colombia)	Municipalities of Colombia
	municipalidad is used	Municipalities of Costa Rica
	municipalidad is used	Municipalities of Ecuador
	municipalidad is used	Municipalities of Guatemala
	municipalidad is used	Municipalities of Honduras	Alcalde (elected mayor)
	more commonly called comune, but also administrative Sub-division of a large city (as Rome)
	Municipio (Mexico) - 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
	municipalidad is used	Municipalities of Paraguay
	municipalidad is used	Municipalities of Peru
	Municipio (Puerto Rico)	Municipalities of Puerto Rico	Alcalde (mayor) and Municipal Legislature
	munisipyo or bayan is used in Tagalog	Municipalities of the Philippines
	Municipio (Spain)	Municipalities in Spain
	Municipio (Venezuela)	Municipalities of Venezuela

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