Municipality

A municipality is for ordinar a urban admienistrative diviesion haein corporate status an aften haes pouers o sel-guvernment. The term municipality is uised tae mean the guvernin body o a municipality.^[1] A municipality is a general-purpose admienistrative subdiviesion, as fornent a special-purpose destrict. The term comes frae French "municipalité" an Laitin "municipalis".^[2]

Generic term

The term "municipality" is a generic term, an can describe onie polietical jurisdiction frae a sovereign state, like the Principality o Monaco, or a smaa vielage, like West Hampton Dunes, New York.

The territory o a municipality micht hae

• juist the ae populatit place siclike as a cietie, toun or vielage
• a wheen o sic places (e.g., Municipalities o Mexico)
• juist pairts o sic places, brochs o a cietie like the 34 municipalities o Santiago, Chile whiles.^[3]

Polietical pouers

The pouer o a municipality ranges frae virtual autonomy tae complete subordination tae the state. Municipalities can hae the richt tae tax individuals an corporations wi income tax, property tax an corporate income tax, but can get a lot o siller aff the state an aa.