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As such, Alberta Municipal Affairs provides municipal districts with the opportunity to brand themselves either as municipal districts or counties in their official names. A county in Alberta used to be a type of designation in a single-tier municipal system, but it was changed to " municipal district " under the Municipal Government Act , when ...
According to the Constitution [6] and the law, [7] the municipalities are administered by the municipality's Municipal Office (ayuntamiento), which is a legal entity in its own right consisting of two bodies: the alcadía (Mayor's Office), with the alcalde (), and the Municipal Council (concejo de regidores), with at least five members (regidores).
Municipalities and municipal districts [ edit ] As of June 20, 2006, the province is divided into the following municipalities ( municipios ) and municipal districts ( distrito municipal – D. M.) within them: [ 3 ]
Santo Domingo Este was created as a separate municipality in 2001 by Law 163-01, which split the Santo Domingo province from the Distrito Nacional. [4]Plans for local government separate from the National District were first floated in the 1970s.
In 2004, San Luis was elevated to the category of Municipal District, made up of the sections San Isidro and El Naranjo and the villages of Cabreto and El Bonito. With a population of around 70,000 inhabitants, San Luis currently has 18 neighbourhoods, 11 public and private educational centres, and a Community College.
A municipal utility district is a special-purpose district or other jurisdiction that provides services (such as electricity, natural gas, sewage treatment, waste collection/management, wholesale telecommunications, and water) to district residents. Local residents may vote to establish a municipal utility district, which is represented by a ...
There are seven District Municipal Councils (Concejo Municipal de Distrito) in districts that are geographically distant from the head city of the canton where the municipality is located; these councils are in charge of municipal administrative activities. Peñas Blancas, in San Ramón canton. Tucurrique, in Jiménez canton.
Sabaneta de Yásica is a small municipal district (distrito municipal – D.M.) in the Puerto Plata province on the north coast of the Dominican Republic.. Within Sabaneta are ten villages: Villa Islabon, Canta La Rana, Verdun, El Cementerio, El Cruze, La Gallera, El Framboyan, Los Robles, Palo Amarillo and Cuesta Barrosa.