Podgorica Capital City ( Montenegrin : Glavni grad Podgorica , Главни град Подгорица ) is one of the territorial subdivisions of Montenegro . The seat of municipality is the city of Podgorica . Podgorica municipality covers 10.4% of Montenegro's territory and is home to 29.9% of the country's population. It is the nation's administrative centre and its economic and educational focus.
23-579: As with other Montenegrin municipalities, the city and the municipality of Podgorica are governed by the same Mayor and City Assembly, which together act as a Capital City government. The city assembly has 60 members, elected directly for four-year terms. The Mayor of Podgorica is the head of the City of Podgorica, acts on behalf of the city, and performs an executive function in the Podgorica Capital City municipality. Municipality of Podgorica
46-474: A Spanish loanword alcalde and consejal in local languages) Below provinces Portugal Município is used (also called concelho ) Municipalities of Portugal Câmara Municipal (executive) and Assembleia Municipal (legislative) Puerto Rico Municipio is used Municipalities of Puerto Rico Alcalde and municipal legislature Spain Municipio
69-1483: A partir de 2010" . data.com.uy. 2009. Archived from the original on 14 August 2011 . Retrieved 23 May 2011 . v t e Spanish terms for administrative divisions National, Federal Comunidad autónoma Departamento Distrito federal Estado Provincia Región Regional, Metropolitan Cantón Comarca Comuna Corregimiento Delegación Distrito Mancomunidad Merindad Municipalidad Municipio Parroquia Ecuador Spain Urban, Rural Aldea Alquería Anteiglesia Asentamiento Asentamiento informal Pueblos jóvenes Barrio Campamento Caserío Ciudad Ciudad autónoma Colonia Lugar Masía Pedanía Población Ranchería Sitio Vereda Villa Village (Pueblito/Pueblo) Historical subdivisions in italics . Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Municipio&oldid=1257343700 " Categories : Types of administrative division Spanish words and phrases Portuguese words and phrases Italian words and phrases Hidden categories: Pages with Catalan IPA Pages with Galician IPA Pages with Basque IPA Articles with short description Short description
92-524: A sovereign state such as the Principality of Monaco , to a small village such as West Hampton Dunes, New York . The territory over which a municipality has jurisdiction may encompass: Powers of municipalities range from virtual autonomy to complete subordination to the state . Municipalities may have the right to tax individuals and corporations with income tax , property tax , and corporate income tax , but may also receive substantial funding from
115-745: Is also an administrative sub-division of a large city, such as Rome . ^ In Catalan municipi ( IPA: [muniˈsipi] ), Galician municipio ( IPA: [muniˈθipjʊ] ) or bisbarra ( IPA: [bizˈβarɐ] ) and Basque udalerria ( IPA: [udaleria] ). References [ edit ] ^ "Municipality" . Dictionary.com . Dictionary.com, LLC . Retrieved 23 June 2015 . ^ "municipio" . Word Reference . Word Reference . Retrieved 23 June 2015 . English: township - borough - county - township line ^ "Município" . Word Reference . Word Reference . Retrieved 23 June 2015 . ^ "Creación de municipios en Uruguay
138-657: Is derived from French municipalité , which in turn derives from the Latin municipalis , based on the word for social contract ( municipium ), referring originally to the Latin communities that supplied Rome with troops in exchange for their own incorporation into the Roman state (granting Roman citizenship to the inhabitants) while permitting the communities to retain their own local governments (a limited autonomy). A municipality can be any political jurisdiction , from
161-497: Is the only Montenegrin municipality to have city municipality ( Montenegrin Latin : gradska opština ) - Zeta and Tuzi . Those are semi-independent municipalities, with limited self-governing powers. The entire municipality of Podgorica is further divided into 66 local communities (Montenegrin Latin: mjesne zajednice , singular: mjesna zajednica ), bodies in which the citizens participate in decisions on matters of relevance to
184-764: Is used Municipalities of Spain Ayuntamiento ( municipal corporation ) or Concejo abierto , headed by an alcalde Uruguay Municipio is used Municipalities of Uruguay Alcaldía (municipal council), headed by an alcalde Venezuela Municipio is used Municipalities of Venezuela Consejo Municipal (municipal council) with separately elected alcalde and independent comptroller Below state See also [ edit ] Municipalidad Commune (country subdivision) Notes [ edit ] ^ Municipalità refers only to administration, whereas comune refers to both administration and territory; it
207-452: Is used Municipalities of Angola Argentina Municipio is used Municipalities of Argentina According to laws of the provinces Bolivia Municipio is used Municipalities of Bolivia Below the provinces Brazil Município is used Municipalities of Brazil Município with elected (Prefeito) ( mayor ) and Vereador (plural: Vereadores ) (councilors).They are part of
230-555: Is used Municipalities of Cuba Dominican Republic Municipio is used Municipalities of the Dominican Republic ayuntamiento (elected municipal council) and síndico (mayor) Ecuador Cantón is used Cantons of Ecuador Municipio or Municipalidad with elected alcalde (mayor) and concejales (councilors) Below provinces . Further subdivided into urban and rural parishes . El Salvador Municipio
