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A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined ... In Brazil, a municipality (município) is part of a state (estado), and the ...
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A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly referring to a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them. A municipality is typically governed by a mayor and a city council or municipal council.

Municipalities are not necessarily the same as townships. A municipality is a general-purpose district, as opposed to a special-purpose district.

In most country, a municipality is the smallest administrative subdivision to have its own democracy election republic leadership.

In some countries, municipalities are referred to as "communes" (for example, French commune, Italian comune or Norwegian kommune). The term derives from the medieval commune. Note that the word has absolutely no implication of communism; rather, the word "communism" derives from the word "commune" because of its striving towards a commune-like society.

The largest municipalities can be found in Canada and Greenland. Most likely the largest municipality is Qaanaaq in Greenland, which is larger than the whole United Kingdom.

Municipalities as lower-level entities

In Algeria, a municipality (Municipalities of Algeria) is part of a daïra, which is part of a Wilayas of Algeria; there are List of communes in Algeria.
In Argentina, a municipality (municipalidad) is a city, town, or township, which is part of a province. The provinces organize the municipalities in their territories according to their own municipio.
In Australia, municipalities are subdivisions of a States and territories of Australia. (See Local Government Areas in Australia).
In Austria, a municipality (Gemeinde) is part of a district#Austria (Bezirk), which is in turn part of a States of Austria (Bundesland).
In Belgium, a municipality (Municipalities in Belgium) is either part of a province (Provinces of regions in Belgium) or of the Brussels-Capital Region
In Bolivia, a municipality (municipio) is part of a province, which is part of a departament.
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, a municipality (općina or opština) is

part of a canton (Cantons of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
a subdivision (grouped in Regions of Republika Srpska)

In Brazil, a municipality (município) is part of a state (States of Brazil)
In Canada, a municipality is a city, town, township, county, or regional municipality which has been incorporated by statute by the legislatures of the Provinces and territories of Canada. It is also a specific designation for certain municipalities in Quebec, Nova Scotia and Ontario. Certain areas of Saskatchewan and Manitoba are designated as Rural municipality, while equivalent areas in Alberta are designated as municipal districts and some in British Columbia are designated as district municipalities.
In Chile, a municipality (municipalidad) is a legal entity which administers one or more comunas (comuna) which are the third-level division of the country. The first division are Regions of Chile which a next divided into Provinces of Chile (provincia). These provinces are next divided into comunas which are assigned to a municipality for administration. In most cases the municipality and the comuna have the same name, but the constitution permits a single municipality to be responsible for more than one commune.
In Colombia, a municipality (municipio) is part of a Departments of Colombia (departamento). It also subdivided into Corregimientos and Veredas.
In Croatia, a municipality (općina) is part of a county (Counties of Croatia)
In the Czech Republic, a municipality (obec) is part of a kraj (kraj)
In Denmark, a municipality (Municipalities of Denmark) is part of a Regions of Denmark. Counties (Counties of Denmark) were abandoned in Denmark on January 1, 2007.
In the Dominican Republic a municipality (municipio) is a subdivision of a Provinces of the Dominican Republic (see municipalities of the Dominican Republic).
In Estonia, a municipality (municipalities of Estonia) is the smallest division.
In Finland, a municipality (Municipalities of Finland) co-operates with municipalities nearby in a sub-region (seutukunta / region) and region (maakunta / landskap); a region belongs to a province (Provinces of Finland) of the state. A municipality can freely call itself a "city" (kaupunki / stad).
In France, a municipality (Commune in France) is part of a department (département in France) which is part of a region (région)
In Germany, a municipality (Municipalities in Germany) is part of a district (List of German districts). Larger entities of the same level are called towns (Stadt). In less populated regions, municipalities are often put together into collective municipalities (Municipalities in Germany)
In Greece, a municipality is either demoi or koinotetes (demoi with little population) which is then part of a prefecture (nomos) and then a larger region known as a peripheries. Municipalities are third-level administrative divisions and their heads (mayors in demoi, presidents in koinotetes) are appointed via popular vote held every four years.
In Haiti, a municipality (commune) is part of an arrondissement, which is part of a department (département).
In Hungary, a municipality (települési önkormányzat) is part of a county (megye).
In Italy, a comune is part of a province (Provinces of Italy) which is part of a region (Regions of Italy). The term "municipality" is reserved for subdivisions of larger comuni (in particular, the comune of Rome).
In Japan, a municipality is the sphere of government within the prefectures, the sub-division of the state.
In Kenya, a municipality is one of four types of local authorities. Nearly 50 major towns are given the municipality status.
In Lebanon, a municipality is part of a Districts of Lebanon (Arabic: Qadaa) which is part of a Governorate (Region or Province, Arabic: Mouhafazah).
In Lithuania, a municipality (savivaldybė) is a part of a district (apskritis) and is subdivided into elderates (seniūnija).
In Luxembourg, communes of Luxembourg are the lowest divisions.
In Mexico, a municipality (municipio (Mexico)) is a subdivision of a state (States of Mexico) and a borough (delegación) is a subdivision of the Federal District (Mexico) (see municipalities of Mexico and Boroughs of the Mexican Federal District).
In the Netherlands, a municipality (Municipalities in the Netherlands) is part of a province (Provinces of the Netherlands).
Every part of mainland New Zealand is part of either a "city" (mostly urban) or a "district" (mostly rural). The term "municipality" has become rare in New Zealand since about 1979 and has no legal status.
In Nicaragua, a municipality (municipio) is subdivision of a department (departamento) or of one of the two Autonomous Regions, Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte and Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur.
In Norway, a municipality (Municipalities of Norway) is part of a county (Counties of Norway)
In Peru, a municipality (municipio) is another term for Districts of Peru (distrito) and is the lower-level administrative subdivision. It is part of a Provinces of Peru (provincia), which is part of a Departments of Peru (departamento). As of 2002 a department is now called a region (región).
In the Philippines, a municipality (municipalities of the Philippines) is a town with a popularly elected administration including a mayor, and is part of a province (Provinces of the Philippines) — except for the independent municipality of Pateros, Metro Manila in the Metro Manila — and is composed of barangays.
In Poland, a municipality (gmina) is a part of a county (powiat).
In Portugal, a municipality (município) is a directly elected local area authority generally consisting of a main city and surrounding villages, with wide-ranging local administration powers. It is also a subdivision of a district for central government purposes(Portuguese districts).
In Puerto Rico, a Municipalities of Puerto Rico (municipio) is a town or city with a popularly elected administration, including a mayor.
In Romania, a municipality (Municipality in Romania) is a town or a city ranked by law at this level. A communes of Romania is the lowest subdivision of a judeţ.
In Russia, several types of municipalities exist; see subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions
In Serbia, a municipality (opština) is part of a county (okrug)
In Slovakia, a municipality (obec) is part of a okres (okres). There are List of villages and municipalities in Slovakia municipalities in the state.
In South Africa, District municipality (South Africa) and Metropolitan municipality (South Africa) are subdivisions of the Provinces of South Africa, and Local municipality (South Africa) are subdivisions of district municipalities.
In Sweden, a municipality (Municipalities of Sweden) is part of a county (Counties of Sweden).
In Switzerland, a municipality (Municipalities in Switzerland) is part of a canton (Cantons of Switzerland) and defined by cantonal law.
In the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, a municipality is governed by official political borders, such as that of the Greater Belfast in Northern Ireland. As is the same for the Greater London and not just the City of London. The term municipality and the word municipal in general is not commonly heard. Greater x area would be the most common in usage.
In the United States, the entities that have status as a municipality vary from U.S. state to state. Cities, towns, boroughs, or villages are common terms for municipalities. Townships, counties, and parishes are not generally considered to be municipalities, although there are exceptions. In some states, towns have a non-municipal status similar to townships.
In Venezuela, a municipality (municipio) is part of a state, as well as a subdivision of the Venezuelan Capital District (Subdivisions of Venezuela).

