Municipalities
Municipality is one of the primary administrative regions of many countries and is located in urban areas. This name is mainly used by the countries of the Republic of China, the People's Republic of China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Republic of Korea, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and other Chinese cultural circles, and the literal meaning is "directly under the jurisdiction of the central government." Upgraded to municipality often need to live more people, and usually in the country's political, economic and cultural aspects have an important position. The concept originated in 1930, the Republic of China's "City Organization Law", known as the city by the city, to replace the 1921 "city autonomy" provided by the special city, special city of local autonomy in this law is also A large number of weakened, the mayor to open before the election directly from the Executive Yuan directly appointed (official school brief). As with the literal meaning of the municipality directly under the jurisdiction, the concept of such an administrative division has a centralized color. ...