A state corporation is called a municipality.
A municipality is the state corporation whose function is to administer a city or town . The term is used to name both the group of its institutions and the building that houses the headquarters of the government .
For example: "Tomorrow I have to go to the municipality to renew my driving license," "Juan got a job at the municipality," "It's a shame that the municipality doesn't take care of fixing the streets."
Latin is where we can find the etymological origin of the term. And it is derived from municipium , which is made up of two clearly differentiated parts: muno" , which is equivalent to "cargo" ; and capere , which means "to catch."
The precise definition of municipality depends on each country, since the same term can be used to name different entities according to the political and administrative division of the territory in question. In many places, municipality and town hall are synonyms.
The municipality in Spain
In Spain , therefore, talking about municipality means talking about the city council; That is, the institution that is responsible for directing the politics, economy, society, sports and culture of a specific population.
This institution is made up of the mayor , who is the highest authority on the land of that municipality, and the councilors . These can be part of the government team, when they are in charge of a specific area for which they are responsible, or they can be the representatives of the rest of the political parties that were also democratically elected by the citizens.
It must be emphasized that within this government team, there are deputy mayors . These are in charge of replacing the mayor when he is not there or when, due to various circumstances, he cannot perform his function such as, for example, due to illness.
The notion of municipality refers to different entities depending on the region.
The concept in Latin America
In Latin America , a municipality is usually understood as the body dedicated to the administration of a municipality , which can be a city, a district or a town. Its highest authority is the mayor or mayor , who governs with various ministers and secretaries. Typically, the inhabitants of the municipality in question also elect legislators.
The budget of a municipality is usually made up of the contributions made by the national State to which it belongs, although, in general, municipal authorities are also empowered to collect taxes and generate their own resources.
Let's take the case of the Municipality of Vicente López . This is the governing body of the Vicente López Party , belonging to the Province of Buenos Aires ( Argentina ). Its current mayor is Soledad Martínez , who is in charge of the general administration of a territory of 33 square kilometers in which more than 269,000 people live.
Municipality in China
In other countries, such as China , the term municipality is used to refer to municipalities that are under direct government.
In this way, currently in this Asian nation we can say that there are four municipalities such as the cities of Shanghai, Beijing and Tianjin as well as the Chongqing area, which has more than 30 million inhabitants.