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Encyclopedia > Ayuntamiento

Ayuntamiento is a Spanish word that has several similar meanings:

  • "City Hall" (the actual building).
  • "City Council" (the governing board).
  • "City" (the metropolis itself).

Ayuntamiento is often preceded by the word "excelentísimo" (English: "most excellent"). The phrase is often written "Excmo. Ayto." The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...


In the Catalan speaking parts of Spain, towns and cities generally use the Catalan cognate, "Ajuntament". Ayuntamiento is mainly used in Spain; in Latin America Alcaldia is more current to describe municipal governing bodies. Catalan (Català IPA: ) a Romance language, the national and official language of Catalunya (Catalonia) (On April 3rd 06 the central government of Spain finally recognised the right to define Catalonia as a NATION on the text of the Catalan Constitution) and the Principality of Andorra. ...


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Ayuntamiento - LoveToKnow 1911 (176 words)
AYUNTAMIENTO, the Spanish name for the district over which a town council has administrative authority; it is used also for a town council, and for the town-hall.
The ayuntamiento consisted of the official members, and of regidores or regulators, who were chosen in varying proportions from the "hidalgos" or nobles (hijos de algo, sons of somebody) and the "pecheros," or commoners, who paid the pecho, or personal tax; pecho (Lat.
The regidores of the ayuntamientos, or lay cabildos, were checked by the royal judge or corregidor, who was in fact the permanent chairman or president.
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Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza is the municipal government of Spain’s fifth-largest city.
Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza wanted a single operating system that would run on a wide variety of hardware platforms – both servers and desktops – and would help to keep costs low as the demand for IT resources increases.
Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza had been using NetWare® as its network operating system for over 15 years, and was impressed with its stability and security.
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