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''Ayuntamiento'' ((:aʝuntaˈmjento))〔In other languages of Spain: *Catalan/Valencian ( ). *Galician (). *Basque ().〕 is the general term for the council of a municipality,〔Geoffrey Pivateau, "AYUNTAMIENTO," Handbook of Texas Online (), accessed July 18, 2012. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.〕 or sometimes the municipality itself, in Spain and Latin America. Historically "''ayuntamiento''" was often preceded by the word ''excelentísimo'' (English: "most excellent"), when referring to the council. This phrase is often abbreviated "''Exc.mo Ay.to''" In Catalan-speaking parts of Spain, municipalities generally use the Catalan cognate, ''ajuntament'', while Galician ones use the word ''concello'', Astur-Leonese ''conceyu'' and Basque ''udaletxea''. ''Ayuntamiento'' is mainly used in Spain; in Latin America ''alcaldía'' is also used to describe municipal governing bodies, especially the executive ones, where the legislative body and an executive one are two separate entities. In Latin America several terms exist for the legislative bodies of municipalities. The term ''consejo'' is used in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Peru. In Mexico the term ''ayuntamiento'' is used to describe the council. Puerto Rican municipalities have a ''legislatura municipal''. In Peru the term ''ayuntamiento'' is never used. It is Municipalidad or Consejo Provincial o Distrital executive functions in most of these countries is handled by an executive ''alcalde'', the Mayor (not to be confused with the historic ''alcalde'', who was a magistrate). Since ''ayuntamiento'' is a metonym for the building in which the council meets, it also translates to "city/town hall" in English. ==See also== * Cabildo (council), a historic synonym of ''ayuntamiento''. * Comuna * Municipalidad * Municipio 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ayuntamiento」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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