A presidente municipal (Spanish for "municipal president") is the chief of government of municipios in Mexico. The position is comparable to the mayor of a city in the United States although the jurisdiction of a presidente municipal includes not only a city but the municipality surrounding it. Nationally, this position is also equivalent to that of Chief of Government of the Federal District and that is why these positions are sometimes referred to as "mayors" in English language publications. A municipio (Spanish for municipality) is a second-level political and administrative division in Mexico. ... A mayor (from the Latin maīor, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... The Head of Government (Spanish: Jefe de Gobierno) wields executive power in the Mexican Federal District (the federal district, or D.F., is the seat of national executive, legislative, and judicial power, and is largely contiguous with the core of the sprawling Mexico City conurbation). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...
A presidente municipal (Spanish for "municipalpresident") is the chief of government of municipios in Mexico.
The position is comparable to the mayor of a city in the United States although the jurisdiction of a presidente municipal includes not only a city but the municipality surrounding it.
Nationally, this position is also equivalent to that of Head of Government of the Federal District and that is why these positions are sometimes referred to as "mayors" in English language publications.
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