municipality

noun

1. A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.

2. The governing body of such a district.

3. politicsIn Mexico and other Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries, second-level administrative divisions that may house one or more cities or towns whose head of government may be called mayors or, in Mexico, municipal presidents.

4. An urban district having corporate status and powers of self-governmentlocation

5. People living in a town or city having local self-government