community vs municipality

community

noun
  • A local area within a county or county borough which is the lowest tier of local government, usually represented by a community council or town council, which is generally equivalent to a civil parish in England. 

  • The condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common. 

  • A residential or religious collective; a commune. 

  • A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other. 

  • A group sharing common characteristics, such as the same language, law, religion, or tradition. 

  • A group of people interacting by electronic means for educational, professional, social, or other purposes; a virtual community. 

municipality

noun
  • A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village. 

  • The governing body of such a district. 

  • In Mexico and other 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. 

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