A ''presidente municipal'' (

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: "municipal president") is the chief of government of municipios in Mexico. This title was also used in the Philippines under the Spanish and American colonization; it is comparable to a mayor of the town or city. The position is comparable to the county executive of a county in the United States or to the

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of a city in the

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, although the jurisdiction of a ''presidente municipal'' includes not only a city but the municipality surrounding it. Nationally, this position is also equivalent to that of Head of Government of the Federal District and that is why these positions are sometimes referred to as "mayors" in English-language publications.

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Municipal president of Cananea A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality ...

Municipal president of Chihuahua The Municipal President of Chihuahua (mayor) is the head of local government of Chihuahua Municipality, in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. The mayor's authority includes the state capital, the city of Chihuahua, Chih. Since the city serves a ...

* Municipal president of Ciudad Juárez * Municipal president of Mérida, Yucatán * Municipal president of Monterrey * Municipal president of Sabinas Hidalgo * Municipal president of Puebla

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