Municipal seat

A municipal seat or cabecera municipal is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a municipality or civil parish with other villes or towns subordinated. The term is used in Brazil, Colombia,[1] Mexico, Guatemala and Venezuela, countries of Latin-America.

Municipal palace in Puebla City, seat of government.

Other variations

In Ecuador is assigned as Canton seat, in Argentina is named Department seat.

See also

References

  1. DANE Government of Colombia, January 29, 2017.


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