what is municipality

A municipality is a political unit with a defined territory, corporate status, and usually some powers of autonomous government. It is a primarily urban political unit having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. Municipalities are usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term municipality may also mean the governing body of a given municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district. Municipalities are organized under the applicable state constitution and laws, with powers of government expressly or implicitly conferred by that constitution and laws, and also by charter. Within the municipality, these powers are exercised by a governing body. A municipality can be any political jurisdiction, from a sovereign state to a small village.