municipality

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.
2. 2
   The governing body of such a district.
3. 3
   In the Philippines and in 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.