Municipal seat

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A municipal seat (Spanish: cabecera municipal; ) is the administrative center and seat of government of a municipality or civil parish, with other villages or towns subordinated. The term is used in Brazil,^{[citation needed]} Colombia,^[1] Mexico, Guatemala and Venezuela.