253-413: Is used Municipalities of El Salvador Alcalde Below departments Guatemala Municipio is used Municipalities of Guatemala Municipalidad Below departments Honduras Municipalidad is used Municipalities of Honduras Alcalde Below departments Italy Comune is used; in some parts of Italy the municipio is the building housing
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#1732775987269276-541: Is used Municipalities of Nicaragua Alcalde Below departments Paraguay Municipalidad is used Municipalities of Paraguay Peru Municipalidad is used Municipalities of Peru Philippines Municipalidad and Município (Spanish), Munisipalidad , or Munisipyo ( Tagalog and Cebuano ) Municipalities of the Philippines alkalde (informal expression for mayor) and councilors ( konsehal ,
299-476: Is used for city subdivisions, but Portuguese usage of the term is almost entirely restricted to a cluster of cities or towns like in a county, township and so forth. However, in Brazil, a Municipio is an independent city & a public corporation with status of Federated Entity. Overview [ edit ] Country Term Detailed article Administered by Comment Angola Município
322-404: Is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term municipality may also mean the governing body of a given municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district . The English word
345-524: The English language, a municipality often is defined as relating to a single city or town; however, in Spanish, the term "municipio" may not mean a single city or town, but rather a jurisdiction housing several towns and cities, like a township , county , borough or civil parish . The Italian term "municipalità" refers either to a single city or a group of cities and towns in a township, and "municipio"
368-457: The Spanish term ayuntamiento , referring to a municipality's administration building, is extended via synecdoche to denote the municipality itself. In Moldova and Romania , both municipalities ( municipiu ; urban administrative units) and communes ( comună ; rural units) exist, and a commune may be part of a municipality. In many countries, comparable entities may exist with various names. Municipio From Misplaced Pages,
391-464: The administration of the comune; elsewhere it is simply called comune . A municipalità may be a subdivision of comune Municipalities of Italy Consiglio comunale , headed by a sindaco Mexico Municipio is used Municipalities of Mexico Ayuntamiento , headed by a municipal president Below states Mozambique Município is used Municipalities of Mozambique Nicaragua Municipio
414-479: The community living in the area and the common interest. These include terms: 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. In Greece, the word Δήμος ( demos ) is used, also meaning 'community'; the word is known in English from the compound democracy (rule of the people). In some countries,
437-491: The federation De facto et De jure Chile Comuna is used Communes of Chile Municipalidad with elected alcalde (mayor) and councilors Colombia Municipio is used Municipalities of Colombia Below departments Costa Rica Municipalidad is used Municipalities of Costa Rica Coterminous with the Cantones Cuba Municipio
460-875: The 💕 Administrative divisions in Italy and in several Hispanophone and Lusophone nations [REDACTED] This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Municipio" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( March 2023 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Municipio ( Spanish: [muniˈθipjo/muniˈsipjo] ) and município ( Portuguese: [muniˈsipiu] ) are administrative divisions in several Hispanophone and Lusophone nations, respectively. They are often translated as " municipality ". In
483-413: The local community. There are 141 village settlements in the territory: The municipality of Podgorica is located in central eastern part of Montenegro, covering an area of 1,441 km, thus being the second largest Montenegrin municipality, after Nikšić . It occupies the area north of Lake Skadar , including the entire Zeta Plain , and stretches north into the sparsely populated Dinaric Alps . Thus,
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#1732775987269506-452: The municipality occupies geographically very diverse area, ranging from the fertile lowlands in the south, to the rugged mountain ranges in the north. Podgorica municipality can be viewed as the metropolitan area of the city of Podgorica. Population of the municipality was 179,505 at 2023 census. This Montenegro location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . City municipality A municipality
529-478: The state. In some European countries, such as Germany, municipalities have the constitutional right to supply public services through municipally-owned public utility companies . Terms cognate with "municipality", mostly referring to territory or political structure, are Spanish municipio (Spain) and municipalidad (Chile), Catalan municipi , Portuguese município . In many countries, terms cognate with "commune" are used, referring to
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