''Municipalidad'' () is a
Spanish term for
municipality used in many
Latin American countries such as
Argentina,
Chile,
Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...
,
Ecuador,
Guatemala
Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...
,
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
,
Paraguay,
Peru , the
Philippines, and
Puerto Rico. It refers to the governing body of a particular territory and not to the territory, which is often referred to as "municipio"
In Chile the territory governed is called a "
comuna", which is the third-level administrative division of the country.
See also
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Ayuntamiento''
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Comuna''
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Municipio''
References
External links
Documental sobre desarrollo rural municipal en Costa Rica
Types of administrative division
Spanish words and phrases
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