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States (''[[States of Brazil|estado]]s'') are directly divided into municipalities (''[[município]]s''), and the latter are the smallest political-administrative divisions; there is no equivalent to a [[county]] level. A [[city]] (''cidade'') is defined in Brazilian law as the urban seat of a municipality, and a municipality always has the same name as the corresponding city. Brazilian law establishes no difference between cities and towns; all it takes for an urban settlement to be called a "city" is to be the seat of a municipality, and some are very small. Other settlements have no form of local government and are under the authority of the municipality they are in, although in some cases the municipal government may set up local administrative offices there. The [[Brazilian Federal District|Federal District]] (the area of the national capital city, [[Brasília]]) has special status and is not divided into municipalities, but otherwise all land in Brazil, even the remotest wilderness areas, is in the territory of some municipality, and hence technically under the jurisdiction of a "city." No point in the country is in a non-incorporated area, and this is why some municipalities in sparsely populated areas such as the [[Amazon region]] can be larger than many sovereign countries.

A municipality (or local municipality) is a city, town, village, township or (formerly) borough. A region (or regional municipality) is a district, county or (formerly) metropolis which has been incorporated by [[statute]] by the legislature of the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|province or territory]]. It is also a specific designation for certain municipalities in [[Quebec]], [[Nova Scotia]] and [[Ontario]]. Certain areas of [[Ontario]], [[Saskatchewan]] and [[Manitoba]] are designated as [[Rural municipality|rural municipalities]], while equivalent areas in [[Alberta]] are designated as [[municipal district]]s and some in [[British Columbia]] are designated as '''district municipalities'''.

A municipality (''[[Municipalities of Denmark|kommune]]'') is part of a [[Regions of Denmark|region]]. Counties (''[[Counties of Denmark|amter]]'') were abandoned in Denmark on January 1, 2007.

A municipality (''[[municipio]]'') is a subdivision of a [[Provinces of the Dominican Republic|province]] (see [[municipalities of the Dominican Republic]]).