First-level entities and other forms of municipalities

In the People's Republic of China, a direct-controlled municipality (直辖市 in pinyin: zhíxiáshì) is a city with equal status to a Province of China: Beijing Municipality, Tianjin Municipality, Shanghai Municipality, and Chongqing Municipality (see Municipality of China)
In the Republic of China on Taiwan, a municipality (直轄市 in Wade-Giles: Political divisions of Taiwan) is a city with equal status to a province: Taipei and Kaohsiung. (see Municipality of China)
In Jersey, a municipality refers to the honorary officials elected to run each of the 12 Parishes of Jersey into which it is subdivided. This is the highest level of regional government in this jurisdiction.
In Republic of Macedonia, 84 municipalities (Municipalities of the Republic of Macedonia; singular: opština) were established in 2004, reduced from 123 created in 1996.

In New Mexico, it's commonly referred to as a County (see Bernalillo)

In Portugal, a municipality (Municipalities of Portugal/Concelhos of Portugal) is the primary local administrative unit. Although it is a part of a district (Districts of Portugal) for certain national administrative purposes, the municipality is not subordinate to the district and decentralization is doing away with the districts. A municipality contains one or more freguesias.
In Puerto Rico, there are no first order administrative divisions, and the municipalities (Municipalities of Puerto Rico) serves as second-order, but first level, administrative divisions.
In Montenegro, a municipality (opština) is the topmost regional division
Municipalities of Libya, some very large.
In Slovenia, a municipality (Municipalities of Slovenia) is the primary local administrative unit. There are 210 of them, 11 of which have a special "Urban" status with additional autonomy.
In Spain, a municipality (municipio) is the primary local administrative unit. It is a part of a province (Provinces of Spain) for all national administrative purposes. A municipality contains one or more parroquias. In the Galicia region, the municipalities are called concellos.