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Municipality

Meaning in public administration, with examples

/mjuːˌnɪsɪˈpæləti/nounCore term

In public administration, municipality means: A city or town that has its own local government, or that local government body itself, with duties such as water supply, waste, local roads and building permits.

In Turkish: belediye

How it is used

Common in international reports and in many countries' official English. British people usually say the council or the local authority, and Americans say the city. The adjective is municipal: municipal services, municipal budget, municipal elections.

Example sentences

  1. The municipality is responsible for collecting household waste twice a week.

  2. Smaller municipalities often lack the staff to prepare large project applications.

Common collocations

  • district municipality
  • metropolitan municipality
  • municipal services
  • municipality staff
  • mayorThe person who leads a city or town's local government; depending on the country, a mayor may be directly elected, chosen by the council or hold a mainly ceremonial role.
  • councilA group of elected or appointed people who make decisions for an area or organization, especially the elected body that governs a city, town or district.
  • local governmentThe system of elected councils and their administrations that run services for a city, town or region, such as waste collection, local roads and parks.
  • metropolitan municipalityA large city government that covers a whole urban area and coordinates the smaller district municipalities within it, especially in the Turkish local government system.

More terms: Local Government

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