Municipalities of Romania
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A
municipality (
municipiu in
Romanian, from latin
municipium) is a level of administrative subdivision in Romania. This status is given to
cities (
oraşe) that are quite large and urbanised. There is no clear benchmark regarding the status of municipality, even though it applies to localities which have a sizeable population, usually above 15,000, and extensive urban infrastructure. Localities which do not meet these loose guidelines are classified only as cities (
oraşe), or if they are not urban areas, as
communes (
comune). Municipalities are governed by a mayor. There are no official administrative subdivisions of municipalities, even though, unofficially, municipalities may be grouped in quarters/districts (
cartiere in
Romanian). The exception to this is the Municipality of
Bucharest, which has a status similar to that of a county and is officially-subdivided into six administrative
sectors.
In English, the Romanian municipiu is often translated as city or town, though it is important to distinguish it from city-status (oraş), which is the status given to smaller urban localities, as explained above.
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